The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-24 00:00:00

No. 47.] LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 24, 1846. [3d.

every movement in Kaffirland will be comparativety
useless. •
_ The march of Sir Andries Stockenstrom and Colonel

Johnston upon the KyoTsmentioned in communications
before us as being not a very difficult and hazardous ope-
ration. The former, we perceive, lays great stress upon
the moral effect of a bold forward movement. There es
great force in this, but, although we are no advocate for re-
treat in dealing with the Kaffir., still it cannot escape obser-
vation, that a failure here might be attended with the most
fatal results to the whole colony.
That the Kaffir' are not so completely subdued as many
may be led to suppose, appears very evident from recent eir-
cumstaoces. We refer to the slaughter of 14 waggoners
—to the brutal exhumation of the three Hottentsts killed
• few days previously—and to the hanging of their bodies
in terrorem in the road by which our troops were about to
march. Add to this, their appearance in force in the
Chumie Hoek, the capture of the commissariat oxen at
Waterloo Bay, and a variety of minor circumstances, and
the inference is unavoidably that, although the Kaffir may
be cowed, he is not subdued; and that, in fact, he is only
changed from a bold open enem to a cautions stealthy
assume, and in which character he may do more mischief,
if we are not very careful, than in any other he could possi-
bly assume.
But little faith is to be put in the profession of those
Kaffir emissaries who have recently visited the Governor's
camp. These women are employed as spies, and they tell
a plowable story of the humility and penitence of the chiefs,
when at the same time those very men cherish the most
rancorous hostility towards those whom they thus profess to
propitiate. Fortunately, the Governor seems to appn.ciate
all this, and he has treated them accordingly. Still the
Kaffir is incredibly cunning, and the colony must take care
that it is nut outwitted at last. We place at present great
dependence upon the troops in the field. They have gained
experience, and they now know and have tried their
leaders. Some of these have approved themselves to be men
of sterling qualities for the rough work in which they are
engaged ; their cause is a righteous one, and fully warrants
them in indulging a well-grounded hope of speedy at*
complete success.
lisseefs news from the trenlier Is to the 22d of August
the Graham's Town Journal of that date says:
" No movement of any importance has taken place for the
last week. A few days ago 21 weogon-drivers left the Ge-
neral's camp to go in search of Kaffir corn. After proceeding
a few miles seven of them returned; the remainder (all Hot-
tentots) persisted, were surrounded by a large body of Kaffir',
and of the whole party 14 only escaped.
" Ilmballa and Macomo have again seat in for peace, but
their messengers were not allowed to enter the camp.
" Sir Andres Stockenstrom is at the Kahuzi, Diihne's
station, with his division.
" Colonel Johnstone was to join him immediately, and
they were to proceed to Kreli's country for cattle.
" His excellency remains at Fort Beresford with the in-
fantry to patrol the mountains.
"Colonel &menet has returned with his corps to Fort
Peddle.
" Four or five spans of °zee, in the employ of the Com-
mivariat, have been adroitly carried off by the Kaffir ma-
rauders.

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