Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-01-27
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HAMILTON Jan 2G.-I believe the people
of Loudoun are thoroughly aroused to the i'm
portance Of the completion of the W. & o. r.
r. at least to the Blue Ridge Mountain this
summer. They have at length come to the
conclusion that money put into bonds Of the
W. & 0. R. R. is one Of the best investments
AS au Investment, (paying u per cent per an
mum lu goid) besides, by the building OF the
road to Snickersvlle, the real estate will be eu-
HANGED in value at least 10 per cent. Again.
every dollar subscribed towards building the
road will cause 81 TO be spent in that locality.
The contractors will constantly be buying sup
plies for both man and beast, and are going to
buy along the line OF the work, not at dis
lance, aud pay transportation, thereby iucreas-
Ing the cost Of the articles they need, particu-
larry when they can get such an abundance in
the vicinity of their work. The people OF Lou
doun are now moving 10 this matter, and it
does seem that while they are making such u
strong pull to complete the road to Suckers.
vile, the people OF Alexandria ought to give
people of Alexandria) will reap largely Of the
benefits in the way of increase country product
to handle, and in exchange for which the pcO-
pie IN upper Loudouu will want their goods
AID wares.
DR.. LIVINGSTONE cable dispatch from
London, January 26, announces the death in
Africa OF the great Scottish explorer Of that
continent, Dr.. David Livingstone This ceIc-
bratcd traveller and author was born near Glas-
Cow in 1915. A son Of poor parents, he was
placed i'll cotton factory at ten years of age,
and 10 the intervals OF his daily labor pursued
an extended course Of self instruction. In his
10Th year he conceived the idea of going to
China as medical missionary, with which OBJ
ject he attended lectures on medicine and d.
vinity at the University Of Glasgow, ard was
admitted llcentlate of the faculty of physicians
Of that city. The breaking out of war between
Great Britain aud China frustrated his intcn-
tons, and he turned his attention to southern
Africa, embarklng in 1910 for Cape Town.
From thence he proceeded to the interior, learn
ing languages and customs and performing mis-
siouary duty He started on his first exploring
| expedition in June, 1S49. He returned to
| England in 1856, having travelled over not less
| than II 900 mics Of African territory, and by
his Astronomical observations had determined
the sites Of places, hills, rivers and lakes, near
| ly all Of which had been till then unknown, as
we'll as described the physical features, china
toogy, and georg ical struc urc Of tn" countries
| he had explored, and pointed out many Dew
sources of commerce. He also propoundcd his
views on the question Of African civilization by
recommending the growth Of cotton upon an
extensive scale in the interior Of that continent
aud the opening up of commercial relations be-
tween England and the south African tribes as
likely to put an end to the slave trode.ss 10
March, 1858, he returned to Africa; again visit
ed Eugland in July, 1864, and quilted it tinally
in April, 1865. La consequence of ruuiors Of
his being killed expeditions have been at vari-
Gus times seut from Eng land in search of him.
1t is fresh in the public mind hat Mr.. Stanley,
New York Herald correspondent, who had
joined one Of those expeditions, became impa-
tcnt of its slow movements, separated from
the expedition. and in the summer Of 1872
found him at Ui;ji in the African Interior
| When Stanley left him he was determined to
proceed with his explorations, and lot to return
homc till he had completed the great work Of
ascertalnlng the source Of the Nile So many
reports however, have been received from time
to time Of the death OF this Traveller that there
would be some incredulity in regard to the
present dispatch, but for the fact that the de-
tails now given seem to warrant the conclusion
that the sad story is at last true, and that the
great explorer has finally met his fate, at the
moment. too when it was most desirable that
his life should be spared. -Bult. Sun.