New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1878-10-23
STANLEY.

l. T Z y 1855
The EARLY History OF the reat.Explorer.
From the Baltimore very Saturday.
Tie age OF discoveries is upon US. The
hleroglyphics Of Egypt have unraveled
the mysteries Of their designers. Burned
Troy has yielded the tiara Of the frail
Helen to Dr. Schleimann. Henry M.
Stanley, the .Herazds special detective,
traversed the Wilds and jungles ofsAfrica,
and discovered the long lost Livingstone,
and IN g recent journey drew a new geo.
graphical line across the entire breadth of
that Uncomfortable, dark continent. It
now remains tor E0ery Saturday to give
to It's readers startling piece of news
that 1t has discovered, which is nothing
more nor less than an effort to discoverer.
and answer that almost enigmatical cues
ton of "At no is Henry NJ. Stanley?n
That he has been the first white man
that has crossed that land of myth and
mystery the homage of all countries at
test. But although he has solved the
great questions that have puzzled the
geographrs rs, he has reserved 20 himself
a mystery nat almost every one instantly
clears 10 willingly, cheertully and sat1s
fs.1,orl y. viz: ''Who were your parents?'
The yapers all teen with graphic ac-
counts OF lis exploits, but not one of them
has attempted to dilare upon his history,
for the simple reason that they are ig-
norant OF it the only al. *, to his birth
beng IN foot note tc {, little penny
pamphlet published in London, which
says: "Of Mr. Stanley's early life little is
known Wales ana America both claim
him. ne himself will probably soon set
tie the Vexed question" That question
we propose to settle now on the very best
OF evidence, that OF his own mother, from
whom we are in receipt OF the entire
particulars, and his desire to shield his
ingratitude to the woman who bore him
IS undoubtedly the reason why his early
life is shrOuded in such mystery. The
letter IS dated High Park street. Seton
square, Liverpool, August Ii, and from
it we CLEAN the following facts.
The explorer, whose right name is
Henry NJ. Eastaway, was born in New
York city on the 26th of October. 1S43,
and chnstened by the Rev. Father Smith
at James Street Roman Catholic Church,
near the Bowery. His mother was born
in Ireland, but for some time resided in
Baltimore. His father was a sea CAPTAIN
and when the child was still very Young
the family went back to Europe. During
a voyage in 1853 the father died, and the
boy soon after, while sojourning at his
aunt's farm at Clay Castle, had some
words with his mother, and, in fit OF
anger, she said to him: 'sWould to God
you were somewhere from me;' to which
he replied; "Never mud, mother, as soon
as can get a ship will take care
that [ shall not come back.
Should get to America I can claim it
as my birthplace" The boy was as good
as his word, and in the same year ('58) he
sailed from Queenstown in bark called
the Jacob Kellerd; and few lines for
his mother from Limerick, asking for her
prayers and acknowledging the tilial love
he had for her, were the last she has
ever heard from him; nor did she ever
lay eyes on him again until the dav of
Livingston's funeral at Westminster
Abbey. In company with a friend, Capt
Lamont. "a letter from whom is also in
our possession she recognized him among
the six pail bearers, and the captain, to
satisfy her, asked some one standing by,
who the person was, and the reply came,
"Why, that's Henry M. Stanley, the man
who discovered Livingston
It IS hard to deceive the unerring in
stinct chat pulsates in q mothers heart,
and beneath the searching scrutiny of her
eyes he quailed and hid his face in the
folds of the silk flag Captain Lamont,
referring to the scene, says in his letter:
81 see by what you say that the people in
Liverpool will not allow Mr.. Stanley 10
be your lost son, but l think if they were
present at the interview we had with him
at Mr.. Livingstones funeral, they would
be Of a different opinion. The poor wom-
an sought her ungrateful son at the Lang
ham Hotel, in London, and was shown
into the parlor. We had best let Mrs.
Eastaway describe the scene in her own
words: He put out his hand to me- Said
/, Are you not a nice song WELL ne an
swered, 4 fancy there must be some mis-
take here. Then said I, YOU can rec
fifty it, well, he answered, any mon
ey you want you can have Why said
|, do you offer me money if am not
your mothor? Did not write to you and
to Mr.. James Gorden Bennett, SAYING I
need no aid, only to relive my distracted
mind"
He then questioned her as to any par
ticular marks her son had, and when she
told him that if he were her boy he had
peculiar India ink marks upon his arms,
and mole on his neck, he WINGED and
refused to satisfy her, but said, ''Havc
patience for year or so, Mrs. Eastaway;
your son viii turn up" This was too
4 much for the mothers heart to Dear, ana