The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-12-31 00:00:00

I ortign Intellionct.

1311Ropuy Nartan eall;d on the evening of the 21st
for Anneeley Bey.
Ten normalness between France end Italy does not
decrease, end esteneive warlike preparations ere going
on in ?ranee.

LARGI fire occurred at Hong Kong and ham
destroyed 700 bales of Indian cotton. The dames* is
estimated at 400,000 dollars.
&TINNY, PLUNDIII BY BBIOANDB.— At the statioa
of Biotin*. in Wallachia. the poet-office earrisge was
recently plundered of 1100,000 piastres by a band of
brigands under the famous leader A Ibulsoso. The money
wee the produce of the twee collected in a portion of the
Principality, whiali the Receiver General was sending
from Krajoira to Bucharest.
HOON.IIO Al ALLIGATO/L—On the 19th inst., at eight
&Moak, • large alligator was caught by some fishermen
lii the Waage= river. This alligator ineasond, from
head to tail, 14 feet, and about 6 feet in breadth, and
is the largest one caught for many years in this settle-
meat. The parties who captured it succeeded in •
very simple manner. As the alligator was in the habit
of coming on shore and Waking in the sun at low
water, • large used fishhook was made fast to • paw of
rope. and the end of the rope was fastened to a tree on
Tbe book was baited with • live fowl, and the
alligator, seeing the fowl on shore, cams forth from the
water and swallowed the fowl, hook and all, when the
Malays rushed down in • body with spears and clubs
and soon despatched him. For some mouths pest this
alligator has bees a wares Pt tenor to all natives living
on the banks of the river, and we think that those
Malays who succeeded in putting an end to him we well
deserving of some reward at the hands of government.
This would moreover, induce them to destroy all the
alligators found in different parts of the island.—
itirsgapors Pres Prat. .

- Ds-rim-Jars .A.l-17110•1 KING.-Faka, the old chief
of the Amaponda nation, southward of Natal, is dead.
He had ever been • stanch ally and friend of the British
Government He died suddenly on the 29th October,
in insect of taking snuff, but he was bowed down with
age, and had been ill for live days, • sold having
fastened itself upon his lenge. It is said that one of
his sons killed him, Fan not being able to die • natural
death, being too big • chief. His third son, Uneagelio,
snow chief. Great slaughter is anticipated. Three
men have already been sacrificed on the charge of having
bewitched him. He sent to the sheds on the 29th
saying that be was dying, and on their snivel on Wed-
neeilay he was dead. It rained three days (so the
Kaffir. way) on amount of him death. Mr. Jenkins is on
his way to Natal, but two express messenger. have
been seat after him, requesting -him to return, as his
presence would no doubt save many liras from being
earzificead, a Kaffir superstition being that no great chief
can di* alone. No milk is allowed to he eaten for four
days by the men, and three days for the women. All
planting suspended for four days. Ali the men's rings
(ee000n) rut off. He iota be buried in his cattle kr...di-
/Fatal Mercury.
THE ADYSsIEIAIS NIPEDITIOII.-The letters of the
sreial eorreepoodente in Abyssinia bring deteilei
intelligetoe down to the 6th inst. The two greatest
wants of our army in Anne.ley Bay have been water
and labour, and the neat that of native fangs. The
potable line of advance beyond Send* was a matter of
coofeeture. According to the latest intelligens, from
Colossi Merewether Kin Theodore. had left Debra
Tabor, and wes endeavouring to reach liegdala, where
the English prisoners were °inlayed, hut between which
and him • rebel forte had sasembled. For the present,
however, Debra Tabor may be regarded se the point
upon which our troops are mantis,. • glummest as
that place would °our* Theodoree to retreat either by
his right on Magdala, or by his left into the Kean
diAriet-ie either ease merifloing one by retiring oe
the other. The proepeets of the eepedition have been
affected by two occurrence., sweaty, the death of the
A boona or bead it the Abyssinian ellueoli, and the
disposition manifested by the Egyptians at Massowah
to follow us with a military forme tato Abyssinia. Sir
Stafford Northoote Ass received intelligens. from
Colonel Merewether, at Resale, to lb* 12th December.
All was going on well. He had heard from tire captives
at Kwidala. who were well on the 11th November, sad
had had sews of the expeditios being on its way.
acting wider the Gaits" was moving to attack
Magda.. The King bed not bees able to Wearier same
than thirty miles from Debris Tahoe, being eseambered
with heseaea, sad basing great oppoitiois to enemata'.
Maoist& .p to the 11th October had been received from
Mr. Fled. The Kiwi had sanied off with hire from
Debra Taber all the Ilaropeaas -sews is skeins and
others free. Ames( the latter was Yr. fled, who says
elee that the weeds end eltildrea were all well, sad
that the primmera had el late hies batter treated by
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