Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-27

\,w YORK, August 25.-The Pail Mall
r.y.,,e Of August Is, published letter tlom
S'r samuel Baker, dated khartoour, July :,
- which he says: The news Of Livingstone's
.,f,ty received here is most cheering; but l am
s..,niShed at his account OF au examination
~, IN. north eud OF Tauganyika, that there does
n, appear to be any connection with the Al
b,r, Nyanza. Since | wrote to Sir Roderlck
Nnrchisou, the King Of Uganda, NJ. Tese, to
w,,cm entrusted the search tor Livingstone,
s,D, messengers to me at Fatlko, saying that
h., men has been to Ujiji, and declared that
Livingstone had left that place long ago for
the west side of Taugauyika, since which moth,
i,.y was known of him. They also reported
tia, three. white nen had been to UiDl. but had
returned | sent one of my men with NJ. Tese,
as envoy to remain with him as my agent.
This man, Sclim, was Que of Spekes talthtuls,
who. having got drunk iu Alexandria, was
s:zcd by the police and made soldier. Thus
li~ destiny brought him into my service.
wrote letter to Livingstone, which will
csraiuy reach him il he comes North, and the
King Of Uganda will receive him kindly and
forward him to the Government station. | cs-
la!,liShcd station opposite RiougaS island, on
the Victoria Nile, north latitude 80 10. My
next station is Fatiko north latitude 8 lO>, at
which places be will find himself at home
Should lie reach them The ENJOYS sent by NJ.
T,>. all assured me that TaDganyika is the Al
t,r, Nyauna, and that Ujiji is on the eastern
border: that you can travel by boat from UJUl
IL the north end Of the Albert lake, but you
must have guide, as some PORTIONS are very
narrow aud intricate BY my experience OF the
h,.h water grass | should expect islands aud
an,ung veg, tatiou in the narrow passes descrb-
rJ am by no meaus fond Of geographical
ri,.orcs, but the natives descriptions were SO
,%.ar that | accepted as a fact that the Tangan-
y,a aud Albert lakes are one sheet OF water,
with marshy. narrow straits overgrown with
water grass through which you require guide
ACArE SCENE IN MlLAN-There is no spot
or earth, says the correspondent of the London
Times. where the principle of live and let live
!, more consistently acted upon than at Milan
T.cre are no professional meudicants in this city,
bu, Of unprotess;onal beggars the name is le-
y!ou and these exist for the simple reason that
,i,ir tcIlow-citzcDs patronize them, and like to
have them about them. 1t would be hardly
possible to believe under what variety OF
tr4rchcs OF Industry beggary and vagrancy, coD-
tive to thrive among these eaSy-golng Milan
c>a Prowng around and even under the cafe
lat,r> are >warms of children, ill-combed and
dry, but by no means in tattcrs; their appar
Jour hatprnuy Cavour cigar, but they look you
iaIIy in the face as the foul weed is growing
,,nal by degrees aud beautifully less, and IT by
II your look they think you good-natured, they
u beg Tor lump Of sugar out of your coffee
Tray. These urchiDs the cafe customer has
always On bis right and lett, and even un-
der his legs; the walters, uneasy about stray
olp~S or even about Christohe spoons,
naar sudden aud fierce razZlas among them;
but 10 what purpose if the customers look
btucvoently on the little Arabs-youug Barab-
ta>r> they call them-aud if the cigar stump
all The sugar lump, with an occasional unso
!ctcd COPPER, are sooner or later forthcoming?
li,>c upon the heels of this juvenile gang a
!,vy Of howcr-girs, hnwer- women, aud even
flower old women are fitting from bench to
tcuch, with slovculy, long-trailing garments,
/ stopping over you with Rrimace that is meant
4 tor smile, thrustiDg faded pink into your
q hutlonhoic before you are aware OF their lnten-
lions. Mex, comes band Of hawkers and
n liInerant ndels of cheap wares, stationery,
4 lahclda>hcry, alabastcr and marble works,
prints, photographs, Autographs, books, papers,
lucltcr matches, blue spectacles and umbrellas,
iat> and warming -paus every article in or out
Of >ca>op; the pushing pedder, opening his
Pack or lifting the lid of his box under your
hose, eager for bargain, offering free CHI oice,
anlnvtlHg you to name the price. And, all
tir time, above the talk of the tables, the call
ns Of The walters the screaming of the children,
ile sabbe OF the hawkers, the chaff and bau-
icrs OF the crowd, there arose the squeak Of the
N'ite, the stunning of the guitar, aud the
'>cori OF two, three or more itnerant compG-
LIES o musicians, besetting the threshold.