The New York herald., 1872-08-29

HERAID Expedition. Mr.. Stanley came home
armed with letters from Dr. Livingstone te
the British Foreign Office, to the London Geo
graphical Society. and to the son, daughter
and brother Of the great explorer, besides
other notes. HS brought with him also the
Doctors diary. ALI these letters and docu-
ments are written by the same person
and in precisely the same handwriting
as the letter Of which the fac-simile is
republished to-day. One of them has been
engraved already, published in the Lon
don Graphic and circulated all over England,
where thousands, or. at least hundreds of
persons are familiar with DR.. Livingstone's 8
handwriting. No one has denied its genuine
ness. We shall put this letter in evidence,
together with others in our possession, written
by DR.. Livingstone years ago, as speedily as
they can be prepared for publication. and
shall leave it to you, gentlemen of the jury of
the High Court Of Public Opinion, to say
whether they are not the handwriting of the
same person who wrote the HERALD Living
stone letter already in your possession. In
the meantime, let us call some witnesses to
the stand. and hear what they have to testify.
Call the Right Hon. Granville George
Leveson-G Cover, Earl Granville of Great
Britain The witness testifes rs follows: =
To HENRY M. SrANLEY:-I was not aware until
you mentioned IL that there was any doubt as to
the authenticity OF Dr. Livingstone's dispatches,
which you delivered to Lord Lyons on the 31st OF
July but in consequence OF what yon have said
have inquired into the matter, and find that Mr..
oce and Mr. e wyS the haaa the Consular @ and
Slave Trade Department, have not the slightest
doubt as to the genuineness OF the papers which
have been received from Lord Lyons, and which
are being printed I cannot omit this opportunity
Of expressing toyou my admiration OF the qualities
wncn nave enabled yo9 to the OBJECT @ h OF
hailed with 80 much enthusiasm both In the United
States and In this country. GRANVILLE.
The witness may stand aside, and we will
call Mr. S. Livingstone, Of London, son of
Dr. David Livingstone, and here is his evil
dence:-
Mr.. Henry M. Stanley has handed to me to-day
the diary Of Dr. Livingstone, my father, sealed and
signed by my father, with instructions written on
which, and for all his actions concerning and to my
the slightest reason to doubt s that this is my "a
theirs Journal and certify that these letters which
other. 8. LIVINGSTONE.
We next offer to put upon the stand Mr..
John Dougall, the editor and proprietor of the
New York Witness and of some influential
Canada papers, who testiies that he has
known DR.. Livingstone's brother, living in
Canada. for twenty years. Has frequently
published letters from DR.. Livingstone, re-
ceived by his brother. Is familiar with DR..
David Livingstone's handwriting. The fac
simle published in the HERALD is in DR.. Liv-
ingstone's handwriting. MI. Dougan can
stand aside
Call William F. Stearns, son of President
Stearns, of Amherst College, swear the wit
ness and take his testimony: lived in
Bombay; am personally acquainted with DR..
David Livingstone; have received letters from
the great explorer; these that hand to you are
some of them; you may publish them if you
please; have no objection to placing them in
your hands for the purpose Of having fac
si,niles of them taken for publication; of
course know DR.. Livingstone's handwriting
well, as have corresponded with him and
seen him write; this letter you now show me,
the original of the fac-simile published in the
HERALD, is DR.. David Livingstone's handwrit-
ing /; can swear to it.
Quite enough, witness, from you you can
stand aside with thanks, while we remind the
Jury that all Of these letters written years ago
o Mr.. Stearns by Dr. Livingstone and pub
ished in the HERALD to-day, are in exactly the
'ame handwriting as the fac-simile republished
o-day in the HERALD, and that hence they
bear just as much similarity to the letter writ
ten by Stanley to Noe in 1866-67. It is not
probable that Stanley forged Livingstone let
ters from Zanzibar in 1866, when he was in the
United States. 1t will be observed that in
these letters occur many expressions and
constructions of sentences peculiar to
DR.. Livingstone, and which readily iden-
tify them as being of the same author
ship as the letters recently brought by
Mr.. Stanley. This is our case, except that we
shall soon place before the jury the tac-similes
Of the letter published in the London Graphic
and the letters written to Mr.. Stearns. We
claim to have disproved the testimony of the
Sun, and hence it is unnecessary to impeach its
witness. If the Livingstone-Stanley letters
are forgeries they are so admirably done as to
deceive the cautious and experienced gentle
men of the British Foreign Office, to take in
the learned members of the London Geograph-
ical Society and to impose upon the nearest
relations of the great explorer. Hence it is
clear that the letters must be more like DIR.
own handwriting than they are
ike the handwriting Of Stanley in 1867 and
1868, and the wonderful discovery of the SIM
larity between the letters of Livingstone and
Stanley falls to the ground
tits unnecessary to allude to the fact that. to
commit the fraud suspected by
hose unwilling to believe, Mr.. Stanley must
not only have been gifted with wonderful skill
as forger, but must have possessed super