The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-04 00:00:00

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usual near the waggons. All were at peace, until about
two o'clock this morning, when the men by the fires
were alarmed by the barking and baying of the dogs.
They thought, as the dogs ran towards a small clump of
bushes adjacent, that a wolf or some beast of prey was
near, and two of the men proceeded towards the spot,
when suddenly a rush was made on them by three or
four Kaffirs, and who stabbed at them with their
assegais. The two men instantly retreated towards
the fire, where lay two other men. Their assailants
followed them, and one of the men had an assagai
thrust at his chest, but which he parried by a
bough of a tree, behind which he had taken refuge.
At the same time, one of the men, who was lying
near the fire, endeavoured to escape, but was struck
by an assegai in the back, He call out for assistance,
and the missionaries hearing the noise, two of them
leaped out of the waggon to ascertain its cause. In-
stantly one of them received a severe wound in the ab-
domen, and the other retreated into the waggon. An
attack was then made on the other waggon, in which
were sleeping two of Mr. Tainton's sons, to whom the
waggons belonged. The Kaffirs tore off the front flap of
the waggon. and almost at the same instant mount*d the
waggon behind, taking away a large coat from under the
head of Tainton, jun., and a counterpane by which he
was covered. Mr. Tainton's two sons then sprang ont
of the waggon, and ran round the thick bush to alart
the people of some other waggons who were near at
hand, and obtained their help. On their arrival at the
waggons, the Kaffirs had already disappeared and were
not again seen.

"This morning early, a report was sent into Peddle of
this affair, and Mr. T. Shepstone, the diplomatic agent,
accompanied by Dr. M'Grevan, and Capt. Campbell.
91st Regiment, proceeded to the spot. I accompanied
them, and the first news I heard was, that the man who
was stabbed was found about ten yards from the waggon
dead. He had run to the jungle, to hide himself, where
he was found dead with his clasp-knife open m his hand,
with which he had doubtless endeavonred to defend
himself. The missionary was yet alive, but appeared in
a very dangerous state. Arrangements were imme-
diately made to remove him to the mission station of
D'Urban, and the doctor remained with the waggons to
render any assistance which might be necessary on'the
road. The waggons proceeded, but had not travelled
far when he %as found to be in a dying state. He
called his brethren, bade them farea ell, and resigned his
n r
spirit into the hands of Him who thus called him early
to his great reward.
"Mr. Shepstone is using every exertion to find some
clue -to-the...nuirderers, but I fear he will not succeed.
Still this moment
omnenectescsnigty of
agedinsearching the neighbourhood, and has sent messages to
all h
co-
operating with him in endeavouring to apprehend the
murderers, and as his known activity in these matters
promises much, we have yet a faint hope that he will be
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successful.

"P.S. The name of the missionary who is murdered is
Ernst Scholtz, and the other man murdered is Mr. Ste.
phenson's own servant."
In addition to the foregoing we have to state that the
lieutenant-governor proceeded to the scene of the outrage
early on Monday last, accompanied by Kama, the Kaffir-
chief, and who happened to be in town on the receipt of
the intelligence. No information of his honour's move-
ment has been received, up to the time we write, since
his departure.

ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE
WAR BETWEEN BUENOS AYRES AND
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General Rivera was the first president of the Banda
Oriental. He was elected in 1831, after the Orienteles
had got rid of the Buenos Ayrean and Brazilian armies.
His term of office expired in 1835, and by his influence
one of his officers, D. M. Oribe, was c lected his successor.
Rivera had been no friend to.Rosas, President of Buenos
Ayres. He had refused in 1831 to deliver up such of
the Unitarianos as had sought refuge in Monte Video.
Oribe, on the contrary, not only proscribed these
men at the request of Rosas, but formed a plan for
destroying the independence of his country by an-
nexing
it to the Argentine Confederation. This was
in 1836. The national party took the alarm, and Rivera,
whom Oribe had attempted to deprive of his em-
ployment as commander in chief, putting himself at the
head of those disaffected to the Government, obtained
possession of the whole country, except the towns of
Monte Video and Paysandie, to both of which he laid
siege about the months of August and September, 1838.
Soon ufter Oribe made a formal renunciation of his
presidency, which being accepted by the Congress, he
retired into private life in Buenos Ayres. Rivera was
elected President in 1839 ; Oribe in the meantime
having protested formally against the validity of his
act of abdication. Unhappily, the new President was
persuaded by the French, then blockading Buenos
Ayres, to declare war against Rosas, under pretence that
he had abetted the intrigues o.'Oribe ; but in 1840, when
that great power adjusted its quarrel, " nothing was
done about the auxiliary war declared by Rivera, who was
thus left to his own resources and the effects of the folly
of the French had all but forced him to commit." Oribe
thenceforward entered into the service of General Rosas,
assisting him in all his wars, and styling himself the legal
president of the Uraguay republic, although he wears the
Buenos Ayrean badge of servitude, a portrait of General
Rosas, stitched on his coat, on a red merino ground,
surrounded by a motto, " Death to the savage Unita-
riauGs." This is alit° inscribed on the flag of the
despot ; which once, and we hope once only, at
the house of a British minister, mingled its folds
with those of the banner of St. George. Without this
portrait and this device no person in the dominions of
Roses may enter a church, establish a school, fill any
public office, or serve in the army. Even the Uruguay
officers who have joined Oribe must tarnish their
honour by wearing it, or pay the forfeit of their lives.
Oribe, then, as Rosas' General, entered the Bandu
Oriental ; amirof the horrors of that warfare, General
O'Brien enables us to judge. He says, "At the time
that Oribe invaded the Banda Oriental with the army
and the Massorca Commissioners of Rosas, I was then
residing on my estate in the country. I am aware of
wretches being staked into the ground 48 hours, before
their heads were sawed, not cut off; of the las'o being
flung over persons' necks, and then dragged by a horse at
full speed, until life became extinct ; of spikes being
driven into the mouths of 'human beings, and they,
whilst living, thus nailed to trees l" After various
fortunes of war, Rivera, in 1842, sent agents to London
and to Paris entreating foreign intervention to arrange
an accommodation. In consequence of this Mr.
Mandeville, then British minister at Buenos Ayres,
OR the 16th of December, 1842, addressed a note to
the Government of Rests, requiring him to abstain from
marching a fresh army into the Oriental territory.
The Monte Videans at this took heart, strengthened
their defences, enrolled their citizens, liberated and
armed their slaves, and prepared to resist the land and
naval forces already investing their city. But Rosas
paid not the smallest attention to the requirements of
the representative of Britain. His troops marched on
as before, and Mr. Mandeville, fearful of having al-
ready exceeded his instructions, did not even lift
up his voice in protest against this insult to his
Sovereign. Not so Commodore Purvis, who, in the
Alfred frigate, had come from Rio Janeiro to sup-
port, if need were, the representations of diplomacy, by
a show of British guns. Thus have matters remained
up to the present year, when the British and French
Governments undertaking at all risks to restore the
blessings of peace to the Banda Oriental, have sent
troops to compel the bands of Rosas to retire. This, at
their bidding he is unwilling to do, preferring to trust
to the natural defences of his country in the event of
hostilities with the two great Powers.—The Union Ma-
gazine.