The New York herald., 1869-02-22

musAetry but pale faced oincers don't IL In that
light; they wish the thunder TO have some eject
besides making sound, and without doubt thev wl
II they are 0f the same stamp ~ Colonel Kirkhaln
all the other p0tentates and princes may as well hide
ae, i n Sna snSrn 1ress @ y, ~ once & rst OF
tier posts are very badly defended. The cause Of
the terror which Prince kussai entertained upon
hearing OF the Egyptian advance was caused IN
great measure by the great CONSERVATION OF tns
Snohoes ON Tue plains or Louiia Both men and
iearuiy mutllated Not seven out Of ten lived after
being mutlated. hole was dug In the sand and
the person VINO had undergone this terrible mullla
cured the slave became worth ten tlmes the he
or she would have fetched as q sound person. Ii the
there were plenty more to be haa a secess os
depreciation OF this Sort matter OF course In
splred terror or panic and panic beges panic, and
even kussai OF llgre felt Its influence. But his
foreign officers viii entertain such fears; there
are few persons on the gloDe VINO entertain greater
contempt for the Arabs than the English. Formerly
with the silks OF Stamboul. scmetars from
Damascus and the chibouques. and. marghlles
about them they exaggerated. when couutenancei
II by their home friends their intrgues with the Fati
mas and Sueimas OF the harem, and their books
teemed with marvellous adventures OF nike nature.
Tner graphic and ford descriptions OF the land OF
laiakien tobacco their perfumed "reminiscences OF
l DAMASCUS bewildering tales or Palestine and the
grand mysterious suolimty Of the pyramids and
Mother Nile had Infused into their whole natures q
love for the same Kind OF mysterious halo which IN
| their eyes tinged the scenes In the Orient Bayard
Taylor's travels or WaIburton's. or kinglake's
Eo"then,n TEEN with rosy nbs. one requires rose
colored or blue spectaclcs to perceive the charms
with which they SO iavshly daubed those countries.
But 70 an everyday traveller those lands contain the
ilthlest ana most degraded specimens OF the human
race. the people are ike SO many luslfu goats.j
| The countries-"ileayen save the mark ~ TakeI
| away ancient recolections from them and uniteSu
they form but one vast sahara. This prosaic agc-J
| though IL II extremely prosy-has gool
deal OF sound common sense IN in Its compol
| sition, and the people are numbering the
romance as fast as they can. Englisnmen especially,
and not 1.-THE Of that reverence that the nation
entertained for Moslemdom before the Crlmea can
| be found. Egypt has become halfway house to
| India. Turkey, with its Assyria and Mesopatama
ana land OF w, Is about 10 be plou-bed up and the
locomotive viii soon show its contempt for them
when II spurns the bones Of the old pariarchs with
| ita winged heels.
| Our osclnatlng friend wagshun Cobazye, who
dwelt somewhere In the s-Magdala country, but
who never did show his pleasant face anv more than
II he had been Grand Llama OF Thbet or the Mlkao
| OF Japan A feeble mind might still incline to the
belief that he IL fabulous being but then we saw
ms uncle Dalatch Mashesna him Of the long locks,
| whose strategy lay In mastery shifting and osc-
atng from one point of the compass to its opposite
like ponderous pcndeum killing time, and uncles
| must have ncphews KIN oil their flesh anu bone,
and 80 one must conclude that Wagshun Gobaxye
| was man after all
| But no sooner had the English vanished over tho
horizon of Ethiopia than the vulpine prince shook
himself out OF his lethargy and marched himself TO
the relief OF his uncle the Daatch whom we left in
| cessful in his expedition, and the Azubo Golas
south the salt plains. and the Donakil, were pun
ished severely. TeIerri escaped with life, but the
poor old Dajatch, plunging holly into the melee to
avenge the lndignities he suffered during his incar
cerat,on Of three months ost ais NE N the battle
ne has punished the Azubo Goas since, and nc APP
pears TO have the greatest aversion to them.
From the Azubo eolla country he marched to Da-
houte Daauta, wnare he appears to have held the
opinion that Magdala would DO better In his power
after a but for some reason he made not the slight
III. WATT IN
enjoy her eyrie fortress she can, but without
killing few Of the Galos whom ne caught dcpre-
dating out VI their own territory From Magdala he
marched through wadela Ayna Lusta aud thence
through waag; In the province Of Talash,
| he had recourse to the ancient mode OF punish
mcnt formerly adopted by his great prototype Theo
dorus-vL..s cruclixion ana impalement--and the
through nomadc tribes and messengers, say that he
! cruci1ed 900. Though he reduced them to submis
cined, and his own soldiers desert nim by the
| hundreds After this feat he had himself crowned
Emperor OF Abyssnia- He has had several little
| last accounts, two months ago. he was In camp at
| Samrie, on the Samra river, In the province OF
Sal0wa, that his numerous cavalry might be benefit
ed by the luxuriant grasses OF the Salowa plains.
Samrie Is about two days easy march westward OF
Antale. It's said that he looks with anxious eye
upon the province OF Wodgerat where Anna AieUi Is
| and intends to try to get It. From hts position at
Amba before Prnce Ku.sa could hasten % the the
| relief; hut he breads coming into actuai war
| with the Prince because Of his cannon, on
which he has cast curious gances and no
| bears good deal OF mace to Europeans for tho
partlality which he imagnes Lord Napier showed
tho Prince and the wagsbnnd. Should either win
| the victor VIII be the master of all Ethiopia.
While he s conducting himself with his usual far
| sIghtedness-yet remaining In confident inactivity
rs II victory was q coy mistress which could not DO
pleased save at certain periods OF the yoar--a most
powerful party IL rising In the westward which
threatens TO be singing thorn In his side. Ger.
tain OF your readers will remember to havc read
In or my latest letters from Abyssinia that the
late Emperor Theodorus lef an egiiimate son,
named Daatchmatch Mashesna. This young prince
disappeared with 800 men just as Lord Napier's
army surm0unted Magdala. After incredible IA
tlrues he passed through the countries south OF
Gahnit. near the confluence OF the Bcshena and
he went sun further south, and. following the river
Abai, made detour arounn Lake Txana and stecrcd
northward for Kwara, mis-. fathers native noun
tains, where he was warmly welcomed By his coun-
trymen ana at once recognized IA their chief. Tho
people forgot their animositlcs and hurried under
good qualities for which his illustrtous father
was distinguished In mis- early days would
%asnesSa tscns % he was villaed a. Aoa srunsen sos
and as one more ne TO keep company with his con-
cubines, but hc turns out TO he one gifted with
great many good qualities. From what can gather
be IL not cruel nc all, being like Prince kensan
IN hts disposition and certainly II Enat have heard
trnor1lnary march from Magdala 10 Kwara OF
nearly 700 miles In length. through the Cola nations
aud through many others hostile to hm and tue late
Emperor, proves him TO be most pcrsevcring man.
We may rest assured that he did not confne hm-
self 10 peaceful travels but must have enhanced tho
reputation OF hts dead father by bold onscts and
descens upon villages predisposed TO regard any OF
TheOdcrus' progeny with unmltigabe aversion. lie
has now gathered about him IN army of 5000 men,
and he has adopted OF the tactics Of ThcOd0rIs
by making nocturnal expeditions 70 The neighborng
provinces OF shire and Tsalkemni. lis camp ap-
pears TO he somewhere near Ras e Feel on the head
waters OF the Aibara river ono OF tho great rivers
which emptles into the Nile, near GoDz, In Upper
Nubia.
Queen Mnstcvat has got two cannon on Mngdaia
which must probably be some OF those ulmbled down
the ellis by the English, which they could not burst.
or Memlek. King OF Shoa, there waf q rumor In
Tigre. sometime In september, that he was dead,
but tney subsequently heard OF his being alive. The
report. ut least, wants confirmation.
have now given You oil the information to be
gathered upon the subject OF the present sfalc OF