The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-02-13
DIR. LIVINGSTONE DEAD.
A Record OF Travel in Regions Hitherto
Unknown by Civilized Man.

Unknown by Civilized Man.
Intelligence has been received OF the
| death of DIR. Livingstone in the interior
OF Africa. He died of dysentery while
travelling from Lake Bembe to Unyan-
yembe. His body has been embalmed
and Is to be taken to England. 1t will
come by the way of Zanzibar.
DIR. David Livingstone was born at
Blantyre Works, near Glasgow, Scot
land, in 1916. The poverty of his pa
rents prevented them from giving him
such educational advantages as the boy
craved, but he managed while at work
In the cotton mills to store his mind
with much valuable information, to be
turned to account in later years. He
enjoyed an occasional month in an even
ing school In Glasgow, I'D here, in addi-
tlon to the rudimeots of his own Ian
guage, he acquired a very respectable
knowledge of Latin and Greek, and of
various branches of science, including
totany and geology. At the age of 10,
after he had been promoted from the
position of piecer to that of spinner,
ne conceived the idea of going to China
as a medical missionary; and with this
object in view attended lectures on
medicine aud divinity in the university
OF Glasgow in the winter time, always
resuming his place in the factory when
the summer vacation began. In 1898,
having been licensed by the faculty of
physicians and surgeons, he prepared
to sail for China under the auspices of
the London missionary society. The
war between Great Britain and China
broke out at this time, however, and
his long-cherished plan was abandoned.
The young enthusiast next turned his
attention to Southern Africa, where the
Rev. Robert Moffat had been laboring
among the natives with signal success. |
In 1910, after voyage of three months,
he landed at Cape Town, and for sixteen
years applied himselfto the self. Imposed
work of christianizing the Africans. His
first exploring expedition was made in /
1S49, when he reached Lake Ngami, he |
and his companions, Oswell and Muir
ray, being the first white men to visit |
it. In 1851 he discovered the great |
Zambezi river.
Shortly after his arrival at Cape Town
he married daughter of DIR. Moffat, |
the missionary. In 1852 she took her
children to England, but rejoined her
husband subsequently and died on the |
banks of the Zambezi. Just before he
started on what proved to be his most |
important northern expedition cruel
attack was made by four hundred
Dutch Beers upon the Kolobeng set
tlement. Sixty of the inoffensive ma
tives were killed, several hundred wo-
men and children were carried into bon
dage, and Liv1ngstone's property was
destroyed.
In May, 1853, he reached the capital
of the Makololo tribe, and was pleasant
ly received and Hospitality entertained
by King Sekeletu, Crossing to Angola
he became the honored guest of the
Portuguese authorities stationed at
Loanda. He next went on foot to
Quilimane on the Indian ocean, reach
ing that point Just four years from the
time of his departure from Care Town,
having traversed the continent from
ocean to ocean, and travelled altogether
more than 5000 miles through coun-
try unknown to civilized man. At
Quilimane he took passage in Brit
ish gun brig which conveyed him to
MaHritius, whence he retu ned to Eng
land b the Red sea and the overland
route.
In 1857 he published his first book of
travels, Missionary Travels and Re
in South Africa" He had no
sooner seen the volume fairly launched
from the press than he returned to
Quilimsne, having been appointed
consul to that place with sort of row
ing commission. He subsequently pen
etrated to Lake Nyassa in steamboat
with party of scientific men. In 1864
he paid his last visit to England, and in
1865 returned to the scene of his labors
in Africa, after which time he was rare
ly seen by white men.
DR.. Livingstone leaves one son who
lives in Scotland. His only brother,
DR.. John Livingstone, is in business in
Canada. At the time of his death the
explorer was in all probability cOntem-
plating a return to England to give to