Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-01


DEAR STR-Your agent in this city to-
day kindly sent me three copies Of a
newspaper published in New York.
bearing the dates respectively Of the
twenty-fourth, thirtieth and thirty-frs,
Of August Of the present year. 1t would
be a dificult matter for me to describe
the conflicting emotions ] felt during
the perussl OF certain articles found
therein. Ny first feelings were those OF
profound astOnishment at the discovery
Of 80 debased q character as
THE wRETCHED YOUNG MAN, NOE,
terms cut to be. He proelaims himself
the victim Of foul and unnatural out
rage, gives his name in full, with his
present address. he dwells fOndly on the
Disgusting details which unnamed him ;
offers himself up voluntarily to public
scoru and contempt, and deliberately
stamps himself as the greatest moral
idiot In existence. then felt regret at
discovering the fact that there was q
newspaper In the city Of New York
which could lend itself Tor the puhlica-
ton OF such a disgusting, immoral letter
rs the one purpOrting to be written by
Lewis II. Nee, aud exhibit a morbid de-
light in every circumstances and detail Of
This most shameless story.
To enter upon q detailed refltatiOn Of
the various charges and accusations
falsely Ievelled at me by this eccentric
youth would be
NDIGNTFIED AND UNWORTHY OF NJ.
Dc would but serve to rim, the con-
tenaptible newspaper and It's unmanIv
c.dTespondeiJ 70 greater prominence
IN tney o.eserve- 1 content myself
Win supply asserting that the state
ueI-ss Of lais man Noe. in 50 far ss they
1cfer 20 ne. consist Of a series Of the most
asnociOus falseho0ds that the most i'm
a.inative villain could have devised to
raa Geurimaut Of any one mans reputG-
ta.
WHENCE TIE ANTSrUs,
They sre oft-recur-ing questions TO
IRE. Wherein have I incurred any
su's hostility? Why should people
-sch my private character? How
h.ve l injured any person so much IS TO
duee him 70 villify me in this man
rr2 Ii is with the utmost confidence
at / can renly that, Intentionally l
ave never injured any living man.
IA the summer Of 1866 I took this bOv
Z kind Of companion, who was to
make himself generally useful. 4 few
H--lss east Of smyrna the yOung rascal
SET FIRE TO A VALUABLE GROVE
0aI0nging TO some Turks, who were 50
eITaged at the fncendiary act that nnvseIf
ald companions were in danger Of our
ves; upon which, after modifying the
-lger Of the natives, L punished the
1ung villain with q few strokes OF a
Flteh-a 1aT lighter punishment than
2 deserved, As any sensible man viii at
nee admit Near Chihissar the chiefOf
a gang Of brigands which infested the
snYrons Of OfUm-KarshissaT
rSsULTED HIM,
Ip8n which, in my indignation, I struck
him with nav sword. He Immediately
ai-cd such an Outcry that was com
PEELED 70 order my companions to mount
and hurry awsy: but, in our ignorance
Of the country, We rode direct into the
leighbOrhood Of the robbers den, and
were, consequently, captured without
much trouble. The indignities and out
rages which the ru1fians consequently
visited upon a member Of our party !
need not Be repeated here, but I may
mention thar ] was the one who was |
instrumental IN relieving my party from |
all apprehensiOus Of a worse fate. Now, |
possibly, this b0y-nOw a man in years, |
Al least
REMEMBERS THE SLIGHT FLOGGING
I administered to him. and, ,stung by the /
memory Of II, has proposed TO himself
that the author Of it, having in some
way distinguished himself by the discov-
cry Of DR.. Livingstone, might now be
made 20 feel his resentment, and pro-
seeds 10 do so BY investing him with
Satanic character; With all the attri-
butes Of d -bold and Unst UpulOBs, dar-
frr.lrrr ssna. -17re
turer.' Positively, If [ thought the
yoJ1g wretch who wsntOnly set fire 70
Jle Turks grove near Smyrna and en-
alugered his own and our lives was in
sane, l think him ten times more 50
loW ~ hurryiug into print, to glory in
his Iamelessaess and make public
what the most debssed coUrtesan in any
great city would never have published.
but enough Of this abominable fraud.
with his series Of sbsurd ficti0ns. Let
NE dIlate a little upon the accusations
lerelled al me.
ABOUT TIE LIVINGSTONE LETTERS.
You know yourself sir, a. well as your
former agent, that I was utterly ign0r-
ant II the commission you gave me 81
the Grand Hotel IN Paris before you de-
Lrered 10 me instructions regarding il.
Captain Francis T. Webb, late Consul
az Zanzibar now residing at Salem, can
tel you as An impartial witness, how l
-et about the work you requested me 70
perform. Mr. Spalding and Mr.. Morse,
both u whom are At this present mo-
ment in New York, can also add their
testimony % iC. Mr.. John Bertram, the
great merchant at salem, can also in
form vCl whether or not he hOnOred the
drafts ] drew on you. DR.. Kirk, also
with whom / have at present an unpleas-
ant difference about the aid he says he
freely gave TO DIR. Livingstone, but
which Z say that he did not give 50 free
ly as Is generally belieyed-can inform
Eou whether OF not be
saw BE AT BAGoMoYO,
preparatory 70 marching for the interior.
Also, the Journal des DsbQts, OF Paris,
states that A.r. De Vienne, then Consul
of France a. Zanzibar, acknowledges to
have seen me on that island preparing
my expedition. Apr0pOs OF Mr.. De
Nleune, it Is said that this gentleman
" described me as rather eccentric in my
way Of doing things; that 1 refused
eyerybOdy's advice, and was, conse-
quenty, reduced 20 my own resources"
This gentleman
TNCONsCI0UsLY GIVES NE HIGH PRAISE
By saying so; for il seems to me that
thus avoided the rock upon which the
English Livingstone Search Expedition
split Lieutenant Dawson had too
many advisers, and therefore failed
had be not acted according TO the ad-
vice Of Dr. k-.-, Lieutenant Dawson
had surely 81 "D.. led. When Mr.. De
Nienne says that / refused everybody s
advice be refers 70 my having refused
DR.. Kinks advice % 20 W the Ruff
river, which was a roundabout way Of
going after Or. Livingstone, which no
sena man would have adopted.
] Ave stated that / found Living
stone ln Jjli, just returned from the
LualaBa; tna- I obtained two letters
EOm him, one addressed 70 James
Gordon Bennett Esq, Junior. - and the
other acdre ~ to james Gordon Ben
nett, Esq, Sew York Herdld;' that
10 NEITHER or THESE LETTERS HAVE
PUT PEN Oh PENCIL:
that neither interpolated nor suggested
one word, phrase or quotation to Dr.
Livingstone while he was writing them
that knew not that he had written an
I'll be had finished writing them and
handed them b Ine. asking me: "Mil
those d02" That 1 delivered them 70
yOuI agent, whom / met at Marseilles,
precisely as the letters were written by
Or. livingstone. What L have stated
aDoye j viii adhere 70 until DR.. Living
stone zbEn himself come to England
and publicly proclaim the fact himself
As for
TEE AUTHENTICITY OF THE OTHER
LETTERS
which I brought with me Lord Gran
vile, Of the Foreign Office; J. b.
Braithwaite, Livingstone's solicitor;
Th$nas Steele Livingstone, the Doc
tors eldest son; Miss Janet Livingstone,
the Doctors sister; Miss Agnes living
stone, Captain Black, Of the Pacific and
OdeRtal Company; Nh James Young,
Of Durris House, near Aberdeen: Or.
John Kirk, Her Britannia Majesty's
Consul az Zanzibar; Rev. Horace
Waller, the Doctors friend, have one
and al come forward 70 testify to their
authenticity. In the Letters to his chill
dren Dr. Livingstone speaks Of things
with which no living person, least Of al
an American newspaper correspondent,
could possibly be- opgnizaBt Of Ia his
letter. 70 the Foreign Office the Doctor
writes Of countries That were wholly un-
known 70 any one east Of the Lake
TaneaDyika, that no fancy, however
fsfiie, could have imagined. Again,
TBE QUEEN or ENGLAND,
adrissi by her Ministers, has signifed
her association Of my conduct by send
ing me e0ld snuff-bOX enriched with
over sixty diamonds, and letter Of