The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

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After the last Caffre war the native?, exhausted but
sot defeated, sued for peace, which was readily granted.
The Carrels submitted to be sent from their pasture
lands and hunting grounds within the colony, having the
Keiskanuna for their boundary, and were located in suit.
able places beyond that river within what is termed
British Ceffraria. They submitted to this extradition
with bad grace, and on their departure turned again and
again to look at their forsaken homes; already occupied
by the detested white man, and were heard emphatically
to express their expectation of once again possessing
them. Their cattle, of which they had vast herds,
accompanied them, and fur a time they set themselves
steadily to work to increase their property and recover
their strength, with the full determination, lehen the
time came, once more to engage in a mighty struggle
with the whites, either to drive them into the seaor perish•
themselves in the conflict. This deternsineeion was well
known to the colonial authorities, who, from desr bought
experience, were enabled to read, the character of this
mysterious people, and to calculate almost to a nicety
the period of the next outbreak. Silently and efficiently
the Governor, Sir G. Grey, prepared to meet the storm,
A large body of Royal troops were collected, Burgher
forces were enrolled ready at a moment's notice to take
the field, and the German Legion arrived from England.
From some reason, however, not yet explained, the
Oaffres were disunited in themselves, whether from
having enjoyed for some time the luxuries of peace or
being unwilling to leave their splendid herds for the war,
or doubt as to their chances of success against the pre-
parations of England, is not yet declared ; but most
probably the second, for suddenly a prophet arose from
the kraal of Krell, the paramount chief, who declared
he bad seen a vision in which it was revealed to him, that
all their ancestors were on a certain day to rise from the
dead, arid, joining with the braves ready for the fight, in
one fell onslaught destroy for ever the rule cf the white
man in Caffreland. It was, moreover, necessary to pro-
vide food for the tens of thousands about to visit them,
and this only cold he done by ev• ry proprietor imme-
diately destroying every head of cattle ie. his possession,
when for every bullock so destroyed 12 others should
appear on the day of resurrection ; and for every sack
of corn committed to the flames 100 per Cent. should be
brought to light on the appearance of the ancients.
It is scarcely to be credited that this monstrous
absurdity was believed, yet so it was ; thousands and
thousands of bullooks were destroyed, tons and tons of
corn consumed, nothing but the slaugh'er of cattle and
the destruction of grain was to be heard or 'Fee' in
Caffreland, the believers in the prophet frantically atack-
ing the unbelievers, forcibly destroying their cattle, and
vehemently upbraiding them for delaying by their unbe-
lief the advent of those who were to aid in the one great
obj ect.
The day at last arrived, a dead stillness reigned over
Caffreland, the people sat in the doors of their kraals
fully accoutred for war, ready to receive their expected
guests, and the bullock kraals and oorn pits left open for
the much-wised-for occupants, but the day passed over
and nothing transpired; al was consternation and dee
may. The prophet was again consulted, when the arch
impostor declared that the spirits were dissatisfied, be-
cause all had not followed their directions, some had hid
their cattle, and had not destroyed them. Then again
went forth the edict to destroy, and again the task of
butchery commenced, and thousands more were reck-
lessly and wastefully slaughtered.
In the meantime the Governor was no passive spec•
tator of this madness ; he endeavoured by every means
in his power to convince them of their fully ; in vain,
but he at the same time collected his troops around him,

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fearing that when driven to despair their chief's object
would be gained, and, painting to the corn fields and
cattle pounds of the colony, he would lead them again to
that land which they bad so often before devastated
with rapine and murder.
The power of hunger began to be felt and its effects to
show themselves; petty inroads were nightly made into
the colony. The weary frontier, farmer was roused
from his rest only in time to find his stook swept away
by a troop of naked savages, and left his home for a more
safe retreat, only too glad to find his family still pre-
served to him. Escorts were attacked on the public
roads ; travellers plundered and murdered, and many
other atrocities committed, such as would in former
times in themselves have formed a cause of war ; every-
thing showed that a crisis was at hand, and every one
nerved himself for the result.
At this period one false step, one hasty movement
would have plunged this country again into war ; capital
and blood would again have been expended, without any
other result than had before occurred, but Sir George
Grey, firm in his purpose of forbearance, strong in the
belief that their own measures weuld more effectually
destroy the power of the Caffres than any armed inter-
ference of his, abided his time. The Caffre inroads were
promptly repelled, criminals when arrested were dealt
with by the civil power, property was protected by the
judicious distribution of the troops, and quietly and
calmly he waitedithe prophet's spell to work their doom.
The next predicted day arrived, and with its end howl-
ing and despair were heard over all Caffreland. The un-
happy wretches too late saw their folly, and the cuiefs
too late found their mittake, for the warriors, emaciated
by hunger and long watching, were unable to take the
field, and that which they anticipated would have been
their step?ing-stone to wealth and supreme
power be-
came, as if by magic, their utter destruction.
For a few days great excitement prevailed, for the
prophet had disappeared. The troops were kept in a
state of constant readiness ;ho eless misery, the Caffres
- but hunger began to take
effect, and, feeling their own
threw themselves on their foe
,p not to exterminate and
destroy, but for help and mercy, and they who had but a
few days before breathed nothing but destruction humbly
and abjeotiy sought food for themselves and little ones.
And their appeal was not in vain ; upwards of 25,000
have been received within the colony, and are allowed to
work T
for their
he Caffre r food;e
race
is dreadfula almost
os t t o
extinct,
relate, more than
double that number are supposed to have perished from
hunger. and the land
is desolate, and the last Gazette, bringing information of
the pathetic appeal of Krell, their great chief, to the
Governor, to save his
wives and little ones from star-
vation, and offering his eternal adherence to the British
Government, and of the formal surrender of Sandilli
of his chieftainship, proves that this fearful visitation
has now reached their highest and noblest, and that for
the present the prospect of peace for this colony is most
promising. There are those who declare that the Caffres
will again re-embody themselves, and that after they are
strengthened and enriched by the humanity of the colo-
nists they will again endeavour to overcome them ; but
this must be a work of time, and while they are gaining
strength so are we, while their children are growing
to manhood our numbers are being increased by emigra-
tion, and should the time again arrive when the Caffre
may think himself strong enough to re-establish his
national polity he will find the colonists better than ever
able to protect their own.
nowever, this cannot be for some years, and it is most
ri
onlikei
requirementsrpoo,
satisfactory that this colony, which has cost England so
much money, and requires so many troops, can at this
particular juncture spare safely almost every soldier.
The Volunteer Cape Corps, the Burghers, with the
German Legion, are more than a match for any effort
that could possibly be made to disturb the peace of the
colony ; and were this latter body of men recruited and
k
Hun-
gary are organised, they would be a sufficient protection
for kept
heavy
all
up f
n t frontier
mannerp purposes,
and effectually prevent those
Royal troops which have hitherto
caused so much expense and inconvenience. The German
Legion will
par they
are given fair play, and,
coming their capital, Stutterheim," in Caffraria
ande Liwr hel doad very-qil well ofs Ras the frontier troops in
are s
if`
tersiwithin the colony, "Wooldridge"
with the towns in their neighbourhoods, established 15
it will be said that the Germans have made
well carrying out the in-
The men are without capital ; land is
progress and are
without seed, and no precaution has been taken
the Government.
But theremay be a failure here also if great and timely
in-
or
ntr2ni
etsooifoi
aysuncespst aeoororwt taken. years,
to supply their wants. With the most anxious endea-
vour to get on, the men are paralysed, and but for the
exertion of some of the officers, who have nobly spent
their all to help them, very little ground would have
been tilled this season.
They look forward, however, with much hope to the
promised arrival of the emigrants from Germany, and are
anxiously v
strii g
n to get comfortable homes to offer their

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friends,
Emigration will do much for the Cape, and emigrants
will do very well ; every description of labour is very high.
per day ; the common
domestic servants are in great request,
and, indeed, there is occupation for all. The prices of
a par with England, except shamble meat,
present great demand
Good mechanics,
from the influx of Caffres, is rather high for the colony,
provisiones3,eshinrciole:
which is 4d. per lb.; fowls, 6d. each.
Wearing apparel is very expensive, particularly arti-
cles of female dress, and it will be well that all emi-
ranging on
emi-
grants should provide themselves with a good stock of
these necessaries before they leave their native country ;
and mechanics should not fail to provide themselves
with the tools they will require. Everything can,
however, be bought for money here, and, in most cases,
at reasonable rate'.