The New York herald., 1878-03-02
Henry M. Stanley in Sack
vile Street, London.
THROUGH THE DARK CONTINENT.
The EngIshman's Jealousy OF Every
thing American.
From the London World

and letters is almost busy hard worked cab
met minister Hailing from the United States he Is
utterly unliRe that other traveller Of whom Humboldt
said, ''rhs man has gone farther aud seen
any man ever met Mr.. Stanley has gone far, far
| beyond other explorers, and has seen with an OBJ
servant eve ana registered In excellent memory
scenes OF strange and surprising interest What,
would ike to know, ut this hour of nine A. H.,
does he think OF the dark London day illu-
mined by sckly gas? II Is tho morning
alter the great meeting OF the Royal Geogra aphica al
Society at ST. James Hall, and 1t may be noted that
long consort with the noble savage has not one atom
abated the natural instincts Of the journalist The
man who. while tracing the course OF the Congo River,
was cut of from civilization, comes back to 1t xeenly
alive to all its influences On his table lie all the daily
newspapers, and is easy that the reports of
the last nights proceedings have already been care
fully, perhaps jeaously, scanned.
"REMINISCENCES THE PAST.
Perhaps no greater contrast can be imagined than
that between the bravo dscovercr OF Livingstone ard
the undaunted Engishman who visited the sacred city
OF Mohammed. Captain Burton is tall and athletic,
with wiry highly trained look admirably rendered
In his portrait by Mr. Leighton. There Is fighting
look In his eye and In his manner inenabe scorn OF
formulas 1t is the esprit frondeur In bronze. Wit
and muscle bright and hard, and II Is easy
to understand that great and dangerous work has
been done by their possessor. No like Impression Is
conveyed by Henry Morton Stanley. The figure
which rises from the nresde to greet the visitor Is
that OF small sty built man, erect In bearing, but
In voice and manner rather sympathetic and enthu-
siastic than hard and stern. The not the
voice OF determined and cruel man. On the
trary is OF that tone not unirequent IN America
soft and pleasant with u musical Southern twang,
| distinct from the nasal utterauce of Boston. His
hair is--to quote phrase OF Dckens-'gray before
Its time, like neglected. fire." Hard work and
| very gray; but for all this tho head is that
| OF young man. and there Is no ndica-
tion OF premature age IN voice or gesture.
| The expression OF the Taco Is that Of man who al
| ways holds himself prepared tor any emergency or
summons, even though the latter convey as large an
| order as that which Mr. Stanley received on mem
| orable occasion a low years ago from his Now York
"boss:"-''Send man 200 miles up the Red Sea in
tercopt Norma and ascertain details OF Livngsone's
death. Cable 900 70 this Office " The HERALD
man In Egypt had relays Of donkeys ready at Suez.
| The Norma came to an anchor during the night q
boat sent shore boarded the steamer day
light interviewed Wainwright and, thanks to the don
| key arrangements, q splendid account reached the
NEW YORK HERALD once in London, und was dis
tributed with Mr.. Gordon Benefits conn plimsnts TO
| all London, provincial and continental papers
MANAGED BIT KINDNESS
| The first question which II is natural to ask Mr..
| Stanley Is how he managed his men SO wcll The
ply prompt and to the point. vi treat the African
Ike brother having first made him understand that
| am the elder brother He is a good fellow enough,
| DR.. Livingstone did. But he must be made to
stand that hs Is to obey. and tnen does cheerfuy
all, much same every where The African has his
sympathies, his likes ana hts dislikes, and. above
~, VIII, .I tell you aSoa. ono OF my guards. Hs
was fellow OF terrible reputation, the dread
OF Zanzibar, and boosted that he haa Killed eight men
brawls. No sooner was no In my employ than he
gan,zed scheme of plunder was immediately in.
formed Of this by my detective force, and talked
riously TO him. told him that knew his plan
every detaii that my eye was everywhere. and that
| was botn able and willing TO punish nim Having
frightened him thoroughly, thought would try the
effect OF generous cemency. told nim that Tor this
snce ne should go unharmed, bat that II heard OF
MIN gain he should be severely punished. Ho was a
changed man, ut least for while Apparently he had
given up his evil ways, and. matter OF TACT, aid
give lhem up least yoar. Al last habit proved
too strong for him, and lie transgresscd again. Tnis
| time punished him, and severely, too"
AWFUL INCUBUS.
"what did you do to hlms" y the inquiry which
i.de1ued IDEAS OF what Mr. stanley may intend by
~ made him." replies the traveller, "carry a
box weighing sixty pounds the burden OF an ordinary
this weight did not crush INN physically, hut men
tally II reauoed him TO Zero NO white could
have felt his degradation more keeEly than my Zanz
bar man. There was he all III once reduced TO the
| level of u common porter, bearer oi burdens. He
vino been the terror OF the country the idol and
exemplar OF every ioaier; he who had inspired the
| mind VI the Seyyid himself with disquieludc,
WAS no more than The meanes. Of creatures
ho took up the box and carried AMID the nouis
eers OF his fellows No stricken deer in tue centre
civilization could have been mado 10 feel mis- position
| more acutely than my African guard Every In
ny command who had suffered at any time IRON the
insolence my troublesome guard paid back
interest the hour OF his humiliation. This debt was
always paid In words, but often IN expressive ges
lures In ks and shrugs ana other pantomiInc HIS
hfe became torment, ior the box hin great
deal than tue alUatross did the Ancient Mariner
hs declared that, sleeping or waking the hated box
| was always Win him. Alter letting HIM do pcDauco
Tor several days l released nlIn. ana had more
trouble with MIN aiterward. Ny would do any
thing ior me-were eawnySroady 10 work ana TO light
TRIUMPH METHOD.
This extreme devotion to tho "whte man with the
hand" seems 10 Uo duo to several Doubt
less Tho "open hand itse had great share In pro-
ducipk it but II seems clear enough that success
parent certainly Of his being able accomplish any
task that no undertook, went ior Rood deal Ia
ning over tho imaginative African In the martial
and other expeditions of native cneis there care
Icssness OF method and Instability OF purpose utterly
opposed TO the principles Of Mr. siauiey, VINO goes
| about his WORK like workman ana brings "a cou-
science TO II. Moreover, Mr. Stanley, like amy whi,e
resoule enough 10 penetrate into the interior Of
Africa, has with him the glamour OF mystery. As
men, black and white, moasure the motives of
others by their own SO Is 10 prehensbIe tho
African that like Livingstone Stanley should
undergo and Lardsnips OF travel for the
sake the bubble reputation or some iil-dehued
of dong good to Africa by opening tho country TO
Europeans. Tho African cannot comprehend tho
OBJECT oi the explorer any more than lne Turk
comprehend the existence oil the antiquary 10 tho
Asiatic the seeker Tor the buried
empires, the excavator ANXIOUS to trace the limits Of
the temple oi some oxtinct god. II mere gold grub
per-a hunter ior hidden treasure. The African nas
but scant idea oil clues anu buried treasure but no
cannot conceive that costly aud dangerous expedt
ti0ns undcrtlken Without tuo OF conquest
To him the explorer u pioneer, the spy oil an invad
ing army. Why eiso should the white come?
He does not seek lor trade except as parchaser Of
t0od; he Is slave trader. What, tuen can he bo
but the advanced guard oil un invader2
PERsUADISG MrEsA.
Mr. Stanley had no itts trOubI, IN porsuaubng his
particular friend Atesa that ne wanted nothing lhe
way oil territory. 81 told him. observes Mr. stan
ley, as he hcks the ash of his cigar with a nuger
ed with the diamond ring apparently insepar
IRON the American--''I told nun, in a Kind OF sot
speech such as VIZ make 10 tho red man. what no :
spuge Was ~ | IA
What there IN IL to tempt ineY Did want gunsr
had enough ioI myself and some lott to give HIM.
Did wan wives Tuere were thousands OF beaut,.
Iui womon-white women-in my own couu-
try; why, then, should 1 envy him his
dusky brides2 Did l want housesf We had
houses nj home which reached from earth 10 sky
from the wafer TO the stars, anu what siouIa 1 do
with gruss-built hutsy Did want land2 My country
greater lar than any space that could th
Of; the sun rose on big waor, compared WITH when