The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1868, Page 4

aa | 4 The Storming and Capture of Magdala Specially Reported for the Herald. Advance and Splendid Action of the Irish Brigade. oud “tuzza,” a Sweeping Up Hill Charge, and the Flag of Badajos, Talavera and Waterloo Planted. Theodorus’ Suicide, Identifica- tion and Burial. Horrible Scenes in the Dungeons and Fortress. The.“Loot,” the Royal Widow, the Captives and Napier. By way of England we have our special correspon- ence from Ab; Gated in Magdala on the 14th and 15th of April, bing ¢he storming and cap- Lare of the fortreas by the British troops, the release ‘ofthe ‘Theodorus’ death and the subsequent events. Our ‘will not fail to perceive the vast Buperiority tp style of writing, ess of detail end graphic portrayal of efféct which the Heratp ‘oOrrespondence pn over the written accounts ofthe same mat printed in the London journals, Of which we furnished specimens in the shape of ex- tracts a few days.ago. m ——— : Gterming. and Capture of Magdala—The Prisoners Set Free—Death of Theodorus by Sulcldo—His Character—Awfel Tyranny Capture of $5,000,000 Worth of Gold and Sllver—Royal Crowns—Fearfal Sights in the Fortrese-A Chamber of Horrors Magdala Cipher—Gobazye to Be Created Hing of Ethiopia—The Gallas Men Up in Arms. Fontness o7 MAGDALA. ABYSSINLA, April 14, 1863, The mission of the English expedition has been ‘@ccomplished successfully without anything having transpired to mar the general joy that will be felt in all England a the termination of the Abyssinian The Europeans have been released, the diplomacy of Napier, without the loss of @ aingle sou! and their imperial jailor is dead. But to the recital. ‘Tho time allowed King Theodorus to consider, after he first battie, what answer be should return to the @emands of General Sir Robert Napier expired at @ight A. M.on the 13th inst. Early in the morning fntelligencé was brought to the camp that the King Mad fed to Gojam, and a reward of $50,000 was im- Mediately offered for his head by the Commander-in- ‘Unter. The troops were also ordered to move and take possession of Magdala at once. — Accordingly the Thirty-third (Irish), Forty-fifth Buropeans, Penn's battery mountain train artillery, ‘Tenth Native infantry, the Naval Brigade, with the Rooket battery, the Fourth Europeans and.the Belo- ghees, marched up the King’s road-leading to the eights and quietly took possession, in her Majesty’s Bame, of the mountains of Selasse, Fallah and Balangini. ‘The natives, of whom there were fifteen thousand Men, women and children, setup loud, shril! cries of ‘Welcome and clasped their hands together, praying earnestly to the soldiers not to harm them. ‘The ‘European captives, who now acted as inter- preters, were forward toexplain. Their explanation, Given in mild tones, soon had the desired effect and B general quietness was produced. Companies were despatched along the slope of the hill which con- mocted Fallah with Salangini to disarm each Abys- sinian of his shieid, spear, gun and cartridge belt. Other companies, with fixed bayonets, were ordered fo deploy across the whole width of Selasse and Salangint and drive every inhabitant off the heights towards the road leading to the plateau beiow. Another such scene as this strange exodus of the People of three towns might have been seen, per- haps, at the departure of the children of Israel out of Egypt, but it has not been witnessed before during the present century, There were thousands of ‘women, almost nude, laden down with their chil- Gren and household goods, while screaming their barbarous jargon to each other, wending down the It to their new camp on the plain. Little children, jag lustily, ry their mother’s only rag, led along wi stricken faces, or were trampled down in eae barried throng of the fugitives. Elderly men and young warriors, gies in their manbood, submissively laid down arms, and with ashen faces fled from our as if from a pestilence. There were mourn- carrying their dead and wounded, making the air eavy with their doleful lamentations, and as the inged echoes of the watis of the women caugit ears of those Who had gone ahead or those who ‘were Le gene 3 on behind, a universal agonizing ery was heard far above the din and ciangor of arms. One family drove their goats before them; another their ae of cows; another their asses, weighed down with the household furntture, consistin, ‘Diack pest, coming utensils, their little store of bar- iD. these scenes were ring on the heights @f Selasse and Fallah the artillery were ordered on po ge and the narrow neck of a hill which cuon- Fallah with Selasse, which would command north and west of a. The infantry were ted behind detached rocks to support the bat- required. The road from Faliah, the firat hii! was taken, Wound along the southern slope of aud then along Salangini to the base of a which rose abruptly four hundred feet above the — of Salaugini and which was known as Mag- Mountain. Theodorus, with an obstinacy whica pa praiseworthy, lusiead of meditating subinission jaring the twenty-four hours of grace given Lo hin meaus of resistance on a scale which be likely tw Cuuse the capiure of Magdala to be @ most difficult task, probably at the expense of Lun- dreds of lives, He had collected all hi twenty-eight pieces of a airoady en ned, and was engaged in transport up to Magdula when a detachinent of the Phir ‘cavairy hove in sight, and seeing a party of ua- hauling the cannon away they charged them, captured twenty-one Pleces ‘of cannot wixty-eight pounders, four mortars, six ar five six pounders, and drove the Abys. jans up to Magdi Th ~y hg behoiding the umber of men who had charged hig troop: ont with fifty warriors and offered to give o the whole company of cavairy, shouting in derisive tones, me on! are ye women that ye hesitate to men on foot?” “But ne avention was paid to jowever, a8 no Orders were As given to fire. jorus retreated sullenly to his fortress, firing a6 the weft at the group of cavalrymen, who looked on ‘Chis now famous King with unabated curiosity. + The Commander-in-Chief, hearing firing, and satis- | NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. “ABYSSINIA. |3 which formed a wal) of basalt, im; ry with twenty Le oars to defend it w! ere, Seemingly, was the only feasible entrance to the town built on the height, bus the Irish, with a loud “huzza,” flung over their bristling bayoney and in- truded them and crevice in the chevai thit ‘Theodo his apj hing doom, said, “1 do not care fof tne bom But this sharpshootiig I cannot stand,” and, putting a Deringer pistol tn wouth, he Glew out his brains; and, when the vioto- rious, ‘Thirty-third planted the British fag, which had Waved over the wal's of Badajos, on tue heights of terloo, they fie a terloo, they I up their voices in one long, loud cheer, which was caught up by the advancing col- umn and re-echoed along the slopes of Leg ted Fallah and Selasse down to the English camp, fully two miles off, which made the marauding Gallas, who were coming up to plunder the far famous Mag- dala, shake their heads and retreat pregipitately to their coverts in the hills beyond, ‘The swaying lines of the Irish seen to face about, and with heads bent low above their bayonets move forward, at a brisk pace, through the narrow streets of Magdala, terrifying every one by their grim and martial appearance to instant submission, The women threw themselves on the ground, the children, frightened, hid them- selves in their mother’s bosoms; warriors, lately confident of victory over the Feringhees, salaamed low w the conquerors of Magdala fortress, It was an ovation and tribute paid such as but few living re- ceived before. Near the haystack NEGUS, jorus, Emperor of Abyssinia, was foun iP and lifeless, Thus fighting to the last like the war- rior prince he was, he surrendered his life and castle only at the threshold of certain defeat. The trium- phant soldiers gathered about his mangled corpse and bundied it roughly on to a stretcher. ‘hen fold- his arms over bis breast and laying even his limbs they grouped around this victim of his own ambition, passing comments very uncomplimentary to royalty. Here was a lesson surely toroyal tyrants when illiterate soldiers could speak unabashed and unchecked in the presence of majesty; and one red- couted Britisher, with a spice of Latin in hand, ut- tered that most fitting epitaph that could be written on his gravestone, ‘Sic semper tyrannis.” ‘The was dressed in @ dingy cotton robe, a clean white shirt and a pair of cotton pantaloons, ‘His stomach, which was laid bare, was shrunk to noth- os Each rib and hip bone stood out in bold relief, But the face of the dead king was the most remarkable in Abyssinia. A high, broad forehead, strongly marked, with stern and prominent eye- brows, with a nose which conveyed the very idea of savagery, (hin lips, two rows of gleaming teeth, square chin, cleanly shaved, were the principal characteris- tics of the features. His hair was parted into three large plaits, forming three tails, falling down the back of the head, His body measured five feet ten inches and was very square shouldered. Theodorus was not a black man, hor was he yellow, but of the color cme ik, and he appeared to be about tifty years As the stateliest stature of them all, the head of Ethiopia, haa fallen, with Loa eae General, Res- sem Geder, there was not one left to guide and advise the Abyssinians in their dire strait. RAS MASHESHA, the King’s eldest son, whose shield, ornamented with @lobes of gold and silver, with the lion’s mane ae across the centre, your correspondent secured, Jumped down the cliffs with about a hundred men, and thus made his escape. Young Theodorus, the rightful heir to the throne, being the don of hia law- fully married wife, was a child of ten, with bright, intelligent features, and could not possibly advise or direct his father’s subjects. ‘This young prince was curefully guarded by three of the King’s courtiers, who showed him every respect when the soldiers came up and surrounded them. He was taken to see his father, and although he did not weep it was evident he was greatly troubled. LIBERATION. ‘The soldiers broke turough the prison doors and set the native captives free, who set up peculiar yells of joy. Their heavy chains and fetters were knocked Oil speedily by the sympathizing sokhersa, who were almost worshipped for their magnanunity, Princes of provinces and cadies of high rank, old men, priests on the verge of the grave and children of tender ages expressed their delight in the most ec- centric manner when thetr liberators informed them that Theodorus was dead and they were free. They clung to the soldiera’ Knees and would not be satisfied until they had kissed the ground at their feet, After freeing the captives the soldiers raised a flay in each corner of Magdala, while the bands played “God save the Queen” aud “Kule Britannia,” and where gloom, terror, misery and death reigned but a few hours previous there was now joy, gladness or triumph on every countenance, MAGDALA appeared to be one of the plateaus common in Abys- synta, and extended over a mile and a half ia leagth by th juarters of a mile in width. It was oval in shape, and on ail sides was protected by high, perpen- dicular walls of basaltic columnar rock, varying from one thousand to three hundred feet in depth, ‘There were about three thousand houses on the plateau, arranged in circies, with a large, open space in the centre, as if left vacant for drili ground or meeting purposes, On a genile knoll, surrounded by a hedge, were the king’s treasure houses, . Loor. These the troops plundered, carrying off golden crowns, golden chalices, crosses of gold and silver, nuggets of the same precious metal, boxes full of siiver dollars, chests fuil of gold and silver plate, censers of gold, sliver mugs, dishes, kettles and gob- lets of the same material; great chests fuil of orna- ments and richest silk dresses; botties of cham- iment were now “pague wine, arrack, beer, casks of tej and mead, sacks of flour «nd grain, jars of butter, jhee and milk,magniticent slik tents of variegated colors, rose, pink, lilac and white, where Theodorus used to loll wen in gvod humor,surrounded by his wives and con- cubines; these were torn, ripped and divided among the soidiery, who made light of the most vaiuabie things. Persian carpets, English, French and Turk- ish silks fell to (he lot of the meanest camp follower; roves of furs, lion skins and leopard skins were sold by the fortunate possessors and realized fabylot sums; shies ornamented by thick gold pi Lobes of filigree, gold and silver, fringed with small iis of the same material; siate nimbrellas, richly adorned with all the barbaric inagnificence that the genius of Gondar and Keyenider could manufacture; swords and pistols of the finest workmanship, with gold and silver hits; scabbard» of crimson morocco, studded thickly with goid buttons; parchment books and manuscripts; Bibles, written in the Ambaric tongue; aibuius and photographs, presented by Na- leon the Third to Tireodore, of American, English, rench and Turkish scenery, strewed the grounds of his palace for many rods around; bureaus, escre- tires full of royai letters, complimentary aud diplo- matic notes from different sovereigns of Europe. In @ sinali writing desk, richly oraamented with mother of pearl, was found the royal seai, with the lion of the tribe of Judah engraved on it. In a corner of his house was found . THE ROYAL STANDARD, with the lion of Judah worked in red, blue and white sik, and in @ strong ciest waa found the Abuna’s mitre, tiree hundred years old. Many of these things were destroyed by the ruthless suldtery, and yet vaiuable things Were saved, such as the four royal crowns, one Abuna’s mitre and two golden chalices, turee hundred years oid, and the King’s mag- nilicent state stueld, heavy with Vopgaes and sap- phires, Another relic wes aaved which is likely to possess much interest for antiquartans and curiosity seekers, viz:—Theodoru’s shied which be wore when be iirst undertook to rebel aguinst Weliad Sellan, the former Emperor of Abyssina, This is @ very ordinary shield, decorated with thin plates ofsilver, All these ou the blood red field of Wa-" eaten by the hyena and wth their entrails stretched for twenl over the bodies, dismembered, with throats cuts, grinned worried Women decapi- astiy at’ the hi ‘Spectators. eet with marks of ignominy on their *bodies, ciapes ee rigid hands @ limb of the nearest body, or like forked stumps, shou ders frinty wed, in the mass of decomposiuon. Even while we gazed on this most awiul sight hyenas shuiled) upward and gorged po np aly the putrid boss —. ; one, once seen, on memory. ‘This ' devilisi, imhomas pathy from our bosoms for oue who outdid Herod and Nana sahib. Brauds impressed on gashed fo stakes driven urrible on it with horror-stricken faces the of as ‘of th parting one mo- meat from writhi bodies of the wounded wretches who had suifered at the battle of Fallah, NIGHT SCENES. AS night advanced after the capture of the ‘eathof ‘“heodorus, the release of the oe the heights of the different forts presented aspects, The camp foiiowers having heard of the plunder to be acquired in the King’s fortress swarmed and thickcned about us by the hun- dreds. The equipage of war also moved up from the camp below, muies by ‘the’ thou- sands, loaded with the food of the army, dhoulies and stretchers, with never endi oame's, ‘of the cannon, mortars and rockeis, clephants an all hur of fugitives. fleeing oer or safety againge the aedy current of Hagiand order or safety aga! ly ot and India militant, ‘i The stenca from the human shambles at Magdaia was enough to kill the sioutest man. Hundreds of men, hundreds of horses and thousands of donkeys were at that moment emitting pestilential odors. Beasts of pre} wa bold with non-int attacked wounded men, who made the tills And heights re-echo dismally with their cries. nt hen darkness had set in there were over twenty- five thousand fires visible around Magdala. The my- riads of fires made the night lurid, in every ravine and valley, on every plateau and height for miles around. Soldiers, prisoners, herdsmen, camp followers, Bi Asi- atle and jan, were ano! juropean, or singing bacchanalian songs, shouting for k hone) yelll in deiiriuia, roasiing, frying, broiling the main me: after the fatigues and the succession wonderful events of the day. ‘Travelling through immense gmp at imminent risk of breaking your neck you would come suddenly upon the white snowy tents of the English soldiers, raising thewselves in ghostly , silence from the ground, or you would pass imulti- tudes of men of all nations, who, having no such luxuries as tents, had stretched their b! ets or Waterproofs over two spears as protection ayainst the dew, or were adopting the far wholesome DI lan of bivouackihg, and might be distinguished lying at thelr full lengtir by the hundreds, sleeping ander the canopy of the heavenly host, almost forgetiul of the ceremonies of sentries or outposts in this region of rugged nature, with no enemy in the country. Such was the night of the battle on the heights of Mag- dala and the adjacent forts, Napier to Theodorus’ Widow—A Coroner’s Committee. Maapata, April 15, 1868. The British Commander-in-Chief sent a most cour- teous letter to the widow of the late King Theo- dorus requesting to know what disposition should be made of the body. The widow expressed a wish that he should be buried by the English with all the rites and ceremonies of the Abyssinian Church. Napier then issued orders that a committee should be assembled to decide upon the manner in which the King came to his death. The surgeons of the army, in an official report, communicated the fact that Theodorus committed suicide by puiting a re- volver presented to him by Queen Victoria into his mouth and blowing his brains out, the ball hav- ing passed through the back of the head. It has now been ascertained beyond a doubt that, finding the fort about to be taken and the English soldiers mounting the inner defenses that Le committed suicide. There had been several claimants already to the honor of having shot the King, and they are now obliged to hide their di- minished crests and hold their peace. The commit- tee having finished the task the body was stripped and washed and then rolled in a large piece of silk, after which it was conveyed to the Abyssinian church for interment, attended by about twenty officers tn full uniform and a company of soldiers. MONARCHY IN THE TOMB. : A grave had been dug insife the church, tnto which the body was lowered. A prayer or two was hurriedly read by an old, decrepig monk and a nun, the earth was thrown in, and all that remained of Theodorus the Great, Emperor of Abyssinia, the tyrant and butcher, descendant of Solomon, King of Kings, Lord of Earth, Conqueror of Ethiopia and Savior of Jerusalem, was forever closed from mor- tal sight within the little church on Magdala Height until the last trump of the Archangel! shall rouse lim to final judgment. AN AUCTION was held this morning on the pitunder taken from Magdala. Some things sold for immense sums, others realized little or nothing. The richest por- tion of the booty was carefully hid. The King’s gauntiets, with networks of gold sprinkled with diamonds, were not to be found, and there wasa rumor in camp that ansEnglish nobleman with the army had paid £200 for one. Had a proper precau- tion been taken to guard the treasure of the King tue Engltsh government mignt have realized about 35,00u,u00; as it was not, the logs is theirs, LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES—-XS/iMATH OF THE CAPTIVES. The campaign bas bod a most successful termina- tlon—not one of tae English army killed and but thirty wounded at the battle of fallan, and only, fifteen wounded at the storming of Magdala; white the Abyssinian loss, in accurate numbers, is one king, six generals and five hundred and sixty men Kilied at Fallah and seventy-eight at Magdala, with three hundred nud fifty-six wounded at Faliah and Sixty-nine in Magdala. For personai worth there ia not one of the late cap- tives equal to one of thé Abyssinian gen was killed, nor would J rate the best of tucm doilar gold piece, Rassam, the Buvoy, is an “Arme- nian’ foo-foo." Cameron, the Consul, is a tall, lazy fellow, Lieutenant Prideanx is a cuatty young fel- low of six and twenty, Sporta an eyegiass aud is a “confirmed snob.” Surgeon Biane is an excessive inner, laugus at his own face when peeping at a oe Rev. Sterna ts a veuerable looking fossil, Rereas is a verdant youth of bwenty-one, who of Pheodorus; and there is brandison, Waldicier, Morritz, Myer, Saliulier Makerer, ‘Keusten, Parkins, dal, Mekilvey aud Burdei, with their wives au aren, vety ordinary looking people, inueed—positively not wort ewenty millions steriing. A gallant captain®who is always loudes: in abusing bis chokras, calls them a “imeasiy” set. ‘They look very like a tot of em\eranta just about to leave the ocean packet for Castle Gardén, almost ready to tear each other's eyes oul for malice, envy and trophies have been seat to the English government With the exceptiou of the Abuau’s autre, a chalice and the King’s siileid, which Mr. Holmes, of the British Museum au Some of the sokdiers filed their pockets with the dollars and nuggets and got “beasuly drunk,” 60 @ dashing cornet said, on the arracs and te}. ROYAL RELICS. Passing through the treasure houses, the Chamber of Horrors, the distilleries and the royal palace, your Tespondeut returned to the spot where lay the pse of Theodurus. He was surrounded by a who conducted iweemly manner, husiling tng one anotuer violently, in their eagerness to ss @ plece of Theodorus’ blood stained shu t seems that this manta had jdeniy Laken possession of both oGicers and men. 1 saw the quartermaster General stragyling with @ private for ® piece, and the New Youk Henao’ vorrespoadent, following suit, purchased @ piece ® foot long and two taches wide for a dollar. No guard had been placed over him, no respect was Shown bis body. There it lay, subjected to the taunts and ruitanly jests of the brutal When he was early uaked a guard was stationed to keep the crowd away, who seemed to Increase every moment, aud thos @ semblance of propriety and’ order Was reserved, Continuing my inspection of the fortress, fed that Theodorus had tot deported himseit and ure to Gojam, as was reported, how came ‘Where the steel battery was in position, and orde! the mountain tratu artillery, tweive-pounder Arm- Cad and ¢ight-Inch mortars, to open dre im- ar Pht al ag up without ee urs—that is, [rom one o'viock P, My O'clock P, M.—when THE ASG) ‘Was ordered to be made nnd: " The Thirty-third Europeans had the honor ef i the assault, preceded only by a few of the Royal Who were to biow up the gated, 1s iment deployed as skirmishers and kept up a con- ual gin ‘Of bullets ou the scarped face of th ul seemed to assume grander dimensions approached it. cannon, me were now worked with a cover of the firin th the On ar- n nyere cannon ‘et once to the yy-third,~ forming columa stx ily and determinediy, Aa the outer gate, it, the Abysainians from every boulder, brushwood fence which #0 rapid came to the place where the dead who feil in its desence lay piled. Singalariy enough, most of the fallen were through the head, and terrivie were the wounds caused by the Snider bullet. In some instances it had plougied furrows thre BPERCT OF THE BRUTIsH FINE. Ason the day of the baitle of Fullah, on the loth Inst., the rockets had done terrible damage anu havoc with houses and men. wt villages of straw- covered tents had been reduced to shapeloss wrecks, heaps of rafters lay rehed and black, while the fesh had been consume: off the bodiea of the dead—and what # spectacle the wounded ented. In the Villages every hut seemod a hogpitai—liteMally a succession of hosplials. Meu wreicues erawled along, not always jn a human posture, but on their knees, blood soaked rag’ anyiny about their limp bovies, With faces of & biuish Lint or livid purpie, endeavoring to draw nourishment trom decom horses and mates or shrieking loudiy for help and sua tenance for the sake of Jesus. in travelling through the various places of interest with which Magdaia abounds I happened to meet one of tie European captives and req him to point out tie place |. Where Theodorus had crowned his sauguinary career Witi the slaughter of 808 prisoners. Aboul twenty psd fromm the houses where the Europeans had lan- ishie in rocks to the very repping ftwelf whtoh has 0 paraliel pyramid of waked’ hu dee, twenty fect. nigh Pa ® hundred feet in cirourterence at the , cut, embow: cautiously upon the the cif a sight reseed in modern fs Ae Or decapiiated. Feet i nomerous than the were scattered for ghestly pyramid. stabbed, w heads more on the of the olf, jundreds of doubled huired engendered ou tie trip. Cameron hatt twenty-five servants, Hindoos and Abyssinians; Rosenthal had fourteen, Prideanx six— even Theodor had three se his Cachs and when tue retarn of the uumber of servants of each Cupuve was made to the Political secretary, you may better tinagine Lis astonishment thaa | can Weseribe it, - Whey lad 230 mule loads of substance and relics of their captivity, and to prove how uagrateful-tae qap- tives were to thelr liberators tue following statemout will Lilustrate:-—Having been residents of the fortress for so long they knew where the silk tenia and richest * loot" as they calied it were concesled. As soon as Magdala had surrendered to British pluck and valor #bout haif s dozen of these gents were seen hurrying up the steep hiii and making their way to the treasure houses, Even eo § august en- voy plenipotentiary and ambassador exuraur- dinary, Hormusd @. assain with luis Swallow tails ying in the breeze, plunging through the lanes lagdala to these treasure houses avd royai palace. It was wonderful how many costly and rare presents were besiowed upon the captives by his most subiime majesty King Theo dorus. RKassam, alter the capture of Mi showed a bowl of pure gold, probably worth was een, git 1,000, and Cameron exhthited a BK cent given to him by ‘Theodorus. Prideaux had @ gaunlict worth $600, Another was the fortnate pient of five guid crosses abd ten sliver chat at would probably realize ten times their weight ia sovereigna, Of course it could barely b ane that these poor captives had them; but it appeared t your correspondent to be most suspicious, It Was astonishing low quickly Theodorns rose in our estimation; his liberally seemed to be un- boanded, and [natead of the cruel tyrant he was represeated to be he was almost lamented as a most just and humane priuve. THR MAUDALA CIPHER, by whicn the captives were enabled io communicate with each other, has fallen futo your correspondent’s hands alone. By this cipher Tiieodorus’ spies were bree pig an aaeicen th The alphabet wae di- vided into groups of letiors, thus:— i £ 3 4 5 6 7 ABC DEF oe ty yn ~s" PQR STU vW X Zz Tn the cipher the figures only are used, and repre- sent three letters up to 7; $ and ¥ only two, and o Thus:—t 1a6 wit Fepresenta Sterns. f F or ne of making out what the to ‘The quickest way 4 44 th intended to con hor is nat value ib Word:— Her wishes in respect to the Geammed fo be made known to the Commander-in- nief, who desires to send him to England or India to be educated. It is noé’_ known ‘as hat she will do, = maths life is nla la by the robber’ Gall be indueed to deliver hun uj cording to the laws and cust is no provision made for the wife appears that she is as destitute as the meanest pomans. Sir Robert Napier, sym; ep s. dorus tn his oforia ae ceoonelligtion ied gent to jorus, in e001 ad sent us, back to her, with the hope that'ane ¥ would goll them and betake herself to a place of safety. MILITARY MISTAKBS, When Theodorus, perceiving the approach of the English, ordered Ras Fert Owrary Guvrie to sally out from Falah and attack them he committed @ most fatal error. He was informed by his spies that they were ouly a party of pioneers which were coming which led Theodorus to imagine that he could d two or three huudred, and perbere seoure prisoners and baggage, and elated with the hope an eas} victory awaited him he came out boldly and confi- dently, each man vieilng witi the other in speed and temerity. On the lvth Theodorus ost negriy, a thou- sand men in killed and wounded, whica disheartened his trvops, insomuch that many of tuem refused to fight any more, Had he, instead of attempting to defend three fortresses and the citadei proper of Magdala, withdrawn his men irom ull and placed them in Tantw® or Magdala, both equally strong, the English army would certainly have iost over five hundred men before they could have taken the place. Even had he been satiated with Magdala and mounted his there, twenty. + guns, some of very large callbre, placed so as to defead one narrow point, he SE have held cut until scarcity of pro- visions Would have oompelied him to surrender, for the English artillerists were the most wretched set of inners that could have been collected. The nav’ erformed exoclient service, but for Penn’s batiery and the Armstro aly were vistly inferior to Theodorus’ gunners, ' “ere Was a lyw round tower halfway up the aveep Mag- dain, a vary ordinary affair, bulls of tong id pias- tered wth mud, the wall betng ten feer-hick, with loopholes for musketeers, and two hup~red and thir. ty shells wore fired at {tout of wige! guly one a. mage, ing two wretohed practise, and every oad criticised them 8e- verely. &ven Theodorus despised them, for, with a rim honor, he sadbepre mu death that °Ue was Hot afrail of the bomba,"” NAPIER, One werd of praise for the Commander-in-Chief nd your correspondent will close this long letter. Napier ha: proved himself well fitted to shine in poll- tics a8 wei as in conducting «military expedition. While stil! in doubt as to whetier Theodorus would fight or mn, when within five days’ march of Meg. dala he sat deputations to ail the Gallas chiefs wil rich presats, informing gente his intention to at- tack Magiala and punish Theodorus, and bidding them to & watchful lest he ghould escape. These tidings hel the desired. effect, for the Wollo Gallas, Osaibos, Gallas from Donakil and beyond, swarmed up by the thousand, and now Sir Kebert the responsible task of allaying the furleshe raised. They have come up to plunder and kill, urn and destroy, and his own troops and baggage will suffer some ere quietuess is restored. ‘To-day fiveen mules were stolen from the camp by them; ou servants will not take the horses to water a mile frm camp for dread of the Gallas, and onl, an Lour ago three companies of the Beloochees ant the navil Deane were ordered off to defend the Abyssinans they crossed we Bachilo from the flerce Gillas,° who dotted every hill in the vicinity. Six of them were brought into camp—one was flogged and five shot, because they wore found hoverig near the Abyssinian camp alter being warnd off, Naper’s tactics are excellent, and well has the expedition been conducted; but after his solemn proimse not to interiere with king-making, he now awaits the arrival of Wagsbum Gobazye to crown him {ing of Abyssinia. A besotted tyrant, an imbe- cile snd coward, to be set up for @ monarch over & peope like the -Abyssinians. However, your cor- respondent will wait and three or four days, unti the 18th, the day appoi and then.reco! the event, . POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. Judge Chase and the Democratic Nominati The democratic journals in various parts of the country are just at this time busy discussing the propriety of the democrats nominating Judge Chase for thé Presidency at the New York Convention. Some favor the idea, others object. Among the former is the Philadelphia Meroury, a democratic organ of considerable influence, which in its last issue thus refers to the Chief Justice:—‘His whole character and record as @ public man during the last thirty years enable him to attract to and harmonize in himself as @ Presidential candidate a greater num- ber of various and yet reconcilable elements of popu- larity than any other statesman whom the opponents of radicalsm could now nominate. Outside of their particular friends, it is almost if not quite universaily conceded that the nomination of either Pendleton, or McClellan, or Hancock, or Sey- mour, or Hendricks for the first place on the ticket, would entail inevitable defeat.” The Mercury adds:—“The object to be attained is certainly worth all sacrifices of private ambition, persona! prefer- ences for individual men and the mere trivialities of party politics, and {t demands accordingly the atten- tive consideration of every sincere democrat.” And concludes with this qualifying declaration: —“it must be understood that we are not urging M Chase as our candidate, but merely stating the argu- ments that are publicly pressed tn favor of him as the most available candidate against the radical nominee.” The Utica Herald, republican, suggests that Mr. Chase would not be so strong & candidate for the de- mocracy as Mr. Pendleton. The live element nl party, it thinks, “would never support the fo Demoralization and utter breaking up of the organf- vation would follow such a candidate. The canvass would be no contest. It would become a triumphal progress for Grant. Republicans may well desire to have the democrats take up Chase for partisan rea- sons; but fair play arid honest dealing deprecate the success of such strategy and coalition as are at- tempted in his name.” The Portiahd Argus, the oldest democratic organ in the East, quotes approvingly in large type the fol- lowing quotation from Chief Justice Chase:—‘The time has come for oll who love their country to band together against the Jacobins.” ‘The Albany Journal, Grant radical, predicts that Judge Chase wil! not receive the democratic nomina- tion for the Presidency. Very few papers of that political stripe favor his nomination by any party. The Buffalo Fxpress, Graut radical, referring to Chase's nomination by the democrat, says that party can only fugnish a tomb for the candidate that accepta its favor. itis evident that all the radical presses fear the nowination of Judge Chase by the democrats. The Troy Press, democratic, hotsta the names of Chase and Hancock as (ie democratic caudidates for President and Vice President, The Middlesex county (Masa.) Democrat, demo- cratic, nominates Chase aa the democratic candi- date for President. The Jersey City delegation to the New Jersey Democratic State Convention, to be heid at Trenton on the 10th instant, are said to be strongly in fevor of Chase. A Loud Call for the Democrats to Arm. The La Crosse Democrat, ultra prejudiced, thus calls upon the democracy to fire up for the ensuing campaign:—“Democrats propose to resort to no un- lawful acts, no illegal violence, but simply to meet force. with force, and to defend their persons and property and the freedom of speech, the press and the ballot against any unlawful assaults which may be directed against them. Todo this they must be organized; they must be prepared; they must de armed, Our opponents have the Loyal League and the Grand Army of the Republo—the latter undoubt- edly an armed organivation, It is in the hands of bad men—deaperate brave we will not say; but, though — that Very quality would induce them to resort to violence Wi ver and wherever superior nutubers and the ion of arms al any pomt enabled them with impunity to use brute force inst their political opponents. We must not be en unawares or wvaettere We are by no means satiated that we shall have to show our ae and readiness to repet and overcome wy strong hand before the pending canvass shall end Robespterre Butler and General Grant. A Washington correspondent of a democratic Paper writes that such are the proceedings now cha- racterizing the American Congress upon the eve of & Great political contest, and go damaging must be the result to General Grant that some of the surewdest radicals strongly suspect Butler of a purpose to make a shipwreck of Grant’s Presidential prospecta. He is known to hate Grant with gil the intensity of his nature, and would turn u; him st any mo- ment with the venom of the ratticsnaké, Many here say that there ts no other way to account for the infanious proceedings ia which Butler is now in- volving his,party, ‘A Flattering Notice of « Now York Radical Bing. Under the ception of “They Flatter Themselves Too Much’ the Albany Mvening Journal, June 1, the following lesson to a certain New York adventurers who went out to Chicago eld & meeting , York last Friday » at which they felicit themselves u) the lle of Governor Fentoiyg the Vice ential nomina.1on. ong; they did it. Fenton was strong, Very fares’ he had an gainexpected and but for their re} jons he would 77900 upon the ticket. These en, aa 18,6 Lid Hatter themscives and esitmate their 1220 gether too highly, At Chi wi caee we. Known as enemies of republican ig’, and assall: ants of repubiican policy, they were cBPly regard with contempt, ‘The fact that » pyfie Omcer Tad 80 conducted himself as to incur, garnet f deemed in itself a suiticient pror well at the hands of the party, Orege* ‘The election in Oregon tr Place on Monday for a member of Congress, ha’ % the State Senate and the whole of the House% Representatives. There was no election in 1ge 10 1866 the republican ma- Jority for Governor +8 only 45, allowing the demo- cratic precincts, v-!ch were counted out, and which the Legisiature “bsequently decided were wrong- fully rejected, The Legistature was so evenly, di- vided'as to y*Ke tt doubtful which party was master ‘of the fieig though the republicans had two ma- Jority opl0se party votes. The majority for Mal- lory, “© republican Congressman, was 863, The «dates at the present election were :—For Con- on, David Logan (republican), formerly an old nie ghia, a resident of the State since 1849; 4. 5. Smith (democrat), @ native of Pennsylvania, but @ resident of the it wince 1845, fo district judges were to be elected, and the following were ¢ nominees :—John Kelsey, of Corvallis, and Mr. Upton, of Portiand fer age ang) ;and Mr. Mosier, of Roseburg, and W. Trimbie (democrats). The Legislature will elect a United States Senator in place of Wiliams, whose term expires in 1871. General Schofield and the Virginia Military District. {t is gratifying to find in the Southern papers a complimentary notice of a retiring military com- mander like the following, which we take from the Richmond W7ig'of the 80th ultimo:—“In the transfer of General Schofleld to the War Department we will lose his services as commander of this Military Dis- trict. As the relation in which he has stood to us now ceases we can without embarrassment speak our mind in regard to him. He could fave been a tyrant; he could not only have outraged us, but have insulted us and rendered himself offensive and dis- agreeable in every way, and we would have been without appeal and without redress. That he has not done so, but has, on the contrary, been as moderate in his administration end as considerate in his a with us ag.the circumstances in which he was placed allowed him to be, gives him a strong claim to our respect. He has, in addition, borne himself in an unobtrusive, courteous and gentle- manly manner in all bis relations, oficial and per- sonal. The almost universal feeling of this com- munity in regard to his removal hence is that of re- Political Notes. The Chicago Tridune, radical, says that a muster of the thirty-two delegates from Illinois shows a majority who are opposed to Pendleton personally and to his platform,,and who, relieving themselves on the first and second ballots of the obligation of their instructions, will vote thereafter for any man who will be satisfactory to New York and New Eng- tand. The Philadelphia Press, radical, says the loss to the republicans of Washington on the Jat inst. was “gimply a victory of the returned rebels.” At the city election in Norwich, Conn., the republi- can ticket was elected by 117 majority—a democratic gain of nearly 200 on last year’s vote. The vote polled was 1,053, the largest ever cast. The New Orleans Times, May 28, reproduces the Teport that the Louisiana delegation to the Chicago Convention was bought for Fenton for Vice President for $1,000. An ex-representative in Congress from Aiabama writes to the editor of the Mobile Advertiser from Washington to the following effect:—‘The man who stands strongest with the people, is true to the con- stitution and advocates the restoration of the South on principles of justice, should be our unanimous choice, though he may have led the forces of the Union in the late war and devastated the fairest por- tions of our country.’” ‘The Harrisburg (Pa.) Telegraph, June 1, states that the republicans of the Twenty-second Congressional district (Allegheny county) held their delegate elec- * tions on Saturday last, and from the returns received General James N. Negiey has undoubtedly secured the election of o large number of his friends as delegates, which insures his nomination. The Genera] was a brave and daring soldier during the late war, and is eminently fitted for a seat in Cong- ress. His election is beyond dobnt. The report that ex-Governor Horatio Seymour has positively declared his preference for Judge Chase as the democratic nominee does not seem to be credited in some quarters, Certain republican journals are demanding that Judge Chase and Senator Fessenden shall be effaced from our currency issues, and are expending a great deal of breath about the “standing offence” which the faces of these gentiemen are to everybody who money. None of them, however, have shown théir indignation by refusing to receive the notes and pass them for their full value—faces included, A Democratic State Convention is called to be holden in Atlanta, Gia., on the 22d July next, to be composed of delegates to be appointed without re- gard to number by the democrats and conservatives of the several counties of the State for the purpose of consulting upon such questions as may be pre- sented for consideration, and in the event that the State shail be admitted into the Union and permitted to vote in the Presidential election, also to nominate an electoral Ucket to be run by the democrats aud conservatives in the ensuing election for President and Vice Preaident of the United States, The Texas Reconstruction Convention met at Aus- fin on the 1st inst, Democratic State conventions are held to-day (Jane 3) aa follows:—Connecticut, New Haven; Alabama, Montgomery: Colorado, Denver. A radical if confesses that Mount Vernon is going to d —and that, too, under nearly eight years of radical power. Somebody has discovered that the republican ticket ia purely military, being made up of General Grant and Col. Fax. Its strongest supporter, as a conse- quence, says & radical paper, ts General Satisfaction. An “enlightened republican,” probably in contra+ distinction to an “intelligent contraband,” writes from Washington, May 20:—“Our affairs aré becom- ing mixed and wear an unfavorable look. Do you think Butler and Bingham me&n Grant weil by keep- ing Congress and the country in a turmoil about im- peachment? Ihave my doubts, There is ground for much apprehension in the present situation of things.” . The Cleveland (Ohio) Plaindeater, Aemoeratic, gives the following first political “straw” of the campaign as the result of a vote taken on a Pittsburg train approaching Cleveland:— n bees 16 The Detroit Free Press, prejudiced, says Colfax ‘was put upon the radical ticket a8 @ kind of insur- ance policy upon the lite of Grant. When Charles Il. was warned of the danger of assassination by his brother James that monarch replied, “No man de- aires my death, for that would make you king.” It was naturally inferred that go man would kill Grant to make Colfax President. AN UxPORTUNATE AMATEUR SpoRTSMAN.—Mr. Shehee, a gentleman of Lawrenceburg, who made somewhat conspicuous in that city by be- coming bondsman for Mike McCool when the latter party was required to give security for his appear. ance before the authorities, has ample reason to wish tuat he had remained in permet obscurity rather than to have gained an meral notoriety for con- necting himself so with the prize fl and the prize fighters. the of the fight 10, in to Mr. for his timely interpost- Prspeees. to honor him with @ seat with the holders that he it the better observe the ring hi ‘ook Bh oe Sn eents fos naan, e eee }o the insin Ww ts he about —_—_— AMUSEMENTS. anne WALLACK’S THBATRE.—On Monday evening Kotze- bue’s popular play of “The Stranger” was produced at Wallack's for the firstyime in four years, and was splendidly acted and superbly mounted, Mr. J. W. Wallack sustained the title rdle, with Mr. Charles Fisher as Baron Steinfort and Messrs. Rockwell, Stodaart, Ringgold, Young and Holland fm the leading parts, Miss Rose Sontrite pesiieul, and by her exccedianly clover pote contrite penitent, and by tratture ‘of the silty, Le oye and conscierce> stricken wife fairly moved the audience to tearsy Miss Kate Ranoe as the Countess Wintersen too cold and unsympathetic, and failed in conv & correct idea of the affectionate nob! Countess, who could overtook and forgive the ties of an erring sister and become her counsetior and friend. Mr. Kockwell, too, was miserably poory cold, stiff and stilted ‘and totally untitted for hig rt, and barely succeeded in walking thro it. yeh more is required of an actor or an ac especially in leading characters, than the mere learnit by rote of a few lines and.a display of pet | taste or judgment in ee up or toilet, There is such a thing o 28 e true conception of the characters that they essay te perenate. ‘and a good delivery instead of atti£udinis. Ing for effect, and the sooner some tittle attention is given to these trifling “details” (?) the sooner wilt they sppecenh, to what a good actor or actress elsewhere, becomos’ as tt Were, by comparison wi elsew ag it were, by col the rest of the talented company at this theatre, Uke @ flawed gem set in brilliants. ‘The play throaghous, with the exception above mentioned, was capi enacted and met with the heartiest plaudits 1 those present. In the last act, Mr. J. W, Wallack, a8 ‘The Stranger, recailed’ to mind all the glories of his iormer sell. ‘The interview between The Stranger and hig erring wife was one of the most cf scenes that we ever wit! and did not fail 4o bring the handkerchiefs of the ladies into requisition. Miss Rose Kytinge looked and acted her part to perfection, and was twice brougat before the curtain. Miss Clara Fisher, a yooue |e of much promise and ability and a sweet, songstress withal, made her first appearance in the character of Annette, and received @ will deserved encore in the song ‘“f have a silent sorrow.” Broapway THSATRE.—Matilda Heron, in the fa- miliar tragedy ef “Camille,” appeared Monday evem- ing asthe star of the Broadway, and was grected with full boxes and an enthusiastic welcome. The cast was as follows:—hr. James Canden a8 Ar mand Duval; Mrs. G. H. Gilbert as Prudence, the milliner; Mr. F. Evans as de Varville, the count; Mr. G. Jordan as Gustave, Mr. fal! as ‘Gaston, Mr. J. H. Jack as Duvai’s father. The death-scene hae been somewhat pruned and improved, and as now presented is one of the most eflective lu ihe waole répertoire of tragedy. Mrs. Gilbert, as Prudence, was exceedingly effective; Mr. Evans, as Gaston, ig worthy of passing note, and as to the remainder of the cast, all were moderately good. ‘I'he produc- tion of “Camille” is the hit of tue seasun at ine Broadway, and wiil crowd {t for the week. Bowsry THEATRE.—One of these old fashioned houses that are only to be seen in the east side theatres greeted the reproduction of the “grand and thrilling drama” of “Der Freischutz’? Monday night at Old Drury. Mr. Whalley, in the fayorite rdle of Case par, gave a vigorous rendering of the part, and eventually died in @ manner worthy of hirby of old. The weird and mysterious character of tue drama itself was highly reisued by the audience, and 60 pleased were they with the style in which tue leading réle Was perforimed that they actuaily sumiuoned the actor to reappear again upon the koaid and receive their éhanks after zamicl, the arch fiend, had taken him to himseif, and descended to that place from which we are told there is no redemption. “he kins cade family went through their astonishing perform. ances and the drama of the ‘‘Peep of -Day" com- cluded the night's entertainment. Sreinwgy HALL—OL# BULL.—The course of three farewell concerts of Ole Bull at Steinway Hali waa finished in last evening's entertainment. The house, , in numbers, was like one of Dickens’ audiences, with apparently a large proportion of ladies, and so it been at all of these Ole Bull concerts, The pro gramme last night was a very good one, embracing ‘Ole Bull and hts matchiess violin, Miss Jenny Lands * man, a young lady “fair to look upon” and delight ful to iisten £ as @ singer; Mr. G. F. Hall, a good vocalist; Mr. G. W. the popula organist; Mr. George S. Weeks, @ fine slager of sentimental music, and r. E. Lansing, a thorough master of the plauo. Here were variet.ea enough to make a pleasant evening's eniertaininent without the Hamlet of the play; but with bim and his miraculously musical fiddle it was sometia! extra; and, what's more, tie audience were 80 wi eatisiied not only with the head centre, but also witht his well chosen satellites, that nearly double the bill of e contracted for was exacted trom them, As ind reat Norwegian vivilnist is quile as entertains ferore the public and can show a better record ta practical works of humanity than the great Cockney novelist, we have oniy to say, Wherever he may go his wanderings, ‘Good tuck to Ole bull.” CENTRAL Pang GARDEN ConcerTs.—At length New York has a genuine summer sensation. The second week of the popular concerts at this beautiful garden opened Monday night with an immense audicuce, in spite of the threateuing appearance of the weatier immediately before the commenceinent of the cone cert. On Sunday there were two concerts Le and the audience at each was so large that ve little standing room was lcft, Monday’s pro- gramme ineluded, among other selections, the magnificent overture to “Tannhauser,” which was played with such grand’ etf that a stormy redemand was the consequence. “Tele. gram Waltz,” by Strauss, was another feature of the concert which irresistibly carmed the mind of the hearer back to Gung'l’s concerts at Kroll’s Garden, ta Kerlin. The charming ‘Ave Maria,” by Gounod, is sUll Kept in the programme, With such a super orchestra as that over which Mr. Thou presides, such w class of music as may be nightly heard at th Central Park Garden, and under tie Management Messrs, Goesche, Schindler and Appleby, there 1s no doubt of the success of the new summer resort of the metropolis. A large proportion of the audicnce coms sisted of ladies, and there were abundant opportunl- ties to criticixe the latest fashious. Morgan, Theatrical and Musical Notes. Biind Tom “stumps” New Jersey by “‘thamping” the piano this week. Jenny Worrell 1s still the “fast young man” of Sparta and Irene the naughty Paris, at the New York. Mr. William Wheatley will spend the summer on Staten Island. On Thursday the gods will preside at the Théatre Frangais ag a high court of impeachineat on the abductor of Eurydice, Orpheus and Public Opinion being managers, @ la Bingham and Buller. Query—Does “A Flash of Lightning” at the Proadt way, on the 8th inst., refer to eleciricity or Jersey sthuulants? ‘The “Lottery of Life,” which will be produced at Wallack’s next week by Jonn Brougham, las no connection whatever with Kelly or 4—i1—44. “La!—Bell—L. N.” is not a covered advertisoment for stomach bitters of any kind, but ac aasic joke got up by. Kelly & Leon’s Minstreis for the oh inst. Areal black and tan convention Will awembie at the Academy of Music on Monday next. A winstrel festival, in which will ig 160 professionais (rom all the various hails, will be given for the veneut of the Performers’ Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, The banjo and bones will be a new feature on the stage of an establishment supposed to be an opera house, uumber of cork-dyed performers ig 160, not 19054 as might be expected, A matinée of “Mary stuart” will be given at the Prangais to-day. ‘The wryants are doing well and pronounced out of danger—of small house It appears that the Prince Imperial of Prance tas decided musical tastes, which the Emperor does not wish to be cultivated to any extraordinary degree, as he does not ambition for his con tue rede of a (roubae dour, 80 unfortunately adopted by Lie young King of Bavaria. ‘The ex-King of Hanover is engaged in correcting bana eg of his “Lieder,” which will sooa be Pur Joseph A. Dawson, pianist, waa presented with a@ handsome diamond ring on the occasion of Mme, Rosa's fareweil. Mrs. Sarah A. Johnson, better known as Miss Sallie Burnett, formerly counected with Niblo’s and also with the Riching’s troupe, died in this city on May t at the age of thirty-oue years, She was a favorite with the public for many years, San Antonia, Texas, rejoices in a tragedian named Captain Crisp, whose acting has nonpiussed critics city, for one of them naively Te ‘An attempt at criticism on the acting of 80 experienced a tragedtan as Captain Crisp by uw would be foolishness, and we therefore Will not, Mra. Fanny Kemble gave a Lama | of “A summer Night's Dream” pight at the Academy 4 LP ws wd the benefit of the Lincoim netitute for Soldiers’ ans, Mn Bandmann has made a most favorable impres- sion at ma oe he ba ove ae Othel br’ gee Palmer as Desdeure Reade an pie; have offered Kate Reignoic the ay Ct i Piay. of Mile. Lams ne ore, donna of Alhaiza’s New Oricane bell OF Bot company :—'To her personal attrace tions she ‘adds artistic skill and culture, and is fall of grace and viv: , As painstaking as she is ac paw ane she deserves to have her varidus merits su tl fekneve jedged by those wh reciat® endeavors of e really charting vocab eu In nd ctr for the Sacngerfest to be held a& a Opens os eutng wp ber capers at Bak Adams is Hoge RP aainry to come Adheavamal rein at Setting PSL ST