The New York herald., 1868-05-09

season and out Of season, he makes the mos,
Of this chance
Napier's Work in Abys.inia-rbs British
% Army On the ,Retur. March.
''a A series Of special cable kilograms, dated
in London yesterday, embracing the substance
OF ofdcia dispatches from Major, General
Napier and the main points Of three most in
steresting telegraph letters from the HERALD
correspondent attached to his army, report the
present conclusion Of the British expeditionary
work In Abyssilia, the complete manner in
which it has been accomplished, the means by
which the triumph was effected and the ad-
vance Of the English troops on their return
march to the coast for India and home. The
war chronicle includes most exciting history
Of the events as they transpired from the 10th
to the 21st Of April. eaqag ~ fnlIais8 = .
, General Napier, with all his experiences of
battle in India and Its consequences upon
him, finished his work in concise, clean and
imasterly style. Once In possession of Magdala
he made q complete rasssa, and thus swept the
ground and made the path easy for the advent Of
Christian civilization. Theodorus' great guns
and mortars, numbering over thirty, were i'm
mediately destroyed, the gates, walls and outer
defences Of the stronghold were mined and
blown up, the royal palace, public buildings
and dwellings, a with the exception Of the
church, were fred and consumed, and
within two days there remained not single
brier or weed on the elevated table land Of
Dalanta to choke the growth Of the grain Of
gospel mustard seed which his army chaplains
may have sown around the ruins. The widowed
Queen, with her son, Theodorus the younger,
lately heir apparent to the throne, was
taken under British protection and forwarded
tothe Tigre country, and their dynasty, dating
with Solomon, declared at an end. Gobazze,
the friendly chief who, aided, Napier in his
advance, is to be crowned King, and the de-
throned son of Theodorus will be taken to
England to be educated. Theodorus' body
was decently buried. ya ahsm .lsaa1,I .gil i6
= Abyssinian theology has named the Magdala
plateau Debra Tailor, o.. the ..Mount Of
Change" and we think that the rapid opera
tions Of General Napier's troops sustain the
priestly tradition to absolute verifcation; for
amore complete local Transformation or trans.
fguration has been rarely Witnessed than that
produced by them on this historic spot. - 90
The special news kilograms to hand ip Lon
don for the HERALD prove that the Br's had
to fight, and did fight, bravely, for the oi bs b
ment of their glory as African cruss.aa est 81
When Napieris first brigade sighted Mae% :,
on Good Friday three thousand five hund$>l
native warriors responded by exhibiting them
selves in grand battle array. They cannon
AIDED the English for short period, and then,
uttering cries of defiance and singing songs of
national triumph, dashed down the steep hill in
gallant charge on the British batteries. They
were received as all the ruder and less disci-
plined enemies of an English army, from Gull
loden and Vinegar Hill to Scinde, Cabool,
the Sutlej and Lucknow, have been-coolly,
deiantly and with volleys of deadly aim.
The Abyssinians, although commanded with
judgment and bearing themselves courageously,
were repulsed with great slaughter. Acknow-
Lodging his defeat Theodorus sought parley
under flag of truce. He offered to release
the captives, but firmly refused to surrender
himself, and hence the fortress was ''stormed"
In at of maniac desperation he courted death
by suicide, and the star of his house was
quenched in blood. ~ -. .'
2 Our special correspondent winds up his
graphic description by announcing that
Napier's troops had already marcsed for An
nesley Bay, his wounded recovering rapidly
and most Of the sick convalescent.