The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-09
This mirtn- provoking bit of newspaper is almost
pbyslcian to me. Iread:- fH'r

physician to me. read
am also told by Ludha Damjee that large cara
van, laden with ivory, and coming from
Nayamweze, has completely perished rom TINS
disease in 0jpl.
To YOU who stay at home in America may be
accorded forgiveness II you do not quite under
stand where "Nayamweze" or "Ujiji" is; but to the
British politico and Her Britannia Maestys Consul,
Dr. John Kirk, former companion OF Livingstone,
man Of science, member of the Royal Geograph-
ical Society, and one who is said to be In constant
communication with Livingstone, forgiveness for
such gross ignorance is impossible. A
parallel case Of ignorance would be in
q Few York editor writing, ~ am also told
by II. SO and SO that q large wagon train,
bringing silver bricks from Montana, has persisted
in Alaska" Ujiji you must remember, is about
months march westward OF Uryamwezi-not
''Nayamweze"- to me it is inconcevable how
person in the habit OF writing weekly to his gov
eminent about Livingstone should have conceived
Uui to be somewhere between the coast and
"Nayamweze," as he calls It. But then am spite
ful this morning Of September u, and there is
nothing loveable under the sun at this present
time EXCEPT the memory Of my poor little dog
'Omar," who fell victim to the Makata Swamp.
Poor omar
THE FAITH OF SIR RoDERICK.
Amid these many scraps or clippings oil about
Livingstone there are many more which contain
as ludicrops mistakes, mostly all Of them having
emanated from the same scientific pen as the above.
find one wherein Sir r. Murchison, President OF
the Royal Geographical Society," stoutly maintains
that Livngst0nes tenacity Of purpose, undying
resolution and herculean frame will overcome
every obstacle. Through several scraps runs q
vein of doubt and unbelief in the existence Of
the explorer. The writer's seem to incline
hot ho hoe Of loof M Rnf
very latest date Sir Roderick rldes tri
umphant over all doubts and fears At the very nick
of time he has always O letter from Livingstone
himself or o despatch from Livingstone to Lord
Clarendon, or private note from Dr. Livingstone
to his friend Kirk at Zanzibar. Happy Sir Roderick
Good, Sir Roderick! healthy, sOulinspiring faith
is thine.
Well, i am to tell you the outspoken truth, tor
mented by the same doubts and fears that people
in America and England are-to-day uncommonly
80. blame the fever Yet, though have heard
nothing that would lead me to believe Livingstone
is alive, derive much comfort in reading Sir
Roderick's speech to the society Of which he Is
President.
THE CHANCES AGAINST LIVINGSTONE.
But though he has tenactyO Of purpose and is the
most resolute Of travellers he is but man, who, If
alive, Is old In years. have but to send for Said
bin Habb, who claims to be the Doctors best
friend. and who lives but rife shot from the camp
Of the HERALD ana Livingstone expeditions, and he
will tell me how he found him 80 sick with fever
that it seemed as il the tired spirit was about to
take its eternal rest. have but to ask SULLIVAN
DOwa, or Thomas, how he found ''0ld Daoud Fellas
teen'-David Livingstone-and he will tell me he
saw very old man, with very gray beard and mus
tache, who ought to be home now instead Of wan
dering among those wild cannibals of Manyema.
THE KNAvIsH SHERIFF.
What made me to-day give way to fears for
Livingstones life was that letter had reached
Unyanyembe, from man called Sheriff, who is in
charge of Livingstone's goods at Ujii, wherein he
asked permission from Said bin Salim, the Cover
nor here, to sell Mvingstone's goods for ivory,
wherein he states further that Sheriff had sent his
slaves to Manyema to look for the white man, and
that these slaves had returned without hearing any
news Of him. He (Sheri0 was therefore tired of
waiting and IL would be much better II he were to
receive orders to dispose Of the white mans cloth
and beads for ivory.
1t is strange that these goods which were sent to
Ujiji over year ago, have not yet been touched,
and the fact that Livingstone has not been in Ujji
to receive his last years supplies puzzles also Said
bin Salim. Governor of Unyanyembe, or, rather,
OF Tabora and Kwihara. as well as it puzzles
sheikh, the son of Nasb. accredited Consul Of Syed
Burghash, Sultan of Zanzibar and Pemba at the
Courts OF Rumanika and Mtesa, Kings respectively
Of Karagwah and Uganda.
THE FATE OF LIvINGsTONE's STORES.
In the storeroom where the cumbersome moneys
of the New YORK HERALD Expedition lie piled up
bale upon bale sack after SACK coil after coil, and
the two boats, are this years supplies sent by DR..
Kirk to DR.. Livingstone-seventeen bales of cloth,
twelve boxes Of wine, provisions, and little luxuries
such as tea and coffee. When came up with my
oIo 7 Tix,ip a,o
had arrived but four weeks BEFORE or about May %
last and had put itself under charge Of a
halfcaste called Thanh Kati-Kati, or Thanh, "in
the middle,n or between" Before he could
get carriers he died Of dysentery. He was
succeeded in charge by man from Johanna, who,
in something like week, died of smallpox; then
Mirambo's war broke out, and here we all are,
September 81, both expeditions halted. But not
for long, let US hope, for the third time ! will
make start the day after tomorrow.
TRUTHFUL SHERIFF.
To the statement that the man Sheriff makes
that he has sent slaves to Manyema to search for
DR.. Livingstone pay not the slightest attention.
Sheriff. l am told, is hafcaste. Half Arab,
half negro. Happy amalgamationl All Arabs
and all half castes especially when IL Is in their
interest to lie, lie without stint. What and who
is this man Sheriff, that he should, unasked, send
his slaves twenty days Off to search for white
mann 1t was not for his interest to send out men,
but it was policy to say that he had done so, and
that his slaves had returned without hearing of
him. He is, therefore, in hurry to sell on and
make money at the expense Of Livingstone. This
man has treated the old traveller shamefully--
like some other men know Of who, If
live, will be exposed through your COL
umns. But why should I not do 80 now9
What better time is there than the present Well,
here 1t is-coolly, calmly and deliberately. ! have
studied the whole thing since came here, and can
not do better than give you the result Of the search
ing Inquiries instituted.
DIR. KIRK's NEGLECT.
Il is the case OF the British Public Vs. Dr. John
Kirk, Acting Political Agent and Her Britannia
Majestys Consul at Zanzibar, as understand II.
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