The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-27

poor doggle. lie must have swan among the dogs
eacn one minding mmse nn.i ne was te WI nr
Wilson, though l ought, but the slave trader will
not give me more time. consumed Mr.. IS
extract OF meat from real gnawlng hunger, and
found 1t excellent. have lost all my medicines
the sorest loss OF goods ever sustained. You VIII
excuse my brevty The slavery party leaves and
must write several letters.
blessings from the Highest be on you all. my dear
friends. DAVID LIVINGSTDNE.
DIR. LIVINGSTONE AND THE HERALD EXPEDITION.
The several years OF painful anxiety which fol-
lowed the departure OF DR.. Livingstone from the
coast, the mystery surrounding his whereabouts,
the false story OF has murder the as
tonishing apathy OF the British government
and the apparent lukewarmness OF the Royal
Geographical Society, induced the HERALD to send
an expedition in search of the lost traveller. At
the head OF this enterprise was placed a daring
young journalist OF experience in Eastern and
African travel, who had competed with the British
government during the Abysslnian war, and had
out-distanced it in sending in Intelligence OF the fa
Of Magdala, Mr.. Henry NJ. Stanley The story
OF that expedition, of tire secrecy which attended
Its initiation, OF the care with which Mr. Stanley
selected his experienced subordinates, OF the dill
fcuties and frowns which harassed the inception
Of the undertaking, of the perilous march to
Unyanyembe OF the faithlessness OF his chief SUBJ
ordnates and OF the final meeting at Ujiji between
Stanley and Livingstone, matters OF
was given fresh life through this medum-a
fact which he was not slow to acknowledge in his
letters to the proprietor Of the HERALD. One of
these letters, published In our issue OF July g.
1872, is as follows -
UJIJI, ON TANGANYIKA
EAST AFRICA. November 1871.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Jr., Esq.
MY DEAR SIR-lt Is, in general, somewhat diff
fcuIt to write to one we have never seen-lt feels
so much Ike addressing an abstract ldea-but the
presence OF your representative, Mr.. II. NJ stanley,
in this distant region takes away the strangeness
l should otherwise have felt, and, IN wrnlng to
thank You Tor tie extreme kindness that prompted
you TO send him. feel quite at home.
Ii l explain the fOrlOrn condition in which he
found me you will easily perceive that have good
reason to use very strong expressions OF gratitude.
came to Ujiji of tramp OF between 400 and 500
miles beneath blazing vertical sun. having been
baf1ed, worried, defeated and forced to re-
the geographical part OF my mission. by number
OF naf-caste Mosiem slaves sent to me from Zanzi.
bar instead . OF men, the s sore heart made siill
humanity TO man reached and told On the bodily
frame 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, sutry
way was in PAIN and reached Uuji a mere
There found that some $500 sterling worth OF
goods, which mad ordered from zanzibar, had
unaccountably been entrusted to a drunken half
caste M0slem tailor who, after squanderlng them
Tor sixteen mouths on the way to ujlli finished up
by selling of all that renamed Tor slaves and ivory
for himself He had ''dlvned" ON the Koran and
found That | was dead. He mad also written
UnyunyemDc
slaves alter me to Manyema who returned and
reported my decease and begged permission to
sell off the few goods that his drunken appetite
He, however. knew perfectly well from men who
had seen me That was alive, and waiting Tor the
goods and men; but, as ior morality, he Is EVIL
denty an idiot, and there being no law ne.e eX-
cept the dagger and the musket. l had to sit
down in great weakness, destitute o. everything
save a lew barter clothes and beads, which l had
taken the precaution to leave here III case of cx-
The near prospect Of beggary AMONG Ujijians
made me miserable.
| could not despair, because laughed so much
| at irlend who, on reaching the mouth OF the
! Zambezl, SAID that he was tempted to despair on
breaking the photograph of his vile. We could
have no success after that. Alterward the idea OF
despair had to me such strong sense OF the
ludicrous that it was out OF the question. well,
vague rumOrs OF an English visitor reached
me. thought Of myself as the man
neither priest Levite nor samaritan could possl-
bly, pass my way. Yet the good Samaritan was
the top Of his speed ana In great excitement
gasped out, IAN Englishman coming see HIM %
and OF he darted to meet him.
| An American dag-tne first ever seen in these
| parts-at the head OF caravan tO.d me the na-
tonailty OF the stranger 1s am a. cold ana non;
to be- but your Kindness made my frame thrill. IL
was, indeed overwhelming, and SAID in my soul.
| "Let the richest blessings descend from the High
est on You and yours"
The news Mr.. Stanley had to tell was thrilling.
| The mighty political changes on the Continent;
the success OF the Atlantic cables; the election OF
General Grant and many Otner topics ri veted my
date and beneficial effect on my health. / had
| been without news from home for years, save
| what could CLEAN from few saturday Repie,cs
and Punch OF 1868. The appetite revived, and in
| a week began to feel strong again.
mr. stanley Sr tr mos. knd ana encour
sincerely deplore the first l have received from
The Foreign office since 1866, and information tnat
the British government had kindly sent IL 900 ser-
ling to my aid. Up to his arrival vas not OF
any pecuniary aid. l came unsalarled. but this
nj 10 ~ ,rNilv rod and
that you and ali my trends should know that,
though uncheered by letter, have stuck to the
me with John Bullish" tenacty believing that
all would come right at last.
The watershed OF South Central Africa Is over
700 miles in length. The fountains thereon are
almost innumeraole-that is, 1t would take mans
lifetime TO count them. FROM the wa ershed they
into two mighty streams in the great Nile valley,
which begins in ten degrees TO twelve degrees
south latitude. 1t was long ere light dLwned on
the ancient problem and gave me q clear idea OF
the drainage. l had to feel my way and every
dark, Tor who cared where the rivers ian We
drank our fill and let the rest run by
slaves and ivory. and heard OF nothing else. |
asked about the waters, questioned and cross
questioned until was almost afraid OF being set
Ny last work, In which have been greatly
hindered rom want OF suitable attendants, was
following the central line OF drainage down
through the country OF the cannibals, called Man.
zuema, or shortly. Maizena,: This line OF drainage
HAS lOuT ldTRc ldkeS III ~. Inc lOuTlH L was near
when obliged to turn 1t ia from to three miles
broad and never can be reached at any point or at
any time OF the year. Two western drains, the
Lupera Barte Freres River, flow into 1t at Lake
kamOlendO. Then the great river Lorraine flows
through Lake Lincoln into it too, and form
the western arm OF the Nile, on which Petherick
traded.
Now, know about 600 miles OF the watershed,
and unfortunately. the seventh hundred Is the
most interesting OF the whole, for in It, II not
mistaken Jour fountains arise from an earthen
mound, and the last OF the four becomes ut no
great distance OH large river. Two OF these run
north to Egypt, Lupera and Lorraine, and two run
south into inner EthiOpa as the Liambai or upper
Zambezi and the KafneOre. These are not the
sources OF the Nile mentioned by the secretary OF
Minerva IN the city OF Sais 10 herodotus. have
heard OF them so often and at great distances OF
that cannot doubt their existence and In spite OF
the sore longing for home that SEXES me every
time think OF my family, wish to finish up by their
redscOvery. Five hundred pounds sterling worth