The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-25
STANLEY AFRICANUS.
| THE DErRAcrons su.ENcED--Hy MERIT AZ TIN
FOREMOST KNIGHT OF SCIENCE EVERYWHERE

ACKNOWLEDGED.
from the ST. Louis G lobe Democrat, Sept 22l Is
Tho ARRIVAL Of SANKEY'S little band OF half sssrvso,
half naked, loot sore, out men at the mouth OF
| the Congo a couple Of months ago was an event oil
more than passing moment For years men have
been putting forth every elor 70 do what Stanley has
lust accomplished. Spoke an Grant and Burton and
BAKER and Livingstone did their best aid all they
could, and noble, indeed, was The work they per-
! formed; but after IL done much more remained
that the subject seemed hardly touched Tho latest
and some respects the greatest OF ALL was Cameron
who exhibited example OF patient investiga-
ton and dgeat research before almost un-
approached, and which well might challenge
The admraaon alike of the scientific and Of the IN
learned Bat even Cameron, indomitabe as was his
energy, and heroic his perseverance,, was
forced turn aside from The course which Stanley,
through a thousand dangers by land and water
through porls Of climate VI deadly fevers OF disease
in hundred subtle shapes and through deaths Turk
ing on every hand has just followed to tho bitter end
Alter Cameron Sad partially examined aud surveyed
Lake Ianganyika he turned to the west, with the in
enton o pursuing the supposed outlet OF tho great
lake 10 its ION with the magnificent Lualaba,
already Known roll its food from instead of toward
the great lake system Of the interior, and then
OF following that whithersoever It might
lead Cameron supposed, Livingstone had
with tho Co Ego, but the supposion was based on no
well facts, and while u was received with the
consideration due its authors IT VAS from scientific
MONT OF view entitled TO small weight. Cameron IN
tended to v.uify his supposation by following The
Luaaba govIng that either did or did not unite
with or cons, ttute The Congo. Wo need but a glance
at his narrative the reason of his iaure TO
carry out his constituted plan. Although anytning
but a poet he, onsciously rises almost into the
sublime IN dep crng the dangers lay right
and lett before AID behind We are translated INTO
different world the tropical stretch their
ltrvnIs nNfSY
which, interlac b., hang down aud IMPEDE thc
progress traveller. Through the bright
penis dealing ID TO the Careless while under every
leaf turks some poisonous insect or reptile Ine
marshes with thu iuxurant vegetation ana their
deadly malaria sch before eyes in apparently
endless succession. while the pers OF the rivcr are
even more apparen than The dangers OF the land 80
vivid is the picture that tho dark form OF the
negro enemy lurkii the jungle and hear the whis
tie oil The poisoned arrow rushing on its mission
No wonder Gamer turned aside from the terrible
marshes through which the Lualaba slusgshiy wound
way the real wsnder that he was able TO pursue
has course as far as ne did In turning OIL rom INC
Lualaba crossiIa the mountains southwestwardy
tho coast be, owever, abandoned task that
u was possible tor man TO do, and lost
the opportunity .ot immortaIizlng his name
He did not bellows II within the bounds OF
possibility any win lite man follow the great river
TO tho sea, accom- ngy expressed his faith IN re-
peated prophecies IA The probable fate OF Stanley
the latter 1ersx attempting carry out the
design expressed in his later These predictions
certainly the effect OF causing the greatest uneas
ness anon those VINO knew Stanley bost for to
IT was certain that he be aside by OBJ
whatever, and, accepting the premises oil Gam.
correct, The destruction OF Stanley appeared
inevitable. But Stanley appears entitled TO be consd-
cred ono OF hose youth s whom fate reserves Tor q
bright future, for in MS vocabulary there Is no such
word as 'sia. Trsvellng over portion oil the same
ground us Cameron aud u several INSTANCES with the
guides probably knew the exact course OF the
up time he all sndoned the river and struck
south across the mountai us toward the Atlantic Az
this point Stanley douotl sss found himself enducd
with courage and with the resolution 10 press on,
and either solve the mystery OF the Congo or leave his
body the marshes OF the bal1ing stream he went
forward to success. TIC iesus OF Stanleys trans
continental march NOR important than may At
frs, glance appear. TIE A rican continent mas been
than beIore but never has SO much
consequence been attached 10 single journey. ana
never before single journey IN the wilds OF that
Godforsaken country led tor many important DIS
coverles, Tue existence oil connection between the
pr lakes the interior has been Proved well
that they subject TO The same influences
and under the Same conditions The lines OF the
various water sheds have been traced by Stan
ley aud the approximate territory composing
each lake basin pas been estimated me myssery
ing magn hccnt Hood away TO the morrill, mas been
forever solved. whih Cameron guessed that the Lu-
alaba and tho Congo were one and the same river,
Stanley followed the former Till It lost in the lat
ter aud latter TIL ITS discoiored food rolled be-
stain the green Atlantic All this Stanley has DONE
and the light he has thus shed the geography Of
Africa intellectually great. II Is not too UGH
to say that since the glimpse Of Victoria Nyanza
caught by admir7ng European eyes no Journey
with results this last trip OF Stanley The young
American resting AZ ST Paul DC Loanda from la
bors which have LAID many q stronger frame IN the
dust has done his work well and richly deserves all
the honors that certain 10 be heaped upon him.
From the Milwaukee News, Sept 22.l
Stanley, the rrepressibe, has again come to light
When Livingstone disappeared for several years in tn
depths Africa the world came gradually to the
cusion that be must have succumbcd, just as any
other mortal might have done. to the perls OF his
situation. But, although the HERALD correspondent
has been many months unheard from, one has had
tie slightest doubt but that he would eventually
up Mr.. Livingstone was a missionary. Mr.. Stanley
was newspaper man aud ali which that implies
Newspaper men do not die as easily as do those oil
more piUus Of mind, anc the temptation to
canniba stomach IS not half as great IN his case as IT
is in the Of missionary. Me-: Stanley has writ
ten at last to the paper which he represents. For
eleven months he traversing region wholly unex-
plored before He has gone through IT like little
conqueror hghtng thIrty-tw BATTLES with the natives
who refused TO be conc,llated, and losing half his
command. At one point no had to cut u passage
through dense forest thirteen miles III length. lie
hau uauy incredible escapes IN the navigation of the
Luaiaba River, Ia shooting torrents &C Finally his
vsions wholly gave OUT and himself and his con-
panions three days without any food whatever;
but proyidentiay at this last aud most dire extern
ity, they reached a village OF friendly natives and
were enabled to communicate with the sea coast
From the Philadelphia Record, sept. "A
The natural obstacles to exploration in the interior
Of Africa are remarkable Stanley. whose feat In
tracing the Of the Congo River from the
interior OF the continent to tho Atlantic Ocean
of the most astonishing achievements OF personal
daring ever performed shown this great river
ike the Nie which flows rhward IRON the same
regions, is broken Its course by dangerous
rapids and tails which make the ascent ny steamboats,
! impossible Whom more thorough explorations snail
enable civilized nations to devise means OF portage
merchandise around these falls doubtless tho Congo
River Will become the great highway Tor profitable
commerce.
From the Louisville (Ky) Commercial, Sept. %
Henry II. stanley the intrepid African traveller viii,
soon complete tho map OF Africa the Is CO.
ing on Tanganyika. Nyangwc, the Lualaba and Congo
and other hitherto hidden places ANS
will be well known TO geographers places IN
civilized countries.
lFrom the Jancsville (Wis) Gazette, Sept 2Ll
The illustration which INC success that Stanley has
achieved, tn ougn the means furnished by tue Two
great journals OF LONDON aud New York, OF the ten