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By the arrival of the Tartar, at Dover, from the
Cape of Good Hope, we have received papers from
thence to the 15th October, and from Graham's Town to
the 7th. They are five days later than the former ac-
count:. The following official dispatches, received from
Colonel Somerset, are from the', Cape Frontier Timer'-
" Head-quarters, Camp near Fish River Mouth,
Ceded Territory, Oct. 1.
" Colonel Somerset, with a detachment of the second
division, has been employed since the 16th of Septeraber
in scouring the country on the other side of the Kies-
kamma. The following extracts from dispatches re-
ceived from that officer report his proceedings :
Near Chalumna River, Sept. 22.
" Sir,—l have the honour,to acquaint you that during
the operations of the last two days, although the weather
was most inclement, my troops shot four of the enemy':
took four prisoners, 15 horses, 112 head of cattle, and
three guns, belonging to Seyo!o's tribe.'
" Camp Goolah Heights, near the Buffalo,
24th September, 1846.
" I have the honour to acquaint you for the Coin'
mander in Chief's information, that I fell in with the.
Gaika cattle yesterday on the Buffalo, about six
mottle
Mount Coke, and captured 1,100 head of que
and thirty horses, and shot five of the enemy. Having
had a long march and it being late I was not able to
more.' "

" ' Bridle Drift, Buffalo River, Sept. 29, 1846.
" ' Sir,—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of his Excellency the Commandevin•Chief
that I moved from my camp on the Goolah on the
afternoon of the 27th instant (the moment the weather
moderated), with 750 men, and making a
to the Gahoon River, I established. myself by midnight
in the midst of Umhala's tribe, without their having the
slightest intimation of my move. Lying Perdu until day
night march
dawn, I dispersed the troops in various directions, ittl,,
although the enemy drove off their cattle and abandone
their kraals with the utmost expedition, I pursued them
„
to the Gonuble River, and by midday the troops had
secured 3,000 head of superior cattle, with a few norsli
Almost the whole of these cattle are superior colons
cattle,, h
with a moderate number of draught oxen'tlia t we
,
' The enemy called out to us this morning
Ain to
had now taken all their cattle, and they a' n—ther
live upon. We have experienced very severe wee, 0;
which much impeded my operations, but the troops us
continued healthy.
oba.tion of the
"' I must express my unqualified apPr ed -, these
eoxpeerratitoionneso.Twenty-two
f all theciffi eersof andthe troops
enemy
have had no casualty.—l have the honour to bey °L`
your obedient servant, fallen ;,„!..e,
(Signed)

" H. SOMERSET, Colonel,
Cow. Difision•

" ' Lieut.-Colonel Cloete, &c Sic t, Reg
" 7-S.—l have directed Ca. tain Tench, 454' --t to
ment, whom his Excellency sentP with a went
my support, to recross the Keiskamma, and hold,,
cu'
on the opposite side till I cross with the cattle.
-..t is

By the above it will be seen that Colonel botioes
still
actively and successfully engaged in his oPer-ifkr, in
against the enemy. This officer seems to be al„
motion, and neither to take nor to require rest- ' ye-
n seems that the Amaponda chief Fake, whose len.
ments towards the colony had excited some aPP,ren, to
sion, has returned home again without attemP"bthe
take the colonial cattle which were depasturing it
banks of the Bashee. He does not seem to have AO.
any hostile ingredients towards Kreli, although he ig there
ported to have fallen upon some native tribes in .r
neighbourhood of the Bashee, and robbed them of tl.lO
cattle. Major O'Reilly returned home this itor,ultnif:,
having spent the night in patrolling the country ,11,
neighbourhood of Driver's Hill. He reached I,r
Plaats at two o'clock A.m. this morning. lie neither
saw any Kafirs, nor the indications of the preseneewl
Kafirs. Report sent in that about fifteen or twe.,,Y.
Kafirs had been seen in the neighbourhood of 311.*!lrie
loney's residence, Howison's Poort. No aid Olga
rendered from town to pursue these marauders.

CONFERENCE BETWEEN COL. Jnrric STONE
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AND THE GAIKA CHIEFS. Saturday
MONDAY.—lnformation reached town on Saterutb,
accede
to the
that the Gaika chiefs had refused to
terms submitted to them by Colonel Johnstone, 0
onpart of the Commander in-Chief. the
place on Thursday afternoon, the (not
on the having t toy
30th ult., as stated in a former page),been
Chumie River, near Drift, a message
the
whohad Inas.°
over-
previously sent to Macomo— by Lieut.-Cot
tures on the part of the Gaika chiefs—
ld meet them
Campbell, that Lieut,-Col. Johnstone vvou
dilla, Bot
181; hienst.rneeting
there. The chiefs present were Macomo, Sandilla,
te•
man, Souto, and all Macomo's sons, bout 300
There were also several councillors, and about 300
Kafirs, a great number of them mounted an;
armed with muskets, all of which were apparellY_
excellent older, the barrels burnished and cleaned
veryas"
one only excep a
expressly for the occat.ion. Macomo looked ill, and .
weak, and was labouring under a severe attack of dr,
sentery. There was no difference in the appearance 01
the other chiefs. Boman looked as fat and sleek to
ever. They did not seem to be humbled, but they all,
however, appeared heartily tired of the war. Besides
Colonel Johnstone, who conducted the negotiation,
Major Smith and sever at others were present, amongst
whom was the Rev. Mr. Calderv, ood (formerly Macomo S
miss:onary), not, however, as the tearer of dispatches, as
erroneously stated by a contemporary, or as li
Government e
agent, but at the special request
his Excellency the Governor. Colonel Johnstone
informed the chiefs of the determination of al
Governor, which was in substance—that be
not want war and loved peace ; but that he was deter,:
mined there should be an end to the outrages whi"
had for so long a period, in defiance of treater, bee:
committed upon the colonists by the Kafirs, and whht'ile t
the chie's either would not or could not restrain. Tf
he had taken possession, in the name of her Majestl,i'd
their country as far as the Kei River, which wlti,
henceforth be the colonial boundary. That it ayes 'I,
intention to locate the Fingoes and Hottentots, and sue,.
Kafirs as had not joined in the war, in the ceded tT,.
ritory, That such of the chiefs and their people of;
agree to give up their arms, and restore, or assist in
restoration, of the cattle stolen from the colony,
be allowed to remain in the country between the biefs
kamma and the Kei, not, however, as independent
or tribes, but as subjects of the British Governments,and that those who refused to submit to thoe teartio
would be driven over the latter river, and th°. c tlf
taken by force of arms. Macomo apP 0 Y
eared
iesilcdiegnea
inclined to accept these conditions, but not
watched by the other chiefs, who were
3acon,os
posed to submit except on their own terms bas bas ha,dA
sons particularly—with whom, it is said, to
severalt quarrels lately—were determined of
hot ling. Sandilla and liotman dis.ed goou
oiept
auteur, though there was an absence of that in;smilar
rudeness which had been usually exhibited at of
meetings. They, as well as Macomo, were desircea, 0
being allowed to return to their former abodes,,tatoan
regarded the surrender of their arms and booty, -I°'ti was
sad, in reference to the former, that such a deEe°llther---
never made by one nation that conquered a.nhe" their,
their guns were their property, bought wit
ended
money, and could not, therefore be dollen was
them. The cattle, he said, were dead—and wipe-The
taken in war was taken, not again to be restore°•
chiefs were told, that whilst they were talking °f Prof
their people were committing aggressions in the
strain,
in every direction. To this they replied in the old ain,
that hose were thieves whom they could not ost:de-
and who should be shot. Sandilla said they we
would
termined not to fight any more—that his pcoßge
go on cultivating their gardens, and that the rtbsc
might come and kill them. They were then told
000,
having declined the Governor's terms. they hedbrcke
nothing to expect but war. The conference than from
up, the Kafirs retiring to the Amatola mountains k oty
whence they had come) in an orderly manner. Diec°ool
it is supposed, will yet submit, and accept the tetiog
offered him, in which case the confederacy etiLed,
between the Gaika chiefs will be materially weep
if not entirely broken up, he being regarded by pros'
as their principal head. Amongst the guns in the 'fie
session of the Kafirs assembled on this oeceei°l3'lo
understand several of the Cape Corps double-barre tea
guns were noticed, and several of them were its 0
on Cape Corps Horses. One Kafir was wraPP it is
cloak belonging to the Cape Corps. The women, -.00.
said, are cultivating patches of ground in every direct* to
This should be at once stopped, if it be ilateteci con-
subjugate the Kafirs and bring the war to a sPet"' ia
elusion. These women are described as bele:go, the
wretched plight : some of them were seen burnies',oo
hair off bits of skin, which they then pounded het"osta
two stones and greedily devoured. Report
that the Kafirs are suffering very much from dYse,e- col'
From Colonel Somerset's Camp we have We 1%010
lowing :—" Colonel Somerset has captured emirs
3,300 head of cattle (amongst which are Ineni The
colonial) and GO horses, and killed 22 Nafirs• The
Kafirs are so frightened that they won't stand• vat.
captured cattle belonging principally to Pato, Je,e,:,,,sted
zoe, Umkye, and Umhala. The Kafirs have clui."--001.
all their gardens, which are looking very green' bat..,,op
Somerset told them they would not be allowedt°
them. We have had a great deal of rain, and the f° of
try is looking very beautiful. We go out in votive-eat,
about 100 men, and take cattle in every direction. •
O'Reilly took 400 head yesterday, after exchsogLhe
Kafirs
shots, and those at 150 to 200 yards distance,
will not face us any longer."
LA Or
TUESDAY.—Received a communication from tu- ore
taken:
frontier, from which the following extracts ten'
—" Captain Sutton, with the Kat River Ilotte
tots, has been very active in patrolling the countrY
tween Eland's River Post and Fort Beaufort, algiweek
often accompanied the patroles himself. The -a of
before
last they took from the Kafirs about 170 hea-
rts,
cattle, some goats, a number of horses, and several coo
killing four Kafirs. Last week they again she me
Kafirs, and took upwards of 60 head of cattle, Joa some
sheep and goats. Last week Lieutenant-Colonel o°
stone, who succeeds Colonel Hare in command ofh.,,k.
2d division, met Sir Andreas Stockonstrom, at J3m-ad
water, to arrange plans for protecting the colony, end
future movements. Sir Andreas intends dividing, on.
Hottentots at present at Eland's Post, into severs
campments, better, as he thinks, to protect the colon ;
and also to get some melie, pumpkin, and other the
into the ground. Sir A. was to proceed t()...ther
Tarka 'post, to make arrangements there for fui';ro
operations. He has been, it seems, collecting tile
Dutch Burghers." Another letter states--1114,-
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beginning of last week, the Kafirs commenced "
were
Phillipton; a very good house and carpenter's sbOP watt
burnt down. Two days afterwards, a great blaZbe e the
seen in the night, and the next day it proved to be
chapel, which has been totally destroyed. This wld Ito
a great loss to the London Missionary Society, 20 the
the Hottentots. Unless protected, no doubt Iwo.
buildings will be burnt, as also those of Balfour;
Ears are no doubt doing -this 914 of revellgo t

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