New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-04

s,atly TIER taursc sre Of al Eurooesa mould, Al
belong TO tina. class Of ebysioguomy decor bed a. Gre
ci.r While their stature ., greater than the Hellenic
stand sid Of hight" Tn. ps,op 20 shich they belorg
Atys.iuis, ranks ue1t sfer Egypt and Nun'ds IN
the scse Of African civizs.i,t snd celebrity. They
hive both lspgu,ge aoi lirruGe Of their ON
ard the Auhsiio which s spoken n TIgrt, ~ corse-
cred TIE orgissl ie.m OF the cOrss-y-t les'' 50
son British phi )ogs believe, aud - British travel!
ers il Africa rink.
Tgre over who,e three millions OF irSsb tsrts tins
Brg Eegcussie exercises desp,'ic swsy is the great
p atesu in Ire Nile region lyrg beyond ne Bsh'r-
rse ssh country which the rs. plateau that rises on
tie Southeastern coast Of the Red Sea. The m,re
mountainous esicrs Of Sameu. lyirg sest OF this IT,
gr6sn plateau, form q part Of Negoassies dora ons
sid scd stoot million to his subjects TINS is the
ghest strtch Of country in ell ABB ssoia and - 10
babtsrts sre the hardest snd the foremost in that
part Of Eastern Afics known 10 the anoients IS yth
opis the usves TOW csl themselves ltiopian.l, and
10 NJ hy the Portuguese designation Of Abysslns. Ths
people are principally Pag.rs; some are Mohsmmsd-
rs; some Jews; some Christians The natives OF tie
Ssuen mountains profess Judaism, and since the al
vent Of Portuguese ussiorsries three centuries ago.
az sdmixture of faith and practice there a. 10 Tyre
has beer adopted which hs, added to the local Agan
ian p.bsd sor Ct Cstholie.y TIE trsfe OF these
districts stands high il icdeed /, be rot the highest in
Africa and the IGN are famous tanners Taeir com
Try i, the great commercial big hEsy of Afdcs north
ard eas. to Arabia and India Slavery is common in
the doninors Of this dark accession to Catholics n,
ard tie unfortunate negroes there, IS here, made
its victns. NJ. Gobst VINO has visited the country
declares tia. the slaves treated ndly." lis
rsmai she fac. that al the Tgr who il any way have
imbibed Chii,sn ideas refuse 70 have part 10 the
slave system that prevss.
More than 30 600 Of Negou,sias people have already
made spiritual obeisance to the Pops, and the
Coptic Pauislch OF Cairo gave his archiepiscopal
sanction, few years sgo 70 the Albums, or local PreI-
ate TO open two aseres ard convent within the
kingdom. As is the throughout Eastern Africa,
the Christian populations Of Tgre continual dis
putirg shout observsrce,, especially those that mix
the Mosaic with the modern customs, with those who
reuse to DO so. They sppesr to have, for the most
port sunk n ceremonial trfes the realities OF the
faith fret preached to them with success, when Sase-
nice, the then Emperor of Ethopis embraced the
Christian religion, after ceres of intsrUs vs. With
Father Psez in 1923. For century sfterTard Ca,ho-
cty took fast hold Of the races and then fer another
century the tenets and tendencies Of its pristine
psg.rism were woven over TIE creed aad customs de-
posted there by the original missionaries until things
reached .uch oDdltion that the ostoc Missionary
Who La. now returned to Rome with Gaiorgs, was
VI able, upon his arrival in Tyre few years ago. to
discover any Christianity in the country Since the
reGstablsbmept of Catholic Mission, however, re-
vvsl has taken place and enc of the rchest fruits of
this revival has now, and - described sbovs, borne
excellent evidence to the great which has at
tended Mgr. sspetos effor-sn ell timidy, bat not
urhcpefuy. begun just twenty years ago in tbs heart
Of Tig16. Within these twenty years the eccerisstical
condition Of the coutty has been reduced to regular
ity three bishoprics have been established ana ten
churches in addition to those already existing, erected
for Christian worship. The life which the Kings sd
bs.ion i, certain TO give to Cathocty in that country
must hasten the day Of it, entire conversion to Carts
tianity.