Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-06-28
KILLED.
Horrible Death Of the Prince Imperial nj
the Hands of the Zulus.

the Hands Of the zulus.
The following are additional particu>
lars of the death of the prince imperial:
The body of the prince when found lay
on its back. There were eighteen asse-
pai stabs in it, two of them piercing the
BODY from the chest to the back, two
inside, and one destroying the right eye.
A locket with hair medallion and rele-
oua were found around his neck. The
ace wore a placid expression. he had
evidently Intellectually tried to mount,
the leather Of the flap breaking. Inc
troopers lay neal the body, both asse>
gated. The prince was very Adventure
GUS. An official account says: Inc
prince, with lieutenant Carey, OF the
ninety. eight regiment, six men n one
friendly Zulu, left the camp at keiitzs
mountain, seven miles beyond Blood
river, on the first instant, for a recon
n~oissance. The party halted and unsad-
died when ten miles from the camp.
Just as the prince gave the order
to remount, a volley was hred
from ambush in the long grass.
Deserted by his companions, lieutenant
Carey and four of the troopers, returned
to the camp and reported that the prince
and two troopers were missing. From
their statements there could be no doubt
that the prince was killed. A party OF
the Seventh Lancers with an ambulance
started on the End instant to recover the
body of the prince, which was found n
brought in on the came day. :.
A special dispatch says: At daybreak
a cavalry patrol under General Marshall
left to search for the prince, and went &c
Kraals, ten miles further on. The body
was discovered among the long grass,
three hundred yards from Kraal. There
was no bullet wound, but, seventeen
assegai wounds were in the front OF the
body. The clothes had been taken, bu'
round the neck was a chain with a locket
r A stretcher of lances wa formed and thu
} body borne by General Marshall ane
officers Drury, Lowe and Stewart, OF TN
1 Seventeenth Lancers to meet the ambu
| lance, b which it was then brough'
\ hither with an escort. There wa
I a funeral parade in the afternoon
t Deep sorrow prevails throughout tn
!, column. The prince did not noun
after the attack, his horse being FESTIVE
but ran atoot. The corpse will leav'
!, with an escort for transportation home
J ward. Another special from soutl
!. Africa says: The prince imperial hat
been sent forward by the quartermaste
. general to select a site for the next camp
: When the volley was fired not a singl
Zulu was to be seen. The party disperse'
: and sought safety under cover. In
y prince was never seen alive again, an
! his horse Joined lieutenant Carey's part
: on their road back to the camp.
a AHIFk a Minute FIrSL.
Hsrper's Magazine.
r Apropos OF the sayings of the littl
3 ones, l am reminded of an inciden
t which touched me very much at tn
8 time, and may find a RESPONSIVE
8 chord in the hearts of some who ar
t parents. / was sitting on my porch O,
a pleasant summer morning, when vi
. runs little ive-yesr-old Bell, intent on
visit to q playmate across the way
Papa" she asks, may I go over ant
: play with Carrie a while 2" and then q
!, she seemed to discern a dissent in my
!. face, she put her little rosebud lips Il
| . mine, and quickly added "Please dom
say no-think a minute first" Wa
there YER a more charming protest
3 against a hasty and unconsiderate an
swer2 OF course the little girl had hel
wish. We.are perhaps, all too ready, tx
deny many of the requests of the it'll,
, ones-things that seem trifing to III
but are everything to them. And wher
their appeals come, before letting tn,
n rise too quickly to our lips, let III
think a minute.