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weolo. He afterward reached I'jiji, on Lake 

 Tanganyika, and from that point, in May, 

 1869, he sent the last letter received from him 

 until communications were brought home. by 

 Mr. Stanley, of the lltniU Kxpditiun. The 

 inception and success of that enterprise are 

 still fresh in the public mind, mid may be 

 briefly stated. Observing that the civilized 

 world was greatly concerned regarding the 

 fate of Livingstone. Mr. James Gordon Uen- 

 nctt. editor of the Hi-riiM, determined to send 

 out an expedition at his own expense, for the 

 purpose of discovering the Ion traveler. Se- 

 leotmg Mr. Stanley of the // rut-/ start' as the 

 leader in this enterprise, he instructed him to 

 proceed to Africa, and, regardless of expense, 

 find Livingstone, whom ho felt was still alive. 

 Mr. Stanley in due time reached Zanzibar, 

 and, after a tedious journey through th.' Afri- 

 can wild.-*, met Livingstone at Ujgi in Novem- 

 ber, 1871. The journalist remained with him 

 about four months, ascending the Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, to its northern extremity, and was 

 subsequently accompanied by Dr. Livingstone, 

 on his return-journey, as far as Unyanyeml.r. 

 In August, 1872, Mr. Stanley reached London, 

 and the world was soon gratified with abun- 

 dant details of the explorer's labors during the 

 years when most people supposed ho was 

 dead. During the last five or six years of his 

 life, it appears, from these accounts, that Dr. 

 Livingstone ascertained that Lake Tanganyika 

 is not one of the sources of the Nile, anil 

 discovered five lakes west, southwest, and 

 south of Tanganyika. These sheets of water, 

 so far as ho was able to trace, are connected 

 by the branches of a river, which ho names 

 the Lnaluba, or in its farthest extension (to 

 Lake Bangweolo), the Lnapula. These 

 branches he believed to bo connected either 

 through the Albert Nyanza or by some more 

 direct communication with the sources of tho 

 Nile; yet there was a possibility from their 

 distance west of Tanganyika, and what was 

 known of the country still farther west, that 



might bo tho sources of the Congo or 

 To settle this point, Dr. Livingstone 

 i-ssary to pass to the westward 

 of all these lakes, and ascertain whether tho 

 streams which formed their outlets nV 

 north, or west and southwest. It i 



he had accomplished this tedious and 

 difficult journey, and was on his way ha 

 Lake Nyassa and tho coast, when he encoun- 

 tered the extensive marshes through whirh ho 

 WM obliged to wade for days, and v, 

 deadly malaria cost him his life. 



LOUISIANA, Tho year opened gloomily 

 in Louisiana. An act passed in th. 



by what is known as the "I'inrhWk 

 i M promulgated on the r,th of 

 January. Its aim was "to suppress ri 

 and unlawful assemblies, and to define the 

 duti-s of officers oft n^ard tl. 



and to punish officers and others for n 

 or refusal to discharge and perform duties im- 



posed upon them by law." This was speedily 

 followed by another act authorizing the calling 

 out of an armed militia for that purpose. 



( 'n the 3d of January a mass meeting assem- 

 bled to "express opposition to the ' 1'inch- 

 back' government and to support the Mc- 

 Kncry ' government and Legislature eleeted on 

 the 4th of November. 1ST-.'.' 1 



A body selected by this mass meeting irre- 

 ive of party, from among the most con- 

 spicuous citizens, prominent men of business, 

 and largest tax-payers, called the " Committee 

 of Two Hundred," ubMqtuntly issued an ad- 

 dress to the people containing tho following 

 iient of their views, and of the result- of 

 the mission which hod been confided to them : 



We have laid before the President of the United 

 States an impartial and truthful hiM. ry .>!' tho ex- 

 traordinary events which have transpired within tlui 

 State of Louisiana, resulting in the overthrow of tho 



J by the people and tin- tcmpora- 

 ily installing men who were not in any i. 



* * We confidently mtii 

 UiTR'.-s will promptly appoints c 



investigate fairly and impartially the fuels of the 

 case, and in view of the gross and palpable wrongs 

 which have been commuted, we i ; t that 



such a committee must admit ami i 

 the necessity of prompt and complete relict'. 

 not allow ourselves to despair of such relief at tho 

 hands of Congress because the Republican party has 

 a large majority in that body. There do arise in tho 

 political history of free governments C'Hif| 

 emergencies in which duty to the common weal rises 

 superior to party ties, and the imperative ilcmn 

 justice overwhelms all personal or part 

 orations. We are impressed with t .at tho 



universal public sentiment of the I'nited Suites will 

 p 'int to the present crisis in Louisiana us . 

 tutine such an emergency, and we are < 

 encourage in our people a spirit of tru.-t and confi- 

 dence in tho virtue and justice of tho nationa' 

 eminent, which will be their best satcguard against 

 rath and desperate conduct. 



If that trust should prove to bo misplaced, and tho 

 monstrous usurpation which has taken place should 

 bo permitted to pass unrcbuked, we may well give 

 way to despair. But i 



our people to pursue a line v, hieh shall 



rob apprehension of every pret \t or up"' 



We have everywhere and at all times proclaimed 

 our conviction th..' 



turo now in session at t .does 



not and never did comprise a quorum 



1 by the people; that it has no other claim to 

 authority over, or obedience from, the p 

 such an it desires from the aup|>"*' <1 rr.-":iii;:- n nf 

 the national Kvcrutiv. . 



language end action of t lie Pre-i-i. ut him-elf in ro- 

 (Tardinc that recognition as inertly ]T"V i.-irnal and 

 temporary, suhioct to tho future act! .n i.f the Con- 

 gress of the Unit. t" which tribunal tho 

 i nt ha* xiihmittrd us for relief. Wo are 

 iqaally convinced that tho body which recently as- 

 sembled at I.yc.-um Hall in that, dry .lid comprise ft 

 quorum of lawfully-elected member* of th 

 Assembly, and that, but for the refusal of the na- 

 tional Kxeoutive to reeo(rnlr.o it as such, tint body 

 would encounter no legal obstacle t<> tl. 

 the constitutional ' 



While fully accepting the situation as it 

 advi-in.: n studious abstinence from all 

 calculated to provoke a collision with "the powers 

 that be," there are certain duties imposed by the 

 Constitution in the most imperative terms, which no 

 body claiming or intending to claim recognition aa 



