Year: 1872

Ar' osamAey's First Lecture


The discoverer of DR.. Livingstone appeared
for the first time last evening before New
York audience to relate from personal espe-
rience his views on sIife in Central Africx
and the Horrors of the Slave Trade" Ths
remarkable feat of journalism which has uow
passed into history, and which has attracted
the deepest attention, not only of the scien-
tito world, but of the general public TOO. made
the name Of Stanley household word here
even before his return to the land of his BIRTH
Therefore the interest exhibited by the select
and intellectual audience that assembled to
hear his first lecture showed how the Ameri-
can public can appreciate the signal triuAph
of one Of their representatives. The interest
ing and lifelike description of the topography
of the Land of the Moon and the sad examples
OF mans inhumanity to man alluded to during
the course of the lecture gave to the hearers
suoh an insight into the hitherto unknown
regions of Central Africa as carried the mind
from Zanzibar to Ujiji, through scenes Of
appalling danger and unheard-of suffering.
There were also on either side of the speaker
objects of interest calculated to fix the atten-
ton Of the audience upon the subject Of tho
lecture. On the left was o large map of Central
Africa. showing those regions through which
Livingstone and Stanley wandered, where
Spoke and Grant first beheld the waters of the
twin lakes, which they named after the
sovereign of England and her lamented spouse.
and where the most wonderful river in tho
world has its source. On the right Of the
speakers desk were objects still more interest
ing-specimens of the deadly weapons Of war
fare with which Mirambo armed his legions
when he sailed forth against the Arabs of I'm
yanyembe and when he met the gallant band
from Zanzibar in search Of the hero explorer.


There was also the identical American flag
that greeted the eyes of Livingstone when.
sick and faint, "a mere ruokle Of bones," he
had almost abandoned all hope of succor.
Near the glorious Stars and Stripes was the flag
of the Sultan Of Zanzibar and folds of the
cloth which may be termed the national
currency of the Land of the Moon.
The dusky Kalulu-the faithful youth. who
accompanied Stanley in his perilous
journey-and the brother of DR.. Livingstone
were also present to lend an additional in
terest to the scene. The earnest manner Of
the lecturer showed degree of enthusiasm I'M
his subject that was not lost on the audience.
The names of tribes, kingdoms and towns Of
the newly explored regions fell on ears unused
to them, but the admirable manner in which
MIR. Stanley photographed, as it were, in tho
minds of his hearers the strange. eventful
scenes through which he so triumphantly
passed, made even dry geographical details
attractive AS he warmed into his subject his
descriptions became more interesting and his
audience more deeply impressed Barely has
q lecturer been called upon to handle a subject
SO difficult and abstruse, and rarely have
efforts in the rostrum been crowned with
similar success The second lecture Of Mr..
Stanley takes place this evening when he will
relate the interesting history Of the march OF
the HERALD expedition into the Land of the
Moon.