The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1868-05-08

From thoH. Y. VIVID.

From tho Y FsTfd.
The cable announces that general Ma
.pier has9ouaht the Abyssii.ian army, car
ried its strufg hod,2 and killed It's king,
who was personaliyseom lnanding the forces
of the empire. His real name was LII kas
sa. Under this rlane he organized re-
volt ind $50 against the governmen of,the
country, then ruled over by king john,
who was the last OF the royal Mabomme3an
line, and who bore the~title@ of aNegus,
oaglice emperor. at this date Ii Kassa
was 81 years of age. By address, cunning,
and by the assumption of sohriety to the de-
gree of austerity, he ineratiated himself
with several warlike tribes, and starting
with but handful, received considerable
accessions by which he was able to subdue
and attack several outer provinces. At
first he set up only as chief of partisan
adherents What, however, with the
growth of his ambition, and the native
restIessness of his followers, he excited the
alarm of Ras Ali, head miuister to the
king. TO secure him, the latter offered to
Ii kassa his daughter in marriage, on the
condition precedent OF his ceasing hosiili
ties to the government. The marriage
took place, aud for the time LII Kassa was
pacific to the royal rule. He, however,
turned his arms in another direction.
With 10000 men Egypt was invaded, and
Li-kassa descended from the nights Of il
chelsa to the plains of Gaiabar At Ganar-
dros, however his army was totally routed
by the Turkish relays of the Egyptian Seu-
dan, and LII kassa himself was badly, per-.
manently, crippled By bullet in the knee.
Impoverished in spirit and broken in tor
tune, he was not able even to fee an Abys-
sinian doctor to extract the ball from his
leg, and without money the leech refused
to work. In this extremity OF suffering he
besougbt his wife to send tor cow, by the
gift OF which he hoped to stimulate the
physician withheld milk Of human kind.
ness. The COW never came, but there did
come plenty of taunts, and notice of final
abandonment from Mrs LII Kassa, then So
called. Stung to the energy Of revenge by
this treatment, the chief determined to
have it ont with his wife, her ministerial
father, and the whole regal concern. Par
TALLY recruiting both his health and his
forces, he began an indiscriminate career
of pillage upon the 'paternal government"
He was formally impeacheG by the Abys-
sinlan rump, and summoned Tor trial. lie
went, but it was the wager of battle. The
respective chiefs sent out against him were
defeated, and at Amba, completely van
pushed Ras Ali himself, the premier Of the
kingdom, and the father of his wife, by
whom he was loved neither too wisely nor
too we'll
As result Of this, he was crowned ems
peror, under the name of Theodorus, at
Aaum, by the bishop of Salarna. For a
while he was quiet, but, smarting under re-
membrance. he again invaded the territory
of the Egyptian Seudan, after Intellectually
having solicited the governments of France
and England to join in his crusade, which
comprised in design The re>establishment of
the ancient Ethiopian empire. The expe
dition was successful as against Suedan.
But the army which by inuulhers had cons
qered was practically starved out by the
Fabian policy 81 his antagonist, and deser-
tons by the wholesale at last left Theodor
us a barren victory and the hardship Of
force not larger than 900 men and the
control Of few futile foltresses The for
eign entanglements which have eventuated
In the present war aud the supremacy of
British rule in Abyssinia began prior to
Iheodorus' accession to the throne as far
back as lS4S A Mr. Plowden, British
consulate at Massowah, had concluded
treaty favorable to the residence and bust.
ness OF foreigners in the empire Theodor
Us set this vi e concession Of Ras Ali, his
enemy and father in law. fuietly asia. and
played the piunaercr ard freebooter with
European, in general and Britishers impair
ticnlAr Mr. Piovden himself was soon
aileryaf5 killed hy predatory band in
theiperiol. n Keep ~ a friendly an
PearaEce Iheo3ouS slaughtered 500 OF
his subjects as reprisal
Mr. Powder was succeeded by Captain
Cameron. He was received with outward
Kindness but every official obstacle thrown
in his way, and he himself was captured by
Tigre chief. Released after delay, how
ever, he bore an autograph letter from
TheodOrus to Victoria, soliciting English
aid to realize his old dream of restor,ne
the Ethiopian empire. To this propo,i,
ton Earl Russell teturued refusal. Re,
turning with his refusal, Captain Cameron
was nial;reated and all the Enclis', mis-
sionaries iii the country wers imprisoned
The successive diplomatic attempts to ne
gotiate these gentlemen out of con6ne-
ment are familiar to the public Tbev
failed, and last year General Nanier set on
from India with an expeditionarv force of
Brltoas and Sepoy allies, comprising in sll
an estimate OF 10000 men. The stems
taken, slowly but surely, by this force. the
tardy willingness with which the consiifu-
ents OF the home government acqniesccd in
TIE extra imposition of. taxes necessary to
The expenses Of the campaign, all the Incl,
dents preliminary to the one decisive bat
tie, have become familiar to our readers
That the campaign is virtually ended in
one battle dIsslpates many of the apocrv
phal stories concerning the resources. If not
the bravery of the Abyssinian forces: and
the discovery, alive aud well, of the Eng
llsh prisoners wing have been tie qrarapeu
OF the dispute, viii send satisfaction as gen.
orally thtou-h III cbristendom as it Will
particularly through the British empire.
The dead fi'heodoros was forty-seven
years OF age, was of average stature, inn
posing presence, and of irregular hut not
unimpressise physiognomy. His habits
were those of an. astute demagogue At
court he reyelled in luxury and show. Tn
the field he affected simplicity as well of
dress as of diet. He has been credited
with being at first chivalrous and frank
His varied fortunes changed him to du-
plicity and cruelty To get power he was
tenn nprate. brave auStera T., nouor bo