The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-02 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE,
We have just received a file of papers from the
Cat' "f Goqd Hope to the 24th October. They are
nearly ft fortnight later than those last received, and
„.e°44°llll some interesting particulars respecting the
.t..afir war. The following are extracts from them :
(From the Graham's Town Journal.)
Information was received in town of the plunder of a
'waggon belonging to Mr. J. H. Greathead, and the cap-
ture of a span of twelve oxen belonging to it by the
Rafira. It appears that this waggon was on its way
down from Cradock, in company with several others, for
mutual protection, but that on reaching the Fist) litver
Rand, it parted from the rest of the convoy, the driver, a
Hottentot, against the will of the rest, persisting in
going forward alone. It seems that it hail reaetaid
ilerz De Bruin's Poort, when a small party of
K. *firs emerged from the hush, and on siting a
or two both driver and leader instantly abandoned
their charge, and fled for their lives. The owner On re-
cqeiving a report or this proceeded to the spot, and on
3reaching it found that the marauders had gone off with
the Oxen- They had also rifled the waggon of four or
e small casks of butter, had broken open the
waggon chest, and abstracted what they pleased of its
scontents had stripped off the new sailcloth, and had
aaksen it away, together with a waggon-chain. No clue
been found which affords any hope of the recovery
'of any part of this booty. Received some further ac
'coon from Fort Beaufort, and which give a most,
gloomy description of the state of affairs in that
tralitY• The inhabitants are very short of food, and
military so badly off for supplies, that grass is
bought of the

att the r .
te Pingo women to7feed. the dragoon' horses,
:abundance of ate of 15s. per 1001bs.1 It is said that there is
s
grass where this is brought from, a di -
In" of about four or five miles from the post, but that
Us horses are not sent there from apprehension lest they
should
Mud
be carried off by the Kafirs; and a sufficient
cannot, it seems,
aect theta against the be
etescks parednffrotnesmte adroithepos lu
ttopprno.
jhood •
fde at
rers. Some fine rain had fallen in that neighbour-
, and the country was rapidly recovering from
tthhiengeffewcatss of the long and severe drought. Every-
arid of hori:s.t a stand for want of draught oxen
About forty waggons were in Beaufort
without an ox to elratw them. Hundreds of oxen had
perished from starvation, and it is affirmed that, on one
9ccasin, eut of a `pan of ten tied to a waggon at night
fbefore the commissariat buildings, eight or nine were
ound dead the next morning. The Kaffirs are said to
be suffering dreadfully from dysentery, the effect of ex-
posure to the weather and unwholesome diet; but still
it is not thought they will submit to the terms insisted
on by his Excellancy the Governor, but will continue to
harass the colon - by attacks at different points, in the
manner they have done during the last few weeks . . . .
Learnt that ten or twelve head of cattle were swept oft
ou Saturday from the
Kraal, about fiver farm of Mr. C. Maynard, Burnt
aile north-east of town.
SATURDAY.—From persons who have just reached
town from tho trc.ops in Kafirland, we learn that a camp
is about to be formed immediately at the mouth of the
uffalo, where Go rernment stores were landed during
the Kafir war a i 835, with perfect success, under. the
superintendence of Mr. J. Bailie, and for which rxer-
Cons, and the intelligence he displayed in acquiring a
/thorough knowledge of that locality, he received the
'a special thanks of the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Ben-
Junin D'Urbati. Why may not the same person be
again employed there ? . • . Information received
that several horses and cattle, the property of Mr. L. H.
deurant, had been carried off from the neihbourhood of
atiebeelt . g
.... A ortion of te new levy, about
40 in nuteber, raised inp this districht, have arrived in
'Graham's Town. They are men of colour, and are
aloothe institution of Farmerfield, and as we believe
ialso from the institution of Theopolis. The new
',vies have not come forward reai, and it is
athough there will be considerable difficuldtylyin raising the
nintber required by the requisition of the Commander-
laChief. . • . Informed that besides the oxen reported
ori
1191 h Moonday, as carried off from the farm Burnt Kraal,
,rses have also been taken from the same place.
-Vour of these animals are the property of Mr. Enis, now
residing en that place, and who is now deprived of his
last horse . . . . Detachment of the 45th Regiment
Marched from town at noon to-day for the camp at
Waterloo bay.
rThe summary for the past week, in reference to the
]progress of the pending warfare, may be significantly
v eroprised in the words statu quo. The state of the
avvins.t.her and the rise of the rivers have prevented com-
-4 ;.:ietv,cation and retarded active operations on both sides.
losses have been reported, but these are not of a
mature e or to an extent, to call for particular remark.
The sentence of d Court, on thedeath passed at the last Circuit
Artillery driver for shooting his
officer
enCtiape.in Shepherd, at Post Victora, was carried
.eillt° ell. tion on Thursday morning before the gate of
“ot Prlson at this place.(Prom the Cape Frontier Times.)
WEDNESDA.Y, OCT. 7.—lt rained heavily and inces-
santly the whole of this day. . . Colonel Somerset
arrived in tow
brings intelligne.nce . '
barque at that place. °sl` he wreck of the Catherine
on board 300 tons this vessel, 260 tons burden, had
fttllODg3t which w of supplies for the Government,
following ac . ere about 150 tons of forage cern. The
by the car the of the wreck of this vessel, drawn up
the Ice a:.etain, has been published in the Journal of
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- Camp Waterloo Bay, Oct. 3, 1846.
...214r--I be to hand you the particulars regarding the
Eck o.f the barque Catherine, now stranded in this bay.
‘v °arrived here yesterday at 3h. 30m. P.m , wind blowing
,fresh fromdown teEnth,e westward, anchored in eight fathoms, sent
in..top.
diaahargio
foal of a 41c--t
A gallant yard, &c., and got all ready for
the south-we midnight found that the cable had got
from the best° 1; with
, called all hands, it blowing strong from
lightning. At three P.M., parted
bower ;
at
five with
cable • brought up with the other
but found thist4.3l" parted' the same; let go the stream,
0. be of no avail as the vessel took. the
Found abaft, with a tremendous sea running, obliging
the ere '
Waves
Ilsvw,e—Fe tu get into the rigging for safety, as the.
on
shore tences,
euius,_ 3t the ship right fore and aft. Under these =-
slipped the stream cable; at seven a.sx. drove
. half a mile to the eastward of the usual landing
dace, where thanks to an all-wise Providence, we sue-
,o (led in getting on shore by a whale or rather surf boat,
Which was manned by Mr. Salmond and four men, to
Ons I and my crew are deeply indebted; also to Lieut.
zrorsyt, R.N., for his able assistance in the hour of
ilanger. The Catherine, lam sorry to say, is now
reeking up, and there islittle or no prospect of getting
any of the stores landed in good condition.—l am, &c.
J. BROWN, Master of the Catherine.
We are sorry to perceive in the 'private accounts re-
ceived, that circumstances are stated connected with the
stranding of this vessel which are calculated to excite
suspicion that this misfortune has not been altogether
the result of accident. We shall only observe that there
is something so diabolically wicked, so disgustingly
brutal and thoroughly villainous in an attempt to wreck
a ship and risk the lives of human beings for the paltry
'consideration of gain, that no man who is an honest man,
or values his reputation as an honest man, will bear the
slightest reflection to rest upon his character in such a
matter as this ; and if his Excellency the Governor, who
is on the spot, has not already instituted an inquiry on
the subject of this wreck, it will be a duty which Captain
grown owes to himself, to his friends, and to the public,
to call for such investigation. The vessel and freight
were both insured, and the Government, it appears, alone
is a loser to the amount of seine thousands of pounds.
The loss of the large quantity of supplies which this ves-
sel contained is a serious public misfortune.
THURSDAY.—The Cape mail due on Monday arrived
to-day. The Zuid Afrikaan states that the steamer
Inflexible has brought 55,0001. in specie for the military
chest, a large quantity of gunpowder, 2,000 stand of
arms, and seven field officers. Among the latter we
also find the names of Lieut.-Colonel Napier, the son of-
Commodore Sir Charles Napier, appointed to fill the
situation of Deputy Adjutant General to the forces.
Within a few days we may also expect the arrival of
reinforcements of troops, consisting of the 6th Regiment,
the lst battalion of the Rifle Brigade, and other service
companies, the whole amounting to about 2,500 men, in-
uding officers. Supplies of biscuit, oats, &c., are also
said to be on their way here.
in Last night two individuals were drowned in attempt-
ing had one of the streams in Graham's Town,
iculars of
The particulars been greatly swollen by the late rains.
this fatal accident are not known.
The not hem the parties are Kemp and Maynard,
both
attached Englishmen. The former had been
to the
• latter e Cradock contingent, and the
r was the contracto 's issuer at Waterloo-bay. It
is said that both had been drink
bodies found r • ing at a canteen. Their
havingbeen were horribly bruised and disfigured, from
re_,.erae beaten against the rocks over which they
,e.wet by the violence of the torrent. The death
'alnd
vrToglo, dhow, it is supposed, had also been drinking,
The artilry own in the rain, is also reported. . . .
eryemou Lo .
last circuit held in o ng' who was found guilty at the
commanding office raharn's Town, of having shot his
r?iaptain Shepherd, at Post Victoria,
underwent the extli're'
toe
°penalty of the law, in front of
the district gaol, this
this unfortunate mourning. We do not know why
.allowed to live six
months after his convictiwor With the rope round his
-sleek, but this we know,
be t_
.such cruelty to a
that itte
condemned criminal would not
totobilearated in the parent
country. We know not who is
in the matter,
but justice and mercy required
is.pinishment of
the wretched man having been so long
W kuneitard should
have been commuted. Whether he
g Ici:wanresutislpaetn
he
of his fate all this time, or was all aloe
would be executed, we also know not, but under
supposition he has been treated with great
cruelty,eithe r
FRIDAY.—The head-quarters of the 73d Regiment
reached town to day,
more than 400 men strong, one
company has been left at Cape Town and one at PPort
liattbeth. This regiment was detained at Howitsow, port in consequence of the inclemency of the weather.
The new road through this pass we are sorry to
hear
a 8 suffered much injury - • • • ' • •
•A detachment of the Graham's Town Hottentot Levy
proceeded to occupy the posts at Riebeck and Pal-
miet Fontein which had been wholly abandoned by
e
th e e •atet •
eurguers;y stationed there. . • . Report re-
h
"ived that a span of eight oxen had been carried off
y Kafirs from the vicinity of Riebeek. 'These oxen
belong, to Mr. Meurant, and are the last of 300 head
"jell the Kafirs have taken from him during the
present war. Some other depredations are also re-
ported in different parts.
SATURDAY.—A detachment of the 45th Regiment
Proceeded to head quarters of the Commander-in-Chief
near Waterloo Bay.
AnAiONDAY.—MaiI from Fort Beaufort brings intelli-
ce of the capture and recapture of the flocks of Mr.
yton, and of the death of Mr. W. Cumming, of Fort
11,
~eaae..fort,
.who was shot by Kafirs as he was gallantly
ng he, p-ely in the re, ee, of these fl ells.
hit2u , been Y--ALout fifty well of the New Albany levy
about placed at the disposal of the Commandant,
twelre of whom aro mounted. They are 110 W