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HILLSBOROUGH. N-CV
Wednesday. May 13, 1SCS
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ABYSSINIA.
We clip the following from Colton
Journal of Geography for January, t It will
repay a perusal. ! ':
f Abyssinia is being invatleil by a hostile
British expedition against its monarch, ami
in consequence has become , A all theaters
of war hive anil will ever become, a central
point ol the public attention.
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I his country is one oi um luimum
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TERRIBLE VOLCANIC ERUPTIOX.
,San Francisco, May 8.-Thebark Comet;
from the Sandwich bland, bring account
of a terrible volcanic eruption of Mulokai.
The demonstration began on the 27th ul
March. On the 28ih over one hundred
earthquake shocks were felt at Melma.
During the two weeks following to April
13th, two thousand earthquake shocks oc-
...i 'iM. ... -iU -nAa,l in minv nlici!.
for subscription, sdTertuemenis, currru. mcwit"7",- r j -
or job warW,re earnestly requeued The tidal wave wassixty feet high, over the which appear to be shut out Irom the world,
to make immediate payment bur ,p, cocoa trees a quarter ol a mile in- a,,j relating to which very little is known,
it. inl mi lvi i-t r mon laud, sweeninz human beings, house, and t ,as a remote history, however, which ar-
everything movable before it. A terrible rogaies to its people an ancient grandeur
shod prostrated churches and house kill- J mil possessed by them in modern time.
tig mallV. Ill "II DVUUk wuc iinv. - n in suiu-vi ... nr wwi. ---
i . i... ..I.. .1 .....I.. ..I" lii.r.tfs ami L'. I. ik O.uK ..I tl, 111. I 'IVstainent:
Were losi, ocsiues immsauus r.iiH"' vm". .
cattle. The craters vomited lire, rock, M& tradition has it that the kings of Abyssi-
ft . . r I I.... Iau dvil Hl!..i. I..... .I........L.I in ilu..! lin. fanlll ft Alftfl
anil itva. a river oi reu n ;nia ime urscniwq uiik-i !. .,-
six miles long Mowed to the sea at the rate l0 Solomon and tlie queen of Slieba, whose
often miles an hour, destroying everything jvjsit to the man of wisdom i sioken of in
before it, and forming an island in the ea.'t,e old Testament. The ancient glory of
A new crater, two miles wide, opened, tle Abyssinian, however, ha long been
and threw rocks and stream ol fire a thous-j.upidanted by the baser realities incident
and feet high. The illumination extended jt(, a semi-civilized couutry divided into
fifty miles at night, The lava has pushed Hostile sections, over which the nominal
ll'JSlwkie. rcjiiio ... .' , .
XTAludJen ipell of -i"s prevent. the
ed.lar from .Ueadinf to thi ue of to RecwJer,
9 0I in coDwquent JeUy.
The fate of the impeaehmeal quealion ia yet unde
t ided. We underataad that tbo ote ia poslporud
until Saturday nest.
Shockixo Elope MEXt. This community
was greatly shocked on Sunday at learning
that a vo.inf and good looking white wo
man. or girl, for she was only thirteen
years of age, had eloped (rem her parents
bv the name of Wash
Smith, formerly "f Anson county. Up to
mi frnm tlio shore one mile.
At Wais China, three miles from hore,
a conical island ruse suddenly, emitting a
cnlii tn. i of steam ami smoke. 1 lie ijreaiesi
c moernr held but a feeble swav.
Tlie origin ol the difficulties which have
rfsulted in hostilities is follows s Tlieo-
donu, the emperor, ent a letter to the
Smith formerly Anson county, up ""colum.inl steam ami smoKe. s mr srra.MiujoriK, me ewiperor, nu inci i.
this wrnin nothing has been nearu irum ( occttlirtH Apr, ail. rrtoriotnetrap urinaii uuvemmeni in iooj. um
.i tl': i. : . :. .I..Mhtla tu o to'.: k . . . l.n..r nf ahea llld nitiniifr urna inail. Aftir wait 1 ve-f
mem. i neir nujcn u. v.., . , - uhii nine jj1" ....... . . ,
some other coantv or State and get married, j.nice. or more for reply. Themlorus sei.ed am
In this, we suppose, they will have no dit- During the great shock the swaying of; imprisoned the English tonwil ami .several .
.. ' .1 ci. Ii Ilppu lielil .i -...i. ... . . I ...... 1 1'., t V.. naruin ruuld i.,ikd. llrtlieW kiiliit 'I'liwir libratillll
inc rami ws inci"i -,imi. v.. -- j - ......
stand. In the midst nf this iremendoua j was demanded by tlie British Government,
ock an eruption of red earth poured down i and reluaed. To enforce the demand, a
the mountains, and ruhe! aims the plains.! military and n-tval eipeditioit w-tsnrsani
The shock lasted three minutes. Then led, the landing of which on Abyssinian il
came the great tidal wave, and tnen streams I ha recently been effected. Our design
ol lav. The villages along the shore were j nut to speculate on the consequence ol ihi
H destroyed by this wave. The earth fent, r as to the probability f the eipe
opened under the sea, making the water Idition being destined t eftVct other than
iied. The earth opening swallowed thirty 'the ostensible purpos-s for which it t
' ... I' .. ... H'.:.. Ii.irr.ir nr.. ...it 'll pminliv it.vaitrf.t li ltrnIVt
i persons. urc4i suiicii5 f vm. . - -
peculate opn vilej ,n tte whole region nfTVcted. The'rnough for a second Indian empiie. and the
is plain toaU,' KHt Yankee h' been despatched Itriiioh are no ggard iu commercial pro-
t .urh utcur- ! .. -.i. :-., .. ik knrtVrer. nrn K ntv nirLir ii nnrlheastrrn
It it m eft Ir0. I . v. II o lt..H..li.tui.i..... t I . . I. .1. ail(i.M.hnii n.t t ttrf.all
can rrancifco, iiaj o. loiiomt" v- ii.a m ' .
pomlence of the Bulletin give detail f the it a more perfect civilization than is n-w
volcanic disturbance, liuwing that the p.....ed by the Abyssinian. Leaving,
earthquake shocks extended to all the isl- uerelore, the sptcuUtive tu the future, our
I. .C II..-..'.:... r. hut llirf wit ai.!.,vi,r uill li rmiRlirit to a r.ullitiin ol
inodamage except around Molokai. Nu- t!ie inlormation respecting the country col-
..ui..:.. I.n.l i.liil ari-iiiiinanitd lrtil liv ti utu&t annroveJ ailtlioritie.
in miai " rr-t .- ill
-..,..u. tk ir ritit to do so has been lieiii
Uy some of our miliury commanders, under
the Civil Rights Act. The parents of the
girl we learn, are respectable, and this oc
currence must be a s-d blow to them. I he
father has offered a reward lor the appre
hension of the fAie." but we scarcely
know what advantage his arrest will prove
t him, further than the recovery .f his
rained daughter, and even this he may be
tin. His fit Wrt.
It is scarcely necessary to speculate opn
. I I kit an as 14 I ia nlain tu ail.
tnis occurrence.
ch to be leared that
niu.r tu- later, become Ire- !
ICIikKS H, wvwrw.
quent, as one of the consequences ol Hie
ieaclting now prevalent in the country
among certain classes. Suwtwy Waltkaun.
6E.NI0R SPEAKlNti AtThE UNIVERSITY.
Chapel Hill, N. C. May 3, 1863
To the Editors or tbk Sentixkl. lien
tlemen : The Senior speaking of this in
the 50 h ul:.and ccxnttn
ucd two days. The weather was pleasant
by other phenomena, destroyed life s.mlpr- prifimsing that ur knowledge acquired
perty. The summit ant side ol a hill fif- Irom these sources i vague aud u.natif-c-
teen hundred leet logn was utrown one toiy.
uul two davs The weather was pleasant inousni icei vn uc - Aujniuu a i vumi; vw"" ww
.uJ everv tir.ii- Dassed off agreeable. The iUnded in the valley below. The gase, that u0o q. mils.) whch faces easterly on the
eakeis weieucourad by the presence issued alterwards destroyed vegetable and Ke, &ea and the Batiel-Mandl, and ex
! the ladies which contributed, to a con animal life. Bottomless fiurs jened in tends back to the eonfines of Nubia on the
i-rab'e i'eut to the complete success of i the mountain sides. A lava stream Hows n,ti,wrsl and Sennar ou the west. It
i l t I tundr the giownd.bieaking out in lour jets, ,u,,ern border is undefined, lienmlly
The entertainment was opened on the : six miles trm the sea, and throwing lava it may Ue M,a lo extend between !at. 7 an I
C i f wih a very eloquent address bv and stones Irom a thousand to hlleen huwd- iy .lgiees north, and beiwren long. 35 and
Mr Wll'uuiS Pearon, ot Morganton, on I red feel high. 4 J degrees east. I he tract .d country
Daniel Webster, lie was loiloweu uy a nw immui.usu(m, ............ ,UIU cc , c j t finr kh
Z t ,n.n. ..thers.but . of any part.cu- red leet litgn. ana is jo.neu w i ie .." . a cluster oi petty states, an.i c..ecu.e.y we..uer cla.es
Ur note, except Air. Thomas A. McNeill. Jby a stream of lata a mile wide. A targe eilipire i,,,t there has U,en any po..- j , , , . , ( h
Ml iiipis, vv, C nmUr ill Hint IriilA th mini 11- ; ,,j..l ..I lli Kvral iLirt. hitWrser. i . r.
' irv luttlvr l inanarji'luiril.
country wji ....
I lie i"puiaiiuu is iiuuj oiiiH4tcu k
,30U.0U0,WJ0.
I'hereaie very few puces in ail Abys-
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Th sr.irritr of water in the coast ret ion Is
also nn abstacle to an ehemv's advance;
Abyssni,' though situated within the
tropics, has it climate greatly modified by
its pi availing physical characteristics. In
the valleys il id Jiglitlur.but on the moun
tains exceedingly cold. In other places,
especially on the borders of the Red Sea,
the heat is intense, and in the south thi
excessive heat U increased by hot simoon;
The atmosphere of these districts is load,
ed with malaria. The ruins, always accom
panied by tempest, begin in June and
continue till September,' during which pe
riod they are so violent as to put a atop to
out-door enjoyments. The finest months
of the year are those of December and Jan
uary. t
The vegetable production, though vari
ous, are neatly those of the temperate Rone.
The principal grains are millet, barley,
wheat, maize and telf. The wheat U of the
finest description. Teff(pa Abystnica,
a vrry small seed, is a favorite with all
Abvssi .tan. Two crops are obtainetl
yea'rly, the seed being sown in one field,
"while" the crop is being gathered in the next,
.ml io liH-aliie theie are three harvest.
i Legumes are alo extensively grwo, and
I. s. a ,aa . .ia.
the vine i cultivated, riax ami chimio,
coffe" and sugar, are also cultivated. ,The
womls produce exiellent timber, and the
sycamore grows to a vast size.
Th- population d Abyssinia i composed
' variou tribes Arab. Jews, Eihiopian,
ic. The black are everywhere in a state
I" slavery. The Abyssinian generally are
a enMai people, but are not wiihuttome
rede ming qualities, of which charity t
the ptir and hnpitaliiy t,the stranger are
the most onspicuna.
The irligiou of Abyssinia are ChriMi
anity (which became th national religion
in the !.urth century), Islamit, -nd Ju
daism. Tlie lhriiians arc ilivuled Mit-
ihiee hostile parties, all deeply sunk m
superstition; nor no me siu'iarameoan
nrertin gri-at zeal for the religion they
pro!es-. The Jw live chiefly in ihc
neigliborhnnd of ISondar and .Mielga, and
in the tmrttiwest ol l--ike Uembea. They
re ettreoi'ly igoorjnt, b-H are much more
bonou tnau other Abyssinian.
The spoken language ol the country i
the Amharic, whivh supplamed the original
tongue in the fourteenth century, and
though spoken ina gr at variety of dialects,
it i. the ul v one which has assumed a
wntfii form. Li'.eraturr, however, ha
made but slender ptores.
The Abyssinian have made considerable
progtess in niaiiulactures, and escrl in the
taiining 'l skin. Axes, ptow-si-are-, sol
spear head are made al several places, aud
sword-blades, cisrs, and razors at lioii
dar, and large quantities of coarse cotton
rlutl. are manufactured uv the women, aud
also a nner kind, wiin ieu anu utue u rtiei.
La s woolen
Lr note eXCCDt Mr. inUU . .ns.viiu, j ' -- - -
r it L.oii County, who spoke ol hi father- stream of water has burst Iron ihe moun- :t(Cll c.,heioi ol the several ja
J. E tuiiil - ! tain here the eanh eruptions occurred. ,. ery doub-lul. Thus the
Una nconaiu. Jt.i 'li,, t.A nf thm sulcano. about three .lUi.Ud in IHJt the unnciml
Th, .rr'iii iif the second dv weie
opened by Mr. Eugene M''iad, o
Ureensjoro..gli. on the tX.I North butt
aud closed by Mr. Paul B. Meii.s. of ta
bjrru. County, on the" K'.Uand Instabili-
lies uf l)tfmocracie.
t'1i hase of the volcano, about three LtUiilrd in IHJt the nrinciD.il s!ates beilii
a....l..l imiLm aaa as aaaa aav ft a A t a a 1st ituftuUi. s..k.. ....I wi. as 1 la llll t Sjr at
II U lllll TU IIMIC III VIIVVMIICIiUC sii--"-. . ! tl lilt sw ! SIS a easww J mm wm
t-d. At least hall a million property is de-; young man Irom Uondar, claimmg to be of
I i.l... M..M..I l...tt ..k.r.l 'j. ilia lit. .it. a afiill.r
siroy ru
Thk ExKphe or Maxici.The Brt-
young man Irom Uondar. claimiug lo ue oi , . , AukoUar
the royal ine, ap.red the throne, ami uy , Uuur , Amh9ft fcfc
tus eoeigy. course, and ability, succeed, d jb tlltM uu. j, 4lr nuUl.
in o.eri..u.i..g the 'ocal pr.nees and es- . . . T f
ul DiMllucratir''. . in ruiur, aiii,iw mi iiisi
il.,i;he speakers acquittedthemsel.es .els co respondent i. Ihe hondon lt jUblishing h.msell under the title oi uieo- M,e,r,, MM,nhvi,Ml n.wii; it .ootains
. l II. . '.I..rn. k ,i,l,.r,ir ul V li l i.l l.il Mil HliU llC. 1 .
ipH 1 he best speamrs aie iiw-, wrurs ; ..... i - - ,,
ThU rani; in the order of their names :: The n.val family are taking duly drives ied hi intention of reproducing Ethiopia
m1' Menu Pearson, Busbee and Ms-! and hor-e" exercise among their loyal sub- with -II it lormer grandeur. So lar, ho.
N II jects. and it is mt touching to see the Em- lever, hi reign ha been a continual war-
IL ' f(,;.,w are the grade of the Class, pre' Carbua of Mexico etel in an opu fare with ihe neig'tboring tribe, especially
it r beiii" twenty Seniors: The first dis-, carnage, driven by the Qieen, saluti-.g the (ialla. a wailue people of the. Soum,
tu -tioii w!s awarded t Mesur. Ilusbee, ; with graceful Imt d 'ile the people, and ut.er laces iiihaoUing Hi- borders ol
Rjr"wvti and Morehead. Mr. Bbee was I whose idol she is sud always ha bent fio.u Ins possessions. This nun is the same ho
. ?, 'V,k- iwifsnnJaneakiU" the valed.c- her childhmHl. ha at leng h airayed agonist himsell the
1 . II. ., t...l. ..l -I'l. L'...n,fta Sa l..r.Lin scrv tirU. BHil I ! h...t. Vftlnrll imw Hi
.... w i.t f'....uiancemeui. jiessjs. ..,v. ....
and Bargwyn wttu live satutatarie.
The second distinction wa awarded tu
Messr. Harper. Pearson and A- (iraliaiu.
The third distinction wa awarded to
Mes-rs. Fetter, lUner, Means, Strayhorn
andJufs. ... ,i
Mrrs. McNiell and Poreell were re
u'ded as mitemeo, bot n-i egulrly gra
ded. Speeches were awarded them with
t Comuiencemeot.
Th.- ladie are respectludy miied to be
prveiit at next Comtnencem nt, and il
ihey come, we promise them a very pleas
ant time. .
tjov. SeymiMir, the gallant Connecticut
bem'te-at. will deliver U address belore
the iv . Literary Societies.and the eloquent
urea -r, Rev.'Mi. Moran, will prunouace
the Coinmeiicrmeiit crinoii.
Long hie to th? University 1
t he Emnress is hwiking verv prle.andf
dreed in deep mourning. The attention
paid to her bt the Quen is beyond all
a .1 .1... 1.--
oraise. aim mere con or n u"u
recovery frmn the mental pro-trati"ii
liot which now invade ins dooimn li.
I'he mine marked tihysical fealuies ol
Absitna conitol a ertrs of tahe-lamts
a palace and aihurch, the, laltrr the fi:tet
ei.ihce in the country, and here in tne
iieighoiing tidagts a c'tinleiable Hade
and seveial ioandattorie are lound. Tin
low country bet w em ihe eastern mountain
and the tied Sea is almost uninhabited.
Mastnuah, on an let l the same name, is
a small ton with a good harbor, aud i the
principal trading station. It wa here that
thi British eiiifditioii first Lnded. and
ihente proceeded to the interior. Aikikn
a i s . as '
AU..t..a cnsi.t o a .ertr ul ta-tanus j m f ,,,,,,, iie ,
ol various and often great elevat.nn and ol , . . of :...
numerous range '. high and rugged moun
lI..r-V. T . . . -' . - - wm
. I.. .... I. m a.. I uftdlll all Mft.ll L lllll II ), flA IlirlllkH.I III I Ik Hi. 111.. II 1.1 .ill Ul 0
to every one is chiefly owing t the enetgy Uast natural repnsitories of water, which,
and devntim ol her royal sister-in-law. put. ring down by the deep ravine which
The widow of th late Cenerjl Mirauton, jeverv-wheie ihterec theio,impaiUX r .of
the boswm Inend of ihe lite Emperor Matt dinary (eriiliiy the plains and valleys
I ' 1 . I I. .aotii Is., r Ikltili-aan 5 I. ..I.t. '11. a.s n aaatnSf I ll.asata.lft
lllll I2i9 ' rr lri ir c uriu w iur iii'iuinaiii wvu lit r j a
within the last lew thy, with the intention
of making Belgium her p-niMiient home.
It is said fiat she has had atl audience at
the palace.
Masonuah. Adulte. or Zutla. i a misera
ble town on Amies. ey B.iy. Dunn a is a
village on the Bay of Auiphita.
the most siuDfiidou scale, inclnd ai w
terlall of pr-ihgious height Notwiih.
stauding, however, the wild ind rugged
sppe irancc ol the cmntry generally, it cn-
inn. iiam,ruui shIIkv ami i.laina of un-
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11 Ui..!..!lik! m U. ma w m 1 V t m I- situ 1 iiualr.l tii.jiutv. Iki-IiI hrniul roticr tillun.
l-C .HSISSIpi l . liniv.l ,j, i 'J ----' j r -
is said to be threatening to change it rhan j aad producing luxuriar.t vegetation. The
net. The point nn the Louisiani shore of mst extensile i the plain of Deiubei, en-
. . . .I. a 1 K ... J . I a.l I sa ft si ji j 1tl ifaa j n asy sf I lis I'isia a I r IT'
a s a
il. risfr ooooite thai eilv is beilii ifradu
ally worn awiy, whilst a andlur is being
. t a.-
lormeil near the vicksiaurg snore, ami it i
pliaiKally railed the granary of the co intry,
wis re there reign a perpetu-I spring,
i" i i . . .i. ....
Iltsiru me KCH nrm IOC iiiwuinajus nwv
ii I ..... . a.... rt . ii.naft, mnr a I. mm ,n nr.. iiiiiipn iiiriiurn i uttp I ni.iri. 11 ilium ini.'
mistake p.vel a . one to lhe piw" . -nt farth crevasse, and force the ri- se.sei in its impenetrable nature one of its
whb..oy W- MrvKe.uie uj-. qJ (Jfettlf' ,glinit efleiu! enemiel.
oa Ins baud. i
llc;i or Exjorsnts to mr.u A Cork.
(Ireland; letter of the fclh u.vtatt says:
Tne eitraoidiinry number of emigrants
passing through Ihi ctt v on their way la t' e
New Wot Id, by way of Qieenstnwn, il al
most unetampfed. To-day nothing cimld
exceed the buy a ni ma torn on the various
wharves where the emigrants are embarked
at Queenstown. and where upwaid d
t OfWl ....... uit! imntim (liia ill V Slut lii.ltlisr-
,OVW ir.fiT V . V .il.-. w j a,... ... ......
row. The railroad running fro-n ihi city
to Qieentown stnldenly Knmd their re
sources exh.Histftl, and were obliged In
fiist clas carriage for the use of the emi
grant, 'tlie emigrant almost extluaiyelv
belonged to the agricultural class, and had
among them tery few repreentaivea '
eilreme age or tender infancy, '
II a Wisconsin farmer plants a tow of
trees along the cuad, he i exempted (runs
woikirvgon the toad. ' - "
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