The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-08-28
THE ZULU KING.
Cetewayo Said to be a Native Of
Pennsylvania.

A correspondent who signs him
self "a. B - sends the following to
the Harrisburg Patriot:
In Southeast Africa, stretching
up from the shores of the Indian
Ocean to the lofty summit of the
Snow Mountains, bounded on the
north by mozambique, and on the
south by the British colonies, is
the land of the Zulus, containing
many thousands of square miles
and a numerous warlike negro pop
ulatlon. Lying south of the Tropic
of Capricorn, it's dusky Inhabitants,
not enervated by heat, are mentally
and physically superior to those of
the torrid zone.
For many months the veterans OF
Britain, commanded by expert
enced generals, have been defeated
in battle after battle while endeav-
oring to subdue these brave people.
Braddock's awful repulse, one hun
dred and twenty four years ago, on
the the banks of the Monongahela,
was not so disastrous as the de-
struction a few weeks since of an
English army in Zululand, when
only a single soldier escaped to tell
the tale. Later comes the news of
the tragic death, at the hands of
the Zulus, of NapoleoS ", the
Prince Imperial of France.
Little, however, thought the peo
pie of Western Pennsylvania that
King Cetewayo was born and par
TALLY reared in their midst. Cete-
wayo, whose real name is Charles
Manaway, was born OF mulatto par.
ents, at Uniontown, Fayette Coun-
ty, Pa, March 8, 1888, and, conse-
quently, is now forty -one years old.
He is first cousin to John Mana
way, the wealthy colored proprietor
of the Spottsylvania House, Union
town. In 1S4S, when Charles was
ten years old, his parents removed
to Philadelphia, where he vas edu-
Gated by wealthy gentleman for a
missionary to Liberia. But in 1853
the heretofore studious boy ran
away and sailed to England. En-
listing in the British army, he serv-
ed through the Crimean war, ,receiv-
ing an ugly flesh wound at the
storming of Sebastopol. He is
next heard of in the French army
during the Italian trouble, and al
though a mere youth his letters
from the seat of war to American
newspapers attracted considerable
attention. In 1859 he became a
valet to a French nobleman, and in
1864 went to England and joined a
Confederate privateer bound for
Savannah, Ga. His color enabled
him to convey contraband articles
through the lines without suspicion.
When General John w. Greary was
military Governor of Savannah,
Manaway deserted, joined the Fed
eral army, and was commissioned
first lieutenant of negro company.
In a skirmish just at the close of the
war, he received a severe but not
dangerous wound in the thigh, and
was taken to Philadelphia hospi
tai. After his discharge, he visited
Uniontown, but found few who
knew or cared for him. Returning
to London, England, he became the
servant, then the private secretary
of an English colonel bound for the
Cape of Good Hope. Here, for two
or three years, he spent all spare
time in the study of military sub
jects. DESERVING the Colonel, he
smuggled himself on board a Dutch
merchant vessel, the captain of
which soon set him ashore at the
mouth of the Tuleka River in Zulu
land. His native ability and ac
quired shrewdness made him at
once leader of the wild natives.
In 1869 he lad risen to the position
of Graalg, or chief, and in 1871 was
made king.
Possessing a thorough knowl- |
edge of British resources and arts
of war, and leading an army of as
brave warriors as ever went to bat
tie, he has proven himself to be a
king and general who is the equal
and it might be said the superior,
of the very ablest British comman-
ders.