The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-22 00:00:00

THE DEFEAT OF CETEWAYO.

A late number of the Natal Mercury rays :—" A
Kafir storekeeper living at Kwamagwasa was inter-
viewed during a recent visit to Durban. He stated
that a white man named Tyler came to the Kwamag-
wasa Mission Station, And told them that Cetewaso
was at Inkandhla at Usikananda's kraal near the bush.
He was ell right but for a deepish wound in the lower
part of the right thigh. He had another wound on the
left calf, but it was not much more than a scratch.
The King had been hiding since the attack on
Ulundi at Upate in the thorn bush, near the south
side of the White Umvolosi. He is not supposed to
have more than a hundred men with him. On his way
from Kwamsgwasa, our informant met near St.
Andrew's a Zulu who corroborated the statement that
the King was at Inkandhla, and also gave the same
description of his wounds. This Zulu thinks the
King wants to get back to Cape Town. We are
informed that Umnyamana and Undabuko are both
at the Black Umvolosi waiting events, and that the
Abaqulusi tribe have joined them out of fear of
Ohara. Oham's peop:e, our informant states, recently
tc up the cattle at two mission stations, one at the
Intabankulu and the other a little beyond. Usibepu
got angry about the stealing of the missionaries' cattle,
and said he would be down on Oham if ho did not
leave off. He said he was not fighting with the Eng-
lish but with the black people. Our informant thinks
Usibepu has returned to his kraal. Oham's son,
Ukambi, came down as far as the Babanaeo, eating up
cattle all the way. Umtonga, a half-brother of Cete-
wayo, and son of Panda, came down along with
tricambi's impi. Another half-brother of Cetewayo,.
Ueiwetu was killed in the attack. At Kwamagwasa
most of the Zulus have sent away their cattle and hid
them in the bush, but they are getting them bask now,
tinder the impression that Cetewayo is dead. The
Christian Kafirs did not send their cattle away but
kept them by them. Among those who died in the
fight after the attack at Ulundi, was Simon, a Chris-
tian native of Edendale, who accompanied Cetewayo
to the Cape as interpreter. He died from some in-
ternal rupture while running. • Some of the chiefs
reported dead are alive, such as Vadwandwe, Umko-
sans, Uiatelelise, and Usoposo. Umkosans, along with
Umgobozana, accompanied Cetewayo to England."
A trader writing to the Mercury, under date Lower
Tugela, August 4th, draws a very
_gloomy picture of
the state of affairs in Zululand. He says—" Blood
and plunder is the order of the doy in the Zulu
country. I left one of my wagons in charge of my son
and two native servants. A fight took place between
the King and Usibepu, in which the King got defeated.
Usibepu's men made for my wagon and killed my two
servants, one they stabbed on the top of the wagon,
and the other a few yards off. They tried to kill nay
boy also, in charge of the wagon, by throwing thirty or
forty assegais at him; but as luck and fortune were
in his way he got off by only getting his forefingers
cut, by warding off the assegais. They then set
to plunder and robbed me of £250 worth of goods
and twenty head of cattle. My wagon and goods are
covered all over with blood. I have over thirty
blankets smeared with gore at my house. There were
three white men in the fight, renegades, for plunder.
My boy saw one of them passing the wagon, in
company with Usibepu. Mr. Grant's wagon also got
looted of all its contents. I come from Natal, as also
my servants. I have a license, and bondsmen for my
security, and all the formula belonging to a trader
going over the boundaries, All the King's head men
are killed, and the most of his wives are killed and
taken prisoners. The King was wounded in the thigh
and no more was seen of him. My boy saw Itabula-
reapni, possibly with his son behind him, on horseback.
Usibepu massed at the Mabachlane, close to the
Umvolosi river. In the night he started his people to
burn and slaughter as far as the Babanango, and then
turned to the north as far as the Intabankulu, where,
I believe, he will find Undabuko, the King's brother,
with a strong force. lam told by several natives that
Somkeli has attacked Usibepu's rear-guard, and had a
fight, in which Usibepn's people ran away, and he re-
captured the cattle which were taken from the King;
and the other wing of Usibepu's people went on to
plunder and burn as far as the Bobanango. He
attacked likewise, and put them to flight, Fighting is
not over yet in the Zulu country."

The Maritzbarg correspondent of the Daily News
telegraphed on Monday :—Umnyarcana, Cetewayo's
Prime Minister, has attacked Oham. The result is
net known. The Government to•day sent an ulti-
matum to Cetewayo, requiring him to surrender him•
self to Mr. Osborne, the Commissioner In the Reserve,
with any armed followers, within ten days, failing
which troops will move to arrest him. The troops to
arrive at Inkanhla must first go to Ibhoul, where I
know that preparations are being made for a movement
cf nu expeditionary force to Cetewayo's hiding place.
FtJill there he cannot escape in any other direction
than Natal.

HIS VOCATION.—Prudent Excursioniat : But—er—
before I sit down, I should like to know your charges.
Now, what would a little Diener be, with soup, fish,
cut from joint, and, say, half a bottle of claret—
moderate claret, you know, and— Dignified
Waiter: Beg pardon. Not my Department to hanger
questions. (Impreseively.) I only hamar' the bell.
—Funny Folks.