Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-08-17

tive OF tue Hefdt, tOunu DT' LlNlnEatohc'
the African explorer, in that almost unknown
continent. They who had any lingering
doubts on that point must, we are certain, be
convinced OF the truth Of all we have been
told on the subject during the past month
upon reading the graphic account which the
great journal has Just published from the pen
of is intrepid correspondent, an account
which Ia simply the story OF LiyinCstone's
strange life, adventures and discoveries In the
heart Of Africa since he disappeared from
civilization more than six years ago. We
have not been Of the lncredulous number
who saw In the dispatches and letters that
the marvellous enterprise OF the Herald gave
us from day to day only so many moon
hoaxes and sensations. The day has gone
by when great paper, or indeed any paper
at all, can afford to tribe with its readers.
Newspapers within the last quarter OF cen
fury have become great commercial enter
prises, and are governed by precisely the
Same rules that govern other business. In
exact proportion as they are trustworthy and
enterprislng their actual value Is increased
and their hold upon the public strengthened.
To the properly conducted journal reputO-
ton for integrity and veraclty IL Just as dear
as to the bank or the mercantile establish
ment. Newspaper publish oftener than they
should news that Ia not news, and make
statements that have no foundation In fact,
but no respectable journal does 80 Intention
ally, for the simple reason that Il entails pos-'
Tive Injury and loss. Considerations OF this
character convinced US from the very begin
ming that the great victory which the Herald
claimed TO have achieved, that Of restoring to
the world a man supposed TO be dead-the
great ex -lorer OF the Nile, after he had been
abandoned by his Goyernment-was victory
indeed. AZ we said, Stanley's own account OF
bis meeting with Livingstone and Of Living
stones discoveries Ia full and abundant proof
Of the truth Of all that he has thus far told us.
The discoveries made by Livingstone dur
ing the last six years, aud now for the first
time made public, are, briefly In region
Of country near the twelfth degree OF lat-
tude and between twen'y-eight AMI thirty
two degrees OF Longitude east from Green
witch, hitherto marked on the map as unex-
plored, Livingstone has found lacustrine
river fed by numerous streams called by the
natives the Chambezl river. The great ex-
plorer believed at first from the similarity OF
name that II was the Zambezl OF the POr-
tuguese who assembled II from the Mozam-
bique coast After good deal OF time spent
In exploring the country he became con-
| WINGED that the ChambeZi was an entirely dit.
ferent river. Following lis course for some
hundreds Of miles be found that It emptled n
self into large lake called Bangweola,
which was also fed by numerous other smaller
bodies Of water. On the north shore of this
lake he found a large outlet called by the ma
lives the Luapula river. Ills first impression
was that this river was the Congo, but at
length he began 10 think that IL was the Nile,
and followed ils bends and turns until II DIS
charged itself into another lake called Moero,
shut In by high mountains, and the most
magnificent scenery. On the north aide Of
this lake he again found an outlet through a
chasm 10 the mountains aud u river called the
Lualaba, sweeping, from one TO three miles
broad, through q rich and fertile valley. The
Lualaba he found flows Into another lake still
further north, called lake KamOlandO, into
which flows an important tributary called the
Luara river. Leaving lake KamOlando the
LuAlaba takes great sweeps and majestic
curves" until at last Ii reaches another large
lake TO which no name has been given by the
brave explorer. Before entering this last
body OF water, however, the Lualaba receives
large tributary called the Lomani river,
which Livingstone explored M far a. n large
lake to which he has given the name OF Lin
coin, In honor Of our marty President.
At the unnamed lake, only three hundred
miles from the White Nile, and the sOutherly
limit of previous explorations, Livingstone
was forced to deslst from his purpose and re-
turn to where the Herald correspondent met
him, owing to refusal Of his servants to
follow him any further. England and the
scientific world generally Is now agitated by
a discussion Of the respective merits OF differ
ent theories dissenting from Llyingstones
theory that the Lualaba river and the Nile
are one and the same, which can only be de-
cdcd by Livingstone himself, II even by him.
Stanley's description Of his meeting with
Livingstone and Of Livingstone himself is
extremely interesting. doctor" said he
81 thank God that have been permitted TO
shake hands with you" The meeting was
certainly strange one-an American jour
nallst and the great African explorer whom
three fOurths Of the world had supposed TO
be dead, In the Interior of Africa surrounded
by suspicious Arabs, their presence matter
OF surprise and establishment to the uncIyll-
lied lnhAbltants-One an old man, searching
for lakes and rivers, poor, deserted by his
followers, faint and weary; the other a young
man, with his retlnue Of servants and stars
and stripes, to all but Livingstone a mean
inglcss symbol. Stanley seems to have been
most fayorably impressed by Livingstone.
Before they had met Livingstone had been
described to him as misAnthrope, who
would run away from EurOpean-a man
with whom 1t was impossible to get along
"After weeks Of life with him, says Stanley,
"a happier companion, a truer friend than
the traveller thus slandened | could not wish
for He was always polite-with pollteness
of tho genuine kind--and this pollteness
never fOrsOok him for an instant, even In
the midst of the most rugged scenes and
greatest difficulties" The picture which
Stanley has drawn OF Livingstone Is that Of
brave, earnest, Christian, phllanthropic
man, with purpose In life, and a determlna-
ton to achieve that purpose. He longs to
sec the end Of the slave trade almost more
than he does to solve the great problem
which was puzzle In the time of Moses
which has deHed man for two thousand years.
We believe that he Ia on the eve Of laying
the secret bare, and we feel proud that the
event will be forever associated with the en-
terprise and daring Of American journalism.
"
WITH a creditAble exhibition OF honesty the
Springfield RsPUbtedA says: THAT some Of
the worst men In tho country have donned white
hats and are hurrahing Justify for Greeley IL a
fact patent To all who have eyes anu ears. This
10 especially true Of his own State. Men whom
no has been as vigorously as justly denOunelng
for years past have had the magnanlmity to
overlook the personal grievance, forgive the
harsh language, and forget their ancient Erudgo
against the editor In their new born enthusiasm
for the candidate. Hardly anywhere has his
nomination commanded more demOnstratiVs
q. ha