The New York herald., 1877-10-05
HIS WORK JUSTLY WEIGHED.

From tho Cincinnati (Ohiol Gazette.
Henry NJ. Stanley has finished his African explora.
tons. not, most o his predecessors, by dying. but
by reaching tho alter having startcd
east Others have crossed the continent before him.
Twenty years ago Livingstone passed. from Angola to
Mozambique, and only TOW months ago Lieutenant
Cameron ator beginning his journcying, aii Stan.
ley, la tho dominions OF tho sultan OF ZanzlDar,
ended hem ny striking the Atlantic AZ san Fcipo dc
Bcnsuvla. in the Portuguese possessions. Much OF
his pathway correspondea with tnat oil American
explorer, DuL alter surveying Lake fangunyika and
Other com narat,veiy well Known localities he turned
far the soathward W avoid u coulllcl with Tho
natives, conflict which stanley win his largo
rrtinuo OF armed men. was Dattor uoc " sustain.
The readers ot Lvingstoue's last Joutnais Will
remember his to tho Manyema
try TO the northeast of Lake Tanganyka his cncount
with tho cannbais inhaDiting its dense
forests and his forced retreat through sick and
want ot supplies. glance at the map Of Airica VIII
snow that tho section stili marked as nexpiorcd
rugions lies III TINS vicinity Here now tho waters o
the Lualaba supposed ~ Livingstone 10 DO ono OF tha
feeders oi the Nue. but believed, ana rendered prooa
ble Dy Cameron, To be the upper part oi the Congo
was 10 tnis unknown land that Stanley marched, alter
careful EXAMINATION ot the Niyanza and lnnganyika
lakes where ho oarnod much Ia addition 10 what
Ler visitors had seen. 80 long had ho been unheard
OF that his dcnth was apprcnendcd There wero
reasons ior suspcctng the WORST as the rtsnDs6 OF
Experiences from London 10 the SEw Yong
HERALD very plainly shows. His hrst start
check cd by the forests when border ns
LuaiabL The natives, too were cannIbgs. aud nuroe
American Indians such is the focord Of
ono OF tho most Intrepid aud icals Of Ain,
Can exploration. IL has demonstrated tho unity VI
tho Congo ana tho uaaba, and has solved ono vi tho
last remaining problems OF African geography since
1916 when Captain Tuckcy aud most OF his leading
associates dcd OF African fever ator ascending The
Congo several hundrod miles. lew ttenapts
been msdo to explore It's course, and went lar
he. The last stages OF stanleys march wcrc over
ground troddou by whto men, unless by Portu-
guese slave Traders, and hc has consequently procured
Tor goograpLers u largo amount OF Important
data. rhero may be those who will think that
facts attained at such vast expense OF life
worth Tho cosL Mono, however, can refrain from
admrlng the pluck or wondering af tho cnduTanco vi
the young Amcrican Ho may havo bcen unduly pug.
nacous attacking and killing many ol tho thiov
ish Islanders OF tho Victoria Nynz bat Iorce
only argument ~ which the cannibals Of Manycma
would yield These manoators arc probably cvsnato
race 10 tho Fans OF tho Upper GaDoou, wno
noted Tor their love OF human nesh IL Is 10 DO hoped
that tho scientific expedition, Just scn from Portugal
TO the regions OF the Upper Congo nay gather abun
dant Information To supplement- tho facts which
Stanlcy's journals arc hkey 10 sct forth. A. the
rests Stanley must DO placed at the hoad o cxpor
ia point OF bolaness and executive ability, how
much no may LACK inc missionary zeal aud geAtlo
patience OF Livingstone the scienhc Zeal OF Schwein
urth Barth aud The genial good nature Of Cameron