The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-25
Village Life in Africa-Ihe Negro at
the Birthplace of His Raoe.
"PLAYING AT MISSIONARIES"
What an Arab Prince
Thinks of the Ladies'
The American Press Consolation
Amidst Local Desolation.
THE BLESSING OF A LONELY MAN.

The London and Scotch journals OF the 10th and
Nth OF April, which reached New York by mail
yesterday publish the following important CORE.
spondence written by the lamented Livingstone
some short time previ.us 10 his death. The editors
preface the commu ication thus :-"Among DR..
I4vingsrone's papers ceived at the Foreign once
was found letter, addressed to Mr.. James Gordon
Bennett, the proprietor OF the NEW YORK HERALD.
Lord Tenterden has forwarded the letter TO the
London ONCE OF the NEW YORK HERALD, and a copy
hhereof has been courteously sent to us By the
London manager"
Iivingstonc's Opinion Of the Slave
Trade-The Negro at Home.
FROM UNYANyEMBE, Southeastern Africa,
April 0, 1S.2 !
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ =
MY DEAR SIR-When endeavoring to give you
some idea OF the save trade and it's attendant
evils in this coun ry, it was necessary to keep
lar within the truth in order not to be thou hit
guilty OF exaggeration. But in sober seriousness
the subject does not admit OF being overdrawn
To exaggerate its enormities Is a simple impos-
sibility, and the accounts given by Sir s.
Baker of the atrocious proceedings OF the
White Nile slave traders tally exactly with
my own observations OF the rratr1c in the hands
of the Arabs and halI-caste Portuguese further
SOUTH The sights | nave seen, though common
incidents OF the socalled trade, are so terribly
nauseous that always strive to drive them from
memory; and. In cases OF other dtsagreeabe re-
collections can In time succeed in consignlng
them to oblivion. These shaving scenes, however,
come back unDidden and unwecome and some
times make me start up at dead OF night horrifed
by their vlvidness To some this may appear weak
and unphilosophlcal, since it is alleged that
the whole human family has passed through
q he n
ment from the lowest state OF bestialty,
cannibalism, stone, bronze, iron ages. Idolatry
and slavery, 1t is said, are portions OF the ascend
ing education OF mankind. The propagators OF
these views have many interesting facts in their
favor, and every educated man receives new facts
gladly, though he may not be able TO explain them
reconcile them to other facts previously known.
He hopes that they may vet be proved to be por.
tons OF light from ABOVE. One must admire the
industry oil many ardent searchers after scientific
truth-men really noble in their liie-ong aims
following truth wherever that may lead;
and it must be conceded that real
investigators are by means bigoted.
II stupid human still needs the outrageous
schooling OF slavery and the slaverrade it is in q
bad way still, and one might almost vote for allow
ing 1t TO die out. 1t may have been want OF char
ity on my part, bat was so frequently asked when
in England, "Woud these Africans work Tor one g''
Yes, If You could pay them" This answer pro-
duced such palpable lengtlening OF visage that
suspected my questioners had been Specializing
on getting them to work for nothing-in
fact. be slaveowners / fear that por-
ton at least OF the sympathy in England Tor
what simple fox called the southern causet was
lurking liking TO be slaveowners themselves One
Englshman al least tried to put his theory OF get
ting the inferior race to work for nothing into
practice. He was brother to member OF Parlia-
ment Tor a large and rich constituency. and when
his mother died she LETT him &, 600. With this he
bough. wagon and oxen at the Cape OF Good
Hope, and an outdt composed chiefly Of paper
9ndche snuf boxes, each OF which had a look
lid; these, he concluded, were the 'snews
or war; He made his way to my mis-
sion station. more than 1000 miles inland,
and then he iound tbat his smut boxes would not
even buy food. On asking the reason Tor investing
in that trash he replied that III reading book OF
travels he saw that the natives We're ond OF peer
ing INTO looking piasses and liked snun, and he
thought that he might obtain ivory In abundance
Tor these iuxuries ! gathered rom his con-
versatlon that he had even speculated on being
made cnief He said thar he knew a
/ took it to be himself We supported him
for aoout couple OF months, bur our stores were
fast drawing TO a close. We were then recently
married. and the young houseaeeper could not
bear to appear inhospitabe 10 a Fellow country
man relieved ner ey een ma an inward ea 70
shall go too.u .'You had better not' was the re-
ply, and no reason assigned. He civiliy left some
them either. lie frequently reiterated, "Peopie
think these blacks stupid and ignorant, but, by
George, they would sell any Enghsnman.n We
surely nave but few men or sucn silly type as
PRINCES OPINION OF THE LADIES.
may now give an idea Of the state OF supreme
hiss Tor the attainment Of which all the atrocities
OF the so-called Arabs are committed in Central
Africa. In conversng with half-caste Arao
prince ne advanced the opinion, which ! believe Is
generaltamong them, that all women were utterly
and irretrvably bad. ] admitted that some were
no better than tney should be, but the majority
were Enthusiastically good and trustworthy, He in
sisted that the reason why we English allowed our
wives so much liberty was because we did not
know them SO well as Arabs did. mo, no." ne
S1 can ee go1o n1 ms pe
And then he praised his own and countrymen's
wisdom and cunning in keeping their wives from
themselves turkeys, or. IKE the inferior animals,
bulls over herds turned the edge OF his nvectives
show that he could be as liberal as the English
captain s., OF Her Maestys corvette -, accept
ed the invitation Also to be made everlasting riend
BY eating bread with the Princes imprisoned
wives. The Princes mother, stout lady ofsabou
~it5 her son. when Young she must have beer
very pretty, and she still re tanned many oil her lot
mer good looks. she shook hands, inqulred for on
it would have been more agreeable tor her to squa
ON mat. sne then asked the captain II he knew
admiral WyvI who formerly, as commodore, com
handed the Cape station. 1t turned out That man.
wears before an sngsh ship was wrecked at tn,
island on wllicls lived, and this good lady hat
rece,yed ali the lady passengers into her nous
ana lodged them couIteousIy. The Admiral ha'
called to thank ner, and gave ner written test
moniai acknowledging her Kindness. she nov
wished TO write to MIN for Old acquaintance sake
and the captain promised to convey the letter.
NATIVE BEAUTIES At HOME.
she did not seem to condrm her sons low opin
ton Of women. A red c10tn screen was liIted non
a door IN 'front.' OF where We sat, and tine frIncel
chief vine entered, In Ror geous apparel she cam
forward with pretty jaunty step, ana VIII
pleasant smile held out neat little sweet
cake, Oh which we each broke NOR.
sci and ate 1t. she had nne, ram
address, and talked and looked Just as q FAIR Eng
llsh lady does no wishes her husbands friends Z
leel themselves perfectly at home. Her large