New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-05
THE ABYssINIAN EXPEDITION.

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THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION.
The Overland mail has arrived with Bombay advices
to oct 30 Tie Bomboy gazette contains the following IN
tengcnce regarding the pioneer force to Abyssina
By the courtesy Of Sir Robert Napier. we are enabled
TO publish the substance of the official intelligence re-
cefved by His Excellency from the QuartenasterGc'
eral of the army who accompanied the pioneer force
which left Bombay on the 18th September, and reached
Zoulla Amnesty Bay on the 4th October Inc report OF
the Quartemastor General Is generally satisfactory ana
il states that the landing place selected near 81,
there is good anchorage at distance oi ~ OF 'W SaTs
from the shore About mile from The shore Is the only
watering-pace the coast, named Mukulta, ana AZ
though now at the end of the dry season, the supply
sufficient.
watcred at Mulkua. The forage of the district Is dried
up but the cattle fed on il, and look sleek ana wei
The people state that eA weeks altrI te rams tle hisss
luXuran AGout 10 miles inland there Is an abundant
supply of water IN the Waa River The uterN enng cuU-
try passa5lc carts The soil nearer the shore
aluvia but becomes stony as the lower mus from Wrh
the Waa Cmergcs are approached. 'ol IhalIe hau
already lined ont seven miles OF road during ms first two
three days shore, and expected 10 reduce the us
tance 10 the Waa River To u miles There are two open
ings I'm The lower hills 10y which the higher land could be
approached. The rccOnnolteung parry considered me
10 MussOwah there being water within seven miles ~
Mussowah. The accommodating party purposcd 10 move
guard expected the advantage Of the watering place, aud
20 give more extended reconnaissance Wei haI btrh
sunk, but the water became more bracks tie deeper
they got The beds Of the streams, however afford s"t"
water.
Thcodo7ls and q section 81 the rebels,
We learn from Trustworthy sources that battle has
taken place close 10 Magdaa. between King lhrod"' 0
and tbr rebrls of That district of country ThcodulS
has long been hemmcd In all sides toy rencoIS chiefs
who shaken of his imperial rule. each constituting
himself King nm hi- own territory. or di,putiuC the title
with iil as OF his The only province that remained
faithful 10 him Was me province ol trc, h'd'f on ll'
eastern shore Of the Dcmbc Lake aud thc secret 81 IFS
fidelity probably that there, Ihcudnru~ hcinG lt
sonaly present, he OycraWcd Tie population INTO hde.}
Al time his rule extended from little between Con
ddr
transferred his center of power 10 Debra IT,.
buD as FAR ~ Magdaa, Whlth N"ud "iH"'i
on the edge Of the Nolo CALAIS comtry whose
chief had shaken of thc supremacy OF lheodorus lu
February last even Bcgcmrdcr the sole Irnhnnt pc
session Of Theodorus, broke ont into usurrcioi and
then 10 has gone from bad to worse Tins hsiitt
non was headed Jy pcly itDcl cm'i, VINO 'hl"'..,H
himself somewhere along the 20 miles Of road or rot
that separates Dcba Tabor lron Mardla even a. That
early date cutting oU an rohiidi'''"h "'tN 20 l'
two places. Communication. however passed u"Iteh
stand has been heard al or from t'' ~ ~ '-inl BOT ~
Tabor since the loi Of that month u I> certain ii"
dala prisoners the British Government: Do - evident
hold his own against Ihcodorus. The lcgcmedrr
peasants, however, have also risen 300 usui
that 1hcudolus ral hF own is W anarchy ny
to the very gate. of Dchr Tabor What d., become of
the present movement oi Iheodorls 'li, been dash Oh"
Magdala through ihc rebel army tnal laS cn i,, uy e"
10 Thcodor rather We should SAP wac according q"
OF the Emperor. The battle va, drawn battle Doe
tween tbc King aud the rebel chief aud both sides
tired Tie conflict boo fCi. defeat To- Iutudnf.--
whose attempt 10 lct into NuElaa was r"iuprltA
frustrated Ills Majesty is undoubtedly aware tnat 1000
expedition has been undertaken against huu uy l.r-
GLAND for hc has confidential friends 300 NaeoWIli WHO
keen him Informed of every thing that s taking place,
ami messengers MAY mass through ir,m Mdt'oW.h O"
Zebra Tabor In days, 10 they sac uumultsird "u zoe
way. Tie darn question tlut arises. what "0 been lit
fate of the I.uupcau prisoners Who were with the huF
tf Drh., Tabor and Gai Jud what the object ~ Ih'
odurus IN making tins dash at MaEdala lie l's threat
curd that u The English U1uc against nm ht M"hh
make his DcbI. Tabor ana G.ii prisoners "phl Tor o.
Has he then, in Oh nf rage az Iucltud MARCH
ing am amy against him buichctd thcml "hd Wac l-
Object n making for MagGua to bring Tire suborur- "i
tLt. Nagtlala prisoners 81 bloody end al.ut
The correspondent Of Ibe ran ndH G0-oic. wniing
from Anncsley Bay on Tire lst Of November says.
am sorry to say our accounts from the pioneer force
under Col Phg}rc are los no means iaNutihr u hH4
been anticipated that SOME pass would hr discovered
round o. the south Of the huge wall Of mountains over
against us which any rate 10y labor coald De- rendered
trtvclsablr for army. This has not urch tie case
sUch dcfcs as Clthcr ohstructed hi immense
bpwIdcrs rock. which would take long time 10 IT,
move. and which wOuld entirely bar % passage To
heavily laden animals else are 30 hrmmcd in hv
elevation. a. to constitute bed Tor thr torrents
which follow tine sudden falls of rain The pIr.cs u
The other side Of Gamay ava HauadtO alc alone con
sdpred practicable ana tu traverse either would nrcr.
tatr long roundabout march The 10Th Native Infantry
are now the way 10 the pass 81 Gaal d. the ouiu'ls
OF the ad Native Cavalry touch already upon launoo
Neither these regiments are 10 remain concentrated
There Is no Tor such concentration low Whrn no
enemy d near: dispense 10 exist that D., 10 obtain
Watri-to reute aftcrWard for other designs. The Iu
hahtants of this country very pwaccahy disposed
huge we'd swords, aud, IN some instances, have old
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