New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-02-16

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she placed herself ii the head 0f Der froeoa
and led them againsk the daxing intruder
to punish him il person; hmt At The frat
shock they fed, unable to withstand The
Wild impean0sfty with which the yonae
warrior assailed them, and there remained
no other choice Asr har but to yield up the
pFoFiaoe Of Demhea to him as her Fassai.
and offer him she hand Of her grand
daughter Tso0bedfe. Fortunate id love
and fortunate Ia war, Kassa's career was
0ne of almost nnsntarrupted success. His
forces Increased daily, and attacking one
prince after another be soen aueceeded In
subjngating the whole of the country.
AZ divers times the vanQuished ehieftains
rebeAled again, and amongst them Menene,
who sent oHt one Of her generals, Ounde-
rad sgalnst him, Boosting conceited Gas
con Of an Abyssinian, who had swotn 10
take Kassa dead or aliyes TIE battle was
fought near Tchako, and the issue most
DISASTROUS for Ounderad, who was taken
prisoner with the rest OF his officers who
had not been able TO escape. According
TO an ancient custom they were ali invited |
to z banquet, and Ounderad's fear NAV
easily be conceived when he and his fellow |
prisoners were each served with a bottle
oiled with some black, eVil.smeliing mix
ture, which might be poison, and certainly
was not rakee. When Kassa had amused
himself sufficiently at their expense, be
quietly said, sMy friends, you have very
Justly remarked that my mother was but
Keusso woman; and that reminds me that
she has not yet sold anything to-day. Il is
but reasonable, therefore, that you should
buy some of her ware. Drink, therefore,
my friends, and if You do not like the
favor, remember that It Is at least whole
sOmeW and Herewith he forced each one
to empty bottle Of the horrible purgatipe.
Once, having been defeated by Gocho,
powerful prince, he had re-collected his
scattered forces and led them against his
enemy in the vicinity Of Lake Dembea. In
five minutes he had again lost the game; il |
was a case of qHi peid, and with the 1
greatest difficulty did Kassa manage to es-
cape with some thirty or forty OF his COM
panions, and seek refuge among the reeds |
and Jungle bordering the shores Of the lake.
Scarcely had they found hiding place,
however, when Gocho himself came upon
them, and shouted from the back of his
horse
aWho will take me this 'Kollenya'Athis
vagabond prisoner ~ m
But scarcely had the words slipped ont
Of his mouth when bullet pierced his
brain. aud he sank dead to the ground.
The ''Kollehyan had aimed well. Without
hesitation, Kassa sprang forward. tore the
ensanguined covering from the head Of his
fallen enemy, and cried to the men Of
Goche-
"Behold, your leader is dead, and ye are
hut dead dogs before me; Whatwill ye do %
Discouraged by the death Of their prince,
and filed with certain admiration for the
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most Of the men Submitted and Joined him,
whilst the rest were massacred by the re
turning fugitives. o., 49,. ...
The most powerful enemy Kassa had to
contend against was the vice king Of Tigre,
Cubic, who had the advantage of great
popularity, arising from the fact of his
having been able to have kept his
province in state Of peace for term
of twenty-three years, whilst, on the
other hand, Kassa had gained the
sympathies of all the young chiValroHs
Abyssinians by his daring, warlike charae-
ter, and the success that attended all his
undertakings. rs
When Cubic received the summons to
submit to Kassa and acknowledge him as
his iiege lord, holding his province of Tigre
in fief he entered upon Fabian policy.
sending Kassa money and presents by
the haRd Of his Z belatta,Y or gem
eral, Kokobie, to whom he had
intrusted the delicate mission of ar
ranging the delicate question in allegiance.
Kassa very soon discovered the true char
acter of the man and after having signed
some temporary agreement, entered into q
plot by which Cubic was to be betrayed
and dethroned and he himself raised to the
summit Of his ambition-to the AbyssiniaH
throne. rs
When he had once arranged his plans,
Kassa soon gave Cubic to understand that be
must stake his fortune on the sword. The
two forces met in the plains of Dereskei,
and sanguinary struggle te0k place, dur
ing which Kokobie, faithful to Kassa. de-
tached his troops and turned againsthis old
master Cubic was taken prisoner, his son
Chetan killed, and the Amharas remained
masters of the field, thus leaving Kassa
chief Of the whole country. When KSb0bie
presented himself to Kassa, expecting to
reap the reward Of his treaohery, Kassa
very coolly said, wiz have nothing
whatever to do with tFait0rY The uu-l
fortunate man was cast into the, dungeons
of TscheIga, where be remains to this day.
This battle Of Dereskie was fought in Feb
ruary, 1866, and the next day Kassa en-
tered the church with great p0fnp and DIS
play, which had been erected by German
botanist, DR.. Schimper, for the coronation
Of Cubic. The ceremony was performed
with great pomp and splenaor. Kaasa 10
ceiving the crown from the hands Of the Alb
una, under the title Of Theodore Second, a
crowned head is, however, by no Teapa
hedded on roses in Abyssinia, and TneO 4
doreis progress was considerably retarded
by different rehellions, headed by various
chiefs, Of whom the most powerful wasa GER
tain Negousie, and q man named Garet, who
made himself notorious in our own conn
try by the murder Of the British consul, Mr..
Pl0wden, a particular friend and supporter
Of Theodores At the time Of his murder
Theodore was warning against Negousle,
but on the news reaclHng him he immedi-
ately proceeded to aVenge the murder OF
his friend, and In the neighb0FhOOd of
Woggarra forced the rebel to accept battle.
Garet, man Of great agility and courage,
dashed at the king and threw his lance ut
sim, which would Inevitably have pierced
bis breast had not Mr.. Bell interposed his
own body, thus sacrificing his life for tho
man to whose services be had devoted bim-
self. This Mr. Bell, after leading hunters
life on the banks, and In the vicinity Of inc
blue bile, had atrayed, during The course OF
his adventurous life TO The wilde or Aoye1
siaia. where he became acquainted Mlth
Theodore IN the year 1854 One o. those
extraordinArv attachments which balie all
theories seems to have sprung up between
taa two men. and it is owing 50 this iact
that Theodore knows as much IS be does OF
European a1sairs, aud gained 9 knoviedgs /
iI,glpsssnrahiy Beyond amy ae4aaie iegce We i
may have Of the inteEual instltuilona Or