The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-16
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LETTER FROM DIR. LIVINGSTONE.

i James Gordon Bennett, Jr., 6
the New York Herald, received b
9. cable on the 25th nlt., the following
$ letter, given by Dr. Livingstone :,
: Stanley, Of the Herald expedition
! U1IsI, on Tanganika, East Africa, !
! November, 1871. {
!. James Gordon Bsaaett, Jr., ESQ.,:
: II is, IN general, somewhat diff.
E cult to write to one never seen. II
t seems much like addressing an alb
/ stract idea, but the presence Of
your representative, Mr.. Stanley, in
this region, takes away the strange
ness should otherwise have tclt.
and il writing to thank y3u tor
your extreme kindness tlat prompt
ed You to send him, | feel quite at
home. II | explain the forlorn
condition IN which lie found me,
you wi ! easily perceive that | have
a good reason to use a very strong
expression Of gratitude. came TO
tjiji, trip between four and five
hundred miles, beneath blazing
vertical sun, having been bafiled,
defeated and forced to return when
almost in sight Of the geographical
part Of my mission By a number Of
halfeaste Moslem slaves sent to me
from Zanzibar instead OF men. Ny
heart was made still sorcr by the
woful sights | had seen of mans
inhamanity, which told on my bod
lily frame and depressed it beyond
measure. | thought | was dying
on my feet. It is not too much to
say that | passed every step Of my
uneasy, sultry way in pain, and |
reached ujiji a wreck Of bones.
There | found some $500 worth OF
goods which lad ordered from
Zanzibar had ulaccouutably been
intr,lsted to o drunken man--half
caste Moslen tailor--who after
sqnandering them forsixteen months
on the way to Ujiji, finished up
by selling off the remainder for
slaves and ivory for himself lie
had OWNED the Koran and found
| was dead he had also written to
the Governor Of Unyanyambe that
he had sent the slaves after me to
Manyama who had returned and
reportedm my deccase aud begged per-
mission to sell off the few goods
his drunken appetite had spared.
He, however, knew perfectly well
fiom men who lad seen me | was
alive and waiting for goods and
men, but as for mo9lity, he is evil
IDENTIFY an idiot, aud there being no
law except that Of the dagger or
musket, | had to sit down in great
wearincss destitute Of everything
save fine Corter clothes aud beads,
which | had taken the prccaution
to leave here in case Of extremity. |
The near prospect ofbegging among
the Ujijialls made me miserable. |
could not despair, because laugh |
ed 80 much at . friend, who, on
reaching the mouth Of the Zambes-
ic. said he was tempted to despair
on breaking q photograph Of his
wife. We could have 10 success
after that. Aflerward Ida's despair
had to me such strong smack of
ludicrousness that it was out Of the
Well, when / got to
about the worst verge, vague ru-
mors Of an English visitor reached
me. | thought Of myself as o man
who went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, but neither priest, I.eyite,
nor Samaritan could possibly pass
my way. Yet the good Samaritan :
was close at hand and one ofmy peo.
pie rushed up at the top Of his I
speed, and in great excitement
gasped out, "An Englishman is
coming; see him |" and Off he {
danced to meet him. The Ameri-
can flag, the first ever seen in these
parts, at the head of a caravan,
told me the nationality Of the
stranger. | was as cold and non-
Jemonstratiye as we Islanders are
usually reported to be, but your
kindness made my frame thrill; it
was indeed overwhelming, and | t
aid in my soul, "I.et the richest :
blessings descend from the highest
~. you and yours" The news !
stanley had to tell me was thrilling: Z
he mighty political changes on the 2
ointment; the success Of the At 2
ailliDi cable, the election OF Gen. :,
sraht and many other topics rivet- t.
i my attention for days together, ID
md had an immediate and benei- o.
ial effect 90 my health. | had
cen without news from home for
ears, save what Icould CLEAN from p p
] few Saturday Recicscs and g {,
Punch Of 1868. My appetite re- pl
ived, and in a week ! began to ro
,el strong again. Saturday brought ~ ~
most kind and encouraging dis ii ii
atch from Lord Clarendon. whose Nd