Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-08-21
DR. DAVID LIVNGSTONE.

The whole civilized world has late
ly been thrilled by the discovery at
Ujiji, Central Africa, of Doctor David
Livingstone, the far-famed missiona-
rY and explorer. This wonderful
man whom we have looked upon as
the very best type of Anglo Saxon
pluck, endurance, and fortitude, de-
parted from Zanzibar on his travels
so long ago as March, 1866. He COM
menced his explorations by way of
the Rovuma River, and since that
distant period he has been totally lost,
until lately discovered at Ujiji, by
Stanley, sent ont by the New York
Herald over two years ago, for that
very purpose For several years
back the news of his death and Of his
having been found alive; now of his
appearance here, and then of his re-
turn to the coast, have filled the pa
pers over the world but nothing pos
tive was knOwn'of him until lately.
He is not only well. but has made
some very valuable geographical and
physical discoveries, and instead of
returning to bis family and country
for rest after such long and weary
tramping, he declares his intentions of
continuing in Africa yet two years to
complete his important researches,
There is something so touching, so
thrilling, and so fascinating ABOUT
this whole story of Livingstone's
long wanderings amid the unknown
wilds Of Africa, that it reads like one
Of the Arabian Nights Tales. The
New York HeTdLd's expedition ac- |
cOmplished what the British govern |
ment and all thee learned Societies of |
that Country totally failed in, and /
brought back the first intelligence
Of the heroic explorer. II found him /
turned back from his explorations
while on the very point of being COM
pleted. and sitting down at Ujiji,
sick, destitute, and despairing. He
had been robbed by the very men
sent by the British consulate at
Zanzibar with his Caravan. The
Herald expedition the escorted hfRn
TO Unyanyeneby, only q time to save
his last stock of goods, which were
rapidly being made way with by
English sgents. The Herald expe-
1itiOn accomplished over two thous-
and miles of march in the same time
t took the Consular expedition to
C. I
Livingstone, during the last five
rears, has made some most valuable
continuing and cOmpIet-
ny the late interesting researches of
Speke, Burton, Baker and others,
lie has first found and traced a noble
liver Chambezi, through its countless
neanderingS and its lacustfine reser-
'oirs 200 miles westward, around the ]
side OF Lake Tanganyikaand {
hence nOrthward and westward to a
Oint within $50 miles of its probable
with the Albert Nyanza [
AXE. It is this unexplored link {
lhich Livingstone now remains to +
xplore, thus bringing finally to s
the hidden, mysterious 8
Ource of the Nile, and explaining its q
erennial supply in its unwearied and O
nd unexausted flow through the fiery a
eas of sand, and beneath the burn .
lg sun of Tropical and Equatorial :
frica. . -i r.I. n
Livingstone states that his last n
oTk was following the central line 4
drainage. which has four large p
kes in it, down through the eanni- n
Al country. He now knows about 4,
K hundred miles of watershed, but M
le seventh hundred is the most in !
rsting Of them all, as tending to
'nfirm and unity all previous explo-
tions. He expects to find in it four
untains arising from an eaTthen oi
Ound, the last fountain becoming a II
rye river, In addition to discover q
ing Lake Lincoln and that the
lambezi is totally distinct from the ie
)rtegese Zambesi, being none other is
an the Nile itself, Livingstone has %
me upon new nation, very hand a
me and nearly white. Hetells ofcop- "a
T mines which have been worked for Al
es of ivory so cheap that it is used W WuO
r door posts of skilful manufacture Ite
5 of grass cloth rivaling the fabrics s0 Ae
India, &C., &c. -i- -7' 40
Whatever were the motives-and W
! presume they were speculatiye- ~
1ich induced the Herald to send an
t two expensive and apparently III
IixOtio expeditions-one in search
Livingstone and the other down
Q Nile in search of Baker, we, as
may all rejoice in the -,
lgnifcent success Of the former. &c