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on om STANLEY. Continuation of the Great Explorer's Mid-African Work. FALSE REPORTS OF DISASTER. Resting from Labor and Picturing the Bright Side of the Niyanza. LUKONGEH, KING OF UKEREWE'S, KINDNESS The Red-Robed King Outwits His Peopie and Lends Canoes. ; PUNISHING | INIOSPITABLE PUMBIRER, Receiving Aid and Friendship from Mtesa. “ ———— TREACHEROUS NATIVES OVERAWED. RISER ES SELES Notes of the Expedition—Death of the White Man, Frederick Barker. OSU he tond Bay Port or Drmo, Sovruweersre Ucanva, August 15, 1876. The Anglo-American Expedition has arrivod at last im Uganda, but 1t remains to inform you how we camo here, which will make a letter second in interest to _ hone 1 have yet despatched from Africa, Iclosea my last letter with a description of our reception at camp by the soldiers and porters of the expedition. When I had given briefly the news of our adventurous explora lion I demanded the report of Frank Pocock of what bad occurred sn camp during my long absence. FRANK POCOCK’S STORY. ‘The principal items of this report were a rumor that had obtained considerable credence in camp of the boat having been forcibly seizod by the natives of Magu two days after we had left camp, upon which filly soldiers bad been despatched to effect our release, pouceably if possible, forcibly if necessary, This rumor was, of course, false, nothing of the kind having transpired anywhere near any part of the coast washed by tho waters of Speke Gui. HOW STANLEY AND HIS MEN WERE KILLED, The second item was a report of our fight with the Wavuma, considerably exaggerated, and in the main false, because it described the manner of our deaths nd the force that attacked us. A BOLD NATIVE CONSPIRACY. The third item was the discovery of a conspiracy to sttack our camp and capture the goods of the ex- edition. The conspirators were Kipingiri, Prince of Lutari; Kurrereh, Prince of Kayenzi, and the chief of Igusa, The plot, however, was discovered to the cap- tains of the camp by Kaduma, the prince in whose village of Kagohyi the expedition was encamped, The ¢aptains took immediate measures to meet the con- spirators, distributed ammunition to the soldiers and sent out spies. The conspiracy, however, was nipped by the death of the chief of Igusa and the contumacy of Kurreren. “GN TRE MOK OF THEE.” The fourth item was a meoting held by the soldiers ‘and porters of tho expedition, at which it was deter- mined that if the “Bana Mkuka” (the Great Master) did not return within fifteen days from that date or the , beginning ofthe new moon they would strike camp and march for Unyanyembe. I arrived at camp the last day of the old moon, within one day of the in- tended departure. DMATH OF EDERICK BARKER. The fifth item was the desth of Frederick Barker, ten days before my arrival, Besides Barker, six stout fellows had died of dysentery and fev Young Barker’s death saddened me very much, as he was a very promising young man, with sufficient intelligence to appreciate the work of exploration and likely to con- tinue in it out of mere love for it I teft bim enjoying excelient heaith and toall appearance happy. On my return I found a mound of stones, whieh his com- panion, Pocock, poitted out as Barker's grave, A CONTRAST OF COUNTENANCES. I contd not help contrasting the color of my features with those of my European attendant, Pocock. The latter's complexion, from living much indoors, was of the color of milk, while mine might be compared to a red Indian's; the equatorial sun of Africa had painted my face of an intense flery hue, while my nose w: four times peeled, and my eyes were as bloodshot as | those of the most savage Andalusian foro ever matador killed, THE PORTRY OF REPOSR. Swoet is the Sabbath day to the toil worn laborer, happy is tho long sea-tossed mariner after bis arrival ip port, and sweet were the days of calm rest we en- Joyed after our troubious exploration of the Niyanza, Tho brusque storms, the continued rain, the cheerless gray clouds, the wild waves, the loneliness of the Islands, the inhospitality of the natives, were like mere phases of a dream, were now bat reminiscences of the memory—so little aid we heed what was past while enjoying tne luxury of a rest from oar toils, Still it Added to our pionstre to be able to conjure up in the mind the varied incidents of the long lake journo; they served to enliven and employ the mind while the body enjoyed repose, like condiments quickening digestion. THR LATE AS STANLEY HAD SERN JT, It wana pleasare to be able to map at will in the Mind #0 many countries newly discovered—sach a vodle extent of fresh water explored for che first time. ts the memory fiew over the lengthy track of explora- fon how fondly tt gazed upon the many picturesque mys, margined by water lilies and lotus plants, or by jreen walls of “he slender, reed-iike papyrus! Enclos- bg an area of water whose face was as calm as a mir- ‘Or, because Joity mountain ridges alrnost surround with what Kindly recognition it roved over the litt sreen islands in whose snug havens our boat had lain wenrey at avchor when the rude tempest without thurned the fwee of the Niyanza into a tony sheet! With what curious delight it loved to survey the mas- sive gheiss FOCKS a8 they towered one npon anvther In buge fragments, perpendicular and horizontai, as they | were disintegrated from the parent mass by the el me: MEMONIRS OF CIVILIZATION. At one place they remind us of the neighborhood of Avila and the Eseurial, at another of Stonehenge; in another place they appear as if a race of Titans bad collected these masses together and piled them upin their preaeot Irregular state with a view to building a regular structure which should defy tine and the ele meats, The memory also cherishes a kindly recolice- tion of the rich grain bearing plains oi solt outlined hills of Manyara, the low shores opposite Namunji Island, as well as of the pastoral plateau and siopes of Uvamaand Bugoyeya, But most of all it clings \o Uganda, the beautiful iand, its intelligent and remarkable King, and no loss remark- | | | | | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1876. -WiTH# SUPPLEMENT, sions; It therefore retains the fondest recollections. For m Ugaada jmagi jon, that had hitherto been hushed to somnolevee by the irredeemable state of wildness and savagery witnessed between Zanzibar and Uusukuma, glowed into warm life, and trom the pres- ent Ugunda parted a future dressed in the robe of it saw each geptie hill crowned by a happy Village and spired church, irom ¥ hich the bells sounded the call to a Gospel feast: i¢ saw the bill slopes prohfic with the fruits of herticuiture, and the valleys wav- ing fields of grain; it saw the land smiling im aifiu- ence and plenty; its bays crowded with the dark bulls of trading vessels; it heard the sounds of ernftsmon at their work, the rour of manafactories and foundries and the ever buzzing noise of enterprising industry: What wonder, then, if intercourse with the King of Usanda and his people induced imagination to paint this possible, pay, probable picture—that memory should Have engraven deep on it the features of the land and the friendliness and hospitality of its people? A HAPPY CONTRAST. As we toilow the flights of memory she reminds us also almost too vividly of the scenes of terror and mis- fortune we have lately cone through—of our adventure with a flotiila of cauoes manned by drunken natives who persisted in following us and entertaining us at sea with thoir beer and intrusive hospitality; of our escape from an ambuscade of Wageyeya; of our fight with the Wavuma and battle of Kajuri; of the miser- able churlishness of many a tribe; of days of starva- tion, tempestuous nigbts and stormy days. These and & hundred others, now happily past, treasured only in the memory and our journal, serve but to hemhten the enjoyment of our rest and to inspire in my beart and in the hearts of my scmi-barbarous comates In peril a feeling of devout tnanklulness to Divine Providence for our protection. MAGASSA DORS NOT ARRIVE. 1 deemed it not only necessary, but politic, to remain inactive for some days, or { hoped that tne dilatory Grand Admiral Magassa would appear witu his canoes, Indeed, I could suggest no reason, despite our expe- rience at Bumbireh, why he should not arrive. He bad been to Usukuma on a visit some months previous to my adyent in the country, and he was accempanied by two of my best men, who, of course, would do their utmost to stimulate him to make renewed efforts to reach ourcamp. But when nine days had passed aud Magassa had not made bis appearance it became ob- vious to us all that he would not come. Prepurations were therefore made to march overland to Uganda along the lake shore, FORBIDDEN TO CROSS RUWOMA’S COUNTRY. As we were almost ready to start there came an em- basay to camp from Ruwoma, King of Southern Uzinza or Miveri, bearing a message from hin to me, The message ran, according to the interpreter, as tol- lows :;—‘*Ruwoma sends salaams to the white man, He does not want the white man’s cloth, beads or wire, but the white man must not pass through his country. Ruwoma does not want to see him, or any other man with long red hair down to his shouiders, white face, and big red eyes. Ruwoma is not afraid of him, but if the white man will come near his country Ruwoma and Mirambo will fight him.’” A DILEMAIA. Hero, indeed, wasadilemma, The lake journey to Uganda was impossible, because Magassa proved a re- creant to the trust reposed in him by Mtesa; the land Journey now became imposeible because Ruwoma for- bade it, We knew enough of Ruwoma to know that he was able to repulse two such expeditions as ours, He possessed 160 muskets of his own, and had several thousand spearmen and bowmen, Bosides, Mirambo was but a day’s march from Urima, and but three days from our camp. To force a passage through Ruwoma's country was therefore out of tho question, Even if the feat were possible it would be bad policy, because tho expedition would lose too many valuable lives, without whom the expedition would become a wreck. What was to be done, then? Turn away from the Al- bert Niyanza, and direct our course fur the Tanganyika Joaving the tormer lake to be explored by Gordon's officersr Who, then, would explore the debatable land lying between the Albert Niyanza and the Tanganyika? Again the question came—W hat is to be done? THE KING OF UKEREWE THR MAN VOR STANLEY, If canoes could bo obtained anywhere elise than Uganda the lake route to Uganda would at once resolve the question, But what country or king could supply me with thirty or forty large canoes on demand other than Uganda? I instituted inquiries respecting the maritime power ot each tribe and nation bordering ow Speke Gulf, by which I obtained some curious statis. Mes; but the most valuable result of my tuquiries was the jaformation that Lukongeh, King of Ukerewe, would be the most likely person to do me the necessary ser- vice, Falling seriously il, the result of exposufe on e Ink, added to the present anxiety, I was obliged to send Frank Pocock and Princo Kaduma to the King of Ukerowe with a suitable gilt to request the joan of forty canoes to convey the expedition to Uganda along | the Uzinza coast Alter ayn absence of twelve days ink and Kaduma returned with fifty canoes and some 300 Wakerewe, but they came according to the King’s instructions to convey the expedition to Ukerewe. The King’s brother, who had charge of the canoes, was told by me that if Lukongeh gave me all his land and slaves and cattle the expedition should acver go to Ukerewe; that Lukoageh must lend me canoes to go by my road, and no other, and that I was going my- self to see Lukongeh, and ho (the King’s brother) might return to Ukerewe 4§ soon as he pleased, A. RED-ROBED MONAKCH. Being sufficiently restored to health I set sail for Ukerewe, and on the second day trom Kagehyi landed near Lukongeh’s capital. Not ignorant of the impor- tance of first impressions 1 was furnished this time with proper gifts and the best apparel my wardrobe afforded, and, équipped with the best arms, the expe- dition progressed, The second day after our arrival | was fixed for audience day. When the hour had come the crew of the Lady Alice were mustered, dressed in their smartest, ana the dugle sounded the order to march. Ten minutes brougbt us to a plain, on a knoll in which Lukongeh was seated in state, surrounded by hundreds of bowmen and spearmen. The King. an amiadie, light-colored youug man, was conspicuous from bis robe of red and yellow silk damask cloth, and, though he did nothing at first ®ut good-naturedly stare at me, | perceived that he was a man disposea to assist me. NEGOTIATING FOR A NAVY. A private message beforehand had informed him of the object of my visit, bat my interpreter requested that I should be permitted to state it in person to him- sell and a few select chiets, Assenting to this request, he stepped forward to a pile of stones a short distance off, whither he invited his most select chiefs and my party, ere the object was stated clearly, with every- thing that concerned it, the number of canoes re- quired, the distance we had to travel and the gifts that were to be given by me to the King should he assis me, The King hatened attentively, was very ailabie and kind, depreciated the vaiue of bis canoes, said that they were rotten, unfit for a long voyage, ana he feared that if he gave them to me I should losea great many things, and then I would certainly blame him and say,**Ab! Lukongeh is bad; he gave mo rotten canoes tbat I might lose ray people and property.” I replied that if I lost people and property I might blame the canoes, but I should certainly nét think of blam. ing him, Attheend of the conference he sad that he should give me a8 many canoes as 1 wanted, but ia the meantime the white man's party must reat a few days and taste of Lukongeh’s cheer, WiSTORY OF UERREWR, Jt were well, perhaps, to enter here into a deserip- tion of Ukerewe, its king and people, and into its his tory, which is very carious and instructive, ana weil explains the history of all the biack ra of Africa from Kaffraria to Nubia; but I have no time por space to do them justice, Ata ‘utare time, if notning bee tween happens, f promise to attempt the subject. ROYAL MOSPITALITY, Lukongeb, tho very amiable King of Ukerewo, was no niggard in his hospitality, Beeves aud goate, chickens and tnilk and eggs, bananas and plantains, ripe and green, came in abundance to our camp; neithor were large supplies of native beer wanting to | cheer the crew during our @tay in the iand, ore FOR USUKUMA. Finally, on the fifteenth day, Lukongeh came to my tent with bis ehief couveilior and imparted to me his se- cret instructions and advice. He sald be bad ordered tity canoes to depart with me te Usukama, but be doabted muoch whewer that namber would leave his country, 4s ais people bad beard it reported that T was going to Uganda, to which country Ro one was willing to zo. As he desired to assist me to the utmost of bis power he had been obliged to haye recotrse to a little strat. { drawn on shoro I was to seize them and secure the paddles, and having rendered the Wakerewe unable to return I was to explain to them what I wanted, Hav- ing promised that I wonld implicitly obey all his tn- structions he sent his Prime Minister and two favor- ‘tes to assist me in the project, and after an earnest of what I promised was given we were ‘permitted to de- part, SIZING THE MOATS. On arriving at our camp in Usukumal found only twenty-three canoes come ashore, and though these were quite inadequate to convey the expedition at oe time, | resolved “to make the best I could of even this small number, and accordingly whispered orders to the cap:ains of the expedition to muster up their men and seize the canocs and paddies, This was done, and tho canoes drawn far on land; but the Wakerewe, on being told why we had so acted, declared war against us, and being a# strong in numbers as we were, and armed with bows and sheaves of arrows, were very likely to do somo damage if I did not take enercetic measures to prevent them. Accordingly every soldier of the expe- dition was summoned by bugle sound to prepare for battle, and having seen each one properly equipped. I drew the men in, line, charged on the Wakerewe with the muzzlos of our guns, and forcibly ejected them ont of camp and the vicinity of the port, A BLOODLESS BATTLE. A few harmless shots wero fired, and the people of Lukongeh suffered no other injuries than a tew sore ribs from our gan muzzles. On the third day after this bloodless affair I ombarked two-thirda of the ex- pedition and property in the canoes, and five days afterward arrived safely at Retuge Island, two days? ail trom Bumbireh and half way to Uganda The mainland was about six miles off; and as, on my solitary journey in the boat the natives of the mainland were not very friendly disposed, I built @ strong camp ou the rocks, taking advantage of each high rock as positions for sharp- fl talseboods and bad treachery written on their faces, to | treat with us. A PRINCE AS MOSTAGE. They brought a few bunches of bananas as an earn- ost of what the King intended to give; but I thought that such a bird in my hand as bis son would be worth a thousand tedious promises, and accordingly his son and nis two chiefs were seized as hostages for | the appearance of the two eltefs of Bumpireb. In} the meantime seven large canoes from Mtesa, King of Uganda, en route to Usukuma, to convey an Arab and his goods to Uganda, appeared at Iroba, The chief was requested not to proceed to Usukuma until we bad taken our expedition to Uganda. MTRSA PUNISHES MAGASSA, ‘This chief, Sabadu, informed me that Magassa, the dilatory Grand Admiral, bad returned with the boat's oars to Mtesa and the news that Iand my crew were | dead, for which be had been chained, but subsequently released apd sent by land, with a large party, to hunt up certain news of me. Sabacu was induced, after a little persuasion, to accede to my request, Me ON THK ENRMY. Two days after his arrival Sabadu sent nis Waganda to Bumbireh to procure food. The satages would not give them any, but attacked them, wounding eight and killing a cb efo! Kattawas, a neigtbor of Antari, which gay2 me auother strong reason why Bumbireh should be punished. Accordingly next morning I prepared a force of 280 men, 50 muskets, 230 spearmen, and placed them in eighteen canoes. About noon we set off, and, as Bumbireh was eight miles off, we did not reach the isiand until two P, M, The natives of Bum- bireb seemed to know by instinct that this was to be a day of trouble, for evory height had its lookout ready, and when they saw the forco I had brought with me no doubt many of then regretted that they bad been 80 prone to attack peaceable strangers. Through my flela glass 1 observed messengers running fast to a plavtain grove that stoo¥ ‘on a low ING LAKE VICTORIA Stanley’s Complete Survey by Circumnavigation of the Great Reservoir of the Upper Nile. Stanley’s first voyage, East & North Shore ..~.-.. ” FDebellofore ss? BattleX kam ftom EAD / ‘ ehooters, so that tne camp, during my absence, would be impregnable. I then returned to Usuknma afier leaving filty soldiers to defend that islund, and after an absence of fifteen days saw Kagehy! once more. I now prepared myself to defeat the projocts of Kaduma, Prince of Kageby1, who was more than halt inclined to second bis brother Kipingiri to seize on me and hold me as his prisoner until 1 should pay a heavy ransom, probably hal! of our entire property. I rpoke Kaduma fair each day, made small presents to his efavorite wife until the day came for departiny, as I sincerely hoped forever, from Kagehyi and Usakuma On that day Kaduma and Kipingiri came to the water's edge with a strong foree, but, pretending to see nothing of their evil intentions, wo made merry and laughed while wo loaded the eanoe and em'sirked the men, OUTWITTISG THE SAVAGES, When the work of embarkation was nearly concluded I proceeded leisurely to tho boat, and shoved off from the shore with my guns aad those of the boat's crew ready. Kaduma, seeing that I had got away, loft the port, leaving Kipingiri to act as he pleased; but this treacherous man, perceiving himself covered | with our guns, permitted the last canoe to depart with- out molesting it; and, baving seen ail safely off, I waved the treacherous people a last farewell, ana fol- lowed our muatature fleet, The rotten canoes, buffevea by storms aud waves, fast gave out, wo that, on arriy. ing again at Refuge Island, we only bad fifveen left, Nothing had cccurred on the tsiand to mar my joy at seeing my people all sale, but much had happened to improve i. The King of Itawagnmba and Kijajn, bys father, «Sultan of ail the felands trom Ukereweh to Ihangiro, perceiving our island too welt xarrisoned and too strong for invasion, made frieuds with usand provided the soidiers with abund- ance of jood at little cost. At my request also they furnished us with s guide to Ibangiro, who was to ac. company ve to Uganda; they also sold us three canocn Aiter a few day’s rest on Reluge Island we proceeded ouce again on our Voyage, and halted at Mabyiga Intand, five milgs south of Bumbireb, and one inile sout of Iroba, which lay between Muhyiga and Bum- bvireb, Remembering the bitter injuries I had re- ceved (rom the natives of Bumbireb, the death by violence and starvation wo had #0 narrowly escaped, I resolved, unless the natives made amends of their oru- elty and treachery, to make war on them, and for this purpose | camped on Mahyiga Island and sent the ca- noes back for the remainder of the expedition, which in a tew days sately arrived, PRESENTING AN ULTIMATUM. I seat @ message to the natives of Bumbireh to the efiect that, if they delivered their King aud the two t egy. He tad caused it to be reported that he had pre- | vailed on me to come and live iu his land; it was therefore necessary for me to second his strategy. On able people, Here memory received the deapast impres- | reaching Usakums, as soon as all the canoes had been priveipals ander him to my bands, I would make peace with thom, Atthe same time, not trusting quite the success of (hit, Isent a party to invite the King of lroba, who very willingly came, with three of his chiefs, to save bis people from the horrors of war. Upon their arrival | pat them jn chains, and told the canvemen that the price of theit freedom was the cap- ture of the King of Bumbireh and his two principal | chiefs, The natives of Bumbireh treated my measage | with comtempi, but the next morning the people of lrova brought the King of Bumoireh to me, who was at once chuined heavily, while the King of Iroba and his people were released, with @ promise that neither his jxland nor people would be touched by us, A mes- gage Wad also sent to Anwar, King of Inangire, on the mainiand, to whom Bumbireh ‘was tributary, request- ing him to redeem bis isiand from war. Antari sent his son and two chiefs ua. who told us so many NIYANZA. 24 EXPLANATION reaent West & South ———em return to Uganda Iga te AeIB Oa) march to Albert Lake | | | | Ruana B, TUTWA hill commanding a clear open view of a little port at the southern end of the tsiand, from which I | concluded that the main force of the savages was hid- den vebind the grove, Calling the canoes together 1 | told the chiets to follow my boat and steer exactly as I steered, and by no means to attempt to land, as I did | notintend that a single soul with me should be burt. I wished to punish Bambireh, not to punish myselt; and if a subject of Mtesa was lost. how should I present myself to him! And 1 could not afford to lose a single soldier of my own. THE MATTLE oH Accordingly I rowed straight to the port, the canoes foliowing closely, and we became nid from view of those in the plantain grove and of all lookouts; then, turuing west, we skirted ciose to the land 16 « mile, until we came to a cape, after rounding which we came in view of a noble bay, into which we | steered, By this mananvre | managed to come behind the enemy, who was revealed in all his strength, Por. ceiving that the suvages of Bumbireh were too strong | for me to attacs them in the plantain grove I steered for the opposite shore of the bay, where there were bare slopes of hills covered with short green grass ‘Tho savages, perceiving my intention to disembark on the | opposite shore, rose tron: their coverts and ran along the hillslopes to mect ua, which was precisely what I wished they would do, and accordingly | ordered my force to | paddie slowly #0 a8 to give them time. In halfan hour | the savages were ali assembled on the bare slopo of a hil in knots and groups, and after approaching within 100 yards of the shore I formed my tine of battle, the American and Engiish flags wavmg as oar ensigns, Having anchored each canoe so a8 to tnen ite broadside to the shore [ordered a voliey to be tired at one group | which namberea about fifty, sand the result was ten | killed and thirty wounded, The savages, per- | ceiving our aim and the danger of standing in | groups, separated themselves aiong the lake shore, and advanced to the water's edge slinging stones and shooting arrows, I then ordered the canoes to advance within fifty yards of tue shore, and to fire as if they were shooting birds After an hour the savages saw that they could not defend themselves at the water's edge, and retreaied up the hill siope, where they con- tinued still exposed to our bullets, ‘TUK BATTLE KXDS. Another hour was passed this manner, I then caused the canoes to come together, and told them to | advance in a body to the shore as if they were avout to disembark, This caused the enemy to make an eilort to ropwiso our landing, and, accordingly, bundreds | came down with their spears ready on the jaune’ When they were close to the water's edge tho bugle sounded m bait, and another volley was fired into the dense crowd, which had such a disastrous effect on them that they retired fur up the Hill, and our work of punishment was consummated, | KILLED AND WOUNDED, About 700 cartridges were fired, but as the savages were so exposed, ou a slope covered with only short | krass, and as the san im the afternoon was directly bee bind us aod in their faces, their lows was very great, Forty-two were counted on the teld, ying dead, and over 100 were seen to retire wounded, while on our side only two men suffered contusions from stones wlang atas Thus! had not only the King and one chief of the Bambireh in my power, but I had the son of Antari and an important chiet of his aiso, besides punishing the natives s@ severely, SONGS OF THIUMYR. When onr force saw that the savagos were dofetiied in | Milted several murderous acts on the Waganda; The Scenes of His Perilous Voyages | and Fight with the Savages of Bumbireh. | ropean | visitors, | works on Barren Island, iy | ail awake until the city was reached about a quarter to | four o'clock. the chiefs begged earnestly that I would permit them to land and destroy the peopie altogether; but I re- fused, saying that I had not come to destroy the island. but to punish them for their treacbery and atiempted murder of myself and the boat's crew, when we had put faith in their professed {ryendship. It was dark when we arrived at our comp, but at the sonna of our bugle lights flew all over island Camp, where we presently arrived, and where we were received with shouts and songs of tramph. A LRCTORE TO THE SAVAGES, The next morning, more canoes having arrived from Ugands, I embarked the entire expedition, aud sailed irom Mabyiga Island, Our fleet of canoes now num- bered thirty-two, and as we steered close to Bumbireh I had an opportunity of observing the effect of the punishment on the natives, and 1 was gratiied to see that their boldness and audacity were completely | crushed, for one bullet put to fight over 100 of them, whereas the day before they had bravely stood beiore avolley, Others who came down to the shore begged us to go away, and not to hunt them any more, which gave me an opportunity to preach to them that they brought the punishment on their own heads for at- tempting the murder of peaceful strangers, In tho evening we camped on the mainland, in the territory ot King Kattawa, who treated us most royally for avenging the murder of bis chief by the people of Bumbireh. PROPITIATORY OFFERINGS After stopping with him aday we camped on Msira Island, where tho Waganda, under the Grand Admiral Magassa, so shamefully deserted me. This island 16 nearly opposite Makongo, where the natives had thought to attack uson our first journey, But the fame of what | had done at Bumbireh compelled them on this occasion to bring me five cat:le, four goats and 100 bunches of bananas, besides honey, milk and eggs, as a Propitiatory offerin Kayozaa, the King of Usongora, also sent word to me that he had given his people orders to give me whatever I desired, even to 100 cattle. I told him I needed none of his cattle, but if he would lend me ten canoes to carry my people to | Uganda I would consider him as a friend. Ten canoes were accordingly brought the next day to mo, with their crews, Sabadu, the Waganda ehiel, carnestly re- quested that I would attack him, as Kayozza bad com- butl retused, saying that attacking black people when they desired peace was not the custom with white people, and that I would not have attacked Bumbireh had they shown that they were sorry for what they had done to me, with which Sabadu was satisfied. AT DUMO UGANDA. Five days after leaving Bumbireh the expedition landed and camped at Dumo Uganda, which 18 two days? march north of the Kagera River and two days south of the Katonga River. This camp I selected tor the expedition because it was intermediate, whence I could start on a northwest, west or southwest course for the Albert Niyanza, after ascertaining from Mtesa which was best, For between the Vieturia Niyanza and the Albert Niyanzaare very powerlul tribes, the Wasa- gara, Wa Ruanda, and Wasangora especially, who are continually at war with Mtcsa, DEATHS AND ACCIDENTS. Our loss on the lake during our travel by water from Usukuma to Duio Uganda, a distance of nearly 220 miles, Was six men drowned, five guns and one case of ammunition, Three of the riding arses aiso died from being bound im the canoes, which leaves me now but ove, ‘Yen of our canoes became wrecks als The time oecupied by Inke journey was fifty-s1x days; but as 200 miles of the Journey were traversed three times it will be seon that we travelled iu fifty-six days over 720 milos of water, During fifty-one days the corn [had brought from Usukuma in the canoes was almost entirely (he means of sustaining the expedition; tor ‘though we received food trom Itawagamba aud Kijaja of Komeb, we ro- ceived it because It was their good will that gave it us. Excepting twenty doti of cloth given to these two kings no other cloth was used, 80 that we lived nearly two months on the bale of cloth which purchased tue coru in Usakuma, 1 bave, therefore, every reason to water, though the loss of my men and guns gives me serious regret, and the loss of all the riding asses is a ralamity. On the other hand, had I forced my way overland through Mirambo and Ruwoma, I shouid have been either dead or a rnined fugitive. INTENTIONS YOR THE FUTURE, After arrauging the camp | intend to visit Mtesa once more, who may be able to give me guides to the Albert Niyanza, for doubtless he has several men who have traded with the natives bordering that lake, My Ku- servant, Frank Pocock, enjoys his health amazingly, aud seems to have become acclimated to Africa, MAX Si "3 FAILURE, Nearly all the creditors of Max Stadler & Co. have signed a petition requesting the Court to adjudge the firm bankrupts. A rumor was started that the assignee appointed by Max Stadler was a friend of the firm and would attempt to make away with the assets, In con- sequence of this statement the creditors signed, and the prospect 18 that Mr. Lewis will be relieved of nis responsibility. A reporter visiied the store ou Broad- way yesterday and ivquired as to the designs of the crediors. novemout, it was said, was gotten up by a lawyer who boped to have the job'ot putting the firm through the court, Within two days a meeting of ihe creditors would be called and a tull stacement made, ‘The store was being kept open and a fair amount of busimess was done, 80 that suflicient money Was received to pay the outside hands with and t ptain th: fount of material and clothes outsite, This was $40,000, ‘The liabilities of the tirm are nearly b million, It was thought the assets, if ADLI & CC | properly managed, would amount to that. THE LOANERS’ BANK. The committee appointed by the depositors of the suspended Loaners’ Bank to investigate the condition of its aflairs, held a meeting yesterday and will again t to-day, when they will decide whether the de- positors had better accept an offer made by outside | capitatists, who wish to obtain the bank’s chagter and continue business under it, to setie with them at fifty per centof their deposits. Mr. J. G, And has been examiing the books for these capit that they hw "a kepton a system totally diflerent from that provided by theebarter — In bis examination he has discovered giaring irregularities on the purt of the bank mauagers, Whose charter, if faithfully pur- sued, would enable them to have made handsome profits on Jegitimate transactions, A CASE OF REAL NEED, Last night a woman, giving her name as Julin MeCafirey, with five smali ebildreo, applied at the Filth precinct station honse, Williamsburg, for lodg- the | ings, stating that she had been dispossessed and had | nowhere to go and no money. An inquiry in the case showed that it was one of great hardship, ag the woman has paid her rent every mouth up to the present, Her landlord, in whose favor she spoke, hus employed an agent lately, and he refuses to wait unul the 13th of this mouth, by which time she expects her | remittance from a child who Is working at Isnp who pays ber rent when she has been unable to ghtomake up the amount The busband and father is a beipiass cripple, wad the wifo and child at work supports them all, Mrs, McCaffrey domg her share as washer and ironer. The neighbors took chirge of her farniture until #he gets money to hire another piace in wuich to live. THE HARVESE HOME EXCURSION, The Harvest Home gathering at Rockaway Beach on Tnesday evening drew thither between 7,000 and 8,000 poopie, who pasaed a most enjoyable evening at shis cool retreat, Special trains wero ran by the Long Isiand Raliway Company conveying visitors to the beweh, The Plymouth Rock and other steamers also carried down during the day trips a large Bumber who remained over to participate ja the night's feat It is eatin 4 that 600 kegs of lager beet ud ity barrels of clams were consumed during the night, and from $3,000 to $10,000 were left by the Tho vessel started for the city at a quarter to (wo yesterday morning. The only unpieasent feature of the trip was the provalence of an intolerable stoell that was watted across from Swift's rendering “IX prisoners were confined in the “‘siag” room, four for intoxication and two sus picious characters, The crowd observed the utmost g001 humor, and an enjoyable time was bad through the ellorts of the baud, the Madrigat Glee Clab, and Prolessional and Volunteer vocalists who kept near A RELIC OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC, Jodge Pratt, of the Supreme Court, haa decided in favor of the defendant in tue sait brought by President Jobn O'Mahoney, of the late “Irish Republic,” against Mr, August Belmont to fecover $25,000 of the Fenian ‘und, which money was seized by the British govern- ment whi e being tra ited through the defendant's banking house to Ircland, several years ago, The de- Crs1On CATES Costs With It, so that the patriot cause irther joss. ‘Six hundred years of wrong,” yer yesterday, “is tar from being righted in thig instance. The Irish Republic fades the Once enthusiastic vision of the Celtic patriot,” finaly | | plant of some kind, but I can’t recall the focl gratified at the result of this long journey by | 3 OUR DRINKING WATER. CURIOUS CHANGE IN THE COLOR OF THE CROTON—A METAMORPHOSIS AT THE RERER@ VOIR—IS FISH OR VEGETAULE MATTER THB CAUBE, A year ago the Henratp published a series of articles on the quality, quantity and peculidrities of the Crotom water supply of New York city. It will be remem. ered that a theory was then advanced in these columas by @ distinguished proiessor that the taste and quality of the Croton water, about which compiaint was then rife, was liable to be aifecied by the quantity of fish 1m the pew reservoir in the Central Park, The Professor alluded to the numerous sea gulls and other birds that haunted tho reservoir, and made an easy and acceptable meal off the dead fish that floated to the sur face of the water. Towurd the fall of the year he no ticea that the gulls hovered in torce above the lake, and in following out his eouciusions as to the altered flavor of the Croton water he iuferre. that from the great number of fish present many of the younger ones were likely to escape into the pipes Jeading from the reservoir into town, and perishing there influence the wholesomeness of the water in au evil degree, Tuis, if not suitable foradinner table, oifered at least somo food tor reflection The new reservoir contaias fish beyond question, and they are suid to be composed of catiish (a highly obno<ious fish in Lot weather), basa perch and eels. HOW THE CROTON WATER LOOKS IN THE PARK. The Crotou water, as it appeared to the eye of a Hem ALD reporter yesterday in the reservoirs of the Central Park, had an unbealthy and unplessant appearance. It was greenish-yellow, likd the water of a horse poud or a meadow swamp, and it was a subject of surprise and observation to everybody who saw it, as it bas nearly always been as clear as 4 trout stream. There was no matter visible on the suriace or beneath, but it seemed as if the vast body of water had been impregnated with a subtle dye, resembling the color of boiled cabbage, All along the western bank of the now reservoir the small, rippling breakers collected a black scum that ap- peared to be composod of tine particies of smoke, as it trom the chimney of some fuctory or locomotive, This black stulf bad all drilted to the ive sid wind had skimmed it off the sartace of lake, An Irish laborer, passing at tho time, remarked to the reporter, “I niver saw the pond so dirty and yallah as itis now, I dunno’ what’s ihe raison, but the more I Jook at it the more I turn agivst dhrinkin? Croton wather.”” “Are there any fish in it?” “4h, yes; lots o’ fish, ‘other mornin’ I saw thom leppin’ aroun’ like mad, au’ I counted five dead right there on the west side.’’ ‘As the man spoke half a dozen or so of perch darted past close to the shore with what appeared to be a pike in fast pursuit, That the fish must be extremely small when they enter the reservoir is certain, as the screens through which the water coues are woven very close, the meshes hardly admitting the passage of anything larger than the point of a lead pencil, The copper wire screens at the suuth gate, where the waier enters th Croton mains to course its devious way throughous th city, are forty feet deep and of great strengsh, The several screons, oue vebind the other, for the better fil- tering of the water are so placed that it appears impos- sible for auytuing more tangible than animalculw to pass through. Mr. Simpson, 4 ONK OF THE WATCHMEN whose duty it fs to sev that nothing happens to the rese ervoir and that nobody throws anything into it, said there might be considerable fish in’ the reservoir, but he did not think they were of any*zreat size, He spoke of catfish being among the flouy tribe that are { to the waters of the reservoir, He Tather strong when deceased, and, like musi of them wenta long way. The writer re some soars ago how afew dead catfish gave a horrible stench to the atmosphere of a certain Western river tur several miles up and down stream, Simpson, on the whole, viewed the ugly color of the Croton as the re- suit of the sate rain storm, but Mr, Fitzgivbon thought duferently. WHAT THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS, “How do you account, Mr. Fitzgibbon,” arked the reporter of the Superintendent of the Reservoir, ‘for the‘unnatural color of the Croton water #” ‘I can only acccunt for i4,’? replied Mr, Fitzgibbon, ‘on Projessor Chandier’s theory that it is caused b; gives iti—some high toned nme, and you can’t see it rightly except with a microscope, and then it appears to be a kind of thing that you can’t lay your hands on, Thave taken oat acup iutoi that water justas you | see it now, and, though it hada greenish appearance } and seemed to have a scum on top, yet when I poured iv quickly over the paim of my hand nova single sign remained that there Was any matver in it Hi you ever tested the screens over at tho gate hous “Yes, [tested them Inst fall. It was the first tim | they were raised in a year.. There had been the sam complaint inthe summer as there is now about the water being adulterated with some sort of vevetable matter, ‘The screens were laid out and cleaned, and we could find no wore to wipe off them than what might be so much dust on a marbie-topped tabie,’? “Are the fish in the lake numerous t’? “ (the reason | know 18 that Iast fall, when a good deal of talk about the fish, I got leave to bring over Brown, the fisherinan, from Ninety-seo- ond street, and @ith his seme and men and all the help [ could give him, he went over the pond one ‘day, and the result was only a dozon or so small fish—perch and the like.” “Don't the seagulls come up here and feed off the fish?” “In the fall the seagulls come here, but we drive them away by firing off guns loaded with blank car- tridges.”? “Why don't you fire and kill them?” “Well, we tried that at one ime, and some humane people driving by im their carriages went down to th Arsenal and complatned of our erneity to the quills, No; we use no shot, Wo simply fire powder whenever @ gull or flock of gulis appear, and that scares them away. As for dead fish in the water, we use two boats that go around the lake and pick up the anything of that kind they may find float. ing about. We have the average depth of water for this season of the year, twenty-nine fect, | or ten days supply for the city. ‘As 1 said beioro, the curious color of the water must be attributed to’ this fine vegetable plant that makes a scum on the upper lakes, The water i# not as if it had been discwured by mud, but in any case wo at this point are wuolly irre. sponsible." Tne reporter saw no fishing fowl there yesterday, nordid he see ony dead dish; but the fact that bout have been frequently seen ts wadeniable, and unques. tionably the presence of a score oF more carcases of cattish in such warm weather as the present would be quite enough to aiter the normal taste of even as vast @ | voay of water as the new reservoir contains, WHAT EXPRRTS SAY. Experts assign ax the cause of the extraordinary change in the color of the Croton the tact that beg 4 ¢ not a sufficient supply of water at the source, water at Croton Lake shonid always overflow t fo insure its purity, In a patticularly hot sumin this the volume of water sinks below the level of the | top of the dam and st ex. Then the vegetable and fibrous matier ou the edge of the lake dries up from the excessive neat and decays, Whin a rain storm | arises this dceayed vegetable matter 1s washed into the city supply, because, thongh the water 16 almost a high by the addition of the rain as the top of the dam, suit {tis not suiljciently high 10 overtlow and create 4 curront, Hence, they say, the water becomes dis colored and iil flavored, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE. Comptroller Green has approved the sureties on the following proposals for work and supplies for the city to be executed by contrac Richard Heekecher, » for furnishing 654 tons of coal jor the buildings and offices ot the Department of Pablic Charities and Correction, $3,478 64; 1. W. Jobn- son, for paving with Teliord-AcAdam pavement 116th stroet, between Sixth and Sevenih avenues, $9,042; Jesse Ryder, for furnishing 300 telegraph poles tor nse of the Fire Department, $1,300; James B. Mulry, tor furnishing 10,000 loads of sand, $4,000; John B. Dov: nn, for paving 121st street, trom First to Fourth ave nues, $12,230; John B. Deviin, for paving 121st street, from Tenth avevue to Boulevard, $4,015; Charies P! Devlin, paving Ninety-second street, trom Eighth ave. nue to Boulevard, $11,912; Charlés Devlin, pavin, 104th street from ihird to Fourth avenues, $5,437; James Mujholland, paving 105th street, betwoen Highth avenue and Grand Moulevard, $15,608; Wiiilam A. Cumming, paving Twenty-third sirect, from avenue A to East River, 24,062 Comptroiiet Green will pay to-day the rolls of laborers and pavers on nircets, amounting to $21,282 48, TYE BOARD OF POLICE, TRANSFERS AND APPOINTMENTS—CHARGSS TO BE PREFERRED AGAINST CAPIAIN SEIBERT. Ata meeting of the Police Board yesterday tho fob lowing transiers were made :— Sergerut Jobn T. Wright, Fourteenth to Thirty-ftte precinct; Patrolmen Brennan, Nivth; Van Buskirk, Eighteenth; Montgomery, First; Brady, Thirteen Haggerty, Thicwenth; Nolan, Fi ‘aud Leora Twenty-ninth, to the steamboat squad, and Kichar Hawke [rom the steamboat squau to the Central Oihce for Any Ad carpenter. Tho following patrolmen wore dismissed from the foree;—Samuei Kogiish, Twenty -minth; BL. eels Twenty-second; Join Kowan, Seventeenth, and BE. J, Barron, Niveteenth. Jo the mawter of eh: ind seep dyin d doy ot the Thirty-Urst precivet, oy man Michaet Dow! t preciucl, & report was made Capiain Seibert, of ti exonerating the officer aud directing charges to be pre- ferred against tbe captain, EXPENSIVE VENTILATION. Yesterday afternoon, at & apectal meeting of the Kings Cousty Board of Supervisors, a contract ior tinting the Court Hou jarded . [ man in the sum of $11,100,» verues Ps Mh Care s