The New York herald., 1877-09-21

GENEROUS PRAISE FROM THE AMERICAN
SUCCESSFUL OF AFRICAN ExpLoRERs-HIs
Discoveries OF SCIENTIFIC AND CONNER
CIAL IMPORTANCE.
From tho Pttsburg (Pa.) Dispatch Sept 191
The last Intelligence from Stanley, the HgRALDs
African explorer, summary OF which was published
yesterday morning. shows the journey undertaken by
that iudciatigablo traveller to have pshed
suits mcriting the bestowa OF highest praise After
year OF hard labor and the keenest SUFFERING he has
finished Of tho most remarkable journeys upon
record crossing the African continent at It's widest
part, wnere heretofore the foot OF white man had
never trod.
Mr. stanlcys last expedition has been highly valua-
BILE from the discoveries his researches have made.
Chiefly important Is his tracing oil tho Congo River
point whore its identity with tho LuaaDa assured.
The Is deserving Of the praise that
is bestowed upon am unstintingy by historical
ties and the Httfrafeurs Of Europe AMI America
From the Bloomington (Ill) Paragraph, Sept. Is. !
Henry NJ Stanley, tho young African explorer Of
Equatorial Africa who had already such distinc-
ton by finding tho lost Livingstone and subsequently
by his careful and thorough explorations OF the great
lakes tho head OF tho Nile has crowned hs abors
by crossing tho continent from east 10 west nearly
on the Equator. following Livnsstonos Luaaba Rive.
10 the sea, and individually identifying 1t with tho
Congo, thus completing tho work in which Cameron
iaed and revealing the last Of the great gcogra
secrets which Africa has for ages locked In her bosom
y His Aicxander-likc march over the corpscs
OF his enemies has PROBABLY closed his route to other
white explorers for some years, and his reports are
likely to DO for somo time the only attanabc ones do
scrptve of the wild country through which he passed.
From tho Rochester (N. " Democrat, Sept 1911
STANLEY ADRIcASus.
Henry NJ. Stanley, take your place among the great
geographical dscovcrcrs Tho daring young fellow,
with rare pluck and determination, has Just completed
ajourney from Zinzibar tho cast coast TO the
mouth OF the Congo, on the west coast OF Africa.
The geographical facts established by
the gallant explorer are that The thrco great rvors
tho ME- Xlmbcsi and the Congoaro the draincrs
OF tho continent ana that the valleys Of these three
rivers the chief typographical DIVISIONS OF The great
hitherto unknown continent These are valuable data
and thoy VIII be indssoluDy linked Win the OF
Henry Stanley In future let the three great rivers
bear tho names OF Livingstone Cameron and Stanley.
From the Chicago (lll.D Tribune, Sept. 1871
TIA pity Stanley has exhibited tho prudence and
modesty Of his predecessors In the field African cx
ploraon, for he has achieved more than any OF them
and has .Uthc right to bo respected as an advcn.
Grave man. lie has travelled across the
contin mt through land never before visited by q
white man. BY personal observation he has estab.
Ilshcd a fact which before was only surml lsed namely
that the River Congo and the River Lualaba are one.
He has thus completed survey OF the interior OF
Africa such other explorer has been able TO
make ana has rendered service 10 science signal
us II Is unusual. The tourney occupied nIno
months In that time therc wcrc no doubt. many
hazardous adventures and not little pcril and the
story Is certainly thrilling one, less a credit 10
tho American race than II IL to the honor OF tho
HERALD and Mr. Stanley.