The New York herald., 1879-07-15

after having been turned back once. has again
rived at Massowa. on the Red Sea. In Mareh asi
Captain Martini and siSnor Antonelli. 4 nephew oi
the late Cardinal left Legerii to go 10 Shoa with
great number of presents for King Nenelek. ihey
have arrived at zeila. where uley- met inf Mn
caravan. which is to take theTa aud their goods 10
the capital They Will then push on 10 the soutii 10
join the Marquis Antinori. who u Already epofted
at Kappa. The previous news of HIS death mas oeen
officially contrsdictel. Meanwhile. Cecchi ana
companion have been taken prisoners by the taiias.
and the King of shoa has sent out an army 10 rescue
them.
THE WEST COAST
The same German African society which has
equipped Rohf has sent forth several others OF It's
explorers this side OF the Continent. DR.. Bucn,
ner. who sailed from Hamburg, October ~, for Sad
Paul de Loanda. left the coast III December, and
went up the kwanza River to Malange, which he
reached January %. lie is at CassaDge. still fur
ther west the Kw,ngo and waiting tor the end
OF the rainy season, in May be ore going on to Mis-
sumba, tue new capital OF the great Mwati fanvo.
for whom he is taking presents from the German
Emperor Ii possible. he will then follow the Upper
LuDlata down to NyaEg~e. Engineer schuette. who
il sent out by the same society arrived at Loanda
December TO- While exploring the course of tho
Upper Kwapza he robbed OF all his goods by the
Bangala. near the Rio Luz on August H. but sue
eeeded i'll crossing the Kwango. and has now gone
northeast from kimDemdu. in order to penetrate
into the Adjelengo country Major Mechow. third
member of tins German expedition, will attempt TO
descend the kwango River from Cassanye TIL joins
the Congo, where Stanley heard it called the Ibari
Nkutu.
FRENCH EXPLORERS.
The French explorers have also executed some im-
portant work the west coast taking their Senegal
and Gaboon colonies starting points. Lieutenant
de Brazza has returned to Paris from his successful
expedition the or the Ogowai, but he iu-
tends to start again for Africa in order to fol-
low down the Alma or some other OF the eastward
streams discovered by him. and return by way Of
the Congo. Paul Solellet has not succeeded in his
attempt to reach Timbuctoo and then r~ss the
Sahara to Algers. He left the French settlement OF
st. Louis, the Senegal. April II. and reached
Segu on the Upper Niger, OH October l. He stayed
there three months but was prevented by the sultan
from descending the river to Timbuctoo He has
recently returned to Paris. but ipt-nos to make
another attempt to reach his goal by way OF the
northerly of Tshit. Count de Semelle lett
Bordeaux in April last, and in May went up the
Niger and then assembled the Binle its right branch,
49, Lieutenant Marche. who has already made an
expedition up the Osowai. lett Paris recently i'll
order TO continue the exploration OF the still I'M
known Brlnne sources and the country between tho
Shari and the Congo The French Geographical
Society has just appointed committee for African
exploration, which has decided TO send out three
expeditions. They will start simultaneously from
Alters the Senegal aud the Niger and to meet
at Timbuctoo.
COMMODORE sEUFELDT.
The Lower Congo VIII also be further explored.
While Commodore Shufeldt will go up the river
in the United States Sleamer Ticonderosa II far
the first falls the Baptist Missionary Society will
soon launch small steamer above the Livingstone
CatarGcts, with which the Rev. Comber intends TO
ascend and explore the mighty stream which Stanley
the first reveal to the world. Major Dc Serpa
Pinto has Just Africa from east i'll 300
days The foregoing summary OF all exploring
expeditions at present engaged in penetrating in;o
being employed to open up the Ozark Conti-
nent" We may therefore look forward to the early
attainment OF some very important successes in
African exploration.