The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-27

set the style of our dresses. | would Sug-
gest that if the author be man, he should
leave the description of his herones' Dress
es to be written by some lady friend, that
we may have no more Dolly Warden cra-
yes. GRACE.
DIR. Liyinastonc-t.is Letter to J. -. Bennett,
jr.-An Interesting Account of the Travels
and iiardships of the Great Explorer.
Neao York, July 25.-The Herald fur
nishes to the press OF the country the fol-
lowing letter 10 its editor from Dir. Living
stone:
UJIJI ON TANGANYIPA, I
EAST AFRICA, November, 1871. {
Janass Gordon Bennett, Jr:
My DEAR SIR-It is in general some
what difficult to write to one we have new
er seen; it feels so much like addressing an
abstract idea, but the presence of your
representative, Mr.. Stanley, in this distant
region takes away the strangcness / should
otherwise have felt, and in writing to thank
YOU for the extreme kindness that prompt
sd you to send him feelquite at home.
i'll explain the iorlorn condition in which
he found me you will easily perceive that l
have good reason to use very strong express
sions OF gratitude. came to Ujj otfa tranp
of between four and five hundred miles be-
meath a blazing, vertical sun, having been
baffied, worried, defeated, and forced to
return when almost in sight Of the end of
the geographical part of my mission by a
number OF liall-caste Moslem slaves sent
TO me from Zanzibar instead of men. a.
The sore heart made still sorer by the
woefdi sights had seen of mans inhuman-
ity to man, reached and told on the bodily
form and depressed it beyond measure. |
thought that was dying on my feet. 1t is
not too much to say that almost every step
of the weary, sultry journey was in pain,
and | reached UjJi mere wreck of bones.
There found that some five hundred pounds
sterling worth of goods, which had order
ed from Zanzibar, had, unaccountably, been
entrusted to a drunken, half caste Moslem
tailor, who, after squandering them for six
teen mOsths on the way to Ujji, finished
up by selling off all that remained for
slaves and ivory for himself He had di-
vined in the Koran. He had also written
to the Governor of Vengangembe that he
had sent slaves after me to Mangema, who
returned and reported my decease, and
begged permission to sell off a few goods
that his drunken appetite had spared.
He, however, knew perfectly well from
mnn who had seen me that was alive and
wana@g for the goods and men, but as for
morality he is evidently an idiot, and there
being NO law here except that Of the dag
ger or musket, had to sit down in great
weakness, destitute of everything save a
few barter cloths and beads, which / had
taken the precaution to have here in case
of extreme need. The near prospect Of
beggary among the Ujjians made me miser-
able. | could not despair, because laugh
led so much at friend who, on reaching
THE mouth of Zambezi, said he was tempt.
osd TO despair on breaking the photograph Of
HIS wife we could have no success after
that. Afterwards the idea of despair had
to me sileh smack of the ludicrous that il
was out of the question. When had got
to about the lowest verge, vague rumors OF
an English visitor reached me.
thought of myself as the man who went
down from Jerusalem to Jericho, tina,
possibly pass my way, but the good Samar-
itan was close at hand, and one Of my PEG.
pie rushed up at the top of his speed, and
AN great excitement, gasped, /" An English.
hnan is coming, see him. An American
We had Of the caravan told me tba nation , n
ol;,,~ Of the stranger. 7 am az cold and
,n,:'a .n,ons,ratiye as we Islanders are ,,s,,.
div ra, uted h be. but your Kindness made
nv ~ e., tbr;i. and + said in INV sonl
.Let the richest blessings descend from
the Highest en- you aud yours" ~
The news Stanley had to tell was thrill
nent. the snccess of he Stlaatic cables,
the eloction NJ Grant 49, ,aasav other ton.
ice rivsted NV attsnt;,oa anu e. ssvs toeether
80 III 80 .ioii lioI 1 ',sa;s1 asaet
nnan NV baaith a ~ anu pent as,t na.us
from hnne ear voar n"u neen WiIh' ,'' nn,,ld
net from Sao,r3o las p. save wha' ! 49, - ~
1see '''''" ''s 1' f' % a'- anu "'' . VI
NJ .n,ot;.o io.,
beg.n ap r. fasI stna anu ~ ao9ut week
bropaht a ,Nost ' LII ~. asa,n. MI. STANLEY
natc5 fro,n Gord 1'iiT anu ellcouIashg us
s;ncaraIv d.nlor o th' a whose loss
from tbe foreiop oics s;r,"o Zee ,eo "a w.,
information fiat tho Rr;t;sh Co,,,o a,,a sne
had L;ndlu se sr' 't 4ho n,isish Government
inc 70 ,,,,;o;5 IT.. ~ i: pounus s.eri,