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LONDON, MONDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 28, 1853.

THE KAFIR WAIL

turned to their father's
" great place," Thaba
Bossiou, accompanied by Mr. Cotaraissioner Owen,
who was the bearer of the following message :--
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been kept up till 8 p.m., when they disappeared from
the field, having suffered severely."
Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre in his report states his
force to be--

ANOTHER.BATTLE-HEAVY LOSS IN
KILLED AND WOUNDED.

" Platberg, 13th December, 1852.
" Chief Moshesh,—When I was sent by the Queen to
be governor, and to command her `'a•rmy in this part of
world, six months past, I wrote to acquaint you and the
other chiefs, and I told you that I would visit you as
soon as the rebellion of the Uaikas, and Tambookies,
and the Hottentots was ended. This has been done, as
you have no doubt learned, and I now visit this country
as I promised, and desire to see you and the other chiefs,
as my friends, at my camp.at Platberg, without delay.
"My proclamation will have told you the righteous
cause in which I am come, and what it is my duty to do.
"As I told you in my letter, I now hope my visit to
you may be in peace ; but I must do justice, whether it
be by war or in•peace. I have been told that you are a
great chief and a good man, but I find that though you
are a man of good words you have not done what you
promised.

Rank and File.

• PLYMOUTH, FEB. 26, 7 P.M.
The General Screw Steam-ship Company's ves-
sel Indiana, Capt.. Lambert, arrived here at 5 p.m.
to-day from India and the Cape of Good Hope. She
was-not due'till the 26th.
Hei dates are—Calcutta, Dec. 19 • Madras, Dec.
23 ; Point de Galle, 23 ; Mauritius; Jan. 9 ; Cape,
Jan. 24 ;* St. Helena, Feb. 1 ; Ascension, Feb. 4 ;
St. Vincent, Feb. 15.
The Indiana was detained at Point de Galle to
coal two days, and she remained at the Cape of
Good Hope three days. She spoke the Queen of
the Smith, which left here on the 15th February,
on Sunday last, All well.
The Indiana experienced a very strong gale on
the 21st January, when but a short distance from
Algoa Bay, and was obliged to heave to for twenty
hours. During the last five days she has also had
to encounter strong winds from the eastward. She
has 'not had to stop an hour since she left from any
accident-to; her engines or machinery. She brings
35 passengers and-a general cargo.
The passage, of the Indiana from the Cape is the
quiClEest yet made •; Occupied 32days 19 hours,
inehiding 3i days stoppage.
The advices from India have all been anticipated
b,y the overland mail.
The Gape Monitor of the 24th. January adver-
tises 'irrsttipsl6rthatiil;93Mltirft-Ittirn a`"aid"
for Algoa Bay, and two for the Mauritius, but
none for Australia ; neither is there any indication
of immediate emigration from the Cape to the gold
colonies. _

32th Royal Lancers
Cape Mounted Rifles
Royal Artillery
43d Light Infantry
7l Regiment
Rifle Brigade

12
13
102
271
90

Total

And says— .
"Having reached the font of the Berea mountains, I ob-
served the Basutas drawn up in considerable force. A
herd of cattle was presented in view, as if to entice us
on, while by their war shouts they evidently defied our
arms. On the right I detached the light company of the
73d, under Lieutenant Gawler, with directions to climb
the krantz which commanded the enemy on that side,
and, bringing his right shoulders forward, to turn the
left flank of the enemy. I directed the Hon. L. Curzon
to advance with the Rifle Brigade, and ascend the moun-
tain a little on the left of the light company of the 73d.
I moved up simultaneously with the remainder of my
force along the regular but rugged path which seemed to
lead into the centre of the enemy's position. The enemy
fired and attempted to oppose .our progress until we
reached the crest of the heights, when they instantly dis-
persed. I pursued them with the few moulited men
under Lieutenant Goodrich, of the Capp Mounted Rifles,

"I find not only that you have not paid the fine of
cattle imposed on you by the assistant commissioners
(Major Hogge and Mr. Owen), and which you promised
to pay for the robberies of cattle and horses committed
by your people and with your kuovJedge, up to the time
of your agreement with them, but, ,eince then, you and
the people over whom you rule, inaiding Molitsani and
Morosi, and your own son Letsea, with their people,
and certain robbers called Jan Letell and Bashuli, have
been stealing cattle from your n'igiibours, and other-
wise doing them harni. Even murders have been com-
mitted by them, and this village hat ken plundered and
destroyed. In shOrt, the Basuto peple under your rule
have bqcome a nation,of thieve e, •
`C‘this.itat6 df things • hay& COMf
mod_o-rl.t .Ziweeir
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and we succeeded in capturing at leiit 30,000 'head of
cattle, with many horses having saddles on them. The
enemy sustained some loss ; 38 were killed, and
several were found dead.;— and SO_ LOlllpleteky_ -Ask
feated did the enemy appear, 'that *some were taken
prisoners, and made to drive .back their own cattle.
We found it, however, quite impossible, with so few
mounted men, to drive on such large numbers, and in
the effort to do so many thousand were driven by the
few mounted Fingoes attached to my division down the
opposite side of the mountain to that which my instruc-
tions required me to take. I was therefore ()bilged to
abandon them and content myself with some 1,500.
About 1 o'clock p.m. from 200 to 300 mounted men,
with white caps and lances (which caused us to mistake
them for his Excellency's escort), suddenly appeared in
our front. Before the mistake could be discovered two
or three of our party fell into their hands, and I deeply
regret to state that Captain Faunce, 73d Regiment,
Deputy-Adjutant Quartermaster-General was of that
number. The enemy's force now rapidly increased until
we were opposed to at least 700 on 800 mounted men,
who drew up in line in admirable order, and attempted
to attack our front and left flank. As it was necessary
to present a front, in order to protect our cattle and
baggage, I formed three companies in skirmishing order,
two in front and one thrown back on our left, keeping
one in close order in support. The enemy charged up to
us several times within 200 or 300 yards, but daunted by
the coolness and steadiness of the men lying down to
receive them, dared not to approach nearer. As my in-
struction required me to proceed to Thaba Bossigo, I
directed the cattle to be driven down a path on my right,
intending to follow with the remainder of my force. No
sooner was this discerned by the enemy, than he cheered
and charged us, on which we halted and reformed in
skirmishing order, and again repelled him. Captain the
Hon. G. Devereux at the same time made some good
shots with the rockets, and the result was the total dis-
appearance of the enemy."
Lieutenant-Colonel G. Napier states his force to
have been-12th Lancers, 114 rank and file, under
Major Tottenham'; Cape Mounted Rifles, 119,
under Major Somerset, and says—" Having col-
lected a great number of cattle, I commenced
driving them down the north-east side of the Berea
mountains; when half way down, 700 mounted
men attacked the rear, who retired. On the open
ground the Lancers charged, and the enemy fled.
Near the drift, on the Caled.on., a large body of
mounted Kafirs were repulsed by the Mini() rifles
of the 74th Highlanders, under Captain Bruces."
In this contest, begun early in the morning of
the 20th of December, and not closed until 8 p.m.,
6,000 mounted Kafirs are said to hare been en-
gaged. At the close Colonel Eyre had secured 1,500
and. Colonel Napier 3,000 head of cattle.

and your neighbours if I can, and if not, to put you and
your people out of the way of doing them wrong, and
this I must do promptly.
"I will not, therefore, stop to talk, but tell you now
once for all, that having carefully inquired into the busi-
ness, and judging as justly and as mercifully as I can,
what is the amount of cattle and damage you should be
required to restore, I demand of you ten thousand head
of cattle and one thousand horses, to be delivered over
to the British resident at this place within three days'
time, in order to be restored to those from whom they
have been stolen.

The Adelaide was detained at St. Vincent's 17
days for want of coal.
The Mauritius arrived in Table Bay Jan. 19.
The screw steamer Formosa was at Point de
Galle when the Indiana left, on her way to Singa-
pore, from Australia. Her engines having broken
down she would be detained some weeks.
The screw-steamer Calcutta arrived at Mauritius
on the 11th December, and left on the 19th.
The Nile, Nisbet commander, arrived at Madras
on the 22d December. She had been on shore at
Waltair Point, near Vizapatam, but providentially
got off again, and had sustained little damage.
The Iniana sailed at 8 p.m. for Southampton,
having remained here for only three hours.
From the Cape there is intelligence of consider-
able interest, of both a military and political
nature. . .

" If this be not done, I must go and take either cat-
tle or other things from you and your people, and from
Molitsani and his people, and if resistance be made, it
will then Ile war between us, and I must then take three
times the amount of cattle, as well as kill many of your
people and destroy their dwellings and kraals, which I
should be very sorry to be obliged to do. But if this
cattle be paid within three days, and that lam assured
peace is restored, I will take the army back again in
peace.

" Now, chief, if you are an honest man, it is for you
to pay the just fine, which is not more than the cattle
stolen, and save yourself and your people from rgin, or
else prepare for war, for on the fourth day I must bring
you to account.

The most important transactions had occurred in
the Orange River sovereignty. The Governor,
Lieut.-General the Hon. G. Cathcart, had entered
the sovereignty according to the tenour of his pro-
clamation—to administer justice to all—and had
required compensation of Moshesh; the chief of the
Basohta tribe, for robberies of cattle that had been
committed by the people of that chief on the neigh-
bouring boers and some native tribes. The_ Gover-
nor demanded of Moshesh 10,000 head of cattle and
1,000 horses, informing him that the alternative
would be the seizure of treble that number by force.
The chief himself had a " talk" with the Governor,
and engaged to supply the cattle within a specified
time, and sent in 3,500 ; but failing in the remain-
der, General Cathcart advanced his troops into the
Basouta country, towards Thaba Bassigo, Moshesh's
great place. The camp, it would appear, lay
between the Caledon River and a mountain
called Berea, which lay in front of Bassigo.
According to the reports of Colonels Eyre,
Napier, and Cloete, the intention was that the first
named officer, with his column of 500 men, should
cross the summit of this hill ; the second, with
about 250, should pass round by its southern and
western base : and the other by the northern.
With the column of whose proceedings Colonel
Cloete gives an account were the Governor and staff.
Colonel Eyre fell in with large quantities of cattle,
and seems to have succeeded in striking a severe
blow on the enemy in his course, capturing at one
time about 30,000 head of cattle. Of these, owing
to the smallness of his force, he was enabled to
secure only about 1,500. Colonel Napier's force
also met with severe fighting, and sustained heavy
casualties. It however brought 4,000 cattle safely
to eaup. .
The duties of_—the day wdzi(rThetPinaieTy— severe for
the small number of troops engaged. The fighting
lasted from the morning until late in the evening.
The Basoutas mounted 6,000 horsemen, fought
with much intrepidity and with well organised
movements. Their attacks on the soldiers were
repeated, but the honours of the day rested with
the latter, for the enemy was eventually dispersed.
A battle so obstinately disputed on both sides could
not fail to be deadly in its effects. Although the
enemy suffered by far the greater loss, it is melan-
choly to find the list of killed and wounded on the
side of the British so lengthy. Captain' Faunce,
73d Regiment, was killed, and Captain Wellesley,
73d Regiment, and Lieutenant the Hon. H. Annex-
ley, 43d Regiment, were wounded. Four non-
commissioned _ officers and thirty-three privates

"You must also pay back to Sikonyella and Moroka
what you have stolen from them, and be at peace with
them. Carolus Batjee and his people must return to
Platberg, and the boundaries fixed by Governor Sir
Harry Smith must be respected.
" When all this is done, you must remain at peace
with all your neighbours, and the Basutos must cease to
be a nation of thieves, for if I come again it will not
be to talk, but to make an end of the Basuto nation, as
has boen done of the Gaikas and Tambookie tribe of
Mapassa.

(Signed) " G. CATHCART.
Next day Moshesh himself made his appearance,
and an interview took place between him and the
general, highly characteristic on both sides. The
" talk " is thus reported in an official notice after-
wardS published :
The Governor—l am glad to see you, and to make
your acquaintance.
Moshesh—l am glad to see the Governor, as since his
arrival in the country I have been expecting a visit from
him, which his letter led me to expect.
The Governor—l told you in that letter that I hoped
to meet you in peace, and I still hope so, as I look to
you as the great chief in this part.
Moshesh—l hope so too ; for peace is like the rain
that makes the grass grow, while war is like the wind
which dries it up. You are right in looking to me ; that
is in accordance with the treaties.

The casualties on the part of the British were very
severe. Killed—Captain Faunce, 73d, and 2 pri-
vates ; 12th Lancers, 4 non-commissioned officers
and 23 privates ; Rifles, 3 privates ; and 5 Cape
Mouted Rifles. Wounded-2 officers, 4 non-com-
missioned officers, and nine privates. Total—killed,
38 ; wounded, 15.
The great sacrifice seems, however, to have se-
cured_the ,sublnission of Moshesh, who, tttv next

The Governor : I will not now' alk much, but wish to
know whether you received my message yesterday, in
which I made the demand of cattle and horses ! I have
nothing to alter in that letter.
Moshesh : Do you mean the letter I received from
Mr. Owen
The Governor : Yes.

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where 1 igurff get the cattle from. Am Jl to understand
that the 10,000 head demanded area fine imposed for
the thefts committed by my people, in addition to the
cattle stolen./

owing letter : .

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The Governor—l demand but 10,000 head, though
your people have stolen many more, and consider this a
just award. It must be paid in three days.
Moshesh—Do the three days count from yesterday, or
to-day ?
The Governor-- To-day is the first of the three.
M oshesh—The time is abort, and the cattle many ;
will you not allow me six days to collect them ?

The Governor—You had time given you when Major
Hogge and Mr. Owen made the first demand, and then
promised to comply with it, but did not.
Moshesh--But I was not quite idle. Do not the
papers in the commissioner's hands show that I collected
cattle ?

" Thaba Bossigo, Dec. 20th, 1852.
" Your Excellency, This day you have fought against
my people, and taken much cattle. As the object for
which you have come is to have a compensation for
boers, I beg you will be satisfied with what you have
taken. I entreat peace from you ; you have shown your
power, you have chastised,—let be enough I pray you,
and let me no longer be considered an enemy of the
Queen. I will try all I can to keep my people in order
in the future.

" Your humble servant,
" MOSHESH."
To which his Excellency returned the following
reply : _ _ _

were slain, and four non-commissioned officers and
nine privates wounded.
The blow struck on the enemy would appear to
be a decisive one. The immediate result was a
letter of submission from Moshesh to the Governor

The Governor—they do, but not half of the number
demanded.

Moshesh—That is true, but I have not now control
enough over my people to induce them to comply with
the demand, however anxious I may be to do so.
The Governor—lf you are not able to collect them, I
must go and do it, and if any resistance be made it will
then be war, and I shall not be satisfied with 10,000
head, but shall take all I can.

suing for peace, which his Excellency was very
ready to grant. He lamented that so many were
killed, and expressed a wish to see the chief again
on the same friendly terms as before the battle.

" Camp, Caledon River, Dec. 31st, 1852.
" Chief Moshesh,—l have received your letter. The
words are those of a great chief, and of one who has the
interests of his people at heart. But I care little for
words, I judge of men by their actions. I told you
that if you did not pay the fine, I must go and take it.
I am a man who never breaks his word, otherwise the
Queen would not have sent me here. I have taken the
fine by force, and I am satisfied.

Moshesh—Do not talk of war, for however anxious I
may be to avoid it, you know that a dog when beaten
will :show his teeth.

The result of the chief's letter was the immediate
withdrawal of the troops from the sovereignty, and
his Excellency has urged the Europeans of the dis-
trict to organise themselves as soon as possible for
self-defence, and has given them full license to carry
out the old commando system, in case any change
should take place in Moshesh's present professions
of friendship. Full particulars of those stirring
transactions will be found below.
The eastern provinces were still in a disturbed
state. The banditti maintained a system of rapine,
attended occasionally with murder. The bulk of
the Gaika tribes were said to be interspersed among
the friendly tribes, probably not without the con-
nivance of the friendly chiefs. The affair in Basouta
had been looked upon with lively interest by the
Kafirs, some of whom regarded the speedy with-
drawal of troops from the sovereignty in the light
of a retreat. It was reported to be the intention
of the Governor to visit King William's Town at an
early day, with the object of proclaiming and de-
ciding on the terms of peace. The present appears
to be a crisis in the affairs of the Cape frontier, the
issue of which will much depend on the prudence,
foresight, and resolution of General Cathcart.
The political horizon of the Cape colony would:
seem to be lowering. The speech of Sir J. Paking-
ton (when Secretary of State for the Colonies) de-
ferring the grant of a representative system to the
colony, and drawing a distinction between the Bri-
tish, Dutch, and native subjects of the Crown, has
occasioned the greatest discontent, and many of
Sir John Pakington's statements are flatly denied
by the press.
The Cape Town Mail furnishes the subjoined
details of the circumstances which led to the en-
counter, and of its consequences
Having issued the proclamation which appeared
in our last summary—declaring that his object was
" not to make war, but to settle all disputes, and
to establish the blessings of peace," and command-
ing " all chiefs, and men of all classes and tribes"
to remain quiet, and abide by his judgment and
decision—General Cathcart proceeded across the
Orange River, into the sovereignty, and on the Ist
of December encamped at Commissie Drift, on the
Caledon River, where he was joined by Colonel
Eyre, 73d Regiment, and Colonel Duff,.74th, with
their respective columns ; the whole force, in-
cluding the column under his Excellency's imme-
diate command, amounting to about 2,500 men of
all arms. Here, in reply to an address presented
to him by the inhabitants of Caledon, General
Cathcart announced that he had summoned the
chiefs Moshesh, Molitsane, Sikonyella, Moroko,
and Gert Taaybosch, to meet him at Platberg, on
the 13th, and that each of those chiefs would be
compelled to pay the amount of cattle which the
commissioners, after due investigation, should
think fit to award. On the Bth, a camp moved
forward towards Platbeig, and was joined by a de-
tachment of the 45th Regimeat, under Lieutenant
Howard, with some field pieces • while 40 Burghers,
of a neighbouring field cornetcy, turned out to
protect the border, in the rear of the Governor's
operations. Unfortunately, during the first day's
march, his Excellency lost the valuable aid of his
military secretary, Colonel Seymour, who was
thrown violently from his horse,- by which his left
shoulder was fractured, and he had consequently ,
to be conveyed in a cart to the neighbouring village
of Smithfield.
ers whichen remaining h found
tilereb deserted by
einmthre.
On the morning of the 13th his Excellency ar- ,
rived
natives, a t
the Platberg,en ly p
Giddy, a Wesleyan missionary, who has for a con-
siderable number of years laboured among the
Basoutas. In the evening two young chiefs, sons of
Moshesh, came to the camp, but General Cathcart
refused to see them, and next morning they re-

The Governor—lt will, therefore, be better that you
should give up the cattle than that I should go for them.
Moshesh—l wish for peace, but have the same diffi-
culty with my people that you have in the colony ; your
prisons are never empty, and I have thieves among my
people.

The
Governor—l would then recommend you to catch
the thieves and bring them to me, and I will hang them.
Moshesh—l do not wish you to hang them, but to
talk to them, and give them advice. If you hang them
the cannot talk.

The Governor—lf I hang them they cannot steal, and
lam not going to talk any more. I have said that if
you do not give up the cattle in three days I must come
and take them.

Moshesh—l beg of you not to talk of war.
The Governor—l have no more to say. I must either
leave this in peace in three days, or go to Thaba Bos-
sigo. I. therefore, advise you to go and collect the
cattle as quickly as possible.

"I am not angry with your people-for fighting in de-
fence of their property ; for those who fought--and
fought well—were not all of them thieves, and I am sorry
that many were killed. This is your fault ; for if you
had paid the fine, it would not have happened. I now
desire not to consider you, Chief, as an enemy of the
Queen, but I must proclaim martial law in the sove-
reignty, to give to commandants and fieldcornets power
to make commandos in a regular manner, and, with the
consent of the Resident, enter your country in search of
plundered horses and cattle that may be stolen after this
time. And I expect you to assist them ; for though you
are a great chief, it seems that you either do not, or can-
not, keep your own people from stealing ; and among the
cattle you sent as part of your fine there were three
oxen the property of Mr. Bain of Bloem Fontein, stolen
since I crossed the Caledon River. Now, therefore,
Chief Moshesh, I consider your past obligations fulfilled,
and hope that you will take measures for preventing
such abuses in future. In the meantime, as the Queen's
representative, I subscribe myself

Moshesh—Tio not talk of coming to Thaba Bossigo ;
if you do I shall lay the blame on the Boers from whom
the cattle were stolen, but whom I requested to come
and point out to me their cattle, that I might restore
them. I will go at once and do my best, and perhaps
God will help me.

" Your friend,
" GEO. CATHCART, Governor."
" P.S.—Chief, • I shall be glad to see either yourself
or your sons, in the same friendly manner, and in the
same good faith as before the fight, at Platberg, to-mor-
row or next day, but I shall now send away the army,
and go back to the colony in a few days' time.

After leaving his Excellency's tent, but before
returning home, Moshesh sent to request that the
day on which the interview took place might not
count in the three. This request his Excellency
acceded to.

'' G. C."

General Cathcart issued the following Proclsma-
tion

On the third day, the 18th, 3,500 head of cattle
were brought in by Moshesh's son Nehemiah, and on
the 19th, no more appearing, the order was given
for the troops to advance. Colonel Eyre, with a
large body of cavalry and infantry and two guns,
moved forward and encamped upon the Upper Cale-
donln whom the
waggon drift, in order to cut off the communi-
cation between the country of Moshesh and that of
gecltbeodutr!nogbtcainhiefa,
assistance
less than
, and on
the troops
BMthae°siti2itilshnwia'eraeenxepi combined attack was made in three co-
lumns upon the Berea Mountain, where vast droves
of cattle were known to be collected. Here a des-
perate
6,ooarnareseisdtaianacencountered,assalinngo
in the plain, while on the mountain large bodies on
Basuto u to was
horsemen
foot used every effort to prevent the cattle from
being captured. _

According to Colonel Cloete's official dispatch,
the Basutos, to defend their vast droves of cattle,
first fired on him and Captain Tylden. An attempt
at parley by the Governor was answered by a shot,
when two rounds of shrapnel caused the enemy to
fly from the southern angle of the Berea towards
Thaba Bossigo. The dispatch proceeds :----
" The infantry, strengthened by a company of the 43d
Regiment, under Captain the Hon. Percy Herbert, were
now brought up, and the column advanced, crossed the
L Lieut.-
the
ut. -
deep mountain stream Rietspruit,' and were posted on
a commanding knoll at its junction with the Little Ca-
ledon
approachesß i River, r,
by
yn
which
hT hijaibe au BossigoLieut.-Colonel
oon eIE
plains,yr
Eyre
and covering
Colonel Napier's columns were to join.

" While in this position the enemy were collecting in
fresh patches of horsemen in all directions ; those ap-
proaching within distance were driven back. On the
clearing away of a thunderstorm and rain the enemy
suddenly displayed his whole force. Masses of horse-
men were observed to move from the Thaba Bossigo
Poort to turn the General's right, while large bodies ex-
tended along the front. These movements were con-
ducted with the utmost order and regularity.
" Lieutenant-Colonel Eyre's division joined at 5 p.m.,
with 1,500 head of cattle, which it was necessary to se-
cure, for which purpose some kraals in a commanding
position were ordered to be occupied. The enemy, who
had now mustered not less than 6,000 horsemen, made
every effort to assail the troops moving into their bi-
vouac, repeating theitrropc The i.b
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"Whereas the Chief Moshesh, as the result of the
battle of Berea, has made full and humble submission,
and sued for peace, which has been granted.
"And whereas, although the said chief has evinced
his desire to preserve the good understanding and amity
with her Majesty's Government, now happily restored,
by promising to do all in his power to keep his people
in order, it is scarcely to be expected that he will be
able so to restrain their lawless practices as to entirely
prevent cattle stealing for the future.
" And whereas, in my last reply to the said chief, I
expressed my intention of proclaiming martial law, in
order to restore to the burghers full powers of making
commandos, which seem to have fallen into disuse ; and
whereas, upon further consideration, I have reason to
believe that the course of proclaiming martial law might
be misinterpreted and misunderstood, and tend to un-
necessary irritation, excitement, and alarm, and that
the object I have in view can be attained without pro-
claiming martial law as aforesaid ; now, therefore, I do
hereby, by virtue of all the powers vested in me, provi-
sionally and until sufficient legal enactment may be
framed with the same intent, order, command, and di-
rect all civil commissioners, commandants, and field-
cornets within the Orange River territory, to be ready
to organise their burghers for self defence, and for the
protection, security, and recovery of their property in
case of need.