Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1897-01-08 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

TROUBLES IN ANGONI L AND SUPPRESSION OF THE RISING. A GALLANT MISSIONARY.  NAPLES, Saturday. The Angora-Zulu rising in South Nyassa has been promptly suppressed by the British columns despatched to the scene by Acting-Commissioner Shupe' and Chekusi has been captured, tried, and hanged.  Tilt important news is brought by the G-rman hast African steamer which has arrived here. Among pa..sl,'llgerS was Commander Cullen, the senior naval officer on Lake Nyassa, in the service of the B.C.A. Protectorate. Commander Cullen proceeded direct for London, but other passengers front Central Africa are remaining here for the present. For some unexplained reason—probably owing to a breakdown on the coast—the expocted mail letters have not arrived, and the news of the suppression of the revolt is conveyed by the steamer's passengers. It appears that the war with the Angoni was brought to it remarkably successful conclusion. The column under Captain Stewart encountered the Chief Cliekusi at the heal of several thousand Angoui warriors who had advanced some considerable distance to meet him in the Upper Sluice district. Caplain Stewart's force scam ly exceeded :Lie men, of whom about ItiO were Sikhs, but the fire of these soldiers were to effective that after a fight lasting twenty minutes the enemy broke and tied in disorder. The Chief Chelped was captured on the battlefield. On account of the barbarous murders of natives at the Zambesi Indinitrial Missica Station, which the chief liad carried out himself, he was tried for his (Times, found guilty, and hanged. The column under Capta:n Manning, in coming down to Chekusi'm from Central Angonidand, was preventssl from joining Captain Stewart's force in fighting against Clickusi as it was attacked on the way by another very powerful Angoni chief—a headman of Chelcusi's, named °rifle. The latter had built a strong stone fort on the slopes of Mount Dedza, which it was necessary to capture before Captain Mantling could march southwards. He was accompanied by Mr. CO.' eon, the collector for the Central Angoniland disaict, but had with him only thirty Siklis and forty native soldiers. On nearing Odete's stronghold Captain Manning found that every approach WM carefully guarded by the enemy, who rolled ,boulders down the sides of the bill to further check the advance of the Sikhs. The little force, therefore, went into hanger, and remained there until nightfall. Under cover of darkness, by a .7ircuitotis route, the men ascended to the summit of the mountain behind Odete's town, and in the early morning rapidly descended the • slopes into the place front the only unguarded , approach. The British casualties were five wounded. Odete surrendered, but as he had not been actively concerned in the massacres which brought about the war, he was merely exiled to another fort in the Protectorate. Captain Manning's Lace then continued its march awl affected a junction with Captain Stewart and Lieutenant Alston.  Enormous relief is felt throughout the southern part of the Protectorate at the complete stoppage of oily further raids on the part of the Angoni. It appears that at one of the largest of the Zambesi mission stations the English missionary in charge, by astuteness and firmnerot, saved no less that :300 people from massacre and slavery at tho hands of Chekusi. The chief had been murdering native Christians all round the station, and 300 refugees had fled to the missionary for protection. The latter managed to hide them in certain large underground chambers,whieh had recently been made for the storage of grain and other purposes, just fore Chekusi came up. The chief charged the missionary with having secreted the people, and demanded their instant surrender. The missionary replied, "I shall not attempt to defend anybody outside my house, because I cannot do so. But the interior of my house is sacred, and I defy you to cross the threshold." Chekusi then turned away, and applied himself to the pursuit of the fugitives.