Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1872-08-08
Further Interesting News from DIR.
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New YORK, July %. The. New York Her
atd receive this evening per cable, the follow
Ing letter from Livingstone; ut hetnS,I SIR
- -sr fes4- III UJJL November, 1871,
To James Gordon Bennett
1t Is generally somewhat difficult to write to
one whom we have never seen. One feels so
like addressing an abstract idea, but the pres
ence of your representative, Mr. FL M. STAN
ley, in this region, takes away tile strange
ness / should otherwise feel in writing to
thank you for the extreme kindness that
prompted you to- send him, makes me feel
quite at home. If explain the forlorn con-
dition in which he found me, you will easily
perceive that / have good reason to use very
strong expressions of gratitude. ID. .af,I
came to Ujiji on an off trip, of between
four and five hundred miles, beneath verti-
cal blazing sun, having been baffled, worried,
defeated and forced to return, when almost
in sight of the end of the geographical mis-
sion, by number of half-cast Moslem slaves,
sent to me from Zanzibar, instead of my men.
The sore heart made still sorer BY the
woful sights had seen of mans inhumanity
to man, reached and told on the frame, and
depressed it beyond measure. I thought
was dying on my feet, and it is not too much
to say that almost every step of the weary,
sultry way in pain reached Ujiji, mere
ruckle of bones. / there found that some
G500 worth of goods, which had ordered
from Zanzibar, had unaccountably been en-
trusted to q drunken half-cast Moslem tailor,
who, after squandering them for sixteen
months on his way to Ujiji, finished by selling
the remainder for slavesand ivory for himself,
after he OWNED on the Koran and found that
I was dead. He had also written to the Gov
ernor of Unyanyembe that he had, sent his
slaves after me to Manyama, who returned
and reported my death, and begged perMis-
sion to sell off the few goods his drunken ap-
petite had spared. He, however, knew per-
fectly well, from men who had seen me, that
was alive and waiting for the goods and
men,. But as for his morality, he is evidently
an idiot, and there being no law here except
the dagger or musket, I had to sit in great
weakness and destitution.9 Everything, save
some clothing and beads, which1 had taken
the precaution to leave here In case of an ex-
tremity, with the near prospect of beggary
among the Ujijans, made me miserable. ]
could not despair because laughed 30 much
at my friend, who, on reaching the mouth of
the Zambezi, said he was tempted 10 dispair,
on breakinga . photograph of his wife. He
said we could have no success after that
Afterward. the idea of dispair had to me such
strong smack of the ludicrous,G that it was
out of the question. Well, when we had got
to about the lowest verge, vague rumors of
English visitors reached me. thought Of
myself as the man who went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho, but neither Priest nor
Levite nor Samaritan could possibly pass my
way. Yet a good Samaritan was close at
hand, and one of my people rushed up at the
top of his speed. and in great excitement,
gasped out, IAN Englishman coming, / see
him! 7" and off he darted to meet him. The
An, Asa fNr fhof
was seen at the head of the caravan, told me
the nationality of the stranger. I am cold,
and non-demonstrative, as we islanders are
usually reputed to be, but your kindness made
my frame thrill. 1t was indeed overwhelm-
ing and said in my soul let richest bless
ings descend on you and yours.
The news Stanley had to tell me was thrill
ling. The mighty political changes on the
continent; the success of the Atlantic cable;
the election of Gen'l Grant, and many other
topics, rivetted my attention for days. This
had an immediate and beneficial effect on my
health. / had been without news from home
for years, save what could CLEAN froma few
Saturday Reoie1's and Punch, of 1868. My
appetite revived, and in week ] began to
feel strong again.
Stanley brought kind and encouraging
dispatch from Lord Clarendon. whose loss
sincerely deplore, the first / have received
from the foreign Office since 1866, and infor-
nation that the British government had kind
ly sent thousands of pounds sterling to my
aid up to his arrival. was not aware of any
pecuniary aid, and came here unsalaried
But this want is now happily repaired, and /
am now anxious that you and all my friends
should know that though uncheered by letter,
have stuck to the task which my FRIEND Sir
Roderick Murchison set me, with John Bull
tenacity, believing that all would como out
right at last. ssf ..
Serious Riot i'm Savannah, Georgia.
SAVANNAH, July 30.-The riot yesterday