New-York tribune., 1878-05-29
AFRICA AND THE AFPICINS.

LECTURE By COLONEL c. CIlAllLE LONG.
THE RESULTS OF HIS EXPEDITIONS IL CENTRAL
AND EASTERN AFRiCA-UNsuN1ED PRAISE 10
STANLEY.
4 lecture was delivered last evening in
Chickcrng Hall. before the American Geographiral s'
/ ciety, by Colonel c. ChalG Long, cx-Coonel Of the
. Egyptian army and Commander Of the Cross OF the
! Mcdgidich on Egypt, Africa and the Africans
The speaker was introduced by CAIri-Jusurc
DAILY who presided. Upon the platform were
/ also AlyGu :. Southworth. Professor Roswell D.
| Hitchcock. John Rem~en. General George W.
Cuuom General Yiele, ant Colonel T. Bailey Meyers.
The speaker, by way Of INTRODUCTORY save a rapid
resume O work African exploration. II" sad
preceded Mr. Stanley in the Nile basins in lN7l HIS
expedition in Is75 the continent touched nine
uyon Lake Victoria where he able 10 accompisha
crCumuav CATION from which III ana IN dying con
ditiou. my miserable little expedition Of two soldiers
was obliged to turn back to 20 to the discoveries which
/ awaited me IN my path homrward Devoted to cNr'p-
| tioDal hardshps in the scli-imposcd and fool
/ hardy expedition which I commanded | can
| not fail % appreciate the snhcrugs which
have whtcucd the head Of the daring stanley.
have followed INN with anxious interest, ana have
felt throb Of pleasure read of the enthusiastic ic-
ccption cxtericd HIM by the Geographical society Of
. France, which had so warmly welcomed me ~ $50.
Stanley went to England, where, but for The friendly
shield TN own around him Ivy the IIc>rnc" OF the Primo"
/ of Wales. the Hl-crac reception at WlN's'7 Rooms
Z mig
which had bred the iudlgnIr- offered both To Nj. Clad
f,nc and 10 Nr Eradlaugh hat u few DAYS before h,-
caue these gentlemen mad dared u raise their voices on
I'm, side uf Immunity and against British Interests IN the
question OF the Last Ihclc Is method ID tnr Hoh'.s
Gt the Geographical SU"i.tT Of LINt'h-l coordinate
branch OF the Ministry Of Foreign Affairs lis geography
d, dictated by Biti,u interests aiuar. dnd ~ haI D,
I AGAINST every man who nay nos b" devoted To Tie
urouagatIou ~ those ir'crrsts Ap'!W~r 50 long "s
Mr. ; ;auey had permitted hmscf - Dc '"d ana ''-
cep,cd a. LJs ,Huan, nothing "d7 E,A."
Tuc,and's aac (Which MI stanley. strangely enough
Intentionally thdIS'A 'Ht 1'.''n '' 49,, -,
ggsn VITA BEN. ,laTcdcalrT-l charge the trdlh "i
r,,' ,bs b.fnrr: and when the British Goyru.
| 1ucut was using the bogus proclamation o! Sad
Of emancipation ana abolition o! sHNcy hs W. oI
juShcdu"hI"l lt7 n''!.'i.'' ~ Iitt0 {, , t,,
uOn commanded conformity ~ hchlI"r lt'ha "NI
eXpcdiic win Sc results to geography nigh, have been
iuvaluahlr, since, at the head of battalion 81" 7pHuh
/ ieh black and veteran soldiers, 500 strong ! "is
prepared 20 open an o4nasoa i%'I 1rt yn,rh g5J
forests said for II l. but 700 evident t"i "-ani i7
looking To ne n1aoI'uon oi Ham~.nH', ] ,I" ''i' ]
Sd mad. "A direct tarust at lDc iu.sy pfctcKt OF Eus
lad aud this more tnl the battle al EAnhcA, "a-ihc
head ana front OI his Offending
African traveller" continued Colonel L9nt "In the Fan
OF ls6O distinguished cA-uenber "i AI lan'"h5 ah-
OF Chuu Pasna, then Minister Of "dI 10 IN" khct'o.
from %1o" IN dtip dFrp{ 10 %omi,e my oea' nna sS.. lH
/ sailed to join General Mott vino m the
!
n5ny yyl Corlou left -u'2, acrus The desert Of Tie
Mic to kuatOum, aui thence 10 Hohu"h''" our pros
pccIiyc seat Oi govern neHt
'Tne result, Of these ahd subsequent expeditions are
here briefly summed up ttc OF utrOdut ton 90 h"u
tonight. Tie only American VINO hah ever Visited
Inc tabled Nile sources 10 record discoveries ~ the
/ Nile basin, which, while they have won honor '-,-
where nave drawn upon me tEc jealous lc'nE oi tAo~t
devoted 10 British Interests III Central aud Oncnid.
AFRICA, The result OF the expedition 10 hI,c, king
/ of Eluuda the annexation Ol lhhi country,
ricn m iyory 10 Lgypt. The water OF the We
fret time b7 white man Ihht portion oil thr river
trt fIme pIttiug inns AT rest ali DOUBT, as Ia
the connecuoH Of the two lakes lh9 dsG9vFy IN nti-
tudc g north Of LAKE IDIahIii' "duHS tH"A Another
great reservoir to the sources OF the Nir; y s5S'rl
| of basins, OF when th1 DO" lne l@he Ni'',Ilh IA a
and the Lake Albert were Ol'y hID"l, tL'
plateau sOu.hwagd acting as great water
shed 70 perprtua SguatoLlai rams An fHTI"n 10
the MakIhha-Nlah-NIdIh coIhlIl anu "'nioPopIasc 70
| tribes, opened up communication WIN ths
country HGh IN IVORY ann r,cs ID ,rc nr, ait
back 10 rclute the hruonS that travellers had
sIrato oi mat question which attaches our relation 10
the missing link The expedition to oriental Allca has
the limit OF Egypt thus including Eas Iafoun on the
Indian Ocean, ana the y9naDr oouhIm oGmniTlts :
| C;uarchfm Lrllah and BerDcrah, opposite Adcn"
Wth Tins Introduction ongi Long tnGn rT,uIned to
Of gcograpnical discovery" he tad. begins
| taxing inspiration from the spirit OF Mungo Park and
Bruce has offered bnce loi another page III gcogra.
ply upon which inscribed tho H.ustrious names of
Iiarth Dveyucr and Ropn- IN the interior OF the SOU
dan; BekG and AbDadic, III hblsslha; burton aud
! sprkc IN the lake basin Of the Nile; Livingstone
| ana Cameron, III the Southern equatorial z!ne {;
/ Miami, Schwoniurth ana NachIkd "rSi ol mo Me :;
| -ouhworrh al Khartoum; our owh Du'haih, IN NE
regions Of the OsooIe CHpt-n Eoulalsr To ar,hs to
convert the desert o sahara mo great INFERIOR sea
and many others, ending with That Of Henry NJ stanley
III MS brilliant exp OrauOn along the nsO To the Sea
TIcu foIlnWed "A brief description the TX pcditIon
from GOudOsOrO on Alrh -, lS1l Tie speaker added
| In AuenIt wSs discovered Lake 6rlhn. destincu to
take it, place with the Victoria and the Albert Of spoke
4f ftttsgt YA,Ft- gItrsl
| fed by perpetual equatorial rains, constitute tho
sources Cf the Nile Tho return was made ll tie middle
I oi, i.I' T' linn Of hIn soldiers Win tvci : i,
dauah. as personal guard, fOr the MaMaka
Main Man, the country Of the authrOpupLalI. Ny object
was to opcn a road througn rhc intervening hosulc
tshcs aud reaching Tho n VANS r. putcd ircndiv
occupy ana annex That country IT, Inc Irau ot
the expedition, already signaIied, show that the object
Thc speaker then touched briefly upon his expedition
/ aided: "Nirh sealed orders written by The khcdvc
himself sailed III thtGg uahspoii 1LiS wi "l'h my & mgw
and composed OF troops o al arms i"r hc indian
| Ocean. Acting ~ cOnjucuon with MckillOp Iashn,
aud iubosUtablr SOumal coast tnriy days aitcrward
nave time to enter INTO all the drllB winch pre-
ccicd our landing at Kismayu, tho hostile drmonsrrn-
non of Inc troops Of said Burga-h and final Occu-
patton Of fortress not close at thIs point, bat north
| ward extending to Ras Ilaioun, Cap" Guaidohn.
| and the SocOtra Is.ands-pUIHts which have
been Justly claimed and conceded as marking the limit
however through the influence OF Lord Derby tho knc
| dive was ODHgc to surrender Tie occupation of
| Ra, UafOuu, IS now known as Egyptian Territory.
lad hoped to De permitted 70 make an equatorial road
4 rect TO the lake. from whence / had but just come
and thus ION the command with that Of Gordon, whom
supposed AT that time 10 bc M Mlsc. The command
wa In every way provided for such au expedition. The
| loss 10 geography and 10 the rlch Held OF cthnO-
| logical research thus incalculablc, but what
! we're those in the eyes OF England Lord
Dcrby's dispatch pCrCmplOry Broken III health by
many African expeditions by advice OF my physicians
begged the KLcdiVe III the month Of September 10 per-
retire from his service, pIOmIs!ng to respond
To his call should ho need my services IL was thus
| left
fcIrcd In the most emphatic terms TO tho important
results Of expodOn6, both 10 Egypt 10 geography
| sit,..a an