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

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with him on the i4th Of last March. leaving the
Doctor II not quite robust, at least reinforced
ton re-established with the civilized world.
and In tho secure realization OF his achieve.
ments thus far. II the Lualaba or Chambezi be
indeed the Nile, Baker Pacha Is IA likely as not to
be IN company with the Doctor before christmas
comes. At all events possess now the fruits or
his three years seclusion and toll; and though an
American has found Livingstone, It Is Livingstone
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glory as he deserves, and to pray that the same
meIciful Providence which guarded the great sx-
plorers life from the spears OF the savage and the
falling tree may restore him in safety to his coun
try, with the last vestige Of Afrlcas central mys
terry wrested from her, and proclaimed aloud for
the dement, OF science, commerce and all humanity.
From the London Telegraph July 21l
1t is again our privilege to be able to give this
morning the rst Of the two autograph letters sent
by DR.. Livingstone to the NEW YORK HERALD. There
Is second Of great length devoted to the subjects
of the slave trade in Africa and OF the geographi-
Cal, or rather photographed discoveries which
Livingstone has made during his long absence.
The contents Of this we will not now anticipate.
because we shall have the great pleasure OF pub.
fishing the writer's own most important words
and suf1clent for learned societies. geological geo.
graphical, anthropoogical, chronological and others
will be the discussion thereon. Nearer and more
precious to us, however, than the sources Of the
Nile are tho manly, simple words OF this
first epstie, In which the stout hearted pioneer OF
civilization thanks Mr.. Bennett for sending him aid
from the other side OF the world. "If explain"
he writes, "the forOrn condition In which Mr.. STAN
ley found me, you will easily perceive that have
good reason to very strong expressions graft
tude" And, indeed, when one considers the mat.
ter 1t Is an extraordinary thing which Mr.. Stanley
has achieved so quietly. While geographical
societies were cropping and p0ttering about sending
up caravans from the Zanzibar coast in charge OF
incompetent pioneers, and otherwise lettering or
cutting time and money to waste, Mr.. Bennett,
struck by sudden princey idea, telegraphed nom
Paris to Madrid for Mr.. Stanley. The lieuten.
ant found his chief In bed, and, In an
| interview Of five minutes all was settled.
"Have you any Idea where Livingstone is'"
| NO." "Wen, I think he Is living, and to
be found. VIII you try and ind him ?" Eyes"
| "GO0d. You can have unlimited credit Use your
own means; carry out your own plans. Good
night.r so, as yesterday related, originated the
HERALD search expedition. 1t is good specimen
OF the modern journalistic spirit, and Mr. Stanley,
indeed, has proved himself one Of that class Of
whom Machavel tells US, they understand a
thing OF themselves and do 1t forthwith" How
long Livingstone might have waited at Ujiji be-
fore help reached him from Europe 1t is as well
not to speculate. The probability, judging from
before any second source Of help could have
reached him. Happily we have, upon which to
stone has been found at last. at is'-to
uso his own words-'quite wonderful event."
The Arabs Of T held 1t "a sheer miracle nj, that
Unyanycmbe through the very. midst of hostile
tribes engaged in deadly and bitter war. II not a
enterprise and genius such as 1t has fallen to our
lot to chronicle have about them the elevation
| which all true hearts delight to acknowledge and
honor
But, eager as we are to hear all that Living
OF T he ays to of ten Of as ws
of her deep, wide rivers, OF her cataracts and
lagoons. OF her valleys and mountains, we yet
| are called back in moment from the wild fairy
land OF fancy thus opened to us, by sad
thoughtful sentence, full OF deep meaning, which
Bennett. 'Itn he writes, "my disclosures regard.
ing the terrible Ujijian Shaving should lead to the
gard that as greater matter by far than the dis
covery OF all the Nile sources together" It Is
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day have chroniced the proceedings OF large
meeting held at the Mansion House for the express
| purpose OF denouncing this accursed traffic. The
slave trade from the western coast u.s. we ali know
practically dead But on the eastern coast through.
out the whole extent Of the Zanguebar line, the
infamous kidnapper comes and goes without let or
hindrance. Mr.. Russell Quincy is not given to
those exaggerated statements in which philan.
thrOpiss are at times little too prone to indulge.
| He assures us that from Kilwa, towards the south
OF the zanguebar zone, there are annually exported
some twenty thousand slaves and that not one In
five OF those who are captured in the interior ever
reaches the coast: Africa then, is being drained
thousand year. All the old features of the
western coast traflc, all its familiar horrors and
calico. He buys human cattle OF some Chief who
is willing to barter a. few hundreds Of his proper
subjects. Claiming them together. the dealer in
coast. they travel Without protection or or
shelter and often even, without food The
ramn "a o S mes nwa eI ha s
Custom House and shipped for Zanzibar, to toll in
the thick Glove plantations of the district or to
yards OF the Maskat coast. "What We want to
show" Mr.. Russell Quincy. urges sis that
people than selling them for two yards Of common
cotton for an adult and corresponding quantity
at the very moment when the learned Recorder
| was urging upon his listeners to join him In de-
nouncing this abominable trafic Livingstone's
sea Our least duty Is that the battle which we
fought and won in old days should be waged again.
| and that at any cost this new head Of the hydra
should be Topped and scared.
We're Il not for the accursed traflic in human
| flesh and blood, those rich table lands OF inner
Africa would be as open to an English colonist as
are the prairies Of Western America. As 1t is the
native tribes are engaged in perpetual war-at times
vans The South African explorer is at any moment
liable to the fate which befel Bishop Patteson He
pass through the territory OF tribes whose chiefs
cannot believe that he chershes any other object
than to drag their young men and women into cap
tivfty. Nor Is this all. Not only are the
inland districts hostile and sullen but the coast
lands are absolutely depOpulated. Near Kilwa
itself whole districts lie desOate. In 1851 Living
stone found in the Nyassa district happy and con-
tented people-mis grinding corn, weavers weav-
ing cotton, children sprawllng In the village
streets. Ten years later this little Eden had been
smitten with the edge of the sword; its inhabitants
had been swept into foreign and distant lands;
their once smiling village homes were given over
to desOlation, and amid the ruins the lion and
hyens prOwled. Well may Englishmen ask II this
great sin Is any longer to the earth. Nor Is
It England alone that is interested In the new cru
SADIE. The viceroy OF Egypt is resolved
shall be stamped out, and Baker Pacha has
gone with orders to suppress 1T with stern
and high hand. 1t is said that Zanzibar Is