Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-27
sTANLEY's LATEST WORK.
What He Has Done Among the Saw.
ages Of Africa.

EdtcGrd Kings Paris Letter in Boston Journal
Mr.. Stanley arrived in Paris much i'm.
proved in health after his Journey of
nearly forty days from st. Paul de
Loando, and he leaves this afternoon for
Brussels, where he will make a report
upon his mission and his labors in Africa
during the last three years and a half to
the Secretary General of the Interna-
tional African Colonization Association.
This body was formed at the instance of
the enterprising King of the Belgians,
shortly after the close of the Paris Ex-
hibition in 1878; and the first act of the
King after assuming the Presidency of
the society was to send for the young
explorer and to ask him if he would
put his experience and energy into
the labor of establishing stations along
the tracts on the Ozark Continent
where settlements were most available
and likely to bring forth good fruit for
civilization. After due reflection Stan
ley concluded to accept the kind offer,
which was eminently fiattering in its
character. and he understood from the
first, as every one else connected with
the association understood, that the OBJ.
Ject OF the work was rot so much i'm
mediate commercial gain as the civilizing
and education of the savage or semi
savage populations. The company did
not raise the flag of any particular
nation, but adopted banner of its own,
under which all Mr.. Stanley's marches
have been made, and all his efforts
have been undertaken. In connec-
ton with the central and parent society
at Brussels, it was arranged that national
committees should do as much as they
saw fit, and contributions in money and
equipment were made to the main expe-
dltlon by various geographical and
learned societies. Mr.. Stanley had told
the association that the Congo river was
the main avenue of entrance to- Central
Africa, and that so soon as the Difficult
ties of getting around the great cataracts
were surrounded, and steamers were set
afoat on the Upper Congo, the results
for both civilization and commerce
would be colossal.
The young explorer therefore left for
Africa for the third time in January,
1878, and since that time has been. faith
fully occupied in building roads around
the falls, IN organizing stations, each one
OF which is solidlY fortified, supplied
with rough but comfortable dwellings,
and kept stocked with provisions and
clothes from Europe. Guns and ammu.
milton do not form any considerable part
of the outfit; for Mr.. Stanley's boast is,
that one can go anywhere in the country
which he has settled up armed with
nothing more formidable than a cane.
The natives look upon him as a kind of
demigod; for they have discovered that
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such dislike, means getting more food
to eat, and getting it easier than in the
old times.
Last evening the explorer gave me a
picturesque description of a banquet
which he gave some time to the 500
blacks ard % whites directly and indi-
rectly interested in the colonization
scheme. The natives had never seen
such baronial festival before; Stanley
had purposely determined to give them
Gargantuan spread which they should
remember to the end of their lives.
There were quarters of beef roasted
whole, vast wooden tubs filled with rice;
butter and cheese from Europe; milk
from the COWS, which are kept at each
of the stations; game in stacks and pyra-
mids, and fruit in colossal heaps. The
men were amazed, and sat, until the
order to begin eating was given, with
their fingers OF their lips, and in a dazed,
rapturOus mood. When they had the
signal to ''fall to, those nearest the pre-
cious food plunged madly at it, but
speedily found the men in the second
rank crawling between their legs or leap
ing over their backs. But there was no
quarreling; every one had enough, and
all went away with largely increased i'm
pressions in favor Of the white men.
owe have done wonders since l last
wrote you" said Mr. Stanley; "and our
greatest accomplishment is the building
and roofing of long, handsome, we'll
arranged two story house. The second
story is looked upon by the primitive
populations in the neighboring villages
as something mysterious and magical
almost as a proof Of divinity. l have
been living in tent for about two years,
and have found it usually very comfort
able; but we wish to get solid buildings
put up as rapidly as possible. "Wel,"
he added with a sigh, "the road is built,
and is as nearly perfect as such a thing
in such new country can be. The sta.
tons are established, and no one of them
is in the slightest danger of being as
sailed. have done my part to the best
of my ability, and my conscience is
clean; and now | turn TO the association
and say to it, What will you Go nextY"