The Hawaiian gazette., 1875-12-22
stnnIe,,s Discoreries.
BloOd-stained Mnil-surv,y Of Lake Victoria
SyanIa COmpIeted-A Great African Nom

Following is the New York Hsralfs cable
special Of the Slh. which was briefly outlined in
our Eastern dispatches:
The two letters just received from Mr.. Henry
NJ. Stanley are dated, respectively, april 18th
and l4tb, and we're seLt from Ulagalla, in Ugau-
d. the Capital of the country ruled by King
Mtesa. They complete the snbject dealt with n
the letters received 10 October. An interest al
most as great as that of their contents attaches
itself to the story Of the journey of these letters
iron Stanley hitber. They we're committed to
the custody OF Colonel DsbelfoFd. whom Stanley
met at Mtesas court, and Bho leit there April
lab. This gentleman was apparently attached
to the armed force which the Khedive has sent to
those parts under Gordon. He was at Mtesa's
Capital with troops, iu pursuance Of some object
related to Gordons expedition. and accepted
StanIeyis letters with Eiea TO send them down
the Nile BY the khediSe's chain Of posts. he
was on his return to Gordons Stations and WHEN
be had nearly reachsd7it Eus surprised and at
tackled By the Kari, by whom be was mass2cEed
with ihirIy-six Of bis soldiers. -Four Of his sol
diers escaped, and succeeded in reaching Gordon
who sent a.detachment Immediately TO the scene
OF the trsgedy, Sianley's letters, stained with
blood, were found by this detachment 4Houg-the
bodies Of the slain and carried to headqdatefs
whence they we're dispatched down the White
Nile to Khaftoun, and thence by the KhediTe's
couTisrs to Cairo.
Stanley describes fuily ID these letter his sur
Tey of the southern, eastern, and northeastern
shores Of The Victoria Niysnza. Hegiyes thirty.
seven observations Of bays, inlets, and creeks,
minutely explored, With 4 view to determine
their relation to ihe nam body of water and 10
exclude the possibility Of their opening to other
lakes or streams He fully exhibits aud demon
strates the unity of this uaruIfceut sheet of
water. He says: Livingstone was wrong in re-
porting that the Victoria Niyanza consisted Of
i've lakes. Spoke correctly states that the Vic
toria NiJanza is one Ike" Speke's two islands
are proved By Sianley's observations TO be pen
insulas. se ~ ~
0neaobservation further cos5rms the great i'm
poEtsnce Of the river Shmeeyu as the principal
feeder OF the lake, and the ezireuesi souCce-o OF
the Nile yet discovered. Stanley depicts geo
graphically many incidents Of his expedition. He
had several eogaIets with the treaeheg0Hs slave
deaisrsAcn the 1ake. On o1e eecAsion be was al
tackled BY loo natives armed with spears in thir-
teen canoes, Who were rspulssd after severe
fight. Three natives EeTs killed. IL
He arrived a Mteszs hunting camp at BIsaFura
A pill l2lh, where he was reeeived with great
ceremony and eoFdiality By the King. 10 Stan
ley's honor the King directed extraordinary
festivities aud disPlays. One fsatars OF the dis
play vas naval review On the lake Of eighty
four canoes, manned By $500 men. % the sec
ond day. in addition to the naval maneaEres,
there we're races, in which sighty-four eanoes we're
engaged. each propelled by thirty oafsmsB, the
King leading the feet personally ia the presence
Of 3 great throng Of spectators Among the o.
lockers we're the 300 hundred wives Of the King
On the third day there vas bird-shoOtiDg and