Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-12

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fishes the following very Interesting ex-
tracts from letter written to his father,
the Hon. Judge Badgely, Of Montreal,
by Capt. Bsdgely, Of the Royal EngIn-
GERS, who was with the British expedi-
ton to Burmah. The letter is dated
Mandalay, December %: Here the
weather is positively hot i'm the day,
though the nights are cool and the ear
~ mornings foggy.. This latter fact we
quite appreciate. as our working par
AIDES are at 6 q. m, aud 1t Is quite dark
when we get up. When last wrote
we had just got to Ava, and the Bur-
mese had given in. Unconditional sur
render. Pluck, leaders, or love of Thee
baw and of independence must be want
ing. Enterprise there was none. We
occupied the gates Of the palace and next
day deported Theebaw. He was hard
to move, trying to make delays. The
fact was he thought he would be allow
ed to reign as tributary, and was very
much disguised and surprised u. being
deposed. The Burmans came down in
crowds to see the steamer. 1t must have
been sight worth looking at. Some
twenty odd steamers, each with two
flats dashed alongside. They made
fine procession up the river, 100 yards
apart. Theebaw is short, nild-looking
Burman. He WIS simply dressed. The
Queen, who is supposed to be the insti-
gator of the murders, WAS quite plainly
dressed in yellow, but had q 100000
diamond necklace round her neck, and
the royal family carried off most of the
valuables in the palace. We found
very little, about $4,000 in cash and 4
few Jewels. The most valuable of these,
a very pretty tiara Of diamonds and ru-
bies, was found literally on II dust heap.
IL has the royal peacock in front In dia-
monds aud rubies, and is worth prOba-
bly, $4,000.
''The place consists of the royal palace
in the centre, a pile of handsome teak
buildings gilded all over, raised OH a
terrace about 10 feet high, surrounded
by courtyard with guardhouses and
gardens to the north and south. On the
west it abuts on the palisade and wall,
which run all round, but Oh the east,
which was the usual entrance, was n
road running north and south to two
gates, and beyond this to the east were
the arsenal, mint, council chamber,
magazine, SC. All round the palace is
fine palisade made of upright logs of
teak, one foot in diameter and IA feet
high; inside this, about 20 feet, is a a.
foot-high brick wall. The palisade is
about 700 yards square, and the city
which surrounds the palace is one and
a quarter miles square. This last is
surrounded BY fine brick wall about
30 feet high, with moat outside 100 yds.
wide. The gateway and bastion-like
projections are capped by roofs in pyr-
amidal style, and the wall is creEelated.
The whole looks rather we'll. Outside
again are the suburbs, stretching on the
west to the river bank. The roads are
mostly execrable, and the buildings
mostly bamboo huIs. The mOnasterieS
are exceptions, being very handsome,
mads of teak, carved profusely, and in
some places gilJed all over. The inside
of the palace is strange mixture of
gliding, mirrors and diri; dust of ages
in every corner; sanitary arrangements
apparently nal: the gardens miserable
wilderness; the tanks covered will,
scum. 1 don't really believe that Thee
baw ever went into these gardens, but
he may have, as the palace was so dir
ty. He never stirred out of the palace
Enclosure anyhow.
"The white elephant was starved to
death, a most shameful thing, and we
had to cart him away and bury him-a
hard job. He and the other two white
elephants ate and drank from silver;
great big silver tubs over three feet
high for their water. There is an Oh
servatory in the palace, from which a
fine view is TO be had, but the finest
view is from the top of Mandalgy Hill.
some 500 feet high, about mile off,
with the Shan Hill, 6 900 feet high, and
the river aud the city; the view is very
fine. The trouble is TO get up. There
is a covered way up, and what was
once steps, but now are calculated To-
bring forth ali the worst feelings of hui
man nature. We are very comfortably
housed in the palace. part of which we
have been pulling down; and We are
now fortiiying the place in case of at.
tack. The country is very unsettled,
partly owing TO our not declaring what
we are going to do, in our usual ,ilita-
~ way. Dacoits are about, and our
flying columns cut up a few now and
then. They say that the Viceroy is
coming here in the emf OF january to
settle matters. The mosquitoes here are
a very inc breed; however, we have
curtains to keep under. Our postal ar
rangements have been shameful, and
still continue bad"
Folly.-Babies are allowed to suffer
and scream with pain from collie, when
one dose of DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup will
remove the cause. 20 cents.