Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-09-28

the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen
should at once withdraw the support
they have been induced to lend to It.
The Great African Explorer,
n. ". Stanley Heard FFOSa.
AFTER A GREAT STRUGGLE OF TWELVE
MONTHS DURATION HE SUCCEEDED IN
CROSSING THEAFRIcAN CONTINENT.
Extracts from q Special Telegram to the
Chicago Times Of the l7th
NEw York, Sept. II, 4 A.M-AfteF
nearly twelve months Of suspense,
during which the gravest fears were
entertSined for the safety Of the gal.
liant African explorer, the welcome
news has come that Henry n. Stanley
has arrived on the west coast Of Africa.
Slanley's dispatch is dated from EN-.
bona, Congo river, west coast Of AZ.
rica, August 10, and states that he ar
rived at that point on August 8, from
Zanzibar, with only one, hundred aud
fifteen souls, the entire party in an
awful condition afleP their long and
terrible journey through the heat Of
the African continent. After complet.
ing the exploration Of Lake Tangan.
yika, and settling definitely by actual
survey the question Of the outflow Of
the lake by what was believed 10 be the
river Lakuga, but which he has proved
to be only O creek draining into the
lake except where the waters Of the
great inland sea attain an extFaoFdi-
nary level, Stanley and his followers
pushed across the country 10 NYan.
Reve, on the Laulaba. Stanley left
Niagwe on the 18th of November, 1876,
and travelled overland through Ereg-
60. The task of penetrating the
unexpl0red Wilds that stretched
before him 10 the westward was calcu.
lated to impress him with g sense Of
danger that nothing but the stern call
of duty and the pFOmptings Of ambi-
tiOus resolution could overcome. He
was about to plunge into O region
where he would be as completely cut
of from hope of succor, II fortune did
not favor him In his journey, as If be
were wandering on the surface Of AM
other planet. Slanley's 7lOsses during
the long and -terrlbie journey across
the continent from Nyavgeve have
been very severe. The continuous
fighting In the forests and on the river
reduced the strength Of the expedition
until II became question whether any
OF ils members would ever reach the
coast. Stanley states: "My grief is
still new over The loss OF my last white
assistant, the brave and pious young
EngllshInan, Francis Pocock, who was
swept over the falls Of the Massassa
on the Sd OF last June" lie adds
any faithful companion, Kslulu, is
among the lost" % the same day that
Pocock was lost, Stanley, with seven
men, were almost drawn into the
whirlpools of the Nova falls, aud Six
weeks later himself, With the entire
crew OF the Lady Alice, we're swept
over the falls Of Mbelo, whence only
by miracle they escaped. The ex.
plorer writes: ~ made The expedition
from Bona by steamer 10 Calinda, aud
proceeded thence TO ST. Paul.de.loanda.
Mr.. Price Of the firm of Hutton q
Cookson, of Liverpool, takes my letter
10 you, via Angola"
After an aruUus march OF many days
through a country filed with Difficult.
lies, sud being compelled TO transport
ON the shoulders of his men every
pound ofprovislons and other stores
necessary for the transconlinental Jour-
ney and besides carrying In q similar
manner the sections of the Lady Alice,
exploring boat, and the arms aud am.
munition Of bis party, Stanley found
himself brought to Q stand by immense
tracts Of dense forest, through which
all attempts at progress we're futile.
Finding that he could not advance
along The line be had first intended 10
follow, Stanley crossed the Lualaba
and continued his journey along the
left bank of the,river, passing through
the district known as n0rlheast pkusu.
On Abs route be endeavored to ind an
outlet westward, but the jungle wac 80
dense and the iatignesoft The march 90
hsrAssilg that Il seemed impossible Tor
fbim 10 succeed IN passing the tremen.
dous barrier Of the forest To add to
the horfoEs oi his posllisR il shese
central African wilde Stanley fonnd
himself opposed 81 every siep BIZ ihe
hostile eannibal uaiiEesrf His dpnaroh
lhTsagh these caDpibal Esgions coon
became almosS hopeless. There was
no cesBGtione3onths aghiiug day or
lpiahl.A TIE advance VA asnecession
loEnhaFEeG i1sTnas akiHmiehing order
b. anhdEanne guard y FhQse duty u
was 10 clear the road Tor the main
lbody. Stanley 'Ep forts to nppsase the
sayeaes were f.ia The patient
bshaglbf Of sianlby men they regar-
aea AZ c6wafdice, 60 that no course re-