The Sun.
London, England, 1869-05-01 00:00:00

DR. coLtsso's PROTEGES.

Colonel Alexa►der has a word to say on behalf of tl►e
Zulus—the race which bad the honour of pi °axing that
keen-witted individlal who brought about such a revolu-
tion in Bishop Cole►;so's theology. The Zulus of Natal,
says the Colonel, area stand: g disproof of the theory that
coloured races are dying outbefore the advancing civilisation
of the white man. " The Zulus have increased immensely,
not by im migration merely frrAn neighbouring regions, but in
the natural order of things, when the ground is cultivated
in peace, when war is unknown, and ardent spirits do not
demoralise the people and induce vice in many shapes."
When Natal was first made a colony they numbered but
10,000 men ; now they are hundreds of thousands. They
devote themselves to agriculture, and have forgotten all
about war. Hundreds of acres are now waving with native
cultivation. In fact, they do so much work for them-
selves that coolies have been brought into the colony to
labour for the whites. They drink nothing stronger than
Seer made from maize and milk. Colonel Alexander
believes that the Maories also are an example of a
native race flourishing in the midst of civilisation.
Setting aside the party now engaged in rebellion,
the Colonel can point to large tracts of land under
Maori cultivation, Maori schooners waiting to receive the
produce, and flour mills owned by Maori proprietors, who
had hired Europeans to put theM up. We must not
accept too hastily the theory that all races except the
white are doomed to vanish from the face of the earth.

BUDGET OF PERSONAL.—Mrs. Bloomer's husband
is the Republican candidate for Mayor of Council Bluffs.
It appears be is always known as belonging to his wife.—
Colonel Douglas, one of the President's private secretaries,
has taken the place of General Dent at the White House
in charge of the receptiou-room.—Assistant Secretary of
atM w. Clappasbiug
thoans.
—eHntoerraetdio upon his
State J. Bancroft Davis is suffering from a severe attack
odfuteierYs SalsP6PluabB.l—ic 1T
Printer A .
Las recovered from the injuries sustained from the recent
railway accident near Chicago.—Horace Greeley says that
the darkest day in any man's earthly career is that wherein
he fancies that there is some easier way of gaining a dollar
than by squarely earning IL—William Lloyd Garrison
announces himself in favour of "free trade."—Miss Do-
rothy Dix is going to California to look after the insane.—
General Wheeler announces that ho intends hereafter to
devote his energy to agriculture.—Major Chas. 0.-Rogers,
proprietor of the Boston Journal, has just died. He had
recently returned from California, whither be went in un-
availing search for renewed health.—Rev. Dr. B. F. Tefft,
of Bangor, Maine, has been elected a member of
the Royal Society of Arts of London, England.—
Miss Kellogg, the prima donna, was born in Sumter,
S.C., of New England parents, in 1842, but she looks
much younger.—Robert Bonner and Henry Ward Beecher,
driving behind " Deafer," were prominent in Brooklyn on
Tuesday, April 13.—The Spirit says the horse should be put
first —The suicide of Captain William Wilcox, of North
Stoningtob,ConnecticuLthe well-known commander on the
Norwich line of steamers, was inspired by`the recent self-
murder of his friend, Col. Lester, Of Norwich.—Among
the Cincinnati (Ohio) income returns for 1868 are
those of the N. Longworth estate, $98,107 ; M. Hal-
stead, proprietor of the Contmercial, 835,693 ; C. W.
Starbuck, proprietor of the Times, $21,585; Representa-
tive P. W. Strader, $10,165 ; and Rev. A. D. Mayo, $2,685.
Messrs. Tburlow Weed and John E. Devlin arrived from
Charleston, April 15, in the steamer Charleston.—Mr. A.
C. Wilson, European Agent of the New York Associated
Press, is recovering from the severe illness which has
incapacitated him for duty during some weeks.—
A banquet to,Pen. Schofield was to take place at the South-
ern Hotel, St. Louis, on Saturday, April 17. It was ex-
pected that Generals Sheridan, Custer, and other distin-
guished military men would be present.—General Stisted,
C. 8., of the British Army in Canada, accompanied by
Captain Fryer and Mr. Hare,
Hon.\V. Aides-de-
camiNttaHrrolvuese
d in
Newyork, April IA and is stopping at theE v
er:h 'lle '—
The on. WN.
B. Stokes has been sent to a Vlfrom
Washin2 t n, to speak in opposition to ex-President
Andrew J ohn son .
2,1 r. fl S. Evans, editor and proprietor,
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Record, arrived in the City of
for 34 years, of The Tillve ,
Brooklyn.
Mr. M. Gibbs, whose acceptance of the Consulate-
Generalship at Paris Las been announced in some of the
American newspapers,
has withdrawn his conditional ac-
ceptance of the position, and remains as the European
agent of the Treasury Department, a position he has filled
for neat ly ten years. The importance of the interests in
his charge rendered his retirement impossible.
DuNvrux and Co., Belfast, are the largest
holdartrof Whiskyin the wend. •Their Old Irish Whisky is re -
commended by the medical profess-lOn in- pNTRTE4h-145-FrAtiai
Brandy. ,Supgliedatn casks and cam jes.hNhe -,9!e otterptailo
lion. Quotations 93k?ppliestipu40.410Asrig.,apanusii,tia,'.034., s;
Belfast; -or 4, Votatfort-builliziligtrind,
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