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Show Tlie Zulus Not CouquertU. New York, 21. Latest London dispatches dis-patches present rather discouraging prr.epecis of a speedy aud satisiaelury termination ol the war. Sir Garnet is straining every nerve and employing employ-ing all means to lay hands on Cete-wayo. Cete-wayo. They reDreseut tbat peace is impossible. Archibald Forbes' views are shared by most intelligent observers. ob-servers. Obviously Cetewayo is elill ting of the Zulus, and has a large following of fighting men with him. The details of regiments present 10 the last engagement prove this. II u' bolds out the trouble will continue. It ia useiess to think ol puttie g up puppets in bis stead. Tho British bayonets must support iheee for an indefinite period, and tho British havonet means British taxation wasted in futility. Cetewayo alone can sway Zululaud, and n-.t peace is worth having unless be ba dead or consenting. Correspondent Russell writes: There is much gym pal uy for the king among Zulus, and it is doubled wbtlher our ultimatum was ever delivered to bim, or that be understood under-stood our cemmaude. The savage monarch bar at least tbe art of mak-mg mak-mg others tcel for bim. Il is torry business all round. No war of ours has ever wrecked more reputations, and all teel Ihey are under a cloud in spile of their duty so gallantry performed. per-formed. It is a'so said leading Zuius held alouf from Sir Garnet; lhat even John Dunn has Jaded his i-Sorts to ccmmuuicaie with tbe King, and it is calculated tbat sjme 24,000 fighting men are still afoot, while the arms given up do uot include many serviceable nflca. A Inbune correspondent says: Sir Garnet went out with ouo band tied, and the oilier he has siuce lied oimself in his over zeal to comply with tho exigencies of tnose who sent him. Ho was to smooth the path to an autumn dissolution, and it looks at the moment as if the dissolution must after all be postponed. |