The New York herald., 1875-11-29

leWer8 NJ Linant had met with mr. othhicy tes~
very large and contains many islands ne had nGvgasa
being accompanied BY European LsqIsnaat CsmSroa
% gsh. a nonsn a,n y, nsoceea tevsris the vest NJ
lnsnt had sght on Mtssas capital and
Colonel Long had bis battle MI Stanley, having already
n ~ n n OqIy hs yssporat,ons 70 the vest
UgAndi htesas country and zsaIbar which Id
been open Is impossible owing 20 the hostility o. hs
KarAgwe tribes
These brief kilograms not very clear or them
selves kilograms rarely are but read by the light
or Colonel Gordons letters written during the months
or May and June land which have been published in
Paris, supplemented by Lieutenant ChppendaPs re-
port OF his exploration up the Nile which read At
the Bristol meeting they become sufficiently inteni-
gble. Colonel Gordon appears during the summer 70
have forced hts way In Nile boats, nuggurs, from
Ragaft the mouth Of the Asua the difference Of level
between these points being over 800 feet He estab.
shed stations he at Bddin Al Kerre and at
Appudo He at the latter place leo miles from the
Albert Niyanza the end Of August and preparing
to try the ascent Of the rapids at Makedo eight miles in
advance and where he had already esabsheda station
The Pacha's steamer Khedive, in the meantime taking
advantage OF the rise IN the river had followed IN the
course forcing her way up the rapids at Biddin
and Kerre, and having nearly reached Appudo by the
last The great trial viii be the passage of
the steamer from Appudo to Makedo, where there
eight miles of continued rapids and cataracts. Baker
estimates one single fall at forty feet II the steamer
with the help Of tow ropes, reach Makedo, the
further navigation of the lake distance OF 100 miles
Is without obstacle. While Gordon occupied with
this ascent OF the rapids, his assistant Chippenda
1850 <APRaNes
the lake and had concliated the tribes Of the neigh
borhood, but had not succeeded IN reaching the
lake itself Both he and Colonel Gordon report from
native information that the Nile leaves the Albert Nj
yanza by two channels, but whore the western
rejoins the main river is stl doubtful. Colonel Cor
don is further inclined TO give to the Albert Nyanza a
general direction OF east and west rather than north
and south He would assign the greatest width )f the
lake the latitude OF Magungo where Baker EFF it
and where station is now TO be established and he
doubts whether the water of this great basin
stretches further south than the equator The
AF ant hArA 0fua Enln
mel Gordon's kilograms is, no doubt OF somewhat
older date than stated and was probably brought to
Mtesas capital by Arab traders from Unyanyembe.
We know from Zanzibar that envoy finally leh UjJi
for the at the end Of May 1874 Since this date
no OF him whatever has been received Zanzibar
although the direct route 70 uJui Is more open than
has been for years past
NEWS OF SOMEWHAT LArKR DATE
than these kilograms has been received TO the
effect that NJ Lnant the bearer Of Stanley important
letter. had been killed with thirty six Of hts followers
in attack by the Bari tribe, when near Colonel
Gordon Is station. This lamentabe event may possibly
retard execution OF this officers plans SIR Bartle
Frere informs me in letter just received that his
Excellence NqoaT @ oeSs Son H mel
report of young Lnants death and OF Gordon's
having been Obliged in consequence 70 give up for
the his visit to the Albert Nivanza in order TO 90
and punish the tribe who had attacked the party This
is tho second that the venerable Linant Bey 1.-THE
great irrgational engineer OF Mehemet Ali and Ibrahm
Pacha has lost in that country With regard TO Colonel
Gordon's expedition, Sir Bartle wrtes:-"Evcryone
speaks most highly Of Gordon and his doings-the
residents and American missionaries He has not
only SO they all say, really checked the slave trade
and still more the slave hunting but he has made his
expedition almost pay itself by economy and by
judicious management OF the conquered districts =
RsTERPRIsE PRESS
Before close this brief account OF Mr. Stanley's
poration or the Victoria exploration which
does infinite credit to his energy and SKILL and which
will be explained TO You in more detail by the veteran
traveller, Colonel Grant, at our next meeting-I am
desrous Of drawing attention to the extraordinary
munifcence OF the proprietors OF the NEW York
HERALD and the London Telegraph in ntting out this
expedition entirely at their own expense Cheers
Such municence far transcends the efforts of private
individuals in the cause Of science and oven puts 70
shame public institutions, enabling as II
did, tho undaunted Mr.. Stanley 70 take the
field with four Europeans and 300 natives,
amply provided with arms, instruments and sup
plies and assured OF continued support until
he had fairly accomplished his work. And may add
Stanleys map OF the Victoria Nyanza for the gratica
of the fellows Of the Geographical Society, and for
the general instruction OF the public, is graceful
sequel TO the lberality Of Mr. Sanley's English and
American patrons in preparing the original expedition
feel assured then that only express the feelings Of
the fellows Of tho so:iey in recording our warmest
HERALD and Daily Telegraph for the service they have
rendered TO the cause Of geography, and In wishing
the most complete to Mr. SANKEY'S further op
erations. loud applause) y
The president next alluded TO the
GERMAN KxPEDIrIos AFRICA
from which so much expected, but which had
unable to penetrate into the interior in the vicin
ity of the Congo the same obstacles which bafned
insurmountable. Dr. Gussfeldt the leader Of the
pediton returned TO Europe some time back, and his
successor Her Won Homeyer, has since succumbed 70
the climate and finally abandoned the enterprise The
only two officers, indeed, who remain Of the original
party-Dr. Pogge and Dr. Lasaulx-have now, IL is
shifted their ground 70 the south with the
intention Of starting from the Loanda base and making
their way via Cassange and through comparatively
easy country TO the mysterious capital of Matiamvo
On the east coast Of Africa, to the south
of what is called the lake region two British parties
work. not indeed ostensby for the purposes Of
geography bat still in very little known regions, where
every step in advance brings with 1t some discovery
Bishop Stecre in the first place, len Zanzibar about
two months ago. accompanied oy MT Alfred Beuyine
and two other gentlemen, and piloted by Chumah and
Susi Livingsones two faithful servants, benevo-
lent and important mission. The party, indeed pro-
posed TO cross from Lindy Bay the mouth OF
the Rovuma River the eastern rather tho north
eastern, shores OF Lake Nyassa where they hoped
among the friendly Aao tri6e 70 ma . con
sionary station The other party Is that con-
Quoted by Mr.. E. d. Young which left Eng
mission station on the southern shores OF Lake Nyassn
the friends OF the late Dr. Livingstone, in Scotland
having subscribed sum OF about fl2 900 for the en-
dowment OF this memorial station, 70 be named Liv.
inEstona and from whence IL hoped civilization and
Christianity may be gradually diused through tho val
leys OF the Zambes and its afliuents BY the last
counts Mr.. Young's party, after experiencing some
delay the mouth OF the Zambes in putting together
the steel boat which they had taken out with them
hopeful mission After brief and eulogisc reference
to the work accomplished in the way OF the explora
ton OF Palestine, Sir henry turned 70 Central
Asia observing that many valuable additions have
been lately made to knowledge Of the country be
tween the Russian frontier and Afghanstan, the
suit being that by means Of Captain Trotters recent
work and the Russian explorations geographers will be
able at length TO construct reliable map of the region
between the Upper Oxus and Jaxartes; which will be
further improved II IL be true stated in the Russian
papers that after the complete reduction OF Khokand
troops will march from Khojend 70 Germ order 10
bring under control the extensive dependency Of Kara
tegin. Tho island OF New Guinea had for years
past attracted much attention. and in the future prob
ably il will attract still attention for ii is al
most impossible IN tho present state OF tho
world when the nations OF Europe have subjugated or
coonized so many lands belonging to the Indian Ocean,
the China Seas and Polynesia that this magnificent
island, the queen OF the Eastern Archipelago and
medatey contiguous to Australia should remain much
longer isolated and barren Independence The Geo.
graphical Society, OF course, had no direct concern
with questions Of colonization annexation; they
merely took note Of such matters consequence Of
their bearing their legitimate pursuit OF geo.
graphical knowledge.
IN REGARD TO GUINEA
while the society had thus absaiDed from all parcipa-
tion recent agitation the subject they neverthe-
less watched with an anxious eye the various mari
time surveys which from time TO time had been exc