The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-06-09


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sold by the fortunate possessors, and real
lied fabulous sums shields ornamented by
thick gold plates globes of fligree, gold,
and silver, hinged with small bells Of. the
same material; state umbrellas, richly
adorned with all the barbaric magnifeence
that the genius of Gondar and Defender
could, manufacture swords and pistols of
the finest workmanship, with gold and sill
yer hits; scabbards Of crimson morocco,
studded thickly with gold buttons !; parch-
ment books and manuscripts Bibles, writ
ten In the Amharic tongue ibureaus, escre-
torres full of royal letters, compGme ntary
and diplomatic notes from different soye-
reigns of Europe. In small writing desk,
richly ornamented with mother of pearl,
was found the royal seal, with the lion of
the tribe of Judah engraved on it. In
corner of his house was found 81
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with the lion Of Judah worked in red, blue,
and white silk, and in q strong chest was
found the Abuna's mitre, three hundred
years old; the four royal crowns, one Abu-
mas mitre and two golden chahces three
hundred years old, and the Kings magnif
cent state shield heavy with topazes and
gapphires. Theodorus's shield which he
wore when he first undertook to rebel
against Wel1ad SelIan, the former Emperor
of Abyssinia. All these trophies have
been sent to the English Government with
the exception Of the Abuna's mitre, chal-
ice,' and the Kings shield, which MIR.
Holmes, of, the British Museum, secured.
Some of the soldiers filed their pockets
with the dollars and nuggets, and got
ssbeastly drunk, y 80 dashing cornet said,
on the arraek and tej. ,rfrr,rs .g.sqsssrzsl
THE !" NATIVE" HORRORS
The poor natives were dreadful sufferers.
Large numbers of their rude cottages had
been burned. In many places these8fres
had consumed the flesh from the bodies of
the dead, and the wounded were seen, with
their bloody garments sticking to their limp
bodies, crawling about, deyouring the dead
horses and other animals that laid bloated
in the sun! t&as-
THE HORRORS OF THE 300.
A writer says: sHsAbout twenty yards
from the houses where the Europeans had
languished in captivity for four years and
over, was high cliff, down which the pri-
sioners had been hurled after being slaugh-
tered. Stepping cautiously upon the CORY
rocks to the very verge of the cliff q sight
presented itself which has no parallel in
modern history. Not forty feet below there
lay o pyramid Of naked human bodies,
twenty feet high and hundred feet in cir
conference at the base, slashed, cut, en-
bowelled, shot, stabbed, dismembered or
decapitated. Feet, legs, arms, and heads
more numerous than the pebbles on
the slope of the cliff, were scatter
ed for hundreds Of feet around the ghast-
ly pyramid. Boys doubled up backwards,
faces half eaten by the hyena and jackal
men with their entrails stretched for twenty
feet over the bodies, dismembered, with
throats cut, grinned CHASTITY at the Mortified
spectators. Women decapitated, with marks
of ignominy on their bodies, clasped with
rigid hands limb of the nearest body, or
stood like forked stumps, shoulders firmly
wedged in the mass of decomposition. Even
while we gazed on this most awful sight
hyenas shufled upward and gorged them
selves with the putrid human flesh. TWAS
an appalling sight-one, once seen, indeli-
bly, stamped on memory. This devilish, inhu-
man butchery erased all sympathy from our
bosoms for one who outdid Herod and Mana
Sahib. Brands impressed on gashed fore
heads, stakes driven through hearts, were
things only too probable after having wit
messed this horrible spectacle.
THE RELEASED EUROPEANS.
A writer thinks the released persons are
caf nd hot Of hon lual
personally considered as valuable as any
of the Abyssinian generals who were killed.
They seemed in some way to have accumu
lated great deal. They had $50 mule
loads of valuables. hi
THE YOUNG PRINCE AND THE QUEEN.
At the request of the Queen, Sir Robert
Napier consented to take the young Prince
Theodorus with him in order to educate
him. He was considered to be in peril in
Abyssinia. The Queen was quite destitute,
and Sir Robert gave her the COWS and sheep
sent him by the King.
.r. THE SUCCESSOR. &a@
Sir Robert, says q writer, after determin-
ing not to interfere as to the successor OF
Theodorus, decided in favor of Gobazye,
whom the writer pronounces q besotted ty-
rant. But as Sir Robert was about leaving
the country the idea of his interference Is
no great affair. aag ~ Ettt..-
THE DESTRUCTION OF MAGDALA.
Two days after its capture General Ma
pier, preparatory to his departure, ordered
the destruction of the fortress. The exc
cution of this order involved the whole
town, as will be seen by the following ex-
tract: - Fl - ..s p. -
"At o'clock P. NJ, on the 18th instant,
the Tofusbun gate, commanding the south,
ern approach, was blown up, and as the
engineers retreated northward each house
was set on fire. A strong easterly wind SCI
in, which aided the efforts at destruction
and soon all Magdala was in flames: Three
| thousand houses were burning, shells were
bursting, magazines, loaded guns, and PTS
tolls exploded, and projectiles flew in every
direction. 1t was perfect sea of tire Set
in the heavens, the flames rolled in crimson
waves far over the cliffs, burning rafterf
| like fiery swords were swept over the heights
into the awful abyss below, setting fire to the
brushwood on the slopes, with every green
thing, even far down into the valley. There
was a trailof FIRE seen fastening towards SUI
luigini, each straw tent adding fuel and ex-
tending this awful world of fire on to Su-