Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-07-26
A REMARKABLE STORY.

written by gentleman who processes
to know what he is talking about. The
style is something like that of one Jos.
Mulhattan, alias Orange Blossom:
In Southeast Africa, stretching up
from the shores of the Indian ocean to
the lofty summits of the Snow noun
taius, bounded on the north by MoSam-
bique and on the south by the British
colonies, is the land of the Zulus, con
tanning many thousands OF square miles
and u numerous, warlike, negro popu-
lation Lying south of the tropic Of
Capricorn, its dusky inhabitants, ener-
waited by heat, are mentally and physi-
cally superior to those of the torrid
zone.
For many months the veterans of
Britain, commanded by experienced
generals, have been defeated in battle
after battle while endeavoring to snbdu"
this brave people. Braddock's awful
repulse, one hundred and tweuty-fouT
years ago, on the banks of the Monon-
gahela. was not so disastrous as the des
truction a few weeks since of an Eng
lish army 10 Zululand, when only sin
gle soldier escaped to tell the tale.
Later comes the news of the tragic
death, at the hands of the Zulus, CT Ma
poleon ~, the Prince Imperial OF
France.
Little, however, thought the people of
western Pennsylvania, that King Ce,e'
wayo was born and partly raised in
their midst Cetewayo, whose real name
is Charles Manaway, was born of mulat-
to parents at Uniontown, Fayette coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1883, and
consequently is now forty-one years
old. He is fu' ,ousin of John Mana
way, the wealthy colored proprietor of
the Spottsylvania House, Uniontown.
In 1S4S, when Charles was ten years
old, his parents removed to Philadel-
phia, where he was educated by
wealthy gentleman for a missionary TO
Liberia. But in 1858 the heretofore
studious boy ran away and sailed 10
England. Enlisting in the British army
he served through the Crimean war, re-
ceiving an ugly flesh wound at the
storming of Sebastopol. He is next
heard of in the French army during the
Italian trouble, and although a mere
youth his letters from the seat of war
to American newspapers attracted con-
siderable attention. III 1859 he became
valet to a French nobleman, and in
1864 went TO England and joined con-
federate privateer bound for Savannah,
Ga. His color enabled him to convey
contraband articles through the lines
without suspicion. When Gen. John
w. Geary was military governor Of
Savannah, Manaway deserted Joined the
Federal army, and was commissioned
first lieutenant OF negro company. In
a skirmish just at the close of the war,
he received severe but not dangerous
wound in the thigh, and was taken to a
Philadelphia hospital. After his dis.
charge he visited Unontown, but found
few that knew or cared for him. Re
turning 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 his spare time
in the study Of military subjects. De
serling the colonel, he struggled him
self on board Dutch merchant vessel,
the captain Of which soon set him
ashore at the mouth of the Tuleka river
i'll Zululand. His native ability and ac-
quired shrewdness made him at once
the leader of the wild natives. In 1869
he had risen to the position of Graalg
or chief, and in 1871 was made king.
Possessing thorough knowledge Of
British resources and arts of war, and
leading an army Of as brave warriors as
ever went to battle, he has proven him
self to be king aud a general who is
equal, and it might be said superior, to
the very ablest British commanders.