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4 ‘cere in its belief that the Henaxp has been hoaxed by Stanley. It remains to be seen whether it is not the Sun that has been the victim. Wecannot, at present, help thinking that the latter is the case, TESTIMONY OF THR TRETH. Interview with an American Friend of Doctor Livingstone. HE SAW AND HE BELIEVED. Production of Letters Dated 1866 from the Explorer. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EVIDENCES, Interesting Information Regarding His Habits, Expressions, Opinions and Lines of Thought, “aS BRAVE AS THEY MAKE. THEM.” His Love of America and Hatred of Slavery. Americans and Americanisms Not a Novelty to Him. “SOME CONSIDERABLE.” The publication in the HzRaup of the 27th in- stant of the sac-simile of Dr. David Livingstone’s letter of thanks to the editor of the Nsw York HERALD, which caused a wide-spread feeling of in- terest relative to the great geographer and African explorer, was shared ina very marked manner by a@gentleman at present resident im this city who was at one time an intimate friend of Dr. Livingstone’s. On the afternoon of the same day that gentleman called at the HERALD office and |. Tequested an interview with the editor. This hav- ing been accorded, thegentleman briefly explained his relations with the explorer, confessed his con- viction of the verisimilitude of the transcript in that day's HERALD and requested to see the origi- nal letter, This was complied with, and on behold- ing the letter he scanned it for a moment and then exclaimed :— “Zam willing to make aMdavit that that is THE HANDWRITING OF DOCTOR LIVINGSTONE. He further stated that he had several letters from Livingstone in nis poasession, written immediately Previous to the latter starting on his expedition up the Rovuma River in 1866, He had, apart from the Jac-simile and the original letter itself, observed several striking resemblances to Livingstone in the letters of the commander of the HeRaLp expedi- tion in Africa, when describing the great mission- ary traveller, which LEFT HIM NO ROOM FOR DOUBT a8 to the good faith and truthfulness of everything therein stated. The question of this honesty of description of events having been raised by contem- Poraries of the HERALD, and a certain individual named Noé, through one of them, he called at the office that his mite of testimony might help to con- firm in the public mind what he himself, who had means of judging, knew to be the truth. In the interview with the Hera correspondent published in the London Zelegraph he had observed ‘on its appearance in the HERALD that a letter was carried te Aden by Mr. Stanley and there posted, addressed by Dr. Livingstone, which although misspelt in printing he recognized as for him. Leaving his name and address, he departed with the determination to search among his papers and produce if necessary the lett rs he possessed. in the caligraphy of Livingstone. Yesterday afternoon accerdingly a reporter of the HERALD took his way down town one block below Wall street and turned into Exchange place. He then bore to the right into Exchange court, and halting before the door of No. 2, scanned the shingles which literally covered the wail on either side of the entrance. It was all correct. At No. 27 he found evidence that he could discover the office of WILLLAM F, STEARNS, and without further ado he mounted two flights of stairs, and traversing a wide airy passage, entered the @ffice indicated. A courteous clerk referred him to a gentleman seated behind an office rail- ing near the window. This gentleman quictly an- nouncec himself as the person for whom the re- porter had inquired, and invited him to @ seat by his desk. Mr. Stearns is a young man of some thirty-two or thirty- three years, slightly above the medium height and trimly built. A pair of ciear bright eyes give a frank expression to his somewhat bronzed face, which, with a good forehead, a moderately aquiline nose, @ Well-set mouth and fair, well-trimmed beard, gives one the impression of a well-to-do, careful, self-contained man. He was at once ap- Prised of the reporter's business, and, after an ex- change of salutations, said in his quiet way:— I had some doubt after I left the Heracp office that I would be able to lay my hands on the letters from Dr. Livingstone, but I found them— Here Mr. Stearns took from a drawer a number of letters WRITTEN ON BLUE NOTE PAPER, which he looked over for a moment, and then laid before the reporter. The first impulse was nata- rally an examination of the characters rather than the words they formed or the ideas they tran- scribed. “Look,” exclaimed Mr. Stearns, “at the general appearance, the manner of the writing; the same characteristics, the same formation, the very habit of writing along the margin as in the letter I saw yesterday.” There was no mistaking it. The same bold hand, the peculiarities of lettering, capitalizing and letter joining were there. The size of the letter, however, was something larger, but ‘the characteristics were the same. A pardonable enthusiasm over this unlooked-for corroboration occupied some moments, when Mr. Stearns com- mencod reading the letters aloud, Interrupting himself for a moment he sata ;— “Did you ses to-day’s Sun, and the use it makes of the Hrnatn'’s suc-stmtie to place the writing of Staley beside it addressed to this man Noe? A copy of the Sun was sent for, and Mr, Stearns SMILED AT THR IMPLIED LIKENESS of tlie two handwritiugs. “Compare,” said he, “that sac-simite with these letters addressed to me, and say could any one writing a hand like Mr, Stanley’s forge either one” ‘The reporter joined audibly in the doubt, leaving, however, as was his duty, the strong assertion of the same to the gentleman beside him. Having thus comfortably disposed of the “converted” trav- eller in Asia Minor, the question of disputed chi- Tography was allowed to nestle ‘where the wood- vine twineth.”” FIRST ACQUAINTANCE. “Where and when, might Task,” queried the re- porter, ‘did you first make the acquaintance of Doctor Livingstone” “In 1865, on board the steamer which carried bothito Bombay. He was on the way to Africa and Ito ‘Join the headquarters of my house—Stearns, Hobart & Company. I had never scen him before, and wasso much charmed with the man that we became fast friends long before we lad reached port.” “Your acquaintance, of course, continued ? “Yes. Doctor Livingstone made my home his NEW YORK HERALD, ‘THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1872.—-TRIPLE SHEET, expedition 1 assistea nim in every wayipossibie, and, as those letters wit! show,he placed confidence im mo in that respect cortainly.”’ INTERRSTING REMINISORNORS, “He would come down from the house to the office every day, and would often, in his genial, whole- Souled way, rally us on our commercial line of life and thought. ‘Lookt’” he would ‘say; ‘here you poor fellows are tolling, day after day, for 60 many rupees in the eady Why don’t you start out and do something tor the good of your kind?’ He often, indeed, pressead me to accompany him, and always did so in such gentle terms that the proposi- tion was hard-to refuse." “He was busied during the timo of his stay with Preparation “It was hia main thonght; but in the evenings the pleasuro of his social converses and the strength and sincerity of his views would shine forth, with all the native lustro of a sinple, thought- ful mind.” “You had controversies, then ?'* “There was @ gentleman among us of the Unita- rian faith, and the arguments between him and the Doctor would fill many an hour with brillant in- structivencas to those who istenvd,” “You had ample opportunity, then, to judge soundly of the man ¥"" “A$ far as & man of? my observation can judge,” replied Mr. Stearns, modesty, “f certainly had. He lived with the Governor, ®ir Bartle Frere, fora week or 80; but for tour months he beneath my roof, and what of godless aud manimess there wore in him were betore me like an open book.” “Tho drift of my taat question, you may peiceive leads to one ot the purposes of this imterview— namely, how your own observation tallied with that of the HERALD correspondent wio met himr” “I have read,” said Mr. Steains with emphasis, “every word which bas appeared in the Heraup in relation to the succor of Dr. Livingstonc—corre- spondence, letters, press extracts, editorials and all—because of the deep personal interest they had for mo. And of all this mass of writing I read your correspondenys last letter, descriptive of Doctor LIVINGSTONE AS HE FOUND HIM AT USIJI, with most satisiaction. Laying aside tho skill of the writer, it was a perfect portrait of the man, I know Livingstone, A quict, unassuming man, never thrusting himsclf or his knowledge forward; as brave as they make them; full of quaint humor and plous without any false display of religion. This, in a few words, is Livingstone as I knew him, and as such Stanley describes him,” “Stanley does not appear to have had such views of Livingstone when he started from Ragamoyo; at Teast, he was helped to far diferent ones at Zan- zibar.”” “T do not care to enter upon what your corre- spondent’s views were before meeting Livingstone. I am satisfied with his written impressiouis after they had been face to face. But I observed more than the likeness to the inner man.” “What was thut 2” “Stanley in his letters described things which ho could not have known beforehand. In the frst Place he mentions that Livingstone on starting had THREE BUFFALOES with him. He could not have been aware of this fact, which is confirmed in the first of these letters lying befere us. As you sce, the Doctor wrote for an extra supply, which forwarded; but they did not reach him in time. The first letters had to go via Seychelles, and the last letter is dated 19th February, 1866. He left tho coast to ascend vhe Rovuma River at the end of March. Another point is his NAVY CAP WITH THE FADED GOLD BAND. ‘I wear this,’ Livingstone would s: ‘because Tam Her Majesty’s consul, and it c: les a certain Weight with it, You fellows are too carefui of your- selves, wearing nothing but topes. Go out into the sun and harden yourselves alittle!’ Then, again, Stanley's description of FIVINGSTONE’S SABBATH SERVICE is such as the Doctor told me he always held when it was possible, never forgetting his duty as a mis- slonary, There are numerous other instances, which I do not now recall, that strike me as im- possible to know and combine together, except by personal observation. THE AMERICANISMS, “You are an American, Mr. Stearns?” “Yes; sir. Iam a native of Boston, My father is President Stearns of Amherst Coliege. I do not care to be mentioned in the papers, but if! am the public will know my father if not myself. [lived eleven years in India and travelled a good deal there.” “You can say something, then, with reference to Doctor Livingstone using ‘Americanisms ? ” “The Doctor was a devoted admirer of America, I have heard him argue with enthusiasm the cause of the North in the late war against the Southern views of other Englishmen. He had, tnerefore, a liking for Northern men, His impressibil- ity im the, matter of expression you may note in his use, in the third of these letters, of the phrase ‘some considerable,’ which certainly Stanley could not be accountable for. His brother, Charles Livingstone, kept, possibly still keeps, @ boarding house at Roxbury, Mass., and his eldest. son FELL FIGHTING FOR THE UNION before Petersburg, I think."”’ “You think, then, that there ts nothing unlikely in his use of Americanisms ‘"" “He told.me himself that when returning from the Zambeze expedition it wes with diiiculty ne could bring himself to speak or write in the Png- lish language, At such a time I can imagine what the effect upon him would be of @ chatty cor- respondent, With so much to teil.” THE PUWFIOULTY OF COMPANIONS. “He seems, however, to prefer travelling alone.” “He ts not ® man who would prefer isolation to company, but he stated the dimcuity tome in this way :—‘My companion should be a God-iearing man of strong constitution, Among ministers of the Gospel willing to, tempt the wilderness’ the choice of such is excessively narrowed. 4 could not run the risk of having a weakly map ‘upon iny hands; at any cost 1 would not have @ man not of Pious heart, The influence for evil 01 even one such is incalculable, betwien the passions he would surely etir in the natives and the evil effect of gratifying his low desires,’ The Doctor then recalled his visit to the Shire country, when the Portuguese wormed their way a(ter him, cailing themselves his children, A year afterward, when he returned, he found the once populous land a howling wilderness, with the skeletons of the natives and the ruins of villages ‘the only sign of life that so short a time before was throbbing there. If there was any hatred in Doctor Livingstone’s heart it was agaiust these Portuguese, and THE ENERGY OF MIS APPEAL TO THE HERALD for the suppression of Ujijian slavery smacks of the old detestation of the slave trade I s0 often heard him express.”” “While visiting the Heratp office yesterday you referred to a letter addressed to you by Living- stone and posted at Aden by Mr. Stanley ?’* “Yes. The letter is doubtiess for me, although it appeared in the papers as for W: F. Hearns, an easy error. I have written to Bombay to have it forwarded here.” “When do you expect it “Mr. Stanley waa {uterviewed on the 29d of July. It would be about twelve days to Aden. It would thus be posted possibly about the 10th, and might have to wait @ week for the steamer. Three weeks would possibly elapse before ft reached Aden again, as the steamer would have a monsoon against her. Thardly, therefore, expect it mach before a month.” “You will be glad to receive it?” “Twill, indeed, Addressed to an American, it Will doubtless contain some reference to #0 great @ service done him by an American, Meanwhiler the HERALD can make ‘WHAT Ust IT TIINKS Best of these three letters relating to the tast expedl- tion, omitting stich portions, it published, as I have marked for pei sonal reasons. The others are dated Bombay.” Carefully folding up tle valuable missives the Henavp reporter thanked Mr. Stearns and with. drew, The Letter Stearns, City and County of New York, 68.-J. 1, ©. Clarke, of the city of New York, appeared before me this headquarters during his stay. While dtting out his 28th day of August, 1872, and, belug duiy swora. "ut of original letters from F Esq. now of York and late of the city or Bom. now peeeene, said “Soto this gath day of August, re uy pou § a asa Mixuse,’ Notary Public, New York [Copy.) Zawaioan, Feb. 2, 1866, MY Dar Sreanne:— ~ Nine of the buffaloes died Detaealy got pore om couple’ of hou. ‘il the cattle that gome. from , die = in » be some and not existing gel more—say ten—pack maies, em bj dhow ? bly the Governor may help me in this matter, and you had better communicate with him on the point. Meanwhile I am on the lookout for camels; but the only use made of them here is to arive oft mils, and they are few. Icannot move from this for three weeks, when the Penguin is expected to lend mea hand, Tho bn gves next week to Mauritius and will send T have called on the American Consul here and find him to be a pleasant, gentlemanly person, Give my love to Somerville, and what for you can 1 say more * * r * * ‘The Baron Von Der Decken, 98 far as I caf learn, lost tls Jife by treating the natives with contempt, ‘The chief, who wus the cause of his death, held out his hand as an oir ot friendship, He thrust 10 away from him—a» thing that.a prong intolerant Mohammedan chief contd not forgive, But. the poor Baron never lost an opportunity of showing his oes for the black race. Up tothe very moment when he was.selzed and pinioned he - WHAT NOE KNOWS. Expedition Into the Interior of Long Island. AN INVENTIVE GENIUS. The Sleepy Village of Sayville, on the South Shore. A MAN BY THE NAME OF STANLEY. Noe, Who Knows Him, Recognizes His Half-Brother. Interviews with tho Supervisor, Postmaster, Barber, Hotel Clerk and Notary Public, did not believe that any Alrican would dare to aa) ._* © 8 touch . Am very sorry that what might have been «sm important opening inte Africa— the Juba River—is shut up by the over- bearing, browbeating conduct of its first explorer. The river is said to be excessively winding, so much so that « long steamer could not. navignts it. They went up sdv miles, which may not mean 100, from the coust in a straight line, { don’t need anything from Bombay except the buffaloes, but asa diow .will be sent with them, I think Mr, Tracey would send at some time some oid magic lantern slides, which I need. We were yuck:rowed by some fellow in Bombay, for on opening my ammunition boxes they were empty—some rifles gone, too—but | get all the am- munition I need and rifies, too, m Captain Bradshaw, of the Wasp. With salaam to Mackuy, Tam, &c., AVID LIVINGSTONE, ‘Written along the margins,) ny very go0i piece of Pepa feae showin; the progress of wit is good and holy—please sen tome ut yourconveniencs, Consign to Political Agent, to be forwarded, aad apply to Mr. Tracoy for moucy if Governor does not volunteer to pay. (Copy.} LETPER NO. 2 ZANZIBAR, Feb. 15, 1866, My DAR StTRARNS:— { wrote you by the Vigilant which was going to Seyouetles about ten or twelve more buf- faloes, which I wish sent, but forgot to refer. you for the cass to Mr. Tracey. I think” & man who is thoroughly up to leading them would be an Soquaeties if suc! & one can be secured at a reasonable rate of pay. He might tako care of them in the way here. [ have to wait for H. M. 5, Penguin, and will probably be some weeks here. Should the beasts come while I am here I would keep them, on Doard till ‘the man-of-war came to tow her down. So you had better ne, for this In your agreement with the master of the Dhow. Say, 80 muuch to Zanzibar, and, if need be, to wait and go on to Rovuma fur so much more, I write a note to Mr. Tracey by this maii about the money, and trouble you, because I belfeve you will not esteem this service a trouble, ¥ Tam getting doubtful if the Brava people will. bring down any camels this year, as Van der Deck- en’s death may inspire fear of vengeance in their minds, Some think them guilty. I do not; but Arabs are very suspicious. Dr. Kirk is coming here. You will find him @ good fellow if he passes through Bombay, I am lying at Sultan’s expense, and alimy men too. Love to Somerville, DAVID LIVINGSTONE. ZaNzipax, 19th February, 1866, My Dear STEARNS :— I wrote you twice by diferent ships cat f to the Seychelles, and I now e€nd this by the Sul- tan’s ship Nadir Shah, im case of her mak- ngashorter passage than the others, I want ten more buffaloes by a native vessel, The money ‘ou Wul get from Mr. Tracey. They willmeed a man o take-caro or them on board and you had better secure one who knows how to lead and manage them well after he Joins us. The Sepoys know them, too, but have not had any experience of them in the march, I dare say the commissariat will lend you a hand if you speak to Sir Bartle on the subject, I have been expecting camels from Brava as usual, but this affair of Van der Decken may deter them from coming. Ihave to wait for the Penguin to take me to Rovuma, and the dhow is to be en- gaged to go thither for so much more pay (if re- quired). Chiko and another have gone home, and two haye remained or rather revolunteered. The captain (a native of Bombay) gave me @ free lees for them and their goods, The last amounted to some consid- erable as they took the wages of their defunct companions, and all the duds collected by the two tnat remained, as well as their own gleanings, I wish you to say that Iam thankful to some of your native friends, so that the captain may hear of it. His name, lomagee Hisagee; the brig, Wek come, * * * * ° A CHICAGO OPINION OF STANLEY AND LIV- * INGSTONB. [From the Chicago Tribune, August 22.) Asthe English papers reach us, freighted with copious extracts from the let ters of Livingstone to the Royal Geographical Society, the importance of Stanley's brilliant exploit becomes more apparent. He has “tapped” the great explorer at an oppor+ tune moment, and drawn from him a pent-up res ervoir of information concerning the topography, scenery, inhabitants, commerce, productions, slave trade, governments, wars, &c., of Equatorial Kthio- Pia, which he had been accumulating turougi six years of toil. He has shown usa light, airy, cheerful Scotchman, with a shade of the missionary nixed with a good deal more of the adventurer and even the “blatherskite,” gayly surmounting dan- ger, humorously surviving fever, facctionsty enjoy- ing African barbarism, and yet bravely intervening to befriend the stave a3 he is belag tortured into subjugation, on his way to the sea coast, and pluckily counteracting the mutinies and cowardice of his Arab servants, Mohammedan agsistants or native guides, It is a noble spectacle, this solitary conflict for years with the fearfal solitudes of an unexplored world and with the vices of a barba- rous people. » We do not wonder at the deep inter- est with which the geographical savans of Europe are revising their maps, inserting great lakes, sweeping rivers, and mountains 27,000 feet high, where, previousiy, mere arid plains had been Jooked for, The exploration grows as it is etudied, We become indifferent to its nominal object, the discovery of the ultimate sources ot the Nile, in our sense of the value of the facts actually won, As the search for the elixir of life made known the medicinal qualities of plants, and that for the philosopher's stone converted alchemy Into chemtstry, so the search fo r the head- waters of the Nile opens up a Continent of far more importance in itself than the solu- tion of any curious topographical question. Ideals are never won, but the struggle for them reveals a real of infinitely greater ractical value, The Ethtoplan, now that we are Introduced to him in his home, appears as an agri- cultural, commercial, semt-civilized class o1 bar- barian, far above the savage. He has a military government, trading fairs, market towns, occa- sional wars, but average peace. His features and form attain a higher type of manhood than the African of Guinea and the West Coast. The women are more comely and, as they have charge of the trading and the fairs, their occupation renders them more scif-dependent and more free, Ethiopian life is nearer to the Moorish or Arab than the Congo or Hoettentot grade. For months to come the voluminous rev- clations of Livingstone will be read throughout Europe with interest, Nor will it anywhere be for- tten that the world is indebted for this gratifica- Jon to the enterprise of an American newspaper and the pluck and persistence of one of its report- ers. The HERALD, at an exponse of $45, has sent its postenges tuto the heart of Africa and glo- riously captured its “news,” Then, with a gener- osity equal to its enterprise, It has turned over its “spots” to the European press and the Royal Geo- ‘aphical Society and allowed them to forage irough it at their pleasure, publishing what they will, In advance of the journal through whose expenditures jt was obtained. After expeditions fitted Out in Great Britain had reyotiee the great explorer murdered by his servants an American nels reporter, defended by a force of eighty men, with the American flag as his vanguard, penetrates the African wilderness, and, though op by far greater obstacles than his predecessor, pauses not until he litts his hat to the lonely Living- stone in the strects of Ujiji, At one point @ war among the natives intercepts his course and a wide circuit. through wholly unex lored territory is male to avoia the combatants. Tne fom cha tg business-like way in which Stanie: has performed his task compels the unstipted ad- miration of the European Paris and at London ovations have en given him. Intimations in the German press indicate that alike fate awaits him at Berlin, Bearding the lion in one continent, he suddenly becomes the lion of anothor, Were there any more Livingstones to be found, we do not doubt that Stanieys enough would volunteer to make the venture, But it is too late, Livingstone can be found but once, and there can be but one Stanley. The genius consists quite as mach in the conception of the undertaking ress and people. At be | as In tes execution, Ten Dollars the Price of Noe’s Infamy. His Hopeful Family in Dread of Assassination. - RURAL RUMINATIONS. The Story Instigated by Avarice and Hatred. INTRIGUES OF VILLAGE POLITICIANS. Life and Exploits of Noe, the Sailor, De- serter, Traveller, Blacksmith, Painter, Farmer, Invent- 4 or and Author. IS HE A FRAUD OR A FOOL? SaxvILie, L. L, August 28, 1872, The afternoon train on the Long Island North Shore Railroad on Monday contained among its motley array of passengers two persons—the occa- sional correspondent of a London paper and a HERALD representative. We were starting upon a search expedition to the interior of the island to discover an obscure village called Sayville, chiefly interesting because alleged to be the home of a certain individual called Noe, who has suddenly leaped from lonely obscurity to questionable promi- nence by the publication of a letter in the New York Sun, in which he claims intimacy with Mr. Stanley, the discoverer of Livingstone. The whole of the morning had been spent in a vain endeavor to discover the whereabouts of THE MYSTERIOUS VILLAGE, but without success, Sayville being as nnknown to the average New Yorker as was Ujiji before it had been made a household word in England and America by the HeRALD, \A few persons had dim ideas of having heard of such a village, but nothing definite could be learned until an old gentleman, with the look of the eighteenth century about his face, informed us that if we would take the train to Lakeland we would be within some miles of the vil- lage. Acting upon his advice tickets were pur- chased, and taking our seats inthe dusty cars we entered upon our explorations, A Long Island railroad is ap institution which forcibiy recalls the good old times when men did not rush to and fro with lightning speed, but trav- elied at arate which, if slow, was sure. The train had AN UNFORTUNATE HABIT of stopping at every hamict on the way, and in the course of a fifty miles journey as many halts were made as there would be ina tripin a Third avenue car from the City Hall to Yorkville. The whistle of the engine keeps up an eternal shriek, and it re- quites you tolook out that your head does not get bumped at tne sudden stoppings, which are much more numerous than agrecable. The appearance of the country by the way and the scenery It re- veals strongly favor the Mahommedan doctrine that the world is flat, An unbroken expanse of Jevel, furzy land, thickly covered with weeds and brambles, varied with an occasional tree, 18 all that the eye can discern, no matter on which side it is cast, After a tedious trip of more than three hours’ du- Tation Lakeland, a town containing two houses and the ruins of another, was reached, and atlength we found we were upon the right track, Sayville lying some five miles south. On {nqutring at what purported to be a saloon, but.ia which nothing drinkable was sold nt sarsaparillg and currant | brandy, by what means we could reach our destina- meta RUSTY OLD WAGON, drawn by an ancient horse and driven by an an- tiquated old man, was pointed out’ to us, and in a few moments our luxuflous conveyatce was moy- ing over a road, in whieh the horse at every step sank to his knees in mud. The old man had driven the animal for twenty years, and, though he had never trotted it against time, a distant relation of the horse was once possessed of some speed, Your correspondent made inquiries about Noe, but the driver did not know much about him, “there was » family of that name he believed,” but he did not know any of the members of it, but all information could be procured at the Bay View House, the lead- ing hotel of Sayville. THE SHADES OF EVENING were falling ere the village was sighted, and not wishing to enter in triumphal pomp we dismissed our wagon and proceeded on foot towards thé inn, where lights conid-be seen in the distance, Two or three bare-legged@urchins, a youth of tender Years ‘who wore nothing but his shirt, a young girl, witha pitcher in her hand,and a big black dog,all attracted by the unusual presence of strangers, followed.us on our way to the straggling frame shanty dubbed “hotel by the aspiring villagers. The proprietor, who is at once bartendor, waiter, chambermaid and porter, rushed-to the door on our approach, fol- lowed by a couple of wide-mouthed rustics, who stared at us as-if we were denizens of another world. The office, dil!iard hall and barroom of the Bay View House bs WERE DIMLY LIGHTED by an oil lamp, revealing @ dirty counter, an array of dusty glasses and a confident inscription on the wall stating that mint juieps, claret punches, gin and milk and other savory mixtures were dis- pensed to all comers at reasonable prices, A few rickety chairs, a HERALD three weeks old and the gaping countrymen above alluded to made up the other adornments of the scene. AS we were hungry with the long ride I asked could we have supper, and the clerk, calling toa dismal-looking woman, a hurried consultation was held between them, after which an answer was given to us that something would be prepared. INTRRVIRW WITH HOTEL CLERK. : While the meal was in process of preparation I asked the clerk if he knew anything of Lewis Noe. OLeRE (smiling)—Oh, yes, I guessI do Did you sec the Sun on Saturday? That was his letter. Oh, Lewis 18 very smart! RePorTER—What is his occupation? CLeRK—His father is a blacksmith and he does something at the trade, but ne paints besides and docs a little of everything that comes along. Rerorren—A village genius, I sec, CLERK (open-mouthed) —I gueas he knows a hean. anal He was away from Sayville during the war, out has been home forseveral years, He ts said by aetic to be a little Mighty, and don’t stick long to the game fave ditt age ae steady. The are pious Met Did-you want to see him? have been s number of people along already Want- ing to talk to him, as he went down with his wife a few moments ago. As supper was a long time coming we sallied out to take @ view ofthe village ands synopsis of ite inhabitants, Sayville 1s a straggling place with four hundred inhabitints, and covers several square miles in extent, en which the rude COTTAGES 4RB THINLY DOTTED. You may meet him in the street, the documents and proois was assured imakine sonseiuing eraea 9h; ,1d9 uot Know exaoliy wnat ho has recsived, tohtm, as he has rat Pope ment with the Sun to that paper with al poameanndne 7's history he is VilagoT At What eMict has the story had tn the we ad's duforent oaeot from now, hc Rot believe in the eebpes many 780 ican Noe siege ashi hae eon ‘him to be the very i The inhabitants are of the ancient order, and howover desperate; hadi oO! fully carry out the precept of the spostie, “Be not | ural view given to change.” Their acquaintance with the eventsof the day is-rather vague and shadowy. They know little about Grant or Greeley, care noth- | pre’ ing about the Eight-Hour law, take skin baths in the bay, which is abouts mile distant; go to bed at seven o'clock in the evening and rise at day- break, habits of life which, however conducive they | {ito the story, ax Livinustoue Lipa gen De rn. very Of stone as to p being thige of genuine troi Stanley M:. Woop—No, I would Noo's- with hint ended’ previous to nicy' stating tag xpedition, an m. in: been rather rash in de: ag Livingstone not been me years after Nov parted with Stantey, may be to health, are not productive of the spread | however, insists that Stanley continaaliy of knowledge. about Livingstone, and announced his intention ¢o be mistaken, On making inquiries from various persons whom. Ped spy the HeraLp, He muy ‘we met more was learned about Mr, Noe, his habits and his relations, The Noes are old-time YANKEE METIODIZTS, and have lived in the village. some scores of years, They have always had a fair reputation, but none of the members.of the family have ever shown re- markable intelligence, with the exception of Lowis and a sister, who, being an ex-school marm, 1s con- sidered “putty” smart, Lewis has got a mania for invention, and is said to be possessed of «@ fertile imagination, He has tried his hand at various occupations, but does not remain long at any one, his aspiring soul refusing to be shackled by any par- ticular business, Since the publication of his letter he {8 looked upon as - * THE VILLAGE. LION; and as the rustics consider that the reputation of the place ia bound up with his veracity they are extremely anxious to give ‘assurances of his good character, which are not im exact harmony with his previous record as told by himself. After picking up @ quantity of goneral informa- tion we returned to the hotel and were ushered into the dining room, an apartment about fifteen feet by ten, where @ slatternly girl, flourishing a dirty napkin, disclosed to our astonished gaze the evening meal. A blackened mackerel, flanked by a Pup of cold tea, made from sea weed; a plate of stale bread, a small supply of pale butter and a bottle of sauce made up THE SUMPTUOUS) REPAST, After & vain effort to eat the unpalatable viands we arose from the table and were confronted b: the clerk and asked if we had had enough. We assured him in all sincerity we had, and, pro- viding ourselves with cigars, price ten cents each (sold in Chatham street at four for five cents), we again leit the hestelry on a tour of inquiry. At this point we thought it better to separate, MY COCKNEY FRIEND going in one direction andIin the other. Spying a barber's pole, 1 thought I would endure the tor- ture’ of a shave, and, with outward courage but a sinking heart, I entered the shop, e eatablish- ment contained a single chair, which was occu- pied by the. proprietor, a sleepy Ger- man, in bare feel who started up at pproach and regarded me with a stupid stare, not comprehending what manner of man I was. took the vacant seat and then a faint light broke in uron him that I wanted a shave. Seizing a di- lapidated razor, he sharpened it ae 2 old shoe and then commenced rations. One such shave is enough ina man’s lifetime, but I bore the pain Uke a Faartye and managed in the intervals of torture to edge in & few inquiries about Noe; but the barber knew nothing about him except that HIS HAIR GREW VERY LONG and had to be often cut; indeed, it sometimes grew so long that it troubled his brains, He knew Noo was married (another evidence of a weak mind), and also that he had a father and mother, brothers and sisters. The tongorial BUSINESS OF SAYVILLE is not large, I being the first customer Sie heat teat rad fakes 1 T-remal i@-ehop a group ga around the door, and I saw that from some cause or other I was becoming an object of public atten- tion... Not wishing to me toe conspicuous, I beat a hasty retreat, and. turned in the direction of tne Post Office, which is kept by Mr. Gillette, one of the gentlemen who attached his name to.the pub- lished certificate of Noe’s good character, A CHAT WITH THE POSTMASTER, The store which contains the Post Office also con- tains a little of everything else. On one side are the Post Office and a grocery stand; the middle is devoted to hardware, crockery and vegetables, and the opposite side 1s sppropmeted to ay goods and drugs. On enter this Noah’s ark I inquired for Mr. Gillette, and 8 littleyman, with a strong, RESEMBLANOR TO CAPTAIN CUTTLE, said he was the perme. I said I understood he was the person whose name had appeared in the Sun on Saturday in connection with the story of an individual named Noe, PosTMASTER—Yes, sit; but I know nothing of the statement. I have even read it, and i cannot say whether it be true or untrue... merely bore testimony to the general good character which young Noe has always borne. REPORTER—Then you know nothing about the story he tells? PostMASTER—Nothing. Ihave heard Lewis talk sometimes about what he had experienced when he was absent from home, but it was not until’ro- cently that I heard that the Stanley of the HeRALD Was thought by Noe to be the same person with ‘whom he was acquainted. Lewis is avery ingen- fous young man indeed, and hag quite a knack of inventing. He has tried to patent several of his inventions, [8 ens domed credence do you attach to his ory’ PostMaster—Well, I really don’t want to say anything about it. I have taken no interest in the matter; but if on will go and see Mr. Wood, the Su- Bervisor, he will give you some information, asit.was ¢ that first urged Lewis to pubitei the statement. Thanking the Postmaster for his courtesy the re- porter withdrew and went in search of the English- Man, Whom, 1 found at the hotel. Though itwas now getting late I determined to find Mr. Wood; but as I had by this time arrived at the condlusion that if my connection with the UBRALD was known Lwould be considered an enemy to the villaged de- termined that my friend should domost of the talk- ing. We sent for Wood, and in a few moments that gentleman made his appearance. INTERVIEW WITH THE SUPERVISOR, Mr. Wood is a well-preserved Englishman, who has resided in this country since a boy, and in his bearlng and manner Strives to emp ree, you with the idea that he is a person of great importance. His ruddy face" reflects the wisdom that: jurks within the brain, and»the pompous notes of his sonorous voice seem to be continually saying, “This 1s Wood; look, Dehoid and wonder.” The cares of state hang-heayy on his brow, and he 1s, in short, an admirable specimen of the rustic politi- cian, who, with a smattering of knowledge, attracts the lion’s share-of local attention. Wher- eyer he goes he is attended by a group of admiring satellites, to whom he discourses on the crops, the weather, polftics and himself. With words of learned tongth and thnndering sound, Amazed the gazing rustics stand around. And still they gazed, and still the wonder grow. at one small head could carry all he knew. Such was the individual who’ now confronted us. ‘WITH DUE DEFERENCE Tintroduced the English journalist, who entered into LSet eae of Which the following is a correc! ang Rerorter—Mr. Wood, I have called upon you to ascertain what you know about Lewis Noe. I may say the matter has great interest for me, ag I be- long to a London paper. .. Wood hummed and hawed for some mi before he answered, and then slowly said, “Young man, what do you wantto know about it? Isup- pose the thing has made quite a sensation.” REPORTER—I would like you to give me an: knowledge possess of Noe, his antecedénte ant the truth of his story. it throu; utes Mr. Woop (solemnly)—Well, in fact, I am the person who first induced Noe to publish the story of his copnection with Stanley. Thad heard him ie etal talk about the man, amd his conviction that ‘the Stanley of Livingstone fame and his old friend and crony were the same person became stronger every day. I had heard Noe speak so often of his connection with him that I piece him to publish the statement. He consented to do so and I gave him a letter of introduction.to the Si teliing him that he would probably be paid some- thing for the information he would convey. His sister, who hag been a schoolmistress, prepared a document, and, armed with this, Noe went down to the city. This was about three weeks ago, HE RECEIVED TREN DOLLARS at that time, and the matter rested for a week. About two weeks ago a Lasts came up from the Sun and interviewed Lewis. I was present at the sitting, and the story published last Saturday was the result. I forget to state Coe PORTRAIT OF STA! which appeared some weeks ago in rank Leslie's, was compared with @ phot ph in Noe's possea- sion, and, though most people could not perceive the resemblance, I detected it at once, ReEPORTER—11a8 Noe still got these Peon Ho ti ? 1Y Tetsore of Stanley's and the photographs tee any letters a 8 livered up. Lewis did not Mke to do this, but I suggested that he should give them and take a re- ceipt for what he chose to deliver. He did so, and some of the selected documents and letters aro now In possession of the Sun, which I-understand in- tends to ‘ay poop hay a Lag agra eb al ing great pains to w case, have seat men to Phil oiphia and Atlantic City to hunt for information. What the motive ts I do not know, but I sa the Sun wants to get some of the notoriety which the H&RALD has monopolized for some time past, Rerorrer—What motive do you think has Has it been a actuated Noe in the transaction? mercenary one? Mr. Woop—Well, I think not. In the first piace he has a strong PHRSONAL ENMITY AGAINST STANLY, and this alone oad Rave ineaced Jum to act ag he with s peculiar hawed, as do Haronts, Stantog , a8 wus here when he was Sone wis, uray, made @ good impression upon the oe nis pcsing We ing) and assumed piety. iat ‘ormation L can give theme! lere the F rose, and, the Cooxney promse, to. send @ cory Of the ae containing the interview, shovk of suo mud from his ieet and departed, a wiser aud more pompous man than ever, Mr. Wood did abt know there was & “chiel’ present “takin’ notes,’ but if he reade the HeRaLp this morning .he may know that the © innocent-looking individual who sat beside him Ging Bothing was & correspondent of the much- i We tatkea with other dignitaries, notaries pu! insurance agents and hier crt and they. agree in testliyng to foe's = intelugenee and his in nius, which geens to be his chief characteristic, He is at the present time the most celebrated man in Sayville, nd he may thank his stars that @ person of the me of Stanley lives to give him @ Hleeting nete- ety and bring him a little mouey, AS it was now too late to think of seeing the great man we were shown to our rooms or ¢ where, notwithstanding the Mosquitoes, the bet and the bugs, we soon slopt und ‘dresned dreams,’ in which Ujiji, Sayvillo, Stanley and Noe were sadly mixed. ‘e were up cary in the morn. ing, and ‘after breakfasting off clam fritters hard-boiled eggs we determined to beard the in his den, “WHERE DORS NOB LIVE!” T asked of the hostier of the village inn. “Back you: der, mister; behind the pert in the little yellow bouse with the black roof. Yer have ter go 'oress. lots. Do yer want ter see ‘im 1" Down the street, then, with the straggling frame houses and its grasa-grown road side, we went te- gomicr, the Englishman and myself. Here and here a détour around a Roe gi in the g:av- elled sidewalk was necessary, till at last we came opposite a blacksmith shop, and noticed a mam penn at us curiously trom behind the door. To he left the fences were down, and, across a hilly, ‘uncultivated patch of ground and garden 8) thickly overgrown with weeds, we noticed a few small houses, faded and weather-worn, and with no traces of having ever ainted. Making our way thon; the long grasses. that tangled under feot we finally came near ‘to the house where Noe lived,’”” We had passed to the right of a low building partly concealed by creeping vines and bushes, and im doing so became aware that we were under the same close masa with which we had been re- \d_ doors, windows, fences and ushes during the entire day. ‘This incessant es- Pionage began to affect us, and we stopped for a moment like sre aty things: to.look around and syold if posatble ass in reaching the door rad fed little yellow Ouse Just then a vole sounded our hacks and turning we discovered a per- son stan near the we passed and close by a mp of shrubs. This person looked like a man who had suffered from ague and fever, and was very pale. I scanned his features, which pad been described to me, and remarked to my com| > “THAT'S THR GHOST OF THE SAYVILLE Cd It.was, in Mr. Noe, and he called out, “Do you wish to see any one in particular?” I a proached him as I answered, “Yes, sir, I wish wis Noe. Yomare that gentieman, I be- He’ . “Yes, sir, that’s my name.” I here introduced ‘the mh og correspondent, who requested the privilege of a brief conversation with Mr. Noe, simply to gather his opinions upon three several pote alluded.to in his published ad- ventures in the East. “I don’t give any statement to any one different from the one [ din the Sun paper,” dog- gedly spoke Mr. Noe. “I made an arrangement with the man who came up here to see me, and anything I want to say will be printed in that paper.’ With ‘all the unrufied suavity of manner which distinguishes that gentleman the English corre- Bpondent proceeded to explainto Mr. Noe that Beither Mr. Stanley nor Mr. Stanley’s antecedents were of Sugvalue to the English people further ‘than in their bearing upon the real tate of Dr. Liv- ingstone. ym the pecullarities of his character and life, le familiar by the constant specula- tions of Sha Breas Spogpate cause of his years of Silence in Africa, David Livings:one had become endeared to the £ ih Beople; and if Mr. Noe ‘was possessed of any showing that Mr, St ley had not discovered the long-lost traveller ‘words would be listened to with an interest second only fo the pain they would inspire, and bis name would become a houseliold word in Great Britain. In answer Mr. Noe said that he would like to hear anything about Dr. Livingstone, in whom he was Tauch interested, and he would prefer to have the chp walk back with him to the house they ‘ a just passed, where they would find a seat tn the le. ; A-TERRORSTRICKEN PARTY, Passing around the corner of the building ree ferred to, and which proved to be the domicile of Noe’s parents, a most ludicrous sight, intensely dramatic in its character, burst upon the vision. In front of the little house was a dilapidated arbor, grown over by gnarled vines, and under this and adjacent low-boughed scrubby apple trees were ranged a few benches_and wooden chairs, The first figure noticed was thac of a chubby red- faced old man in his shirtsleeves, who sat in am isolated position =. @ bench, his faco fronting thehouse, and his chin restlag upon both nis hands, whieh were clasped upon the head of @ eery, walking stick. His round face, smooth even tOshining, wad the pecniiar red and blstered an- jearance Of # boiled lobster. His eyes were swoll most shut, while theit lashes and brows were o| gach a color»and scareity as to be detected with difficulty, There was a peculiar drawing down of the musclesjat the corners of his mouth, and his oyes barely opened and closed, with a blinking movement, @t cach ray of sunsiine piercing tha arbor, Kener ame | in theimaction the gills of a fish in respiration. For an-hour and @ quarter the old man never moved a muscle save once, when he raised his chin half an inch, and sald five words, At a small table under an apple tree to the right sat a womaa of perlaps fifty-five. .She was of fall person, quite dark in complexion, and in sitting rested her elbows upon the table and supported her chin in the»palms of her nands, Useping her eyes fixed Worn her son and his visitors, Upon the end of the bench occupied by the old man, and about equidistant between the two | have just described, % a young..woman, a sister of Mr. Noe, who has been @ schoolmistress, and who wrote the original docunient from which his published story was pres ared. She, too, is fullin person, with voluptuous ips, dark glittering eyes and very black hair, tall ing loosely to ng waist. From the first she regarded most dent. At house was a sallow, sunken-cheeked gypayish-looks ing man, whose skin is very dark and moustache and imperial very black, thin and snaky. His eyes. too, have a peculiar earthly expression, and he moves with an uneasy, lithesome motion. He is evidently hypochondriacle and full of alarms. NOF’S NOSE ine, hair, eyes and moustache very dark, ey coh lis his’ action nervous, suspicious, ‘almost feariul, and his speech reserved and hesita- th ‘He sat down upon the seat where his brother en up a positon. The HERrao re Piphicars aa the cngienman sat on either aide, and the latter began his interviewing. He stated that he did not wish to interfere in any way with relations Mr. Noe bore to the few York. Sun, Matters which would be of interest to that paper, in a journalistic sense wonld be of no value in England, but facts waich the Sun ht not care to publish would be of great interest there. He wishcd to ask three ques- tions—first, if Mr. Noe was convinced of the iden- dity of the Stanley he had known with Mr, Stanley of the New York HERALD? second, if he had ever received any intimation from his Mr. Stanley of his having @my connection with a search for Dr. Livingstone, or if he had evidence of any kind of such connection ? and third, in case the first ques~ tion was answered in the aiirmative and the aec- ond in the negative, did he feel capable of drawing such deducuions from his knowledge of the char- acter of the Mr. Stanley he had known a3 would enable him to judge correctly of what that gentleman's action would most likely be under given circumstances, For in- stance, said the Englishman, would you, Lt] am as couragequs, and a Creal you. ie im, and as UnscrupULOUs a! say he fs, believe he entered Uji after Livingstone, as he penetrated Asia Minor in company, or Would ne sit down by the. wayside, ad endeavor, through his skit Uo 1orge ty letters from the un-! known Livingstone to his relatives @nd friends in diderent quarters of the world * WHAT NOK KNOWS AND WHAT AIF BELIRVES, Noe looked at his sister and, then at his im. meaiate maternal ancestor, m he ventared:— “Ain't all that in the Sun?” Mrs. NOR—No. Is it? Miss_Noi ; he didn’t say yet that he knew it was the same Stanley. He thinks It is, ORRESPONDENT—YOU ‘rave no positive knowledge o of the identity of the person, then? Nor—No, 4 tel OR! CoRRRSPONDENT~What, then, 1s your opinion of the course your Mr. Stanley would dursue were be