The New York herald., 1877-10-01
SUCCESSFUL STANLEY.
THE LAST AFRICAN RIDDLE SOLVED.

NJ Stanley-wno after his famous visit to Livingstone.
was sent out at the joint expense OF the NEW YORK
HERALD and the London DAILY Telegraph 10 make
tam explorations In Africa-wil be read with mingled
feelings on both sides OF the Atlantic. By gcogrsph
crs Mr. sinnieys statements while accepted with gen
erosi.y TO begin with, wl doubt DO subjected 10
The same kind of criticism those OF previous trav-
ecrs For the present Il must be accepted upon his
own evidence that he has performed = splendid feat
and achieved great success. Crossing Africa from
east TO west, through dangers and difficulties which
other traveller appears TO nave experienced ho has
been able TO hold on tenaciousy TO the river Lualaba
right mp 10 the point where Il forms part OF and joins
the Congo. II has long been copjecturcd that The
rivers were Lvingstone's explorations went TO
confirm the theory. while the later explorations OF
Lieutenant Cameron carried the discoveries of Living
stone some distance iurher on Both. however, wore
compelled TO abandon their work Ly reason OF tho
difficulties OF carrying II on Mr. stanley, on tho
other hand tells us that, following the Luaaba from
It's source not far from the head waters oil the Zsn-
best, he travelled dowl II past Nyangwo, where Iiv
ngstOne came TO STOP and the spot, some hundred
miles further on, where Cameron came TO a stop
and then pushed forward right away down Till he
series OF great catarscts and q broad stream
choked with islands TIL he by way
OF Lower Guinea, straight INTO the Atlantic
The net result OF his discoveries Is that tho
Congo aud the Luaaba are great river 400 miles
in length. broken hero and there by islands
and DANGEROUS rapids, but us surely and the
stream from source 10 mouth as Is the Thames IL IS
cal or the political ELECTS OF this discovery Granting
that no mistake has been maize they viii doubt be
Important, but the meantime
addition 10 geographical acts, striking conhrma.
ton OF conjecture and 50 remarkable upset 10 tho
theories formed BY recent travellers, have
tcrcst for the scientific world which II 10 difficult 10
measure.
A CURIOUS rAcr
For ourselves wo do no: profess to approach the
question from the geographical point OF view. Never
thecss We may state that We have lying before
write great atlas prepared in the GEN.
tnry at the expense o the Jesuts and under tho
VISION OF Abraham ortelius, IN which, among some
seventy other maps we nnd one OF Africa and another
4 n Sntu
in both of which, curously enough but clearly
the African map, We hnd tho river Congo represented
from lts source TO Its mouth just Mr. Stanley de-
scrlnos IL Not only SO. but We hnd tho Great Milo
question as IL has been settled BY Speke and Grant,
Burton, Livingstone, Baker ana Camarou anticipated
by the old gcographers oil Ortelus There the great
lakes, the Albert and Victoria Niyanza. fed rom
feeding tue Nllc which is mapped out IN = con
| tinuous course, with many tributaries not
known, risht away through Egypt to tho Mediier
ranean How these old geograpners obtained their facts
we are not told but from the Jesuit stations, which
| are dotted all over the maps in little churcd-lke
buildings, colorcd in vermon, we should judge that
they were supplied by resdent missionaries; md
are rathcr confirmed in this opinion by the circum-
stance that whenever these stations found,
Is very largely the case In Russia therc blanks,
which are filled up with iancliui pictures OF tribes v
ing IN TENTS BEARS elephants, or other phenomena
supposed to be characteristic OF the unknown coun-
That the maps accurate Is pretty clear,
tho that after lying hidden away In museums Tor
over three hundred years, thcy confirmed by
ern dscoverers Tnis being So II Is strong evidence
IN Mr. s!anleys favor when we ind that particular
part oil the river which he claims TO have explored,
called the Larc bears that identical name In the old
utlus
1t Is not, however, with the scientific aspects OF Mr.
Stanlcy's account Of his journey tnat propose to
deal at tho prese Ut moment. There moral side o
the question which calls Tor some romark. His jour
nal is an almost continuous record oil bghtins with
natives. How many men nc engaged to start with
him and his companions, and We are not told that any
others were engaged IN their place. Finally we learn
that hc arrived u Zanzibar with "ll5 souls IN fear
iul condiuon." He would seem, therefore. to have
had with him quite u little army, considering Of
course the nature oil the country through which he
was passing, and II would further appear
that this little army was very we'll fitted
out with weapons Of offence. Uuiike Lieutenant Cam
| eron, who made foot journey with lew body aud
other servants Mr. Stanley, according TO his own
count, was the chief u mounted expedition Of
siderable numbers prepared 10 tight their through
the unknown territory. Accordingly, US soon a. ne
gets past the points reached by Livingstone and Cam
ind uim constantly conflict with the native
tribes VI they always the aggressors, and
Of course they always GEL tho worst OF II. Though
| sorey harassed, Mr.. Stanley always comes Of con
qneror. The kind OF nghting he had TO deal with,
moreover, IN these unknown regions Was not OF the
oddy enough, 10 have boen armed with muskcts,
| and sonie oil tEcm caunibais However, by dinI
| Of ndomlaDio will and uaiagging perseverance,, Mr.
Stanley out at the mouth OF the Congo, leaving
| We know not how many dead behind him. That his
force suffered severely Is obvious IRON the Iact
that II was not only reduced from some unknown
ber to u.s. but that. unfortunately for hun, the two
young Pococks as well as his faithful little companion.
kaiu,u we're Numbered among the lost. Alone there.
hc has to return from Tie great wilderness " tell
| the story of his adventures.
SYMPATHY NATIVES.
Now, II seems to that men in private capacities
like Mr. Stancy. holding the authority Of no govern
mcnt whatsoever, have no right, IN pursuance Of
merely scientific object, 10 30 marching about
| through Africa or anywhere elso with y force
| OF armed men, killing all natives who OBJ
experience OF previous explorers, should say
such iorce as that Of Mr. Saniey's WAS likely TO
cno precisely tue KIND Of opposition which he PIE
pared himself TO meet Tho only question Is whether
he would have met any such opposition had he not
gone armed and accompanied as he was. speke and
Grant never TO have encountered the difficulties
Mr. Stanley has, did Burton, or Baker Living.
stone. Even the famous NJ. Du Chailu, desperate as
were his encounters with gorlas, did not lind II
necessary 10 take great armed escort To fight tho
| natives Governments, Tor purposes connected with
the welfare o natioualties or the benefit oi the race
may make war II tbcy think II cxpcdicnt 10 do 80:
Dut they 40 not do II IN Mr.. Staplcy's way. They
scnd responsible agents 10 treat; and should 1t be
necessary they. alter sufficient warning gwen send
txpedliions sufficiently numerous 10 execute thor
| wilL They do what they havo 10 10 IN regular,
ehodicai manner, and according to The pr ncipes oi
international law. II, however. we arc TO oyerrun tho
uucivilizcd portions of the globe VAN amateur
maGders and geographical explorers OF tho stanley
sort the ivcs o uturc Butons aad Bakers VIII never
te sale aud he world NJ large viii snicr Dy the loss
Of their peaceful and valuable services. We shall
mover be able 10 explore an unknown river without
gunuoats or an unknown territory without Al army.
The VALUE OF HIS AcHlEvEMENr-HoSoR IT,
WHOM HONOR IS DUE
From tho Anderson g. C.l InteIisencor, Sept 27.l
Henry NJ. Stanley, who was employed by tho NEW
I Ioak HKHALn London TetegrIph to uApore the IN.
oi Africa. may Eow DC regarded tho greatest
oil AiricAn travellers In the extent oi has tfavsI,
ami The information Of the geography OF tho country
ne cxccis the renowned African explorer, Dr. Living
sonc whose history OF his travels ana explorations in
Agrcd has been SO highly regard d botn America
aui europe The geography Of the interior oi Africa
It's settlement, It's ttlDcs aud governncnts was
unknown 10 the civiizcd nations OF the earth from
the earliest pcrods until The researches Of Lvngsto
and stanley. The Egyptians previous to lhe Of
Noses although noted Tor their superiority oLcr
nations IN the arts, sciences aud astronomy, were
wholly uuacquantcd with the geography Of tho Into
rlor ol Africa. Ii is now peoped by rude and uncv.
izcd tribes, and seems that CIVILIZATION never
dawncd upon that bcpightcd region Tho SOURCES OF
the Nile and the Congo rivers were the mystery OF
ages. THIS mystery has been solved by Stanley, who
travelled implicitly across Africa. from cast 10 west
near the Equator and settled that the Nile has iIs
sources 10 the great lakes of Equatorial Afrca and
tha, Lrvingstonc's Luaaba River IS identical with tho
Congo TINS bold explorer well deserves the praises
winch are now bestowed upon him by the press and
historic societies OF Europe and America