The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-06-13
Eorefsr, News.

Napoleon is GO yesss old.
Leon. the French Empefor-s valet, who lately
died, left an estate worth Slo0.000.-
Minnesota is extensively lighted at night by
prairie fires.
1t is related that in n window in a certain city
there is a parrot which amnses iiseif With crying
:" stop thief and that most OF those who Near 1t stop.
The ramie fibre is receiving mnch atte1iion at the
South, and seems destined TO work no sma.l r-selu-
ton in the quality and prices of fabrics
Where but in a Southern paper could be fc,ind
nndeoipherabie as The hieroyiyphic found upon tsc
sarcophasus of a mummy of anfepyrarnidai scpne
tares''
The demolition of the Universal Exhibition in the
Champ dc Mars. Paris. is now proceeding FAR nofs,'
rapidly than before. and il is calculated that by the
month of May not n restige of the Great Horids.
Fair will be left
Mr.. Schwabe. II German astronomer, has discov-.
cred greenish belts, which appear and disappear
periodically. in the moon. These belts. he thinks
indicate vegetation. If this be established, " will
afford ~presumptive evidence of the moons habiiae
bility.
Arrangements have been made to ccnsecrate the
monument to Luther. in the city OF Worms, on tbs
24th, 18th and 10Th of June. 1t is intended TO make
the occasion a great national festival i'll Germany,
and one in which the whole Protestant word il in
yied TO take part
the New York -Maii says: Messrs. ID. Appleton
& Co., have made Mr.. Dickens the finest offer ever
made in this country by a publishing firm To an au-
thor-S25. 900 for a new novel Of aboat the size of
OeT Mat.Sa! Friend. Mr.. Dickens has declined the
offer. saying that he does not intendto write another
long novel.
In A~byssinis the English troops found a church
in which there. was a painting representing the pas
sage of the Red SEA. Moses. standing On the fur
Their bank, is shaking his rod with mocking irony
over Pharaoh, whose horse is rapidly being sub
merged. while the Egyptian infantry already
nearly engulIed. are holding their freioeks above
their heads.
Every afternoon says il Is proposed to have
ladies trains made separate from their dresses, so
that they can be removed and hing in the hali. aE
ter being dragged through the dirt. when the wear
er wishes to go into the clean drawiBs-room.
When the Prussian Minister had finished signing
the late naturalized treaty with the United States
at Berlin, he put down his pen and said te Mr..
Bancroft: q Well. you have beaten us" O no.
laughingly replied the Minister. you have Only
recognized the rights of msn.' AT any rate"
continued the Prussian Minister. :. you hrve got
what your predecessors have always been trying to
get, but failed to attain"
The SrEz CANAI--The directors are pushing this
enterprise with great yigor. and declare that it will
be finished next year. Last Jan. l37 barges OF
merchandise passed through it from one sea to the
other. and the receipts in 1867 amounted to 1884,
s22 francs. The English Abyssinian expedition
gives the canal a good deal Uf business. se
An English gentleman lately called at one of the
Paris post-ofices to inquire how much it would cost
t. send himself home to England by mall He was
weighed. and after a little calculation the clerk in
formed him that it would cost S64S francs. The
sum was counted out, but the police were called
and MILFORD was led back to his hotel and pronounced
insane.
Mr.. Disraeli has four dukes under him in his min
istry. No wonder he says he. cannot bring forward
an educational scheme of the kind he would prefer.
The marvel is that he can drag these eneumbraBees
along as fast as he does. The dukes to whom VIC
refer are the Duke of Richmond. the Duke Of Mari-
borough. the Duke of Montrose, and the Duke. of
Buckingham.-the latter a Plantasenet, whose an
cestors occupied themselves four or five hundred
years in pulling ont the teeth of Mr.. Disraelis an
cestors by way of extracting gold.
End of the Abyssinian War.
The Fortress of lHagIala ,cin its armament DESTROY
ed by the Brittsh-The Palace and Public Build
ings Flred-A Complete Razid and The Palace in
Ashes-IheOdorus Uido,o and Son Protected
The English March for the Coast.
From the New York Herald, May 9th.
QUEENS HOTEL, LONDON, May G-The authorities
at the War Office and India House have received OIL
cial advices from Major Gen. Sir Robert Napier; COM
handing the army in Abyssinia, datel at Talanta,
on the 2lst of April, in which he reports the opera
tons and movements of his troops undertaken
subsequent to the capture of Magdala. and the.
death of King Theodorus.
When the Queens forces took possession of the.
fortress and works of Magdala they Immediately
destroyed over so large guns, with some few NOR
tars. which had been used In defence of the place
or to impede the English advance. The gates and
loopholed basiions were mined and blown up with
guupowder. The town proper, and the more inte-
rior fortified points were fired, and every building
used as a dwelling in the place. including the royal
palace, burned.
The widow of the late King Theodorus and her son,
heretofore heir apparent to the Abyssinian throne,
Were protected by Gen. Napier and escorted from
his camp to the Tigre county.
Having discharged his duty and accomplished
his errand OF liberation for the captives in the most
complete manner. Gen. Napier mustered his army
as If on parade, the command 4 Bout face march!''
was given. and the British troops left Magdals on
the Sh of April on their route in return TO the Red
Sea Coast.
QUEENS HOTEL, LONDON. May s.--Noon.-The
special correspondent of the Herald. attached to
Gen. Napier's expedition in Abyssinia, furnishes in
teresting dispatches. dated Magdala on the 10th Of
April.
The deceased King Tbeodorus was buried in the
church at Magdala. official respect being shown to
his remains. The young Prince Theodorus, his son,
will be conveyed to England and educated there.
the friendly Chief. who aided the Queens
in its march through Tigre, will be duly
crowned King of Abysslnia, thus introducing u
new dynasty. Napiers army was to march for In =
da and home within two days.
The reports convey a very graphic picture of the
great battle which took place between the British
and Abyssinians on the 10th of April-Good Friday.
previous to the storming of Magdala. As soon az
the English advance came in view the Abyssinian
enemy stood forth in grand array, as if in response
to the sight. TheodOrus opened at once with his
on Napier. The British replied with the
description of gun. The fire from the defences
having endured for a short time, three thousand
eve hundred warriors, setting up loud shouts ofjoy
revenge. and chanting national songs of tri-
umph, dashed with great ardor down the steep bill >
from the Palace fortress. and charged the British
light batteries gallantly.
Napier's men stood firm and the Abyssinians
were repulsed. leaving 700 warriors, including two :
prominent chiefs, killed during the engagement.
The tactics of Tbeodorus' officers were judicious,
and the courage displayed by the soldiers excellent.
Aware of his heavy loss, Theodorus forwarded q
of truce to Gen Napiers headquarters, inquir-
ing on what terms the English would negotiate
peace. Gen. Napier replied. speaking in the name
Df the Queen. his terms were merely and strictly an
surrender. Theodorus, through his
envoy. Immediately said he would never accept
arbitrary terms as that. seeing even his pres
mt defeat he would prefer to fight to the end. In
conclusion the King requested Gen. Napier to take
he British ~captives. whom he would hand over to