The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-29
THE AFRICAN EXPLORER.

THE AFRICAN EXPLORER.
HIS LETTER OF THANKS TO YOUNG
JAMES GORDON BENNETT.
Doctor Ltvingstone's Narratiye-Saved
from Death-Recognition OF the New
York Herald's Enterprise-A First |
Class Advertisement.
It seems after all that DR.. Livingstone says
that he was very glad to be found by Mr..
Stanley He has written long letter thank
ing Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, Jr., saying
that never having seen him, he feels
very much as If he was addressing ian
abstract idea," but admitting that the
presence Of Ir. Stanley makes him
..auIte at tome." He then explains the 'for-
lorn condition" in which he was found, and
says that he had 'good reason to use very
strong expressions, of gratitude" When DR..
Livingstone had got to the ''lowest verge"
rumors OF Mr.. stanley's approach came. Then
came Mr.. Stanley himself, and the explorer
(though, according to his own account, he Is
las cold and undemonstratlve as we islanders
are usually reported to be,") says ''your kihd-
ness made my frame thrill. It was, indeed,
overwhelming, and said in my soul, let the
richest blessings descend from the Highest on
you and yours -" The letter comes by cable
from London, and if 1t Is genuine. we can
only say that Dr.. Livingstone ought to be at
once engaged as African correspondent to the
Herald. His use Of English and the general
style of the letter give the best possible rea-
SONS for believing that the writer, whoever he
Is, must fell "very much at home" with MIR.
Stanley We print the letter In full:
CJIJr, on TANGANYIKA,
EAST AFRICA, November, 1871.
James Gordon Bennett, I., Esq:
MY DEAR SIR-It Is In general somewhat
difficult to write to one we have never seen-
it feels so much like addressing an abstract
fdea-but the presence Of your representative,
MIR. q. Stanley, In this distant region taxes
away the strangeness should otherwise have
felt, and 10 writing 10 thank you for the ex,.
trene kindness that prompted you to send
him, feel quite at home.
his CONDITION AFTER INTERCHANGEABLE
TRAMP.
If explain the forlorn condition In which
he found me, you will easily perceive that
have good reason to use very strong express
sions Of gratitude. came 10 UJlll on Tramp
of between four hundred aud five hundred
miles, beneath blazing vertical sun, having
been baff1ed, worried, defeated and forced TO
return, when almost in sight of the end of the
geographical part OF my mission, by number
Of half.caste Moslem slaves sent to me from
Zanzibar. instead of men. The sore heart
made still sorer by the woful sights had seen
OF mans inhumaDity to man reached and told
on the bodily frame and depressed 1t beyond
measure. thought that was dying on my
feet. It is not too much to say that almost
every step of the weary, sultry way was ID
pain, and reached Uiij mere 'ruckle" OF
bones.
WHAT he FOUND AT UJIJG.
There / found that some FIVE hundred
nounds sterling worth OF goods which had
ordered from Zanzibar had unaccountably
been entrusted to drunken half-caste MOS
lem tailor, who, after squanderiag them for
sixteen months on the way to Ullli. hnisneo
up by selling off all that remained for slaVea
and Ivory for himself. He had "divined" on
the Koran and found that was dead He
had also written to the governor Of Uyanyem-
be, that he had sent slaves after me to
Manyema who returned and reported my
decease. and begged permission TO sell on
the few goods that his drunken appetite had
spared. .n c.,,,
mon who had seen me, that was 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 the dagger
or musket, had to cit down IN greas weak
fer cloths aud beads, which had taken the
precaution to leave here in case of extreme
need.
The near prospect of beggary among UJiji-
ans made me miserable.
I could not despair, because laughed 30
much at friend who, on reaching the moutn
of the Zambeze, said that he was tempted to
despair on breaking the photograph OF MS
wife. We could have 40 success alter that.
Afterward the Idea OF despair had to me such
q strong smack OF the ladlcrous that 1t was OUT
Of the question.
FIRST WORDS OF HOPE.
Well, when / had got to about the lowest
verge vague rumors OF an English Vleltor
reached me. thought OF myself as the man
who went down from Jerusalem to Jerlcno;
but neither priest, Levlte nor Samaritan, could
possibly pass my way. Yet the good Samari-
ian was close at hand, and one OF my people
rushed up at the top of his speed, and, In
great excitement, gasped out : IAN English
man coming; see him !" and of ne darted 10
meet him.
THE AMERICAN FLAG THE HARBTNGER OF EN-
LIaHTENMENT AND CIVILIZATION.
An American flag, the first ever seen In
| these parts, at the head of caravan, told me
the nationality of the stranger.
am as cold and non-demonstratiVe as we
| islanders are usually reputed to be; but your
Kindness made my frame thrill. 1t was, IN
deed. overwhelming, aud l said In my soul,
LET the richest blessings descend from the
highest on you and yours"
| sTANI,EY,s NEWS FROM THE OUTER WORLD AND
ITS EFFECTS.
The news Mr.. Stanley had to tell was thrill
ling. The mighty political changes on the
Continent; the success Of the Atlantic cables;
the election or General Grant and many other
topics riveted my attention for days together,
and had an immediate and beneficial effect on
nv health. had been Without news from
home for years, save what could CLEAN from
| a few Saturday Reviews and Punch OF 1865.
The appetite revived, and IN week l began
to ieel strong again.
AN ENGLISH DISPATCH FROM AN OLD FRIEND.
Mr.. Stanley breughta most kind and encour
aging dispatch from Lord Clarendon, whose
Ioss sincerely deplore, the first / have re.
ceived from the Foreign once since Iooo, anu
Information that the British Government hao
/ kindly sent q thousand pounds sterlD9 10 my
aid. Up to his arrival was not aware o.
any pecuuiary aid. | came unsalarlso; Ou.