The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-29
SUCCESSFUL STANLEY.
A MAoNIY1cExr WORK CROWNED WITH PERYEcr
SUCCESS.

SUCCESS.
From the London Daily Telegraph, Sept III
We realize to-day, In conjunction with those asso.
ciaed with US in Mr. SANKEY'S journey the greatest
success and highest recompense which couldN have
crowned efforts to promote geographical science.
Tho ndomitable explorer to whom tho command OF
tho new African expedition Entrusted by the Da,y
Telegraph and NEw YORK HERALD has ecpsed even all
his own remarkable previous achievements BY solving
finally and beyond any thought Of controversy the
chief problem left upon the map OF Africa Mr. Stanley
has made his way continuously from Nyangwe on the
Lualaba--the furthest point Of Livingstone's re.
searches aud OF Cameron's acquaintance with
that enormous riverdown through the very heart Of
the continent TO tho West Coast and, bringing the
mighty stream along with him, all tho road through,
he has demonstrated that the Luaaba and tho Congo
are one and tho Same water way His message OF VIC
tory this morning justines that firm confidence which
wo always reposed his courage and resources; and
IL will be hailed, feel sure, in every country whore
enlightened interest In science exists as the frs,
CT ono Of the finest achievements ever performed
An OLD THEORY oosrRnEp
6, II Is truc that tho great task now completed ey
Stanley onsy CONFIRMS a theory which was already
very generally held, in identifying tho Luaaba with
tho Congo. Dr. Hehm's able reasoning in the 'Mit.
shelangen," some years ago, and the conclusions
around the Tanganyiks, all pointed to this view
But Cameron, who, after Livingstone, bad alone Wis
You'd that town, and was compelled moekIy 10 follow
Portuguese slave dealer In fashion crucily unworthy
dragged him awny eight or nine degrees south.
ward Of the river Ho could, therefore, oaly
aecumS"sSa 'u The probe% still " remained purely
speculative aud could not be solved except by
boldly following the river OF Livingstone from It's
some known point This is the daring toll which our
Joint Commissioner has accomplished and TO him
alone belongs henceorward the nefaca0Ie and unique
honor Of having reached the western from the eastern
coast Of Africa BY water road which proves the
Luaaba 10 DO upper channel of tho mighty 'Ikutu
va Congo, thus connecting the far or inland seas Of
Bang weoo ana Moero-together with the Luapula aud
"Wcob's Luaaba''-in one magnificent catcna OF iakcs
and lacustrine streams, whose source westward oil
Nyassa, the crow flies, Is nearly twenty degrees OF
longitude distant from ts embouchprc on the Atlantic
Ocean in tho well known Congo mouth; wnilc its
whole must extend through five or six thousand
miles Of winding banks
Great deeds like this are not wrought without
heavy sacrifices, and our commissioners despatch
SSnyeys along WITH ms wonasriu, success, mo,an :
through tho enrc continent from east TO west, on an
utterly unknown and hitherto hidden route; but.
though he emergcs as cosqueror, 1t Is With his ltt
army in 'feartul condition" and cruel gaps are 70
ported among followers who had shared with
PococK has persisted, lost in The waters Of the
great river which he helped 70 discover; and thui
Tor tho second time that little household at Upnol
which sont forth these gallant and faithful brother
has TO mourn the melancholy tidings which cast 50
much honor upon It's humble roof Kalulu, too the
African boy, whom SO many here know is among tho
victims OF the terrible struggle which Stanley had 70
passing IRON Manycma 10 the western coast.
There remained. moreover out OF the large company
OF soldiers and pOrlers with which commissioner
started from Lake Tanganyika IN August but lis
souls, all told, when he reached Emboma on the delta
sLEsrLEss AND uxRsLExrISo FOES.
In the midst OF the struggle against these savages oil
his Nyangwe soldiers mutinsd and deserted him. He
then took to tho river In neet Of canoes, with indom-
itabo resolution not TO lose his ebject for as his mes
sage shows, 'the alternative OF returning was only
mentioned in his councils to be rejected. Upon the
watcr as upon the land tho ignorant an,mosiy OF
battle. "Thrty.swo times" Hr Stanley says he had
to hight for the safety OF tho expedition ana for life
oomnlsoiy xssred out With ms perpstusi cona,c
his mon suddenly TO furious cataracts. to
turn which It was necessary TO cut passage
to drag overland tho eighteen canoes and the
exploring boa. Even during this toll they. had
horcc and constant the opposition shown ~ the
wild people OF this region. These pers overcoh, the
It's Channel irom two TO ten miles wide and choked
with islands;'' but this respite was purchased by
padding amid the inricaces OF the river archipelago
and the party became nearly starved In the dread o.
approaching either shore Hunger compelled them to
this step last after fasting for three whole days
and they happily found kindly tribe who "knev
tha. .hs mighty stream which they now
from point two degrees north Of tho Eqassor~wa:
the "lkutu va Kwango" Three days later while Sill
uoser tribe 10 large and snos
who have heretofore accused this gallant explorer Of
nhumsnity may usetuIy take note that ON tins trying
occasion-as, we believe on others-nothtng but alb
solute necessity induced him 70 resort TO his arms
These savages killed three OF SANKEY'S mon even
fering giits and twelve miles. The despatch says,
running nght had 10 DO maintained before that 'iast
but one'' of these many desperate combats
PoCoCKs SAD FATE.
IL was not in any OF these that Frank Pocock and
Kaluu were lost The young Eagllsh assistant Of Mr.
Stanley survived all the numDcrless pcris of the expe
dtion from rs to last TO be swept over the falls OF
Massassa as lately as the Sd OF June last Ills leader
sdthis brave ana pious young man.. whose name
| which must now be added TO the sad tablet IN the
church At strood-can never be forgotten among tho
number Of those Of the RANK and flo who have done
IMMORTAL honor 10 English birth and brceding. Mr..
Stanley himself narrowly escaped the same late, and
Lady Alice, which had gone through SO many cxtraor'
binary adventures. was caught in the rapids OF the
Congo-Lualaba, al Abelo and whired over cataract
! "a HEARTY WELCOME BEFORE HIM.
The losses severe indeed, and the condition OF
known country at Emooma appears to have been one
Of extreme distress There, however, II would soon
reht and recover and We learn that our
with his energy had at arranged TO convey
his men to Kobinda and then to ST. Paul dc Loanda.
Thence he will be assisted in finding conveyance
| TO Zanzibar for his Africans, while the mail
steamer will bring Mr.. Stanley himself to tie
shores OF England, whore he will well deserve
the welcome which British hcarts are sure give
ono OF the and successful of the pioneers
OF geographical science AS for that grand and mar
velious river CongO. Lualaba-which ought nenceior
thanks to this unexampsd voyage that the prodgous
food which pours into the Atlantic at Point Padron
Kabinua risen close TO tho Zanlbes fountains
and that IN future days inland argosies Of regencr
ated Africa may almost the continent by water
fromDocean to ocean.
| UNPRECEDENTED FEAT
II is true hear also OF no less than thirty odd
rapids ana cataracts besides tho already we'll known
| "Yellaa Falls" beyond which Tackey, IN 1916 saw
little of the stream But from longitude 26 de.
grees to longitude II degrees message tells
that tho mighty river has an uninterrupted course OF
l. 400 miles with many magnificent af1uonts, the
broken portion lying mainly In the mountain belt,
through which 1t breaks It's way to pass into
the Atlantic. Thus for the FIRST timc since the
| history of man was written the mysterious veil is
| drawn uside from the entire channel OF the Congo,
and we see II q grandcr and vascr water way than
even the Nile BY this oat OF exploration
tho last OF tho chief problems OF African geography
has been solved and 10 his deeds OF discovery OIL the
Niyanzas and Tanganyika Henry Stanley has added
fresh and incompa parable triumph, which must forever
Ink his name with the history OF the continent that
his irresistible zeal has done much to open TO civil
luulin