The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-06-07

were Of course many signs Of modern civiliz alton,
though nearly all OF a practical, very few OF
strictly ornamental or luxurious kind. Workmen's
tools end huge glass tumblers, apparently Of
English make, seemed the principal articles of ,
import drinking being, next to fighting, the great
business Of wealthy Abyssinian's life, and these
mixed up with crosses, censers, mitres, beis-the
spois of the Gondar churches-Amharic Bibles,
odd volumes Of encyclopedias, foolscap paper,
Old msteblooks pistols, swords, powder TASKS and
percussion caps, formed altogether as strange
tumble as it would be easy to ind anywhere...
The "loot,r on the whole, has rather disap-
pointed the captors. Mr.. Holmes. for instance,
who came out here as archaologist for the British
Museum, and who has hitherto had a singularly
disappointing and unfruitful journey, was lucky
enough to rescue a handsome crown, probably an
archbishop's, and q gold cbalce, bearing the fol-
lowing inscription in Amharic:
The cbaiice Of King Adam Segud, called
Yasoo, the son Of Queen Brain Mogusss, presented
to KSoskwsn Sanctuary, (Gondar) May my
body and soul be purified. Weight twenty five
woikits Of pure gold value FIVE hundred dollars
Made by Waldo Georges"
The emperor's own crown has also been found,
and is, | believe, to be sent home TO the queen.
THEODoRUs's LAST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND SUI
CIDE-FNDIEG OF THE BODY AND rTs APPEAR-
ANCB.
saw in the hands Of an English soldier what,
under the circumstances, was certainly very sin.
guIsr and interesting bit of loot six-barrelled
revolver, with an inscription declaring that II was
presented by the queen TO the Emperor Theodorus,
10 token of her gratitude for " the kindness shown
by him to her servant Plowden." The soldier
told me that be had seen five pistols with this in
scrption, and had had hard fight to get one for
himself, but so far only one had been given up TO
the prize agents. Ii is q curious instance OF the
irony Of history that il was not improbably with
one of these very pistols-tokens Of the British
queens gratitude for kindness shown by him to
her servant-that Theodorus shot himself at the
eapprosch of a British soldier; for there is now
L.. - hat he oh A
the Thirty third that he witnessed the act,
end what is more important, both the medical
men on the committee appointed TO identity the
body and inquire into the canse OF his death de-
clare unbestatingly that the fatal wound must
have been self.inflicted.
Twice the followers stood al0of from him in sui
len, resentful disobedience when summoned TO his
side, and positively refused, when he invited them
as The last chance TO fly from Magdsla, to accom-
psny him and any longer share his fortune. Even
bis favorite and most distinguished chiefs, the
very men who in the end remained faithful and
died with him, seem TO have wavered strangely
betve their old allegiance and their new born
distrust.
shortly afterwards Theodore and the chiefs re.
tired within Msgdala and there awaited the ad-
vance of the British. AS the first soldiers APP
peared shove the stockade the chiefs were shot
down. but Theodore, who had already dropped
his royal robe Of silk to escape observation, fed
from the gateway to a retired spot higher up on
the citadel, and there shot himself, putting the
pistol into his mouth. From the painness OF his
dIefs the body was not at first recognized, but as
soon as it was identified, and, on the approach of
Sir Robert Napier, drawn forth into the principal
pathway, an involuntary cheer burst forth from
the soldiers around. Such cheer over the body
of fallen foe rather Jared upon the nerves, but
still it was natural and pardonable enough for at
bottom it meant, not exultation over the death OF
an enemy, but delight at the sudden discovery be-
yond sill doubt that the last object Of a tedious
campaign had been accomplished, and that there
ives now nothing to prevent the force from turn
ing its face in triumph home.
Theodore's escape was dreaded up to the latest
moment as the possible source of further deten.
ton in Abyssinia, and the soldiers would have
been more than human If they bad repressed the
first outburst of joy at discovering that from this
dreaded evil they were now safe.-
Theodoius's body was found, not near those Of
his chiefs in the gateway, but alone on the hill
above. After sending you telegram to say that
he had killed himself heard that the commander
in chief had telegrsphed home that he was killed
in battle, and this now seems to be the belief OF
those who are perhaps likely to know best. His
face seemed TO me rather a disappointing one
after all that has been said about it, but then it
was impossible to judge properly after death, es-
pecially as the eye was said to be, from its hre
and expression, the most remarkable feature.
There was look of blOated, sensual indulgence
about the cheeks by no means heroic or kingly,
but the forehead was intellectual and the mouth
siDgularly determined aud cruel. very strange
smile fingered about the lips, as il even in the
death throes his last thought had been one Of
triumph at having banked his conquerers by
dying king.