The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1874, Page 3

DAVID LIVINGSTONE| Death of the Great Afri- ean Explorer, HE FALLS BY THE WAY. Cause of His Death and Story of His Life. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. “Lonvon, Jan. 26, 1874. Intelligence has just been received hero of the death of Dr. Livingstone in the interior of Africa, He died of dysentery while travelling from Lake Bembe to Unyanyembe. THE TIME OF HIS DECEASE. The death of Dr. Livingstone took place in June last. WORN DOWN BY EXPOSURE AND FATIGUE, The explorer had been travelling over a par- ‘tially submerged country, and, after wading four days through water, was seized by the dllness of which he died. HIS BODY BEING CONVEYED TO ENGLAND. His body has been embalmed and is being ‘conveyed to England. It will come by the sway of Zanzibar. ‘Sketch of the Great African Traveller. David Livingstone, the greatest traveller of Modern times, is dead. According toacable de- spatch received yesterday from London his decease Was superinduced by an attack of dysentery while he was traveling from Lake Bembe to Unyan- yembe, and we are further informed that his body has been embalmed and will be conveyed to the home of his youth, where the remains will receive those honors which grateful England pays to the memory of her heroic sons. Before we enter upon the plain narrative o! his life it is worth while fora os S ‘me company. He was @ ade and so moderate Tt his charges ‘qpat waite bine for education might have obt - “4 adiox While at work Was carried on by lane tee ook op a. Portion of the spinning jenny, so that 1 could catch sentence after sen- ‘tence as | passed at my work. I thus kept up a pretty conatans study, undisturbed by the roar of the machinery, To this part ol educauon I owe my present power of completely abstract the mind from surrounding noises, 80 as.to read and write with perfect comfort amid the Blay of children or near the dancing and songs Of savages. The toli of cot- ton spinal pg, to which 1 was prompted in my nine- teenth year, Was excessively severe on a slim, loose-joined lad, but it Was well paid for; and it enabied me to support myseli while attending MEDICAL AND GREBK CLASSES IN GLASGOW in winter, a8 also the divinity lectures of Dr. Wardlow, by work:ng with my hands im summer, L never received a iarthing of aid from any one, | and snould have .ccomplished my project oj going to China as a Medical wissionar,, in the course of time, by my owu efferts, hud not some friends Rovised my jowing the London Missionary Society, eon account of its periectly unsec- tarian charac! It ‘sends neither Episco- pacy, Presbyterlanism, nor Indepen- dency, he Gospel of Christ, to the heatien,’ This exactly agreed with my ideas of What a missionary 80c! ay ought to do; but it was | not without a paug that [offered myself, tor it was not quite agreeavle to one accustomed to work his own way to become in aMeasure dependent on others; and 1 would not have veen much put about thougn my offer had been rejected. “Looking back now om that life of toil I cannot but feel thank.ul that it formed such a material art of my early education; and, were it possibie, should like to begin life over again in the same lowly style and to pass through the same hardy traming. “Time and travel nave not effaced the feelings of respect 1 imbibed forthe numble inhabitants of m, natuve village. For morality, honesty and intel- ligeace they were, 10 general, good specimens of the Scottish poor. In @ population of more than 2,000 suuls We had, Of couree, a variety of charac- ter, In additicn to the common run oi men there were some characters of sterling worth and ability, Wuo exerted @ most beneficial influence on the children and youth oj the piace by imparting gratuitous imsiruction, Much intelligent interest was felt by the villagers in all public questions, and they luroisied a proof that the possession of the meaus of education did not render them an unsale portion oO: the population. ‘Ihey felt kindly toward each other, and much respected those of tue neighboring gentry who, like the late Lord — Douglas, placed some confidence in their sense of honor, ‘Yhrouch the Kindness Of that nobleman the poor- | est umopg us coud stroil at pleasure over the ancteut domuins of Bothwell and other spots hal- lowed by the venerable associations o1 which our Scuool books ant local traditions made us well aware; aud iew oJ us could view the dear memorials Ol the past with ut seeling thut these careiuliy kept mouments were our own, The masses o1 the working people of Scotland have read history, and are vo revolutionary leveilers. They rejoice in the memories of ‘Wallace and Bruce and a? the lave,’ who are still muo& revered us the former champions 0: ireedom. And while toreigners imagine that we want the spirit only to overturn capitalists and aris:ocracy, we are content to re- spect our laws till we Cam change them, and hate Moment to consider the extraordinary sensation which @ mere traveller could make in this age of steam and electricity. For nearly ten years Livingstone’s name has been on every English speaking tongue; bis travels have become familiar to all classes of readers, and the daily newspapers have been full of despatches announc- ing his grand exploits. The telegraph cable which was put down in the Red Sea probably never re- Peated the name of any man oitener than that of “Livingstone,” while of him it may be said that he Was the subject of more obituaries than any man of his time. Exploring the most mysterious region of the most mysterious Continent remain- ing comparatively unknown, he had, by a life full of strange vicissitudes and startling adventures, fixed the attention of the whole world upon his every movement, Gilted with a modest and pure English style, which, devoid of the unwholesome “padding” and miserabie inventions which disfigure the page of the modern traveller’s book, he commanded the respect and attention of the™most careiul geogra- phers, led by an authority of nosmaller importance than Sir Roderick Murchison. It may be said that Dr. Livingstone achieved what few ol his country- men have ever succeeded in doing—in travelling without escort among Alrican savages, trusting to upright dealings and a kindiy manner. He was BORN IN A SUBURB OF GLASGOW im the year 1815, his father being a weaver in one of the cotton mills of that vicinity. At the age of ten he joined his father in the weaving business, and followed the laborious trade until he reacned the age of twenty. Meantime he devoted every leisure moment to self-education, preparatory to the great mission for which he was destined, But his early luie and labors have been de- scribed vy himself in language Which we prefer to quote, in an interesting sketch whicn he has nre- fixed to his first volume, entitled ‘Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa,” published in 1857;— “Our great-grandfather,” says the Doctor, “fell at the battie of Culloden, fighting lor the old line of Kings; and our grandiaver was a small farmer in Ulva, where my father was born. It is one of that cluster of the Hebrides thus alluded to by Waiter Scott :— And Ulva dark, and Colonsay, And ull the group of asieis yay ‘That guard iamed Stafla round. “Our grandfather was intimately acquainted With all the traditionary legends which that great writer had since made use of in the “Lales of a Grandiather’ and other works. Asa boy | remem- ber listening to him with delight, 1or bis memory Was stored with a uever-ending stock of stories, Many of whici were wonderiu.ly like those I have since heard while sitting by the African evening fires. Our grandmother, t§, used to sing Gaelic songs, some Of Which, as sl® velieved, had been composed by the captive islanders languishing hopelessly among the Lurks, “Grandiather could give particulars of the lives of his ancestors for six generations of the family before him; and the only point of the tradition 4 feel proud ‘of is this:—One of these poor hardy isianders was renowned in Wie district for great wisdom and prudence; and it is reluted that, when he was on his death bed, he catled ail bis children round him and said, ‘Now, in my liietime, I nave Searched most careiuliy through ali the traditions 1 couid find of our tamily, and I never could dis- cover that there was a dishonest man among our forefathers. if, theretore, any of you or any of your children should take to disionest ways, it will not be because it runs in our blood; it does not beioug w you. I leave tls precept with you:—Be honest.) If, therefore, in the iollowing ‘pages J tall invo any errors, 1 hope they wili be dealt with as honest mistakes, and not us indicating that 1 have forgot- ten our ancient motto. Tuis event took place at a time when the Highlanders, according to Macau- lay, Where much like the Cape Kaiirs, and one, it was said, could escape punisiment tor cattle. stealing by presenting a share of the plunder to his chieftain, OUR ANCESTORS were Roman Catholics; they were made Protes- tants by the laird coming round witha man having @ yellow staff, which would seem to have attracted more attention than his teaching, for the bew religion went long aiterwards, Parnoge it does so ay, the Dame of ‘ihe religion o1 the yellow Bticl “Finding his farm in Ulva insuMcient to support ® numerous family, my grandfather removed to Blantyre Works, a large cotton manutactory on the beautiful Clyde, above Glasgow; and his sons, hav- ing had the bést education the Hebrides afforded, were gladly received as cierks by the proprietors, Monteith & Co. He himself, highly esteemed tor is unflinching honesty, was employed in the con- ‘veyance of large sums of money from Glasgow to the works, and in old age was, according to the custom of that company, pensioned off, so as to spend his deciining years in ease and comiort, “Our uncles ali entered His Majesty’s service during the last French war, either as soldiers or sailors; but my father remained at home, and, though too conscientious ever to become rich as a small tea dealer, by lus Kindness of manner and Winning ways he made the heartstrings of his children twine around him as firmly as il he had possessed and could have bestowed upon them every wordly advantage. He reared his children m conneciion with the Kirk of Scotiand—a re! tous establishment which has been an in cwable blessing to that country—but he aiter- wards jeit it, and during the last twenty years of his life held the office of deacon of an independent church in Hamiiton, and de- served my lasting gratitude and homage for pre- senting ine from my intancy with # continuously consistent pious example, such as that the ideal of Which 18 so beautifully and Coe As bs in Burns’ ‘Coiter’s saturday Night.’ He died in February, 1856, in peaceiul hope of tuat mercy which we all expect through the death of our Lord and Saviour. I was at the time on my way below Zumbo, expecting no greater pleasure in this country than sitting by our cottage fire and telling bim my travels, Lrevere his memory. “fhe earhest RRCOLLECTION OF MY MOTHER recalls @ picture so often seen among the Scottish pour—that of the anxtous housewife striving to Imake both ends meet. At the age of ten | was put into the factory asa ‘piercer’ to aid by my earn- ings dn lessening her anxiety. With o part o1 my first week's wages 1 purchased Ruddiman’s ‘Rudiments of Latin,’ and pursued the study of that language for many years afterwards with umsbated ardor at an evening school which met between the hours of eight an . The dictionary part of my labors was followed up till twelve o’ciock or later if my mother did not interfere by jumping up and snatching the books out of my bands. Ihad to be back tn the factory by six in tire morning, and continue my work, with intervals for break. and dinner, til eignt o'clock at t. read in this way many of those stupid revo.utions which might sweep away time-honored institutions, dear alike to ricn and poor,”? At the age of ten Livingstone was put into a factory as a piercer, @nd bought Ruddiman’s’ “Rudiments of Latin’? @ut of the first week’s wages. He pursued the study of that language for many years aiterwards at a night school, be- tween the hours of eight and ten, and on his re- turn home would pore over his dictionary and grammar till his mother smatched the book out of his hands and packed him off to bed. In this way he‘learned to read Horace, Virgil and other au- thors whose merits are not appreciated by the ordinary schoolboy, FOR SIXTREN YEARS, namely, from 1840 till his return to England at the close of 1856, he labored perseveringly as one of the agents of the London Missionary Society at Kuruman, Mahodson and otier stations in South Alrica, During that time he made several expedi- tions into the interior, ana twice crossed the en- tire continent, a little south of the Tropic of Cap- ricorn, from the shores of the Indian Ocean to those of the Atlantic. The most important of these journeys was entered on in January, 1853, and in May he reached Linyanti, the principal town of the powertul Makolo tribe, where he was enthusiastically re- ceived by the chiel, Sekeltu, and the entire popu- lation, Departing thence-in November he pro- ceded up the Leecambye River, and its affluent, the Leeba, to Lake Diloio, and thence, with consider- able dimicuity and peril, across the Congo River to Angola, at the capital o! which country, Loando, on the western coast of Afpica, he arrived May 31, 1864, and was kindly received by the Portuguese authorities stationed there, He leit that place in the ensuing September, reached Linyanti in Sep- tember, 1855, and thence proceeded dowrf the Lee- cambye aad Zambesi Rivers, which he found to be identical, to Quilimane on the Indian Ocean, reach- ing that place May 20, 1856. He had thus, within a period of about three years, explored a portion of the African Continent never previously described by Europeans, and travelled probably upward of 9,000 miles, From Quilimane he proceeded to England, where his wife and fam- ily had preceded him tour years before, and he ar- rived there December 12, 1856. Owing to his long absence from Engiand and his constant intercourse with the savage tribes his mother tongue had be- come so unfamiliar to him that at public meetings given in his honor he found difficulty in expressing himself wit fluency. In 1857 appeared his “MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTIL AFRICA,” and the next year he sailed for Quilimane, where he had been appointed Consul, and subsequently departed on a new exploring expedition up the Zambesi River with a party of scientific men. His explorations up to the close of December, 1861, were mainly devoted to the locality of Lake Ny- assa, He ascended the lake for 200 miles, and gave interesting details of its shape and extent and of the rivers flowing into it. He also exerted him- self, at considerable peril, to cause a tribe to abandon slave hunting, Having received asteamer in parts from England, in the spring of 1862 he had it transported beyond the cataracts, put together and launched upon the river, and im this he again ascended the lake, and was invoived in some of the native wars. In 1864 he returned to Eng- and and gave detatled accounts of his travels, and described the climate and topography o1 the region on the west shore of Lake Nyassa. Dr. Livingstone departed again late in the year 1865, with a simple equipment, furnished jointly by the British govern- ment and the Royal Geographical Society, in the hope of ascending nearer to the Equator, and ex- ploring the Albert and Victoria Nyanza, and ascer- taining definitely tneir relations to each otner, to Lake Tanganyika and to the source of the Nile. In November, 1868, letters were received from him bearing various dates, between September and December of the previous year. A communication was re- ceived from him by Lord Clarendon, dated from near Lake Bangweolo, South Central Africa, July, 1868, in which he said that from what he had seen, together with what he had learned from intelligent natives, he thought he might safely assert that the chief sources of the Nile arise between ten degrees and twelve degrees south latitude, or nearly in the position assigned to them by Ptolemy, whose Kiver Rbapta is probably the Rovuma. ‘The following letter irom Livingssone, character- istic of the spirit and feeling of the man, was ad- dressed by the explorer to a@ frend in Scotland soon after the date of his alleged murder by the Natives of Africa, and written at the place where he was travelling on his last journey. Bema, inner Africa, Latitude 10 10 South, Longitude 31 50 East, March 2, 1867, Thave been unable togend anything to coast since Lf left it till now and have heard nothing irom the coast, We have been very long in our progress hither, but I think we are now on the watershed between the Zambezt and Isaputa, which flows, as report sass, into Tanganyika. Ihave only nine of @ following, but hope to get on in time and do what I have undertaken. In some parts we had plenty of meat; I couid easily supply the pot with my rife. In other parts nothing could be pro- cured, and we had to goon as best we could. Itis the rainy season, and we hau a long trudge through dripping forest, with the soll often 80 sloppy the feet were constantly’ wet. This ‘was made worse by want of food—not of fine dishes, but of even a little porridge. The people could not sell grain; they were subsisting themselves on mushrooms, which are very good as catsup, but wretched, watery food, roducing vivid visions of the roast beet of ae Here we have come to a land where to be bought, and mean to resta little. When we get to Tanganyika Lake we nope for news and to find a second supply of goods, 1 shall write to you trom thence. Tell —— that his dog turned out a famous one, and I was never so sorry for any animal as when we Jately lost him. He had more spunk than fifty coun- try dogs; and as soon as we gota hut ina ute mg! the classical authors, and knew Virgiland Horace better at sixteen than Ido now. Our school: ter—bopplly sbi) gyve— Was suDDOrted WB vart b; he Kept tt clear of all curs, and never stole himsel He was ag much of an attraction as the white mai of the whole line of mi took char hy, | Bud wad go puted 6 Went Ot anything, fwe.bad to wade a marsn a mile wide and watst deep—a Peaty bottom, with holes made by buifuloes’ ieet, made us all founder. I went first and forgot the Poor doggie. He must have swam among the dows, each one minding himself, until ne was drowned; nO one noticed him, Iam unabie to write to Dr. Wilson, though I ought, but the slave trader will not give me more time. I consumed Mr, extract of meat from real gnawing hunger, and found ttexcellent. I have iost all my medicines— the sorest logs of goods J ever sustained. You will excuse my brevity. The slavery party leaves and | must write several letters, Blessings from the Highest be on you friends, DAVID LIVIN DR, LIVINGSTONE AND THE HERALD EXPEDITION, The several years of paintul anxiety which fol- lowed the departure of Dr. Livingstone from the coast, the mystery surrounding his whereabouts, the false story of his murder, the as- tonishing apathy of the British government and the apparent lukewarmness of the Royal Geographical Society, induced the HEKaLp to send an expedition in search of the lost traveller, At the head of this enterprise was placed a daring young journalist of experience in Eastern and Airican travel, who had competed with the British government during the Abyssinian war, and had out-distanced it in sending intelligence of the ‘all of Magdala, Mr. Henry M. Stanley, The story {tg initiation, of the care with which Mr. Stanley selected his experienced subordinates, of the dil- ficulties and frowns which harassed the inception of the undertaking, of the perilous march to Unyanyembe, of the faithiessness of his chief sub- ordinates, and of the final meeting at Ujiji becween Stanley and Livingstone, are now matters of history. It is needless to say that Dr. Livingstone was given fresh life through this medium—a fact which he was not slow to acknowledge in his letters to the proprietor of the HERALD. One of these letters, published in our issue of July 26, is as lollows:— UsIsI, ON TANGANYIKA, EAst AFRICA, November, 1871. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, Jr., Esq. :— My Deak Sir—It is, in general, somewhat dif- ficult to write to one we have never seen—it feeis: so much Lke addressing an abstract idea—but the presence of your represeptative, Mr. H. M, stanley, in this distant region, takes away the strangeness I snould otnerwise have felt, and, in wriing to thank you Jor the extreme kindness that prompted you to send him, | feel quite at home. li I explain the forlorn condition in which he found me you will easily perceive that I have good reason to use very strong expressions oi gratitude, Icame to Ujiji off a tramp 0: between 400 and 500 miles beneath a blazing vertical sun, having been bated, worried, deleated and jorced to. re- turn, When almost in sight of tie eud of the geographical part of my mission, by a number ot balf-caste Mosiem slaves sent to me irom Zanzi- bar fostead of men, The sore heart made siill sorer by the wolul sights I had seeu of mun’s in- humanity to man reached and told on the bodily irame and depressed it beyond measure. | thought that | was dying on my feet. It is nyt too much to say that almost every step of the weary, sultry way Was in pain, and 1 reached Ujiji a mere “ruckle” of bones, There I ound that some £500 sterling worth of goods, wnich I nad ordered from Zanzibur, had unaccountably been entrusted to a drunken’ half- caste Mosiem tailor, who, alter sqaanderins them lor sixteen months on the way to Cjijl, fluished up by seiling off all that remained tor slaves and ivory for bimself, He hud “divined”’ on the Koran and found that { was dead. He had also written 10 the Governor of Unyanyembe that he had sent slaves alter me to Manyema, who returued and reported my decease, and begged permission to seilof the few goods that lis drunken appetite had spared. He, however, knew pertectly well from men who had seen me tiat Iwas alive, and waltiug ior the goods and men; but, as ior morality, he is evi- dent.y an idiot, and there being no law te.e ex- cept the dagger and the musket, | had to sit down in great weakness, destitute 0: everything save a lew barter clothes and beads, which I had taken the precuution to leave here in case of cx- treme need, The near prospect of beggary amoug Ujijians made me miserable. 1 could not despair, becanse I laughed so much at a ricud who, on reaciong the mouth of the Zambezi, said that he was tempied to despair on breaking the photograph of his wile. We could have no success after that. Aiterward the idea of despair had to me such @ strong sense of the ludicrous that it was out of the question. Weil, when I had got to about the lowest verge vague rumors of an Englisn visitor reached me. I thought of myself as the man who went down from Jerusalem to Jericno, but neither priest, Levite nor Samaritan could possi- bly pass my way. Yet the good Samaritan was close at band, and one of my people rushed up at the top of his speed and in great excitement gasped out, “An Englishman coming! 1 see him |? and oif he darted to meet him. Au American flag—tne first ever scen in these parts—at the head ol @ caravan to.d me the na- tionality of the stranger. I am asx cold und non- demonstrative as we islanders are usually reported to be, but your kindness made my frame thrall, It was, indeed, overwhelming, and | said in my soul, “Let the richest blessings descend from the Hign- est on you and yours.” the news Mr. Stanley had to tell was thrilling. The mighty political chavges on the Continent; the success of the Atlantic cables; the eleciuion of General Grant and many otner topics riveted my attention Jor days togetiier, aud nad an imme- diate and beneiicial eifect on my health. 1 had been witiiout news irom home for years, save what icould glean irom a few Saturday Reviews gnd Punch o1 1808 The appetite revived, and in ‘a Week | began to /eei strong again, Mr. S.anley orought @ most Kind and encour- aging despatch from Lord Clarendon, whose ioss L sincerely deplore, tue first 1 have received trom the Foreign office since 1866, and information that the British government had kindly sent £1,000 ster- ling tomy aid. Up to his arrival l was not aware ot any pecuniary aid. 1 came unsalaried, but this Went is now happily repaired, and I am anxious that you and all my friends should know that, though uncheered by letter, I have stuck to the task which my friend Sir Roderick Murchison set me with “John Bullish’? tenacity, believing that all would come right at last. The watershed of South Central Africa is over 700 miles in length. ‘The fountains thereon are almost innumeravle—that is, it woula take a man’s luetime to count them. krom the watershed taey converge into jour large rivers, and these again into two mighty streams in the great Nile vailey, which oegins in ten degrees to twelve degrees south latitude. It was Jong ere light dawned on tue ancient problem and gave me a clear idea of the drainage. 1 had to feel my way, and every step of the way, aud was generally groping in the dark, for who cared where the riversian¥ We drank our fill and jet the rest run by. The Portuguese who visited Cazemba asked lor slaves and ivory, and heard of nothing else. I asked about the waters, questioned and cross- questioned until I was almost afraid of being set down as aMicted with hydrocephalus, My last work, in which I have been greatly hindered irom want of suitable attendants, was following the central line of drainage down through the country of the cannibals, called Man- zuema, or shortly, Mazema. This line o1 drainage has four large lakes init. The fourth I was uear when obliged to turn, It ia from one to three mlies broad, and never can be reached at any point or at any time of the year. Two western drains, the Lupera or Bartle Freres River, flow into it at Lake Kamolendo. ‘Then the great river Louraine flows througn Lake Lincoln into it too, and seems to form eT) arm of the Nile, on which Petherick Traded, Now, I know about 600 miles of the watershed, and, unlortunately, the seventh hundred 1s the most interesting of the whole, for in it, 1/1 am not mistaken, four fountains arise Irom an earthen mound, and the last of the four becomes at no great distance olf a large river, Two of these run north to Egypt, Lupera and Louraine, and two run south into inner Ethiopia as the Liambui or upper Zambezm and the Kafneore. ‘These are not the sources of the Nile mentioned by the secretury of Minerva in the city of Sais to Herodotus. Ihave heard of them so often and at great distances oif that 1 cannot doubt their existence, and in spite of the sore longing for home that seizes me every time I think of my poe wish to finish up by their rediscovery, Five hundred pounds steruug worth ol goods have again unaccountably been entrusted to slaves and have been over a year on the way, Instead of four months. I must go where they lie, at your expense, ere I can put the natural comple- tion tu my work. And it my disclosures regarding the terrible Ujijian slavery should lead to the suppression of the East Coast siave trade I shall regurd that as a reater matter, by far, than the discovery of all the ile sources together. Now that you have done with domestic slavery forever lend us your power- ful aid toward tnis great ovject. ‘This fine country is blighted as with a curse from above in order that tue slavery privileges of tae petty Sultan of Zanzibar may not be iniringed and the rights of the Crown oj Portugal, which are mythical, should be kept in abeyance til some future time, when Africa will become another India to Portuguese slave traders, I conclude by again thanking you most cordially for your great generusity, and am gratetuliy yours, AVID LIVINGSTONE, Although the expedition of Lieutenant Dawson was finally sent it never reached its goal. Dissen- sion, disappointment and disorganization put an end to the enterprise. While it was gathering at Zanzibar Mr. Stanley wrote the story of his tri- umph ia the HERALD, which was copied far and wide. It was at noon on the 10th of November, 1871, that the famous words were said :— “DR. LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME," The subsequent voyage on Lake Tanganyika, the return of Dr. Livingstone to Unyanyembe, are matters of too recent record to need recapitula- tion at this time. After the return of Mr. Stanley to Zanzibar, prtor to his departure for Kurope, he despatched men and supplies to Unyanyembe for Dr. Living- stone, which were received last summer. The ex- Pedition of Licutgnant Opmergn bag already moved of that expedition, of tre secrecy which attended | and | cert takes place this from the coast, although Mr. Stanley’s supplies had reached the Doctor loug before the English ex- plorers had made their entry into the famous African town. Of the subsequent travels of Dr. Livingstone there 1s no authentic intelligence. From time to time the standard “Livingstone” paragraphs have gone tue rounds of the press, but every one of any information could recognize them as canards. The cavle despatch of this morning bears every evidence o; truth, and it is no more than natural that any constitution should break down atter thirty-iour years ol constant travel in tue climates of Central Africa, AMUSEMENTS. ee. English Opera—“Murriage of Figaro.” The second week of the Kellogg troupe opened auspiciously last night, at the Academy of Music, with @ very fair rendering of Mozart’s comic opera, “The Marriage oj Figaro,” presented with the following cast:—Susanna, Miss Kellogg; the Countess, Mme. Jennie Van Zandt; Cherubino, Mrs. Zelda Seguin; Marcelina, Miss Starbird; Bar- barino, Mrs, Gonzales; the Count, Mr. Willtam Carlton; Figaro, Mr. Henry Peakes: Antonio, Mr. Kdw. Segui Don Basilio, Mr. W. H. Tula; Don Bartolo, Mr. Thomas Bartleman, The perlormance was a smooth one, as far as the principal artiste were concerned, and fully up to the standard of the Italian representations of the same opcra at this house, Miss Kellogg seemed to enter into the spirit of the intriguing and coquet- tisn lady’s maid and gave unalloyed satisfaction in both acting and singing. The Countess of Mme. Van Zandt was no less attractive, the celebrated duet in the third act, “Ine Zephyr” (Su Varia), being so weil rendered by ber and Miss Kellogg as to bring with it an overwhelming redemand from the audience, Mrs, seguin’s best rdle, or the one in which she creates ihe most pronvunced success, 13 that of the tantalizmg page. Mr. Carl- ton was in beter voice than at ms début last week, having recovered from his recent illness, and Mr. leukes acted the part of the married bar- ber Bdmirabiy, aithough his deep bass voice was | not exuctly adapted to the music. The peculiar } comu wwne Oi Mr, Tiia’s voice, wich would be de- | structive 01 other rdles, gave effect to the music | Of the meddicsome singing master, and the old gardener had an excellent representative in Mr. peguin, it may appear a heretical, but it is nevertheless ertion, a the two great lyric an undeniable ass works 01 Moz: » Don Juannd “Figaro,” do not jd favor with the American public presented in @ large theatre, They are essential, paror operas, aud as well adapted to the boards 0. the Avadeiny as wouid be chamber music Works Inie:preted by the 100 instrumental- | ists of the Phiiharmunie society, Lhe nuances and {| descacies 0: expression, the matquetry, if we may | borrow @ term trom the cubmetinaker’s art, and | the ever shiiting, and olttimes scarcely defined | changes in the character of the music, are neces- sarily lost in a big building like the Academy. Sup- pose Mr. Wullack sivuld quiv wis cosey litte tueatre for the opera house many of tae finest uid most delicately umned ieatures of tus acting would be lost on the vast stage of the Academy, So itis wich “fhe Marriage o: Figaro.” It, 18 Dov an opera calculated to be Lioroughly ap- preciated tn suci a building, and it certainly last evemng became tiresome beiore even the last act Was Teached, Yet every company, Itulian and English, wiih few exceptions, persists in present- ing it and “Don Giovanni,” and the result is uny- thing bur satisiactory, It i8 a3 unsuitabie lor grand opera as is a string quartet of Beethoven vor grand concert, “Rigoletto” will ve given this evening, with Mwe. Van Zandt as Gilda. Grand Opera House. “Humpty Dumpty” began the tenth week of his varying tour ol the world last night, The mana- gers o! the Grand Opera House had announced tuat the vulpine tourist should have new accorm- ; panists duins the remainder of his travels, but, some.ow, when Humpty started, and as he reacued place after place, it was noticed that, with two or three exceptions, the persons he met were the same he had sound when he oriuinally made his tour, Some things never iose the charm of noveity, and so the announcement of the Martens and the Rigl sisters | as uew to “Humpty Dumpty may not be con- daemued. The only really new accessories to “Huwpty” are a ciever Harlequin, Ravel, and the Wilson brothers, who periorm some extraordinary Jeats O1 Vauiting and tumbling, Humpty’s adven- tures did not vary irom those he has had every time he has been abroad, His memory, however, is so poor that the haps always produced the proper expression ol surprise, fear or glee. ‘There was @ goodly audience present to laugh at the fun. Niblo’s. The active Vokes family appeared last night in the extravaganza “Fun in a Fog,” which the bill assures has Been invented, written and arranged by the terpsichorean geniuses. For all the inven- tion or literary merit the piece contains it might have been written by any one. It is a sort of bur- lesque satire on the pleasures or yachting, ex- pressed mainly through the legs, It is not without merit oi a kind and it 1s certainly very extray- agant, There 18 not much pretente of any higner aim than to amuse by grim- ace and contortion, and this intention 18 honestly carried out, The people ‘are amused, At leust they laugh; and it they seek hand distrac- tion perhaps “Fun ina Fog’ and similar pieces furnish the most harmless sort of distraction jor overworked people who do not want to be bothered with thinking, and only ask (o laugh and be merry. The Vokes’ tumbied through their parts with their usual heartiness, no boues were broken, and it is an open question whether there are any Vokes bones to break, “Fun In a Fog” was preceded by the comedietia of aval Engagements,” in which Miss i ouise Henderson and Mr. J. W. Brutone made their first appearance on this stage. Mr. Prior, a8 Admiral Kingston, was the impersonation ola good-hearted but irascibie oid sult, and Mr. Canii’s Dennis, though marred by an extravagant make-up, leit little to be desired. It was a studied and careiul piece of characterization, Theatre Comiquae. While the class of amusements at this theatre Might not suit the educated taste of people who are accustomed to witness the best productions of the modern stage in all its moods and tenses, yet they are admirably adapted to rouse the jaded spirits and fili with a thorough sense of rude enjoy- ment the great army of toilers who flock here nightly from their humble and in many cases wretched dwellings to laugh till the tears run down over the “Mulligan Guards,” “Olid Times Rocks,” the humors of that extremely comic Ethiopian, Johnny Wild, and a hundred otuer amusing performances. Last night the attendance crowded tbe theatre to the doors. and the pro- gramme of testive things presented was never- ending, like the bill of a French landlord. Un- doubtedly the best feature was “Old Times Rocks, or Seenes from Early Minstrelsy.” Everybody present enjoyed it to the tips of his fingers; and “Camptown Kaces,” ‘I’m off to Charleston,” &c., wore as fresh a melody as the first day. The mine discovered by Christy may be gone over again and again. I these ‘Mulligan Guards” did not get so beastly drunk they would ao very well. The comic drama of “Kent Day” needs Panne here and there, and more tun thrown in Mrs. Conway’s Theatre—Mr. Booth. Mr. Booth last evening began an engagement at Mrs. Conway’s Theatre, Brooklyn, and appearea as Hamlet before a very large audience. Anew criticism upon this impersonation of Mr. Booth’s would be like an attempt to say something fresh concerning Milton and Homer. not that Mr. Booth’s atiributes as an actor are comparable.with the qualities of these poets as poets, but that all that is good, bad and indifferent about his performance has been commented upon again ani again, and all that need now be chronicled 1s the lact that Jormer successes were repeated to the satisiaction of a vast assemblage. The tragedy was weil placed upon the stage and was evenly acted. “Richelieu” will be given to-night. Steinway Hall — Maurel-Wicniawski- Thomas Concert. A very interesting concert was given last even- ing at Steinway Hall, in which M. Maurel, the cele- brated barytone of the Strakosch italian Opera Company, M. Wieniawski, the distinguished violin- ist, and the unrivalled orchestra of Mr. Theodore ‘Thomas took part, M. Maurel sung an aria from Haydn's “Seasons” with such success that he was recalled and gave a very effective rendering of Schumann’s “Widmung.” M. Wientawski’s in- terpretation of the Concerto in A minor, No. of Vieuxtemps, was marked with the full, resonant tone, artistic inish and wealth of expression that characterize his violin playing, and in response to an encore he presented @ won- derfully sympathetic performance of his own “Le- nde.” The orchestra selections comprised a eethoven Overture, two movements of Raff's reat “Lenore” symphony, Waguer’s “Filegende joliinder” and the Second Hungarian Rhapsody of Liszt, The last mentioned work has be- come & sterling favorite in its orchestral form, for which Herr Miller-Berghaus is responsible. The instrumentation 1s so clever and effective that even those who are intimately ac- quainted With it in its original form as & piano work are astonished at the transformation. When its surring characteristic measures are inter- preted by such an orchestra as that of Mr. Thomas the effect 1s of an electric kind. The second con- evening, and will comprise works by Asger Hamerick, 5pour, Donizetti, Tar- tim, Rossini end Beethoven. “Folline” To-Night, “Fouling” is to be produced to-night at the Futa Avenue Theatre. it isa four-act play, containing nine male and four female characters, and is an adaptation by Mr. Daly from the French, It con- cerns itself with a young couple, René and Folline Genevoix, who, wearied with the prosaic life en- talled by the steady pursuit of business in old- fashioned grooves, launch into a loud and ex- travagant style. ‘the husband becomes entangled with an actress and verges on bankruptcy; the wife, believing in her husband’s infidelity, is on the brink Of a similar crime, RKeoé is saved by the intervention of his sister Gabrieile, his uncle Gen- evoix and an old retainer named Gudin, Foi- line is rescued by the discovery of the drunken- neas of the Count de Marsille, who had become her ideal, and by the well-timed’ stratagems ot Agiae and Pontanne, who, however, are fast people as well as fast friends, An effect in the fourth act is highly sensational; a seveoth commandment in- iringement is perceptible, but does not give color to the whole piece; one or two situations dally upon the precipice of the improper, and the con- Versition is brisk, but never witty. There is the same difference between this and the legitimate drama that there is between “tall talk” and high tone, Musical and Dramatic Notes. Barry Sullivan has been acting in Belfast. An amateur dramatic club gives performances at Hong Kong occastonally. Miss Charlotte Cushman gives the first of her series of readings at Steinway Hall to-morrow night, Mile. di Murska will appear at the Academy of Music at Easter, under Mr. Maretzek’s manage- ment. Mr. J. S. Clarke 1s passing the winter on the Coptinent, and will appear in London profession- ally in the spring. “Lohengrin” will likely be the opening opera of the Strakosch Opera Company atthe Academy of Music on February 16, Dion Boucicault’s engagement at the California Theatre is very successiul. The receipts up to tue present time amount to over $11,000, Mr. Huck, a tenor in Mme. Lucca’s Opera Com- pany, and formerly connected with Dr. Berge’s choir in St. Francia Xavier’s church in this city, died last week in Havana of vomito. A frightiul accident has occurred in the theatre at Ulm, France, through the use of petroleum, Twenty-four lamps attached to the chandelier sus- pended from the ceiling exploded while the per- formance was going on, and the flaming liquid fell on the spectators, among whom were a number of ladies. In an instant the dresses of some twenty were ina blaze. One of the ladies expired a few hours afterwards. THE ALLIANCE. —_—— Sixth Annual Meeting of the Amcrican Evangelical Ailiance—Election of Offi- cers tor the Ensuing Year—Reading ot the Annual Report—Profuse Thanks to the Retiring Secretaries tor Their Gratuitous Labors Last Year. The sixth annual meeting of the American Evangelical Alliance was held last evening, in St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street. The chair was occupied by William Dodge, President of the Alilance. Several prominent clergymen were in attendance, but the audience was not large. A prayer having been offered by the Rey. Dr. Crosby, Mr. Dodge announced the meeting opened, and in doing so made a lew re- marks on the great success which had attended | the General Conference. The new constitution was then presented. Its leading feature was tie second article, which says that “the objects of this association shall be to manifest and strengthen Christian unity, and to promote religious liberty and co-operation in Chris- tian work, without intertering with the internal affairs of different denominations.’’ After a slight technical change in the fiith article the constitu- tion was adopted, Rev. Dr. Ganse, trom the Nominating Committee, then presented the names of the officers selected for the ensuing year, which were as folows:— Villlam E. Dodge. residents—Key. Dr. Adams, Joseph Allison, Rev, Dr. Anderson, Rev. Vr. Armitage, William U1, Aspinwall Charles J. Baker, Right Kev. Gregory T, Bedeil, D. Di; Felix R. Brunot, William A, Buckingham, Rev. W. J. Budington. D. D.; Rev. Dr. alexis Caswell, Wm. Clafii Robvert 1), Corbett, Right Rev. George D. Cummins, v. D, J D.; Rev. Dr, ‘i homas De witt, General nton B. Fibi, U. Foster, ¥. i. Frelinghuysen, Rev. Harvey /D. Gause, Grint’ Goodrich, Daniel Hainer, Kev, Dr. Moses D. Hoge, Frotessor Joseph Henry, D. V., LL. D.; J. P. Handy, Rey. Dr. Hodge, General 0.” 0. “Howard, Bishop’ | E. Janes, D. D.; Thomas K. Jessup, H. Thane “Wheller, Rev. Dr, Ormiston, Dr, Park ev. 8. J. Frime, fi H. B. Kev. Sehat, seway, 5 D.; Jacob Sleeper, B Rev. Dr. Joseph P. . Bishop Wigh man, Dr. Leighton Wilson, Kobe LL. ».; William Woodward, Kev. Thomas D. DD. LL D* Woolsey, i Howwiary Corresponding Secretaries—Rey, R. R. Booth, D.D.; Rev. Cyrus D. Foss, D. D.; Rev. E. P.Rosers, D. D.; Rev, @ Sampson, D:D. LL, D.: Rev. William Taylor, D. b.; Rey. E. A. Washburn, D. D.; Rev. A.C. Wedekind, D.'D. ‘Recordtuy Secretaries—Rev. Henry B. Chapin, D. D. ; Rev. 8. W. Crittenden, Treasurer—Caleb T, Rouse. The committee’s report adopted. The sixth annual report of the Alliance was then read by Rev. Dr. af, It gave a brief résumé of the work accomplished during the year, the Gen- eral Conference being of course the principal tea- ture. In tracing the preparations that were made for the Conierence it showed the manner in wnich the executive officers had brought about the great Alliance meetings wiich were recentiy heid in this city. Proper allusion was made to the deatn of the Rev. Messrs, Pronier and Carasco by the loss of the Ville du Havre. ‘the report concluded with a financial statement, which showed that after all expenses had been paid there was now in the treasury $9,379, exclu- sive of subscriptions not yet paid in, which would swell the amount to $10,000, When the Rev, Dr, Schatf concluded the reading of the report he announced that his official connection with the Alliance was now about to ciose. Other duties prevented tim from bestowing so much time upon that great Christian work, and he felt, as he had had to bear nearly all the responstbility of the labor that had culminated in the recent Evangeli- cal meetings, that he shouid retire from the oner- ous work and devoie himself exclusively to his scholastic duties. Several gentiemen present then made remarks was unanimously complimentary to the mag Dr. Schaf, to whom, the Dr. Crosby said, was due, under Providence, all the honor for the great success Of the Alliance enterprise, Rey. Dr. Foss also spoke in the highest terms of Rev. Dr. Schaf’s exertions in the preparatory work ‘or the General Conterence, and of his learning and zeal. The Chairman then.put the question, and the re- port was unanimously adopted. Hon. Nathan Btstop, LL. D., moved that the thanks of the Alliance be given to the retiring secretaries, and in doing so remarked that it was an unfortunate fact that Christian men had in all times manifested an intolerant spirit in judging of the religion of ‘others. len who were tolerant in most other matters found it necessary to try to prevent others from worshipping God as they wished. This Alliance had shown an example to the world in this respect. The speaker then went on to tell how @ committee from the Alliance had expostulated with @ great Russian minister in behalf of Roman Catholics who were persecuted by the Russiau government. The min- ister said to the committee that the laws which had lasted for 400 years could not now be repealed, butat the same time he intimated that, though the Jaws would not be disturbed, the request of the committee would be granted, and it was granted. Rev. Mr. Sabine seconded the motion, and spoke in a religious strain on the glory of the recent conierence meetings, blessing God jor what He had vouchsafed to His people, The chairman and others having made compli- mentary remarks upon the laborious and gratul- tous services Pevares vy the secretaries, the motion was put and unanimously carried. Qn motion of the Rev. Dr. Prime the thanks of the Alliance were given to Mr, Caleb T. Rowe, the Treasurer, a8 to the value of whose services all were agreed. The handsome sum in the treasury showed with what prudence the financial affairs of the Alliance had been managed. Several gentlemen paid Mr. Rowe compliments for the indelatigable manner in which he had voiled gratuitously in behalf of the great Christian work, The vote of thanks was unanimously passed, The chairman then called for the singing of the “Poxology,” under the leadership of the Kev. Dr. Crosby, ana after the hymn the meeting ad- journed, DAVIS V8, FOOTE, Rumor of an Impending Duel Between Two Prominent Ex-Confederat PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26, 1874. Aspecial Washington despatch to the Bvening Telegraph says :—‘‘It ts ramored here this morning that arrangements are being made for a duel be- tween Jefferson Davis and ex-Senator Henry S. Foote, of Mississippi.’ 1t is also said that the duel 18 probably based on the correspoadence which ap- peared in the Washington newspapers, No Foundation for the Report. WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1874, There is not the slightest foundation for the story of a duel about to be fought between Jeffer- een Davis and ex-Sepator Foote, 3 THE CENTENNIAL CARNIVAL, Grand Ball of the First Washington Assembly in Philadelphia. The Proceeds for the Nationa} Celebration. A Splendid Scene of Festivity, Mirth, Beauty and Wealth. PHILADELPHIA, Jan, 26—Midnight. The grand ball of the First Washington Assembly,, instituted by the Women’s Centennial Executive Committee for the benefit of the coming Americam Exposition, was in character and elaboration of @ most peculiar nature, and filled the vast Academy, of Music to-night with the wealth and splendor ot the town. Originally designed in behalf of a nobl and patriotic purpose bya company of ladies in< terested in its success, every development of ther affair has been carefully watcned irom its concep~ tion until its fulfilment, and at every stage hag been softened and subdued by that gracetul femie nine tact which, above those of any ocher contle nent, our own ladies in a most remarkable degrea possess, CURIOUS CHARACTERISTICS, The various elements which entered in the co! summation to-night, being of botn a social and military character, produced the strangest mealey{ of characteristics and admitted of the most direct contrasts in color and brilliancy of dress. At si o'clock this evening, therefore, Chestnut street was thronged with an anxious and expectant mule titude, rapidly hurrying homeward in anticipation: of the very elaborate and very curious spectacie,) while half an hour later, as if at the turn of a social. kaleidoscope, the same thoroughfare was, in * great measure, deserted, save by @ crowd of fully, equipped policemen, steadily marching in the direction of the Academy to regulate the move= mentof the people expected to take part in the care nival at seven o'clock. THE SCENE IN THE STREET. The broad avenue upon which the Academy- stands, for at least the area of a quarter of a mile, was an immense sea of vehicles and gleaming, wavering lights. The occasion seemed to gather; about the foundations of the edifice every social element in the city, and while the dainty feet of the fair and the rich tripped down from their cars riages and then up the wide stone steps, the poor, with pale, upturned faces, upon which the fickle, flickering gaslight wrought the strangest expres- sion, eagerly crowded near to feast their weary eyes upon the richness and splendor that in @ steady stream were rapidly passing in. Gayly cap= arisoned officers in great coats and shining buttons gave orders quickly and last, white energetic and = perspiring = subordi« nates did all they could to keep that immense ocean of humanity in check. ‘Ihe house: upon either side of the avenue were bribant! illuminated, while the common throng, groupe in the quaint and curious costumes ot the stree beneath the radiance which seemed concentrate upon them from a hundred diferent points an standing in bold reliet betwixt the lgatly froste housetops surrounding them, wrought up a pretty and a picturesque scene, such a8 we believe thid city hus seldom beheld. SPLENDOR OF THE CARNIVAL, Passing up the broad steps and entering the commodious corridors one sound them densely: crowded, while over the heads of the multituda aruted the periume and splendor of the sceng beyond, “fhe Academy never in its history nas wo the aspect that it does to-night,” said a friend 0: Farge aed me, and his Words iully expressed the trut ‘the grand drill of the Templars and the gloryof the recent Masonic demoustration were tairly eclipsed, because this aifair, conceived tor @ pur. pose strictly national, organized bv ladies o1 social Stanulug and of taste, and supported by the intel- ligence, culiure and wealth o1 the highest circles,, culied forth irom their homes the best blood of the! commonwealth, and uuited in a common effort tha Tefinement and elegance of a dozen dittereng cities, The army, tue navy, the Church, the State, the stage and the Bar all Jound adequate representation within, with @ generous sprinkling: of diplomatic officials .rom abroad. ‘ THE DECORATIONS, The decorations were superb. The great depth and breadth of the Academy stage were tully ex- posed, the sides beimg set in pastoral scenes, while at the rear was an immense temple, with pillars twined in evergreen, intermingied with roses of pink and white, The apex of te temple was crowned with emblematic designs in mosses aud lerns, across which, in white towers, ran thes inscription :— OLE AE NOONE DEDEDE TENE OODE DE OE DO DE PENNSYLVANIA, 1776, Qn nerene nee ne enna Nett Bett ODE TEDELE DOLE OOD IOOE Midway down the stage a large fountain threw, aloft the spray, and surrounding this, in graceful curves, a rich flood of hght poured its raaiance upon it from a brazen chandelier. Poised miaway upon either side, twixt floor and dome, directly over the stage, were six other chandeliers, deli- cately wrought, from which the radiating light united and cust an indescribable glow upon the rich and variegated costumes gatuered below. From the three circies or galleries avove the dancing floor there hung in rich festoons the flags of all nations, while here and there, at regular distances, bebind irames of green and white, shone tue names ol all the States of the Union. THE FLOOR MANAGERS. The First troop of Philadeiphia cavalry, Captain W. E, Rogers commanding, acted as floor mana- gers, dressed in the untiorm adopted a hundred) years ago, when the company was lirst organized,, and which in the gay dresses surrounding thent stood out in rich reliel. Their uniform copsisted ot high top boots, buff buckskin breecues, biue * jackets, with elavorate lice ornamentation, and Siashings Of white, aiong with glistening helmets, With massive casques and bearskins, THE DANCING. At the opening of the ball the company above. described entered into a grand march, in which ‘joimed the Fifth Maryland and the 5ixty-ninth New, York regiments. The bail consisted o1 waltzes, marches, quadrilles, polkas and promenades,. which were of unusual brilliancy ana which re: ceived the heartiest applause. Never was there: 8o great a contrast of costume; never was there so large an assembly, It was tne best ball ever given in Philadelphia. Such then was the ballof the First Washington Assembly. Inthe beginning and tne end its tule filment was due to the earnest efforts of the tol- lowing ladies :—Mrs. E. D. Gillespie, Mrs. J. Edgar, Thomson, Mrs. J. W. Forney, Miss Elizabeth Gratz, Mrs. Crawiord Arnold, Mrs. Dr. Clariage, Mrs. By H. Chadwick, Mrs, Frank M. Etting, Mrs. Charles Henry Hart, Mrs. James H. Hutchinson, Mrs. Wiis ham F, Hughes, Mrs. Charles Magarge, Miss Clag-. horn, Partly social, partly military and alvogether designed for the promotion of @ great national scheme, it was graced by beauty, fashion and wealth and passed off most successtully. aeneee. Baltimore and the Centennial. BALTIMORE, Jan. 26, 1874, Two enthusiastic and well attended meetings were held at Barnum’s Hotel to-day, in the fore« noon and evening, by influential citizens, who feet, a deep interest in the proposed Centennial vele- bration in Philadelphia in 1876, and arrangements: are completed for holding a grand mass meeting at Concordia Hall, on Thursday evening next, for the, purpose of awakening @ general interest through. out the State in the national exposition, Mr. Otis Keilhoitz, the president of the Firs® Branch City Council, presided at the meetings to- aay. Itis expected that the mass meeting om ‘Thursday nignt will be @ grand affair, Generaly Hawley, of Connecticut, the chairman of the Oen-; tennial Commission; Speaker Biaine, General Gordon, Senator Thurman, of Ohio, and other emt-: nent men, are expected to be present and addres the gathering, the purpose of which is simply to awaken public interest in the undertaking, and’ thus insure a proper commemoration of the first, centennial anniversary of American independenc Invitations have been sent to the President an Vice President of the United States, to members o! both houses of Congress, to the Governora o! Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jerse; Virginia and Delaware, requesting their atten ance, Centennial ™ Meeting in Trento: TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 26, 1874. A mass meeting will be held to-morrow evening on the Centennial celebration in the Assembly room, Governor Parker, ex-Governor Bigler, Courtland Parker, Thomas H. Dudley and John W, Forney will address the meeting. PRESIDENCY OF THE WESLEYAN UNIVER: SITY, MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Jan. 26, 1874, The resignation of President Joseph Cummings, of the Wesleyan University, was made public thia afternoon, and caused universal regret among tha students, During the seventeen years of Dr, Cummings’ presidency over half a million was added to the paper’ of the University, including four new buildings, and its influence widely ex- tended. No man of suficient strength has as yes been named for the vacancy,