The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-08-09 00:00:00

The shore end of the cable was successfully landed
on Saturday last, and the Kangaroo was to sail next
morning to lay it as far as Delagoa Bay.

We take the following from Monday's Times :
HEAD-QU ARTERS, PoitT DURNFORD, July 12.

Sir Garnet Woiseley addressed to-day a number of chiefs
who came into the camp to tender submission. He said he
was glad that they had come to make friends with the
English. We had made war, not with the Zulu people,
but with the King, and had no desire to take any part
of Zulu territory but we wished to stop the cruel
doings of C,tywayo and end the military system, which
was a hardship to the people. The chiefs might return
to their homes and wives and possess cattle in security, but
must give up the King's cattle. Cetvwayo was a fugitive
and cnild nevermore be K'ng of Zululand ; but he (Sir
Garnet Wolseley) would now settle the land In peace, and
he bid all the chiefs, the ears and voices of the nation to
meet him at Emangweue on the seventh day from that date
to hear his final words of settlement. Illsopo, a power-
ful chief who commanded at Ginghilova, answered that
the Zulus had now no head. They were lost and knew
not where to go. They wished never apain to have
a black man for king, bat wanted a white king, John Dunn.
The great white chief had treated them generously, with
open hands, and the words he had spoken were good words
and would blow all over Zululand. They could not bid all
the chiefs of the nation to rather at Emangwene, as their
power did not reach everywhere; but they could bring to-
gether the ears and 'voices of all the coast tribes up to St.
Lucia Bay
July 13.

The King, when &dug from the battle-field on the 4th, is
said to have called to the chiefs to look to their own safety
hemrelves, and reek terms of peace as best they could. Ws
army is dispersed, the nation is broken up, and the King
a fugitive, it is believed in the Zigome Mountains, to
the north, with his wives and women and a hand-
ful of followers. Fear or a tameless spirit of deter-
mination will probably deter him from submission. Ills
capture is all-important. While free he will remain a centre
of conskiracy and mischief, and will be a thorn in the side
of any rettlemPnt. It is hoped that Oham, the King's
brother, and other chiefs may be ready to circumvent him
with a force and deliver him into our hands.
Zaluland will probably be divided into three or four
sepera,te principalities, each under the rule of an independent
noble, responsible directly to us. Oham, who is peaceab!ft
and friendly, will receive his own territory under this
arrangements. Pending the conclusion of the final compact
with the nation an advanced line of posts will be maintained.
CAPEI TolvN, July 16.

A tear prevails that in the anxiety to secure peace Sir
Garnet Wolin)ley may agree to over lenient measures. On
the other hand, it is said that he intends to make peace an
abiding one. It is said ttat a column will be ordered to
march after Cetywayo.

One of the Correspondents of The Times, writing from
Enoltwene before the battle of Ulundi, says :

"When Lord Chelmsford resumed his march on the 30th,
Cetywayo's measergers had not returned and nothing had
occurred to prove his overtures sincere At nine precisely
General 'Wood's column moved off the camping-ground,
and at half-past nine the 2nd Division got under way.
Before starting General Newdigste addressed a few
well-chosen words to each regiment in detail, and et
conclusion was heartiiy cheered by the men. , Atwut
two miles from the camp an orderly rode beck to Led
Chelmsford with a sword and letter sent from Cetywayo. The
scouts had, it appears, met two of the Eing's messengers
bearing them. The letter wes from Mr. Venn, a Dutch
trader, a prisoner with the Zulus. In it Cetywayoreitereted
his desire for peace, but said be had been unable to collect
the cattle and arms. Would the great white chief grant a
little longer time to do so? On the envelope containing
the letter, Mr. Venn at great risk to himself, had
written in pencil, "II you come, be strong. Cetywayo
has 20,000 men." The gist of the Illag'a menage WM