, 1879-07-18

h&. araln Arrived At 3iasaona, on the 1sea Bea,
In Maref' last Capt Martin! anl s!gnor Anto-
burn to 20 10 Shna with great number Of pres.
entx for Kt,s Menelek. They have arrived 1T
Zcila. where They mat tc Kings rara7an. which
l. 10 TAX. then, aud their goods 70 lhe C.pstsl.
Marquis AMtItos, ,who is aIrcadY ruporteu a.
Kappa The previous news OF bis death has
bean officially contradtetcd. Meanwhile, tccGnl
and cenpanlon havs been taken prisonsfs 10, nf
the Gal'as, nnd The King OF shoa has sent Out
nm army 10 rescue ulcnl.
3 THE wEsr ooAsT.
Tic sarnc f3ertnan African Buctsty which has
equipped Rohlf lIas rent forth several other ot
Its explorers On tlsa side Of the Continent Dr.
Buclner. wl!o sailed from Hamburg, Oct ~,
for Bau Paul de l.oanda, left the coast ID Da-
ccn1bcr, ai,d went un the Kwanza iaver to
Malauac, which he rcachcd Jan. ~. lie Is now
a cas'anRe, st further wet, nsa. ta the tl,s
tcasosi, liz May. before gulng On u Mussnnba,
Tic new Capltal Of tile great Mwnta Yanvo, for
whom lie Is taklNK presents truM the lertnan
Emperor. y possible, 10 "! u.cn '9iloT a tls
Bchuetto, WHO IL sent out by thy saEnc society,
arrived At Loanda Dec. ~. Wh!lc exploring tlle
course OF the Upper Kwanza he was rubbed Of
sil bis goods BY the Bauxaia, near f. thu kso Ln.
on Aug. II, but suctTcdtl iu crossing the
kwango. anu hua ROW gone nortlicast from
Ktmbemdu. In order to penetrate !n,u the All
jcilenEo country. Maj. Mcchow, = third mcnt-
bcr OF this uortuan eIpedltion, W. attempt 70
joins the Congo, where Stanley heard Il called
the lbaH Nkutu.
rrArcn sxr1onsns.
Tht French explorers have also executed some
Important work on the west coast, taking ther
Senegal and uaboon colonies % startlnG a. points. ~.
successful expedition TO the fourcas of TIC
Ogowai, but tic intends 10 start aGatn soon for
Africa, IN orler TO follow down tic Alma or
some other VI the chsiWar stEcame dlscovSreu
By him, and return bY way Of tue Coonu. tsut
Solcilict has not succeeded In hts attempt 10
reach Tinnnetoo and then cross the Sahara TO
AlEtcrs. Lie left tue French settlement VI se.
loois. On thS senegas Aptlf ~ y ana reached
cd there three months, but was prevented by
The Sultan from descending tho river to Tim
buctuo. lie has recently returned to Paris but
intenus to make another attempt to reach pa
Count de Semcl1c left borticaux 10 April last,
and 10 May went up tue Niger and then ascend-
ed the Blnne. IT, right braueh, n far g Okcst;
be returned 70 fefnando 70 Feb. H.
dition up the Ogowai, left Paris recently In
order 70 continue The exploration Of tie still ul-
Known BRINE sources and tue country between
the sha.i md the Congo. The French Geograph-
African exploration, which las decided to sena
out three expeditions. They will start stimuli
taucousiy from AlGters, the Seuugal. aud the
Niger, aud arc to meet at Tlmbuctoo.
COMMODORE snuFrLDr.
Tile Lower Congo will also be further OK
/ p]ored. While Commodore ShuIcldt will 90
1p tho river III the United Ssates steamer
Ticoudcsoga ns far AZ tho arst falls, the Hapttat
| Missionary Society, Will SOON launch small
steamer above u.e Livingstone Cataracts, with
/! which the Rev. Combes intends to ascouu a1la
| cxplorp the mighty streams which Stanley WIS
tle first to reveal to the world Maj. De serpa
Pinto hss Just crossed Africa from west to east
| in 900 days. Tie foregoing summary Of all ex-
! piorlng expeditions ut present enEageu In pcpe-
| mucn cnergy Is now being employed 70 open up
| the tspark Continent" Wo may therefore
| look forward to tho carly attainment Of some
very important successes in African exploration.