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Show SIR. H. II. STANLEY'S EARLY YEARS. lC3tTtiponleie ofj tie DZIEiet Nxws. A co.Tespoadent of liie Wetlern -Vail, vfrltlcg froai St. Asaph, Xorth Waies, furnishes soma very interesting inte-resting particulars of the early years ofMr.H.M. Stanley. When you ng Rowlands, as Stanley was of course known before he was adopted by Mr. Stanley, tvhose name ho now bears, was attending the St. .Asaph Union School, Ihe schoolmaster had so high an opinion ofulmthathe used, to put biru iu I charge of Ihe scholboya during his absci.ce. The boy was iqual lo the tasko! maintaining discipline. He would allow no one to question his authority. Jlalher than sutler any one to lake liberties with him he would give tbs boys a sound thrashing all round, and this he would do so effectually that no boy was found iu the school bold enough todisputeliisautl'oHt.Theboy was particulatlyfoni of geography and arithmetic, aud teemed never so happy as when; pulnter III hsndj he wasHllowtd to ramble nt his own sweet w ill o er the face of the map. He seemed lo his fellow-pupils to have the latitudo and langitudecf eachplaco at his finger end". He I was, Jt nniiears, also a good enman and on this account was often selected se-lected by the porter of the Union to enter the tiamesor visitors In a bock ept for that purjose. aud at times I he was even Invited into the ctokV officii to help with the accounts. "T. L. L. V." says that having searched the lunik m the workhouse iu order to find If there are any traces of Stanley there, ho ilis-coverwl ilis-coverwl among tho entries the bameof John It jnlaiid, come eight tiiues. The lirst entry is thafof lib admission to the house, which look place ou Fe'.ruary 20th, 1S47. He is entered as belonging to thu Pari-h of Denbigh aud as having been barn in ISO, but rue month Is not known (this date by the way, t lilies exactly with Dr. Pierce's account.) ac-count.) His name next occurs lu the li.-U ot inmates fur the years ISGI-IS5-J. Previous to this no list of names for eacli year was made out; only thu names of those who were admitted or discharged during the year Uiey were registered. The last entry is ditcd May 13th, lSo!, aud U the time when lie finally left the workhouse. Hut's there reported to havegune to hlaunclcat the national school, Holyuell, where he was for a timu lost slghtofuntillie turn up in America, as the adapted son cr Stanley. Other books, such as thu reporter's report book and the clerk's account uoks, may throw additional light upon the early days r SLtuley. At the time I lt-!t iangland, ou September Septem-ber 13th, 1STC, two of his relallvi-9, c Mr. Johu aim a Mr. Ittchard It lands, Irtilhers, vrere residing at Tredegar .Monmouthshire, South Wale". They wereialimatc friends of mine and came from Denbigh, Xortli Wales. I luve every reasou to believe that Stanley and they arc tiie children of two brother?, aud were first cousins, but Uiey had nothing of the spirit cf adventure ol Stauiey about them. Dn. John Cook. Lakk Snout:, Dec 1, 1SU). |
