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Meeting of the British place in a fortnight at Bighton. to in a few words all discoveries. ‘The at the which is to take Meanwhile it ia — that has yet been tol of chief interest of African travel centres for the pres- ent on three t lake ‘Victori it THE AERALD CIVINESTONE EXPEDITION. ‘Continued Comments of the English Press on Stanley’s Success. seems now wore pro! » & region of smal lakee—and the Albert N) to be two reservoirs ©: two and considerably south of both is another jake, bout which it has been hitherto im- say whother it was Or was not another reservoir of the same great river. lake that Dr. Livingstone has been chiefly working. His own previous opinion—as we various accounts w! anza of Baker are known Between these Tanganyika, a ble to It is round this A TRUE SERVANT OF SCIENCE. ich have reac! el ws com dine to time—seeme to have been that becom sony bg inern ontiet into” the com. such @ reservoil waters by a not But this opinion was founded only op report and inference. After he hi been joined by Mr. Stanley the two travellers ther for the first time the northern found a considerable ad heen long Ln pid talk, manifestly fit, They had to The Explorations of Livingstone in Con- junction with Stanley. end of the lake. river, whose name (Rt to African travellers from native into the lake and not out of fight their way northward against a tremendous ed by the best of all porsi- penance ee ~~ hat direction, and had, the increasing vol- fore, is one fact which etly added to our geo- second of Une of research, ation, does not seem yet to ually definite result. is district he has traced a THE VALLEY OF THE ZAMBEZI current, and 80 ascertain bte teste—that of actual ex) ika did not em) an Interesting Piece of Gossip, Graphic with Personal Traits and Evjivencd by Notes of Perilous Adventure. tone has distin phical knowledge. His an oq) south and west of eat river flowing through ion es ip meandering curves, which, on the whole, and bearing in its course dif ferent names. Firet it was Ohambezi and thendt In this river Dr. Li IND OFFICES OF THE AMERICAN tended northwards, was known as Lualaba, stone is convinced that he has found the true he But he has left, according to of 180 miles between the has traced this river and int which has been ascertained to be- ile system; and that is a gap which experience has tanght us tobe quite sulicientto mple room for unexpected issues in African Livingstone is therefore quite Jastified in making a strenuous efort to fill up this at is the main object of his 8 Wi and we may fairly hope that the perse- ich has enabled him to difficulties and the led him in so mauy safely through this final investigati 1n about @ cou his estimate o! tion of the problem of so many ages. These are the main geographical results which can be gathered from the meagre and indistinct ac- counts which have reached us, nal eat traveller is, thor detail, more clear in outline. Itis six years since In 1866 he entered Africa zibar, but Jar south of the Nile system. The great valley of the Zambezi, with its tributar agsa, Was the scene, alrei iar first labors, Thence he worked north- wards over the watershed in search of streams that might feed the infant Nile, and at last, de- is guides and worn out by toil, but re- the discovery of the bezi, he reached Ujij General Review of the Living- stone-Stanley Letters to the Herald. his own statement, a farthest point to whi {Prom the Western Daily Press, July 30.) When the news of Mr. Stanley's success in dis- eovering Dr. Livingstone first reached this coun- try there were folks who more than insinuated a doubt as to whether the newspaper correspondent ad really been to the Interior of Africa, The am- gle evidence which has since come to hand has re- toved doubts of this kind wherever they existed. ‘While the English Geographical Society was organ- iming its expedition a single individual, the repre- sentative of an American newspaper, accomplished the great task of seeking and finding Dr. Living- example of newspaper enter- prise this mid-African search, ft did, dangers of a serious kind, ts without Mr. Stanley, in fact, im his hand. He bad to encounter the risks of @ treacherous climate and the dangers which are ‘neeparabie from a journey through the semi-civi- Msed pepulations who inhabit the country be- ween the coast and the place where Dr. Living- stone was found. It has been said that Mr, Stan- Jey, unlike other African travellers, was not ani- mated by any pure love of adventure or by any @esire to make great geographical discoveries. Certainly he was neither @ Speke, a Baker, a Barth ‘aor a Burton, nor had he the missionary spirit of a Moffat or a Livingstone. mevertheless, not to be undervalued because his motives were different from those of the great travellers and explorers named. dad disappeared. finished him — out ‘Mons at home were, Is Li if alive, where as he? rotection which has langers will carry him fakiey is right in e required—a complete solu- involving, as carried his life reat river Cham- trade depot on There he rested for @ again on the same quest. Again he was rewarded b; river called Lualaba, back till it was identified with the Chambezt hig former discovery. down by illness and exhaustion. His feet were sore with ulcers, his followers had mutinied, his stores were exhausted, and he had no resource but to fall ack once more on Ujiji, which he reached for the spirited and forlorn, and, in rase, ‘a mere rackle of not long to wait for help. and comfort. On the 10th of November the discharge of many muskets an- nounced the arrival of some distinguished party, and the old traveller's eyesand ears were soon gladdened by the sight of a white face and the sound Of the familiar English had found him ont and brought But he was worn second time utter! his o expressive mae Et er noun ceter bones? in the middie Dr. Livingstone Surmise had d Central Africa, itene alive or dead, iat is his preaent con- hat are his requirements’ It oc- Mr. Bennett, Jr., who.seems, in the matter of enterprise, the equal of his father, that r machinery to answer inal idea of such a novel ennett;. the success of to Mr. mor atiaf alth and plenty It is touching to read how the man, ce able to eat before, ‘tell to” at the first supper shared with his gu iting and talking until eaten threo or four meals straight away,” and then declared that he had gained a new impulse and a fresh vitality from the meeting. idle words, He was soon ready to start again, and the two travellers spent four happy months to- ether in common exploratton. ut not before Mr. Stanley hi are stores and provisions to his friend, to great wonder of the natives, who ascribed this un- to some myatic power of yy Dr. Livingstone. es of the American end here. A sage to his Consul at Zanzibar brought fresh sup- plies to his fellow traveller. we have not seen it definitely stated, that some at least of the various convoys of stores which have been sent out from this country must also have reached their destination; aud thus encour and recruited, Dr. Livingstone has started on his new route with the renewed hope and confidence which are in themselves both omens and instru- ments of success. He will not, we hope, be lost to us again for so long & period; but if he is, we rate learned this lesson trom the en- our American contemporary—that a single resolute man, with unlimited command of can find aby one he chooses to look for, the very heart of Africa. Search expedi- tions and relief expeditions have @ tendency, as m Mr. New’s account in the Times of Saturday, te come _to grief through the multitude of counsellors. We de not pretend to apportion the blame, or even to assert that blame is duc, to any one; and all reports about Dr. Kirk’s rem! ness in particular must be checked by the recol- he has incurred the deadi the slave traders by his successful with their trade, as well as by the hearty excul ton of Mr. Oswell Livingstone. neuls and societies ant ho could use his newaep: ‘these questions. The 01 @earch belongs to earrying it out mast be awarde: The questions which were so frequent educated classes in to the whereabouts the circumstances un- which they have been answered are so ro- maantic that they read like a new thapter of Defoe, red still moreirensely interestin: that every incident is literal reciate the feelings of Dr. Living- ‘d that ‘‘an Englishman was coming,” and saw the American flag waving in the breeze; and it would to comprehend the thrill o! Mr. Stanley must have experienced when he the object of his search. recorded his own feclings in a brief sentences inone of the letters to Mr. Bennett which we have pub! monstrative,” he says, ‘as we islanders are reputed to be, but your kindness made m' It was indeed overwhelming, an id in my soul—Let the richest ble: @escend on you and yours.” ‘deen without news for several years, his latest ag to home events having been conveyed a few copies of the Saturday Review and ter this he was unacquainted European event. It cap be well under- refore, With what avidity he would listen mighty changes that have since Mr. Stanley was Nor were these ong They then parted, omer wountriee ad, turnea over all big fate of de Mog ben Bir es accountable generosit dificult to ap, It is probable, though “J am cold and The Doctor had to the news of taken place op the Continent. man to give him information, bei! hly acquainted with all the chief perso: and national events of the period which, tone, was a blank. to tell of Dr. Livingstone is not yet before us, but he has supplied enough to show ly he entered into the work which Placed before him, and how com- successful he was 10 carrying itout. The of Dr. Livingstone, just published, are like mental photographs of the great traveller. @ee in them a revival of spirits caused by the trans- Atlantic relief agency which Mr. Bennett estab- Those who know Dr. Livingstone are well aware of his buoyant and ‘te. It is almost impossible to depress him, and | ‘when he says in his letter to Mr. Bennett that Mr. Stapley found him ina ‘forlorn condition’ after Ujiji, of between four hundred and five miles, “baffled, worried and defeated,” on his feet,” as he thonght, those who erstand the terribly depress- | ‘mg character of the circumstances which led him to form such an estimate of his must, indeed, ‘mith new life, for the ‘old ap} light-heartedness w in his most But it is plain t expeditions have failed to oO that which, if we may accept with confidence his own account, was accomplished at last by the ir- regular enterprise of Mr. Stanicy. The story which {From the Nonconformist, the organ of the Dis- When the news was flashed to England afew weeks since that Mr. Stanley, the commissioner of the New York I#ea.p, had found Dr. Livingstone there were some persons who were disposed to question Mr. Stanley's word. it was all Yankee invention, and even wrote to | some of the public journals to prove, as they thought conclusively, from internal evidence, that Mr. Stanley could never have seen Dr. Livingstone. ‘There are mean, suspicious and jealous natures in all classes of seciety, and if ordinary report be true these qualities especially abound in the scientifte ‘They are not unknown else- The discoverer of a new theological or political trath has always a pack of bloodhounds behind him ready to tear him into pieces if he should make one false step or waver for an To be first Is to be feared. To All men who have done any important work in this world have gone through this experience. live it, and some are so happy as to see distrust turned into confidence and Jealousy into a frank Let us hope that this will be Mr. Stanley’s experience, and that, if that gen- tieman should receive any hearty reception in Eng- jand at all, the heartiest and the warmest will come from the members of the Royal Geographical They suggested that reciation of humor ich characterized Tosperous and pear in his letters, The estimate which | ced upon Mr. Stanley's services will, no @oubt, vary according to the a GiMoulties of the task which dition was @ hazardous one no one | t it was successful ts equally obvi- | Mr. Stanley undertook a succeeded in it, and al! Engian Bim and to the spirited newspaper proprietor | under whose auspices and at whose expense the The information which ts Livingstone’s letters as to the | eharacter of the watershed he was sent by his old Roderick Murchison to explore and | the details of the great siave trafic and the ged in it, are valuable contributions to owledge on these subjects, but, for the | moment, this information, important and valuable aa it must be considered, is eclipsed by that which 4s of a purely personal character. to know particularly related to Dr. Livingstone himself, aud on this point Mr. Staniey has satisiled of the heartiest reception that jon, Which meets on ritish public can give and artistic worlds, preciation of the e accomplished. instant in his career. reat Work, and | ye ahead is to be hated. is indebted to | The ll, however, out- ‘work was carried out. ma ob supplied in Dr. and humble repentance, What we wanted For, to express our own feelings, which we be- Neve to be the feeling of at least every unscientific person, we may at once say that next to the ‘ua, and is deservi ‘the British Assoc’ jugust at brighton, aud the . He is a true servant of science, been accompanied by posi- | ut them something of the quality which Englishmen have always The nding of Living- achievements, havin; tive danger, have al rendering both hberotc—a to scientific knowledge and to welfare ranks the service which Mr, rendered to Dr. What would have happened if Mr. Stanley had vingstone when he did none been ready to recognize. mtone, moreover, supplies a new tie between Eng- Jand and America, and cannot fail to strengthen bh has begun to grow up be- Stanley has can tell, but the probability is that the career of the African discoverer would have been cut short. felt himself forsaken; he was destitute; he was | broken tn health and spirits, and had nothing left | | but a sort of indedantte despairing hope, niey, with abounding pears before him, and there tion as unto a new life. should write, “It was, indeed, overwhelming, and I soul, ‘Let the richest blessings ighest on you and yours?’ ” It is almost impossible to Keep the narratives of good tween the two nation {From the Guardian, he organ of the Church of athy and help, | In iim @ resurrec- What wonder that he | ‘The news about Dr. Livingstone and his discov- | eries reaches us in a fashion which is provokingly fragmentary and disconnected. the Times was enabled, by the courtesy of the New Yorx HERALD, to publish a summary of the account piven by Mr. Stanley, the correspondent despatched | Mr. Stanley and Dr. Livingstone a by the enterprise of the latter journal in search of | In the course of the last week another correspondent—on the stat of the | Melegraph—has waylaid Mr, Stanley bimeelf ; find accompanied him to Paris, and se- ‘ ured the privilege of many hours’ conversation | “unlimited credit’ and depend own courage and inventiveness, hia way to Zanzibar, engaged a cohort of assist- 4, With Wagons iuli of ammunition, and struck at once into the interior. Neither disease nor inter: | national strife etopped him. He went straight ana unswervingly on, and (has there ever been any- more miraculous or romantic’) met sud- and unexpectedly the object of his search ‘0 looking for a man of whom no ears, but who was sup- e sotmnewhere in the un- middie of Africa, would seem to be a good deal more than a “wild goose chase’ and even @ more dificult task than finding “a needie in @ truss of hay,” but Mr. Stanle, well seid, struck upon his trail with a Red Indian, or, should we not rather say, was given wisdom to search and guided to his destina- tion by @ higber wisdom than bis own? It ts hap- pier always fora man to think that than to think that his own axill has bro We have little information even Dr. Livingstone has been doing in all the five years ing his great enterprise. Southern Airica Some weeks ago months since it was stated that had commissioned Mr. same man who first sent the news to Europe the missing traveller. Dr. Livingstone. The commission was given ju two or three curt sentences, and undertaken | without any loss of words on the other side. grit the successful finder. Two letters from Dr, Stanley made Livingstone himself—if they are genuine—have also found their way into the newspapers. The result of the whole is an interesting plece of gossip, Srephic with personal traits and enlivened by notes Of perilous aaventure. But for anything more det inite we must probably wait a littie longer. Mr. Stanley is the bearer of numerous letters from Dr. Livingstone, including bis diary—a precious docu- ment, for the preservation of which in thé hazardous passage of a river we are said to be indebted to Mr. Stanley's prompt decision in the ready handling of These will give in time the full story to the public; but it is only fair that the New York Grxarp, which first found the traveller and rescued him from want and ifilness, should have the first benefit of bis communications. They will not be bacts to Eu even if they are iedosures Which ludy be ht about his success, et as to what that he has been tong in travell What ocgurred to and made his way to where Mr. Stanley found him no one knows, scems at centre all his work in exhaust! the “watershed”? of Central commission entrusted to him by ‘sir Roderick,” jot intend to return until he has fully It may secm to us that he has little plete this work—only @ hun- or thereabouts to travel, and @ fabled source of the four waters what truth there ts in the old-world infor- mation upon that subject, But from the time that it has already taken him to do what he has done, we May fee] assured that his estimate of the time re- quired to complete his discoveries cannot be an exaggerated one. But supposing, as we have heard people inquinh, that he does discover the “* watershed”—what then What will be the use of it? Will it be only that we and our children will know a little more about the rivers of Africa than we have yet known? Perhaps the question is a natural one, but its naturalness docs not e it of ite somewhat forgetful character. There Is no knowledge of the present Gay tis has converting to Christ! heathen ‘counties io of the 1d oaaed real coun world as ‘aphical knowledge, jorance is only fear and dis- er traders nor, as a rule, Chris- tian missionaries care to tread untrodden und and go to the unknown. Above all things is the wiedge of where they are gi how they can there, what is the character an what the ities of the country. Sin) and in mation upon wi subject, What is the use of that mation? The explorations of Speke, Grant and EST which resulted in the dis- coveries of the great lakes from which, but, prob- ably, also through which, the Nile flows, will most q end in extermination of the slave trade jikely the exve in the whole district from the great lakes to Egypt, tablish a Lead for traders ‘and the number jes throu; m of mdependent nations that inhabit that vast country. » Liv- ingstone has don tl t and never-ex- 8 done he Ft district south ort that what is, has been or is ing done for the north. He will probably estab- lish the fact that Ravikaod can be continued for hundreds of milos through the a we lak and beyond them down past tl centre o! Africa, He will have established routes from the south, whence he has come, and from the ee where he will return. ‘This country he will have “opened up,” and, after what has been told us of {t, no man can doubf that the most mar- vellous ficld for Christicn and commercial enter- prise ‘will be given to us or to those who may choose take advantage of it. The vision of the possible fature of Africa as the result of these discoveries is enough to dazzle the dullest 1 ination. Steam- boats may run through her vast lakes and rivers; railways may Clasp the whole Continent; wheat, cotton and cattle enough for the whole world ma: be grown there; towns and villages cry ere! an among them all Lord tear Gospel of the blessed God may be preached. That hitherto unknown land seems to be, in natural resourcer the richest on the face of the globe, All we have wanted to open it up has been just pens od knowledge which Dr. Livingstone is now ac- We prefer to say nothing a8 to the disastrous or unfortunate results of the expedition of the Royal Geographical Society. More information is wanted before any one can say who Is to blame, but of this we are sure—that the committee of that so- ciety must be deeply ce ‘ined and disappointed at what has taken place. Their expedition was, if late, well organized, and where it has failed it has fatied trom circumstances beyond, at least, their control. It is disappointing to all of us that it should ba fo. Nevertheless, let us swallow our feelings ith as good fol 5.20 as may be, and give the cour- ageous and iventurous American who, single- handed, has done all that was required—the wel- come a eae Dr. Livingstone, at least, would have us give him. (From the Manchester Examiner, July 30.) Few things could have given more heartfelt satis- faction to Englishmen than the assurance of the safety of Dr. Livingstone, and the gratitude we owe to Mr, Stanley for having brought to us the Welcome tidings is @ debt which will be paid with acclamation. Five long years had elapsed without the receipt of any authentic information respect- ing our great explorer, We had diligently sifted every scrap of rumor that had reached us from runaway Arabs or from caravans arriving at Zan- zibar, and were thankful to feel persuaded that the balance of conjecture leaned to the more favorable view; but nevertheless, a8 month after month rolled away without any authentic tidings from Livingstone hiinself, it was hard to banish from our minds the worst misgivings, and at length the conviction was openly expressed that we should see our illus- trious countryman no more, But such a life was not to be lost without an effort being made to clear up the mystery which surrounded its fate. It might be that Livingstone was not dead, but only reduced to inactivity by the want of means either to return or to prosecute his researches. Or, per- haps he had fallen into the hands of hostile tribes and was pining in bondage looking wistfully for deliverance. Uncertainty in snch circumstances was intolerable. It was felt that the nation would frp ietatlyeyotn aly and still more unworthy of its distinguished son, if no attempt were made to rescue him if living, or at allevents to know the worst, While we were doubting and. hesitating it was announced that a correspondent of the New YorK HERALD had been commissioned to undertake the task and had already left Zanzibar to presecute his researches. We gave but little credit to the news. It looked like a flash in the rh got up in the interests of sensationalism, and it seemed al- most absurd for @ newspaper correspondent to un- dertake so vast and indefinite an enterprise. Our own expedition at length started, we heard of its arrival on the coast; of delays that were judged necessary to ensure its success; of large ra- tions that were being made in order to supply the necessities of the {llustrious traveller in the évent of his being discovered, and we were beginning to row impatient for further progress, when ali at once the news reached us that the newspaper cor- respondent had cleared up the mystery. Mr, Stan- ley had found Dr, Livingstone, had lived with him for several months, had supplied him with money and provisions, and was then on the wy back, the bearer of letters from the Doctor himself. ‘We owe Mr. Stanley an apology for the way in which his frat communication was received. description of the battle fought along the road, of his solemn entry into Ujiji and his tiret interview with Doctor Livingstone certainly savored of the grotesque, and some of the infidels of the press sug- ested that the whole affair looked like a fabrica- ton, This Cg fer has been most agreeabi, unished, We have now to admit that the incred- ible is to be believed, that the impracticable has been accomplished, and that the energy and the enterprise of Great Britain have been anticipated and outdone by the liberality of a New York jour- nalist, and the pluck and skill o! one of ‘tiose newspaper people’ whose services he had the dis. . cernment to secure. We congratulate Mr, Stanley on bis unexampled achievement. He has added new laurels to the press. He has shown that a hero of the pen can also be indefatigable and courageous, as & man of action, that he can fight and organize as wellas write. We freely admit that those pass- ages in his first communication which struck us as rather melodramatic derived their characteristic qualities from the enthusiasm which alone could have carried him through the dificulties of his un- paralleled undertaking, and that what he has ac- tually achieved far surpasses in the real elements of wonder any of the marvellous incidents which he has narrated. We can promise him an enthusi- astic reception in this country, and while we gladly acknowledge the obiigattyna under whic! he has laid us we shall be none the leas ready to admit those ‘indirect claims” which may be urged on behalf of the United States. In the person of one of their most prominent citizens they have rendered us a valu- able service, and sent a thrill of joy thr every English honsehola, We prefer, however, to regard the obligation a8 one conterred upon our common race, and as a picssing proof of the substantial identity of two kindred nations. Livingstone is au object of interest to the whole of the civilized world, and his labors are as well appreciated among the lettered - intelligent classes in France and Germany us they are at home; but there was one people, living under a different gov- | ernment from our own, and classed conventionally among foreigners, who regarded Livingstone as one of themselves, and viewed his achievements as a coutribution to @ com- | mon stock of giory, in which they and we are alike sharers. We do not deny or cavil at the claim; we rather rejoice at every occasion whieh preseats itself for proving to the world how close and sympathetic are the which bind to- gether the two great branches of the English- speaking famtiy. The friendship of the two nations as had to encounter more than one serious dim- culty, but let us hope that the last will be success. ry lepones. of at Geneva and that the future will have pleasanter times in store for us. One of our strongest bonds is a common property in the great men of old, in the poets agd philosophers, the Statesmen and the heroes, whose achievements have conferred upon our Common race its proud heritage of Iterary and political renown, and the im- memorial tie will be still further strengthened by intertwining with it the associations which cluster round such deeds ag those of Livingstone. In doing justice to the exploits of Mr. Stanley, 4 in thankfully recognizi: the complete suc- cess which has crowned his chivalrous undertak- ing, we are reminded somewhat Cg tly of our own shortcomings. Now that the ts con- nected with Mr. Stanley's expedition are fully known, we are compelled to entertain something more than a suspicion that Dr. Livingstone has not met with aaequate support and sympathy from our representative at Zanzibar, and that with any- thi like adequate energy and zeal on the part of Dr. we should not have been left for so man, years in absolute ignorance of the whereabouts, ant even the existence, of our great explorer. If it should prove to be well authenticated that at the time of Mr, Stanley's stay at jij he was in the habit of recetving regularly packets of letters, in- cluding eyen @ telegram or a few months’ date from New York, through the American Consul at Zanzibar, we shall need something fore than the re assurances of Dr, Kirk to convince w it he could not have secured the same for Dr. Living- slone, Vpe report which Jag reached ug from Mr. at present to the Srperanon, of ica. was the Stanicy seems to contain specific charges again: Dr. Kisk on the authority of Dr. Livingstone. oF ese for the present we will alleged statement requires butno objection cau be ralsed Lo evidence offered by. irk ‘lr, gnd there are one er two his lettera to the Rev, ries New, the the United Methodist Church in which seem to us to lend weight to tl Jo inion Stanley's success, Dr. Kirk 1—"Mr. new determincs to £° home, and I think acta we! as an observer could only be looked upon as a rivi io the field Dr. Livmgstone hi sires to follow.’ We will not stay to analyze Renee, but we think our resce rey agree wish Dr, Livings tion roughly sifted our reputation is staked upon bis being 80 far as human energy can go, with the efent sup; and we cer efforts to be thwarted by the supineness and ference of our representative at Zanzibar. [From the Manchester Guardian, July 30.) Dr, Kirk. Mr. Livingstone does but it 1s quite clear that he absolute! es which have been made ins sul at Zanzibar, We are glad to find that 80; but Mr. Livin, short letter to the Times will conclustve refutation of Mr. Stanley’s statements, Pere ty neonelanig is the letter of Captain Parisn. this is @ very high opinion; but what the country wants to know is why what proved possible to a correspond- ent of the New York HERALD could not be done at least equal to vhose ¢! one point, perhaps—and that a most the testimony of Mr. Livin; Parish possegses some weight. Dr. Livin: as reported by Mr. Stanley, accuses Dr. having neglected him from a feelin This is the result of a ‘misconce| Livingstone, and Captain Parish, w opportunities of observing the great traveller. Relief Expedition, we ence has been published. expedition is at stake. [From the Diario de la Marino, Havana, August 4.) that may well be considered marvellous, Mr. from Dr. Livingstone of which he was the bearer. view of the valiant Stanley with Dr. Livingstone, On leaving Unyanyembe on the 23d of June, 1871, with the determination of Lees. to the north, Stanley encountered Mirambo, of Nyassa, to whom certain Arab tribes paid tribute, thelr caravans might allowed to pass through his territory. Stanley resolved to make common cause with the Arabs against their ene- mies of Mirambo, and the chief, seeing this, had subsequently to retire, leaving the fleld in the pos- session ofthe allied travellers, This difficulty over- the spirited voyageur had all he to close his ears tl rible prognostications in which the Arabs pei in order to dissuade him from =} months after his departure from Unyanyembe, despite the vagaries of the superstitious natives, after braving a thousand dangers and eadergoing. great hardship, he saw his efforts crowned wit! success, thongh not without haxing to appeal to other means to enjoy it. When the huts of U pis peared in the distance it was deemed expedient to announce his arrival, like a successful commander, with something that should prove impressive to the natives, and to that end he formed a procegsion, fired a salute of musketry and maxing a demon- stration which awakened the inhabitants, who im- mediately came out to receive him in great num- bers, filling the air with the deafening sounds and disgusting noise of their infernal musical instru- ments, This was the great moment of real danger to the traveller, Stanicy, and ed the ee- verest test of his sa ) for among the multitude he saw a man of the white Tace, pale, and witha gray beard, whose attitude contrasted strangely with the queer-visaged in- dividuals surrounding him. It was Dr. Living- himeel animated him after the exc! Such is the history of the famous mecting. New YorRK HERALD anc ange of a few phrases. romantic terms in order to satisi importance of the great work, scendence of the discoveries of Dr. merit all the noise made. said, will remain two years longer ip ica. and St. Francis Xavier's. churches at every mass. Stephen's, St. Alphonsus’ gation were present at ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL The almost insupportable heat of the day was, edifice was not filled to overflowing. THE REV. FATUER KEARNEY like tenes of THE “INCARNATUS RST." Kearney gave the following pithy EXPLANATION OF THE FESTIVAL. entrusted by her Son upon the Cross, children of Adam have been excepted. however, conjectures, In that city. ent reason, that she died at Gethsemane, her supposed tomb has body of the Blessed Virgin was raised by The latter is the truth, as appears from the life of St. Theod his famous sermon against pence prov God. ancient martyrol promiscuously called the assumption, re, of the Blessed Virgin. with great solemnity both 1 Pi md, indeed, it has always been set apai tury; a by the wise regulations of the Church as 8 by the wise of this festival, botl and commemorate, event of #0 glorious a privile; the immaculate mother pf G her Son. in ree- able suspicious referred to, ‘ming lew that Lieutenant Dawson had made up his mind to abandon the search ition on hearing of Mr. ‘chosen and still de- this cry ‘that the {mpreasion it couveys not altogether Pleasant, an the man who. could write it isnot exactly the one upon whom we should have wished . tone 10. be dependent for the means of Subsistence and success. We cannot doubt bow the quest will be thoi aor e TSrADIOR. and thes proper s16ne will be en to rd against apathy an: beg tin such a quar- » The whole nation is proud of Dr. Livingstone ; provided, most efl- nly cannot permit our inaif- Curiously enongh, one of the frst pens employed in defence of Dr. Kirk is that of Dr. Livingstone’s son, This young gentieman, who was a member of, the “Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition,” which went to Zanzibar and did nothing, finds the joy which the fact of his father’s safety has kindled within him “painfully marred by the sad and, he is thoroughly convinced, erroneous opinions’ which the veteran explorer had allowed to take possession of his mind in respect of his “old and trusty friend,” jot go into det rejects the it the Con- tone can hardly expect that hia De accepted as a irk’s character and public services we have by our own agents on the coast, whose facilities for opening up communication with the missing traveller may reasonably be presumed to have been joyed by Mr. Staniey. On painful one— tone and Captain ne, k of of jealousy, ion,” ‘says Mr. has bad rd the conduct of Dr. Kirk, declares that he “was most devotedly attached” to With regard to the Search and observe that Lieutenant Henn, the second in command, asks the public to withhold its opinion until all the oficial correspond- That isa perfectly fair appeal, for the reputation of every member of the The romantic-scientific expedition fitted out and organized by the New YoRK HgRALD to search for the celebrated Dr. Livingstone has given results Stanley, under whose management the perilous Journey was accomplished, is now in Europe, and has commenced the publication of several letters The HERALD promises that they shall be published in London simultaneously with their appearance in New York, as transmitted by cable. With the desire to impartially reproduce at the present time all the effects of this truly marvellous undertaking, which, according to the truthfulexpression of an Edinburg Journal, reminds one forcibly of the famous travels of Marco Polo and Vasco de Gama, we will mention only the last events which culminated in the inter- 80 that, Journey to Ujiji; but on the 3d of November, four stone; and as Stanley approached and satisfied if of bis identity we can well understand his dimiculty in repressing the oy that at this moment The portion of the European preés have presented th's undertaking in the most the emotions of modern society ; but the facts, without denying the with the tran- Livingstone, and in whicn he has been so long engaged, scarcely Dr. LN, ial itis i CATHOLIC FESTIVAL YESTERDAY. Explanation of the Feast of the Assump- tion of the Blessed Virgin by Rev. Father Kearney—St. Stephen’s Church, St. Alphonsus’, St. Patrick’s Cathedral The Catholic churches of this city celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin yes- terday with becoming devotion and solemnity, it being the greatest of all the festivals which the Church celebrates in her honor, in commemoration of her nappy departure from this life and transia-" tion into the kingdom of her Son. Despite the op- pressive heat large congregations thronged the The celebrations at St. St. Francis Xavier's churches were carried out fn an edifying and at- tractive manner. A large and fashionabie congre- at half-past ten o'clock mass, the carly masses being algo attended as numerously as on Sundays. no doubt, one of the first reasons why the spacious officiated as celebrant, assisted by the acolytes. ‘The mass, Mozart's 12th, was rendered with un- usual power and effect. A devotional spirit seemed to permeate throughout, which was most recog- nizable and impressive at the thrilling, murmur- After the conclusion of the mass Rev. Father After Christ ascended into heaven His blessed mother remained at Jerusalem under the protec- tion of St, John the Evangelist, to whom she was Hence it ts inferred by some that at Jerusalem she paid the common debt of nature from which none of the from the writings of the relates assembled at Ephesus in 431, that she died Others think, and with more appar. ere been frequently visited, It is, however, @ traditionary pious belief that the God soon alter her death, and assumed to glory by a singular peiviieae before the general resurrection of the ead, ‘This is mentioned by the learned Andrew of Crete, in the East, in the seventh, and by St. Gregory of Tours, in the West, in the sixth cen- tury. Whether this assumption was of “her soul only, or of both soul aud body, is no part of faith. but were it not 80 the object of the festival is the same, This feast of her assumption was celebrated with the utmost solemnity at Jerusaiem in the fifthand sixth sash on this day of her festival in 428, delivered Nestorius—in his pre- ing the Virgin Mary to be the mother of es the solemnity is or ft wks olebrated in the Greek and Latin Churches @@ early asthe sixth, and even the sw y de- voted spectaliy to the honor of the Blessed Virgin. y hes have sprung up everywhere under the title of the is nth Europe and America. It is NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1872—WITH SUPPLEMENT. of Japan Through the United States and Europe. ENVOYS PREPARING THE WAY “Half Shrinking from Too Demonstrative Manifestations in America,” A FULL NAVAL ESCORT. How the Tycoon Fell and the Mi- kado Became Emperor. Progress of the Empire Under Reform Rule~ Americans in Japan—Power of the Dai- mios Extinguished—The Em- Dassy to England. Our latest advices from Japan are to the effect that the Mikado, who was then on a tour through the Southern provinces of his empire, would on his return embark for Europe. It is announced on authority that it has been definitcly settled that His Majesty will visit the United States when re- turning to. his dominions. He will first disembark in this city and after spending some time in Wash- ington and other points of interest, proceed to San Francisco, from whenee he will sal for Jeddo. The appointment of embassics to Londop and Paris is in consequence of this determination. ‘Three vgssels of war are to accompany the Mikado; one, being built in New York, will be despatched in time to meet him in Europe. Half shrinking, it is said, from the too demonstrative manifestations of friendship to be expected from the American people, as evidenced by the reception of the jate Embassy, the Mikado, it is understood, will repair first to Paris, and, by degrees, becoming accus- tomed to popuiar ovations, will be suMiciently har- dened to submit with comparative ease to the lion- izing tendencies of the Americans, who never do anything by halves. The reception given to the Japanese gentlemen who sailed from Boston on the 6th inst., if taken as a fair indication of the warmth of the welcome and the persistent attention given to simple ambassadors, it ig fair to presume that if their royal and august master should fall into the hands of the Boston burghers he might be killed with their attentions, But New Yorkers knowhow to treat royal visitors in becoming style, and here he is sure of receiving on his arrival a welcome be- coming his exalted station and in keeping with the most cordial relations that exist between the two countries, EFFECT OF THE VISIT. There is no reason to discredit the reported inten- tion of the Mikado to visit the Western nations and the United States. Ifit should be carried out the event will be one of the most notable of the age in which we live, and will, besides, constitute a new epoch in the relations between the independent countries of the far East and Christendom. It will cause our people to study more closely Japan and its people, with whom our dealings are growing every day more extensive and intimate, and in reference to whom we occupy o most favorable geographical position for commercial intercourse, It will more quickly arouse us to the fact that Japan ig agreat nation, well aeserying the most earnest efforts to be assisted in its march: from the bar- barism of the past centuries to the high civilization to which it is now tending, and to achieve which seems, since the Mikado succeeded to undivided power over his sub- jects, to be the controlling passion of its statesmen. We have every reason in the United States to be convinced of the sincerity of the Mika- do’s government, for they have sent among us the leading men of their country, whom we have cor- dially received; and they have invited to Japan Americans to aid them in inaugurating and direct- ing measures of reform, In @ short time the em- pire has advanced to a position in the road of real progress that it has taken some nations long years to accomplish. THE TYCOON AND THE MIEADO, The Mikado is still a very young man. he shared with the Tycoon the government of the country. The latter was the secular ruler, the Mi- authority was exercised by a regency In conse- quence of his minority. The real rulers, however, were the daimios, or princes, who main- tained’ armies and _— ships war of their own, and exercise sway in the rovinces where they resided, acknowledging hr sort of manner the supreme authority of the Tycoon, or secular Emperor. Among these prince disaensions existed which became intensified the Japanese ports were opened to foreign trade and foreigners obtained the right of in the country. It may be well to state here #hat the power of the daimios has been broken and their claim to title and office by birthright abolished by law. tinguishing clanship without b) and all placed under the Mikado. The Tycoon was im f@vor of carrying out in good faith all sera ations, and was sup- ed or trouble, ported by a considera mber of daimios. The opposition party, hei Satsuma, Chositu relatives, deter seized the persom of their young sovereign, over whom they assumed a superior control to the mem- bers of the regency, with the view of proclaiming him sole Bmperor and dethroning the Tycoon. FOREIGNERS ATTACKED. The Tycoon fied from Kiota and Ronen refuge in of tis castles, which was attacked and burned, Several battles were fought in which his troops were defeated. The foreign ministers assembled and tendered their sympathies to the fugitive ruler, but Lo age’ declared their intention not to in- terfere In the revolution. They looked upon the triumph of Satsuma as an evidence of an intention to disregard the treaties, and many circumstances occurred to give good ground for this bellef, For- eigners were assailed and killed in the streets, and several ministers met with violence from the peo- ple. There was a large force of ships-of-war pres- ent and exemplary panishment was demanded and inflicted on the native offenders by the Mikado's advisers, Who gave every assurance of good will to the foreign representatives, THE TYCOON ABDICATES. ‘The Tycoon persistently denied that there was war between the Mikado and himeelf, claiming that the Mikado was a minor; that his jointed by the former Mikado, his father, had been Tosa, with their kinsmen and Satsuma was the chief; that other persons were put in their places Lid pens and that the war ‘was between the latter and the Tycoon. A royal roclamation was issued February 8, 1868, declar- ing the Mikado of age, shough there was @ con- spiracy on foot to proclaim Mia Sama, the Mikado Tepresentative, uncle and heir presumptive, as his successor on the ground of the imbecility of incumbent. The Fortune KRM wae, j fens) the Tycoon. His follo . eaitie Ste. ships-of-war he had purchased in Burope and the United States proved of no value in his efforts. He determined to abdicate and place all wor in the hands of the ing Mikado. Tie stipulated, however, for his withdrawal to the castle of Mito. time vacated the with her suite, moved to dowager of his predecessor, resent Mikado, with her suite, established herself im the palace of the Prince of ‘Tayasy, ‘also in that capital, ‘The Tycoon issued an order to the army, Davy and Treasury to surrender, and the necessar’ documents were exchanged, notwithstanding the discontent and turbulence of the defeated daimios, that a government under any other than the Mikado an im ibility, and all the best classes united in giving their sup- port to the new Sovereign. e Tycoon retired wealthy, and since his abdication has taken no rt whagever in public affairs. Mikado then e sole ruler under the title of Emperor. CHANGE OF POLICY. Since that time the policy of the Japanese gov- ernment has been entirely changed. Instead of being exclusive it has sought to cultivate intimate relations with the Western nations. The a4 of the Mikado have nelzed on every occasion to in- troduce the arts, industries and inanufactures of foreign countries into the Empire, and have held out inducements to the learned and experienced to settic in Japan, Embassies bave been sent abroad and the jealous regulations affecting commerce have been relaxed, Americans have been specially favored and a understanding with this coun- ‘a carefully cultivated, A new era began in Japan palace ; the consort of the Tycoon, th # eve’ ious Christian to honor tae ‘goasineseotan ts the Church requires, the as Re adsuming of into the kingdom of t ‘and temporal rule was com- Dined ne rperor. The fears entertained when mi that the treaties would no rved have proved groundless. OR FOR AMERICANS, PRI All the treaties with Japan are to be reviecd this, THE MIKADO Preposed Journey of the Emperor Up to 1868 | xado the spiritual head of the empire, but his | ¢ The government has bese coptenzed by ex- | e head of the | by the three chief daimios, | on acoup d'état, and at once | forcibly removed by & coalition of daimtos, of which | the | ‘The ladtes of the Court in the mean- | Mito, at Jeddo, and the | the siater of the | It now appeared, | wisers | and y The atinreres Satter Of no ittle consequence tad Affairs have applied to our, fovernment for ‘assistance In procuring a compe- mont viser. The importance to our govern- ite one our own le aelecled fog” ‘other for i tt reventa so chalon of 806 another nation’s. artial td fnimies tout by veeome (6) opintons relative tg the tions national Capron, at the gaa one ‘at ssion, is now in the tmpite on the.{nvitation o he moreren ment, Another American gen Ll the. Ameri mre class of young men at Seaching © being educdved in png tention of qualifytn: the in- . Various departments of the ire. — MANAGEMENT OF The change in the public poll or go i ticularly remarkable in. character og the men now entrusted with the management foreign before vo) government assumed control, wa; .. ¥ Was by the strongest. kind of acrores ments, the De; ent of Foret mo A set eed je as low and unimportant as Ponsi- ble, to even make it appear to the native r.ind to be, in tac Separtat it of the govertiment at) all. To this end the office was located near the foreign pougpaies in Jeddo, in @ miserabic bufld-: tientle: entle- talen¢ in vernment? fought other posts, but ay tie se! this, Tn. fron ie a sate eat it “res or preferment to ie abpot I ma to. nt y tien Ia» the Foreign Departmen: daly In i = 09 Of the foreign felations of Japan with thot departme Ince, looked royak neglect favor of Tapes of has revolution! ae and the Japanese Court has yo to took upon. the: department ag being in one of the very great- est in point of honor and difficulty of any ‘that they have to fill. As mentioned before, there is a clase of young men noeninn instruction from an Ameri- can in the Foreign Ofice, and young Japanose) noblemen are constuntly arriving tm the ntteate States and entering our numerous institutions of learning. It is evident that there is no way mi sure and thorough to enable the Japancee. to cor- rectly judge of the inatitations of country than) the continuance of this tion, It cannot fail to have a highly beneficial on the Empire: ja the efforts made to raise 1¢ up from the low ton it not long since ocoupied. one of the remarkable chi ht about sinc the Mikado becamo sole Emperor of Japan. i THE DAIMIOS STRIPPED OF POWER, Still greater changes took place during the lasé months of 1871. A decree was issued by which. alk datimios were removed from oMee, and directed— November, last year—to assemble in Jeddo, thereafter constantly reside in that city, they to allowed ten per cent of their former révenucs as means of support, but to be allowed no commanti or any rank Or office, except to. rank generally as’ noblemen; to be eligible office, but not other- wise than by selection by the central government to have any official ition; thelr daimio oe Provinees, to be directly under the adminis! 10) of the central government, which retaine former local oficiais under the daimios in thelr.re- she ena dit sud) i to such changes as he Mikado’s advisers see proper from th to time to make. is THE PRINCES SATISFIED, It would appear that these daimios have for a lo1 time past been more nominal than actual rniers their provinces, the real control of which has been; vested in @ local lature presided over by: ai oficer, who, reaching his posttlon by merit an not from birth, had gr ‘assumed. more and: mora power until ns @ class these men were more pro) erly the head of the respective clans than fe lord, the Prince, had been; that the daimios find- ing. themselves as a class eradually enp- Planted in actual wer, while they had entailed on them i@ expense and respon- sibility of the positon of actual lord, wei happy to escape all responsibility and expense bY their sham sovereignty and retire to a position of ease and no responsibility, and where, with one- tenth of their former revenue entirely for their own, use, find that they had more money to spend than’ they y formerly, had when receiving their full rev- NAVY, ARMY, RAILROADS AND TELEGRAPHS, Japan has been designated the British Isiands of the st, and there are some srpende for lookin; upon thé empire in that light. ie gra mates ip extent-to Great Britain and Irelans itsinsular position has about the same relation the Asiatic Continent as the British Isles have to thé Buropean. Japan has certainly become a pro- pressivo country, and is undoubtcdiy bending all energies to become a navel Power. A few months since five Japanese men-of-war cntered , Yokohama. One, a ‘corvette, was of English con- Btruction; two. were fronclads, one of which, the Stonewall Jackson, built for the Confederates in Prance and surrendered by the Cuban.authoritics to the United States, and sold by the Jatter to the ‘coon in 1867, is armed with a 300-pounder and am Armstrong rifled 70-poumler. The three others were screw gunboats, English built, each ca three guns. The crews were exclusively Jap- anese, uniformed exactly like European and American sailors. Soon after another Jap- anese corvette of cight guns entered the harbor. ‘The raflroad between Jeddo ana Yokohama is finished and opened for trafic. A ‘aph is in operation along the line, and a secou@ line is being, laid between rasaki and Yoko! The Japan- esc army is eau ed and ar In the Gulf of Jeddo there is-an arsenal situate om @ terrace cut iuto the le Of 2 mountain, This arsenal is provided with iene. dock 407 feet long, eighty-two feet w: and mty-one feet deep. ‘The largest ships can enter ft and be repaired. ‘The water in the can be exhausted in ten hours by three large steam pane. Thirty vessels have already been fitted ont in the dock. There is an admirable fopeway @ foundry, mechanical forge, steam sawing ines, all necessary appliances for repalri and paring engines and boilers for river Bi ers connected with the arsenal. These workgehave been commenced and finished since 1969, and form the nucleus of an extensive Japanese dock yard for building and repairing men- of-war. ‘ TAE EMPEROR. is to be presumed that the young Emperor will el with adarge and distin, Suite. Jt wilk very difficult to Lager: ue extreme pr.vacy that has surrounded him in his own dominions. The exclusive DP aviged which the Japanese govern- ment up toa few years since adopted has envel- oped in mystery ttie person and power of the sove- reign, but the old custom of receiving forcign Min- istera seated had to be given up last month in the case of the British Chargé d’ Affaires, who refused to be presented on that condition. is is an ind!- cation that His Majesty will yield to some extent pointe of Oriental etiquette while sojourning abroad.. There ts something, too, of the democratic element in the system of rule carrted out in Japan. ‘The approval of the people is counted for some- thing, and the Emperor is suided, in_ temporal mat- ters altogether by his ministers. But tn spirttual concerns it {s diferent. He is the great head of the Sinloo religion, and 1s reverenced almest as divine, A late illustrated English paper contains a picture of a visit paid by the leading men of the country to the young ruler in his spiritual capacity. He is seen with feet resting ona 1, the Upper por- tion of Ms person concealed by a bamboo serecn. In part of the footstool a grea porencene: is seem prostrate on his knees, his head bent Jowly to the ground, On either side are high dignitaries occa- pyiny interior attitudes, and still ower are the jaimios, now deprived of their former power and wealth, prostrate, still further removed, all indl- cating reverence of the most profound description. If the Emperor, during his it to the United States, favors his attendants in this way there can be no- objection, but as to a warm welcome and becoming deference to hia high station, there is no doubt he wiil receive all that from the American people. THE RMBASSY IN ENGLAND. The arrival of the Emb: that sailed from Bos- ton on the 6tirinst. Is looked forward to with great interest 1 land. It will be known by the time they rei erpool that the Emperor designs soon following them. The London Times expresses the hope that for once the oMicials will abandon their indiferent manner of dealing with all matters affecting far Eastern nations and give the envoys, who are realy ee (roca a reception worth of them and of Groat Britain. The manner of their reception in the United Bienen, om which they must have carried a memen and memories of the most pig ndemned. “It is not necessary," “that we should the emulate, the bombastic reception given to the Japanese in America. It is to be regretted, how- ever, that the members of the Emi should have allowed themselves to be so charmed by the fasci- nations of Washington that PA, only arrive here at a time when rovalty, Ministers, Parliament and ‘that entity known as the ‘world’ will be scat- tered far and wide.’ CHARACTER OF THE ENVOYS. The Embassy to Fugiand ts composed of men of the highest distinction and ability, many of whom are known tn that country. The Vice Ambassador, Kido, 1s described as a firm and constant ally of the liberal and pi asive party in Japan, and a man who has passed through many hairbreadth escapes. and adventures. Honor after honor has been « ferred on him. He is the second envoy of the Em- bassy, of which Iwakura is the chief, Governor Ito ts Minister of Public Works and was ia Kng- land some years since. The other Ministers are Okubo, Chief Minister of Finance, and Yamagachty Vice Minister of Finance. The English papers inl into an error when it is stated that Ito had re- turned to Japan. That gentleman sailed from Los- ton on the 6th inst. Tereshima, the Vice Min- ister of Foreign Aduirs—a branch of the joys the as government that now em) ablest. men—is expected in Miniater Resident of the Mikado, the Embassy, as understood at latest poo 8 to negotiate & Fe following extr ‘om upon that point, He say: period for revising the treaties existing bet ourselves and foreign countries 13 less than a year distant, We expect and intend to reform the Same 60 as to stand npom a similar footing with the most enlightened nations and ta. attain the full development of pone right and interest.” These are certainly very liberal senti- ments coming from the ruler of an empire that was the most exclusive in the world, and are stil) further remarkable when it is remembered that it. was death for a Japanese to visit a foreign country up to a very few years since, The intended Journe| of the Mikado to Europe and the United States Gee with the tone of the language guo! we