The New York herald., 1872-11-27

a III. w. ..
cnant Of Bombay, and his personal friend, giving
an account OF mis- explorations up to that period,
and he requested Mr.. Stearns to furnish
saw that we had always honored him and that he
attached value to our good opinion. In connection
with which may state that believe the first let
ter he ever sent or certainly one OF the irst in re-
spect to his explorations In Africa as missionary
cns sne Which IN 70
its transactions. We have the pleasure tonight,
as have said before OF the presence OF his brother
Mr.. stearns, or Bombay, the gentleman to whom
that letter was addressed; the one o relative, the
s1. e E s9a
sSens g snd as
promptu manner upon tive or three OF the gentle
men OF the society present to make up the evening
hoping that you win be charitable under the cir.
cumstances, and with that We will close the busi-
mess g! the S evening "a affords 81 me great pleasure
SPEECH OF WILLIAM 8. STEARNs.
Mr.. STEARNs said ladies and gentemen-I
letter which iies before me and also TO make lew
remarks upon my connection and acquaintance
with Dr. do not to occupy
state to you that in 1854 DR.. Livingstone was
as much . myth to me as he IS TO you to-day.
seen him. Many OF you never have seen him,
and, perhaps, never will see him. But in 1854, the
IN him. IN 1885, in June Of that yea
the the little Steamer Lady Nyarson, D which had "a
sist in the exploration Of the lakes OF the interior
OF Africa. After performing this work the steamer
thought advisable to bring the vessel to Bombay,
and so 1t came about that on the 9th of June, 1885,
the little steamer & Lady Nya1son scarcely ninety NINETY
gineer-in-chieg Doctor Livingstone-(c (cheers)-
made up S several ceoe boys Tn. same M
Sm t. sKpeps &. ana neSr @
him him. Il under dod ana hasf Providence, % over ru wide
waste OF 500 miles. In 1855 found myself in the
our fellow passengers was DR.. Livingstone. made
his acquaintance and formed friendship which ]
shall never forget as long as breathe .l.s =
that is In me. On our arrival in Bombay and dur.
ing his residence in Bombay had the pleasure OF
n am
January in 1866, he started for Zanzibar and the
mouth OF the Ruanago River. ! will not
because am glad to say that his duplicate (point-
ing to Mr.. John Livingstone, who occupied seat
oad % cheers eu am also glad to state for yoar n
formation and satisfaction that in letter which
was sent me early last year, that circumstances
referred to, which stamped them as genuine and
as beyond the faintest shadow Of doubt. There
heard @ It many times It has been put to me great
many times, and there are those here who have
doubtless heard the same. What purpose is all
this waste ? Why bury himself in this dark region
OF Africa Why refuse to return again to the
civilization he has lefts 1t is the same question Of
savoar by JUDAS We are living Of what
has been brought about by this so-called waste. A
question, almost identicaly the same with this,
was asked by the ancient Brltons. DR.. Livingstone
has done great and noble work, work in which
he should have every sympathy and every prayer
try not only to our knowledge not only to you who
are interested in geographical progress and geo.
graphical discovery, but open also to Christian
too, are going hand in hand with him In burning
desire to bring the terrible traffic in slavery to
end. Many and many q time have heard him,
with burning lips and nashing eyes, tell the story
Of the wrongs and irlghtlul crueltes which he had
that had been brought about in that country by
the connivance Of the Portuguese authorities. BY
the same means village after village has been laid
waste and thousands upon thousands OF people
destroyed. arh glad to see that the English gov
vigorously ina ahand, and hope that this land OF
freedom will sssst IN this great and neble work
and IN eXterninatlng this last great vestige Of
the following letter.
Hon; cnARIrs p DAILY President American Geographi.
II
m E as Se seer @ ns Era
furnish you with such extracts as may think proper to
in November 1870 In late letter, dated 6nyanyembe
"The enclosure penned long ago, among cannibals
In. had no sye yoq % an idea Of matters
perhaps the enclosed statements do not tally exactly with
ed sSs sha m0eh 0 winch VIII Dc pub
The following Is the letter.
LETTER TO MR.. srEARNs
MASrEMA COUNTRY, Central ArRIcA
there are no stores 10 buy any within FOUND ioo
south Central africa thought that could easily DC
asdas ' sRE
"IIe that fights and runs away
M G his he
had to oow Il must p be alure Of I'm memory for he
Mse e m M so ns
how long the fear of death would keep out Of my
watershed is in latitude 10 degrees 70 minutes south
.rroIExr's MOUNTAINS OF THE NOON.
great
s e hs & Last o eposb Ana here also the
and hs eight ane @ %e. we to
lines Of drainage and these which we may call the head
and forms rivers Ifnottoo pedan they lacusrne
rivers Tanganyika is one and from twenty to thirty
miles broad | write the banks of the central one.
called Webbs first eight or ten miles broad
and then holding width of six miles,
it is known. II long gained clear idea
the drainage. had to feel my way, and every step Of
the way, and was generally
CROPPING IN THE DARK.
for who cared where the rivers The Portuguese
made two three saving visits to Cazembee but they
inquired for slaves and ivory alone and heard OF nothing
else. Had lett at the end OF years l could
have told little of this country Of dense forests and
running rs than they did inquired about the waters
till ashamed and almost feared that should be
set down as afflicted with hydrocephalus Many a
Had known all the hunger, hariships, toll and time
undertaking The task; but when had engaged
could not bear the thought Of being beat by difficulties
and stuck to it with
BULLDOG rKNAcrry
Native wars were great hindrince Illness and mcdl.
cine lest caused serious delays unsuitable cowardy
tendans an ntolerable drag BY mistaken kindness my
liberated slaves forced and
and They had all been slaves and of the criminal
class in their country and feared nothing much
q being caught and made to work again. wifi