THE CONGO RIVER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1962, 3 February 1885, Page 4

THE CONGO RIVER.

P(>SMHUIIII-> or T(t\l)F IN THIS KM. ION i \ni h (ONiiDKUvrroN \r jn.m in. (Philadelphia Times ) Tiif u'tjion of countiy now under con-idrra-tion by the Merlin Confeience, and as bio.ifllv designated in Mr Stanley's speech recently, lic^ between the Equator and the tenth degree smith latitude, and rrally embraces the entire belt of Africa within these lines, stretching fnnn the Atlantic Ocean on the. west to the Indian Ocean on the east. Keally it in a new und a mighty nation that Stanley is aiming for, and not the control of some small trade on the lower Congo. On the eastern coast the countiy omlnaces the cntuc valley of tinCongo noith ani south. The Congo i-< now admitted to lie the gre (test of Afnciin rneis, and its flood is said to fre-hen the surface of the oci'in foi seventy miles, Cargo-cam ing vessels Ciin, aeioiding to the statement of Lnu'pool mci chants, ascend the Congo .v-> f,n .is Hull fsland, twelve miles fiom the uioiith, and heie goods have to bo ti.ni shipped foi hade" b<j\ond. At Vi\ 1 11."> miles, n.i\ igation is closed hv locks <nnl catai.uts. Vioin Vi\i to St.iuli'\ I'mol, .1 dixtuicu of LOO miles, th'-ie is dilhcult coimnuuu-ation, paith hv land and p.utl\ by watei, and 'then commences fu«e naviL'.vtion for neatly 1000 miles. The n\ei [ h.us large tnbutai ies, also navigable. It is claimed that tho rights acquiu-d l>v Poitugal to this countiy in vntue of ! priority of discovery at the end of the fifteenth ccntuiy ha\e long since lapsed, | as the Portuguese Government h.m ni I1 '' lected to occupy the eoiintiieh disco\ered The definite objects of the present cmi ference aie : First, " To put an end to all difficulties rclatiu 1 to the light- of sovereignty over this region ; " scennd, I "To piovide fin the coniplrte i-\tinetion of the slave trade ; " thud, " To pioiuote the development of coinmeice and cnibation in tho Afitcan continent." England and Portugal tried to settle these questions some months ago, but the world at largthad too great an interest to allow or accept theii pioposed treat}' nx final. The difficulties of navigation on the Lower Congo being ai itated, Mr Stanley wants that the conference shall rmhiaco in its dehhet.itioni and conclusions the great belt of countiy nmth and south of the Congo and thiou?h the continent eastwaid, so that theie may hereaftet lie no birrieis placed in th" way of the etfoits to build lailio.ids noitli or south of the Congo, ami fioin the wc-tein coast to Stanley ]'001, whne unimpeded naxigatiou lifgin^. Kulv tins ye.ir Mi H. H. Johnson, an English Vfncan explorei, pointed out that the best way to connect the enntcrn co.wt with the Uppei Congo was to select the \all^ of the Kwilu, and either navigate it to I'hilhpeullc, and thence tiavenc the country by railroad to ]Jraz/.,i\ ille, at •Stanley Pool, or to follow the Kw ilu by railroad from tho coast to Brazzaville, where a great commercial city is piojccted, and from thence the enormous trade of the I'pper Congo and itn tiibutaiie-t would be controlled. In a recent interview of a London journalist with a Rev. Mi Bentley, who for five years had been a missionary on the Congo, Mi P.entley claimed that the Kwilu mute would lie fi aught uithgiett difficulties, by 1 ail or by ii\er, and that .1 much bettci and mmc feasible route w.is to strike the southern bank of the Congo near its month, and build a railroad from this point to Leopoldvillc on the south bank of the Congo, opposite Brazzaville, both paities and all parties agreeing. It will be pel ceiM'd that the name difficulties are to be o\cicome between the eastern ci.ist and Stanley Pool, and that s ( in,e where 111 the teflon is to bo the gic.it torn mercial centre of tho Congo trade of fchr future. All returned tradui.s from tin* Congo legion, as far an henrd from f.iwmt something like an International Coinuns sion or Association, such as Stanley ad\o cates and Midi as l'isinarck eudenth favoiiM. And if fJeimany will let KiiL'land alone on the Nigel sin; will probably let her preference for Poitugal, and Bisin.irck and Stanley will have their way.

She Knew Siik w\s Kicur. — " la the gentleman of the house in .'" lie asked. " Yes, sir ; lie air." " Can 1, sec him a moment ?" " No, sir : you tan't see a hide nor hair of 'im !" " Why tan't I madam ? I would like to speak to him cm business "" If you w as . i ilym 1 an' Jim war the only doctor in D.ikuty, you couldn't sot an eye on him till he gives in an' talks decent. At dinner a while <igo lie told me to pass 'em the apple .suss, an'l tol' him it wasn't soss, but aa^s, m' he know cd better, it was soss, an'J toll' him that w'cu he tuk a notion that a little apple sass'd feel sootlun' to hiss stomack to say so, an' he said he'd have that soss or die. Then I to'l him I'd defend that sass with life, an' made a break foy the shot gun, and he made a break up through the scuttle intci the loft. W'en his senses come to him an' he Rives in that sass is sass he kin cum down, but if he makes a break afore that, off goes the top of his head. Thai sets the sass, stranger, an' thars Jim up m the loft, an' I reckon you'd better mosey along an' not get mixed inter this row!" As the gentleman moved away he heard lie voice saying—" Jim, w'en you git tird o' yer durn foohn' an' want this sa&s, jea' squeel out !" And a gruff voice from the darksome garret icbponded — " Soss !" — American Paper. Holland is the cleanest country in the world, as everybody kno«% but no one can uudeistand how very clean oleauliness can be until he risits her little villages. Even The I [ague is a wonder of neatness, and on every Friday and Satuid.iy undeigoes an indescribable drenching and scouring. Water flies about every whcie on these two day« fiom hose andgnrdensquiit in jots, and from tubs and paila in tonents ; thric is an immense clattering about of women in woofi'jn shoes, and the whisking and scrying ot brooms and scmbbing biuslies lcsuund on all sides. Not only the windows, hut also the sides of the houses aie scouicd ; not only the sidewalk, but Hie loadway as well, until one thinks that the dikes ,\ll over the count! y have gnen way at once, and the sea has again couu 1 into possession of its ancient domain. Hut in the .smaller towns tl.e sw.ihli and gurgle of water seems to go on all the turn*, and the people to be absolutely daft on the subject of neatness. Hut the effects of so much washing and scrubbing is very agreeable, and one immediately 'eels delight in seeing the peaceable fruito of the viitiie which is uuiveiB.illy held to be second only to godliness.

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