The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1874-04-04 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

LIVINGSTONE.  By the courtesy of Mr. James Gordon Bennett. of the Neter York Herald, the London papers, on Monday, were enabled to publish the following Interesting details of the last Illness and death of Dr. Livingstone :  " The Malwa arrived off Suez at eleven on Saturday night, having Mr. Arthur Laing and Jacob Wainwright on board, with the body of Livingstone.  "The great traveller had been ill with chronic dysentery for several months past, although well supplied with stores and medicines, and he seems to have had a presentiment that this attack would prove fatal. " He rode a donkey at first, but waa subsequently carried, and thus arrived at Muilala, beyond Lake Bemba, in Bisa country, when he said to his followers, ' Build me a hut to die in.' The hut was built by his men, who first of all made him a bed. It is stated that he suffered greatly, groaning night and day. On the third day he said, I sin very cold; put more grass over the.hut.'  His follower! did not speak to or go near him. Kitumbo, chief of Sifter however, sent flour and beans, and behaved well to the party. On the fourth day Livingstone became insensible, and died about midnight. Majuahra, his servant, was present. His last entry in the diary was on April 27. He spoke much and sadly of home and family. When first seized he told followers he intended to exhange everything for ivory to give to them, and tp push on to Ujiji and Zanzibar, and try to reach England. On the day of his death these men consulted what to do, and the Nas-ick boys determined to preserve the remains. They war, however, afraid to inform the chief of Livingstom's death, and the secretary, therefore, removed the body to another hut, around which he built a _ll4h fence to insure privacy. Here they opened the by and removed the internals, which were placed in a tin box and buried inside the fence under a large tree. Jacob Wainwright cut an inscription on the tree as follows Dr. Livingstone died on May 4, 1873' —and superscribed the name of the head man, SUNS,. The body was then preserved in salt, and dried in the sun for twelve days. Kitumbo was then informed of Livingstone's death, upon which he beat drums, fired guns as a token of respect, and allowed the followers to remove the body, which was placed in a coffin formed of bark. The 18Tassick boys then journeyed to Unyanembe in about six months, sending an advance parts- with information addressed to Livingstone's Ron, which met Cameron. The latter sent back a few bales of cloth and powder. The body ,Irlived at Unyanembe ten days after advance party, slid reefed there a fortnight. Cameron, Murphy, and Dillon were together there. The latter was very ill, blind, and his mind was affected. He committed suicide it Kusakera, and was buried there. "Hers Livingstone's remains were put in another bark case, smaller, done up as a bale to deceive the natives, who objected to the passage of the corpse, which was thus carried to Zanzibar. Livingstone's clothing, papers, and instrwnents accompanied the body. It may he mentioned, that when ill, Livingstone prayed much. At Mullahs he said, lam going  "Webb, the American Consul at Zanzibar, is on his way home, and haa letters handed to him by Murphy from Livingstone for Stanley, which he will deliver personally only. Chumah remains at Zanzibar.  " Geographical news follows. After Stanley's departure the Doctor left Unyanyembe, rounded the south end of Lake Tanganyika, and travelled south of Lake Bemba or Bangneoleo, crossed it south to north, then along the east side, returning north through marshes to Muilala All papers are sealed, and addressed to the Secretary of State, in charge of Arthur Laing, a British merchant from Zanzibar. Murphy and Cameron remain behind."