The New York herald., 1879-10-16
CErYWAYO AND ZULULAND.

CETY WAYO AND ZULULAND.
WHAT TO DO WITH THEM? IS THOUGHT
OF cETYwAYo AND FORBES IN NATAL.
DURHAM. Natal Sept. 1. 1879.
'Cetywayo Is capturedl" Long this letter
reaches you the telegraph will have electrified the
world with tho news that the sable King OF tho
Zulus is In the tolls Of his enemies. the English.
This has furnished material for four sensations.
viz-The battle of Isandhlwana. the killing of the
Prince Imperial the battle OF Ulundi. and last. but
by means the least, the capture Of Cetywayo. 1t
will be remembered that the fight at Ulundi q
victory quite as wonderful as the defeat Isandhl-
wana 1t is only another exhibition Of the con-
trarieties which the experience Of most enter
prises here. From previous experience 1t was con-
sidered impossible for troops to engage the
Zulus in the open. This is pure fallacy.
The sgun in the hands OF q Zulu when in action
serves bother him. Not being sufficiently skilled
in its and being of excitable nature. the
native invariably fires high. paying attention to
range and aim. In most instances he becomes SO
excited to forget how to load properly. Seventy
five per of the casualties Of the British troops
havo been caused by the assegai. which is thrown
with deadly aim and force At average distance Of
sixty yards. Until the hnal clash at ill-fated
Isandhlwana, when the soldiery ceased firing. they
had met with but few losses; but whom the Zulus
allowed to get within throwing range with
their fearful assegais the slaughter commenced and
IL was terrible. After the battle Of Ulundi the
thusiasm Of the Zulus, which was on the wane even
before the battle. gave out entirely. OF the ten
or fifteen thousand mer. supposed to have
been engaged there only eight hundred
thousand were killed. and yet the King was fugi-
tive next day with Q miserable body guard of
perhaps not fifty followers. There had been
SO many surprises during tho progress of
tho war that tho people prepared /,
for any that might follow. and when Sir
Garnet woseley was hurrying the troops away to
England and elsewhere it was feared that Cetywayo
might rally his scattered army and deal blow which
would stagger the British. However, the capture Of
the much-dreaded potentate sweeps away the fears.
ana tho colonial mind is exercised in devsing way
to renounce all responsibility for the and to
keep Zululand for tho whites.
SETTLEMENT ZULuLANp.
''What will be done with Zululandr In question |
put all sides, which seems hard to answer |
the war seemed hard to finish. The imperial gov |
the action Of Sir Garnet wolselcy In dividing it be-
tween the chiefs who had rendered their allegiance
country in worse hands than before the war. The
bitterest enemies the Zulus have agree that under
Cetywayo there was some attempt at good govern
ment, and the powers simply depose
him and share tho land among the pack |
he had no difficulty in keeping in order.
They first make effort at improving their relations
with the Zulus either in friendly social sense.
then at the call Of race hating colonial people
they wage war of aggression and determination.
and after bringing them to their knees at fright
full expense OF good namo. blood and treasure they
complscenty leave them to their barbaric laws and
customs, with worse prospect before them than at
the outset How much better. now that the zulus
humbled and ready to agree to any terms. would
1t be for the English to take the country prop
erly, with view to colonizing and improving the
education! Alas 1t was ever thus In this strange
land. There scems to be no middle course; tits
either slaughter or slumber in dealing with the
WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH cErywAYo.
done with cetywsyoS The sunboat Forester left on
the 30th for Port Durnford. whore it is believed the
unfortunate monarch will embark. and DO carried
away the Napoleon was. Rumor goes
that he will be taken to Cape Town, and again St.
Helena is spoken of his destination OF course he
will be treated as prisoner of war; but what war;
Fighting gamely ia defence OF home and people
his only crimc and showing disposition to parley
every step the invaders made. restraining his i'm
petuous army as much as they would allow and |
showing nerciful disposition in never making
king ever svincea before Those are considerations
which should be carefully weighed by England
before innicsna any punishment ,nn on tho
have come to light here of late is lengthy
despstch from Sir Henry pulwer. the Governor of
this colony written to Sir Bartle Frcre months
before tho war began in which he sternly deplorod
and protested against war with the Zulus. 1t goes
ways existed the Zulus and the English. and
points out the calamity which the severing OF those
prOuuCe.
October 2b 1878. and It has been kept tho shelf
by the powers at home since. II il had been |
LAID on the table OF the House when Sir Barte |
no doubt but that the Disraeli Ministry would |
have tottcrcd and perhaps fallen. Late as its ap- |
pearancc is on the miserable scenes closing |
1t may have wonderful effoct In exposing the weak
ness OF the which Sir Bartle Frere and his |
hackers try to bolster up.
AMONG THE coIoNIsrs.
simultaneously with the entry of this despatch |
there article in tho Contemporary keriesc
from tho pen OF Sir D. Pine, late and very popular
Governor of this colony In which no rakes tho col
onists the Goals for their native policy aud
oncrates the imperial government from any blame |
for the bad management apparent here. This has |
mpctey taken the wind out Of the colonial Sails
Sir b. Pine was the last man they expected
rcbuke from. Tho colonists fearfully excited
over the summing up which Archibald Forbes gave
them In the Daily Ners . month or so ago. When
that spondcnt hrst came to tho colony he
fetod, feastcd and pulled up in = manner which
would have turned the head OF any ordinary mortal
but no seems to have taken stock of those he met
with rather biased eye. His statement that ''the
aud swagger." and ''that they lilo from sheer
tonness," may apply to some of tho rough charac-
tcrs he mot tho road aud at the front. but q
sweeping condemnation OF the entire community
IL too strong. There is much here that meets |
with the disapproval OF the just man. but there
are good and bad in all communities, and In this
people, ana without them I'm sure don't know
what the place would come to. All In quiet In
Zuluiand. Sir Garnet wolscley is putting the
finishing stroke to the The Amatonga and
Amoswaze nations to tho north are quito peaceful.
and that the great Cetywayo is removed from
their ncighborhood they show wonderful friendship
ywayo sent several thousand head Of cattle to
the Amatonga King, to bribe him to let him pass
through his dominiona. but tho present was ro-
fused and now the A%atcnsa p9tcnssse seeks
Several othcr tribes In tho neighborhood OF this
colony are restless and have shown fight. ana the