The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-24 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, July 23.—Three o'clock.—The market
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RAILWAYS.

RECENT EVENTS IN A BYSSEV lA.

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A correspondent of the Levant Herald, writing
from Msssowah
antagonistic native political forces in Abyssinia
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to outstrip his rivals on the road to supreme power.
IVagshum Gobazie, of Lasta, who excused himself
from a personal interview with Sir Robert Napier,
probably thinking that he might be led into negoti-
ations which would hamper his own policy, and re-
fused the offer of the hill fort of Magdala as iso-
lated, and requiring for its occupation more mili-
tary force and money than he could spare, has
become the leading actor on the scene quitted
by us. He seems to have speculated on our suc-
cess. Besides, our presence created some awe in
the country, and for the time left everybody in
doubt as to what would be the final issue of af-
fairs. If the Wagshum also was successful in his
plans, and we went away, he would figure as the
greater hero, from having relied on his own resources
only, and more patriotic, from having avoided us.
Accordingly, as soon as Theodore advanced from
Debra Tabor (off the south-east corner of the Lake
Izana) to meet us, the Wagshu:u stepped in and se-
cured possession of a stronghold, unasaailable by
native soldiery, in the most fertile part of Abyssinia,
and calculated to confer upon him the prestige of
occupying the very seat of the supreme power
wielded by the late Emperor. The occupation of this
important point accomplished, the Wagshum next
turned his attention to his northern rivals, who were
two—Tessu Gobazie, his namesake, but no relative,
and Kasa-sha-Buzbug (Kasa the Destroyer). Tessu
Gobazie was brought to • an engagement by the
Wagshum, and killed in the battle by him, while
our troops were on the return march. It was
not, however, prudent to attack Kasa while
we were in Abyssinia, in consequence of
his having entered into relations with us. He
had rendered us considerable service in procur-
ing forage and carriage on our first reaching Se-
nate. The last news from this part of Abyssinia
is that the Wagshum, Gobazie, has called upon
Kan to submit, and, it is said, has no intention of
leaving him in peaceable possession of the warlike
stores left to him by Sir Robert Napier. From
the Wagshum's character ho will most likely prove
an overmatch for Kasa, in which case, the last
killed or not, he will have to give up all his ma-
terial of war, which may answer our purpose so
much the better, since we can only desire to see
Abyssinia independent, and in the best hands for
defending it. The Abyssinian Church is a branch
of the Coptic, of which the Chief Patriarch resides
at Cairo. The head of the Abyssinian Church
proper is appointed by this Patriarch. At present
there is no Abyssinian chief entitled, from his
superior power, to prefer a request for a new
bishop, or, as he is called in Abyssinia, abuna.
The abuna would, of course, be a trump card in the
hands of either the Wagshum or Kasa if they could
get him. Both have written to the Coptic Patriarch
at Cairo, Kasa the more persistently, being the
more sceptical of his ability to oppose his rival.
The Wagshum, iu anticipation of obtaining the
chief authority, intimates to the Coptic Patriarch
at Cairo that he is at issue with Kasa, and begs
his Holiness to defer the appointment of an abuna
until their differences are settled—that is, until he
has settled Kasa."

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