The New York herald., 1872-09-18
THE SECOND AMERICAN EXPEDITION.

Stanlcy's Latest Report from the Party
OF Aid Which He Despatched to Liv.
ingstone.
The news which Is conveyed in the special tele-
gram report from Zanzibar and Bombay, which we
publish above, is of the greatest interest and i'm
portance. 1t announces Livingstone well in health
and still at Unyanyembe, awaiting the arrival of the
second relief expedition which was despatched to
his succor and aid by the commander Of the
american HERALD Search Corps, by whom he was
first discovered. But this Is not all. Our special
despatch brings news Of the state OF health and
local position OF the explorer on the I'd OF July,
only two months and fourteen days ago.
Then, again. the telegram is dated In Bombay,
India, at halfpast four O'Clock yesterday afternoon
was received at the HERALD News Bureau in Lon
don some short time subsequently; transmitted to
New York through the Atlantic cable in the after
noon; received at the HERALD building at seven
O'Clock in the evening and published in the pages
OF our first press issue this morning.
Asia, Europe and America In instantaneous COM
puncation with Africa just at handl
Route OF the Second American Relief
Corps.
In explanation OF the contents OF our special news
telegram from Bombay we republish from the COL
umns of the HERALD the sub, oined letter Of Mr.
Stanley in which he announced to the latest al
vices which he had had from the expedition which
he sent out with material aid to Livingstone sub
sequent to his own personal interview with the
LONDON, Sept /, 1872.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
received the following letter from gentleman
at Zanzibar, whom requested before leaving there
to forward me any particulars Of the expedition
forwarded to DR.. Livingstone before l left that
island:-
MY DEAR Mr.. STANLEY-I am very glad to be
able to forward you some intelligence from your
last expedition although l fear 10 Is not, perhaps,
what you may expect; but you know an Arab IS
now doing slowly what you formerly accomplished
messenger bringing letters from one Amer bin
Salim, a relative OF Sheikh Hashid's, who is in
charge OF 'soiarin (caravan of his, written at
matters, reached here four days snce and reports
passing your expedition at place, called Mpwa.
pwa that all the people were all right and had lost
no men or goods. He says ne reached the coast ten
days after passing them. II this Is SO they have
made slow progress. He may have made mistake
In his count; you can judge, however, from the
place they had reached. Amer bin Sa!im writes
that the Doctor was Eat Unyanyembe all right" l
have not heard that any letters have been received
from him. ALI Zanzibar friends are well.
have extracted from the letters such news as
thought would interest your readers Mpwa-pwa
Is the village in Usagara where my Scotch assistant
Farquhar died. It is the halfway place to Unyan-
yembe for loaded caravan. 1t is on the verge OF
the sterile region. According to the messengers
they we're met on the 9Th OF July. Within twenty
five days from Mwpapwa the caravan could easily
reach the Doctor We will say, then, that on the 1st
OF August the Doctor received his stores and let
ters, and what is as important, his men. My
friend means when he says ''had lost no men" that
none had deserted. The doctor intended to have
stopped ten days at Unyanyembe after getting his
stores and then pursue his journey, which would
make 1t the 10th of August when he left Unyan
ycmbe. Within twenty days allowing for oil con
tingenccs-he must be somewhere near Mrcra In
Central Uconongo HENRY M. STANLEY.