The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-08-05
STANEEY'S CAREER:
THE AFRICAN EXPLORERS LIFE
A ROMANCE OF HISTORY.

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Sir Henry Morton Stanley's life was
romance. Born in Denbigh, Wales
Jan. 28, 1841, into obscurity so dense
that his real name, John Rowlands
was for a long time mystery; into
poverty so great that some years of his
boyhood we're spent in the st. Asaph
Union workhouse, he rose to famous
journalist, an explorer of worldwide
eminence. legislator in the house OF
commons of Great Britain and social
figure in the most eminent circles OF
the world.
He was about 16 when he first came
to this country, shipping as a cabin
boy on a schooner bound for New Or
leans. 1t was there that he met his
first friend and protector, Henry Nor
ton Stanley, merchant, who is said
to have adopted him, and whose name
he took.
Mr.. Stanley died intestate and the
lad was thrown upon his own re-
sources. When the civil war broke out
he enlisted in the Confederate army.
but being taken prisoner at Pittsburg
Landing, won his liberty by enlisting
in the Federal navy. For his bravery
In swimming through storm of shot
and shell to attach hawser to cap
tured Confederat vessel he was pro-
NOTED to be acting ensign on the IRON
clad Ticonderoga.
His public career began with the
Abyssinian expedition of 1867-68, in
which he acted as a newspaper CORE
spondent Succeeding in sending the
first news of the close of the campaign
to London, he attracted the attention
of the New York Herald, which gave
him number of rowing commissions.
On one of these he assembled the Nile,
on another he interviewed the chiefs
of the Cretan revolution (1868-69) and
he was sent eventually to Spain in time
to witness the scenes that followed
after the departure o. Queen Isabella
from Madrid.
In his book, How | Found Living
stone" he has told how, on Oct 16,
1869, a sudden telegram called him
from Madrid to Paris, and how the
of the Herald asked him:
Where do you think Livingstone
is?"
II really do not know, sir"
do you think he is alive, and that
he can be found; and | am going to
send you to find him"
And these were the instructions he
received, as recorded by himself:
DRAW $1,000 now, and when you have
gone through that, draw another thou
sand, and when that is spent, draw
another thousand, and when you have
finished that, draw another thousand,
and so on but find Livingstone"
Mr. Stanley did not hesitate. His
journalistic training had accustomed
him to implicit obedience. Just as he
had done when the Herald had given
him 10 minutes to consider whether
or not he would accept the mission to
so now he merely drew
long breath, and agreed to find Living
stone living or Livingstone's bones
dead.
1t was not until December, 1870, that
Stanley sailed from Bombay to Zanzi-
bar, which he reached on Jan. 6. 1871.
Stanley found that he would have
to hire a body of 200 men for at least
a year and carry with him immense
stores of cotton sheetings, brass wire
and beads, which take the place OF
specie among the barbarous tribes
along the way.
Each of his men was engaged for
Sc year and provided with tiintlock
powder horn, bullet mould,
knife, Ratchet and powder and ball for
200 rounds. To cross the rivers along
the way two boats, one seating 20 and
the other six men, we're procured.
Stanley had been fortunate enough
to secure the services of three men,
who had been respectively in the ex-
petitions of Spoke, Grant and Burton.
Under their guidance the journey from
the coast to Ujiji was safely made,
though under great hardships and per-
Il. At Unyanyembe they had passed
a caravan which had been sent to the
relief of Livingstone by Sir John Kirk.
At that place Stanley had been obliged
to leave many of his men who were
sick, including Shaw.At last, on Nov.
10, 1871, after a march of 236 days, the
expedition, with flags flying and guns
firing, entered the town of Ujiji, where
they were speedily surrounded by a
crowd of wondering natives.
Suddenly, Stanley heard a voice on
his right say in English: Good morn
Ing, SIR" and black man announced
himself as Susi, the servant of DR..
Livingstone.