The New York herald., 1875-11-19
LATEST AFRICAN NEWS.
From the New York Times. |


The latest from Gordon announces that he has
successfully transported steamer Appudo. Appudo
or AIudo, it is also Spelled is situated the Nile
at about deg 80 min north latitude 1t the fur
thest point reached by Miami, whose name speke saw
there carved upon tree What makes the news espe-
cially important is that Appudo is above the last of
the cataracts that obstruct the navigation of
the Nile between the Albert Lake and Con
dokoro. Gordon now explore the lake
with his steamer and it is safe TO presume that he has
already done so-thus anticipating Stanley who, when
the steamer reached Appudo. stil at the King of
Uganda's capital The same paragraph in the London
Times which contains these facts, also mentions that
s'Cameron at Tanganyka for eight months, trying
to go the western route between Uganda and Zanzibar
which was interrupted by the Karaque tribe two
degrees south" This is quite uninteligibe, though
1t gives the assurance that Cameron has
abandoned his wild scheme of following down the Iua
aba Tor Congo TO its mouth, and is still alive and in the
neighborhood OF Tanganyka. Since Zanzibar IS east
rather southcastcrly OF Uganda, the allusion to
westerly route between the two is extremely puzzing
The karaque tribe might possibly mean the people
of Karaque, but RumanIka, the King of Kafaque
is very friendly TO white men, and his people
would hardly interfere with Cameron. The safety
of Cameron, however is the Ineligible part OF the
news; and 1t will be great relief 10 the countless ad-
mrers OF that gallant officer who, on the assumption
that he had started on acress the Continent by
way OF the Luaaba never expected to hear any further
tldngs from HIM.
Lake by circumnavgatng IL in his boat
When he learns, as he undoubtedly WILL that
uhtlcpatcu MS design, ne VIII, uOuDteSS
march at to the head Of Tanganyika, and follow
the Lukuga-the outlet OF the lake-to its junction
with the Lualaba Ii is well known that he aims
complete the explorations begun by Livingstone in the
Lualaha Valley, and the brilliant success which he has
already attained will probably encourage HIM to make
the attempt now evidently abandoned by Cameron, TO
descend tho Lualaba to the IL is, however earn
estly TO b. hoped that he will not undertake
prise certain to end in irrerievablc disaster The
circumnavigaton of the Albert Lake will convince
Stanley that II has connection with the Lualaba
he is now decidedly of the opinion that 1t has and he
will, therefore, know, without further exploration
that the Lualaba is the Congo IL will be much wiser
for him TO leave the Lualaba ut its most northerly
point, and march northward the Wee,
TO the Bahr el Gael, and so by way Of the
Nile back to the regions OF civilization. He
will probably the wisdom of this course
aud will adopt II He will then have made the grand
est journey yet made In Africa and return
enjoy hls welearned honors the dscoverer of
the source OF the Nile.
Within the present month we have learned where lie
the furthest sources OF the Nile We have had the
portant announcement that steamer has been vr-
tually launched on the Albert Lake, and We have
ceved the news OF Cameron's safety Never before in
the whole history Of African exploration has much
and so important news been received within brief