Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-25
CEIENAYO.
How The OId King ana Commander Of
Ihs zaIus Was Landed al
Port DuDfOrd-IndiGaa ifon OF an An.
EIo.AIrIcsn Friend of Ihs Monarch.
A corr,spoudeut Of ths New York Tim

A correspondent OF the New York Times
writes: "Port" Dunford itself is merely an
open beach, wbitsned by the foxmisg surf
that breaks upon l. uncs ssingly, and Backed
bT wide waste q swamp and wild grass.
Tue "KaGr paths" tk at seem this wilderness
are much more apt to lead ons wrong than
right, while The sea is usually so violent
that up 10 the very morning Of the lEndisg
it waG quite an optn question whether his
black m j.Ety might not be kept dancing
about on he waves for a week or more N
full view sf bis kissdon, without being able
to set loot in it, Even IS it was the debarks-
ton WIS effected ia 4 way that sroused the
wrath oi my fel.os-!TsyelSrs, an Anglo.Zulu
tradsr, acting as correspondent for one Of
| thu Natal papers, who showed me an auto
gIsph letter from Bishop Colenso requesting
q detailed sccount of the proceedings, on
the ground that She ordinary correspondents
were not to be depesded upon.
"Lsok here" ssid be, in the tone Of surly
satisfaction characteristic of John Bull
when be thinks he has got Lold of real
| good grievance, "if We Brought back Csts-
usyo and made him kisg sgsin, we were
bound TO treai him dsceatly and properly
| isn't that Sc? Well, what do We 90 and do?
| we moor a surfbo.t with her siern 10 tho
shore, ard We scramble the king on board
| Just anyhow, with his indunas captains and
| hose girls OF his, and then he's got TO Jump
| out six feet or more, and be caught by the
soldiers and handed ashore like bag of
biscuit That's di.ni6sd kind Of way for
king 10 land in his swn country, Amt it?
Well, then they hand the presents and bag
gags ashore; and let half eff 'sn fall into
the water and get spoiled; and they hs I'D
the girls ashore and every time they slip
and begin to scream, the soldisrI all burst
out rearing and lGushisg What de you
| think Of that sc sasple oil English good
taste, sh? ELL plsass the Zulus, wos't ii ?''
"Wsll," observed ], 'it's one consolation
that there we're very Jew Z1lus there TO see
it," "Just SO; but de ysu know why there
were SO few? Well, l will tell you. When i
Was riding across country 70 Port Durpford
the day before The landing, 1 net body Of
800 Zulus driving large cresn.colored or
before them. Why sres't ysu down at the
shsre to meet the Kipsf" asked L. We have
been doWR thsrs,' answered one of thsn
taking this OK with Us 4 present for toe
King; but the Engliih chief told us 10 &C
away sgain, or it would be the worst for US.
Aud then, sir, people so and say that Cete.
wsyo's unpopular b,csuse hardly any Of biz
own people were present when he landed"
as it possible" "I's Is true - / stana
here; and L could tall you worse thisgs thar
that, only don't suppose you'd believe me
| Dut II you tulah 4 Ii LAdhihS OIL ycu
that matters easily settled. Yen see tn,
Zulu yonder BY the ro,dside7 Well, jus
listen to what l ssy to him, and what hi
says to zoe back again. Pitrosil no, Pitrosi
I've been down 10 the shore, and seen TN
King"
Have you seen him with your own eyes
have YOU tsachsd him with your owl
hindsp ssked tee native esgsrly. "Witl
my own syes | have seen him, with my OWE
hands l nave touched him." answered N,
compsnop, and the tall Znlns black, bony
fscs lighted up with = gleam of Joy az h,
, uttered eu,tersl exclamation OF approval
"Will you tell me new that the peopl
don'l want CeleNayo back sgainF' said tht
trader he went on again. THE mission
aries will tell You that his man don't lik,
hin because he's killed so many of thsm; bu
that's all rubbish. IFS the correct thing 10
q Zulu king to kill man every now anC
then. Even P.uds, the quiet.st of sill thei
kings, used TO do it too, snd CeteEAys il no
bit Worss Than The rest of th.n in tha
way. / ought TO be able 10 tell what he
like, Tor Fvs known hin ever since / fra
v went into Zululind and l can tell you tss
if L had wagon.losd of goods on the roA,
I'd deal sooner trUat them with hin auC
his ZuluI than with party Of Gar ewn En-
glish soldiers"
"Indeed7" "Ys,, indeed, and ra bs right
too. There's no mistake about Cetewlyo
he'll treat ysu fairly ahd he'll SIGHT 20
fairly. But as for Tommy Atkins (the Brit
ish soldiers nickname), there amt = Hors
thief nor bigger bisckguard on the face c
the earth