The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-06-12

Nuiu b Zulu is a difficult beng TO
nlasse Whan on the move he runs as
faS,ssa horse cantering; when halleo
he e;tber crouches under rocks OF iles
noncealed in the grass. When ready 10
fire he raises himself, DISCHARGES me
weanon. and at once falls nat on ~
face. Until accustomed TO tnesG y.
our men are naturally inclined 10 a. a.
nice return the enemys hre instead o i
@ouietly waiting for the instant when Ut
rises from his hiding place to ain ana
Are Firing at moving objects mlSh'
ha nractised with advantage by marks
man and first class shots. The best tar
aat shots are often Indifferent deer
StalLars I have myself seen a Zulu
iumn mn within twenty yards OF a com
nanI of infantry and half a troop OF
rolnnteers. run the gauntlet OF their nre
for a hundred yards and escape. WIN
ont examining the actual casualties
cansed bv artillery fire. the manner IN
which the Zulu masses broke up on the
bursting of the first shell proves with
| what dread the fire of our guns Is re-
| garded. Indeed, it is quite proverplai.
Prisoners become almost ludlcrously eA-
| cited when questioned as to what they
think of the BY and by the Caffre
name for cannon. We see them com
ing through the air, they say, referring
TO the shells and initiating their kissing
noise. we get out of the way they
pass. strike the ground. then kili-we
cannot understand. The rockets, a
few of which were fired on the 29th with
the usual unsatisfactory results, are
said to have spread still greater terror
among the Zulu ranks. They say,
Where did they come from? We think
they must have been sent from the 9th
er side of the mountain, pointing to 4
high range of hills some miles distant.
The Zulus were observed to shoot the
rockets as they flew Kissing through the
air"
7ruN:-Wha next? Here is a story
from the Moscow Gasette When DIR.
Russell, the e Times correspondent,
was calling on Lady S%trangtord the
other day, he heard from her ladyship
an immense amount of abuse of the
Russians. But at least, Lady Strang-
ford,s' he ventured to say, you must
have met at least one preur checatter
among them, and that was General
Gourko.' "Gourko!'' she exclaimed,
The was as great a brute as any of them.
He spat in my face and swore at me
dreadfully." ''Spat in your face?
Surely, Lady Strangford, you do not
literally mean that?' Indeed [ do"
she said. But do you authorize me to
repeat the dreadful story, and say that
General Gourko actually spat in your
face?' Yes; | not only authorize you
to say SO, but | hope you will tell every
M you know. 1t ought to be known
what brutes these Russians are !" DR..
Russell shortly afterward repeated to
the Prince Of Wales the story, and the
latter, quite indignant, told Count
Schouvaloff the first time he met him Of
the outrage on Lady Strangford. The
Ambassador was incredulous, and said
he would write to Gourko. In due
course an answer came from the calum-
mated General. He c~ategorically and
indignantly denied the charge, and sent
copies of letters which he had received
from Lady Strangford, which were filled
with expressions Of gratitude for various
services of kindness and courtesy which
she had received at his hands. Armed
with copies of these notes DIR. Russell
again called on Lady Strangford. The
dear lady at once confessed that she had
written them, but she declared that she
had done 81 IN order to conciliate
Gourko. Il was Ia his power,' she
SAID; and ! did not know what he
would do next. We'll, but really,
Lady Strangford,' rejoined DR.. Russell.
you Go not mean to repeat that he ac-
spat in your face 2" Well" she
replied. 4 am sure he spat somewhere
| saw HIM spit somewhere" But not
N your Iace? We'll, perhaps not in
face; but he spat somewhere"
And he swore at YOU" :s0h. YES.
dreadtully" Now, what did he sav?''
Well. replied her ladyship,' YOU see
t was all III Russian, and | do not
know that language. But there are
1hIngs n can easily UNDERESTIMATE"
AUDI Alteram Partem'' writes to the
Although | regret as keenlv as
Lady S%trangtord must do herself anv
~eXaggeratiQn into which her zeal for her
work may have led ner, | mast protest
against grave charges of inaccuracv IF
statement being taken as proved
her before she had been heard
n her defence. | understand that !
noble friend of Lady Strangford is EN-
gagged on a full vindication of her saw
ngs and dolngs with regard to Russians
md until this be published your readers
vii do well 70 withhold their Judgment.
hey cannot have long to wait. as the ::
lrcumsfantlality OF the charge, must
provoke an early explanatiqp.' {
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