The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1868, Page 5

ABYSSINIA. The British War Expedition Specially Reviewed. General Staveley’s Tent and Or- ganization of the Army. Gallant Advance in- Face of Great Natural Difficulties. Napier’s Proclamation and Reply of Prince Kassai. Bgyptian Policy and What May Be the Result. By steamship from Europe we have the follow- Juable and most interesting letter from our special correspondent attached to the British army expedition in Abyesinia under Major General Napier. Gorrespondence of a later date than this communica- on from the same pen reached us some weeks since and has already been published in the HERALD. ‘The present letter was delayed on the route through Egypt when in transmission to our agent in London through, we presume, the confusion incident to the War movements and hurried military preparations Which were being conducted in the seaports. SPECIAL “CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. The Herald’s Correspondent at Headquarters fm Africa—General Staveley’s Reminiscences of the Newspaper of New York—Scenes In Der hep ea ‘the March—Organization of the h ExpeditionHow the Natives Look— General Napier’s Procktacheetacecees Trom the Prince of Tigre to Napler—“How Are You, Very Wéll ?”—American Invention in Ald of the British Troope—Independent Opinion of the Christian Undertakin, ARMY Post No. 2, SENAFF, Abyss! Feb. aie lean hardly realize even now, sitting in my tent, that Iam in Abyssinia, Africa. But stepping out of my tent and taking a good look around J am assured that I am in Senafe, within sight of the camp ef the Abyssinian king, surroynded by red-coated Britishers an yewniskered Sikhs, Gnd gver near the - nt and naked Sholioés. Witnout hardly a ‘pause at any of the stations on the way from Zoula {0 148 place, I came on urged into quicker speed by. # thousand and one rumors of a battle having taken place between Theodore and the advance Lrigade, which I found upon arrival here to be mere camp fossip, So far as I cf judge from what I have seen, this expedition will last over six months yet. What has been done I propose to make as intelligible to the reader as possible. Passing by Massowah, steering due south, Annes- ley bay opens before us, dividing the islands of Mas- sowah and Dissy from the main land of Abyssinia. This bay is twenty miles in length and three im breadth, and in the time of Mahomet was the place where he anchored his fleet while he was engaged converting the audacious Abyssinian Chris- tians into Mahommedans with fire and sword. In about an hour after entering the bay we discoy- ered a noble fleet of large ships anchoring close to the main land, giving the barren and bold shores ah air ef importance which yet seemed strangely out of Place. These ships composed the transport fleet of the expedition, and there were then anchored in the bay opposite the landing one hundred and twen- ty-nine vessels, the average tonnage of which would ‘be nine hundred tons. The fleet is made up of ships ef all nations, English and American mostly, but all Sy the English fag. Surely, the English general expects to do something else besides releasing a few prisoners, or he must expect their forcible release to be no light job; if not, why .this tremendous Meet of steamers, troop ships, transport ships, Greek wohooners and Egyptian zebeques? Our Burnsideex- pedition, involving the transportation of 80,000 picked soldiers with all the necessary war material, never Tequired 80 many vessels. Each of these large ships ‘and steamers, of which there are 250 in all engaged, -ig paid at the rate of £300 per diem, the steamers to ‘De coaled and loaded at government expense, The ehartering of these ships alone costs a little over £90,000, or $450,000, per day, and this is but a tithe of what isexpended in making their vast preparations. ‘The hiring and rations of 2,000 Soumalis and Coolles, the buying of 100 elephants, 2,000 camels and 15,000 mules, each animal’s cost averaging £50, will make another grand item in the sum of expenditures, from which you may deduce the fact that the sum of £200,000, or $1,000,000 in specie, will barely cover the expenses for one single day, One is naturally drawn into. a computation of the expenses as the whole fleet of immense ships, the Jandings and piers, lately constructed, full of busy men, are seen, Assoon as the steamer on which I was on board @ropped anchor I took a boat and went ashore; and Mf 1 was surprised at the number of ships I was aston- ished at the thousand of coolies, Soumalis and fa- tigue parties from the Sikh regiment at work, yelling Mke wild Indians, flogged into activity by the merci- * less English superintendents. Mules were being Janded by the hundred, Elephants stood patiently Bear the bunder (pier), waiting to have their ponder- ous loads on their backs. 4 thousand camels mur- mured their reproaches at being overladen. Red- coated officers, who looked a8 wild as possible, swore d@readfally. Arab muicteers cried out “by Allah’ that they were being ili treated. There were over two hundred lighters discharging cannon powder, case shot, shell, fuses, telegraph wire, clothing, blankets, eumbrous tents, mules and bullocks, equipment, medical stores and trusses of hay, grain and ghee. Fioundering among these were ferocious looking Sikh soldiers and sweepers, sailors and coolies, pho- tographers and doctors, itinerant travellers and loafers. Scores of Persians, all artful scoundrels, paraded up and down the landing in their clean ‘white linen and comical headdress, watching for plunder, Of a verity there was a profusion of war ma- terial and an extrayagent number of men waiting the provisions which were better reserved for the dark days sure to come, On a level with low water mark were piled thon- sands of sacks of grain—a sad evidence of a want ef common sense among the officers whose duty it ‘Was to see it pro} ny secured against the fitful inun- dations to which this coast is ofien subjec' ot there were the barrels of ghee piled high on the open beach slowly meiting under the fierce heat; in fact, everywhere are evidences of carelessness or sheer gnorance. On the open beach, which is as bs at Cape May on the Atlantic coast, are encamped three regiments of Sepoys, seemingly broiling in the hot sun, so judging from the haze which almost ex- eas the beach eludes the tops of the ter from view. The a of these three regim covers a space of sandy beach f are. Another mile is covered lauded from the trans. jorts, where they are exposed to ail the torments of unger, thirst and insufferable heat, No shelter, no water, ho grain, What wonder, then, that the poor beasts, upon whom the success of this expedition mainiy depends, should perish almost as fast as they are landed? Arrangements are being made to abate the appalling fatality among the animais landed, but that could have been done jong ago to the saivation of over 5,000 antinals, ‘There is so much seeming confusion in the arrango- ments of the British camp at Zoula that one feels com- | Pelied to pause and consider how this hetcrogencous mass of mien and beasts are governed, for the infer- nal din of those 20,000 naked, dusky laborers rings in my ears to the total exclusion of order and method in the composition of this letter, and I believe it to ‘be as detrimental to the good discipline of the expe- dition. It is not fair to judge the English mode of con- ducting an expedition from what you see of the Abyssinian expedition or the preparations for it at Zoula. The officers and soldiers composing it are en Who lived years in India, and have become in- ued with the very spirit of luxury and tndolence, while they have lost nothing of the grating egotism of thoxe Who lived in cockneydom. Each officer of this expedition has at least five servants—his ghora- wailah or groom, bawarch (cook), wamult (head house servant), durwan or doorkeeper, and his a@hover or Waaherman. These servants are indispen- fable, & good matured oficer will tell you, “Gad, man altve, how i# @ felivw to live without them in this demmed hot sun.” Certainly. How are the poor fellows to live without them? Can an American NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. “ "1 is he the gentleman who won the great yacht race?” “No, air; the editor of the HERALD is that young gentleman’s father.” ay, tobe sure, I am glad to hear it, What can I do for your? Upon being informed that I simply wanted permis sion to accompany the expedition, he kindly wrote me a permit to proceed to the fro! the cupidity of some of the being already inimical to Theodorus’ reign, will seize a favorable opportunity, backed by strong forces, to ai bi him, either di chief, there are others W! od ir} epose him and bring ead or alive, to the British General’s camp. Theodorus’ punishment is now the aim and desire of General Napier. Theo- dorus’ downfall ia rly souahs after by Kusal, Ras of Tigre, and his brother rebels to regal authority. ‘With these two powerful concomitants the reign of Theodorus Rex, successor and lineal descendant of Solomon, must cease. S85 The apove are but the outlines of a conversation with an English General, and I have thought fit to introduce them here because the conversation oc- curred within an hour of my arrival in the English camp. On leaving General Staveley I took a stroll arouna Zouta and its neighborhood. Zoula is the name ven to the location now occupied by the army, m an Abyssinian village of that name situated four miles from Annesey Bay and lying between the day. and the mountains, which are seen loom! up to the rising clouds. The town is merely a collection of flat roofed mud huts and is occupied by a portion of the Shoboe tribe. They are said to be friendly; but they will sell neither beeves nor ita, thor the tribe possesses enot to feed the whole inglish army and its follows amounting to some 35,000, for a of twelve months. Every mule or ox caugnt browsing among the acacia bushes tg th y Prope! appro- priated » ae andbont, va afore the ) religion, and live chiefly, as might suy |, upon meat and milk. As guides they per- form their work’ wonderfully well and get over the und very quickly. ‘They are to be seen in all their jiack nakedness, both male and femate, at ail hours of the day, prowling around camp, and viewing with curious eyes the immeuse preparations for the expe- dition, with all its turmoil and bustle, ‘ne tents of the troops are excellent, so far as com- fort in a hot climate but to an army under marching: gedss they are ‘ % mons ccumabr one things imaginable. ey are wall tents, abont cweive f66b by. ten, lined with crlmgon cloti, ahd are covered by a fly set about th: t Higher than the tent, thus plowing a free lation of air between them, wiucn makes this tent about as comfortable a piace to live in as one could wish. THE ARMY, ITS ARMAMENT AND SUPPLY. The infantry regiments are armed with the com. mon muzzle loading Enfield musket, while <n@ cay- ay are armed with a short double barred musket and a natant and broad, thougn pe sabre, ground very shar, ot ‘the uniform of the Eurgpesh soldiers consists of suit of a thick slaf 1 linen, with green bind- ings, and. haped hat made of the pith of a treg watt ws in the East Indies, This helmet is al§0 covered with linen to correspond with the uni- form, and is surmounted by @ crest covered with green. All the officers also wear this uniform, That of the native infantry is the crimson uniform of the British army, but the Sepoy cavalry wear a lop; frock of white domestic, with a coat made of dr¢ssc sheepskin, with the wool inside, ‘The artillery is composed of clumsy Armstrot twelve-pounders, with carriages wider tian any ever saw before, these being six feet ten inches wide, and are so very heavy in make, both cannon and car- riages, that each cannon will require a dozen mules to haul it up the mountain torrent road to Senafe. In- deed, looking at the tout ensembdle of this expedition with a critical eye, one would be 3 to say that it was an expedition gotten uw yy some third- rate Power about to vaunt ot its former greatness only to ears who never heard the cannon’s roar before. I say this after a careful observation of the English camp at Zoula, There are many things to admire, such as Peavicing, plenty of stores of every description, plenty of animals, though 80 many have died, and plenty of men for the the work in hand, Stores, such as tea, sugar, rice, four, salt ghee, or clarified butter, dhall, potatoes, onions, rain, ey and hay have been landed in immense quantities, sufticient to last the whole army now in Abyssinia for six months. Taking a lesson from former suffer- ing, American condensers and American pumps have been placed on shore to supply the troops and ani- mals with waier, and these add not a littie to the animated appearance of the landing. Any disar- rangement of the machinery of the condensers would cause excessive suffering, as the daily water require- ment amounts to over one hundred and twenty tons. The delusion which the commanders and pro- moters of this expedition cherished respect- ing getting suMicient water on shore has now been ihoroughiy dispeiled, for a good thunder shower bar produce a rushing torrent which {s soon jost in the sand. Except during the con- tinuous rains no regula? supply of fresh water can be depended upon, and it must have been a set of brain- less, irresponsible men that ordered the transporta- tion of so many thousand animals on this open beach without a drop of fresh water to be had for twenty miles around, As regards the adequate supply of forage, I may say now, upon my atrivalon the highlands of this country, thatsuticient hay and chopped straw can be procured ia any part of the country from Senafe to Anatolo, But from Zoula to Senafe they must depend solely upon what ts imported from India and Egypt. The tutention of the transport master now is to push on the animals to the healthy, fertile hightands, where they can forage for themselves, only retaiuing a sumiciency for urgent work, most of them to be camels, which can browse on the caboul and jungle bushea, ‘The Land Transport Department is a new feature, or at least a new Lame, fora very usefui arm of the service, It consists of about five or six thousand Egyptian muleteers and camel drivers, and about a score of mahouts to drive elephants, superintended by officers, selected for their ‘efficiency for the work, from the different regiments of the field force, colo- nels, majors, captains, lieutenants and ensigns, who receive additional pay. ‘These, with about fifteen thousand nrules, two thousand camels, one hundred elephants, transport all the war material and stures for the army as they march along. The mules were imported from Egypt and Berbera, camels from Aden and the elephants from India. Post No. 1, Zoula, is the main depot of supplies and point of de- barkation, and is the post from whence the land transport department commence their nientny to t No. 2, Senafe, and intermediate stations. Post No. % will probably be Anatolo, one hundred and forty miles from Senafe, and half way between Zoula and Magdaia, the point of destination. It would have been easier, cheaper and much better to have ali the supplies by wagons. I have travelled over one hun- dred and tweuty-five miles of the roughest road on the route, which the sappets and pioncers have graded and levelled until it is feasible for any carriage or wagon, This department has suffered considerable annoyance from the drivers which they had engaged in Egypt and Persia. At one tine it appeared as if it must fall to the ground and another method substi- Annexfey bay. To such work these men had been unaccustoined—being men of independent habits and without any idea of subordination—and as soon ciamorous for permission to return. The colonel commanding urged them to work—they insisted for return passes; then the colonel threatened—the drivers defied him, The consequence was that a conmpany of soldiers was sent to his assistance with foaded muskets, and a dozen of the mutineers were seized, bound and flogged. This had the required effect. They went to work with a will for the time being, but they continually desert to Massowah and Ankecko, two ‘Turkish ports twenty miles north | of Zoula. Another difficulty presented tiself when the departmept commenced its duties, There was | no system of uldatice or a nucleus of ex leace to 4 i . Which Was owing to its previous non ye ence ui the Bust Indian service. 1b was algo a dit- ficult maticr not long ago to keep the mules at hand. | Not only were they d ing by the hundreds daily, but those who were sound aud in good condition, finding yut tobe starved, made ¢igin (lunch) ud took themselves off in- continent with the expedition; but rs, clfain hatters ant trained officers have been found, so that the department is In @ fair condition to do service, and supplies are belag gradually shipped to Senate. Hesides the construction of the piers, the erection of condensers and the building of artifictal isiands for (hem, the commanding officer of the fort is bustiy engaged tn congiructing @ railway from Zoula to Koomaylee Pass, thirteen miles distant, situated at j the foot of the mountain, Five miles have been completed and a locomotive is kept running day and hight transporting stores to the several depots alton, the line, If they sueceed in building it through it will bea great and useful undertaking, for an im- mense saving will be effected and much trouble obviated. THE MARCH. With all a critic's readiness to detect faults, I shot mpartial to give credit where evi- ‘Those who can realize tropical heat and Te when up to ninety-eight degrees in the shade can appreciate the paticnee and persever- Gnce of the officers and men of the expedition, who have cheerfully undertaken the task to erect there great works under the hot sun of Africa, untempered > 5 by breezes of any kiud, To the muititudinous be- wilderments and ever eit Geis mae they have opposed a determined spirit an unfaggin; energy. It is true that they have proceeded witl the expedition In a different manner to what the Americans or the French would have done; but the position of adairs Dow gives reason to hope that the tuted, for the drivers mutinied after their arrival in | as they feit their taskmaster’s power they became | arene a a folio’ somes ne Upen BnORNeS WER TARTHT, Gnd dive ine ing efficient and men to erect sheds and ment, besides solarcling the progress oxpenition some weeks, Should any very heavy rain nearly the whole of the plaim or beach on which Orit bathe beneath sen tevel, palling’ loss of ol an appalling loss o! aife and an inealeulable stores would 1n- evivably be the result, General Staveley foresees this terribie result should ne be ht unprepared, and to Koomaylee fe. rning alter my arrival in Zoula I hed on to the front, for rumors were rife of the roximity of the op) forces. My traps were perfectly adapted for rapid marching, and mounting our horses my Arab surgee aud myself set our faces westward, traveiling directly towards the tremendous mountains, which were apparently im- passabie. Our way lay over the burning plain which extends from the bay to the foot of the mountain, a distance of thirteen miles. For the firat four miles our road iy through soft sand, which had been torn up by the hoofs of animals and men, then it oh to loose stones and pebbles and which was covered over by acacia bushes, which is obtained the well known gum arabic of c ree, and the pods of which are employed in Nubia for tanning purposes. Then the surface of the plain cl into @ mass of impene- trable thorny jungle, where the hyenas and jackals lurked in numbers, After travelling about nine miles we struck the a, bed of a considerable stream along which the military road ran, On both banks grew the kautuifa tree, a bushy shrub six or eight fect high, very thorny and clotted with elegantly twice primated leaves. Until we arrived at the foot of the mountain this tree was very abun- dant, and the road had been cut through several miles of it. When an Abyssinian king is about to commence @ warlike ex) ition the clearing of the ground of this thorny shrub becomes of primary importance, and one of his first proclamations runs, Out down the kautuffa in the four quarters of the world, for 1 do not know where | am going.’? As We approach Koomaylee Pass the road agen ally ascends, while the mountains loom up with ter- Tillc distinctness. Great boulders bang topplingly over from the almost perpendicular slopes, while the summits are literally buried in the clouds. Rocks have been charged and blown to pieces by the sap- evi? under Major Baignie, the old tiger hunter of india, and you reach the commissariat depot at Koomaylee by a splendid road twenty feet in width, which has admitted the Engitg@h army into the heart of Abyssinia, The depot is merely a stretch of level Co ee ground or small plateau, on one side of which is the dry hog rg ‘tes Koomayl torrent, at Re ) aight of which I can weil limagine the powerful force Of the area Ha @ rainy months. From this plateau you obtain tx view of the blue bay, on which over a hundred noble shfpg ride at anchor, the plain dotted with dark bushes, with thé lohg Ine of white tents which shelter tue army, the isles of Massowah and Dfsa standing like set pillars in the Red Sea. A mi cent scene; one which fi ZOU to strike one with sorrow at the tho, of 1aving, ag he Up te dark gorge Maa Catetes @ glimpse ot ie great rocks aud crags overlooking to-morrow’s road, ‘Wé encamped hefe one night and drew rations for one Kuropean for one day as tollows:—One and a quarter pound of beef or mutton, one pound of pota- ‘wes, One pound of bread, three-quarters of an ounce ‘Of tea, two and a half ounces ofsugar, one-third of an ounce of salt, four ounces of onions and four ounces of ghee; tor my Arab follower, nine ounces of rice, nine ounces of four and four ounces of dhall; for each horse, ive pounds of grain and eigit pounds of hay. ‘Water has been procured here by digging wells, at which American pulps are at Worn, day and night, pumping up suiticient for use, ‘The entrance to this pass alfords suflicient camping ground for at least three regiments, and a battery of artillery might have been placed to some govd par- pose by King Theodorus had he possessed it, From Koomaylee ’ass our route lay up the dry bed of the Koomaylee, which had been cleared of boulders, juniper and bais trees and corenda bushes, which in inany places form impenetrable jungles on eituer side of the road, in the shady recesses of which disport tie lioness with her cubs, the panther and cheatah, and troops of monkeys, Which utter their remonstrances at our intru- sion, sometimes in rather startling roars. . Soll- tary lizards of great size gambol unmolested in the sun upon the warm surface of the rocks, Gaily plumed birds utter strange notes which raise shrilly echoes among the deep cuasins and ra- vines of these mountains, Above all can be heard the clear, Hageolet note of the butcher bird, Tue bird of par&iise, with his elegant feathery train, flings his px notes aloud, and hops irom bush to bush with a ye and grace that ts really charming, iow the deilie winds 80 inuch and becomes so nar- Tow that we ure necessitated to cross at right angies severai times in the course ol the next few minutes, #0 that the rises and fails of the banks from the tor- rent’s bed are trying tu our cattle. At several places which we passed 1 noticed that the slopes oi the mountains rising perpendicularly from ihe pottom of the gorge were scarcely fifteen feet across from side side, which could have been eastiy blocked up and mdered impassable by a few sliarpshooters piaced on the summit, which would have put a diiterent aspect to this war and ten times more peril- ous to the invaders than a somewhat simi- jar case which happened during tie retreat of the English from Cabool during tue Afghan war, when the ferce Afghans manned every mountain height and poured their murderous voi- leys upon the unresisting English at the bottom, Each of the mountains which Quuked the road from Koomaylee were ut least 2,000 fect, some of thom rising like high walls, others crumbling masses of granite, Vem and slatestone; others laying diago- haily with rifted sides, in Which rested the mountain hare and jackal, and many rose siopingly away on each side, clothed with evergreen trees and an ‘inil- nite variety of flourishing shrubs. From Kooinayiee to the next commissariat station, Upper Sooroo, is fourteen miles, where we encamped the second night. This station, like the former, is guarded by a company of Sikhs, where an ampie supply of provisions is stored for the passing cara- vans of transport animals. The scenery becomes wilder and grander at every step we take into tie heart of these tremendous mountains. At this place tuere Was a sinall siream of water, but which sunk suddenly in the ground a few rods from the post. Shouid the torrent come down every animal here must inevitably be swept away, besides ali the stores at the place. The rocks about this oven-like spot, culled Sooroo Pass, wiich is but a continuation of the gorge tirough which the rushing Koomaylee sweeps to Aunesiey Bay, are Composed of white and rea marble and porphyry, occasionally diversified by layers of ciay-slate quartz and ser- pentine, which | am told contains, as iubedded min- erals, @ great variety of corneiians and jaspers. After passing the Sooreo station we sighted the baobab tree and @ tree which the nutives call kol- quail, The baobab, or monkey bread, is a gigantic tree, extending its branches ali around for the space of forty feet or more, forming 4 superb canopy of green, which affords a grateful sade in this burnin, climate. In the branches of cach baobab growled and screained hosts of ginger nionkeys, who were uncommonly daring for wiid creatures. These ani- mals have very large heads, with blunted muzzits, and strong and muscular limbs, At our approach a bark something like a mast ‘The kolquall, above mentioned, is a very cxtraordi- nary tree. Ithas a@ succulent column, with a very Trough appearance, about five or six inches in sand, from bottom, fluted and led, which is surmounted by succulent and angular branches devoid of leaves of any sort. Flowers of a golden color issue out of the of the branches, which are succeeded by a crimson triangular fruit. juch work has bees expended on the road from Sooroo to the next station, Undel Wells, which are situated about fourteen miles apart. From Undel Wells to Raraguddy, the next station, the distance is abont sixteen miles, The stream is again secn on the surface here, though flowing for only about a | mile before it sinks in the ground. such a smal! quantity of water being found tn the mountain is beeause the rain fall the last season was iclent, and unless leavy rain should fail in four weeks wells will tations for the su n Karagnddy to tance of nine miles, the road, On our left rove Atshum Plains and isaro Peak. ‘The former is an extensive sandstone plateau covered with «good coating of soil, but furrowed down its centre by @ main water channel, which re- ceives numberiess streams. Isaro Peak is the high est point of the monntains that flank the Koomaylee Pass to the westward in this vicinity. It ds a panoramic view of the whole country the sea at Annesley bay, Mount Suera, Senate and Adowa, in the province of Tigre. But the most interesting and remarkable sight of all was to look down tpon an ocean of gigantic mountains, torn ply of the troops. numbesless torrents to the sea, After winding around numerous hills, we Come at last to the foot of @ hill which rises directly in the path. ‘This Bill hag been cut and recut at right angles with cach other, over which the road winds up the highlands of Abyssinia, After an hour's weary ascent up this hill, which rose 2,700 feet above the gorge, we mounted upon a level platean and found ourselves fairiy on the tabletand. It was a pleasant change to once more travel level ground and be able to look avout the country, from tie confined vision and toll- some ascent of the Koomaylee defiles, Crowning a gentle eminence not far from the road through which we journeyed was a gigantic, bare rock, of a brownish appearance and periectiy fat. It appeared likesome huge akar, so fearfully distinct tt rose in. the clear air, on which huuian sacrifices might have been offered to the presiding divinity of Abyssinians. This rock, in which was alarge cave, commanded @ view of several miles of the plateau. To the rear of this rock stands the village of Senafe, sheltered by another high and rocky etninence. A sea of scraggy spitrs shoot up from the plateau in every ditection, interspersed with severai mud hamlets resembling those of Asia Minor, About half a mile Senaie is the camp of a Sikh regiment and a Europeon com- pay which guard Post No.2 Extensive bunga- jows have been erected of bushes for the protection of stores from the hot sun. This place is commanded jo oe General Malcolin, an old East Indian oificer. Water and forage are to be had in abundance, and the natives, who appear to have at least breech- cloths to cover ther nakedness, sell very readily their caitie and goute, of which Uiey possess great ala on an 9 Nad ger two eas of with the old owe stamp, will not pass. Grain they are willing to take for native produce. Date, | Halting Ptace, | € as] 38 aE Ld Jan. 2%..|Koomaylee....| 475 —| 63° 7 Upper Sooroo,.| 2,136) 99° | 67° | 32° 4 pace vets, +| 8,405) —| 41° —_ add, «| 5,724! 86° 5] OT%S Feb, 2.. Senate.” ol Taal ioe 34° | 30° HALT, Our next march will be from here to Anatolo, whither the advance brigade, consisting of the Fourth King’s Own Royal regiment Euro) pean infant Thirty-eighth regiment Duke of Wellingto! ju pee lantry, A battery First Reserve Mountain artillery, Twenty-seventh regiment native in- eee Tn oc, etae eee eas Sa eS e mafn body of the army, composed of the Twenty-fifth regiment native i try, the Tenth na- tive infantry, the Twenty-sixth Cameronians, the Forty-fifth fegiment European infantry, the ‘Third Dragoon Guards, C troop Bare Horse artillery, B battery Mountain Train artillery, G battery Four- teenth brigade Royal artillery and the Gullewar bat- tery Native Mountain Train artillery. Other forces ‘will follow in a few days, leaving oniy small detach- mene to guard the comuissiariat stations on the route, Senafe is sixty-three and a half miles from Zoula nd one hundred and forty miles from Anatolo. The latter Eace is half way between Zoula and Magdala. Sir rt Napier, the Commander-in-Chief of the Abyssinian expedition, is now at Ati-gerath, thirty- five miles from Senafe. He pro} moving at an early date. He has issued the following PROCLAMATION to the governors, the chiefs, the religious orders and the people of Abyssinia, which has been despatched to by native runners;— 1: in known to you that Theodorus, King of Abyasinia, de- tains fn capuity the British Consul Cameron, the mitian' ie: and many othe of all Siileed ations. fend perenes Se ne Tailed 10 riendly persuasion having fa\ obtained their release bt covers m a ‘commuted ato rate who jen a ers or assist in their liberation shall be well rewarded: but those who may injure them shall be severely punished. When ‘the time shall arrive for the march of a British army ag our country, bear in mind, people of Abyasinia, that the of ‘England has’ no unfriendly feelings to- wards you, and st your country or your liberty. tablishments, your Zouk persone and property shall be carefully protected. All supplies required for mny soldiers shall be pald for. No peace- able inhabitants shall be molested. The sole object for which he British force has been sent to Abyssinia is the Lil n of her Majesty's servants and others unjustly detained as copsire and as soon as that object shall have been effected it will be withdrawn. ‘There 1s no intention to occupy permanently any portion of | the Abyssinian territory or to titertere with “ue ferentieht of the country, R. NAPIER. TE NATIVE POSITION, furning our attention to the political aspect of brett y ind involved delicate and intricate ques- tions likely to engender serious trouble. When the above proclamation (which is a nice diplomatic docu- ment, well and carefully worded, which doubtless cost infinite troubie in its manufacture) reaches Mag- dala, and especially if the native spies announce at the sane time that the advance brigade is within 200 miles of the fortress, the Ras who has charge of it will probably be only kan 996 to give up his charge, well knowing that che end of his terrible | master has come, as the witch's prediction portends, | There Is a report, which Jacks confirmation by any official authority, that Nagshum Gobazye had taken Magdala, But it is only by treachery within the for- tress that it is likely to fall into the hands of any Abyssinian insurgent, and as Theodorus ts now rap- iy advancing on Magdala with 20,000 men, having left Debra Tabor some two weeks since with all his guns, of which I hear he has twenty-three, it is not potable that either of those probabilities so favora- le to the English cause will happen. Theodorus driven to bay will fight, there is not the least doubt, | auge the English general means fight, which is on ermiainte fn the Negashi’s death or capture, And yet the Negashi’s cause is not 80 utterly desperate as the English would like to believe, for this reason:—In 1820 Mohammed Al! Hea, YieHe Egypt, sent his two sons, Ismaij and Tbiali aby to conquer Nubia, for his ainbiiioh was to possess all banks and islands of the Nile, and to be absoluee master of all who drink its waters froin its sources to the Mediterranean Sea. His plans of conquest also | comprehended Abyssinia, but he was obliged to re- Mnquish his designs on the latter country li conse- quence of a formal assurance that an utiack on a Christian State so situated would probably invoive him with the British government. For that reason solely he limited his conquest: to Dongola, Dar-Shey- oe Berber, Shendy, Kordofan, Darfur and Senaar. joha:nmed’s darling son Ishinail, for his bratality, was burned to death with all his guard by the people of Shendy, Since then his successors, Ibrahim, Said and the resent reigning Viceroy of Kgypt, Ismail = Pach have never abandoned hopes of some day ruling over Abyssinia. It is, therefore, with no small surprise that crit- ical observers of the world’s political affairs regard Lord Stanley’s ready acceptance of Ismail Pacha's offer of friendly assistance, 1t really is incompre- hensible why be should Lave supposed that Mussul- man aid of any kind “afforded a chance that shouid not be thrown away” to ail who know the lnplacable hostility that as ever existed between the Abys- sinians and all Mohammedaus, especially the Egyp- tians, and of which Taeoddorus, a Christian king, has been the special embodimént, and also the gubition which dictated this offer of the subtic Pacha, This knowledge ofshe presence of Mussulman or Egyp- tian troops in Abyssinia will arm ali tie prevlousiy rebellious chiefs, 80 that 1t would be a matter of no wonder to hear that King Theodorus had an army of 100,000 Cesperate men, urged on by Christian fanati- cisia, and a hope to exterminate the army of the avowed enemies Lo their religion, The proclamation issued by the Commander-in- Chief was based upon instructions received from the Secretary of State, and it distinctly aMrims Uat the expedition has no other motive but that of obtain- ing the release of the English captives. Could any- thing throw more discredit, in the eyes of the Abys- sinians, on the word of the britisn general than the presence of the hosts of Egyptians hovering round the Abygsini: frontier like 80 Many vultures cager for prey? IIs, to say the least of it, a most annoy- ing and embarrassing circumstance. 1 should think it would be unspeakably humiliating to the Britisa ministers to find themselves made catspaws by the wily Egyptian Pacha, with his French ailies looking onand laughing in their sleeves at the readiness with which the haughty and would-be astute politi- cian, Lord Staniey, fel. into the cunningly contrived snare. THE EGYPTIAN CONTINGENT. Ismatl Pacha has five thousand troops at Khartoom on the Nile, five thousand imoving up to Senaar and ten thousand at Massowah and Arkeeko, two ports witlin twenty miles of Zoola, on the Red Sea, besides aswong Bgyptian feet in the harbor of Massowah, Abd-ei-Kader, the Egyptian admiral, entertained the Eaglish commanders on board his fagship, Ibrahim Mean, lately. The principal host of the entertainment ‘was not only Admiral but the Governor General of all the Sayptian seaboard; and his frigate has a historical interest attaching to tas being one of te — tiree ships that escaped the fatal disaster which befell her sister ships at the terrible catastrophe of Navaimo. Tue Admiral expressed the ardeut hope of his gov- eruincnt that this friendly alitance for the release of the English captives might forever cement the two nations in peaceful bonds, &c.; to which the English diaineter, of the same thickness from the top to the , | have employed ten thous: The reason of , have tobe dug at ail | nafe, post No. 2, is a dis- | ‘This ts the most diMeult part of | | south of Zoula; so according to them the | the entrance to Annest aud eroded in the lapse of ages by the rush of the | commander replied, a8 courteously as thle, that their ald was not required at present. Besides the above named Egypttan troops the English i Egyptian muleteers, who desert by the hundreds to dassowal, so that the Evyptians in the country are really donble the number of the English. Again, should the English prove successful in this Campaign, release the prison. ers, depose Theodorus and leave with clean hands and honest hearla, as when they entered it, they have paved the Way, bnilt splendid roads and opened the most iinpenetrable passes of Abyssinia to the mu rous Egyptian troops, to spread their Mahom- edan cenets and root out Christianity from the land once when Ma- Hayptions have already commenced their fell by poisoning the minds of the natives, tneiting Hohos to thett and thwarting what was being the English in many w; They have also ail the Red border down to ten miles resent sinian ground. The Also put in a ciain for the possession of Disel, Which, ike Mussowall, commands y Ray. tion to a barbarous country is lish into far different fleids amp of the English ts on At reneh hay the Isic of So that this expe likely to draw the from what they anticipated aad to cost them, if not | The | blood, much treasure and loss of much dignity. English formerly undertook vast wars for the acqul- sition of territories. They now undertake thet Solely for prestige. This word has been very often used lately by they, and it has been proved at Khootan, Cabool aud the Pumjaub to have been as unfortunate as— more territory, BESLY PROM PRINCE KASSAT. Several responses have ween received by Colonel Merewether to the proc:amation tssned by General Napier. One of these, sent by Kussai, the recently successful raresot chief of Tigre, I have trans- eriived, of Which the following is a copy:— mt tor Irom Prince Kussal, Abba Busbus, ruler of ier c— In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost one God. Letter sent by Dajasinal Kussat, head of the chic of Ethioph da, ie chief of the Knglish soldiers. How t e] are you! Ve A. iy the Christa piace T have received the, throne of my an: gemtor, of Mikael of Wald dalnsac, of Kabagadia., Ot old we are house friends, Consul Salt till down to Plowden. T expected to receive a letter from you, but ne it has retarded Thave sent myself, Tknow not what you have come for: if I knew It would please me. We are home friends. 1 am sending Se) Muroja, the sonof Atu Warke, who knows my Ianguage and yours. Lam sending (what I have in) my heart, end you too send to me (what you have in) your heart. Tn the year 160 from Christ, in the ‘time of John the Evangelist 10 the month of Hadat, the Jeb, written Wesuet: day. EDJASMAJS KUBSAI, Head. {Seal of the eblef of (Levi of India) Etbiopla.] Kussal, the lately victorions Kas, who has do josed the former ‘chief of the wealthy and popu. jous province of and who in November last sacked and burnt Adowa, signs his letter with the royal seal. bum Sobus, S pares “Ras,” & ie com} igre, 18 now cOn- himeelf xin watching Rio PaMaiAal ay Gee and hi of} lsh. Prince Menelek has gone to the neighborhood of Ma,.dala with a large body of men, with the flerce Gallus, under their female alheit, to whom properly belongs, story is current around headquarters that Theo- ‘in a desperate dorus, Shding hitmselt strait with Saul of old, an eee of himself and his king- is about to comme tore iene thee much Abyssinian blood that there to depose lum, and would tule oh esata then set up a good king. > Wi foliowing is a list of the prisoners in Abyssii this expedition was organized: 3 AT FORT MAGDALA, for whose reli ti we ad, Consul Cameron ie ti L. Kerana. gol K. MeEivey..- Juve 8, Is64 Maeve: inne 8, 164 D. Pietro. eB ieee June 8, 1884 Hirmurd Rassam. July 1, 1866 Lieut: Prideau Juiz tt tees Dr. Hane, Say 1 1s Rev. Dr. Stein ‘ [se H. Rosenthal. 1964 Mra. Stein, Prd 164 rr 1864 1364 184 164 1864 1 Polish and 12Ger-) Theodorus’ artisans Lately not im: Pert, prisoned, but J for making guns WAR IMPULSES AND CONSEQUENCES. Theodorus gould not be blamed greatly for impri- soning these persons, having the example of all the Indies before him and of the general manner in which ee continues to gain possession of countries to hich she has not the least right, His excuse for imprisoning them is because England first sends travellers to explore countries, then consuls, then missionaries, then armies to conquer what cannot be gained by Intrigue, England has been urged into war by a lot of itinerant, irresponsible meni, such a8 Blane, Stein and Kraft. These have suggested the duties which she owes to her citizens, and she has almost unthinkingly plunged herseif into a cata- clysm of expenses in which there is every danger of r being submerged in, These are facts, briefy stated, which cannot dep lated. How she 1s to get out of it is a question w! time alone can resolve, Cluinsily encueh has she set about the task, as any one viewing the preparations for the expedijion could testily. THE LAKE MICHIGAN DISASTER. Interesting Narrative of One of the Survi- vore=Terrible Scenes on the Wreck—Only Three Out of One Hundred Saved—Names of the Lost. (Chicago (April 10) special correspondence of the Boston Advertiser.) The terrible aipastar Si sonterdes on Lake Michigan fills the whole Northwest with mourning. The Sea Bird, of Goodrich’s line, engaged in the coasting trade of Lake Michigan, was burned to the water’s edge and then sunk. Of upwards of one hundred passengers only three were saved. The following statement of one of the survivors, A. C, Chamber- Pate of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, tells the whole dread- ‘ul story:— NARRATIVE OF A. C, CHAMBERLAIN, When we were off eight miles southeast of Wauke- gan I was awakened from a sound sleep by an indis- tinct noise; at first | thought the crew were fighting, dnd so hurried on with my clothes as fast as possi- ble. When I opened my stateroom door | found everything in the direst confusion; the tables had been set for breakfast, and everything was ready for an early meal; the reckless and horrified passengers were rushing In hot haste to the forward part of the boat; no tongue can possibly describe the horror of the scene at this period. Men, women and children, many of them with very slight poiaceion against the cold morning air in the way ot clothing, rushed towards the forward opening. The terrified wo- men rushed past en dishabille; the cries of the children, the heavy imprecations and shouts of the men, joined with the crackin, of the flames the noise of the engines an the roar of wind and water combined to create such @ scene of confusion as Thad never expected to be ‘witness of in this world, Looking round | perceived thatthe after partof the cabin was filled with smoke, and noticed now and again the quick, angry forks 0! flame shooting through it. I hurriedly returned to my stateroom and picked up two cork life-preservers with which I started for the forward deck. The flames made such extraordinary headway that it did not seem to me five minutes’ time before the whole hurricane deck was me. I went down to the lower deck, which was yet untouched, to see what chance there was for safety in that direction; here 1 found a portion of the crew making a great noise, shouting to one another and trying to get a horse overboard, with the assistance of wiich | suppose they intended to make an effort for the snore. Finding the smoke here insupportable | ascended again to the upper deck and helped the second mate, Leander Packard, tear away as much as we could of it, in order to stop the progress of the Names towards the bow. At this time it was quite broad daylight— I should say between six and seven o'clock, ‘here Was a very heavy sea, and it seemed to be increasing in volume. I stood among the crowd that was huddled together near tie forward part of the boat, and it was while standing here that 1 noticed Cap- tain Morris, without a hat and in his shirt sleeves, talking with some of the men, He appeared to be quite calm and forined a reinarkable contrast in ap- pearance to the frightened and panic-stricken nen | gathered abont him. 1 made my way through the crowd as far to the forward part of the bow as pos- sible, knowing that that would be the point which the tire would reach last. Many had jumped before this time nto the water, wiere, from its extreme chilliness, death must soon have : termivated tueir suffering. I was now on the deck forward of the pilot house, on the starboard side, and from the direction in which the wind blew was fairly sheltered from the flames. The mate and | tore away the steps leading to the pilot house, as we did all things of a combusti- ble nature that were manageable which stood be- tween us and the fire. On this part of the deck were several ladies and children, whose walling aud cries were very piteous to hear. Assoon as the ory of fire was raised and it was found to be making such rapid headway, there was a simuitaneous cry irom wiaay, “tlead the boat for the shore! head the boai for the shore! In carrying out this order the helmstman, either through excitement or because the aller machinery of the wheel had already received irre. parable damage from the fire, put the rudder hard aport and left it in that way. This kept the vessel turning around, but she had hardly made more than one circuit before the engines stopped working, and by this time the hurricane and upper decks were completely burned away. ° At this time, that is about half an hour after I had left my stateroom, there were not more than ten men rematbing on the deck. By this time I had worked my way to the forward part of the veesel a pulled down the halyards irom the flagsta, intending to lower myself into the water when I thought the thne should arrive for doing so. The men below me, who were holding on to the sides of the bow, were drop- | ping Off one after another, being overcome by elt! the heat or the cold, ‘The Jast act of the sec e Was to take down the flagstaff and jump overboard | with it, ‘che water was so intensely cojd tuat ie could have lived but a very few minutes. During ail this time there were dead bodies floating around the vessel, and many live persons could be seen battling with the cruel waves and desperately clinging to chairs and pieces of the wreck. Generally When a man was about to jump overboard le would shout aloud, and on rising to the surface of the water after his plunge he would shout again, but the cold goon numbed him and he would sink to rise no more. At this time we were about eight miles from land the wind blowing from the east, and we floated slowly towards the shore, Shordy after the mate jumped overboard my seat on the forward post be- e, from the approach of the flames, altogether I tuerefore, with the atd of the hulyards, | ‘ | too hot, lowered myself over the bow of the boat, hoiding on to the projecting rims ef one of the vessel's timbers with my feet, the tdentical position which many poor sufferers had occupied before me, and from which, despairing of succor, they had dropped hopelessiy jito the lake, AS near as lcan judge, about three- quarters of an hour after I had reached the for- avard deck 1 was surprised on looking around | to find but one other than myscif upon | the wreck. This other individual, Who I think {was one of the crew, sat on ‘the rim run- ' hing around the boat, just forward of the | gangway. The sides of the vessel were burned up | to where he had placed himself, and the heat soon became unbearable, At this juncture he cried out to me to throw him a rope, saying that he cow swim, or he would jump tuto the water; I told li could not help him as my rope was not tong en not I gh. Shortly after this he Jumped into the water and swain lo the bow of the boat, and proved, conitary | to hig former assertion, thay he Trane Bo swimmer, Fe caught hold of & rope which Waa sWiaging tn te | water just a few feet below me; he clung to this | some three or four minutes, and then, compietely | benumbed, let go, and I saw him no more, I then hanled up the rope that my last companion had relinquished, and reeyed it Rie e anchor chains below the ring, to which {£ had the hatyards hitched; — and after fastening —t in this manner, I -colled it twice around | my chest. In. & Very few minutes after thls | angervent had been completed what was consternation on fading that the apper end of srope was burning; [ reached up my hands and bustered them somewhat im trying to put the fire out. Seeing that this mode of procedure was of no avail, and that the rope was likely to burn out of the ring, Which was beyond my reach, I took the other eid which was colled around my body and fastened jt securely in the anchor chains below the level of | the fire. The two anchors over my head were gradu. | ally settling into the wreck, 1 began to lear a new disaster from this cause, Just at this point 1 espied @ sail between the wreck and the laud. Trembiing between hope and fear, whether she would heave to and lend me ald or go by and leave me to my fate, I placed my fect against the side of the vessel and commenced waving my cap vigorously a5 a signal of distress and to let her people know tuat there wags @ survivor on the wreck. This vessel turned out to be the schooner Cornelia, Captain Yates, and it would oi it that he had discovered me some time before. en Within about a mile of the wreck the yawl boat of the schooner was lowered and maaned by the first mate and three seamen; they reached me in about a quarter of an hour, but owing to my state of | susbende it seemed to me many hours. ‘The rougle | Mutual 5 ness of the sea made it s somewhat diMcult matter to approach me; twice they tried to steady the boat tempt the mate caught the tas. of my overcoat end, tempt caug! my ove holding firmly on, by that means steadied the i! Another difficulty now stared me in the face; I had become entangled in the foids of the rope tasuch a degree that I found myself perfectly unable to loose Myself without the al @ knife; tl one of the hands in the boat quickly loaned me; the time consumed in cutting the ro; ‘seemed to me an 3 at last I manag to saw through it ‘strand by strand, and as the knife parted the lasg fibre, so great as my strength exhausted that I fell like a dead Maa ato t je bottom of the yawl, On going back to the schooner I dis- covered @ man on a part of the wreck about one mile i snqmher Sirectiog, They first took me io ine an acing me satel joard farted for the other man, beau A ‘The fire began about five o'clock A. M., and the hull sunk about six hours later. Ali happened within aight miles of shore. The tire was caused by live coals being thrown overboard by a colored porter, f prion) driven by the wind lite the at freight, ‘The following is a list of the lost and saved as canbe bargin (2 this time:— alicia A, ©, Chamberlain, Sheboygan; E. be berry, SI abebor gan; A H. Leonard, Manitowace aah Lost.. vers and crew—John Morri tain, milwaukee: Richard Hocklin, rst rom Cyr Hanahan, first engineer, of Milwaukee; James A. Hodges, clerk, of Manitowac; Leonard’ Packard, of Sheboy; Second officer; Joun Morrison, steward, and the following seamen, cooks, &c.:—Michael Mor- risey, Michael Malone, John Glennan, John O'Rourke, James O'Rourke, Joseph Burns, Harry Sampson, John Brennan, biysses Hughes and an assistant cook, name not known. Passengers—George B. Da- vidson, Deputy Collector of the port of Milwaukee; Edwin Nei; uer, George Neiman, Peter Sullivan, Thomas Carpenter, all of Milwaukee; J. M. Leonard, Chicago; F. Lester, wife andtwo children, and a young man from Sheboygan ou his way to Odell, [l.; H. Abbott, Chicago; Louis Gaylord, Chicago; John H. Leonard, Chicago; Joseph Smith, Manito- wac; J. A. Gass, Milwaukee; L. Lincoin, Milwaukee; H.M. Comstock, Rome, N. Y.; G. W. Emery, Mani- towac; 8. E. Watkins, John O’Brien, Detroit; Michael Gallagher, Xenia, Ohio; 0. Piercy, Detroit; Captain uzzy. The following . persons took passage at Sheboygan and other points, though it is not positively known how many of them were on the vessel at the time of the disaster :—Henry Ulrich, Sheboygan; Theodore Stein, Sheboygan; Edward brovensky, Boebor gat Robert E, Scott, Sheboygan; Miss Sprague, Sheboy gan Falls; Mr.’ Pieper and wife; two travelling agents, names unknown. ‘The following Is a spectal despatch to the Chicago Evening Journal, dated at Milwaukee, 10th instaut:— The following are the passengers from Manitow. supposed to have been on the steamer Si Joseph D. Doncitt, Charles Roicher, Henr Fred. Heman, Fred. Henning, Captain N. Captain John Sorrenson, James Lymak, Ca Legro, Wensel Havlichere, Albert Merwa, 4 Hunt and William Barter; also P. C. Dononay ¢ Fritz Klimmen of Shiva: also the foll: hands:—John Fouck, A. Wilde, Henry » Meyer and Fred, Flosebech, Previous Disasters on the Lakes. {From the Chicago Republica: In the long record of lake navigation, these horrifying calamities meet tie eye, but each stands out a landmark to history never fo be forgo\- ten, Nearly twenty-one years ago, on the 9th of Au. ust, 1847, the Erie was burned un hee trip from But- falo to Chicago, with over 200 passengers ou board, many of them emigrants from Germany and Switzer- land, only twenty-eight of whom were saved. A still more terrible event was the burning of the Phonix on the 2ist of November, 1847, hear Sheboygan. The vessel was coming to Chicago, rowued with emigrants from Holland, and 240 of the miserable creatures perished = in the flames or in the water. And in 1552, on the 20th of August, occurred the memorabie collision of the steamer Atlantic, on Lake Erie, with the propeller Ogdensburg, fully half of her five hundred passengers finding a watery grave. Even more appalling, so far as loss of life is concerned, Was the burning of fully the Griffith, in 1850, on the 17ta of June, by which three hundred human souls were hurried into eter- nity. And on October 8, 1854, the Li. K. Collins was burned, on her voyage from the Sauit to Cieveland, involving a sickening loss of life. ‘The record of 1856 ives two more to the lisi—the Nortaern Indiana ing burned on Lake Erie on tie i7ih of July, and the Niagara on Lake Michigan, on the 4th of Sep- tember. these catastropues a lundred people perished, ‘fhe later disasters, to the Laly Elgin, the Sunbeam, the Pewabic and otlier vessels are yet fresh in the minds of our readers. POSTAL AFFAIRS. Postal Convention Between tie United States of America and the Colonial Government of Hong Kong, China, ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE POST OPFICE DEPARTMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE GEN- FERAL POST OPFICE AT HONG KONG, For the purpose of establishing and regulating the interchange of mails between wie United states and Hong Kong and gependent Chinese ports, by means of the direct line of United States mall packets plying between San Francisco and Hong Kong, via Yoko- hama, in Japan, it is eed between tue Post Ofice Department of: the United States and tie Post Office Department of Hong Kong:— ARTICLE 1. The post ofices of New York and San Francisco shall be the United states offices of ex- change, and the General Post Ofice at Hong Kong the oitice of exchange of the colony of Hong Kong for all mails transmitted under this arrangement. Art, 2, There shail be an exchange of corres] d ence between the United States of America and thi colony of Hong Kong by means of United States mail packets, plying between San Francisco and Hong Kong, comprising letters, newspapers and prices current originating and posted in tie United States and addressed to and deliverabie in Hong Kong those Chinese ports with which the Hong Kong Post Office has postal relations, including tie ports of Canton, Amoy, Swatow and Foochow, ane, vice verra, of correspondence originating and posted in Hong Kong and the Chinese ports wbove designated and addressed to and deliverable in the United States, Akt. 3. The postage to be levied and collected at the office of mailing in the United States upon let- ters, newspapers and prices current destined for Hong Kong and the above designaied Cainese ports with which Hong Kong has postal connections shall be ten cents per single rate of half an ounce or under on letters and two cents each on newspapers and prices current, and the postage to be levied and collected at Hong Kong and dependent Cit- nese ports on correspondence originating in those ports and destined to the United Staves shail be eight cents per single rate of haif an ounce or under on letters and two cenis on each news- yaper or price current. No postal accounts shall be Repe between the respective postal departments upon the correspondence exchanged between them under this arrangement, but cach department shall deliver the correspondence which it receives from the other free of all postage charged; thai is to say, the Hong Kong Post Department agrees to deliver without charge all letters, newspapers and prices current brought by the United States mali packets, addressed to Houg Kong, and also to forward with out charge ali such letters, newspapers, &c., as are addressed to the Chinese ports above named, south of Shan and the United States Postal )part- ment, on its side, agrees to deliver without charge all letters, newspapers, &c., originati in Kong hong or the ports mentioued, and forwarded by said pauck- eta, addressed to and deliverable in the United States, All letters, newspapers, &c., despatched by either office to the other under this arr: ment shall be piainly stamped with the words “Patd all," in red ink, on the right hand upper corner of the of the address, and shall also bear the stamp of the ling exchange oMtog ou their face, and that of the iving exchange ofice on their back. Ant, 4. The Postal Department of the United States dof Kong Kong shall each returi monthly, or as fr allow, all lettera, which cannot for any : Ant. 5. An exchange of matis shail also take between the United States postal agency at hama, Japan, and the Kong Kong Lost umice, by means of United States mail packets, comprising correspondence originating in Japan aud addressed to Hong Kong and tie Chinese ports above desig- nated, and vice versa, correspondence originating in Hong Kong and dependent Chinese ports and ad~ dressed to Japan, subject to the same terms and con- ditions as those éstablished by articie 3 of this con- vention, with respect to the correspondence ex- changed between the United States aud tong Kong and dependent Cliuese porta. AKT, 6. All ietiers, newspapers and prices current intended to ty orwarded fromm Houg Kong to the United Staves by the direct line of United States mait ackets running between San Francisco aud Hong Kong must be speciaily addressed to be forwarded by that row Aur. lace ‘oko- two Postal Departments may by t make such detailed reguiauens a9 ound necessary to carry out the objects shall b i Of this arrangement, such regulations to be ter. minable at any Lue on a reasonable natice vy either * oftic Ax, 8, TI ntion shail come Into opera. tion first of November, 1868, and shail be ter. minad ny time on notice by either onice of six inonths. In withess whereof I have hereto set my hand and the seal of the Post OMice Department this lth day of November, 1867. 4 ALEX. W, RANDALL, Postmaster General. In witness W f tT have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the colony of Hong Kong, at Victoria herein, this loth day of Augu KICHAKD GRAV Governor and Comman¢ lhereby approve the aforegoing conveution, aud in testimony thereof { ave caused the seai of bie Caited States to be allxed. " $30N By the President. ANDREW JOHNSON. WILLIAM FL, SEWARD, Secretary of State. WASHINGTON, NOV. 12, 1867. Mace.—The Lynn Re. nds in that cy Con- seems vo he.cn sie ingrenee rather than otherwise, Manufacturers, ood it eX- tremely diiicult to keep pace with thetr orders,. though employing every resource at their command, tr . wn that city for the week Boer seamount 1 4014 "cs for the h 28 amoun Serreapoudt g week last year, Whole number of cases shipped during the past four weeks was 13,890, Tue SHor TRape or LYN: porter bays the demand tinues unabated—indeed, hn, at an averae Of $75 & cage, ainounted to $isi8,000, ‘The demand comes largely from the Woes and Sante