The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-10-19
srANLEY,S hXrIpIIIoN.

! Henry NJ. Stanley, the explorer, is the | hero of the hour The man who found iiv ] ingStonc has crossed the African continent ! faced innumerablc dangers and appalling ] difficulties, made most important discove- 1 ries and triumphed where others have ! failed He has been successful, therefore | the world will praise him. and all civilized ! nations will delight 10 do him honor But ! if fatal sickness had seized him, or some ! event had occurred beyond human control, to prevent the accomplishment of his ob- ject, his hardihood, perseverance, and in domitahlc courage would have counted for little with the mutitudcs who now chant his praises.
 Stanley started from Bagamoyo, opposite Zanzibar, on the east coast ot Africa, No vcmber l', 1874, with company ot three
 hundred natives, carefully selected He
 was we'll supplied with a,l the ncccssaries for the expedition, including full outfit Of
 scientific instruments, also vessel iu sec
 tious, called the Lady Alice" After visit
 ing the Albert NyanIa, surveying. uaviga-
 ting and passing around the Victoria Ny
 an9a, and demonstrating that thc rivers
 which feed these great lakes are thc real
 sources of the Nile, he investigated the mys-
 tery of the LuaIaba, which some g,ogra-
 phcrs maintained Was part of thc Nile. and
 others the Congo River. He traced it, step
 by step, to it~ recognized position as the
 Congo, and showed that thi, great river takes its rise ten degrce- south of the cYua- tor
 He passed around ihc great Lake Tan ganyika, followed the Lualaba along it's course two degrees north of ihc equatorial line, and thence ~outhwaTd Co il- month in the Atlantic Ocean. on the west side of thc unknown continent. which he reached An gust x, 1877. making the whole journey In two wears, eight months, and tNeuty-one days.
 The story of his travels, the obstacles he >urmountcd, the battles, numbering thirty two, which he fought wi,h ,hc ~4ya- goS of the interior, tine death of l~G' of his 300 followers from wounds tcycrs and ulccratcd sores the hardship~ incident to tropical climate and the pl-,agc of more than zoo mile, of a river with over thirty cataracts and dangerous rapids aad hostile natives ranging along t, shores. and his successful landing al the Congo, month. will be wonderfully interesting and will form subjects for startling Herald article, for long time to come. While hi- disclV- VI ttN lilt litELtAtAl~ tA il~ ~t lrflftt tff-t. vations, and the information b. has gained of the tribes of the Wi.Gs ot Airi,a, will be treasured by the various scientific societies as pearls of great price
 To the average mini Stanley'> cr,at trip, : with its loss of life, expenditure of money i and trials and dangers will be g matter of . small moment compared w.th i,s cost, and l jilii and Jambc>i. kcwaug. Sauce. ur thuta- l la-Congo, with Uyuyo amt tue rest ot these ! African names. will sound to them hke so l much gibberish. But geoguph,l- a.d >ci- ] cnt~t> will crown with honor tha gallant l and hardy explorer, who has disclosed to l their gaze the secrets of continent winch ! has hitherto been, in the part, he ha, pcnc- | tratcd, ycritabc 'srI4 l-.gaj'f. Stanlc, $ ! fortune k made, and his namcNi.l g. down ! to po-tcrity. shining with glory akin Co ! that of Park and Cook aud Franklin and | Livingstone and other heroes of the world ! ui adventure