The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-31
IFrom the Boston Post, July 2e.l


manning there, even after the way is opened for
return, quite readily understood Even his impas-
sive Scotch blood is stirred by the recital Of the
charms Of nature, animate and inanimate, that he
has found fenced on from the rest Of the world by
well-nigh impenetrabe JUNGLE and the picture that
he draws OF warriors Of noble men and statuesque
Ut moulded forms and eVen Tie true true
Caucasian beauty, and with only nose-rIng or
pointed teeth as foil to their loneliness. Is alto
gether too mellow for scientific report The de-
scrption OF the watershed OF Central Africa OF the
course of the great lacustrine rivers and OF the
presumed sources Of the Nile. read tamely enough
alongside these more detailed accounts OF his ex-
pericnce and while the Doctors letters may lead
his English friends to think him slightly touched
with insanity. IL Is to be feared that their second
airy erect win be to Increase the number OF civil
lied explorers OF this African Eden beyond COM
putatfon. The most wonderful circumstance OF all
From the Washington star-Crosby 8. Noyes-
b. f- July al rfr
The NEW YORK HERALD devoted Its whole editor
ial page yesterday to its Stanley Livingstone dis
coveries, including characteristic letter from the
Doctor to Mr.. Bennett. Well, the HERALD has
reason to plume itself on the undeniabe success of
Its African enterprise.
Prom the Baltimore Gazette, July 2sJ
In our issue to-day we publish In full letter
from DR.. Livingstone to James Gordon Bennett, Jr,
OF the New YORK HERALD, which cannot fail to at
tract universal attention. The communication,
which gives detailed account OF some Of Living
stones discoveries i'm Africa, was sent over the
cable by Stanley, the HERALD correspondent, and,
with the circumstances attending the latter y,
notable feats OF modern Journalism.
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From the Germantown pa Chronicle, July 27l
The letter from DR.. Livingstone to the editor OF
the NEW YORK HERALD is noteworthy ana interest
ing. The "HERALD expedition" over which we
were all disposed TO laugh little while ago,
and which certainly did seem good deal
like a humbug, turns out to have been not
only entirely genuine, but most timely; it brought
succor to the exhausted explorer Just when he
needed It most ana was all but In despair, and
enabled him to resume his work with a brighter
prospect OF ultimate success than he has had at
any time in oil his years OF wandering In the wilds
What he has accomplished and what he hopes to
accomplish further are very cOncisely told by DR..
Livingstone in his letter. He seems to have been
very near indeed to the completion OF his life
ao9r Then n ans h thror
600 miles, and in the 1870 miles that re-
main lies the key to the great problem Of geog
Toy from the north, and livingstone returns to it
from the south IL ID not too much to hope that the
two may meet, there in the very heart q Africa,
and make complete the labor to which they haye
both OF them given their lives And It must hot be
forgotten that 1t Is an American newspaper which
mas maOe Ibis nope pOSSiDle-lOr TIE HERALD mas
an 'up-Nile" expedition now on Its way to succor
Baker.
From the New York Irish People for this week.l
In the midst of our political canvass and local
politics we must not and do not lose sight Of the
great event Just completed, and which Is now the
foremost topic among the journalists and men Of
science in both hemispheres-we refer, of course
to the extraordinary and daring achieve
ments Of Stanley. the NEW YORK HERAIr
correspondent, in restoring to tn,
sons of Mr. and IFS faithful Stanley
due, exclusively, the honor and credit Of not only
finding this persevering explorer, Of bringing hin
proceed with his researches and solving problem
that has exercised the minds OF the most scientific
int q r nsas s what viii S s s
follow It s possible that Dr. Livingstone, fhe ever
reach England alive, would have to do 80 In ignor-
Nearly the whole press OF America and England
have recorded their appreciation OF Mr.. Benefits
unparalleled journalistic enterprise, and to-day In
their name and in our own, tender him and the gal
liant Stanley our sincere Fluctuations 1-r
From the Philadelphia Herald, July 29.l
MR.. BENNETT AND DR. LIVINGSTONE.
Honor to whom honor is due. Honor to James
Gordon Bennett for the liberal and enlightened
course pursued by him in relation to DR.. Living
stone. Whatever doubts may have existed as tc
the truthfulness OF the HERALDs statements in re
gard to the expedition sent out by Mr.. Bennett fol
the great explorers relief oil been dispelled
10y his Just published letter. in which he hand
somely and gratefully acknowledges his great obi
cations to the New York publisher. Now let there
be no more disputlng or cavng upon the subject
but let Justice be done and the laurcls rest where
they rghtlully belong.
! From the Philadelphia Public Record, July a0.l
TUE LIVINGSTONE DISCOVERIES
One OF the practical results of the Stanley eXpe
dtlon in search of DR.. Livingstone will be to great
increase, throughout thu civilized world, interes
in the affairs OF internal Africa, and to stmulat,
new efforts to open up that vast region to com
merce. DR.. Lvingstone's exposure of the bruta
methods employed to- pcrpetuate the int
cite the sympathics OF powerful govern
ments and to lead eventually to the suppress
sion OF the infamous traffic There could be nc
more creditable sequel 10 Stanleys search for Liv
ingstone than a vigorous, Joint effort on the part
Of America and England to suppress the e
If Or. Livingstone can succeed in obtaining
reliable Information In regard to the sources
of the Nile, and In communicating 10 mankind &C.
curate knowledge in reference to the country he
has explored with so much care, there viii be com
parati,vely ltte gIa!cEttyy gsTssttsE ~ gylIg 2gl
lance, and interior Africa can be approached with
comparative ease and safety by future explorers,
trading parties and Official agents or soldiers
From the wilmington cjeij Every Evening, July
rr 2q.l
DIR. LIVINGSTONE AND THE NEW YORK HERALD.
The more we think OF It the more we admire the
unparalleled enterprise OF the New York HERALD in
undertaking. on its own responsibility ana at Its
own cost, the discovery of DR.. Livingstone. Los,
10 the civilized world for years, dead and killed
over and over again; the lamentations over his
loss the culoges on his life and character ant
the obituary notices published on the continents
on every civilized island Of the sea, would II col
lected. MI volumes. Neglected by the government
in whose service nc had engaged and by the scien
tGc societies which should have We'd with eacl
other III their Efforts to sustain him IN his work.
almost forgotten, aud sometimes even slandered
by scribblers whose professedly Christian principles
might have dictated broader and better charity
one that thinketh no evil--it IN astonishing that
there was no sufficient enterprise among the mer
chant princes or his native land TO undertake hi.
discovery, and that &c should have devolved OH a