Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-13
a Percib;C EIrRnt.

cla s'vea tho f,.l.1w;n~ descriptions ef tho Bur.
mcs2 kiG. lh@1lau AID h7 couatry. This
King, /. VIII bo reSlsGb2rtd, eavS:d several
iuGd:cd roorl0 20 b, tutie1 ai:va r;c,ntly in
order 10 spp0,.s3 his d9iy that Tho lcnrosy. ua-
der which no is 5aif2Iiag, M; ;ht 6o erred:
Hing Ihe,bsu, GUY - yesrs old, tus 5uou-
ster Ct iaiquig, sec7t'lirg - oil reports, SUI
c ,eded to III c,o1e. gEy 40 ?c,is ago. Nero,
Ca!lFu!s. ard / IL 2l13u', r,IieA into one, we're
hardly s. Gsb0'ia-ly w.cEod as he is portrayed.
lie bad 10 s01ncr mounted .1c throne than he
threw into p!iSla sud pGg3ccutcd ia divers
Ways tnc ministers AID a,vistrJ Ut his deceased
father, aad suyroundcI hiusci with stripliues
OF his own Axe sd Gar!lvcd haai s The psl-
ace became tile sc!Cc Cf the vIides2 orsias and
tho NEST sensual Ggosuaheries Nothing in
the most cCrfup: era Of Rome could have ex,
c.eded them; they arc revolving to think of end
incapable OF expression. Ia ofd,r to secure
himself ag; ;ias cousp!teco5, he pus to death
most If his relatives. lis father had 65 wives
sod l3G ciildrar, and Wo thirds Of them sur
vivcd LiGl, Ihcoo ha ordlr1d 10 b, either
kaocked on the hea;, h,gellGted, or tortured to
death, ottcu CE:Icsipg the greatest Ingenuity ci
cruelty. HiSrcveuues ulc estimated at s., 900 GEO
to S6 COO Geo 10 Our Culrctc CO, aud yeG he is 30
pressed for mercy to pay fer ki3 protFgA-
cles that he has rcsoTtcd TO o s;stcm OF lo;-.
terie5 to meet sGylrCm rtsl expenses. Already
worn cut with his cXce$scs, no resembles u.an
Of 40 His eyes ere bl-osshot, bis lac. j.
bloatcd. his chin treble CT qladruplc, Lis tx-
preston brutal and i:Ic,, lot unko thst If y
satyr. lie is sid to DO dying Of a nameltss dis
eas3-1h;ch is probably he malady no was
scekirg relief t:om when the six hundred hu-
h, ,,,I IL;
deity--aud il is to % hoped that he will haNca
to his cnd fer tie baaCi. OF his extremely rp-
pressed people. l!o is Certainly tho iuc>t
devliish ot supreme de6po!s. Why oco !u..
dred altccpts Gay ere u0o niaic TO as,a.i~
| nate him is In K leahl9 TO those unacquantcG
With iho Fins uac charioLar Of the Burmese,
who have always shown themselves indifferent
to the harbaililcs ptac C Il b3 Their rules. lie
titles Of Ihec5gu !7U 5osIctIi:!Dg wonderful. lie
is l1rd Of the l. add ~. kiag hltc lepaauts
lord Of tic iln's of Cid, StiVcr aud Kubies,
Sua-dcscuntcd S6var"icr Atbltec Of Lille, Pos
s"ss0r OF HCu-G!es3 Domlnion, and Mghticst
king Of k,Ic2. Tho &orrr0u!2at has always
bean puco dcspo,i,u:, lie aud property beug
sut j3ct to the lRIiGg mGuarcb, whts3 decrtcs.
however s29a2e. hrc thncIy submitted t.. Tho
IrragadGr. iirrc tncs hecca (tho naroc is sai,i
TO t0cao ike ihc u.inc q our Mississippi. talhcc
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! s1.t, ir;a;;oo Is l1igowa cze,-. g.cro ).
i hes bog introduced t,g nissiaGariai, an: l'aA
!; ,ha tong,a ci religious i;te7a!crr. rhc yg.rk
| of tho missionaries Is veFy z,ao,s, tu5 ls "a
| really iruil!o:s. Ihey say liat ;hog magn c,u
; zerts; bu, tho o1ag2rts almost iaTa;.>5'y a.i,
back :ato BnaGhsc,, t?n -ol:si2a lf -" Itr:..
aud in luy juis1neo, i: i. much b4;.,! r,! ,.,.:,
10 these rc11le thsa Ch.s.ianisy r:.a
Bur5a.ao a;G cho3E!al 22I ve!y oc,; .
iemngerncnts They ia72 eor3 l. c1a2'
sc!l skill. but afc r2tnr- e.. .a.!. ,,.t-