The New York herald., 1878-02-25
STANLEY AFRICAN US.
HIS ADDRESS AT THE ST. JAMES HALL REcEP-
TON -AnRAIaNMENT OF HIS TRADUcERs.
From the London Standart.I

TON -AnRAIaNMENr OF HIS TRADUCERs.
From the Londsn standard.l
Mr. n. N. Stanley, Who received . fresh ovation on
coming forward, said:-ME President, Your Royal
Hshness. ladies' and gentsmen--If there any ,nior
maity In my address this evening please address
yourself 10 Sir Rutherford AIcoog, OF him the
explanation II there Is any fault to ba found with
my impromptu rendering an account OF my dis
coveries you must address yourselves to him. II
had my wish, that l might In a Citing
manner render my account to tho Geographical
Society. should like to spend century In the
work Of description, in order that might giyo you
reasonable idea OF my march across this continent
Sir Rutherford Aicock says you are gathered to-
gether to do me honor. am told you have come
here to hear what concerns manhood, what concerns
humanity, what concerns the opening OF lost con-
tinent really have not had time 10 put down any
thing In writing. have not had time respond TO
q thousandth part OF the letters thai came TO 1
havo been SO busy from morning night that have
almost wished TO be IN Africa morc to be FREQ
from the necessity Of writing letters. We do
not do such things in Africa (Lauxhter)
/ have heard OF an explorer VINO. QUO
day after he camo homo from Africa, was asked by
one of those Englishmen who believed In the SOFT
mk-and-noney Kind OF work, "My dear
Sir, kindly tell me how you troated tho Africans in
Central AfrIca" "My dear sir, " said the
piorer IL treated them Ike gentlcmenn Cheers aud
laughter.) shall tell my story briefly aud rapidly,
but must tell you that II would be mere aiiecLa-
ton Tor me TO seem not 10 Know that there are
some persons who do agree with my treatment
Of .hs Africans, M II there Is any QUE VINO protests
him. r'Hear, hearv) natter myself that have a lit
tie gut OF measuring human nature. There are very
few parts 0i this very small globe that have not been
IN, In the character Of special correspon dent my
duty has been 10 study human nature, ana attribute
my success In Africa TO my having nrst been
10 the study oil human nature. ("Hear, hearl'p
It have % Sesn ans !,s,,ou ps's9a disposed 70 ss %
explorer or miss onary, should say that was
prepared IN each case 10 become willing pupil II
met war correspondent might ASK how could, IN
his shorthand, put down every thiVg almost that
thinks; but when man has 10 combine many offices,
issn, who'll supposed to lave been studying things
When you.ana special correspondent y IS part o. MS
trat studies everything.
AN1I-sTANLEY NEwsPAPERs
It has been said IN u certain Journal, which might
almost call antiStanley, tlst Mr.. Stanley has Deon
civilizDR negroes with explosive shells II has been
SAID that have been shutting up the continent
stead OF opening IT, ask you not TO uslsvs any sucu
sta,ement It Is all ponscnss, assure you Zanzuar
puce from which travellers IN eastern Africa
start lis interesting as the point where the ex-
plorer OF Africa organizes his force. might refer
you 10 many comical incidents which have taken
place in the streets and alleys there. When ar
the search ior Livingstone brought Re.
port that the whito man with the open
a man was thats II was tho man that throws his
money rignt and lett hey wcdxed one another III
the bazaar, aud sad, "Let US go and see him."
suddenly surprised with nifty or sixty who came
me. Tho eldest asked II WAS tue mao mat
wont Tor the white man said TO be lost in far
terioE said was told them shat l sought tor
rivcrs, mountains, tribes, nalions and races said
IL VIII got like an arrow across tue country; will
PRISE sou this time" they inquired how many yours
II would take, and rcminued me OF the nunlosr OF
camps were, these camps marking the distances
between Zanzibar and the ol all They said ''How
.,i.
much woula you iike?" They asked If would give
them So mouth. | said 1 would, II they were
their names for 50 mouth. After iour or i've days,
finding was moro liberal than they anticipated they
asked Tor 50 y month and they SAID The other white
man gave them 50. Well, agreed. some Of them
came 10 sign their names. ANA one Of them said he
had murdered eight pcrsons l warned HIM TO be
careful that he did not murder ono or should come
upon him, shaLI should take care snat ne d,d
not, aud that when he cane back 70 Zanzibar he
would be a ten thousand times better nun. t''Hssr,
hear"p.
CLEVER BIT OF SATIRE
So the day came y hen ws sartea from Zanzibar for
has already beer describe BY ar,on speke Graut
The same coursc oI things succeeded until came
was my becoming acquainted Win = pr,ucs, who
came 10 me Almost naked. He saIa:--''You are the
mrs. white msn ! nays seen; Are there many ike
come ck with mo and will introduce you TO the
Geographical Society anu you Will sucu q num-
sea-" 4flerward fell among = wariiEe peo.
pie dsiightlng In blood. mere often seemed
out step between lie and death. At
Soona never saw such misch,evous lot Isought 10
put my powers OF diplomacy 10 very goou use, ana
said. Do not look upon Us with such suspicion; you
some Palmer's Duiscuts aud ,ney perfectly sat-
ished said, Ill there Is any tning You let
Europe Slo% ns ns aru sdnss s
received said would wait While, but told them
10 get The ammunition READY. We went on
road Captain T. Il. Speke nrst discovered the
lake. He mad drawn the outline OF II, aud
though spent atty days tracing the lake
many places his drawing was found 10 be remarkably
correct. (''Hear y DO not Know what 1t was SpeKes
special ambition 10 discover, but would rs have
discovered Lake Victoria ana Mtosa as have dscJv-
creu tho Congo. That Is the only thing cnvy speke
Mtesa Las dcterniucd 10 oosorve CHRISTIAN as we'll
us MosIem methods. Ho has caused the Ten Com
mandments OF Moses TO oe written out-hecan road
Arauic-and the Lords Prayer, and also prcccpt,
hear y l thought what might be done II only
Christian missionary would come there. Mtesa would
give him land and cattle But II rs not nero ms
s0Iary that is wanted, but one that teach them 10
construct dwellings, aud to turn his hand ~ any thing,
Ike a sailor. such person, II be couid be iouud,
would become most valuable To Africa. He must boz
long TO no nation IN but 20 che entire who
race do not profess 10 be missionary, but where
ever see p'ety respect IT, Whenever see person
aniiabe would try 10 be twice more amiaDie 1t has
been SAID that tue African IL irredeemabe Not bit
OF IL
PRIvArIoss ON THR RIVER
After entering Lake Albert We started for Raman-
zka The people asked where came IRON. und |
said that came IRON the white mans land beyond
the sea. Alter speLdi1g month PLEASANTLY lcaine on
10 Uj.L much' connected with explorers, and " the
LuaiaUu. l wondered, however, Livingstone could
have entertained sucn opinion about their c0nue,.
lion with the Nile; II he could only have had daly
paper every day, could have read the modern novel,
or n debate, now II would have sharpeued him. He
would have dropped all ideas oi the Nile,
and the Mountains OF the Noon.
made inquiries OF tue Arabs as to tue
course Of the river, aud got hold Of person VINO
told me tnat II went to the south and the norih and
here was no end of IT, Alter started
encounter great periis. We came 10 tue equatorial
tails tried TO 60 10 the right bank. but there
natives there should we 90 backr We continued
our COURSE meeting cataract alter cataract aud had
10 cut thirteen miles through the iorest. Al last
we came " Luaiaba. Scots three canoes
came down In splendid fashion, the natives In
ma gnihcent war costume. NY people hestated
" hat 70 do. At length came 10 Tucketrs
IarthesI For tho last i've weeks had bcon suter
ing from hunger; scurvy had broken out We had
gone IRON Livngstones iarth~st ~ Tuckss farthest
We had connected the Congo with ths Lualaba We
sent some mon 10 Borneo Tor supplies. Ultimately
We came 10 Loande. Aiterward The Cape
where were very heartily received by mo people,
hose at Cape rown snowing extraordinary