The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-25
MvINGsT0NE's DISCOVERIES.
Comments OF tho Foreign Press ON the
Herald's Expedition to Aid the Great
Traveller.

contained 30 wildly romantic and so startlngy
wonderful story as that which has Just been tcd 10
us OF the fortunes that befe Mr. Stanley In his quest
after Livingstone and OF the most strange circum-
stances under which the object Of that quest was
fulfilled. The whole narrative reads, indeed, more
like forgotten episode from the travels OF some
Marco Polo or vasco di Gamo than, as 1t is,
truthful and unvarnished extract from the
severe chronicle OF nineteenth century fact.
History has known and preserved the memory OF
many great meetings between many great men; of
the Irresistible cries Of triumph and Joy which have
burst from the lips of multitudes or individuals
when they have suddenly beheld that which they
had travelled YEARLY but hopefully hundreds Of
miles to view. The meeting between Stanley and
Livingstone will take Its place in the catalogue Of
memorable historic scenes beside those-the two
central figures in which were wellington and Napo-
leon after the battle which wrecked the fortunes OF
the latter or the German monarch and Napoleon III.
the unexpected sight OF Livingstone, seated in the
midst Of concoarse Of Ujni citizens, was IS vel:
% as 10 mac o %
the old Greeks in the course OF their great retreat
to exclaim, ':lhalassa thaassa p or which swelled
the heart Of COrtes with the emotion that has fed
glimpse Of the longed-for ocean from the topmost
friendly hand Which he grasped after
exile Of sx yeas s should nave
atlantic enterprise should by Its private and unas-
sisted efforts have succeeded in equipping the ex-
petition which has found the great African
traveller, and which all Englishmen-save, indeed,
the members of the English government-would
fam have seen issue from their own shores
Let us recapitulate briefly the wonderful nara.
tive of Mr.. Stanleys adventures and yicissitudes.
The mere statement of them viii be the best
tribute which we can pay to his consummate
missioner Of the NEW YoRx HERALD has, found
prosecuted in the face of dangers which at
one time well-nigh threatened to prove fatal,
and in the teeth of difficulties which to man or
less resolution than Mr.. Stanley has shown himself
to be, would have been insurmOuntable. on leav-
ing Zanzibar on tie 23d OF June 1871 intending to
Mr. Stanley found that Mlrambo, King OF Ujasa In
consequence OF a feud with the neig boring Arab
tribes had peremptorily proho,tea the passage OF
at once determined to make common cause with
the Arab assailants of King Miranda, and the
which they waged that that monarch beat
one morning summary retreat ana LETT his enc
Arabs endeavored to dIssuade Mr.. Stanley by all
the terrifying anecdotes which they could muster,
from pursuing his journey to UjJi But the gallant
warded for his determination by finding himself, on
the Sd Of November-ra more than four months
after the start from Zanzlbar,within sight Of the
the iH of the place as much as
possible he tmproyised procession esyo with his
appearance and made up for their numerical
insuniciency by dlscharging their firearms as they
din, who locked out in great crowds, filing the air
with deaieninR noises, and beating violently on
their rude musical instruments" In the centre Of
one OF these crowds Mr.. Stanley saw ga pale-lOOk-
ing, gray-bearded white man, whose fair skin
strongly cOntrasted with the sunburnt visages of
those by whom he was surrounded. The white man
was clad in red wooden jacket, and wore upon his
head naval cap encircled by faded gold band"
yae ahpd hp
stone face to lace. But knowing that the
Arabs set much by tranquil decorum OF demeanor,
siasm and exultaton which swayed him. preserved
an exterior Of unrufled imperturbability. ''Stan-
a sS hs great he
bowed and said DIR. Livingstone, presumeT" to
which address the latter, who was fully equal to
''Thus the two metr-to quote the HOmenc phrase,
and of Iomeric phrase the meeting Is really
worthysilently without any raptures of JOY, as If
they had only parted the day previous; nor was
1t TN late in the evening, when they were seated
to interchange anything like conversation
Stanley to tell DR.: Livingstone all that had passed
in Europe since the year OF grace 1899 OF DR. Liy
his traves and discoveries.
1t turns out that the conectures OF Sir Roderick
MurchsOn--wOuld that he could have lived TO wit
ness the triumphant confirmation OF his hopes.-on
the subject ofthcse latter was in each separate par
stones death were the cowardly nctions Of
the Johannamen, who thus sought to ex-
gallant Englishman. In March, 1866, Livingstone
left Zanzibar with the chief obects-first, to dis
cover the relation which the Chambes River had
both to the 2ambeZi and the Nile; secondly to in
vestigate what was the INSTRUMENTATION be-
tween the chain of giant lakes in the heart of the
African Continent. Peril, treachery and disease
to the dread trio DR.. Livingstone was perpetuaIy
exposed. Repeatedly was he left by his attendants,
save one or two who remained faithful. More than
once was he stricken down with Illness and on one
occasion he disabled by an attack OF ulcers on
the feet, attended with fever, for period OF six
months. Yet his stout heart never gave way; and
now he has done so much that the performance OF
the remainder OF his task Is humanity speaking,
certain DR. Livingstone has, we may believe at
has dehed successive generations OF investigators,
which beguilcd even Sir S. Baker, and has dscov.
cred the true source OF the Nile. He has traced
the stream OF the Chambesi, which Portuguese
geogrGphers had previously asserted to be trbu-
tary of the zambez within $50 miles ofthe mghtler
river and he has seen indications which leave
him no reasonable doubt that it is in the belt Of
the Chambesi that the sacred waters of Isis have
their BIRTH AS regards the African lakes, DR.. Lv-
ingstOne seems to have asceTtained that they form
one entire navigabe series, connected with the
coast by means OF streams which empty themselves
into the ocean, and that they can, they most
tainly will, be converted into highway of COM
merce, which will change the aspect Of the African
continent. For further particulars we must wait
as must be content to wait nearly two years be-
fore we see Livingstone Meanwhile we know that
he is safe and wei and strong and that he is within
sight OF the success for which he has lab0red with
such heroic courage and such miraculous endur-
ance.
From the Cork Telegraph, July 81
To the NEW YORK HERALD must be given all
praise for the liberality and genuine enterprisng
spirit it displayed in fitting out an expedition for
the discovery Of DIR. Livingstone, the great African
traveller The Doctor had been so long silent, he
had been so long lost and so many rumors had
been received concerning his death, that Europe,
and especially England, looked upon him as dead,
and were medtating upon fitting memorial to a
hn ttArS h.n Tho
world lasts Yet this American journal hoped
on against hope, and fitted out an expedition
under Mr.. Stanley to ascertain the fate Of the
ilustrious traveller. No better leader could have
been procured. Mr.. Stanley Is a man OF hon
courage and great perseverance, who, by deter
mlnation alone overcame almost insuImountable
difficulties and was enabled to march into ujiji as
conqueror. What meeting it must have been
the great traveller standing on one side among the