Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1879, Page 9

HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19. 1877—-TWELVS PAGES: =“TE ZULU WAR. the Defeat and Slaughter of Brit» ish Troops at lsandula. rd Chelmstord’s Movement to Clear the Ground in Wis Front. tho Enemy Ploy with Him, While They Pounce upon the Weak- ened Camp, ¥ qnenty-four Thousand Bon Against Fit. teen Hundred-—The Latter Al- most Exterminated. gt the Zulus Snffor a Loss of Not Loss Than Three Thonsand Killed. Correspondence Landon Times, Heapquantens, PreTBRMARITZBUNO, Fob. 3, -Myshort telegram of Inst mafl will doubt- jas have occastoned much anxiety to hear tho deuilsof the catastropho then alluded to,—n catastrophe the more dreadful in that it was totally unexpected, Karly ou the morning of the 20th of Jauuory No. 8column commenced {ts advance into tho totertor of Zululand. By noon all- the troops tad reached tho sottthern face of tho Jeanduln hill, on the slope of which the camp wus to bo itched; but Lord Chelmsford, after a short paltfor breakfast, started again, accompanicd brhis staff, and escorted by the Mounted In- faatry, under Lteut-Col. Russell, Twelfth Lan- cers, The object was to aco the famed Naaba- keMazungenl, in which sples stated that the Chiefs Faku-ka-Siniozo and Matyana-ka-Usity- skorahad taken refuge, with their cattle and pople The way lay over undulating: flats, tn- fersected by decp water-washes, or nullahs, until wo came to the eastern corner of the Ndblazakazi Mountain, and, after skirting it, cmesuddenly upon the wonderful fissure in the earth where ‘Tn ZULU BTRONGMOLD ws, Perhops can desertbo it best by saying thst {t looked Nko a great, long, abrupt furrow, cooped with a knife out of a new checse. Ofcourse, knowing, as wo did, that this spot contained the enemy, !t was searched carefully and with fenlous glasses, ‘Thera was not, how- erer,much to reward our care, shva the glo- rious viow. Such Zulud as tt did contain kept themselves very much to theinsclyes, and al- though the General rodo over the topof tho southeaat portion of the Ndhiazakazt, and went aslow down - the gorge as was practicable, wo amoaway with nothing Icarnt except a knowl- edge of the ground, and ultimately reached our new camp soon after 6p. m., haying beon somo twelve hours in the saddle. Iteoon became known that the intention of the Gencrat wns to clear the ground in his front, oathe border, before making any further ad- tance, 80 that Natal should’ havo nothing to fearfrom the enemy attacking her in the ab- renee of the troops, and no surprise was, there- fore, felt. when orders were given for the two battalions of the Natal Contingent—the Car- bineersand the Mounted Pollce—to work over the ground towards the stronghold next morn- tug Lord Cholamford Iimrelf rematned in camp, but members of his staff sccoinpanled the troops sent out. THE MORNING OF THE 21st _ave every promnise of tho great heat we after- wards exporienced throughout the day, though i was decidedly chilly at4o.m., when the Natal Native Contingent started, closely fol- lowed by the mounted corps. The Jattur mado ugof thy same road we had done the preced- ing cyening,—a road made for the transport of Umber from the Equileni forest to Yatal, and Wwell.beaten; but the Natal Native Contingent, turning off sharply to the right, made for the great thorn valley of the Malakata, tomo five mites distant. Over tlia ground the Natal Native Contingent worked carefully, but, beyond the success of capturing somo’ seventy bead of cattle, without incident, A prisoner, however, gave the information that an army was dally expected from the King to assist the tribes whohad taken refuge in the Nqaba-ka-Mazun- geal, though the rea‘ments mentioned by him formed but a trifiiug force. We, however, learnt. that aconstderable number of cattle had that morning boco driven into the stronghold, and toon after noon Commandant Lonsdale, com- manding the Third Reciment of the Native Con- Uogent, storted his men to gain the table-land overlooking it. Theo ascent was rocky, stcop, and tiring, but the men went cheurfully and Yell, and at 2p, m. gained tho level, where they soon afterwards met the mounted corps. We then heard that a portion of the Mounted Police, under Moj. Dartnell, und accompanied by Maj. Gosact, A.D.C., liad como across a body of the enemy— ESTIMATED AT anouT 1,000 sTRoNG— duo cast of the stronghold, on the neck of tho Umotodo bill, where they took up a position on aprecipitous hight and taunted our men, who, of course, could do nothing, being, inderd, only flty strong, and not sent out to fight, but to Teconnoltre, 80, after riding round the onemy and examining them as closely ag possible, they teturned tothe level top of.tha Ndiazakazl, and there found the Carbineers and the Native Contlogent, Taking everything into consider- allon, tho officera communding Ieant to on opinfon that tha enemy acen by the Mounted Police were very probably golny to rolnforce Nhose already said to be In tho stronghold, and, {auch were the case, tt was thought best to. hmain on tho spot all night for the purpose of Dreveotlug any such junction, und of clearing out the stronghold in the morning, driving ck any = Zulu force which’ might Mtempt to relieve ft. With these views the Mounted men were ordered to off-saddle thelr horses, whilo such of tlu headquarter staff as were thera at once returned to tho Isanduln {mp to report to Lord Chelmsford. ‘The Gen- tral, who was met while riding out of the camp tolnapect a road party, willingly consented to the proposed plan, und’ gaye instructions for uch provisions, ctc., as were necessary, to be at tere out, with an escort of mounted {n- We found on arriving in camp that our nows im. ¥noineans the only indication of there ug an enemy near us. Capt, Browne, of the ‘counted Infantry, hod becu reconnuttering to- Wards the Isopcai hit] on our left front, and hod Dobouly acen several bodies moving in an eust- tly direction, but whon returning had fallen tn pith» body of elit mounted Zulua nnd thirty men, who attempted to cut off his Hitle arty of fourmen. ie had AVERY PREITY LITTLE RNGAGEMENT, fRdlog in. the death of two Zulus aud two of wat ficrses, without any casualty on our side. Mea i uly Bring wae stated to bo most orratic. alae is, one oF tivo mounted bodies of ur meen seen hovering about, particularly on tah Font, aud such as thourkt ut all on the ect anticipated fMghtingg on the morrow, uring thy night dispatches caine in from Mu). ‘“tnell from the bivouac on the Ndhlazakazt dilns that the enemy had shown themselves tts Peater force, and had even mudy a elleht ade B eh tds I boliove, expressly a wish for some {ufaner: gy moms 'y to come to his assistance in the toot ats Tt was the opiulon of all who under- : the natives und their method of fighting this small body of Zulus ihe poraded ry tires so openly had certalily an army Oren behind them which was only waiting the i oer inoMent to come into action. People wea reasonably that no such small body uld thus show themselves fn the fave of suc! Py Urce a8 Ours, except for a purpose, and, con- paded py fighting on the 22d was Lully anticl- aftr in camp at 8 a. m, warned us that geome poyemen Was in contemplation, which soon with th to be tho advance of Lord Chelmsford 9 he Mounted Infantry, the Arat battalion tore Wenty-fourth Reyimont, and four guns nforeg Maj, Durtnell nnd the force under beegand, Jn the meantime, orders had Robern to Col. Durnford, K. B., who was at, Nat c's Drift with 250 mounted men und’ 250 BS Toye beautry and a rocket battery, to push tine * ecamp. Dawn found us somewhat a ed the oy CUE Way, and by 7a. i. we had gatn- the ty top of the Natslazakazt, and wero close to Cont souse of the Carhtucers—a Natal Native ot th ent. Heavy mist rested over the create Wee: * Unpindy und Tailalwani bills. on which wero pee to tind the cnewy, but their scouts ere und there yislbic, und Lord Chelas- ford immediately mado the following prepara tlons for CARRYING THE VART STRONG POsITION they held: (Maj. varinell, with the Mounted Pollee and Carbinvers, was ordered (o toke upa position on the loft flank of the enemy, between them and the head of the stronghold; both battalions of the Natal Native Contingent were ordered to adyanco aul take possevsion of the Istlulwanl Jin, which was ovidentiy the key of the position, supported by the guns aml’ the First Battalion of the Twenty-fourth Reinet; while Col. Russell, with the Mounted ufantry, Was to operate un our loft flank, and, pushing forward us {nat us joraible, to attempt to turn, their right. Such was the undoubtedly skiliul deposition mnde of the available forces, und 8 & few minutes before the storming of the Asihulwant Hill was to be mado a messace had vome frum. Maj Dartnell that the enemy could be-seun desvanding In that d{rcetton In conalil- grable force, no ong doubted but what o cole Uston would almost at once happen, A atrouger position than that occupied by the enemy tt would alinost bo Sepdeatt io to iar ine. “Lhe tefuwant nid Umplode itils rose in o succession of frregular ledges, cach naturally euanted by o preelpltous face and regularly anked by ‘others, while at their back was an iinmease tevel creat, behind which 10,000 men might comfortably havo remained in. reserve. Had the Zulus chosen to makew stand here, it would have cost many Hyea to drive them out, However, it was not to be, und, although they showed themselves in very vonalderable force allulone the hilltops, they kept retiring accord- ing to what, as afterovents tought us, must lave been THRIR PRECONCEIVED PLAN: The Genorat,. however, did not, of course, ab this tine imagine that the Zulus were carrying out a preconcerted scheme, but thought that they were probavly falling back on their sup. ports nnd a general advance was ordered, the ntautry and guns creeping up a valley to the left of the Isilutwant hil and the Natat Native Contingent adyaneiug along the helchts, while Col. Nusselt, with the Mounted Infantry, went oway to turn the tlt of the Isepeat bill, and then act ua circumstances would permit, At 10 o'clock tho General and his staf made a halt for breakfast at the head of the valley on the Jeft, und very shortly nfterwards Capt. Buller, Rifle Brieade, A. D. C., brouglic in word that the mounted corns under Maj. Dartuell Were cnyaged on our rlcht. Newwa algo came in about the same time from camp that the enemy wore observed in force on tho eft, inquired from the carbincer who brought this note what their belng “in forca” meant, and hd replied some 500 or 600 men, unit he also added thatthe mounted men in camp, many of whom had been on picket, had just gone out on patrol in that direction, At about. 10,80 a.m, the General ordered the First Bat- tallion of the Third Natal Native Contingent, under Commundant Brown, to retire to the left of the camp, In that way providing, itis to be presumed, for the scattering of any small bodies of the enemy which still might be hovering around the camp. At about Ifa, m, he started over the Jatlulwant hit] towards the nead of the Amauge gorge, where {t lud been decided to pith atom orary camp. Tivo companies of the First Battalion of the Ewenty-fourth Regiment were niarched ayer tho hill, and the remalnder wero ordered to go back the road they had come: until they reached the track of the Amunre, to whieh they were then to proceed ag escort to the guns, At this timo thero also left us sevoral olficers who had merely gome out for a ride, and who wore returnitie to camp, UNFORTUNATELY YOR THENGELVES, Among these were Capt. Alan Gardner, Liout. McDougall, R. E., Lieut? "Grifiiths, Second Bat- tailion of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, and ddeut. Dyer, First Battalion of the Twenty: fourth Regiment., An escort of ten men from the Mounted Infantry accompanied them. Alter passing oyor the crest of the {eilulwant hill and thereby gaining some {dea of the enormous strenzth of the position which the snemy, who certuinly numbered 5,000 atrons, had surrendered ‘almost without firing n shat. the General proceeded atone the Unpiuito Mil until the two companies of the First Battalfon of the Twenty-fourth Regiment which tind pre- ceded him camo Joto view on the north side of one of the spursof the Equaeni where the alfalr between the Mounted Pollee and Carbi- neers and Matyana’s Caffres was scarcely con- cluded,—the Second Battalion of the Third Reel- ment of the Native’ Contingent being, Indeed, stiil employed in dislodging such of the Zulua as had taken refuge in the numerous eaves in the face of the bill, Forty killed and tou prisoners were the stated result, with o loss on our side of two of the Natal Natlye Con- tingent killed and three wounded, The Chief, Batyane himectf, bad a very narraw escape, Capt, Shepstone, Native Contingent, having been clove to him when ho succeeded tn gaining a precipitous hillside, and .disapocored from view. His nephew was captured. It was at this part.of the day—yiz.: about 12:80 p. m.—thut A SUSPICION that something was going on in camp frat struck some of ue, Mr, Longeast, interpreter to the Ifeutenant-General, Jearnt from one of the prisoners thatalarge army was expected un from the King that day, numbering, it was estimated by those who knew the regiments named, 20,000 or 80,000 men. He was employed in crose-examining some of the other tirls- oucra, Wien suddenly he and those standing round heard the distinct report of blz guns in the direction of the camp, and the Caffres about suid, Do you bear that? ‘There ts fighting woing on in the cainp."” ‘This was ot once reported to the General, who was by this time some way down the hil making for the, spot near Amango strezm, where the Mounted Polfco and Car- bincers were off saddle. Jie only stopped by them 9 second or two, and then moved on to- wards the lower part of the Amange, whero the road crosses, Where he was Bolg to select asput for the cainp.. While doing ao, however, a na- tive, on horacback, who had just calloped down from the opposite ridge, on which the camp could be acen, began to holloa, and on a staff- oflicer, who speke the lauguage, golug up to him, he aid that nn attack was being made on the camp; that he could see heavy firing and heor the big guns. On this belng reported to Lord Chelmsford, he at once galluped up to the top of the hill. ns fast a3 possible, and on arriving: on tho crost of the hill every glass was at once leveled at tho camp, ALL, HOWEVER, SEEMED QUIET; the sun was shining brichtly on the white tents; nosignsa of firlyg could be seen; andy though bodies of men could bo sven moving avout, yet they were naturally put down as some of our own troops. ‘This was at 145 peim, and not the faiutest suspicion of any tisaster had then crossed our tminds, Wo be- Neved an attack had been made on the camp and had been repulsed, ns those who knew Lord Chelmeford's disposition for defending it had every right and reagon to belleve. Some little time was passed on this clipe, and {t was pot until a quarter to8 that Lord Chelinsford turned hfs horse's icad campwards, When wwe lad been at the head of the valley on the left, it hod been decided that headquarters camp should move to the spot ot Amunge stream; but ft ts Ikely that auxicty te neur what tho attuck on the camp lad really been induced the General. to return to it in person, The Carbineers and Mounted Infantry avcam- panted him, und the flrat battalion of the Twenty-fourth Reglont, the four puns, and the Mounted Police remained with the Buc~ ond Hattallon of tho Third Reuiment of the Natal Native Contingent to form the new camp. No Incident occurred worthy of note during the first gevon miles. We certainly noticed that some of thy tents bad disappeured, but supposed that they had been struck in accordance wite the orders given In the morning, and us yet un- altered, No vestige of suspleion of the real truth had as yet entered our minds, Whon about four niles from the camp wo tell in with the Natal Native Contingent, which bad been ordered to return gu snuny hours pruvinualy but which, sechyz that the camp was attacked by a force much its superior in number, bad wisely halted. About half an hour afterwards wo were met by oeolitary horeeman coming at a foot pace from the direction of the camp, who, as ho ramo nearer, was recognized as Command- aut Lonedule, whom we finew to hays ridden ou. tia little exaggeration to say that thosa who heard blin tell the General, “NE CAMP 18 IN THB YOBSESBION OF THE ENE- : MY, satel’? will not soon forget {t. {1s account of hia own adventures {6 also one of the most stirring of the inapy rumors and so-called histories with which Wo have since been fnundated und pos- seases the groat advantage of undoubted truth. Commandant Lonsdale was quietly returning to cainp.—he bad been {l,—wae tired, and was slowly jogeing along with the sort of lazy per- severance characteristic of a tired traveler, Ho hod crossed the small Wuter-wash to the south of the camp, when hia attention was attracted by a bullct passing rather near to him, and on looking up he saw a black inan, who lad cvl- dently just fired. ‘The real aruth was, of course, far frou his mind, anc ho merely thought [twas one of bis own contingents carclessly fring off his rifle and pursucd his way, ‘To some exe tent the fucklent seema cortunatel to have woko him up, and, although he saw whatacemed tobe our redcoats sittie ty groups tn und ground the tenty he kept his oyes open, aud whon absolutoly withla ten yards of tho tents, lhe caw opreat black Zulu come out of one with a bloody assegalin bis hut ‘This made bin Jook about Lim more closely, aud be saw that black meu, and black men only, were the wears era of red coats. : ‘Tho truth flashed upon him; ho could road the scow] of hutred ou every face, but his selz-possession docs not scem to have fuilod Im, for, quietly turning bis pony round, ho galloped off before the ent y ste ‘uware of his Intentlgg, A bundrcu aud fifty shots are said to have been fired at him na he did so, but by the mercy of Providence ho cagaped, and was thus enabled to warn the General, and so save Ms Mila nnd the tives of these with him, Un- doubtedly, had not auctt warning been elven Lord Chelmsford, accompanied by his stall, mi the troops with hint, would haye watked with out ausplefon nto the akilitul teap thus laid, and {i such cireumstanies PRW WOULD HAVE ESCATED. Aa it was, although those who watch men’s feecs could liave seen that something yery much out of the common had lappened, the Necessary measures which the ocvaston called for were taken without delay or hesitation, Maj. Gosact, A. D. C., was sent to call up Col, Glyn and the remainder of the troops; the Firat Battalion of the'Third Natul Native Contingent, wns ot once extended In line, with (he Mounted Infantry and the Carblnecrs respectively on thi right and left flanks, the General and “his atall occupying the centre of the Native Mattallon, aud the march forward being resumed without, delay, When we were about threa miles from the camp, the General ordered the troopa to Ualt Ina watercourse, on the further alle of which was the lost ridge which conr- evaled their odvance fi those holding the camp, This measure. was absolutely necessary, as, without dovd, the force thut had been able to carry the canp would make but small ado with thy Nodve Contingent—1,000 gtrong—and the few maunted men. We were forced to walt for our supports,—a weary Line St wos; walting, wale@il, every nan lookin at his neighbor and wogdering what the end might Ue. Meantine, thimounted meu lad becn ore dered to send pickets forward to ascertain what was Eales on, nf the contradictory reparta they: brought fu added to the general uncertainty. An hour andahalf mustat the lenst have pissed in this war, whon the General ordered Col, Russell to go forward with the Mounted Infantry and aseertain the real facts beyond a doubt, “Ho did so, and ina short bale hour re- turned, “MATTERS WERE AS BAD TO TIE PULI,"? anrepresented. The entire camp way swarming with Zulus, Ike a disturbed ant-heap wit! auts. Many of the tenta wero burning, and the numbers estimated ag holding the rond—our only outlet to Natal—wero put down os ut least 7,000 men. In such elreumatances there wus only ono thing to bedone—viz., to walt for our Supports, und then eut our way through the enemy; and Lord Chelmsford and dis advisers decided at once on thls course. ‘Tordlly, ay it then seemed to ws, Col. Glyn, the First Battalion of the ‘Lwenty-fourth Regl- ment, the gune, the police, and the Second Bat- talion of the Third Natal Native Contingent tnade thele appearance, und then, without donbt. or hesitation, Lord Chelmsford placed his men fu battle order and commenced his mech upot. thecamp. He first svoke to the Firet Battalion of the imenly-tourtti telling them that the camp had been taken in our absence, that the ene- my held tt in great foree, and he depended on then to retake it and to reopen our cominunl- cation. His speech, short and pithy, wus re- ceived with cheers, and there couki te no doubt the men meant what thelr cheer implied, und. intended to conquer or dic. The order of bat- tlo was as tolluws: ‘The wings consisted of the mounted corps, a aufliclent number boing de- tniled for advanred guard and escort dutics; next thera came two battalions of the Native Contingent, one on each side, and each keep- ing dressing with three conipanics of the Seu- ond Battallon of the Twenty-fourth, which guarded the guns in the centro; in front of the guns was Lord Chelmsford and those ftn- medtatety with him. In this order, then, the advance ‘was made, daylight. vying away more and more rapidly untit when’ the water-waglh south of the camp was crosacd , IT WAR AS DARK asiteyer became during the night. Immedi- ately after thls passage had been made the left wing was ordered to advance aut take the small Will on the left (true right) of the neck where the rond passes the Isundula, In saying “the left wing,” L only mean the white infautry under MaJ. Black. We ordered them to fire one volley and then take the bill with the bayonet, aud, considcring the circumstances and pusttion, one ean only feel thank{ul that there was no neces- sity for clther one or the other. However, they disappeared in the darknessand the advauce continued. A few minutes alter, however, the voice of the General was heard ordering the guns to come inte action, and the rumble of the car- rlages sounded for a second above the dull nolse of the advanelng infantry, Uien silence for a few seconds, followed by No.l gun-fre and the bright flash und roar of the seven-pounder, ‘The shells were princlpally directed towards the neck In front, where many wagons were standing, and it was most likely the enemy was going to hold, Stil, however, with the exception of n couple of trea, evidently signals, there was nothing to be seen of the enemy. ‘The guus fired a few shells, Nimbered up, and another advance was muda, when three companies of the Second Battalion of the Twenty-fourth, who were In support on the right (truc left), were ordered to fire a fow shots, with the object of drawing the enemy's fire, Then the guns fired several more rounds, with the most beautiful effect from an artistic point of view, but nove whatever as far as dis- covering the position of the cnumy was cou- cerned, and then suddenly throurl: the dark- ness we heard the Twenty-fourth cheering away to our feft, and knew THEY MAD TAKRN THE JILL, which was the key of the vosttion, Cheers were taken up all along the Hine, and had the Zulu nation only heard,them aud kuown, ns wo id, that they Were the cheers of a handful of Enelish troops, who bail lost full half their nuniber, besides everything they possessed, and who believed themsel¥es tu be ndvunciug against an vnetny, in a very strong position, ten times numerically stronger than themselves, and fn the dark, [fancy they would a understood that they had) very considerably undervalued our foot men,” as they contemptuonsly call them. After the eheor there wus no more fir fn, but a sceady advance to the neck, which te toult possession of without resistance about 0 pan \ Beforo going further I wish to describe the exact positfon of ourcamp, ‘The Isnudula bill, on the southern siope of which it was placed, is a peculiar feature. It rises abruptly, almost as 2 precipice, to the west, where may be sald toby the head of the crouching animal {t resembles in shape, and then, after forining the back, it azaln abrubtly descends to the euet. At elther end {8 a neck connecttugz it with the smaller ridges of undulating hills, of which the more leve) portlon ot the country fa composed, the road from Rorko's Drift pussing aver the most westerly, while on the north slle—or side opposite the camo—was a deep wen und watercouree, aud, beyond, open, Jevel rides until the Isepes!, the Jallulwant, the Umpindo, und nearer on the right the Ndbinzakozl nnd Malakata lulls were reach- ed. To the fnmediate right warn small stony kopjte, or little bHl, beyond which the ground became broken {1 the extreme, consisting of {rreguiar krantzea nud bowlder-stvewn hills, until the Buffalo was reached. On the left, wu at about a inte und a quarter distunt from the camp, rin along ridge towards the south, w neck connecting tt with the Isandula hill, while {t posaerseda tublo-hind top which ultimately lud down intoa great open vulley to tho east. Such, roughly epealstuy, was ‘THM PosiTION occupied by ourcampon the morning of the Ot, und the diferent bodies commposliy It wero distributed us follows; On the extreme left, looking up towards the ridge. of which I have spoken, wore the tents of the Natal Native Con- tingent, 100 or 200 yards ecnaniciig the two battalions next to them, and occupylag the een- tre of the camp were the English iniantry, tm- mediately above whom was the headquarters camp of ‘the Licutenant-General, in close juxta- postion with the veadquurters of the colugn under Col. Glyn, C. 2. On the right came the une and mounted corps Muing the edge of the road. Soon after ft caine over the neck at the back of the camp, the ground rose considerably, until the bottom of the precipitous face of the Isanduta was reached, 80 thut lteraliy the camp was placed with its tack ton wall, Up to thls poing 1 huve been ableto write from my own personal ‘oxperience, but in giving an account of what occurred in cainp during our obaence, Lust dopond entirely on hearsay. The foilowlng ls, however, to the hest of my bella, a8 accurate as the many divergent stories | have heard rendera it posalble, . It appeara that yery soun after our departure bodies of the enemy were reported toour loft, aml about a.m, o company of the Natal Native Contingent was ordered to scout in thut direction, At Oa. m. One of thelr ofllcers returned and roported that the Zulus WERE IN IMMENAL PORCH and advancluy, driving the pickets and scouts before them. Shortly before this, Col. Duru- ford, R. E., with 200 mounted natives, 250 uative: infantry, and a rocket: battery, under Col, Hus- sell, Re As, had arrived from Rorke’a Drift, making up thes number fu camp to about 7 whites and gore £00 natives, In raund numbers these consisted of flv companies of the First Battahon ‘Iweuty-fourth Regiment, or men;. one campuny of the Becond Battalion ‘Lwenty-fourth Regiment, sume 90 strong; 85 men of the Mounted! nfantry, 80 artitleryinen belonging to the Fitth Hrigaue N Hattery, du. Natal Carbtnecrs, 30 Natal Mounted Pultvo, 20 Buffalo Border Guard and Neweustle Mounted Ries, 20 of the Rocket attery, or a total or G40 men exclusive of the uumer- ous soldier seryaurs und white men engaged in clyil capacitics, who brouxht them up to 700 nun at the very east. ‘Thera aro no exact re- turns of the numbers of natives iu camp, but, exclusive of Col. Durnford’s mon, 500 strong, there were threo companics of the Nutive Con- tingont and a targe aumber of clviliaus, 50 Urat U0 us u total {s decidedly below thu mark, As nog ft was wnderstuod that the Zulus were advanelng in force all the men of the Firat Bat- falion Twenty-fourth Reylment who had gone out nsatroad party svera recalled, and Cal. Durofan’s men were divided jute hres bodica, one beligt seat up the bill to the teft, one to He left frat, dnd one in the direction of Rorke's Drift woonet as escort for- their baguago train, not yet arrived, ‘Thosn sent out to the left DRCANT ENGAGED ALMOST IMMBDIATELY. and firiuewas soon heard all along the crest of the hi. At tots perlod of the day all alig troGus were drain up alongside of tha guna, some Iit- {lo way ‘aut of the camp, and on the left of the Native Contingent tents, facing the hil. At about 1Va.m. Col. Durnford’s mounted mea reappeared on the creat of the hill, closety fol- Jowed by the Zulus,who aro described as swarm Ing overthe rldge Hike bees. A company of the Firat Battallon Twenty-fourth. Regiment, be- Meved to have een Capt. Mostvn's, ans now ordered to adyance on tig eastern neck of the Tadndula hill, where it Joined the ride where the Zalus were, about ‘a mile and a hielf from carp, ttt which at once cate into action with the right wing of the cnemy, which was ad- yanzlng along the north side of the Isondula, preparatory to outfanking | the camp on the right. ‘The mounted natives who had been forced to retire nlao supported this company. Meanwhile the Zulu loft wos being rapidly pine forward, dnying sama of Col, Durn- ford’s men before it. in splteof the artillery fire which was opened on it une jon the more slowly advancing centre. Any one! who wishes to uti- derstand the tactica employed by the Zulus on Uhfs oceaaton need only look fat The diagram {1- iustrating thelr usunt tactics In the pamphice published by commu of the Licutenant-Gen- eral, valted the © Zulu Army.” THEY THREW OUT WINGS OR HORNS, asthere shown, their main body meanwhile Ielsurely advancing until they saw the wings had nearly completed the circle} aid then the end came, [twas not yet, however. On seeing the Zulus menacing the camp, some one—the officer: commanding I presume—ordered the troops to take up the following giound. On the left of the Native Contingent caty and facing the hitlover whieh the Zulus fears pouring was furce consist- Any of tivo or three compaules uf the Twenty. fourth, with the Native Contlnyent on their right front; isnmediately to the right of the na- tlye tents Were the guns, separated, It would ap- pent, by 800 or 400 yards from our fett, nnd by at least an eaual distance froin our right, while occupied the -extreme right of the camp and rested on the road.. ‘The Intter ecems to have cousisted of one or tivo companies of the Twenty-fourth and the mounted corps, ‘The in- fantry now came into action af] along our Hne, and from every account their firime seems to have been steady and rapid. The enemy fell in hundreds, mowed down by the Martini-Henry 5 Dut stil] came on in apparentty unditninished nuinvers, Nothing seems .to have deterred them, As rank after rank of the foremost fell others preased forward satendly aud quickly, ‘Mey do not appear to hava made much use of thelr guns, but to have f DEPENDED ON THEIR NUMNERS to bring them at lost within such distance of our men that they could use thelr agsegais, AML Col. Durnford's meu scem by this time to have jolned those who were defending the camp, und the cumpany of the Twenty-fourth which had been gent up to the neck bad retired, but it was cut off by the Zulu centro aud never rejoined the rest. Young and old, reguttars und volun teers, alike fought aa gallant yas ever British soldiers did, sido by side, I cannot learn that the ammunition ran short. Tt may have in tn- dividual instances through reckless firing, but I think the end came tov soou for it to huye done so In ordinary cases.. As soon as the Zulu mali body sav thet its wings were approacning each other {t rusted forward with the assegal, and, despite the heavy fire ft encountered, bore down all opposition by sheer welght of numbers, A. scene of utter confuston now seems to hayeoccurred,—horso and fool, Diack and white, “English aud Zulu, all to astrugeling mace, making gradually through the eaimp towards the road, where “the Zulu right already closed the way of escape, Of whut happened during that half nour even those who Hveil to tellcan remember but little Every man who had a horse attempted to eseape to- wards the rivers those Who nad none died where they stuad. But even to mounted men ESCAPE WAS ALL DUT IMPOSSINLE. The country was rugged, broken, und voyered with boulders and waterwashes,—a cuuntry, in fact, over Which the active Ztlus could rin os fuat, {not faster, than horecs. ‘Then in front wos the Buffalo, which hud to be crossed where no ford was, and where many a brave man who had so far made his cscapo succumbed. Mouy were drowned, tnany were assevaicd, a few shot. And so. the pursuit went on, even into Natal. Not a few ded after the colonlal side had been gained, for mauy lost their horses und arms tn the river even when they succeeded in croralug ii person, Such are the very bare, meagre outlines of the createst disneter which las ever happened to British arms fn South Africa. - It may, how- ever, be Interesting to point out the strategic and tactical ability Qisplayed by the Zulu com. wanders, ‘There ts reasoi to belleve that thelr army consisted of the Undi corps, includiig the ‘Tultvana, Nkonkone, Ndblonhlo, and Ndbiuy- cuewo reghnents, about 4,000 strong; the In- Kulutyane, Including the Urostknta and Udu- dud reglinents, 2,500 atroug; the Umeityu, in- cluding ‘the Ungakamatyo and Umulleazwe regiments, about 8,000 strong; the Nkobania- kosl regiment, about 4,000 stroug; and the Um- bonambt rectinent, 2,009 strony, or an aggro- gate of about 18,500 men In regiments, Bealdes these there wore at Jeast another 6,000 meu be- longing to various tribes and headmen living fy the nelehhorhood, making the wuole force em- ployed agatost No, 9 Column on the 22d of January AnoutT 23,000 or 24,000 smn, Of this number the last named wore ordered to show themselves as muchas possible, and in- duce as many of our troops too in front of them as they could, avoidiye at the same time the actual fighting, which they did to perfee- tlon. A force of some 15,000 ‘men was moved up from the Batinango Mountaln during the night of the 2tet of dauuary, a distance of about twenty-tlye mites, not en” masse, bitin emoll partics, On arriving to the teft of our position they lav down us they were ll davileht, fires and speaking belig” strictly prohibited, An- other body, about 8,000 or 4, strong, was or- dered to guard the road to Rerke’s Drift, and follow up all those who might escape that way, and Lbelieve thut hed our men followed the wagow-road, instead of going straight ucross country. hardly onc would have come out alive, “ Provision was algo made for both No. Tmd No, 4 Columns to be attacked on the same day, so that they uilght be unable to in any way assist No, 8, on which the greater part of the Zutu army was concentrated, We know how well carrled out, tactically speaking, were the Zulu Gencral’s strategic arrangements, In the attack on the cainp there was no blurry or exeltgment. on thelr part. They first outflanked and surroiinded ft, and then, ond not till then, did they give way to their natural Impetuosity nnd charge with the assegal. No saldler can, thtok, fail to admire and respect TIS SOLDIEN-LIKE QUALITIES thus displayed by the enemy, much a3 his hntred and contempt may be excited by the brutal and savage choracteristics they otherwise exhibited, and In the future the Zulu ariny will command that amount of precaution und respect which Is necesaury before it can be conquered. But to return from this digression to our bivoune on the Isunduta neck. ‘The position of our force duriug the night was for from a pleasant one, Many a poor fellow lay atretched Inhis Iast slecp uround us, while oxen lying dead in their yokes, horaes which had been § and the debris from phindercd wagons astre' the ground, But anxiety about ourselves co quered other thoughts. In our rear we knew there was a lurge fored of Ue cnem Fight flank was, we pr destroyed our camp, whilu tn front we could seo the bright waten-flres of wuother force and the flames of the burning misslon-huuso at Rorke’s Drift. In a word, we were completely surrounded, and hod only frome sixty pounda of ammunition per man with which to cut our way out. No one could hare foretold that’ an enemy 60 enterprising a8 ours had proved them- aclyed would have oinitted to follow, up thelr success and would permit us to roturn the way wo came without obstruction or attack, JT SEEMED INCREDIDE thourh the future proved that tt was to be so, AML night long wo momentarily expected an at- tack, and {t was not till tho retuculay Hehe thut wo felt any hopu of uitltnate cecape frum our position, Jeannot sucuk too highly of the be- pavlor of all the troops,—ollleeg and men alike, All were vory much exluusted alter upwards of twenty-four hours’ waut of food and elghteen ‘hours! continuous marching, to say nothing of the moral exhaustion produced by the loss of thelr conirades und camp, and the distant prob- ubilitics of their own ultimate escape; but watchtul steadiness on the part of the iveu und reassuring coolness on that of thelr ollicers were thetr characteristics during that night. Dawn had hardly made {ts appearauce on the mornlig of thy 230 before the troous were agaln inmotion, und the march to Rorke’s Dritt waa made without {ncident, savo some twenty or thirty shots Ored by the Native Contlugent. ‘Thera were plenty of Zulus hoverins about, scemlngly afratd: to attack us, und twlee wo passed columns of them debouching froin tho uitalo, while burning kroals on the Natal side showed plalnty whence they were roturning. ‘These men had also buldently bo will to come Jute contact with us; and, had it not been for the peculiar postion in which we tera placed, a successful attack infgnt have, te a certain ox- tent, revenged us for our logaca. Thoav, how- evers with Whom the decision lay gaw that it would bo RISKING TOO SICH to make any avoidable uttuck. As yet it was unknown whether [Helpmakaar, with all our Aomnunition, and the depot at Rorke’s Drift Nad escaped; and should we even have gained a complete Fletory we should have afterwards been, 1 common with the whole of the northern portion of the colony, completely at the mercy of the Zulus af our reserves of ammunition Wero tio ionver intact, while, had wo been re- pulsed, Natal woukl have been lad open in an irreparable manner. Wiser counsels, therefore, prevailed, nud we marched steadily forward to Rorku's Deft, the sinoke rising from the mie slon house on the other alde suewesting fur- ther disaster. As, however, wo neared the river, men could be seen manning the walls of an ofd rain next to the building used a¢ & commissarint store, ome of them waving conta, ete; and Col, Russell, with the Mounted Infantry, was ordered to ford the river and go straight upto t ‘The hearty cheers with which he was recelyed, as well ns the fact of the pont-ropea belng uncut, proved that the Zulus bad not entirely liad it all their own way, and we were not long in crossing the river fit our anxiety to learn pirticulara. It was pleasant to hear the cheers of the men as Lord Chelmsford cantered up aud said, “Thank you all very imuch for your very gallant defense.” A GALLANT DEFENSE {t had Indeed been, Elehty men, ten of them alck {n linspital, had beaten off some 3,000 Zulua flushed with thelr rucent success, They had been attacked about 3 p.m. on the 22d, and had only half an hour's warning during which to make what preparations were possible for defending’an extremely weak position. | Fortu- ately, there were plenty of sacks of maize, ete, In the commlssarint store, nnd teniporary fortliications were eapldly constructed with them. ‘They wero attacked in overwhelming numbers from 8 p.m. on the 22d tilt about 4 a. m. the next morning, when the enemy retired, leaving dead benind them. Our loss was thirteen killed and nlic wounded. ‘The loss of the enemy tu these two actions was not less than 8,000 killed, a number whieh I belleve they. will feel very deeply, nur do I anticipate their abeaetap pins tw attack fortiivations of any kind again, No official return of the officers and men killed has aa yet reached headquarters, but I he- eve the rullowlng To NE ACCURATE: Five companies First Battalion Twenty-fourth Regiucnt, Atl killed except Bandamen Bick- Jey and Wilson. ‘The naines of the officers being Col. Pulleine, Maj. White, Capte. Degacher, Wardell, Mostyn, and Younghusuuntd, Lieuts. Hodean,Cavaye, Atkinson, Daly, Anstey, Dyson, Porteous, and Melvill, and Quartermaster Pullen, +» One company Second Battalion Twenty-fourth Kegiinent alone was present; all the ofllcers fell, Ofllcers: Licuts. Pope, Austin, Dyer, and Grifliths, und Quartermaster Bloomfleld, Fitth ‘Briende, N Battery, Re A.—None re- turned as escaped except Lleut. Curling, R. A. Olicer Killed: Cunt. Stuurt Saith, The Mounted Police, Carbinvers, and other voluntecrs lost forty-three men cut of seventy- one engayed. 3 The Mounted Infantry bad thirty-four men engaged. Eseaped, Corporal McCann, and Pri yates Davis, Parry, and Power, Other Imperial oflcera kied or missing are Col. Durnfurd, R. E,, Capt. Russell, R.A. geon-Major Shepheard, Licut. Mel. B and Licat. Coghiil, A. 2. C, to Sir B. Frere. ‘The followiuyg special service olilvers are known to have eseaped: Capt. Alan Gardner (who very gallantly rode straight to Utrecht ‘ond warned Col. “Wood of what had happened), Capts. Snilth-Dorien aud Kasex, and Lieut, Covhrane, Thirty-Second Foot, whu was attached to Col, Durnford, R. E, WOMAN SUFFRAGE. An Iowa Woman Lawser on Woman's Pro- hibitory Voting. ~ To the Editor of The Tribune. Chintox. Iu., March 15.—My attention has been called to certain misstatements in your issue of Saturday, the Sth inst. Allow me a little space in your columus for ‘correction of the same, In an article bearing the heading “That Biz Temperance Petition,” it ts stated “one hun dred nnd ten thousand females," ete, ete. The petition contains the names of one hundred and ten thousand citizens of the State of Illinois, Aft thousand of whom are male vofers; the re- inaining number aro women of adult ago, 18 years ant over. The women of the Committes of which Miss Willard was Choirmau {Chairwoman{) do not presume to call in question the genutacncas of ‘Tux Trinuse's sympathy for the canso of tem- perance, or to discuss the practicubility of yurious forme of temperance legislation. Upon these questions there fs difference of opinion amon wuod people, With some knowledge of the great principles that undertio civil governinent, and after very careful study of the practical working of restrictive and prohibitory enact. 8; with an exporience of years as daughters, w and motherg, into whose homies jntempe ance has come, and by arguments learned in o ganized opporition to the Hquor trafic, th have usked that which to them geen Mlogleal nor impracticable, snd in the which the Legislature would uotexcced its con- stitutional powers. Since the commencement of this [Ino of work—the Home Protec- tion Petition, a depurture from former methods justified by the terrible exigencies of the strugele for “Cod, aud Home, and Native Land"—the women have received the un qualified approval of almost the entire religious press of the country, many words of cncouraga- ment from leading ‘clergymen and statesinen, and much chivalrous assent from men not under very serious conviction as to the merit of their plea, but who were willlng to trust the brain und heart of the women of the State to devire kuch measures os should reach the great evil. For the sympathy of Christians, for the approv- al of statvsinen, und tor the chlyatry of gentle- meu they are most grateful but they realize that in asking legislative ald they must plead nonu of these; und they do not. ‘They come before the General Assembly not ouly a8 wives: und mothers, but a8 elfizens, and they ask Hist which, a8 stich, the Legislature can—if tt will— give, It ts clatmed that the prayer of the petition 1a for n right fram thu exercise of which women is barred by direct constitutional Ilmitation, und the rection of the article ou suifrage containiiy these Words: “Eyery person. . . who shiull bon ma'e citizen of the United States above the age of 81 years shall be entitled to vote.” ‘Khe quotation should be a Helle fonwer, for the closii words are esduntial, at such sections.” Aud we may inquire at shat elections? At all elections where the sovereignty of the people {5 exerelsed inthe election of versons to til) cor tun offices in elther the legistatiye, judicial, or exeeuttve departments of the Government du Chap, 4, See. 65, under the ttle “Elec- thous’? the words ‘malo celtizens'? and ‘such elections"? again occurs ant we inquire agnin, whut clections! "The chapter has already dened, In Sees, 1 to 25 inclusive, and enumer- utes, President ant Vice-President of the United States, Representatives in Congress, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, Auditor- Ceneral, ete, ete. Clearly such an expression of public sentiment as fs called for by the pray- er of the petition under consiteralion ts not {neluded in the * clections” to which the “inale eltizen? Iinitation applies, ‘Yhe term “general election” is deflned by the Supreme Court to be the annual November elections. ‘The People ye. Garner, 47 Hh, 0, The people of the State of Minvla'wdopted the Constitution according to tho words of the text in thelr reasonable interpretation, nud accord- ng to the uatural importol the lengua Webster dutines an elector to be “u peraon who has, by luw or Constitution, the right of voting for un officer? Bouvler (Law Dictian- ary): Ono who hus the right to umke choice of public officers.” ‘She etective franchise fs ono thing; the right to yote for a measure of public polley is quite another, ‘The women of Wiinols do not ask the former; they do the later, ‘They could obtain the former by constitutional amendinent only; tha tutter itis wholly in tie power of the Legislature wo grunt, Ulere being vo constitutional barrier to woman's vyothug at elections contemplated iu the prayer of the petition, Auuin, many special statutes, referring to the people of a municipality the question of voting. ald to the internal huprovementa, have cuntued the right of young on the question to tuxpay> ors, Couley's Constitutional Limitations, pave 20; alvo see Crawford vs. Wilson, 4 Barb., BOL Not because of aveneral property qualification du the Constitution, though these buye und do exist in some States, but by virtue of Irgislative enactment, If by constituttonal provision all male citizens are voterspund by an act of the Legislature persons can be deprived of the right to Vote on certaln questions, surety the Leyivla- ture could extend the right to those not barred by express litnitutlon, but by a prejudice of soclal und not teal orleiu, Again, all legislation restrictive or probibitory concerning the Hquor tratilc la enacted by virtua of whatis known aa the police power of the State, Ulacketony defines the pubite polles aud econu- my us The due regulation and domestic ordor of the Kingdom, whereby the inbabitants of o Btate, liko members of a well-governed family, are bound to conform thelr general bebavior tu: the rales of propriety, good neighborhood, ard good manuors, und to be decent, industrious, and Inoifenstye tn thelr respectiva stations,” Chlef-Justice Shay declares '* ‘The yower to be yeated in the Legistaturo by the Constitution to make, ordala, nud vstublish all mannurol whole- sume laws, alatutes, aud ordiuances, eltber with nenaltivs or without, nut repuenant to the Constitution, ua they shalt juden to bo for the goud and welfare of the Commonwealth and of the aubjects of the enine.” ‘The Constitution duesnot.define these regulations or the manner of thelr exerclac or enforcement, ‘This.is purely a legisiative guostion, and the judiciary—a co- ordinate branch of the Goreroment—cannot re- view the actsof the Leisiature unless somo privato right has been violated or principte of public policy invaded. It is the universal rule that the expedie laws mnay depentl, jn the fadginent of th Jature, upon the’ conditions tht” may exist tn roclety, and the views Uiat may be entertained by the people over whoin ft Is to act, and there fs nothing in the Constitution which prohiblts the Legislature from wai auch means as they aco prover for the purpose of nscertutning what such conditions und views may be. Tt may resort to suv sourve of Information. It may call the people together to expreas their views iu reference to the expediency of n Jaw,—aos to whether the popular sentient fx such as will admit of its enforcement, So long us it fs the duty of the Legislature (which everybody admits) to enact Inws which fre suited fo the conditions wud wishes of the people, It tnust and ought to be competent for the Leglsiature to adopt such urcasures as they. decm proper for ascertaining the wants and wishes of the peopie, It Is wholly within the domain of police power for the Leuisfature to enact that in those munic- {palities where a imafority of the citizens, meu und women, have sald by their votes, wo tlesire thatno lecnses for the sale of Intoxtenting liquors be granted, there no license shall te granted. “In vatablishing the local govern- ment the power inay, at the discretion of the Legislature, be lodged in the people to make niles for the regulation of thelr iuternal police, by thelr direut voto In mass-meeting assembled, or through deslgpated ulficlats by themsclyes duly eleeted. {t would, therofure, be within the'province of the Leufsiature to confer upon a city the right bya mnajorly vote of its tahabilants, Lo pass ordinances for the regulation or suppres- ston of the retail trade fn ardent spirits.”— {American Law Jonrual, vol. xii, 20 nnd 97.) Again, the giving to women the right to vote upon this question decs not imply the rizht of the Legislature to ive the ballot on general po- litical questions. ‘The Woman's Christian Tom- perance Union of Itinols does not ask the bale lot on any Issue except the one invalved in the legitimate work of {ts soc St apke tt on Unt Issue, os an id tu the success of its meth- ods of *inoral suzston.’” The women work very lorgely among the chilareu und yonth of the State; they desire ta see these protected from the temptations of the Iceused satvon; they de- sire that the many thoussnd men reforined throwzh thelr Gospel work shall he saved from these temptations, ‘They do not exoect that any legislation, however stringent, will take away a indn's appetite for etimulants; nelther do they exnect that such legialation will entirely suppress Lhe anle of Hquor; they do expect ant Qeslre that which, In the language of a great statesman, is the end of all penal jaw,—" to tnuke tt hard to do wrongand easy tp do richt.” Upon the wisdoin of their work they Invoke the biessing of Cod, the considerate judgement of the people, aud quietly await the * logle of events,” d. ELLEN Fostan. THE VOICE Gf THE PEOPLE. Information Asked To the Entitor of The Tribune, Wavery, [s., Mareh 15,~Some time since T notleed in your valuable paver an interesting account ef cane sugar, and its) manufssture from the Minnesota carly amber sugar cane, Will you or some of your numerous correepond- ents {nform me where Jean procure the seed, how mitch Twill need per acre, ad how early to. plant, as I wish to ralse acme the present sea- sont A. E. Bunstan, Tho College of Law. ‘To the Editor of The Tribune. CitrcaGo, March 18.—The Caristian Cynosure has acen fit to cast reprouch upon the Faculty and students of the Union College of Law by questioning their moral principles and religious bellefs. The temerlty exhibited by the godly Tittle sheet in question fsa matter of some sur- prise, since the article, if untrue (us It certalnly . fs clearly Mbclous as well as malicious fn the extreme. ‘The editor of the Cynosure should tear in nind that a tole-bearer tsa thing to be abliorred, espe ifthe tale be untrue, and that by unjust acking the College of Law he hag been guilty ofan uncharituble act not consistent with the lizh moral position whieh he assumes to veeupys. 2 AJesion, A Varnish Flend, To the Editor of The Tribune. ¢ Cntcaco, March 1,—Allow me tosvarn your ‘gentle readers ” against the wily persuasions ofa lying itinerant thatis going about with o pot of black varnish with which he proposes tu “shine up” your hot-air registers that have be- come dull from use, He solemnly assured an invalld Indy on the West Side yesterday that his dressing emitted no odur, und “gave the names of many prominent elizens whose wives had dl his services with much entisfaction; whereupon slie consented to his varnishing two of her rewisters, tor which he took bis feo and quickiy departed. It was very soon apparent. that elther the registers cr the ovctipants of the room nitist fullow, a3 the villainous stull began to liberate a stnell that was quite Intolerable; and some hours of this blessed Sabbath had to be sacritleed to burning the registers over u bot firo to get rid of the abomination. Your, A Survenrn. “Have You Seen Sam? A Know-Nothing for President In 1880. To the Kuitor af The Tribune. Cnicaco, March 18.—It seems, pretty well settled now that the immaculate Sumuclj ts to bo the Demovratic Know-Nothing candidate for Preeldent iu 1880. When Potter returned 10 Washington from New York, where he and hls Committee had beon attending the great shading mateh in which Delton, Marble, and Weed threw sufticlent Mght on the cloher bust- nesa to “render durkuess more visible,” the Democratic members gathered around hin ant anxtously inquired If be bad “een Sam’? Potter's prompt reply was, * L have, and he sweard with uplifted hands and eyes raised toward: Heaven *T know nothing.” "Enough, enonen,"” they ery. ‘the fs vindicated, and aur confidence re- stored; we cu done less thaninake bim our vandidate in 1880. We eannat ignore hin now." When Know-Nothingtam swept over the coun- try th 18545, the Democracy of that day fought that bated hercay with a zeal and energy bor. dering on desperation. But to-day they galp it down without a wrinkle on thelr faces. ‘The truth fs, that fuded, old, threadbare couvorn, once sp popular, has become bo dexenerate nnd hungry fer spoils that it will udupt any plate torm, ereed, or heresy, no matter low ricketty, rank, or damnable, if it elves. Mrance of yie- tory. ‘Thelr tongues are out; they are grown Tonk and leans and, fancying the spoils within reach, they are goiny for them, regardiess of consequences, though they be revulution, unar- chy, and blood. One would suppose that with the recollection of 18612 fresh in their mind, they would falter in thelr leadiong ¢arcer, but they act Hku starved bread rioters, aud rush for oflive and power or blo. Well, tut the Iseug be made ff they will have {tso. It can bo met and crushed now as well as at any future di State suv ty tied thas, right of secession, horn twink, are acaliy assert> tug supremacy over all other faudamentol principles iu one political syste. Hut when the strugele comer, as core it will, if their ad- Herents persist in thelr revolutionury career, those dangerous dogmas aud thelr misguided advocates witl bo overwhelmed in one common ruin and oblivion. a Ald, Foley's Outrageous Conduct, To the Hultor wf ‘The Tribune, Cur0AGo, March 18,~One year ago Mr, Mur- ray F, Yuley was chosen to represent (he First Ward in the Common Councll of this city, ‘The First Ward was then, as now, strougly Repub: Mean, but many Republicans voted for Mr. Tuley, a Democrat, ngainst Mr, Sands, « Repub- Mean, on the ground of his assumed high char- ucter, falrsnindedness, and especial fituess for the position to he filled, ‘The. peculiar cireum- stances of this cholvo uf Mr, Tuley could not of course change his political ylews and allilations, but ypou an honorable man they would seem to unpose a special obligation of fairneds In the event of his belug pluced Ina poultion to decide @ parliamentary question, Mr. ‘Tuley wus placed in thut posttion on Monday evening last, Ho wae in the chair when Ald, Seaton nuyed committee to select Judges ail clerks to con: duct the approaching ’elty election. Mr. ‘Tuley representhiy a stroug Republican ward, und owlng his election to Republican yotes on the grouud stated, cagerly seized the opportunity to secure & paltiean advantage, dn constituting the Committes of Five he selected three of the niost bitter partisan Democrata in the Counelt, —McCaffrey, MeNurney, and Sanders,—und, in grosy aud shameful violation of a rule of purlia- mentary law os old us the ipatann placed the mover ar the resolution—o Hopublican—at the taf! of the Comuittes! Lot only complain fof Mr. Tuley’a act in plucing a majority of Demotrats upon the Coins tiittee, but also vay must winphatically tat in bia selection of Democrata to serve iu a position of great delicacy the prequmijtion tut he de- aires to promote fairness and exact justicu tn the couduct of the clection docs uot fe Iu pls favor, In eapportof this view it ts only nocass eary barely torofer to the fact that the Me- ; Caffrey named fa tho same man who distin« gnished himeclfin the Board of Coitnty Comes missioners, and when Tuco the word “atstine guished Eican that his Pecord an Commis stoner precludes the {den that Mr. Tuloy coulda > Inve selected McCaffrey to further the ends of Justice in the chofea of fridges and clerks of electlon. Partiaunahip, aud partisanship df tha Worst character, could atona nave dictated the appointment of the notorious McCaffrey, And this theory tn regard to. Mr. Tuloy's action {s farther siinuotted by the fact of bis gross viola- * ton of parliamentary usage in placing the mover of the resolution at the tall of the Committen, Arthur Dtxon is pretty well known as 9 do- elded Reoublican, “He preatded over the Coun- efl four years, and I venture to eay that the reeards of that body for the whuls period do not show a ruling so outrageously partisan, .. and, Indeed, that they do not show any partisan” ruling. Many Republicans voted for Mr. ‘Tuley. becatiso they belfeved he world sink the portl-' san in the citizen. His action on Monday even- Ing akowa not only that he i bitterly partisan, but thathe Is ready and wiiling to violate custom of parliamentary bodies, hoary with age, to galt partisan advantage; and this, tuo, when the advantage to be secured depends upon the, perpetratron of fraude, To say thut Iam astonished at the action of Mr. Tuloy but famtly expresses my disgust, in view of a dispiny of ‘partisanship so gross th a place which should be held sacred to judiciat Iatrness, and nt the hinds of a man’ of whont the publle expected better things. 1 supported Mr. Tuley for Alderman, but deeply regret it. A Finer Wann Revustican, Tho Citizens' League. - To the Hilltor of The Tribune. : Cicago, March 18.—An article entitled “Disreputable Business,” which appeared in Your fssue thia morning, {5 tocorrect and unjust to the Citizens’ League, Mr. Patten came to tho writer and tnformed lin that certain saloon-keepera were violating the Minor law, and among tne number, Bernard Baum, which, I knew by observation, was truc. An arrangement was made to visit the saloon of Baum’s on Saturday night, which I was un- able to fulfill, but Mr. Patten went, and report- eda violation of the elty ordinance against gaming and the statute against sells Uquor to minors. Under theso charges Mr. Boum was arralened. ‘The boys who test{tled aro 16 and 18 years old, and informed ua before and after the trial of Monday that they frequently played pool and . drunk ut Baum’s placo when he knew they wera pregent, ‘The Patten brothers were never employed by the Learue, never received one dollar from them, nnd were positively told that they would not sunction any “put-up job"; that the ob- ject of the League was not to persecute saloon- Keepers, but to suppress a great ovil which prevatls to an’ alarming extent in the city. Mr. A, Paxton, agentof the League, has aivays been most emphatic in his opposttion ta anything that had the appearance of being x “put-uo Job,’ and his procedure fn this respect has received the {ndorsment of the officers of - the Lengue. Fi ‘The League understands perfectly well tho present diilculty of securing convictions, ¥, F. Enmenponr, President Citizens’ League. An Appeal for Murderer. To the Editor of The Tribune. Srninarizzp, Jo., March 17%,—Having noticed, some tine since a blographical sketch of the Olive family in your notea paper, wo thought perhaps ft might Interest some of your readers to have the privilege of perusing the character- tatic standing of the Baldwin family, one of the tmembers of whieh hasbeen indicted by the Grand Jury of the State of Nebraska as a par- Uelpant {the same assassination, —- Frank Baldwin, {ntherot the accused, Jach- omyer Baldwin, was noted as helug one of the plunecr settlers of the State of lowa, choosing a foeation fn the northern part of Cedar County, near the present Village of Cedar Biutle. He was ainan of uvtarnished character, o0s- sessed a liberal education, philanthropfe dapo- sition, and a broad conception of the oblizations requisite between men for the eleyation of ao clety, He illed djferent offices of probity and political trust wit honor and ity. : While he close raral pursu: 18 #t profession, his undertakings proved a success; at hls death, whieh uccurred ring the year Is74, he left a tino estate to be divided antiong his surviving heirs, We ean trily say that his deceaso was a juss not only felt by the bereaved family, but by the nelghborhood and county througkout. Hince hits detnise his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin, has rerualned on bertfarmn inccharue of the children, She {gadevout Christlan, and a lady of strong mental endowments Isrgely de- seloped, und avell balanced with executtya aullity, She purposely leaves no influence un- ‘used that Hes withii her grasp that nevording. tober judzment would prove adyantugcous ta. the educational and moral tralulog of her fauiily, Jachomyer, in coinpany with an ekter brother, attended gchool at Cornell College a number of terms, where they proved themsclyes honorable and Industrious students. ‘This brother, John Baldwin, now resides ona farm neur hls mother, and fs one of the leading furmersof that. neihborhond, also stands af the head of educational matters in bis township. Ming the office of Presilent of the Board oj Edncation at the present time, ' ‘Their slater, becoming a proficlent scholar, for soine time foltuweid teaching 4s a profession, during which perlod she won many liurets with her yocution, She nuw enjoys the felicity of a ratrugeeal Ife with the wurtay LM, of Cedar bails. Jachomyer isn young man of about 26 yearg Of ago, possesses an energetic and fearless dle position, and. while a resident of this county seemed to be favored with a high degree of manly courage, accompanied with veracity, 1d would] gotten discommoide himself in order te avcommodate oa frlend. Woe wero much chagrincd to hear of his arrest for os vile a crhine, as St fa diametrically ndyergo to the In struction and moral training recelved at home. Of course we do do not wish to eulogize or exonerate an individual from the hands of ive atter the commission of an atrocity, yet, rneasual review of kis (lhal rolatious, It would appear almost beyond reason to expect. as red-handed a perpetration to fall upon the annals of his carcer without a very powerful Dre-existIng cause which must be wholly snilleient ta utterly exterminate, or completely paralyze, very vestlye of wie fond ren intecenea of a dear old home, and sever the sacred tied of that venerable mother, whose towing tears of sympathy and ee to-day would suffice to bleach that prison floor white, whereon ia confived ane of the preclous jewols of her maternal care, ta seo tho mouuments of her lite spent tn toil ao fast crumbling Into the broud sea of nothingness. In concluzion, we, tne undersigned cltizens of the Stute of Juwa, Cedar und adjofuing conn+ tes, thrgngh tha high respect we malntain for the Tald in faunily, do.hereby humbly implore the olliclals and citizens of ‘the State of No- braska having this matter in charge to glve it special attention, and do all in your power to vive the accused dachomyer Baldwin just aud inepurtial hearings, a Wo do this beHoving that the perpetration of such a crime has a tendency to iufurlate the feelings of 8 certain class of citizens beyond Uielr natural calinness, ‘ Gownn, Cedar Biuils, Atunx Moreit, Mechanicsville, Etwwoop Ataer, Springdale, Gat Dy Springdale, . Ds Cedar Bluffe, ps, 3, Tita.ston — & THE BURIAL OF THE POET. Lonafelioe tn alttantic Santhly for April, 4 In the old churctiynrd of his native town, And in the aucertral tomy buside ihe wall, We laid him In thy sleep that comes to all, And Juft tim to bis reat and lis renown. ‘fhe snow Was fulting, aif Heaven dropped down, White flowers of Puradise to wtrew his pall; Tho dead aeound bln seemed to wake, aud call Tw name, ov worthy of su white a crown. And naw thy moon is shining on the scene, ‘And tho Lroad whuet af suaw to writt With shadaws cruciform of teat Ay once the winding-aheot of Salsain With chapters of the Koran; but, abt more Myaterious aud trlumphant slgus aro these, ees A Marringo on tho Stage, ‘There wis o qnarriuge ou the New Ui étage an Thursday cyenlig, and the falters, va: struck with awe. At the close of the regular performance it Was announced that © Mr, James dones, of Jones & Crestuu, the rifle shots, would by united in tuusriage to Miss dosephiyo Blanchard, uanember of the company.” After Mioy Furrand and tho Rosa sisters bad fished dancmg tha curtaln was lowered, and the ore chestra played the Weddin; March, The curs taln was then rang up, disclostug the happy palr surrounded by the entire company. Alter the applause had coused, Hugh Dultoy, a dudtive of the Peace, steppea forward und performed the soleusn service of the Episcopal Church. — Dury ing. the ceremony the whole audicuce, from the studenta ju the boxce tu the boys ia the gallery, preserved pertect silence, | When Mr. DullesJett Uo stage nnd, the curtain. waa, lowered, storms of applausy followed. In re-' sponse the nuwly-marticd couple caine befors the curtaln,—the drst oncore of their wedded Ife. Why the Justice of the Peace should taye manifested au undue prefersuce tor the rites of tie Eplacopal Cuurch, and not bays contented biowelf with the custumary forms of the office, was uotespalned Ju tho hgndbiils ofthy tivatres = i 2 it,