The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-10

! ~ A. NJ. we were introduced and found
Cetawayo summing himself on the ranparts
or bastiOn Of the castle and having his
hair dressed. He shook hands with all OF
us--a good wholesome grip, with cool
hand and huge fist. He was sitting
on mat spread on the ground, and had on
red tablc-cloth, which partially covered
his body and enormous thighs. We had
brought with rs Il basket full of figs,
oranges, swectmeats and raisns, of which
last lie Is inortlinary fond, bottle Of wills
Key and some colored handkcrchiefs. We
asked permission to give him these thinga,
US we had heard that he was shy of visi-
tors, and often would not talk to them. Aa
with many less removed men, an offering
TO his appetite loOscncd his tongue, and he
spoke to liz openly and PLEASANTLY. His
Appearance by this time will have been 50
often described, and must be 10 well known
ny the thousands Of photographs that havu
| already been sold that We will touch but
lightly Gu this point. His manner was
suodued and self-posscsscd, and he was OK
trcnlcly shy of being looked at. He cannot
look anyone in the face, but after a quick
Intelligent glance looks askance and ans
wcrs questions and talks in q low voice.
When inclined to talk at all he likes being
| questioned, and answers Mt once through
| The interpreter. We asked him il he felt
| afraid OF tile sen as he embarked at Port
Durnford. Hc says, eyes, of the surf
honfs, but not all when got Oh board the
blg ship lie said that he had known In
his head all along that his army would .e
beaten by the English, and he did all he
could to prevent war, bit was driven to
IL by the Young men of the army; that
| after lsandnlwana and Kambula, where his
regiments lost very many men, more than
he could count, they had only half-hcarts
| III the lights and that 1t was only with tho
greatest difficulty that he could get the men
together again that very few of the things
taken Mt lsanduwana wero brought to him,
| and when he asked about them his msn
said they had got nothing, but he know
that they had, and he supposed they had
them hidden away ut their kraas. The
two guns we're brought to him by his order
| week after 1sandulwana, during which
| time they had been left on tho battle field:
one was caught ON his side of the hill, the
other Oh ours lie had never heard anything
OF tho colors, and did not know what they
were, and did not think it likely that we
should hear of them again. The young
men would most likely tear them up and
give the gold fringes to their inlombis
(grls). The white people living In Zulu.
land might in years TO como hear OF them
lroycd; but the people for a long time
would be afraid TO give, up anything,
through fear of being killed for being ia
possession. Hc was exceedingly angry
with tho army for killing the officers at
isandnlwann, and had given his men strict
orders to bring all the officers to him alive;
his men had said that they could not toll
The officers from tue men and 80 killed them
all. lie called them fools; as he lad told
them tbat the officers wore swords and tho
men lad guns. ct Will bc remembered
that before the campaign commenced tho
officers RECEIVED orders to assmilslc their
dress as much as possible to that Of the
mel, to prevent the fire Of tic enemy being
drawn on thenh.) When asked What he
would iiavo done with tho oiticors Cetcwayo
replied: 81 shonld have used them for
political purposes. D. On being pressed for
q incanipg he said; II should have mado
use of them, / knew what to 10 with
them. ~ l was very angry" "t Cetewayo
then began to talk about his living aud
some arrangements for his comfort, aud
grumbled because he could not have a
whole or. every day for himself and then
he asked Captain Poole if he knew what
his name with click in front,o of it meant
in the Zulu language; Being answered In
tho negative, tho King, laughing, told the
interpreter to II hm that il meant small
thorn, very troublesome III some part of
the country, and that lie must take his
name to be a warning to take care Of him
and not got pricked, Z The Zulus pride
themselves on their conversational powers
and never miss an opportunity Of, playing
upon word, and this the King Is adept.
lie has been measured for a suit 0f clothes
and pair Of boots, and lie was' counting
the day on his fingers tiIlthey were COM
pletcd as promisfd, thus assuming very
quickly raiincnts OF civilisntionto which
mined enemy and AL adaptation to fol tune
and circumstances worthy ofra great mind.
Our 'visit'tern,innted, assit'hns begun, with
a Shake hands, oil around, yOn our way
ont we stopped to speak to the Kings four
wives, or rather concubines,k who were
captured with him--four slrappingw wenches
Of FIVE feet seven or eight In height and, for
black women, not Unlocking. They looked
happy ehough now that they are assured
that they arefnot going to be, killed, and
wero fhup,n,ing away. Ono was atringing
heads, another cooking and the other two
hhf1 7''l L--4Lll ~. 20 l-.4-.. -zl.4-..W
wael misunderstanding in the uhltea states.
The importation q Carpet, a!le2t, ,into tho
United Statcsin 1872 2was valued IL 80, ,0o0,.
000.' In l878iit waB reduced to- $898, $50.
in,d dress goods tho decrease in importation
amounted to o$8, goo, 900 ,fine six years, In
spite OF the, increase in ,our, population and
thc growth OF Luxurious tastes among our
wcalthier classes. The cause Ii to be found
i,f tho marked improvements inttAmericsn
,woollen goods. The most devodt worshlp-
,er Of fashion or sticklsrs for durability, no
longer hesitates TO, cover, his floor with
American Axminister and Wilton carpets.
The point to BE- noted II, that eilually COM
n,onsurate wlthithe advance toflthesc carpet
manufacturers In the thoroughness and taste
shown, IN their ,wolk has, been able expan.
sion Of their trade. One firm alone, which
has aimed to Keep It's work up to the high!
est standard, has steadily incY,ssased Its pro-
duction Until ~ isereportcd :as consuming
) s7,O00jO0Q pounds of wool speE annum.
The, city,o PhilRdelphla, ,slonet produces
o. 6OO. 600 Yards or C0rr,cti1Q moro r)or an