The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

protect.
We have decet...l our creating friend J.Ven Dyk,
to proecid to Lira af-liciatt, to entreat the iuhabitants not
to abandon 11% nor wives and children, to the (rightful
calamity which is now so near. We have no hope of saving
oar property. We want only to save our lives (rem the
NOW.. enemy, and our wive* and children from what might
be more dreadful even than death itself.
We might remind you, that if we are destroyed, you will
in a ft w days se. the inemy at your own doors, hut we do
not wish to dw. II on sueh a possibility. We would rather
ground our entreaty oa your best feelings as men and
Christians to come and help us.
We oisial not say mare. Mr. Van Dyk will explain our
whole situation. Vor Goers sake di not delay ; a few days
more it may he too late; tinily assistance may save some
hundreds of the families of your countrymen from destruc-

lion trum the enemy.
I am, no behalf of the hoard,
(,iqued) O. 11. Oacwa,
Wtaleyata Itisdaer.
To the inhalmitantA Graaff-Reinet.

pARLic :Catch HT Tue. CIVIL CONDeIbAIONZIL OF GRAAF.
RRINET.
The civil 'scow:lei-honer having given himself a great deal I
deal of trouble to get the burghers to procesd to the border !
in di f nee of the and their fellow-colonists, and
hosing been informed that notwithstanding all that has
la en done Cie majority of them are still unwilling. and
that .cm.• ohjeet to the 1N11)..t that has taken place, prefer-
ring to be ordered out by their field-Cornet nerording to his
he ha- icunt to the r. -elution to camel the ballot, and
without having TFCGIJNe to any measure of compulsion once
more to appeal to the good tense and Christian feeling of
the inhabitants.
Ile trusts that no further time. will he lost, but that all the
men tbst can be •:41/, it from here will voluntarily come for-
ward nod make themselves ready to start in a holy on
Thursday, the nth February nest, by which time the civil
vonstoissomer in sanguine they will have been joined by
their fiends from the country, to whom this appeal will be
mails known by the cliff nisi held cornet..
The civil commissioner is prepared to render every assist-
ant e in mounting and rvluipping thip, who may not have
the m. sans of dicing so flu meelves. Ile would request each
man who may so situated to pri..eure for himself a good
vereiri Able horse, sallle brittle, and gun, at reasonable
raki, fir which, whenpt:rodurect to him and approved of,
payment will la, awl° ; and to such as find their own horses
and inuipmenl+, the civil comniissioner will, if rcquired,
grant a reevipt for wlostever has been furni.liell specifying
the sato• of the Wile.
The cis it rommis.iccier trusts that none will he found,
who, lee-sessinit a horse or any of those prairies would yet
call urn Am,errintent for the same, as the ditlimilty of
czorilig Co in at pr.. nt would only cause unnets.ssary
Ile knows that there are many in affluent circumstanee',
who, they may not he able to proceed themselves, ran
pro ore pith. re in their stead, finding them in everything

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Ammunitinn will of mine lr procitlisl anti ration% fur-
nichicl. Hatton% will also he supplied during the absence of
the men, to their families who stand in need thereof.
The civil commissioners would impress on the inhntoitnnts
the nticiliste necessity of their responilinu to the call now
made upon them, is ositile as they must now he of the
danger cc hich threatens the colony. lie cannot refrain from
riontiiat folowinw paws, sof a letter, whin-Ail' to him
by a uentlentvo vac" —Ong the most ample sources of info!,

MAtion :--•
" The ...dotty it owe thn stetted with a more f.prmidalde
and it, -tr.,. tire combination than lat. ever linen known lie-
fore in thi, coutatry.
ore using very groat ..fil.rts to induce all
native people to •it +till sr join intain.t tot.
" The haw resolved to eat. rminate the white
nem. Although tit. y will not 5urt......1 iu thi., they wall
r. rtoitsly infla.t ireelistralde e.tlatnity upon the colony, if
white uu n wail not at emtt•lay toe'. all divan-taint unitedly
Illy.
▪ "
The got. now iv now firmly mode.' to crush the power
of the enemy ; hot to .11.• thip, the colony rust unite, and
put forth a .rnmg effort.
•• It i• of vital inals.rtartre th.,t the iamb:r-
-at:m.l the it real psitio n. If they conks. forwanl, the work
will soon Is• done, and that ••11.-etuallv, by the 111••••ine. of
I P.M. Never wity there a moment in the history of the
...luny • hen delay vs.py op frsiught with danger. lOicipion
unmoor isolonipt, now, or even it few day.' delay. may bring
upon a eft:it portion of the col.my unit...aril of calamities.
•• I Inot that di.- 1-I,Oliet4 will he TIMMYI to a full scno.
of their Plante:4—a danaar which, under flod, they are fully
Mile to meet if they will but determine to ito it.
" W. C. VAN Kt N1.VE1,11., Civil (:enisaiwioner."
It is statist that, by way of Algot). Ray. a letter
liav Is en reiviveil front Port Natal, isinveyilig the
informal that ,Nlr.:lwlwl.aae would leave Natal
nil the Ist instant. for Kafiri:mil, with ii,041 Zulus,
perk. ilv runty und willing tar do liatever service
May lierisluireil of thew against the Kaffir*. Mr.
SliZlistotie d to be in Katirlaud by the 15th
FI.11111:11V.
'!'he Asp, Ohm.rter, referring to the ton-
g g fart, say.:
Sine, thin m .oure was first alla.led to in the Cape par.
it h.o. rts •is, .1 marla Wll•sion. The conolt lunation pawiral
upon it by won: has 111411 Woe rly nw.cnted by 'portion. a
the ...-tern pros in,,' pre.. Ts t its dang. r ar 111, Ito LAO
,111. at than 11.-:.,re. NOOK' can pray 'leaven more ti-rs.notly
than It, no whe. 0111.04. and rean:t the 1111‘...myros, th.,t the
colony may wren' au early return of p.w a 11111.1 in.rosaiment
rity the rills whkh Wham to the navastare an
no I, manif..• than Ilefor... They are disc : Tlut a large
uneiol, eat awn living its a neighbouriug eulogy
• r British poet-OM% are called to Wks aid,IrCIOW we
emceed puflerient;y preteet our own toiletry. Tilt' is Illa ad-
011,.i..41 WeAkiit Whieh oast fearful is it,. come.
garnet". TIN' p...".. Ms to are vanipure.l by thaw
w 100 .1,11. r with Oa• view, that have bob rapers...6l an Oil. i
pap,. slab and other ri.pident. of the colony. The
aut. et . A •steni .4 the lattt. r with the o.'ony, which they
an .1. bailing tor them.. lv, •a. 11111fh a. for the nil 4.,
Of A very ditto...lt kind from that of the. Zulu. whine aid is
now rolled in. 'I lie latter ....me front a distant ronntry (MT
amr d. iv..., no their awn. It may he donhtt .1 whether
tit. it of 'tenon will lie to u.. or love of
the ito: •161. rot other .sw the law*. of 'dander. It is said
that at NA:as tC s are living in poste ander our prutertion,
an.l learning cisilovttimt. Can we estimate the evil of
indwring tin 1,, give up for a tittle the tnilder pitr•ttit.
of peavetal life, awl raising among them again lOC
war 11101101 p of hurl...tiles. leading them at, to the Mail.
fOrt.i.,ll .4 th••••• tail, • for violent, which a+ barhari.ins
yet belong to their }shoo.. and which it ntight he hoped,
that in the mid 4 of eisilit.•l life they were beginning to
unlearn. Tle.y sill pops through the ountrie. of Faku
snot h mill. I lose 6.hiefs will view with jealousy the ntarch
of melt a lack of warrior. through their pp...pie:Them limy
M- a replotebing of ilk. Zulu contint•wariat on the w ay, from
the propetty .4 neutrailitrilver. The ...tent of the control
wltab Mr. staisione a sin of known ability, certainly
call meta, user the niultitwte may prove eery limited.
lir may 110 t t.. died, [piece in unjust quarrel. on the
rook or is the haV,,rllle. of their mode of warfare al,.
thn s hay,' rew.h...l hatllrlaml, sod to &treat Britain snit the
solos) stray luevalter h, imputol wr. irk tines. and wiekol.
nee. from a lone distant contemplation the spirit Ahrink..
Mote thin this ...if a war of race he truly what is now
wawa on the frontier it' Mil. whom in late wan we
depended upon as friend., are now eombining to drive
the whites into the sea - nit n. of *how all. oleo and
11.1. brae IIIRII• heron. p•nteraitat .1 the most distant doubt:—
if sac), tow Lorin in thi. war of race, is there not a fear,
a remain% for fear. that *till Ito. can we bind their Zulus
to our f...dty. that they too may tuni their arm. against
us, —or else, that. fi.ling their power, and abusing it,
towanl. our allies tir otu.h at least 44 are not inimical bes
youd the Minter. titre make tli..nt.elroo and we the tbject
of the snitch hate of all the other population of South
Mrira. and they and onveltr... together become the prey
of a common. and, in the eyes of the enemy. a deserreil
destruction.
Or, if only the consiik.ration he kept in view that men
living is 'leave amp a..umiryt attain a share in the violence
of warfare do not rea.lile enter again upon the oe.capati.ms
of their former life —a tarepeople willingly return from
the seems. art harb;rian w.irfare, to take part again in the
peace of a cis ilired people'
'fl. much that is suggeottal in opposition to
the memnre is the 1110,ttnttlet: of thtNe. pre.
4,1 :11.11,ti.4% to the Eurolw:An. and of OUT present influence
over them. But thy who build moat itaunuly upon ,this
found 'fifes, are the fotulot in accusing the llottentots of
treachery. May it he askoduf such whether it eau be pos-
sible for any ewe to h. 4.1 a clove affectiou to the RUM-
puan. or to he mare •untloulgully ander the ittylueure of
Europeans, than ha. hitherto been the Cale With the ilste
tellttitS

The following deporition of a Fingo to Mr. Calder-
wood, at .tliee. reqwwting the prtwent state of feeling
in the Kat Itiver Settlement, will he read with pain :
I was sent. three day. ago. in the night, with two other
lingoes. to try and ascertain the state of Fort Arm-
strong. and report immediately. The night was very
dark and stsnuy, root we only reached the neighbour-.
bowl of Fort .true.trong at daybreak. The ',topic at
Fon Ann.trong Se.'llll 11 still asleep. I sent forward, ,
senor the river, Boks, to see if be could tiud any ,
of the taehers. I ...IN a number of Hottentot. Mime-
diately surround him and take from him every-
theta he had. hoc.. run, ammunition, and tied. I then,
with my oth ,r companion. rnNad the river to Fort .trot-
,tong. The flAtent.,t• immediately surrounded as, taking
all .oar property and anituunition. besides the horses on
which we note. The Hottentots brat me scverslv bemuse
I hid the mark of a corporal on my arm. Field Cornet
Botha, whom I know perfictly, seized Bono, and took all his
rem.rty. Botha took my blanket, knife, and money (ra.).
Botha put his hand in my pocket and took out my money
and my knife.
11,;tha openid my knife, and said he would cut our
throat. if we stayed with the English. I took the letters
out army pocket to give them to the Rev. Mr. 'holmium,
who had come forwanl with Groupe. The letters have
been matehod front me by the Hottaatote. I cannot name
the Hottentots who mined the letters—we were sur-
rounded by Hottentot& The letter, wore given to Grape.