The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-01-15
ABYSSiNIA.
THE ADVANCE INTO ABYssINlA-eEs, Ma
n,rp,s PROCLAMATION.

THE ADVANCE INTO Abiesit''A
prER's PROCLAMATION.
rho q;,nex correspondent sends transia-
EN-, the Amharic Napier's proclaiiia-
az. .on to the Abyssinians. The Amharic styi1
:. .nriousy complex and involved, a,,t'
,be coniunctions and propositions are , so.a.I
tered about very grotesqueiy. INC '
ing is sample: ~ Cir Robert Ma
pier. head (of) Army OF England, and Chiefs
try jof) India, to the GoVelh"as "r Thr;st;an
and to the Converts ana ii"u L. Tedros
and t" all people of Ethiopla. hear fG pnm
of Abvssinia. the Consul cameron Vi ms
land the Envoy Rassam, with other may
men with in binding, of every country tno
neople nv laws abiding the law having VIZ,
Iate9 that he is. Now-of friendship tue
,,,oons a,, them in order to free useless nav
inc become, by the Queen commanded, VII"
nm army with to liberate them am cohii"s'
Th;s proclamation is dated 18th OF the
month Maskanam (September)
u tn .redros." this correspondent
,,,;tss ;s nlaiu sailing enough, but after that
faar some of your readers may break down
al did and so suhjoin translation:
" Hsari Tedros. King of Abyssinia, by
binding Cameron the Consul OF England,
and Rassam, the Envoy OF England, with
NARY other men, has violated the law OF
every country where the people abide ny
lows Now. all friendly measures tried to
free them having proved useless, | am COM
;ng commanded by the Queen, with an
or%v TO liberate thea. Whoever IS the
fr;enl of those prisoners, and who will help
IN deliver them, shall be rewarded, but who
ever threats them shall receive severe pun
;shment. Further, reflect in your heart. U
people of Ethiopia, in the time OF the COM
inc of the army into your country, that the
Oneen of England has not a thought of an
Ger against you, your country, your liberty,
and existence. All your persons and pro-
nerty. all your converts and churches in your
country shall I've protected with much care.
All who may bring provisions for sale will
receive their price. The inhabitants who re-
main quiet will not he troubled by any one.
The proclamation is said to have produc'
ed very good effect in Tigre, the only part
of the country from which there has been
time enough to hear of its arrival. Scouts
have indeed. come down to this camp with
reports that Kassal, a great Tigre chief. has
mustered 1000 men at the head of thu
Koomalyee Pass, to oppose our progress
and thai convoy has already been seized
But nobody believes these reports, though
proper precautions have been taken to GUARD
against a surprise. If 1000 men have really
mustered there. it is probably out of curlos
ity or to make good bargain for assisting
ing us with forage and food, protecting oul
conveys, &c.
THE COST OF THE EXPEDITION.
"The Abyssinian expedition is reported,
saws the Army and Navy Gazette, Ito have
swallowed up the usual amount OF the sur
p.us of thenayv estimates, and it Is believed
that there will be little or nothing to return
into the Exchequer at the close of the finan
cial year. especially when we find that tn.
Channel Squadron has returned home Will
formidable list of defects, so that any suns
which have been saved from the demand
upon US by our friend Theodore will be TT
quired to be disbursed upon Admiral War
denis ships"