Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1872-07-30
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JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.,: 4~@ 8
DEAR SIR-1 beg leave to transmit To-
you the following important md 1nDst
highly interesting special communie1xJ6n
received in this city from Dr. IivinkueOnSe
by Mr.. Stanley's mail from Africs, c0U4
veying the thanks Of the explorer 10 tie J
editor of the New York Herald ~ &k
successful Organization Of the Af16f5nn
search expedition, which has pIkee6 ~.
long lost traveller again in cotnmunlc6sioh
with civilization. Very respectfully, -
Agent N. Z. Herald, London: "
Living.ton..s Lstter q rkaaks. ~. -.
UJ1JI, ON THE TANGASY1KA, East So
November, 1871. -
jams GORDON BENNETT, JR., ESQ.,:
Ny DEAR SIR-It is in geseral, soue-
what difficult to write to one we have nev-
er seen, 1t feels 50 much like addressing
an abstract idea, but the presence Of yo1f
representative, Mr.. II. NJ. Stanley, n this
distant region takes away the strsnesnssal
should otherwise have felt. xnd n
writing to thank You for the extreme kiod-
ness that prompted you to send him, fell
quite at home. If explain the iof16fn
condition in which he found me, yop. WIN
easily perceive that I had good reaeon u
use very strong expressions Of gratitude.
| came to Ujiji on q tramp Of between
400 and 500 miles, beneath . blazing ver-
tical sun. having been afaed, worried. de-
feated and forced to return, when Almcst
in sight of the end Of the geoersphIcki
part of my mission, BY number u half
caste Moslem slaves, sent to me from Zan-
zibar, instead of men. The sore heart,
made still sorer by woful sights ] hAdneen
of mans inhumanity to man, reached and
told on the bodily frame and depressed 1t
beyond measure / thought Iwas dyingon
my feet. 1t is not too much to saI that Il
most every step Of weary ,sulry way Wa In
pain, and l reached Ujiji sners ''fuckls''
of bones. There found that some i've
hundred pounds sterling worth of goods
which had ordered from Zinzibaf Md
unaccountably been entrusted to . drunk
en-, half caste MoSlem tailor, Who, afke1
squandering them for sixteen months -
the way to Ujiji, finished by selling on N
that remained for slaves and ivory for him
self. He had "devined'' on the Koran and
found was dead. He had also written
to the Governor of Unyanyembe that 10
sent the slaves after Manyewa, who re-
turned and reported my decease and bee.
ged permission to sell off the few goods
his drunken appetite had spared. He,
however, knew perfectly well, from men
who had seen me, that Twas alive and
waiting for the goods and men. But as
for morality he is evidently an IDIOT, and
there being no law here except that Of q
dagger or musket. / had to sit down in
great weakness, destitute Of everything
save few barter cloths and beads, which
had taken the precaution to leave here
in case of extreme need. The near pros
pect Of beggary among the Uxzians made
me miserable. could not despair, be-
cause laughed so much at . friend, who,
on reaching the mouth of the Zawbezi.
said he was tempted to despair on break
ing the photograph of his wife. We could
have no success after that. Afterwards
the idea of despair had to me such smack
Of the ludcrous that it was out Of the ques-
tion. .~s 4. 80
Well, when l had got to the lowest
verge, vague rumors OF an English visitor
reached me. thought OF myself - he
the man who went down from Jerusalem
to Jerico, but neither priest, Levite nor
Samaritan could possibly pass my way
Yet the good Samaritan was close at hand,
and one of my people rushed up at the
top of his speed, and in great excitement
!
him." and off he darted to meet him. An
American flag, the first ever seen In thess
parts, at the head of caravan, told me
the nationality of the stranger. l am 30
cold and non-demonstrative, as we 1sland-
ers are usually reported to be, but your
kindness makes my frame to thrill. 1t
was indeed overwhelming, and said in
my soul, let the richest blessings descend
from the highest on you and yours.
The news Mr.. Stanley had to tell was
thrilling. The mighty political changes
on the continent, the success OF the At
lantic cables, the election of Gen. Grant
and many other topics rivited my attention
for days together, and had an immediate
and beneficial effect on my health. l had
been without news from home tor years,
save what could CLEAN from few Satur-1
day Reviews and Punch of 1868. My ap-
petite revived and in week began to
feel strong again. Mr.. Stanley brought
most kind and encouraging dispatches
from Lord Clarendon, whose loss sim
cerely deplore. the first have received
from the foreign office since 1866 and In
formation that the British Government had
kindly sent a thousand pounds sterling to
my aid. Up to his arrivslI was not awars
of any pecuniary aid. came unsalaried
but this want is now happily repaired ant
am anxious you and all my friends
should know that though uncheered b.
letters have stuck to the task my frient
Sir Roderick Murchison, set me witt
"John Bullish" tenacity, believing that al
would come right after all. The water
shed of South Central Africa is over 70(
miles in length. The fountains thereon
are innumerable. That is, 1t would take
mans lifetime to count them. From the
. watershed they converge into the iour
large rivers, and these again into Two
lightly streams in the great Nile vaLey.
. which begins in 10 degrees to Y degrees
south latitude. 1t was long ere lghs
h dawned on the ancient problem and gave
i. clear idea of the drainage. had 70 feel
e INV way and was generally cropping In the
dark for who cared where the river ran.
e We drank our fill and let the rest run BY.
The Portuguese. who visited Cassmbs.
r asked for slaves and ivory and heard Of