The New York herald., 1872-08-29

In me In that respect certainly"
INTERESTING REMINISCRN0Es.
''He would come down nom the house to the once
every day. and would often. In his genial whole
souled way rally On our commercial line Of life
and thought. Lookr9 he would say; mere you
poor fellows ere toIlng day after day, for many
rupees In the end. Why don't you start out and
do something tor the good Of your kind p He
often, indeed, pressed me to accompany him, and
always did In such gentle terms that the PROPOSE
ton was hard to reuse."
"He was busied during the time OF his stay with
| preparation ~
lit was his main thoughts but In the evenings
the pleasure OF his social converse and the
! strength and sincerity OF his views would shine
forth, with all the native ustrc Of smple thought
| full mind"
"You had controversies, then ~
"There was q gentleman among us OF the Unita-
rian faith, and the arguments between him and the
Doctor would I'LL many an hour with brilliant In
| structivenoss to those who listened."
"You had ample opportunity, then, to judge
soundy OF the man ~ N
GAS far as o man Of my observation can Judge "
replied Mr. Stearns. modestsy, II certainly had.
He lived with the Governor, Sir Bartle Frerc for
week or SO; but for rour months he was beneath
my roof and what Of godllne and man iness there
wore In him were before me like an open b0ok.n
leads to one OF the purposes OF this interview
namely, how your own observation tailed with
that OF the HERALD correspondent who met hims"
II have read" said Mr.. Stearns with emphasis,
'every word which has appeared In the HERALD in
relation to the succor Of Dr. Liyrgstone-corre-
spondence letters, press extracts, editorials and
al-because OF the deep personal interest they had
for mo. And of all this mass OF writing read
your correspondents last letter, descriptive Of
Doctor
LIVINGSTONE AS HE FOUND HIN AT UJIJI,
with most satisfaction. Laying aside the skill OF
the writer, it was perfect portrait OF the man.
know Livingstone. A quiet unassuming man,
never thrusting himself or his knowledge forward;
as brave as they make them; full OF quaint humor
and pious without any false display OF religion.
This, In few words, Is Livingstone as knew him,
and as such Stanley describes him."
STANLEY does not appear to have had such views
OF Livingstone when he started from Bagamoy0; at
least, he was helped to far different ones at Zan-
zibar"
II do not care to enter upon what your CORE
spondent's Views were before meeting Livingstone.
l am satisfied with his written Impressions after
they had been face to face. But observed more
than the likeness to the inner mau"
"What was that ~
STANLEY In his letters described things which he
could not have known beforehand. In the FIRST
place he mentions that Livingstone on starting had
THREE BUFFALoEs
with him. He could not have been aware OF this
fact which s confirmed In the first OF these letters
lying before US. As you see, the Doctor wrote for
ON extra supply, which forwarded; but they did
not reach him in time The first letters had to 90
via Seychelles, and the last letter is dated 1eth
February, 1885, He left tho coast to ascend the
Rovuma River at the end Of March. Another point
Is his
NAVY CAP WITH THE FADED GOLD BAND.
wear this Livingstone would say, because
am Her Majesty's consul, and 1t carries certain
weight with IT, You fellows are too careful OF your
selves, wearing nothing but topes Go out into the
sun and harden yourselves littep Then, again,
Stanley's description OF
L1vINGsTONE's SABBATH SERVICE
is such as the Doctor told me he always held when
1t was possible, never forgetting his duty mis-.
slonary. There numerous other instances,
which do not now recall, that strike me i'm
possible to know and combine together, except by
personal observation.
| THE AMERICANIsMs
"You are an American Mr.. Stearnsp ?"
| "Yes, sir. am native of Boston. My father Is
President Stearns OF Amherst College. do not
care to be mentioned in the papers, but if am the
public will know my father If not myself lived
| eleven years In India and travelled o good deal
there.v
"You can say something, then, with reference to
Doctor Livingstone using Americanisns pm
"The Doctor was o devoted admirer ofAmerlca. I
have heard him argue with enthusiasm the cause
of the North in the late war against the Southern
views Of other Englishmen. He had, therefore, o
liking for Northern men. His impressibil-
ity In the matter Of expression you may
| note in his usc in the third of these
letters Of the phrase some consderable,' which
certainly Stanley could not be accountable for.
His brother, Charles Livingstone, kept, possibly
still keeps, boarding house at Roxbury, Mass,
and his eldest son
| FELL FIGHTING FOR THE UNION
before Petersburg. think"
'You think, then, that there Is nothing unlikely
| in his use OF fAmericanisms ?"
'sHe told me himself that when returning from
| the Zambeze expedition 1t was with dinicuty ne
could bring himself to speak or write In the Eng
| lish language. At such time can imagine what
the effect upon him would be OF q chatty cor
respondent, with so mucn to tell"
THE DIFFICULTY OF COMPANIONS.
"He seems, however, to prefer travelling alone.n
"He is not man who would prefer isolation to
company, but he stated the difficulty to me in this
way:-'My companion should be a God.iearing man
OF strong constitution. Among ministers OF tho
Gospel willing to tempt the wilderness the choice
OF such is excessively narrowed. 1 could not
| run the risk OF having q weakly man upon my
hands; at any cost would not have man not OF
pious heart. The influence for evil OF even one
such is incalculable, between the passions he
would surely Stir in the natives and the
evil erect of gratifying his low desires.'
| The Doctor then recalled his visit TO the
Shire country, when the Portuguese wormed their
| way after him, calling themselves his children. A
year afterward, when he returned, he found the
land
| skeletons Of the natives and the ruins Of villages
the only sign Of life that short time before was
| throbbing there. II there was any hatred In
Doctor Livingstone's heart 1t was against these
| Portuguese, and
THE ENERGY OF HIS APPEAL TO THE HERALD