The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-28

''Wuen Livingstone was In LONDON some years
ago." they said, che was dark compile l0ned."
Perhaps SO; but In the midst OF an African horde
Dr. Livingstone would be recognizable at once as a
In the first case the doubt is annihilated by the
fact that DR.. Livingstone did write several letters
England besides one at least to Mr. j. G. Bennett OF
the NEW YORK HERALD which, through the cour-
tesy OF this gentleman was published In the Press
to bring these with him to England and was pru-
dent in his decision. Had he entrusted them to
the mail bags, and any accident destroyed or MIS-
laid or detained them 1t would probably have been
declared with an ~ tOld-you-sOl" emulation, that
his story was fiction, and that his mission was
myth. The letters and their bearer have arrived In
London, and certainty has dspelled all doubt.
Livingstone has been discovered and recovered
was sent out by the NEW YORK HERALD to ascertain
the fate Of the ilustrious man, British subject,
very existence had become subject Of uncertainty
and dread. The British government had declined
sending an expedition to Africa In quest OF him;
the expense, it was said, would be too cOnsidera-
BILE. Then the NEW YORK HERALD. regardless OF the
cost, sent an expedition OF its own, headed by the
young Missourian, Henry M. Stanley. by him the
darkness was cleared away; and Livingstone, be-
sides obtaining an opportunity OF communication
with "home; sweet home received such material
imposed task OF geographical discovery.
In the whole history Of journalistic enterprise,
to approach this. The New YORK HERALD, by its
Stanley Livingstone expedition. has made the
world its debtor.
From the New York Evening Mail, July 27.l
There has been considerable criticism OF the letter
OF DIR. Livingstone to Mr.. Bennett, transmitted by
cable to the HERALD and published by that paper
yesterday. Some doubts have been thrown on its
genuineness, and the style Of the letter has been
commented upon In manner not very favorable
to the great explorers literary reputation. To our
mind the very peculiarities which have offended
the critics are those which establish most strongly
the genuneness OF the letter, 1T not utterly
absurd to suppose that the HERALD ia spending
tens Of thousands of dollars In cabling forgeries.
The second letter, which is published to-day, Ia
| longer and far more important than the first
| The cost OF its transmission by cable must have
been enormous, but the HERALD has made a good
investment in the expenditure. This second letter
| has more sngularities OF expression than the FIRST
| Some inaccuracies and instances of bad grammar
must be attributed to the cable operators, but this
| explanation Is far from sufficient for all the
literary blemshes and eccentricities OF expression.
! The right method OF accounting for these In our
| for so many years isolated. IRON civilization
that his mind has lost, to large degree,
fo H by reading and daily contact with cult
waited men, He writes like man who is full OF i'm
poi tant facts which he wants to communicate with
| the utmost directness and simplicity and who does
not care to elaborate his statements for mere
| literary effect.
| The letter published by the HERALD this morning
abounds in expressions that are more vigorous
| than elegant, but 1t contains wonderful amount
Of information, and brings before us vivid pictures
has lived for so many years. Take his
description OF the African women as q speci
the q great curse that has ace@ them
involved them in wars and degraded them has been
| the slave trade, and the explorer devotes nearly
the whole OF his letter to this subject, although he
also describes the general characteristics OF the
! great table land region of Africa with remarkable
| vivdness. He returns to the slavery question
be better to lessen human woe than to discover the
sources of the Nile" but his revelations concern
I Inn ntrvn nd III more tn
celerate the breaking OF the slave trade than the
most eloquent appeals.
From the Boston Post July 27.l
| The brief story OF DR.. Livingstone's trials and
travels and abors, as told by himself in his letter
| to Mr.. Bennett is volume compressed into sin
| gle epistle. 1t sketches route of exploration
whose difficulties and dangers have never been sur
passed, In working out the task set for him even
when its accomplishment seemed forbidden by fate.
1t tells OF perseverance more than wonderful and
| of a persistence truly Scottish in its strength.
| Shut out from the world for years, surrounded by
barbarous nations, attended only by treacherOus
servants, finding stores and remittances plundered
and lost on their way through the jungle before they
reached him, and even considered at home as one
| dead and forever out OF the reach or human aid,
the appearance OF his rescucr with supplies, letters,
news and encouragement may well have stirred
Observation-Disclosures" The letter which he writes in
acknowledgment OF the Kindness that sought him
out and put him In the way OF continuing his explo-
rations is the first word that has been received d.
rect from the adventurer since his immurement in
the untrodden wilds of Africa; and the TACT that 1t
was called forth by an American and addressed to
one OF the nation is q suficent warrant for a
| feeling OF national pride on our part.
From the Boston Advertiser, July GIL
We presume that the reception Of the letter adj
dressed by DR.. Livingstone to Mr. James Corridor
Bennett will dissipate all doubts in regard to the
fact of SANKEY'S discovery Perhaps If the grea
African explorer had been more recently from tn,
| haunts OF civilized men he would have laid les
stress ON the 'kIndness' OF SANKEY'S employer
and been less profuse in his expressions. ofgrati
tude. To him no doubt, however the relief brOugh;
was real, and he could not have known that the
! HERALD undertook the expedition rather from a
| desire to show enterprise" than from a feeling OF
have the story Of DR.. Livlngstone's hardship and
suffering We are more than ever struck with the
indomtablo perseverance which led him to carry
out TO the end his undertaking. He was so grimly
in earnest that he put aside the idea OF despair as
out OF the question because it was so ludicrous. Not
very logical perhaps, but when was pluck ever lOg
| caY He even read punch and the Saturday heUie,f
| for news, and not for amusement az is the case
with most readers Of the lightest and heaviest O
| periodicals..
From the Poughkeepse Eagle, July OIL
DIR. LrviNGsToNE.-The NEW YORK HERALD has
accomplished a wonderful feat in the finding OF Dr.
Livingstone I'm this matter has shown splendid en-
terprse and, with DR.. Livingstone the whole coun-
try will thank young Mr.. Bennett for his great gene
rosity and indOmtable pluck. That Stanley should he
the first to find 'the mere ruckle OF bones" as
DR.. Livingstone expressed himself, Is triumph for
American journalism and American enterprise the
Importance Of which cannot be cOnjectured. The
HERALD has done nobly, and should he Justly ac-
corded all praise.
From the Trenton IN. j. Gazette, July 27.l
All doubts as to the discovery and safety OF the
great African explorer, Doctor Livingstone, are
concusvcly set at rest by the letter which we pub
sh on the first page OF to-days paper, from the
famous traveller to the editor Of the NEW YORK
HERALD, who organized the successful expedition
for the discovery of the discOverer. IL is a
pity that MT. Bennett, Sr., could not have lived a
lew days longer to receive this gratifying letter
from Dr. Livingstone, and this triumphant evidence