The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-11-28
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meg. in ale interior of Atrio,s.,, for ssvs. y,
sal 1ears past. He went out:under the
ausPiaos Of the Royal Geographical So
; oiety. And with. the encouragement Of
tho scientists Of England, to prosecute
the search for the SOURCES of the Nile,
thats old. aud battling mystery. It was
!. long q denbtfal question with his friends
in England whether lie was still living.
Sir RodsSiek MlIrohisop steadily. and
until bis own death, maintained that he
wasl, His .opIpioni however. seemed to
beI based upon ! doubtful reports and
vague differences. If alive, he was lost
at any rate; and his patron society, which
attempted to. sustain him, and keep np
eommnhication with him. hos beon in
maze of pothsr and uncertainty as to his
whereabouts. The great problem with
them became to-dscover the discoverer.
sodtood affairs: when American enter,
prise and psaeks beeked-hy long purse,
in the person Of James Gordon Bennett,
Of tho New York Herald, took delight in
entering the inviting field Of e1plora-
tion. TWAS fair game which Mr. Ben.
metz wps; .atlibesszJo hunt. and a.8pe
apportnnitysfor young America to show
old Europe tovyto do thIbgs. ACCORD
ingly Mr.. Bennett commissioned ono of
HIS reporters. M. Henry Ri. Stanley, to
find DR.. IGyingstone. and Mr.. Stanley
stood not upon the order of his going,
But went inoontinently and found him.
He was placky; aud not without expert
ence tn: :Esatarn Gtravelc He. had pfevi.
euslx reported. the campaigns of the
Rriiiah4 Fshy ih Abyssinia, and was the
frsE foiannoun to Europe and America
the Death the Abyssnian King Theo-
dosns.g Starting from zsnzibar, on the
IudiAb Ocean: he made his way into the
heart, tof central Africa. and reached
Uiiii. on the E .stern shore of Lake
Tanganyika, in latitude about 81 de.
grees South, Of the Equator. Sidney
Smith once. complained. of man, for
speaking, ,disrespettfolly OF the Equator.
We will try TO- avoid ineurring similar
oensnre. But this We will say: The
Equator had not treated DR.. Livingstone
we'll. e He was fpnndin' its neighborhood
in 3 soEr5 plight being nothing else, to
. use his own Scotch way of stating it,
but "a ruck OF bones.'' He did not
wait for formal introduction to Mr..
Stanley. He was glad to see him, as
Stanley was glad to be through with that
much of his job. So they hob-nobbed
together there at Uiiii very sociably.
Stanley relieved his wants. and cheered
him with choice bits OF news from the
civilized world, such as the American
civil war, the abolition of slavery in the
United States, the death OF Abraham
Lincoln. the war of Franoe and Prussia,
eto. He received from, him, in turn, a
narrative of his discoveries and trials,
and the scheme OF his proposed further
Journey Of 700 miles to solve some points
connected with the MAO sources. The
old gentlemen was game. but little
daft, we think. He was 'unhealthily
hippant and festive, especially upon the
lovely forms and features of the African
damseis Of Unyanyambe. Blu. he was
far away from the kirk, and out of reach
Of the session. So he talked quite gaily
and with impunity. Stanley returned
TO Zanzibar, and thence TO Alden, on the
Red Sea, where Mr.. Benefits thanks
and congratulations reached him from
New York.
This WAS no email achievement, GER
tainly, as those will readily oonoede who
have any tolereble knowledge of the in
credible difficulties in the nature OF the
country, and in the dispositions and
habits OF the natives, to satisfactory
travel and research amongst them. The
journey must have been toilsome and
disheartening in the extreme At Adon,
Stanley telegraphed the news home. and
soon followed it mp with letters to tho
New York Herald, giving full particulars.
The world Was startled. Many doubted
whether the whole story was not a flo.
tion, and some even questioned whether
there was such person as Stanley. This