The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-08

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the best Intentions might inaccurately
represent them. We may well DO content
to learn that Livingstone is alive. and that the
general views which he announced some years
since concerning the objects OF his voyage have
been confirmed to the point OF demonstration. His
latest Journeys If ever they be related at length by
himself, will form one OF the most absorbing and In
structive narratives ever given to the world. This
Is the age ofsdyentnr0us travelling, and courageous
En- glishmen are found to explore every obscure
place OF the globe, and to tell us all they can dis
cover OF 1t. But often their defects of capacity
such that the world only learns how much endur
ance and courage human being can display. They
are often without the habit OF observation, and
bring to cur minds the old tale OF ''Eyes and No
Eyes" Still oftener they are destitute of that
scientific training which Is Indispensable for the
production OF really useful work on travel
They 60 because an adventurous impulse urges
them on; they shoot and fish, walk for hundreds OF
miles with the prowess OF finished athletes and
come back bringing the skins OF beasts and birds
and diary which records the names OF their SER
wants, the number of their horses or bull0ckS ana
some Interesting information concerning the three
meals they parto0k OF daily. DR.. Livingstone Is
emit attainments. In strength and pog ers OF en-
durance he ves with any traveller this country han
ever sent forth. He has courage OF a quality thai
few men have ever possessed. 1t animates hin,,
not for month or year, when the hope OF spcecy
success is present, but for periods which iorn =
large portion Of mans life amid discoul ~ a4cE-s
which would crush any Ordinary hopes, amid
the deSertion OF followers, amid intfgues aud
treachery, In solitude and sickness. Livlngstones
achievement Is not the devotion OF six or twelve
months to some narrow task, but the surrender Of
thing has been accomplished which no man but
himself would think within the limits OF humsn
strength.
The expedition on which he is now engaged is q
remarkable instance Of the mans uncomfortable
energy and his devotion to the objects OF his life.
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highest compliment which the learned world could
afford for his remarkable explorations in Southern
Hope through the centre OF the country and thence
to the Western Coast, which he reached in ten
degrees OF southern latitude. He had then crossed
the Continent to the Indian Ocean, at the mouth OF
the Zambesi. Such an achievement gave him
worldwide reputation, and when ne returned to
day. Sir RodeTck murchison who ever aiterwsrd
put such rm faith in his ultimate restoration then
paid him the due tribute OF admiration. Murch
made him an enthusiastic friend Of Livingstone in
whom he saw man OF singular gifts and zeal
which would only expire with life Dr. ~;
days In the enjoyment OF well-earned reputa
ton, but two years afterward he was again In
Africa whittier he had been sent by government
at the solicitation OF eminent persons interested
in geographical research and in the civilization OF
benighted region. For six years Livingstone again
man, more formidable than either, and he did net
return to England till 1864. Another grand recep
ton awaited him. but his T S was not done ana
Since the spring of 1885 he has not been seen in
England He has only been heard OF at the rarest
sons on whose word little reliance could he placed
and thus silent conviction took its place in the
minds Of thousands that ne was no more. The last
nearly three years ago. Some eighteen months
since further news came, but was not universally
credited From Its corTespondsence ,, With the &C.
have been authentic
The last Journey Of Dr. Livingstone was to dis.
much further south than the region explored By
Spoke and Grant. The Victoria Nyanza and the
Albert Nyanza vast sheets Of water at great ele-
tor, but DR.. Livingtone commended, and he
now appears to have established, that the
true head waters Of the Me are to be
tude In July, 1868, he wrote letter 70 Lord
Clarendon, dated Lake BangweolO. 1t was read ut
Times Of the 10th Of November 1869. Dr. Living
stone stated In this communication that he had
been confirmed IN his original notions. "From
have learned from intelligent natives, think may
safely assert that the chief OF the Nile arise
tude, or nearly In the position assigned TO them by
Pt0lemy. The springs of the Nile rise some
four hundred miles south Of the most southerly por-
ali the % lakes EXCEPT The scson Of
this important geographical problem IL the great
discussion of the details we may leave for the pres
ent as imperfectly understood until the dis
c0verer himself gives the due information concern
ing them, but We cannot conclude without express
ing the admiration which every Englishman must
feel at the enterprise and courage dis
traced the INDUSTRIOUS traveller. The perils Of
the climate, the danger to life from the MUIR
sad Of the
savant. That Livingstone, who untes both
characters, should penetrate to the western shores
young American should follow him In the way OF
business, find him and come back safely with the
news is feat which should not so without Its due
need OF praise.
From the London Daily News, July 90
The announcement Of the arrival In England OF
Mr.. Oswell Livingstone and two Of his companions
In travel will be received with general satisfaction
The chief arrival Is, however, postponed. hearty
welcome will await the enterprising correspond
ent OF the NEW YORK HERALD with the
dispatches from DR.. Livingstone himself.
We hardly know which most TO congratu.
ate-Mr. James Gordon Bennett, who planned
the search for the lost African traveller, or Mr..
Stanley. the energetic correspondent who has 80
successfully carried 1t out. Even In these days OF
newspaper enterprise, when one OF our CORE.
spondents is the first to make his way into be-
leaguered Metz, and another rides as the first
messenger from the outer world into surrendered
Paris, the story Mr. Stanley has to tell Is alto
gether unprecedented and unique. DR.. Living
stone has been lost for years In the mysterious
centre OF the African Continent Mr. Stanley has
plunged into the gloom, has seen him, aud has
brought not only Information about him, but
letters and dispatches from him to the outer
world. He Is like a man returning with the
story Of another universe. The interest felt about
DR.. Livingstone Is that which belongs to an
enterprise carried on amid danger and mystery
and darkness For years past he has been lost to
the public view behind an impenetrable veil, and
the public has been vaguely conscious that he was
at work, exploring a country which hides q secret
civilized men have always wished to know, and
solving problem over which the Pharaohs puzzled
and which the Ptolcmies attempted in vain. Mr.
Stanley has pierced the veil and brought news OF
the intrepid explorer The summary OF this news