The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-10-05
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AObtrtisrr
S4TTRD4y. OGTOBER u
Gtanley's Search for livingstone.

Newspaper enterprise is one IT fh- marked
feature 81 the present century, aud the
New YORK H.r.fLk, b. IT. last brilliant ex-
PLOT. the successful search Tor DR.. Living
stone in the wilds OF Africa. tcsevedly and
coulcssedly stands Iu thc foremost muk. But
Tor the enterprise and libemlity Of Mr. Jamcs
Gordon Bennett, Jr-. who commissioned
Stanley aud furnished the funds for the eX-
petition. dEe great explorer might have per-
Ished Iu the Interior Of the continent and
with him the valuable results 20 the civilized
world Of his Investigations.
We are aware that a portion Of the Bnt-
ish and An.ncan press were IncredulOus
over the hr-t reports Of Stanley exploits
&C. the fOmer be was a Yankee their own
expedition had failed, or been anticipated,
and national vanity was naturally hurt. To
the latter, il was the habitual thing 10 doubt
and he Jealous Of the New York HeraLI.
But We now find that ia England, where the
best reasons existed tor doubling, and the
surest means for sesfIng the truth Of Stan
ley's achievement. ice substantial fact is not
doubted. LiviugstOnes family. the Adm
mlty, Lord Granville, and the Queen, have
sent him letters Of thanks; scientific and
literary bodies ia England and France have
iCted him, and he has secured a leading
English house 10 publish his forthcoming
hook. II Stanley IS indeed "a fraud, he IS
the bOldest and most successful one on
record. But in the words Of Lieutenant
Hem. who commanded the British expedi-
ton ia search Of Livingstone, writing from
Zanzibar, There Is now no possible doubt
that DIR. Livingstone j. at Unyanyembe,
waiting Tor supplies
Two lengthy letters from Stanley, dated
st CIiJi, on Lake Tanganyika. ia November,
1871, appear ia the HeT0LI OF August 24th
and 3lst, giving an account Of his weary
search for tie great explorer and of the still
wearier wanderings Of the latter. These
letters are Of course extremely interesting,
but they are too long for our columns, and
We propose to give a brief synopsis of their
principal points.
The new American path finder, Henry
Vi. Stanley, lett UHyanycmbe, the point Of
departure for the interior of Africa nearest
the sea-coast, on the Odd OF September. 1911,
with fifty welI-armed black men, loaded with
goods with which to pay the way, and one
white man. an EngIishman named Shaw,
who was "A discoumgIng impediment TO the
expedition and early gave ont and returned
10 the coast. His black men. too, were lag
CARDS. and he was compelled TO use force to
secure the fuIfllment Of their bargains. But
Il few days OH the road aud Stanley was at
lacked with fever and lay for days in camp,
groaning and tossing with fever and the
deldly sickness that had Oyertaken him.
Here twenty o. his men deserted him and
went back { their wives and huts. After
Iiuch threat ing, bribing and some force,
the UIHawP We're got back, and Stanley
having recovered from his fever, of which
by the way, he speaks but incidentally, the
march WAS resumed. But at the next stop
ping place, four more men deserted. - bounty
jumpers be calls them, who had pOcketcd
their pay aud then coolly ran away. They
had received double pay and double mtions.
They We're however caught, and Stanley
" not having the fear Of Exeter Hall before
his eyes" had them tied up and fiogged, and
their stubborn necks adorned with a chain,
after the fashion Of yeritable slave "chain-
gangs This method had the desired effect
Of curing the rogues OF their proclivity for
desertion, and Stanley declares that he will
never travel again IN Africa without a good
long chain. Under these diScOuraging cir
cumstances did he begin his journey through
rackless forests aud turn his back upon
civilization.
Ia lengthy unduiating waves the land stretches
before u--tbc new land which nO European knew.
The unknown. mystic land. The view which the
eyes hurry TO embrace IL ~ ascend some ridge
higher than another - one ui tie most diSb"artcn-
ing than eau br conceived AWAY. one beyond au-
other. wave the lengthy rrciIinear ridges. clad in
the same garb 81 color. Woods. woods. woods.
forests. lrIfy branches. green and srrr. yellow aud
dirk red and purple. then iu iudrinabie ocean.
Dlurr ihEn the biucst sky The huTiLon all around
shows the same sceue-a sky dropping into lhe
,i-pths OF lLr cndle~- forest. with but TWO or three
ttll giants 20 ;hr forest higher than thrir ueighbUrS.
which arr conspicuous in their outlines. % break
thr mpnotouy Ut tiIs-cene. On NO one point do Our
...tsl ra-f Nth rN-.=ur.- thu Eur.. .f.v-.V Ill.
-auIr outlines. the same forest aud The same horizon
day after iay, week alter week and again. like
NuIhS dove from wandering over a world without
a halIng place. return wedried with the srarch."
The route which the expedition was tax
ing was chosen for the purpose of evading a
terrible m%arauding thIeving African Chief
named Miranda, whose hand was against
every mans, and in fear Of whom every con-
siderable town was strongly fortified, after a
fashion. Having safely passed beyond any
tear OF attack from the dreaded Mirambo,
and emerged from the great forest, with its
air fever-pOiSoned by dead and corrupting
vegetation, then came long marches under a
hot sun. through jungly plains, heat-cncked
sXpanses Of prairie-lands, through young for
ests, haunted by the tseetSe and sword flies,
considered fatal to cattle. Arrived at length
at the gates Of a village, the Chief was de-
termined not 10 let the travellers pass through
his country nor sell them 4 grain of corn, be-
cause he had never seen a white man before,
and he must knOw all about this wonderful
specimen OF humanity. A handsome pres
ent OF cloth however propitiated this African
pOtentate, and he gave the white man all he
asked, and called on him in barbaric state.
surrounded by his guard, and numerous at
tendants loaded with gifts of honey, native
beer, sorghum, beans and maize. The inter-
view was a series of establishments TO the
Chief and his people, the revOlvers and re-
Peating rifles particularly inspiring them ;. tn
ave.