The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-07 00:00:00

" Fort Beaufort, July 22, 1846.
" On the oth i'ast. Sir A. Sto.kenstrom was at Fort Beau-
fort, where he ,sad an interview with Col. Hare about the
dissatisfaction prevailing in the Burgher Lagers, in conse-
quence of IF.e delay in taking the field ; the gallant colonel
is said to have acceded to Sir A.'s moving his force into
the field immediately, and that he would follow to sup-
port him. The Kat River is said to be placed under
Sir A., I need not say to the jor of all there. Oa the
10th iJir A. left for farka and fambookieland, in con-
sequence ce dispatcher, the purport of which was as fol-
lows:—At the instance of the diplomatic agent, Mr. Fynn,
Mr. Joseph Read, commander of the Bushmen and Fingo
subsidies, was ordered to proceed to the missionary in,titu-
lion of Shiloh to protect it; of course there mist have been
cause for ordering a force there. On a certain day the
perfidious Mammas, under a pretext of an interview with
Mr. Read, marched on the ata'ion in three divisions. On
his approaching the place, Mr. Read sent a messenger to him
to know the object of such a (lemon. tration, taking at the
same time every precaution against a sudden surprise. He
and one of the missionaries of the place had a consultation
with Mapassa, and tried to dh-uade him from an attack
on the station. The ralaionarc retired, and Mr. Read,
atter a little more conversation, told )lapassa he ha.: better
Iraw off his men and begone. At this instant some
of .Maparesis men were seen loading, and preparing to fire;
and as Mr. Read was moving towards the furthest point
of his own line, to check some of the eons of the soil (bush-
men), who were becoming ratter excited and restive on
seeing what the Tamhookies wars up to, he was fired at
and which was twice repeated. Hereupon one of the bush-
men fired, and killed a Tansbookie, when the dastard'
turned their backs and fled. Tbey tried to rally on the other
side of the river, but were routed with casualty of 40 killed
and 30 wounded on their side, whilst only one }lngoa was
wounded on the Colonial side. Among the shin was
Mapa.,,l'a brother, and several of h's head councilors. The
Taruhookies were about 1,000 strong.
" The day after, Neila, another '1 ambonkie chief, tried his
strength with 30 • of his warriors, against 2.3 of Mr. Read's
people, but he was routed, leasing seven on the field, and
with his successor severely wounded. Took floe guns and 17
horses. Sir A. is said to have spoken in the highest terms
of Mr. Read in his dispatch to his • xcellency. It is said
that this severe lessen has brought Napa's& to his bearings,
and that he tent to Sir A. when at Rip Plaat, begging to b.
taken out of the bush.
" Sir Andreas's main force is at Mr. Calderwood's station
(Lirklands), which wiU shortly be joined by the following
contingents:—Mr. Read's people, Ka- Rita r people; farmers
from Cradock ; and then will commence the long-talked.of
attack on the Amatula. Captain Sutton commands the Kat
My. r force under Sir A. Sir A. is v,ry much out of health. ,
While at Shiloh, he is said to have r •ceived a paper signed
by Macomo, Tzatzoe, &install, Sutu. &e., the purport of
a hich was to sue for peace. They say, that though at war 1
with the colony, they have the highest respect for him per-
sonally. That it was the annulling of ais treaties that shook
their confide uce in the government ; end that whilst they
were yet trying to catch the murderer-, war was informally
declared against them. Sir A. return( il a severe message.
Tratzoe'x daughter must have written a letter. Tzatzoe
has not joined the hostile bands, but is evidently doing
his best to bring about peace. He would have gone to Fort
Peddie as in the last war, but is afraid of another Colonel
Smith taking his quarters."
In a postscript the writer gays—
" I should have said, that on the eveni:tg of the same day,
and immediately on Mr. Read's return from routing the
enemy-, and as they were at meals, a messenger came to say
that Neila, Mapassa's uncle, was coming on the station in
great force. He at otter sent 30 Bushmen and 300 Finga;
to meet them in the plain. Ile kept the best of his force to
defence of the place. The skirmish was kep'. up the whole
night, and a complete victory obtained over the enemy at
daybreak ; 17 were killed, 4., guns, 14 horses, 1,1500 head of
cattle captured."
The next letter is a (lay and a march or two further in ad-
vance. It is dated from Tyumic River Camp, July 23 :
" By my last, of the 10th," the writer says, " you are in-
formed of our being in Kaffirland. Since then we hove
moved further in. We are now not far from the Amatnla.
We have not been molested by the Kaffir, since we have
entered their country. We have made some patrols through
the country, and seen both Kaffirs and cattle, but, on ac.
count of orders, we did rot molest Owns. We are told that
we are cot to act on the offensive ; that we are not to fire
first, but wait tiil they tire, and then we ran return it, when
we are on patrol • but we burn and destroy all their huts
and kraals we fall in with, even to the very foot of the Awe-
tola mountain.. . . . .

The writer then represents the burghers as most impa-
tient of the long delay at headquarters, and proceeds:—
" But on the other hand, I mast also inform you that our
commander, Sir Andreas Stsekenstrum, has dune all that a
man can do to satisfy us and to have no delay. He has
been the last ten days on horseback. He has been to the
Tambookies, anal has settled them. He has brought all the
burghers from that side, and he has placa-s1 all his divisions
on their appointed stations, so that he has the three sides
of the Amatola. The force he has thus collected is now
3,000 strong, all burghers, there lacing no troops under his
command. He is now at our camp (Tyumie, July 23), where
he came to-day. By his orders given out to-day, it seems
that be is not going to delay. By these orders we are to
start to-morrow to the Tymnie Hoek, where we are to torn
a fortified camp, anal next Tuesday we are to attack the
enemy in his stronghold ; and Sir Andreas says he intends
to take his dinner on the Amatola, if he is spared on that
day. Our division, under Sir Andreas himself, will begin
the attack from this side. The Colesherg and Cradock
burgher+, under Commandant Joubert, from the other side ;
while Captain Sutton, with the Kat River burghers, will
take the middle course, and we are to meet together on the
top of the .ansataila. That it will be the lot of some to fall
before this object is obtained is nothing but certain. Who
that will be is not for us to say ; we must trust in the Lord,
anal that we are fighting in a good cause, where we must do
our duty as men, and also that the prayers of all Christians
are offered up for our uccess."
(From the Graham's Totrn Journal.)
Tersnay.—Received some further information from the
troops in liaffirland, bringing the information from that
point up to the 16th of July. This information is not satis-
factory. Colonel Somerset had crossed the Buffalo, at the
Bridle-drift with his own regiment of Mounted Rifles, and
two troops of the Dragoon Guards, but they were too late
for the light-footed Kitties. Previous to fording the stream
large droves of cattle had been seen there, ut precious time
was lost in deliberation, and when a forward movement was
made the enemy had got too much the start to be overtaken,
and a most harrassing march, knocking up own and horses,
was made for no purpose. About 300 heal of cattle had,
however, been picked up, and which afford d a vet y season-
able supply of meat to the hungry troops.
THCILSDAT.—Report came in to-day th at 300 slaughter
sheep, the property of Mr. Boyle, butcher, on their way to
town from Daggebaers Neck, where they hat: been purchased
of Mr. E. Driver, had been captured by the Kaffir;, near
Espang's Drill, on the Fish River. The dr, vers state that
shortly before reaching this drift, about 40 Kaffirs, armed
with guns, suddenly made their appearance, and at about 100
yards distance tired a volley upon them ; that finding them-
selves eo greatly overmatched, they fled, anal that the ma
rauders went off with the sheep in triumph. • • •
Information also came in that about 40 Kaffir, had been
seen by Mr. Fuller, jun., in the bushy country bordering on
the Kowie, immediately behind the Graham's Town hills on
the S.W. These marauders are supposed to have got pos-
session of a number of cattle. As a set-off to these disasters,
Ensign Solis, with his party of Cape corps, returned to-day
from his pursuit of the contractors' cattle, and reported that
he had succeeded, after an arduous chase, in overtaking the
marauders with their booty near the English Drift, on the
Konen, and had retaken saxty•tive of the oxen. Two Kaffir
are supposed to have been shot in this affair, and two
wounded. • • • •
Received this afternoon the welcome intelligence that the
Albatross and Sophia were both in the Kowie River, and
the Norfolk at the Fish River. This looks like business, and
throws a gleans of sunshine on the many other sombre scenes
around. • • • Dispatches were received this afternoon
from his Excellency the Governor, who was still on the Buf-
falo. The accounts recived by this opportunity are confir-
matory of those previously received, that the Kaffir and
colonial cattle had been driven far away to the eastward,
and that if found they must be sought for in the
broken country bordering the Bashee. No movement
of importance on the part of our troops is reported.
a • • • Information came in this after-
noon that the 90th Regiment had got as far as Howison's
Poort, but were utterly unable to reach town this day from
the total inability of the draught oxen to proceed further.
The troops have been on the toad ever since the 11th inst.,
wending their weary way from I'ort Elizabeth.
FRlDAV.—Received the following important intelligence
this morning from the immediate border of the N.E., dated
21st inst. :
" Sir A. Stockenstrom has been to the N.E., where he has
made preparations to resist the Tambookie , who are now
ripe for the fight. To-day he has moved down from the
Windyogcl Berg into the Tvumie Hoek, near the Mission
Station, anal where Dodds Pringle and Du Toit join him
with 800 men. From this neighbourhood Captain Hogg,
with an equal number of Hottentots, will most likely co-
operate on his right, near Block Drift. I expect that many
hours will not elapse before he is engaged is ith the enemy.
It is in the fastnesses of the Amatoli that the confederated
tribes are collected for resistance, and not near the coast,
and here we must fight, if this warfare is ever to come to an
end. I most sincerely wish Somerset was at the Buffalo
Foorts—fur these two officers are quite sufficient for the
work."

SATURrAY.—Received information that on the 20th inst.,
Mr. S. de /Jeer, who is stationed at Botha's Post, while
patrolling in the direction of the site of Post Victoria, fell in
with a party of about 12 Kaffirs, with 26 oxen. Dr. De Beer's
party consisted of 1.5 men, who succeeded in capturing the
whole of the oxen—three Kaffirs being killed and four
wounded in the affray. Messrs. Cawood 's drovers reached
town last night from Somerset, with 212 slaughter cattle and
.500 sheep, without meeting with the lead interruption along
the whole line of route, a distance of 8.5 miles. This affords
strong presumptive evidence that there are no strong bodies
of Kaftirs along that line of frontier; for, had there been, it
may be depended on that this rich booty would never have
been permitted to reach their destination. Information from
the mouth of the Kowie, to the effect that it presents at this
moment the lively appearance of a bustling seaport. Four