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from fis bosom, and between them one catches wiimpege of alovely champaign, bounded by per- meat mountains, in the far distance. AStera wite detour we struck straight for ‘this; Smarsh, presented to via @nother novelty im,’the wa- ed of the Tanganyika, ~ ‘A DRIDGR OP WATER PLANTS. Fancy a river ‘broad as the Hudson,’at Albany, though wot nearso deep or Swift, covered over ty water ‘plants‘and grasses, which tad become ‘so ‘mtorwoven and netted together as to form a bridge, covering its entire length and breadth, undgr ‘which ‘the river fowed. calm apd deep below. It was over this natural bridge we were expecved to qgtows. Adding to the'tremor which one ma¥,urally Seit dt having to cross this frail bridge was/the tra- sdition that only a few yards higher up a band Yala Yonkey, thirty-five slaves and eixtee¥, tusks of stvery had suddenty‘sunk forever out offaight. As ‘dpehalf of our little column bed already | 1M “arrived at the ‘éntre we on the fshore could “gee. the network of grass wavig on either “gide and between cach man, 4m one place “Mike to the swell of a sea after? a@torm andin ‘another like “a smal) lake violently rumMed bye “equal. Humdreds of yarda @ from them it womied, and gndulated one wav: after another. As ‘We all got on, it, we perceived ny sink about e foot, forcing tha water on whith it rested into the grassy channel formed by ovr footsteps. One of “my donkeys, broke Unrewgh and it required the ‘wnited‘ttrengih of ten men to extricate him. The “aggregate weight of the donkey and men caused “that Portion of the briage on which they stood to sink about two fect ame 4 circular pool of water ‘was formed, and lexpected every mimute to see ‘fem suddenly sink ovt of sight. Fortanately we “managed to cross the treacherous bridge without ye ori READY UR THE MISSIONARY. Arriving on thevther side, we strack north, pass- * gg through a aesghtful country, in every way Buit- * gble for agricusural settlements or happy mission ~ gtations. The primitive rock began to show itself anew in eccentric clusters, a8 a fat-topped rock, on which tre vilages of the Wavinza were seen and where the Natives prided themselves on their wecurity and ¢onducted themselves accordingly, ‘ever msolent, and forward, though I believe that With forty god rifles I could have made the vain fellows desert their country en masse, But a white ‘traveller's motto in their lands is, “Do, dare and cn- ‘@ure,”’ and those who come out of Africa alive have generally to thank themselves for their prudence rather than their temerity. We were halted every ‘two or three miles by the demand for tribute, which we did not, because we could not, pay, as they did mot press it overmuch, though we had black looks enough. THE RIVER IN SIGHT. On the second day after leaving Nzogera’s son we wommenced a series of descents, the aéep valleys Meach side of us astonishing us by their pro- fundity, and the dark gloom prevailing below, amid their wonderful dense forests of tall trees, and glimpses of plains beyond, invited sincere admira- tion. In about a couple of hours we discovered the aiver we were looking for below, at the distance of a mile, running like a silver vein through a broad alley. Halting at Kiala’s, eldest son of Nzogera, ‘the principal Sultan of Uvinza, we waited an hour to see on what terms he would ferry us over the Malagarazi. As we could not come to a definite wonclusion respecting them we were obliged to camp in his village. Late in the afternoon Kiala sent his chiefS§ to our camp with a bun- @le of short sticks, fifty-six in number. Bach stick, we were soon informed, repre- ‘ented a doti, or four yards of cloth, which were to consist of best, good, bad and indifferent. Only one bale of cloth was the amount of the trib- « Mte to be exacted of us! Bombay and the guide Kiala’s dinvUsauss - FeRut' hay awe Je Anforma Kiaia’s Sh delegated by Kiala to receive the trivute soon made us aware What thoughts they entertained of us by stating that if we ran away from Miranibo we could not run away from them. Indeed, such was the gen- ral opinion of the natives of Uvinza; for they live directly west of Uyoweh, Mirauibo’s country, and mews traveis fast enough in these regions, though there are no established post offices or telegraph stations. In two hours, however, we reduced the » flemand of fifty-six doti to twenty-three, and the jatter number was sent and received, not for crossing the Malagarazi, but ior the privilege of , Passing through Okidla’s country in peace. Of \ Bhese twenty-three cloths thirteen were sent to Neogera, the Sulian, while his affectionate son re- | ¢ fained ten for himself. Towards mic ht, about | retiring for the night after such an eventful day, while confratulating ourselves that Nzogera, and Kiala were both rather moderate in their demand wousidering the circumstances, came another de- mand for four more clotus, wiih a promise that we might depart in the morning, or when we pleas: but as poor Bombay said, from sheer weariness, that % we had to talk longer he would be driven mad, Jtold him he might pay them, after a little hag- Bling, !east they, imagining that they had asked too aittle, would make another demand in the morning. | THE PRICE OF FERRIAGE, Until three o'clock P. M. the following day con- ‘tinued the negotiations for ferrying us ace the Malagaravi, consisting of arguments, threats, | + Quarrels, joud shouting and stormy debate on both | sices. Finally, six doti and ten fundo of sami- sami beads were agreed upon, After which we Marched to the ferry, distant haif a mile from the wene of 0 much contention. ‘The river at this Mace was not more than thirty yards broad, slug- | Beh and deep; yet 1 would prefer attempting to (Cwes the Mississippi by swimming rather than the | Milagarazi. Such another river for the crocc mel as death, I cannot conceive. Their long, twering heads dotted the river every- wiere, and though I amused myself, pelting | then with two-ounce balls, I made no eC -@M their numbers. Two canoes had arged | ‘ther live cargo on the other side of the river when | the story o! Captain Burton's passage across the | Malagarazi higher np was brought, vividly to my | mind by the extortions which the Mutware now | commenced. About twenty or so of his men had collecied, and, backed hy these, he becanfe inso- fent. {f it were worth while to commence # strng- , Bie forswo or three more doti of cloth the mere Oring <f one revoiver at such close quarters would have settied the day, but I could not induce myself to believe that it was the best way of proceeding, \vtaking in view the obje | @Ccordingly this extra demand was \wwith as attled at once ch amability as 1 could m but Wrarned him not to repeat it, and to prevent him from doing vo ordered a man to cach ean pe, and to pe seated there with a loaded gun in each man's \ Se After this little episode we got on very a “€M until all the men excepting two besides Bom » ¥.and myself were safe on the other side, \ DEATU OF A DONKEY, y Athen drove a donkey into tho river, having firs, ‘Ned a strong halter to his neck; bat Nhe had pare W reached the middie ef the nver when a croc. Wie, darting beneath, eeized him by the | meck i Wd dragged him under, aker several frantic bat in Wlectual endeavors to draw himashore, 4 sadness \eiole over all after witnessing tts scene, and as t be shades of night had now drawn around wa, and! had tinged the river to a black, dismal cOier, it was with a feeling of re- Jet thas §=ghe = fatal river was crossed, | ten A. M, of our expedition, avd | paces yet ‘a8 follows :—November 3, Friday, N.N. W., 1% hours. What tatk! ‘What ‘Go grotesque, yet sul- 80 frenzicd! Withal.what anxie! pe fored Urinza! > tham ‘and their Geel fs im- more noisy and intoler- who dwell close to the river. le says, ig because they have and’ aj! men have to ‘On the nortaern tribute, dc. rt arenas & terms, a it their erucl neighbors, the aay the river native guid wn Teena the frontier, was ice of Lokandamira, we is SH ing Ni ra, The cry for repe kly ded to, for every tree in their it d with @nowgh streng bark to Ferny me orale cy afterwards conveyed lla the okpital of Nvogera, which is Remeenis tow miles below here, on 2.n island well ed by crocodiles. Lokandamira is at war with re ut certain ea hg Mast, of course, belong to the strongest ty, forsnight is vicht in this world, MAKUMBI, THE Vi We set oat the Wenke of the yn ne nished ws by man Divname) of te ferry. Arriving. at after traversing @ s Sethe plat, which, b- oa yh or told by the nadive Kiran S.inerrow's march st Geution, for Ma- ra, wasreturn- AHEAD, - he river with two id by the native ‘that would have to be made with pier a great Fauna ne ol merce Hh jumphantly from war, was torieave nothing behind bim At-such times, In- toxicated with yictory he attacked villages and caravans, and of whatever live stock, slaves or bales he met, he took what he liked. ‘The result of & wonth’s campaign inst kandamira were two villages captured, seve men and & son of Nzogera's enemy being killed, while Makumbi only lost three men in battle and two from bowel ex- losion from drinking too much water, So the ; % SOY, WHIRR MAN AT UJI “Near Isinga met a caravan of eighty waguhha direct from Ujiji, bearing oil, and bound for Uny- anyembe. They réport that a white man was left by them five days at Ujiji. He had the same color ag I have, W ‘the same shoes, the same clothes, and has hair on hia face like I have, only his is white. This is Livingstone. Hurrah for Ujijil My men share my i galls we shall be com- ing back now directly; and, being 80 happy:at the rospect, I buy three goats and five gallons of na- e beer, Which will be eaten and drank directly.” MORE BLAGKMAIL, Two marches from Malagarazl brouglit us to Ubha. Kawanga was the first place in Uhha where we halted. It is the village where resides the first mutware, or chief, to whom caravans have to pay tribute. To this man we paid twelve and a half doti, upon the understanding that we would have to pay no more between here and Ujiji, Next morning, buoyed up by the hope thatwe shoul:] soon come to our journey’s end, we had arranged to make a long march of it that day. We left Ka- wanga cheerfully enough. ‘The country undulated gently before us like the prairieof Nebraska, a3 devoid of trecs almost as our own plains, The top of every wave of land enabled us to see the scores of villages which dotted its surface, though it required keen eyes to detect at a distance the bedhive and straw- thatched huts from the bleached grass of the plain. We had marched an hour, probably, and were pass- ing a large village, with populous suburbs about it, when we saw a large party pursuing us, who, when they had come up to us, asked us how we dared pass by without paying the tribute to the King of Uhha. “we have paid it!? we said, quite astonished, “To wham 9? “To the Chief of Kawanga.” “flow much ?”” “Twelve and a half doti.”” “Oh, but that is only for himself, However, you had better stop and rest at-our-village until we find all about it.” Put we halted in the middle of the road until the messengers they sent came ‘back. Seeing our re- iuctance to halt at their village, they sent men also to Mionvu, living an arrow’s fliglit from where we were halted, to warn him of our contumacy. Mionvu came to us, rebed most royally, after the fashion of Central Africa, in a crimson cloth, ar- ranged toga-like over his shoulder and depending to his ankles, and a bran new piece of Massachu- setts sheeting folded around his head. He greeted shook banda frst with ‘mysePrtnee, of, ,Politeness— men, and cast a kecn glance around, in order, a8 | I thought, to measure our strength. Then seating himself, he spoke with deliberation something in this style :-- A DIPLOMATIO ORATION. | _ Why does the white man stand in the road? The snu is hot; jet him seek the sneiter of my village, | Where we can arrange this littie matter between us. Does he not know that there is a king in Uhha, and that I, Mionvu, am his servant? It isa custom with us to make friends with ee men, such as the white man. AJ] Arabs and Wanguana stop here and give us cloth. Does the white man mean to go ob without paying ? Why should he desire war? I know he is stronger than we are here, his men | have guns, and we have but spears and arrows; but Ubha js large, and has plenty of people. The iren of the king are many. Ii he comes to be a lend to us he will come to our village, give us something, and then go on his way. TUE INFLUENCE OF THE PRESS. The armed warriors around applauded the very commonplace speech of Mionvu because it spoke | the feclings with which they viewed our bales. | Certain am J, though, that one portion of his speech—that which related to our being stronger | than the Wahha—was an untruth, and that he knew it, and that he only wished us to start hostilities in order that he might have good reason for seizing the whole. But itis not new to you, of course, if you have read this letter throngh, that the repre- sentative of the HeRALD was held of small account here, and never one did I see who would care a bead for anything that you weuld ever publish against him. So the next time you wish me to enter Africa I only hope you will think it worth while to send with me 100 good men from the | HeRALD office to punish this andacious Mionva, who fears neither the NEw YORE HERALD nor the ‘Star Spangied Banner,” be the jatter ever so much spangled with stars. Isubmitted to Mionvu’s proposition, and went with him to his village, where he fleeced me to his heart's content. Bis demand, which he adhered to nan Who knew what he was ahout, was vixty dot for the King, twelve dott for himeelf, three for his wife, three each to three makko, or sub-chiefs, one to Mibruri’s little boy; total, eighty- five doti, or one good bale.of cloth. Not one doti aid he abate, though I talked until six P. M. from I went to bed that night like aman on the verge of ruin. However, Mionvu said that we would have to pay no more in Uhha, STILL BLACKMAILED, Pursuing our way next day, after a four hours’ march, we came to Kahirigi, and quartered our- | Selves in a Jarge village, governed over by Mionvu’s | brother, who had already been advised by Mionvu of the windfall in store for him. This man, as soon ; #8 we had set the tent, put in a claim for thirty doti, Which 1 was able to reduce‘after much | eloquence, lasting over five hours, to twenty-six | doti, Iam short enough in relating it because 1 | 4m tired of the theme; but there lives not a man | in the whole United States with whom I would not gladly have exchanged positions had it been possi- ble. J saw my fine array of bales belng redaced | fast. Four more such demands as Mionvu’s would | leave me, in ynclassie phrase, “cleaned out.” After paying this last tribute, as it was night,1 closed my tent and, lighting my pipe, began to think ecriously upen my position and how to reach Uiijh without paying more tribute. It was high time to resort either to hattle or to a strategy of some king, possibly to striking into the jungle; | but there was mo jungle in Una, and ;% Den might be seen miles of on its | Baked plains, At Jeast tlds last was the plan most | Ukely to succeed without endangering the pros | pects almost within reach of the expedition, Cal | {ng the guide, T questioned him as to ite feasibility, | tm t we ati set foot ashore, In due moruing | first aeoiding him for leading me to such’ a strait. the « ‘ther dowlyey swam the river safe enough, the He said there was a Mguana, a slave of Thani Bin native * Ormly declaring that they had Be covered | Abdullah, in the Coma, with whom I might @nsult, wim wt) Medkine that though the crocodiles swarmed, ound him they did not dare attack the animal, so ) Nt was the medicine—for which J had to give a; "esent, such as became a kindness, Sending for him, he presently came, and I began to ask him for how much he would guide us ouv of Uhha without being compelled to pay any more Muhongo. He replied that it was a hard thing fw T rather incline \ oe belief, however, that the re- | do, unless 1 had complete control over my men and‘ maining donkey owe a his safety to the desertion of | they could be got to do exactly as 1 told them, the shrill, wild clangor of it ts far and near; and the river for the bamks, Where they love to bask in | When satisfied on this poiat he entered into an athe sun undisturbed, an.’ 44 the neighborhood of the ferry was constantly ¢,‘#turbed they could not possible be in the neighborh. 1, and the donkey consequently escaped the jaws cf the crocauiies. JOURNAL EXTRACI.* ‘The notes in my journal of what v Spurred on the agreement to show me aroad—or rather to lead me to it—that might be clear of all habitations as far aw Ujiji for twelve doti, paid beborehand, The cloth was paid to him at once. A NIGH? PLIGHT. At halt-paat two A. M. the men were ready, and. WEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1872— stealing silently past huts, the guide opened the ‘gates, and we Mea out one by one as quickly as possiviey The Woon was bright, and by it we perceived that vie were strik' @ burned plain in @ sevtherly direction, ‘and then turned westwe.rd, parallel with the high road, at the dis- tangy ‘of kar miles, sometimes lessening or increas- ing, tha’ distance as circumstances compelled us. lighted Arabs 9 run up breathlessly to shake my hands apd ask anxiously where I came from. But I have ‘no patience with them. The expedition goes fartoo slow, 1 should like te settle the vexed question by one personal view. Where ishe? Has pypon? THE SOUND OF MOTHER ENGLIEH. “suddenly a man—@ black man—st my elbow ‘At dawn we crossed the swift Rusizi, which towed “Shouts in English, “How do you, sir?”” southward into the Malagarizi, after which we, tovk a northwesterly direction through a thick jwagie of bamboo. There was no road, and behina. ‘@s we left but little trail on the hard, dry ground, At eight A. M. we halted for breakfast, having marched nearly six hours, within the jungle which stretched for miles around us, THE DANGER OF A BHRIEK. We were only once om the point of being dis- covered through the mad freak of a weak-brained ‘woman, who was the wife of one of the black 80 diers, We were crossing the knee-deep Rusizi, when this woman, suddenly and without cause, took it into her head to shriek and shout as if @ Crocodile Had bitten her, The guide implored me to step her shrieking, or she would alarm the whole country, and we would lave hundreds of angry Wahha abont us, The men were already preparing to bolt—several being on the rum }- with their loads. At my order to stop her noise, she launched into another fit of hysterical shrieking, and I was compelled to atep her cries with three or four smart cuts acroas her shontders, though I felt rather ashamed of my- self; bat our dives and the success of the expedition ‘was worth more, in my opinion, than a hundred of such women, Asa further precaution she was | gaggod and her arms tied behind her, and a cord Jed from her waist to that of her lege lord’s, who gladly took upon.himself the task of looking after her, and who threatened to cut her head off if she attempted to make another outcry, At10A.M. we resumed our journey, and after ‘three hours camped at. Lake Musuma, a body of water which during the rainy season has a length of three miles and a breadth of two miles. It ts one‘of a group ol lakes which fill deep hollows in the plain.of Uhba, They swarm with hippopotami, and their shores are favorite resorts of large herds of buffalo and game. The eland and buffalo es- pecially are injarge numbers here, and the ele- phant and rhinoceros are exceedingly numerous, Wesaw several of these, but did not dare to fire. A SURPRISE IN THE DARK, On the second morning after crossing the Sunuzai and Rugafu Kivers, we had just started from our camp, and as there was no meolight the head of the column came to a viliage, whose inhabitants, as we heard a few volces, were about starting. We were all siruck with consternation, but, con- sulting with the guide, we despatched our goats and chickens, and leaving them in the road faced about, retraced our steps, and after a quarter of an hour struck up ® ravine, and descending several precipitous places, about half-past six o'clock found ourselves in Ukaranga—safe and free from all tribute taking Wahha, SAVED! SAVED! Exultant shouts were given—equivalent to the Anglo-Saxon hurrah—upon our success. Address- ing the men, L asked them, “Why should we halt when but a few honrs from Ujiji? Let us march a few hours more and to-morrow we shall see the while man at Ujiji, and who knows but this may be the man we are seeking? Let us go on, and after to-morrow we shall have fish for dinner and many days’ rest afterwards,every day eating the fish of the Tanganyika. Stop; I think [smell the Tangan- yika fish even now.” This speech was hailed with what the newspapers call “loud applause; great cheering,” and “Ngema—very well, master;’”? “Hyah Barak-Allak—Onward, and the blessing of God be on you.” RECEIVING TRIBUTE. We strode from the frontier at the rate of four miles an hour, and, after six hours’ march, the tired caravan enterel the woods which scpa- rate the residence of the Chief of Ukaranga from the villages on the Mkuti River. As we drew near the village we went slower, unfurled the American and Zanziur fags, pesoouuny quite an imposing array. ~~w—~-ne sam i Right of Nyemtaga, the name of the Sultan's residence, and our flags and Nulwe:u. guns were seen, the Wakaranga and their Sultan deserted their village en masse, and rushed into the woods, believing that we were Miramho’s robbers, who, after destroying Unyanyembe, were come to destroy the Arabs and bunder of Ujiji; but he and his people were soon reassured, and came forward to welcome us with presents of goats and beer, all of which were very welcome after the exceedingly lengthy marches we had recently undertaken, DANDYISM IN AFRICA, Rising at carly dawn our new clothes were brought forth again that we might present as de- cent an appearance as possible before the Arabs of Ujijl, and my heimet was well chalked and a new puggeree folded around it, my boots were well | oiled and my White flannels put on, and altogether, without joking, I might have paraded the streets of Bombay without attracting any very great atten- tion. THE LAKE IN SIGHT, A couple of hours brought us to the base of a hill, from the top of which the Kirangozi said we could obtain a view of the great Tanganyika Lake. Heed- less of the rough path or of the toilsome steep, spurred onward by the cheery promise, the ascent was performed ina short time. On arriving at the top we bebeld it at last from the spot whence, probably, Burton and Speke looked at it—“the one ina half paralyzed state, the other almost Wind.’ Indeed, I was pleased at the sight; and, as we de- | scended, it opened more and more inio view until it was revealed at last into a grand inland sca, bounded westward by an appalling and black-biue range of mountains, and stretching north and south without bounds, a gray expanse of water. NEARING USHI. From the western base of the hill was a three hours’ march, though no march ever passed otf so quickly. The hours seemed to have been quarters, we had seen 80 much that was novel and rare to us | who had been travelling so long on the highlands, | ‘The mountains bounding the lake on the eastward | receded and the lake advanced. We-had crossed the | Ruche, or Linche, and its thick belt of ta!l matete | grass, We had piunged into a perfect forest of them, and had entered into the cultivated flelds | which supply the port of Ujiji with vegetables, &c., | and we stood at last on the summit of the last hill | of the myriads we had crossed, and the port of | Ujiji, embowered in palms, with the tiny waves of | | the silver waters of the Tanganyika rolling at its | | feet, was directly below us, PLEASURES OF ANTICIPATION. | We are now about descending—in a few minutes we shall have reached the spot where we imagine the object of our search—our fate will soon be de- cided, No one in that town knows we are coming; least of all do they know we are so close to them, If any of them ever heard of the white man at Unyanyembe they must believe we are there yet. | We shall take them all by surprise, for no other but. | a white man would dare icave Unyanyembe for | Ujji with the country in such a distracted state— | no other buta crazy white man, whom Sheik, the son of Nasib, is going to report to Syed or Prince | Burghash for not taking his advice, A VEU DE JOIR, Well, We are but a mile from Ujijf now, and it is high time we should let them know a caravan is coming; so “Commence firing” 1s the word passed along the length of the colnmn, and gladly do they | | begin. They have loaded their muskets half fully and they roar like the broadside of a line-of-battle ship. Down go the ramrods, sending huge charges home to the breech, and volicy after volley is fired. The flags are Nuttered; the banner of America is in front waving joyfully; the guide is im the zenith of his glory. The former residents of Zanzita will know it directly, and will wonder—as well they may—as to what it means. Never were the Stars and Stripes so beantiful to my mind—the breeze of the Tangauyika has such aneffect on them. The guide blows his horn, and #ill the cannon muskets tell the nolsy seconds. By'¢his time the Arabs are fully alarmed; the natives of Ujiji, Wagyhha, Warundi, Wanguana, and I know not whom, hurry up by the hundreds to {| paused before I came to a decision. “Hello! who the deuce are yout” “Tam the servant of Dr. Livingstone,” he says; but before I can ask any more questions he is run- ning like a madman towards the town, ENTERING THE TOWN, We have at last entered the town. There are hundreds of people around me—I might say thou- sands without exaggeration, it seems tome. It is “agrand triumphal procession. As we move they move. All eyes are drawn towards us. The expe- dition at last comes to a halt; the journey is ended for atime; but I alone have a few more steps to make. * LIVINGSTONE. ‘There is a group of the most respectable Arabs, and as 1 come nearer I wee the white face of an old man among them, He hasa@ cap with a gold band around it, his dress is a short jacket of red blanket cloth, and his pants—well, I didn’t observe, Iam shaking hands with him. We raise our hats, and I say:— “Dr. Livingstone, T presume?” And he gays, “Yea,” Fints coronat opus, THE ENGLISH LIVINGSTONE EXPEDITION. How and Why It Came To Be Abandoned. Stanley’s Arrival at the Coast—The Effect It Pro- duced onthe Royal Geographical Society’s Ex- pedition—Resolved to Give Up the Task— Doctor Livingstone’s Son About to Go to the Resene of His Father—Goes as Far as Bagomoyo and Retarns to Zan- sibar—The Herald Explorer to the Rescne—He Organizes a Party and Despatches It to Aid the Great Scientist in the Interior. Charles New, @ missionary and an African ex- plorer of good repute, addresses the following let- ter to the London Times, in which he gives some facts regarding the failure of the English “ Living- stone Expedition,” which was to discover and aid the great African traveller, Mr. New also pays just tribute to the ‘determination, energy, perseverance, tact, pluek and endurance of the HERALD corres- pondent,” and hopes “that England will not deny to the American what she would have granted to her own sons had they performed the same work’? :— Permit me to address you a few words upon the late “Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition.” The interest felt and expressed by.the public in England in that expedition has been extraordinary. No sooner were the people applied to for the funds required to fit it out than the funds were supplied; more money, indeed, than was wanted flowed into the exchequer of the Royal Geographical Society. The Reese was organized and despatched from England with great éciat, and it was expected that almost marvellous things would be achieved by it, The expedition party reached Zanzibar; preparations were made for pushing on into the interior; goods were pur- chased to the extent of thousands of dollars; all was ready, and the party, with its mavériel, crossed the channel from Zanzibar to Bagomoyo, the agrees caravan depot and starting point on the mainiand. Een Ga nurna but to enlist the necessary por- ters and then to—march. But just as the expedi- tion had assumed these full-blown proportions— not unlike an immense balloon trembling through all its gigantic bulk, almost breaking its bonds, and ready to leap on its unknown course the mo- ment its bonds should be severed—it received a staggering blow, and instantly collapsed. With these bare facts the public is already weil ac- quainted; bat it asks for something more; it asks to be informed how and why it should go happen. This information I Bro to supply by a plain — dO AS, facts, which, as a member of the ex- & Heyy wreriguiat in the capacity ur in- erpreter, { am, perips, in better ‘position todo than any other ‘individual. But here. before 1 go any farther, longht to explain — You are aware that when the expedition le! wugiend Lieu- tenant Dawson, Lieutenant Henn and Mr. W. O. Livingstone were all tha: another man, @ missionary of Free Churches, whose services secure to the expedition. ". need hardly say, ts your present correspondent, Ihave been laboring in Eastern Africa a8.@ mis- sionary for nearly ten years, a good deal of this time Having been consumed in making explorator: tours over portions of the country whic! had hitherto” remained terra mi the last of them having been through Teitat Taneta to Chage and the equatorial snow mountain, jaro. After a residence of nearly ten ears in Africa 1 was returning to England for the enefit of my health, and with a view of publishing the result of my labors and tours. Two days after my arrival in Zanzibar, homeward bound, the Aby- dos steamed into that port, bringing with her the “Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition” party. Lieutenant Dawson, the commander, Drought: mea letter from the Missionary Secretary of the societ: to which | belong, in which, to my utter surprise, Or the Connell of the. Hoyer Geographical: Secvety, of the Conneil of the Royal jet} the. connectional omecrs had consented tat t should join the Livingstone Search Expedition— that is, provided I was willing to do 80,” &c. On the fol jd bes I received & communication from Lieutenant Dawson, in which he states:—‘I shall be happy to enroll you asa member of my party; but, to phn disagreement hereafter, I enclose a copy of the terms the Royal Geographical Society have considered necessary asregards my second in command, Lieutenant Henn. It would be my wish that you should sign a precisely similar document as third in command, your duties being principally as interpreter,” &c. The proposition, all things considered, was & most serious one to me, and I However, fecling @ profound interest in the great object of the expedition, allowing myself to be persuaded that Ishould be of some real service in connectton with it, willing to strain @ nerye in any way, pro- vided I could’ be of use in the exploration and civilization of Africa, and hoping hat I might even do something for Christian missions, I ultimately consented to join the expedition and accepted the position gssigned to me by Lieutenant Dawson. An agreament was drawn up between myself and Lieutenant Dawson embodying the follo’ I was to give my gratuitous dition as originally organized in England by the Royal Geographical Society; should Lieutenant Dawson be incapacitated I agreed to act under Licu- tenant Henn; in the event of the incapacitation of Lientenant Henn 1 should assume the commana and use my best endeavors to carry out the ol ts of the expedition a: id down in the instructions of the Royal Geographical Society; that I should not anticipate Lientenant Dawson m publishing re- sults, but that I should give him the benefit of my notes; that, should any difference of opinion arise on the journey regarding the meant of the printed instructions, I should abide by the interpre- tation of Lieutenant Dawson; that I should be free of all personal expense and that a Di home to England shouid be provided for me at the expense of the Royal Geographical Society. This agree- ment was signed by the whole party. Having thus embarked in this expedition, 1 threw my whole soul into it, and did my utmost to push it forward, It was, however, impossible to do anything but mere preliminary work; for the season being unfortu- hate, and heavy raing falling, a start was out of the oo for at least a couple of months to come. ‘he expedition party arrived in March, which was the commencement of the rainy season, To have started then with an unacclimatized party would have been eminently injudicious, and might have been followed by the most disastrous of conse- | quences—viz., the early death of most of us, it Was necessary, therefore, to wait atleast till June. Bat In the meantime our preparations could go on, and go on they did. Consultation safter consulta- tion Was heid, goods were purchased and packed, a head man and gnard engaged, and before May the expedition was fairly under way. It was not all smooth and easy work; many things of an unpleas- aut and somewhat dimMcult nature had to be en- countered, but into such details I will not enter here. Let them = for the present. All ready, Lieutenant Dawson, Lieufenant Henn and myself embarked on board a native dhow, with the matériel of the expedition, for Bagomoyo. This was on Saturday, the 27th of April. It was late in the afternoon, and the wind died away, in consequence of which we made but little pro- gress, and were obliged to fp B= at dusk Dear the coast of Zanzibar, in full sight of the town. The boat was an open one, and rain began to fall, Our condition that night be descrip- tion, nae coe ad he te we hed moyo e following at evening. We were received by Hindoos, Banians and yh with ‘ mn arms,” and were condacted to our quarters with the most exuberant protestations of respect, good will and assurances of ready help of every sort. Vould anything be more satisfactory? Why, we oe ‘aig half discovered Livingstone. what coul ask what jt all means—this fusilading, shouting and blowing Of horns and flag-fying. There are Yambos shoutey out to me by the dgzey, and ag- to travel in “pig le the people were almost read bo a ty ut on their very suoulders? But our ite was ene, The vingstone Relief oe was f0 receive biow in its most propitious moments, Before we had beep mgnv Search and ite death minutes in had erived there, two ig ana Lavingstene. was while had coast, and might be bro Sais, hows, and where new! cone aThey are the Americani’s servants, and We will soon bring them to you,” was the reply. Acco! the men were brought to us. They were questioned with as much care as cagerness. It was all true. Stanley had met Livingstone at Ujiji. Both gentlemen gone aiong the eastern coast of Lake Tanganyika northwards, had passed round the northern end of the lake, had discovered that the Ruzizi ran into the lake, and not out of it. ne. had landed on the northwestern shore, and, having travelled through Urira, had retraced their 8 and then recrossed the lake to Ujiji. From pi shed eastwards to Unyanyembe. tor Livingstone, having five years’ work before pret to remain, and Mr. Stanley Sean fost: We of him, and was hastening to the Of course, we were all more or leas excited, but Lieutenant Dawson looked unutterable things. He instantly told us that the work he had undertaken. to do had already been done; that nothing re- mained to him but to return to England; the ex- 80 far ag he was concerned was at an end. said he had not come to East Africa to explore, but to search for Dr, Livingstone. Dr. Livingstone bad been found, and his work was done; he should certainly give up the ition, Lieutenant Henn exp! the same intention. My own first thoughts were that the expedition was at an end; but upon reconsideration it occurred to me that, Dr. Livingstone had been found, he had not been relieved, and that it was the duty of some one to carry on relief, I resolved, if no one else would do this, to do it myself. But before any could be decided it was considered advisable for tenant Dawson to return to Zanzibar for the purpose of consulting with Dr. Kirk upon the present state of affairs, and he decided to leave for Zanzibar on the following anesar ‘That even- ing Lieutenant Dawson asked me if, provided it were deemed necessary to send on relief to Dr. tone, ] should be willing to take charge of a relie! ‘expedition merely, and | expressed my readi- eas to consider such a proposition. On the following m ing, Monday, Apri) 29, Ideutenant Henn and I saw Lieatenant Dawson off to Zanzibar. On eee evening, May 1, I re- ceived a letter from Dr. Kirk and Lieutenant Daw- son, ones Me the charge of the Relief Expedt- tion. Dr. Kirk wrote as follows:— Zanarnan, April 90, 1872. Dear Mn. New—Mr. Dawson astonished us with his news yesterday, which upsets all previous arrangements, the notice of Dr. Livingstone being confirmed by Arab letiers. Mr. Dawson now determines to go home, and I think acts well, as an observer could only be looked upon aga rival in the field Dr, Livingstone has chosen and still desires to follow. Mr. Livingstone goes on under all cir- cumstances, and willtake fo hts father the stores, Mr. Henn, I dare say, has no, desire to take Dawson's pl but I feet less sure whethcr you, may not feel that y own object—that of making a missionary survey of ancw ; fleld—may not still comunend iwselt to you, and) if £0, i might go on in charge of the Relic! Bx pedition, ‘the Search Expedition having ceased. The rellet would, in | my opinion, be to deliver our. stores to the Doctor, who, Being then joined by his son, would act ws he pleased, and ty be iree to return. taking stores for this purpose . 18 matter for you seriously to think over. That ; young ill ivingstone goes on is settled. If you go he will be appy to have you as his leader in charge. * * * The expedition will cease on reuching Unyanyembe, and you might then come back with some or all of the Momibas ‘Think over all this and let me know. Ever yours, aste, JOHN KIRK, Lieutenant Dawson wrote thus:— Britian Consuzate, Tuesday, April 90, 1872, My pear New—I haye talked ‘the matter of the exped!- tion over with Dr. Kirk, aud he agrees with me that it is useless for Henn or myself to continue. Young Living- stone still wishes to go with the stores and endeavor to get his father to return to England, tailing in that to re- main with him, He is quite willing to go to Unyanyembe under your guidance, but the voods are now traniferred to his father. Of course, should you wish to take them up | to Dr. Livingstone, you will have the option of returning to the coastyan explanatory letter going with the cara- yan, It you intend going ‘request the Akida (captain or head man) to remain at Bagomoyo, and get pagazis (por- ters) as quickly as possible, keeping’ the guard with him If you intend to go to Unyanyembe take whatever steps you think fit about remaining or coming back here, but T | think with Kirk it would be weil to get started, if possible, before Stanley arrives, otherwise he imay haye an order | for goods from Dr. Livingstone with him. Those three men we saw are to take some few supplies, sugar, &c., buck to Stanicy, so It does not look like his Arriving vet Yours truly, L. 8. DAWSON. Imake no comment upon either of these letters, Ican only say that I still consider it of importance that some membérs of the expedition should push on to Dr. Livingstone, and I was quite prepared tO accept the charge of it as proposed. But Lieuten- ant Henn had cl d his mind and he now ex- eenen his resolution to assume the command of he expedition, insisting on his right todo so as second In command, I made no objection. But in this state of things we were both of opinion that we should return at once to Zanzibar in order that the matter might be fully discussed with Dr. Kirk andthe other members of the expedition. We reached Zanzibar on the following evening, but on that evening nothing was said or done. On the fol- lowing morning early I addressed the following note to Dr. Kirk:— Snacvcamt, May 8, 1872. Dear Dr. Kinx—I would have accepted the charge of the expedition in the wav you proposed in your note to me out hesitation, but, as of course you are by this time aware, Mr. Henn does not wish to give oe fow, I bth wish to soos le for the position with Mr. t that be done which is most to the interest of the ex- soaiten ; but, all {pings considered,! do not think I ought ‘accept a sécond place in sach un expedition as the Present one has become. » T admit, however, th Shen to advice, even. upon this head. (hough ‘hie te, pers haps, going too far. ‘I drop this note’ because there is no time ‘to lose, and J fear jest a personal visit at so early an hour should not be convenient to you. Tam very auxio to have the matter settled at once. Yours very sincere! CHARLES NEW, Without receiving any reply to this note, I made my way, according to custom, immediately after breakfast, to the Consulate. Lieutenant Dawson instantly called the members of the expedition to consultation, Dr. Kirk was not present. Lieu- tenant Dawson said his mind was thoroughly made up, and that he intended to retire from the “expe- dition. He then said, “I now feel it to be my duty | to offer the expedition to each member of it, ac- | cording to his position in connection therewith, and | I therefore first appeal to Mr. Henn.” Mr. Honn instantly replied, “I will take it.” 1 must say that these tactics greatly amused me, because they were 80 totally unnecessary. Mr. Henn having accepted the command, I was appealed to as to what course I would take. I repeated what I have said in the above note. Still, my rene anxiety to be of ser- vice to the expedition inclined me to accept the humiliating position now offered to me; and, after some hesitution, I gave a verbal consent to take it. But the decision was premature. My knowledge of Mr. Henn compelled me to the conclusion that I could not act in concert with him. Moreover, I considered that if he were equal to the charge of the expedition my services were superfuous, and that if he were unequal thereto he not to have been placed in charge. I felt I could not render the expedition effective service in the position now assigned to me, and that I should best serve its in- terests, and I may say at the same time maintain my Fis peereeb ect, ee bes ee On ie following inorning I sent in my resignation to Mr. Henn. It ran as follows:— i! Smav fay 4.1972, My Daan Hrxx—I havo come to the covclusion that F can no longer serve the Livingstone Search Expedition as effectively ns 1 could desire—indeed, that my services ¢ now supertuctis—andd beg to retire. Anything | can do to help you at starting in the collection of porters, &c.. T will do most readily. I think you will find the Mombas men manageable, and will usé all my induence with them to sectire their adhesion to the expedition. Twish | s8—frst the ach ment of the | ject, then all else your heart can reas ly wish. I will’ send you what kit? J have be- nging to the expedition In the course of the morning. fours, &c., CHARLES NEW, Lieutenant Huxx, RN. rarrigrar T also wrote to Dr. Kirk and to Mr. W. 0. Living- stone on the subject, but with those letters } will not trouble you. Of course, my resignation was accepted. On Munday, May 6, Lieutenant Henn and Mr. Livingstone left Zangtbar once more for Bagomoyo, with the view of engaging porters, and leaving for the interior immediately. At B moyo, on the very day of their arriva), they metgr, Stanley. What passed at Bagomoyo between thi entiemen I am not in a position to inform leave that to themselves. But on Tuesday, Mr. Stanley reached Zanzibar, Lieutenant Henn ond Mr. ou; I ay 7, accompanied by Livingstone, I met these gentlemen at the landing stage. An- other change had come over the spirit of Mr. Henn's dream. He said he had now decided to give up the expedition, and inquired as to what prospect there was of gevting away to her own sons had they perforated the | I now conclude. I have gappreaneg my ow. | and feelings for the sake supplying: ‘and these, I venture to hope, will'not un- Bope I beg to vdbwcribe inyell, sr fuitfuiy yourey CHARLES NEW. | ‘On BoaRp THE MEI-KONG, July 22. THE PROPOSED DUMP NUISANCE: + Street-Cleaning versus Commerce—Am Old Merchant’s Views on tho Proposi- tion to Drive Shipping from the Most Valuable Docks in Order to Make Room for Dirt Scows—Downtown Strects Should Be Cleaned at Night. To THE EITOR OF THE HeRALy:— Quite an excitement has ‘arisen among the mer- chants and property-owners in the vicinity of Maiden lane, in consequence of the Commissioners: of Docks having paseed a resolution authorizing the erection of a dump for the removal of the dire and filth taken from the streets, Petitions have been. umerously signed by merchants doing business in that locality, as well as the owners of prop~ erty, remonstrating against this measure.’ ‘They claim that the foot of Maiden lane is the cen~ tre of commerce in the eastern portion of the citys that the bulkhead and plers immediately adjacent! are the most desirable in the district for large ship- ping on account of the depth of water; that the slip is narrow and the ships using it are of the largest class, and that in loading and discharging cargoes the ships are largely dependent pon lighters; that if the dump be placed at the'place suggested there will, be @ necessity to remove the lighters in order that the scows and tugs may pass in and out of the slip. The remonstrants. state that they have located their warehouses and counting-rooms in that neighborhood, in order to to be convenient to the shipping, and if the ships are compelled to remove to make room for the dump at the foot of the street it will not only drive away commerce but the business so long estab- lished. Owners of property in the vicinity join im the remonstrance and assert that thelr property im that portion of the city will be largely depreciated, | ‘The question of locating a dump for the removal of the filth, ashes and garbage ts one of great em- barrasment. If the citizens in the immediate vicinity of Maiden lane are unwilling to have @ dump for the relief of that portion of the.city, it seems hardly fair to place the nuisance in some other locality, which would thus be compelled to receive, in addition to what comes from its owm neighborhood, the portion belonging to Maiden: lane, But in the matter of cleaning the streets the whole city is interested, and it is an admitted fact that to preserve the health of her citizens the streets must be cleaned and the ashes and garbage removed, It is also of great iinportance that commerce should be protected. Without commerce the city must lan- aish and dle, ‘To remove the dirt, ashes and gar- tage to the exclusion of commerce would be to kilt the goose that lays the golden oges. Therefore, it would seem to be the duty of the authorities clothed with the power of cleaning the rtreets to accomplish the work in a way to give New York clean streets without interference with commerce. Should the ships now moored at tie wharves and blere be driven away either by the nuisance of a jump or the want of facilities to load and unload,. the question may be asked, Where will ier er and if the ships go away what is to become of the busincss which now centres there? If the bushess. and the ships be driven away, then that portion of the city must be depreciated {n value for business urposes, The question is an important one, and justice seems to require that the department fav- ing this matter in hand should take into considera- tion the question of cleaning the lower part of the: city and removing the ashes, and to protect in a. manner calculated to preserve the public health: ane mene! interfere with the trade and commerce’ of the city. There is 2 dump at the foot of Gouverneur strect,, East River, where the dirt, garbage and ashes taken from the streets have been laden upon scows: and removed beyond tire limits of the city. Gouver- eur street 1s out of the way of business @nd be~ yond the infuence of commerce. It is one mile and three-quarters from the Battery, and not so convenient as the foot of Maiden lane for the pur- pose of cleaning the streets, and as the distance is. Layee it will be more expensive; but whem ihe additional expense is placed in. the. bal as against trade and commerce it will not ae one to ten. Therefore, it would seem the duty of the authorities having the matter in ch to avoid the difficulties now presented oy cleaning the streets in the lower business portion of the city, as well as the removal of the ashes and gar- bage between the hours of business in the after- noon and the business of the following day; or the whole process of cleaning the streets and remov- ing the garbage may be done at night. At most the difference of doing the work in the da‘ pe olan itself into a question of dollars and cent It seems necessary that a broad view should be taken of the whole question, and it so directed that. it will secure the best interest of the city. The Police Commissioners are anxious to clean the city with the smallest possible outlay, which is most creditable to them, and if successiul will add largely to their reputation. he district gnder dis- cussion is now cican, and the city is under obliga- tions to the department for this javor, proves beyond all dispute that the work can be done, and that successfully, from the foct of Gov- erneur street during the day; andif the swee; could be done at night, when all business is Jal aside, the sweepers could pursue their avocations without interference from carts, wagons and hacks. The cartmen could take up the ditt, ashes and farbase and cart it to Gouverneur street without terruption, and it is believed by those who are capable of judging that if the change be made it would be found greatly to the advantage of the city at large. ‘This comld be done without in any way interfering with the trade and commerce of the city,-and iu the opinion of the writer if the experi- ment be made it will be found that the lower, business part of the better cleaned at night than in. the daytime, and at less expense. Broad- way, Filth avenue and Broad street are now cleaned at night, for the reason that it would be almost impossible to clean them during the day, in Spneqnence of the travel in the streets. Now, if this difficulty in encountered in Broadway, Filth avenue and Broad street, does not the same obstruction occur in the lower business portions of the city? Double time is now required by cart- men to put a load of merchandise on board of the steamships on the East River. How much of this city can be inconvenience is caused at present by the carts removing dirt, ashes and garbage ? If we hold the streets during the day subject to the demands of commerce, and ase the night for removing filth, they will be effectually cleaned, and the trade and commerce of the cit unmolesied, New Work must be properly el 5 and trade and commerce unmolested, ‘This ques- tion of cleaning the streets at night in the business portions of tie city has to be met, and the sooner the ‘better; and it is to be hoped that the city oficiuls, haying the matter in charge, will at am early take such measures as will relieve the city from the present embarrass- ment. An objection has been made to cleaning the streets at night on account of the bad condition of the pavements. This only proves iat the pave- ments siouid be repaired. New York is a commex- cial city, and no biock or hiadrance should be al- lowed to interfere, Certainly, cleaning the streets, which can be done better and cheaper at night, Ought not to be done in the daytime, especially to the detriment of commerce, ———. Who Killed Probst !—A Mystery a Coro- ner Has Not Fathomed, from Zanzibar in a homeward direction. Mr. Liv- ingstone, however, announced it to be bis inten- tion to go on alone. Had he done this, however much I might have admired his courage, I could | not have commended his prudence. In my opinion it would have been wrong for him to have gone alone; his youth, his unacclimatized constitution and his ignorance of the languages and customs of weresee were paenes him, and to have attempted | such a task under such circumstances, single- | handed, would probably have led to disaster the | most serious. I felt this so strougly that I ven- tured to express this view to Dr. Kirk. At the | same time I felt that the expedition ought not to be given up, and 1 volunteered even then to take | harge of it. Alone or in connection with Mr. lAvingstone I would have done my best to push it to @ successful issue, I assured Dr, Kirk, | that if the expedition were placed in my hands, as | he had proposed doing ip the letter I have given | above, my serviees were to be commanded, Dr. Kirk, however, said that such was the state of things then that he could do nothing; that Mr. Liv- | ingstone was quite determined to go on alone, and | that things must take their own course, What | could I do but retire ? Two or three days afver Mr. Livingstone went to Bagomoyo once more, with | the intention, as every one thought, of proceeding | to Unyanyembe, Butin afew days more he was back again in Zanzibar, and then it was reported that he, too, would give np the expedition. Thus the collapse qf what might have becn a grand ex- ott] was complete, In the meantime Mr. tanley was perfecting his own great achieve- | ments by organizing a native cagavan, with | the view of sending it immediafly to the relief of Dr, Livingstone. a tlie exercise | of uncommon energy Mr. Stanley effected | this; and before we leit Zanzibar a caravan num- bering fi/ty-seven men was packed, addressed and despatched, like so many packets or | Dr. Livingstone, Unyanyembe, Unyanmuezi, or the | Land of the Moon; and I sincerely hope they may not fail to reach their destination. | Notwithst acics, our failure, let us not be chary | with our praises of Mr. Staniey. Ali honor to the determination, energy, perseverance, tact, pluck and endurance which have accomplished such m: bificent results. It is to be hoped that Kngland wi not deny to the American What phe would bave Andrew Probst, a German, residing at No. 873 Eleventh avenue, has for some time been cinployed in the upper portion of the city, On Monday night last while attempting to reach his home he got off Third avenue car, corner of Third avenue and Fifty-uinth street, intending to. take the helt line of cars to his home on the west elde of the city. It is not positively known whether he cseuped from the Third avenue car uninjured or net; but he was found later in the evening, corner of Third avenue and Fifiy-ninth street, with a sev ture of the left foot, He was taken to Helievue Lospital, and on the following day (Tuesday) lis lez was ampu- tated, © process Of amputation, It appears, did not materialiy improve his condition, and he died at that hospital on Thursday, whether from the eifects of the shock or the amputation of the limb is a matter for the consideration of the Coroner's jury. Coroner Herrinan was yesterday notified by the surgeon in Bellevue Hospital to hoid an inguest- and later he commenced the investigation. The only evidence taken was that of tie A deceased, who gave the above p: Coroner lias aourned the ing ascertaining tue number of tue ¢ upon Which Probst received his ta. YOUTHFUL BURGLARS Gari 5D. Bernard McNulty, aged twelve, aud Joseph Mor- gan, aged eleven, both residing at 314 Hudson street, were arrested by Detective Von Gerechten, of the Twenty-eighth precinct, Thursday afternoon, for breaking into the apartments of Mrs, George erin Hoaview of ithe road igned, sealed, | Proctor, aiso of 314 Hudson street, ou the 29th of Sul useful commodities, to the service and succor of | at Jast and stealing & Ieeead of clothing valued 400. The prisoners forced open one of the attie windows of the house and heiped themselves to what property they considered of any value. They admitted the charge and stated they had disposed of the property in three dine: pawn shops, Where it was recovered by the omcer, They wore arraigned before Justice Fowier at the Jetersom Market Police Court yesterday morning and tem- porarily committed, in order to aliow the officer to produce the complainant, who is in the country.