The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-28


springs, which form countless rivulets and i'm
posing rivers There are lakes and mountains,
but the streams have one central direction ana
many ages the Doctor has within what ne deems
easy settlement, and he has pushed away into the
wilderness to resume his restless investigation.
The picture OF this lonely man, ''sticking to his
work like Briton,n Is one OF sublime interest. The
mere solution of the question OF the source OF the
Nile seems unimpOrtant, but Its bearing upon the
future OF Africa as civilization Is extended there
and as commerce and trade open the continent, Is
new worlds. Columbus and Vasco de Cana and
their warlike followers, De Solo, Bilboa, the early
Christian missionaries, were all derlded ana 1ul-
tarianlsm then asked, as now, to what good does
all this tend Three centuries have answered the
question and convinced the most sceptcal
From the Brooklyn Union, July 28.l
THE HERALD's TRIUMPH.
Up to the present time there have been doubts in
the minds OF clear-headed men as to the genuine
ness OF the HERALD's dispatches about the dis
covery OF DR.. Livingstone, and these doubts were
well founded, for it was very remarkable, and very
mysterious, too, that, while 80 many letters were
published from Mr.. Stanley, the HERALD's adven-
turOus exploring agent, not line was known to
have been received from DR.. Livingstone himself,
who would naturally have been most anxious to
communicate with his friends and with the English
government. But, at last, all doubts are removed
by the publication to-day Of letter from
triumph OF the HERALD Is complete. Every one
will rejoice In the successful termination of an en-
terprise which at first seemed QuixOtic and which
has been treated with nippant Jeers and scornful
jests until Its triumphant success compels the ad
miration OF the world. the letter OF the great
ducti0n, full OF enthusiasm and almost childish
frankness OF expression. The stout-hearted and
simple-minded explorer Is the first European since
the time OF HerOdotus who has penetrated into the
unknown land where he was found whose sole mis-
sion was other than to obtain slaves and
has for ages been kept from Christianity and civil
lzation that the Portuguese and the petty Sultan
Of Zanzibar may continue the traffic In slaves The
HERALD OF course, makes the most of its oppor-
tunity, and devotes its pages almost exclusively;
and 1t may boast Of giving more important inior-
the Royal Geographical Society has been able to do
in twenty years.
From the Brooklyn Eagle, July 26.l
Those newspapers which have been camoring for
time for proof of Mr.. Stanleys and the
HERALD's enterprise must certainly be satisfied by
the publication to-day OF a letter signed "David
Livingstone" and bearing every intrinsic mark OF
authenticity Leaving aside the characteristic
tendency of the HERALD to magnify what needed no
magnifcation to ensure it place among the
phenomenal adventures OF the age. and the boshy
introduction of Livingstone's ''most highly inter-
eslng special communication" by the HERALD
agent in London, we come upon a genuine letter
from the explorer himself the first he has written,
or that has reached civilization, for many years. 1t
Ia brief and graphic. Beginning by thanking Mr..
Bennett for the "extreme Kindness which prompted
him to send'' Mr.. Stanley-an extreme Kindness
which we in New York are apt to think was not I'M
mixed with an acute perception OF the advertising
advantages OF the missiOn-the Doctor goes on to
explain the condition in which his discoverer found
him. Sore Ofheart, 'baffied worried, defeated and
forced to return" when almost within sight OF
successful result Of lites labors, mere ''rucke"
imagine the gratitude with which the stern old eX.
plOrer sighted the American flag
The starry flag of inspiration.
and received the material succor OF the brave
Stanley. In describing their first meeting Living
stone writes few simple, touching words, which
show that he has lost among the wids Of Equatorial
batea as writer before he became World Known
as an explorer. 81 am as cold and undemOnstra-
tive as we islanders are usually reported to be-"
he says, "but your kindness made my frame thrill"
He then gives brief resume OF his abors and their
results-results are sorry to believe, sadly out
OF proportion to the immense energy and heroic
persistence he has given to their accomplishment.
But there is one paragraph OF his letter, having
nothing to do with the sources OF the Nile, which
will interest all who have at heart the progress of
human liberty Livingstone frankly declares that
the suppression OF the slave trade on the east
moment than the discovery OF all the Nile sources
together In this great work he invites the CO.
operation OF the great American republic
The fact Of Livingstone's existence, then, IL
settled beyond cavil. But what are the chances OF
his ultimate success From his letter 1t seems that
he has travelled 800 miles OF the South Central
Africa watershed country; but there are still 100
miles more of it to explore, and this last hundred,
as Livingstone says is the most interesting OF the
whole When this task shall have been accom-
pshed, the explorer must proceed along the banks
OF the river formed by the last OF the great fOun-
tains in the watershed country, and this river,
he says Is one OF several which he has heard OF
frequently, and at great distances or" 1t will in
al Eas 1 ne ne es Of
Livingstone. for he has determined TO accomplish
his work or literally perish IN the attempt. Mean
while the expedition OF Stanley will probably have
the effect OF inducing other parties OF adventurers
to 90 in search OF Livingstone, and possibly to
remain with him, sharing his abors and tightening
his heart.
From the Newark IN. J) Register, July 27.l
The most doubling Thomas will have certain
proof of the discovery OF DR.. Livingstone by the
HERALD expedition, in reading the admirable and
wedeserved letter of thanks to Mr.. Bennett from
the veteran explorer He very tcrsely describes
his forlorn condition when baflled, worried de.
feated and forced to return to Ujiji by the rob-
berry OF his attendants, WHEN within grasp of
his object the discovery OF the source Of the Nile
and the four historic fountains he met assistance
and sympathy in the person OF Mr. Stanley. He
then tells how he was cheered and enlivened
by the long budget Of wondrous news that the
HERALD man poured into his ears; events that
had condensed q century into a few years. The
safe laying OF the Atlantic cables, the Franco-Prus-
sian war, the French Republic aud the great strides
towards popular liberty everywhere-these and
other marves the newcomer related TO his Illus
trious companion, aud this had an immediate and
DeneUCldl eUeCL upon HIS lnJurcU HealLl Dr. LlV-
ingstone thinks that his discoveries will produce
more benefit in the suppression OF the African slave
trade In Zanzibar and elsewhere on that continent
than all the wealth or learning lie Will add to
geographical science. our contemporary is to be
congratulated upon its brilliant success In this
matter. IL Is quite right in supposing that the
province OF a great newspaper can hardly be cir
cumscribed while there Is anything left to know
or 90.
From the New York Evangelist Presby terian,
July %.
The satisfaction almost amounting TO exultation,
with which the civilized world has heard-through
the enterprise OF the NEW YORK HERALD-of the
discovery OF DIR. Livingstone, unwilllngy arrested
In his career Of African exploration, has tended to
exclude from just appreciation the real sgnih-