The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-01

EPTEMBER l, l872.-TRIPI
Doctor Livingstone's Dread OF Fancy
ogrsphers I'm Geography.
A HERALD special despatch from London,
which appears in our pages to-day, indicates
very plainly that the Independent mind of the
British nation lis about to emancipate itself
from the would-be control of the stay -at-h home
scientists of the hour, and that it
will accept enlightenment in geography,
as in all other matters appertaining
to public education, when it is afforded from
lack the direction of the associated savans of
the Royal Societies The London Standard,
very careful paper, published an
article yesterday defending Mr.. Dawson
for his action in support of Mr..
Stanley against the Royal Geogrsphists.
who attempted to deny the accuracy of his
detail of the finding Of Livingstone. The
English press writer states that the Royal Geog-
raphists did not care 80 much to aid LIVING
stone as to get hold of his narrative of discov-
cries, and thus be enabled to manipulate the
detail so as to make it suit their own views
In support of this position the Standard
reproduces letter which Livingstone ad-
dressed to Lord Clarendon in the year 1868,
wherein the great and very cautious ex-
plorer denounces such projects, and OK
presses his terrible dread of such fancyogra-
phy-another peculiar yet very forcible word
md oIo 10 Coz
ting the result ofhis labor to be "desecrated" by
self-sufacient and ignorant persons. Living
stone in truth wishes, as he said in the letter
to Clarendon, to be the guardian" of his
town observations till publication. This
statement answers sufficiently the queries why
his travels to the Royal Geographical
Society by the hands of Mr.. Stanley. 1t
proves also that the explorers head remains
perfectly ''level," for the reason that he re-
collected the fancyographers and feared their
theoretical Preside discoveries
Austria's Position In the Imperial
Congress.
His Excellency Count Andrassy has conde-
scended to give the peoples of the Old World
an inkling of the attitude which his imperial
master, the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria,
will assume in the council of the great Crowns
at Berlin. The information is conveyed in the
form of an official circular addressed to the
Ambassadors of the Empire serving abroad
A portion of the contents of the paper has
been permitted, as it appears from our news
telegram, to leak out for publication.
From this it will be seen that the Austrian
monarch is made. or has undertaken, to play
the part Of an interpleader between the mon
arches and the democracy of Europe. He
assures the French Republic of his good will,
leaving it to be inferred that some persons, or
somebody has become afraid lest the heads of
the great royalst houses would attempt to con-
spire for reaction against the progress of the
popular march to self-government. Or it may
be that Franz Joseph has thought of 1848-the
moment of his accession to the throne-of the
''risirgs" in Vienna at that time, and of the
revolution in Hungary, and that, experiencing
the flow of "a new set of noble affections in
his heart, he is calculating whether, with all
his personal chivalry and dash, itwould not be
more glorious, or more safe, to march with the
masses than to oppose their course to-day. He
has seen the people ''out'' in VIENNA sight
Alexander has not witnessed in st. Petersburg.
Emperor William can speak wisely of the effect
of such demonstrations; so there remains little
doubt but that very important results will
ensue from the congregation of the Crowns.
Count Andrassy states that "the prompt de-
velopment of the civilization and wealth of
Turkey will be grand object with the
sovereigns. Perhaps we have the whole case
in nutshell here, although it is difficult to
understand how the civilization of Turkey
can be developed by the 10y pontifs of three
great Church subdivisions of Christianity. The
wealth of Turkey is another thing.
THE WEEK IN WALL STREET wound up dull
for gold and stocks. sudden acceleration of
the demand for money was credited to poorer
showing of the banks as revealed in their
weekly statement, made public yesterday.
NEWS AND PASSENGERS FROM THE FAR
EAsT.-The steamship Alaska, which arrived
at San Francisco yesterday, supplies the tele-
graph news report from Japan and China
which appears in the columns of the HERALD
to-day. She landed also very valuable
cargo, with number of passengers for the
United States and Europe The relations
existing between Japan and Corea remain in
an exceedingly delicate position, indicative of
war, which, should it occur, will be likely to
evolve variety of interests affecting the
foreign Powers The policemen who MUIR
dered the members of family in Yokohama
were executed The Kioto exhibition will be