NEWS FROM THE CAPE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 986, 17 June 1879, Page 2

NEWS FROM THE CAPE.

(per 41' THE BLUSF.) Cetewayo is re'portefl to be more enraged than ever. It is not imagined that he thinks of giving in ; indeed, it is said that it is iiriposgjbje now, and were he to attempt it he would bp q,t ongs assassinated by his people. It is also stated that he is beginning to feel the effects of tlie desertions, and is taking stops to prevent more of his people from coming over. He ordered the natives on the border, who have friends and,relations on the British side, to be removed further inland, and sent others in their places, intimating to them that, should they desert, the relatives Svliom they left behind them will be made to siijffer.'.(.'he ijeff sent down are said to be solne of Ceiewayo's young men, so it is necessary to keep a sliarp lo'ok-o%fc Magupuder, half brother of Cetewayo, surrendered with frvflut twenty men at Gingleova. He stated that great consternation had been created in Zululand by tlie rpcent defeats, One more will finish th§ w;ir. Pabujapiangi, another of Cetewayo's brothers, anci a leading general, has' made overtures to i the

British, and if he surrenders it will have a moat depressing effect upon the Zulu army.

Att e*i?&ordinary statement lias been received from" tiie natives at Lower Tugela, to the effect that Cetewayo h?s burnt' 'his' kraal, and has retired to the north-west of Zululand, with his wives, cattle, and a large army. It is suspected, however, that this report may hayg; bssn spread, with a view to lulling suspicion, especially as the Zulus are known,to be' swarming close up to the borders of Natal.'" '

General Pearson is ill with typhoid fever at Fort Tenedos, but by last Accounts he is reported. >is recovering. Preparations iqv a ne>y campaign are being ' aptively carried qpt. The difficulties pf transport are increasing, and every effort is being madg to surmount them.

General Crealock, at Lower Tugela, has directed the grass to be burnt, with a view of obtaining an early crop.. From General Wood's camp, it is learned that the Zulus are burning the grass in that neighborhood, and a bridge across the Lower Umbeiiiii''ts 'mortally wounded. The bullet entered the shoulder an# parsed out ■ below the'waist. The loss of this active and bloodthirsty warrior is greatly deplored by'the Zulus, who were ordered to keep the fact secret.

.. -i-nsiety is again expressed regarding the .defence of the the whole of the Regular' cavalry havipg gonp iq Ladismonth and. I)oonib§rg. 'Prfijn §JI .source's rumors come that it is not unlikely thai the Zulus may try to rush into Natal as a dernier ressort.

Operations on the Orange River have been successfully carried on. A successful attack was made by Commandant M'Taggart upon two strongly fortified islands on 27th April. He drove the enemy pell mell into the river. Forty-six dead bodies were counted, but the actual loss of the enemy in killed and wounded must have been at least 100. Their leader, Nicholas Petru Lucas, was, with other head men, shot.

Preparations have been made for giving Sir Bartle Prere an enthusiastic reception on his return to Cape Town. At a public dinner given at Potochelstown on the 4th May, his Excellency repeated what he had stated to the assembled Boers regarding his belief in the entire finality of the annexation. He has a hope that all the patriotic inhabitants of the Transvaal will now address themselves to aiding the Government to finish the Zulu war, and to carry out practical measures for internal reform.

The Prince Imperial is very popular at Marifczburg, and Frenchmen are leaving the diamond fields to servo under him.

There are 30GQ patients in the Natal military hospitals. There is a prospect of the speedy termination of the war on the Orange River. Cetewayo asks why the English hide in holes (entrenchments). If they will come out once in the open and beat him he will give in.