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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 938, 31 October 1879, Page 2

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CU.PB Town, October 4. There is nothing of importance to iiotd-froxttitM Cape. The impression still prevails that the Zulu difficulty is not yet settled. The attitude of the Boers is causing great anxiety, but the Orangemen and the Basutos' troubles are now causing less anxiety.., . _ The "capture of "Oefawayo, arid the* appointment , qf Mr.} Weelwright as British Resident m Zululand, may be regarded a closing ohapter m the Zuluwar. Sir Garnet .W^olseley's scheme of settlement has ""hoi given satisfaction. The P^ress generally ; express fear that m a few years' lianoeithe Zulus will 'require another .lesson... .The country..^ now divided into thirteen districts, and at |the head of each a chief has been appointed, all of whom ate subject to Mr. Weelwright. "' It is well knOWn that prior to the. war : disputes between the leading chiefs and their people were frequent, and it was only the tyrannical rule of Cetewayo, who forbprexfightingft that prevented collision* . " It w feared now that' frequent collisions will 1 ensue, and we, shall be compelled to'interfere. ' ' '" '•"••■' - ' ■'/ <■" '••'■>;: .7 John Dunn, who ias resided for maoy[ years m, .the oountry,. and. has several dusky wives, has been appointed chief, of a district stretching from the ' coaw to Tugela. The king's brother, ;.» who surrendered at an early stage Of the war, has been ; regarded, with a large A district, towards ttie 'north; The'dther cfiie^ gave m their adherence after the capture of Ulundi, and have sworn to . be. eternally good. ■-.>»• Si :iSal<a After the capture of Cetewayo, Sir G. Welseley left fori the Transvaal, the future of which country he has also to settle. • He was met at Utrecht by' a deputation who presented an address,in reply to which Sir Garnet i Wolseley' gave the keynote]of his policy, declaring that [the annexation of the • * country would not be rescinded, and thai, lawand order would be maintained:" v TfiS" reason for these prompt decisions was that some V: turbulettt J;Bpe m^^rgfQ toned to prevent, the trial of one o| their number who had resist^ th!e ;,sWiff sent to distrain for taxes. . &ev,eral soldiers were sent to the village to protect the jvld^.3^TJjßlptin^pal % cdlpdib3 fled to the mounlaina/andiwere ultimately arrested. Sir Garnet Wolseley arrtvM^^ Pretoria on September, 7. , • pn his.way he passed through Heidelbeirg, . ( w,here a Boer committee was holding a meeting, at which wag., passed a reßoiutipn declaring that nothing but. the restoration of, their independence would satisfy the people,,, .Sp Garnet had, at /hi*, back three.} regiments, tw,6 ( squadrons of dragoons and artillery and yraa > not likely to be intimidated by such a. resolution. One of his first acts, after being sworn in,jfc\Ghwe)»or,£was to^pidoMte m the n Gazette ,":tha fixed intention of the Imperial* tJdvdrnirfenif to' abide by the' annexation. 1 ' • ' ; * ...:;•': 1 r* fc Theßasunks are «Hti >taiost enlightened of all the black races in' ' Sorittt Afitica, the Basuti have been m rebellion for a ldng time; aiid their' cHef/Mftrbsi, lias a stronghold- at* the 1 top 'of W almost impregnable mountain. Many attempt* have been made to e^ect^hlm," tiuf;^ll The last tif 1 the ;^b'4i northern dhiefs, Krass Lucas, has been -enured, an* affixes, ftlpng^he, Orangs^W are a wet Oetewayo is oonflned m >the, oastla here, severa^<«ctfsibhß^ ' a^ola^s th(it;he. personalljr; has be^n' 'ttlwdyV against fighting -'the British, beirig convinced that defeat was sure to be a matter of time, out hi* young men thbiight differently. He says that IsaridulA was accidental, or rather, that the army was Bent to sweep over, Nfctftl^but fejl & with the camp, and that;.. at one. time they were actualjy, retreating, when the ammunition of the men gave ; put j and they ni^de a final rush. They speak m the highest, terms of \thte vbravery of onr men, who formed; themselves .into small squares, and • if oughi ■> with; bayonets against odds of thirty to one. The army that went down Rorke's Drift, was the reserve one. Cetewayo admits; it was only the gallant defence .of the ppat that saved Natal. Cambuja was to have been a decisive battle, and a second Isandula ; but .from .that, defeat the army never rallied to, its full strength, and returned to the King's kraal. Two chiefs and three wives share the King's oaptivity. . ■ sx