The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-08


the movements or civilization" when be had told
] everything y was Or. Hvingstone's turn; but the
H. s s OF Ss sSt
Ss re- rs rsss sss .9s ,9asss
whose long years of exile had at length
been frightened by sudden glimpse OF that vast
OUT the eager explorer who had at last found the
man Of whom all the world was anxious to hear,
meet aud mingle In the dawn of history for any
parallel scene. Mr.. Stanley stayed four months
his risks The account he gives OF the intrepidity
and forbearance OF the great traveller Is Key TO
the fact that. IN condition 9, society which n
nature 10 o state of war, ne has so long been
safe We shall SO soon have Mr.. stanleys
Livinsstonos Journal, that scraps reported nom
an evenings chat have but partial interest; the
his journal is actually in Europe, that letters rom
| him have been delivered in London, and that In
few days his intrepid dscoverer will be IN our
| midst.
The glimpse now given OF DR.. Livingstone's De.
moods e be snPPiementfe a y tt vinG
stone b Of opinion that the whole or nearly the
| whole lake system OF Central Africa is connecteS
with the Nile This opinion may ut least serve 10
rsphers, who, in the safe secluson Of their libra.
and settle the now OF rivers by sarcasm or
q syllOgism. II is, however, not vet proved
lakes discovered by Sir Samuel Baker and the vast
lake and river system discovered by DR.. Living
stone l. s clear that the vast equatorial lakes
umcs to brave 1000 miles OF desert journey ana
the evaporation OF the driest atmosphere In the
streams. DR.. Livngstone's discovery that the
level Of the Lake Tanganyka is higher than that OF
position that they are links in great
river chain more than probable. The actual
Is has t to
II ls satisfactory to know that he has set iorth
With new condolences and reinyigorated strength METH
HIS three years OF encouragement are over C1vh-
cation has stretched hand to him. and ne
knows that the eyes Of two continents
va. u Taught n' 20 me sup sSsS native
by his three escapes in one day that DR.: Living
Be- e Ssa by 81 puc Opinion
! true that we have not yet had DR.. Livingstone's
own words, and that we have yet to hear direct
after being 80 long lost and so often reported Dead
DR.. Livingstone has given evidence Of his con
Of the public that he will yet appear among us with
the long sought secret OF the rise OF the great river
| OF pIimeyal civilization In his hand.
From the London Post July 21.l
| In this unromantic age the old apothegm holds
| good that extremes meet, and accordingly We
ind In an age Of facts and figures stories and sur
roundings OF as true chivalry as ever adorned the
pages Of Froissart. Livingstone is a real knight
errant though his lady-l0ve be fair Science
| and Mr.. Stanley is as bold and venturesome o
chevaer as ever rode to the rescue In a hard
fought combat. 1t is impossible to read Living
stones letter to Mr.. James Gordon Bennett
| without feelings Of admiration for the enterprise
which could prompt the owner Of q great
| New York paper to- send of a correspondent in
quest OF an Englishman lost In Central Africa.
| n
huge expenditure, with the certainty Of no cor
responding profit; for the sale OF the HERALD will
| only be augmented on the days OF the publication
Of LivingstOnes letters by few dollars not worth
reckoning. 1t involved terrible risk Of life. for It
Is o wonder that Mr.. Stanley has survived his
twenty attacks OF fever and the thousand other
per!ls Of his journey, to return-a man so changed
that his friends cannot recognize him-tO tell the
story Of his expedition. The whole tale Is 80 mar
vellous that there were not wanting critic who on
| Its first announcement accused the American ex.
plorer of drawing upon his Imagination for
| his facts. His veracity, which should never
! have been put In question, is now amply con-
| nrmed by LivingstOnes own dispatches, one
| Of which. published in the NEW YORK HERALD
| Of yesterday. we are enabled, by the courtesy Of
the representative OF that journal IN London, to
encing the .tRr which livingstone so a snH
bly, describes Here was an adventurer lost. His
Se ad s as 81 on
and cruel disappointment, and found himself desti-
tue Of resources in the centre Of Central Africa
"a ruckle OF bOnes," and every bone full OF pain
still his great heart did not despair, and he won
rumor Of succor reached him. and one of his people
aft ses S sssPns sne E EnSs
man arrived Livingstone saw him approach, his
| caravan bearing the American nag. He was
| American. but ''blOOd Is thicker than and
among the black savages the two men who met
we're truly Of one racemof the same aspect, speak.
| lofty traditions and noble aspirations The first
time the American nag ever appeared in those un-
which deserved the welcome 1t met with-"Let the
richest blessings descend from the Highest on you
our countryman, and his grand exploit win be re-
corded for the example and admiration Of genera
lions VINO t WI nave long the
or LivingstOnes discoveries, OF which we have
received a. yet but the merest outlines, shall
! hear more when all the documents brought home
are given to the world We can wait for the details
OF ''the four fountains which arise from earthen
mound,n and for the full confirmation of Hero
dotus. The event OF the day is personal; and II we
desire to do honor to Livingstone, to advance the
nigh feelings aroused by his Wonderful career 70 ane
his noble rescue, we cannot do better than to listen
| to his words and to carry out his wishes:-'Ifn
! says he, smy disclosures regarding the terrible
Ujan slavery should lead to the suppression of the
East Coast slave trade l shall regard that as q
greater matter Dy lar IMAM Inc discovery OF all the
Nile sources together" and his appeal to the great
nation which has rescued him. and to the nation
which sent him out, Is TO use their vast and con-
joint influence for the benefit Of suffering mankind
Mr.. Stanley conveyed to the Great Traveller
.'kind and encouraging" dispatches from Lord
Clarendon whose loss he depl0red, and who would
have been among the first to listen to his fervent
appeal: lie brought him also the assurance Of aid
and relief Of every description; but for the time
Livingstone describes himself as dependent upon
the money resources placed at his disposition by
be no lack OF disposition in this country to &C.
knowledge the debt. which 1t Is indeed pleasure
to Owe--a debt which can only be repaid In kind by
o. sincere good feeling and warm and brOtherly
q disposition that which prompted the chivalrous
and honor.