The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-11-29
TEE HERA1p,s AFRICAN HERO.

stanIev,s Reception In New YOrk-His
Remarks upon tho English Geogrn-
ph4rs.
MIR. Stanley, who went, after and found the
African explorer, DR.. Livingstone, In the wilds
of Ethiopia, was accorded q reception by See
Lotus Club, OF New York, last week, as here
tofore stated. In the course of his speech ne
said:
I came to London rather elated, and think
that citation grew until was dumped lnto =
cold bath at Brighton. GLaughter.l 10 anu
behold! the Royal Geographical Society T Te
assembled there in cool conclave. aneS
wanted to hear something about the ge9gr -
ply of Central Africa, and l had 80 muo dor ~
tell. had they not checked me Will ua a
froWns and Suspicious LOOKS, anu Lnen n,,,saS
down very tamely indeed. They haa ao enoe
me, Would you be Kind enousa IN, address
abont vonr discoveries" I thought IL was
rather q cool demand to ask a man VINO mao
anent tor his employer fifty thousand dollars,
tn ask him VIf he would have the goodness 70
tell them about his discoveries" Butl l was
astonished when I went 10 Brlgntoa, l %as
more astonished after sitting down to hnd tnat
was not going to get any thanks at all.
stBut, no, We have none to spare you, my DEAF
air. We wish you were our correspondent
but since you are an American correspondent
You must take what comes" "Cf course, 81.
be- praV,' swell, YOU know Colonel Grant,
the companion Of Spoke, (of course ne was
quite an authority. In geography concerning
Central African He said, 'Ah, you all talk
about Livingstone. Ye gods! this man 10
dreaming; he is a thousand miles out OF his
reckoning. He knows nothing about Wnat ne
SAYS" ...uo,
should have criticised another In such
Language. Livingstone says he has seen
porllIas In longitude seventy-hve degrees
east. Colonel Grant, who only went thirty
two degrees east, says ut cannot be that ne
saw them, because l didntsee tnem 10 tnirey,
TWO degrees east" THIS Is very much NE q
Partisan saying, .There is no St. Pauls Cathe-
dral in London, for I have not seen any IN
Paris.n [Laughter.l III was astonlshed at
Colonel Grant, what do you tnlnR OF my
amazement when another gentleman rose
it was the noble brow and sagaciors head OF
DR.. Charles Beake-and said: II feel con-
yInced that Livingstone has not discovered
the source of the Nile" I bowed, why,
pray p stBecause Dr.. Swinfort has been
somewhat above Gondicora, and ne mas seen
q range of mountains, stretching l don't knoW
howt far or how wide, and C dl tha M;, TWO T Ttns
fore the other cannot flow through to It, &C
cording to DR.. Livingstone That gentleman
alsD sat down, leaving me considerably per-
plexed, and still more 80 when Mr.. RaWllnson.
presIdent OF the Geographical Society, and an
authority upon matters conaected Win me
g g'fS aI,asssnt aspect RsS: q ..w Aifloa sos sr know w that nss
river NAV be the Nile and 1t may be some
other, but You know 1t Is very dubious" land
Mr.. Stanley,s imitation of MT. Rawllnson
caused great amusement.) Mr. RaWllnson
had told me Just before the lecture tnat ne
was an ardent supporter OF the theory tnat
fresh.water lakes must have outlets. Other
Gentlemen. with many titles to their names,
said:
'sWe are very much obliged to Mr.. Stanley, |
Init though we admire the grandeur OF bis
character, the tenscity of his purpose, we do
not want any, ali! any sensational stories.
We want facts !" I think just now that these
gentlemen are rather sorry they went 80 far,
because I have found out the motive which
prompted all these unkind criticisms. l have
found out that though Francis Cation said ne
didn't want any sensational stories, he meant
to saw : I" STANLEY. don't you come to US with
any clap-trap about Livingstone. You know
that we know Livingstone pretty well. You
must recognize the Biographies cal society oc 5|. n .
the Royal Geographical Society, [Laughter.]
The onlf man I went to discover was DR.. Ltv-
ingstoue. Newspapers have attacked me, but
they have since acknowledged they were 10
error. Even since l have arrived from lanzi-
bar, great changes have taken place IN the
feeling Of Europe. and many expeditions are
being sent out. Mr.. Stanley spoke OF the ra-
Did civilization that was going on, and was the
result OF DR.. Lvingstone's heroic endeavors,
and concluded with the hope and belief that
at SOM future day the club would have the
pleasure of welcoming Dr.. Livingstone more
heartily even than DR.. Livingstone's discov-
erer. 49,.
The reception OF Mr.. Stanley by the Lotus
is described as q right royal affair. Col.
Anderson. the chief of the Herald bureau IN
the Lotus Club,) Mr.. Stanley, Robert B. Rose
Welt, Dr.. Bellows, and Mayor Hall made
speeches on the occasion IN Homer Of their
their guest.