The New York herald., 1872-10-16

BY the Governor here troops were despatched
and orders given to deal swiftly and surely. Kor-
d0fan is also, In certain portions In opposition
to the government and In fierce revolt II these
disturbances continue, II anarchy supervenes In
the upper provinces, dare not estimate the de-
m0ralizati0n and decay which must ensue. Let is
be noted that this terrible massacre came from
taught savages and that it was the arrow against
the MIME ball. What must result when the blscks
become better armed What compensatiOns viii
they demand for ruined fields and slaughtered
populations What indemnity for immemoria1
expressions and bondage What will the stous
negro ask when he remembers the hundreds Of his
race that he saw dead on the banks OF the White
Nile and still manacled with the irons OF the Arab
traders having perished from starvation or con-
tagion
THE SLAVE TRADE on THE WHITE NILE.
Az long as Baker remains Pacha at GondOkOra
now lsmaila) there is no danger OF direct White
Nile slave trade. Indeed the traffic may be said to
| be ION Its last legs" Ivory alone is the object
now 80 they say, but rest assured that II trader
goes inland far enough and can grab few villages
he will do IL. When l say "direct slave trade" I
| mean slaves will be made to descend within
! the reach OF knowledge OF Baker Pacha. But un-
| happily he cannot cover whole continent. Last
| year QS71), when Baker says that not one slave
| came down the Nile, Mr.. Hausel Austrian Consul,
| tells me there were $4,000, Agate alone bringing
5000. Within three miles OF Khartoum slaves were
| found dead and unburied on the rivers bank, anu
| the horrors OF this importation were something
| shall not detail.
! As the slaves caught are not only OF the negro
| races but also OF the lighter cOlored people or
Abyssinia men and women OF the white races arc
thus brought into the market. cannot better give
you notion of the horror OF this part OF the trahd
than by telling you in straightforward way the
story Of single case that mas come to my no'ce'
/ BARIELA, THE SLAVE GIRL
| In my rambes about KhartOum 1t came 10 my
| Knowledge that most extraordinary case oi hIu
/ nappng had brought to this town the person VI
young slave girl, stolen from her home 10 the MAX
hada land of Abyssina. succeeded 10 seeing ncf'
and afterwards, with many dinicultcs, had 'uo
pleasure OF placing in her hand deed OF reedom
under the seal of the United States SO childish.
60 innocent SO beautiful and withal 80 nObie-
minded and pure-hearted is Barela that
determined to obtain her history In iuii'
and for this purpose saw much Of hef
| and learned from many artless conversations now
l she had been stolen from bright home and sod
\ into bondage.
H Bariela was one of nine children. She was the
H only daughter OF the Faki Moslem priest OF hef
II native village. She is fond of telling That her
II father Is (abbiat white, and Turk-one OF those
few who either personally or In the blood OF MS an
cestors penetrated to Abyssna to carry the Koran
II of Mohammed. These propagandsts are all men o.
II fine talents finished education and easy, gentle
II manners. Fanatical, they yet manifest devotion
II to "faith hope, love and charity" that you may
II not always find among the teachers Of Christianity
L Bariela's father was kindly, handsome man, VINO
II believed and preached that Mohammcd was born I'D
4 the Garden OF Eden and that he existed In pehcn
of light until the sixth century, when, by the espe-
cial favor of God, the Angel Gabriel was appointed
to deliver him his commission as the only prophet
Fervid and sincere in his religion, he taught his
children the hourly utterance OF that phrase wnlch
il constantly repeated in the Ottoman Empire:-
.erhere ia but one Cod and Mohammed is his
prophet"
His eight sons were all instructed In the Koran,
and this Ia the beginning and end OF Moslem educar
ton. They were devout, honest, frugal and INDUS
trious. Bariea, an only daughter In large FAMILY
was the pet or the household Her early years were
hush with happiness, amid the tender caresses ol
all who gazed upon her childish, marvellous beauty.
II She was not sent to schoolgirls are never edu-
H Gated In Abyssina. She was not betr0thed In mar
rage, for she was only six years OF age when stoien
Nj from her home. Her fathers house was to her .
IN paradise, and when she speaks OF 1t tear gathers
III In her eye. But few days ride from Gallabat bJ
camel, her native village, is one OF those charming
II picturesque but rude settlements, which are the
IL happiest portions of these tropical lands The
home consisted OF four houses, built OF g0idencOl
ored straw, neat and cream, as Is everything that
4 pertains to that remarkable people, Imay be ex-
cused perhaps, If say that the Abyssnians are the
4 noblest semi aboriginal on the face OF
4 the earth. Gifted with natural manlinees
of character they excel also In industry,
ndelity and regularity. The man who sts
III down to write their history will find that the
bloodless victory Of Magdala did represent the
degradation OF worthless race after oil. have met
them by thousands ut o time when they cherish nc
bitterness against the white man, and have become
convinced that they have the spirit Of hardy nation
atty whole people must not be judged from the
N wild dofngs OF a crazy king. The real property o
Howajji Ga Garzoz-this is Bariela's family name
II was extensive. He owned o coffee plantation,
4 sheep In abundance, and was a rich farmer, as we
II would say In America His four houses were
situated each in the corner OF a square and the in
II terror space was meadow where trees and shrubs
were bright with foliage. The property was in fine
! pretty glen in grand valley, purified by swift
! mountain streams and retreat as far beyond the
mseries OF civilization as 1t from the din and
i sin OF mighty capitals. 1t was home where do
mestc sweetness household tranquility and family
harmony were seldom disturbed. Barllla grew up
Ia this benign atmosphere laughing boy beioved
1 by an.
III BARIELA's STORY OF HER CAPTURE
II "How was 1t they took you or BarielaY,
"On the bright summer day, nearly ten years
y ago. when those dreadful Mokliada men came, J, she
said; "my father had gone 10 market to ret tho
days provision; all OF my eight brothers had gone
II to the mosque to read the Koran, and my mother
e was in the plantation gathering cofree.n
: DO you remember all these particulars 70 ex.
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