Star.
London, England, 1828-12-04 00:00:00

CAFE OF GOOD HOPE ,

Extract of a letter from Graham"' Town, dated Sept.
4,182.8 At length we have intelligence that can
be depended upon. Colonel Somerset has sallied in
town, and has solved a grand mystery. All the fine
s'ories about Chaka are unfounded—he and his Zoolas
are very quietly eating their beel in their own country.
A bloody battle has, however, been fought with a iriba
calling themselves ootoos. or Masootu, headed by Ma.
tuana, the very identical one which Landdtost Mackap
had such a narrow escape from last year ; in my
opinion, there is no doubt of its being the faille.
Up to the termination of the Little, the army had
only to rely on the information given them by Major
IMaclas ; and it was only from the women prisoners
that was ascertained who our opponents were. The de.
tail, of course, will be publishel I shall, therefore,
only observe, that Colonel Somerset was intieared by
the Ceder Chiets to come to their assiitance; and he
was induced to advance on the 23d, in consequence of
,a message from the enemy to Vossanie, stating his in-
tention of giving him battle nest day. The two next
days were rainy.. During this interval Colonel So
:merset caked Hiotaa and Vossanie, and two of their
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meth to a conference, wherein he promised
them aid to drive the enemy off; but he made them en-
gage (though evidently loth) that the women and chi!.
then should be spared, and that even the taking of cattle
should be a minor obj ct ; and the principal ogre, first,
to obtain a conference, to offer them no molestation, if
they would return; but if they refuted, then to drive
ti.eas off. These terms being settled, on the 27th, they
were discovered on nearly the very spot where Major
Dundas fancied he saw the white.shielded Zoolas. Cap-
tain Aitchison was sent, with a small division, to par-
Jay ; but no effort of his could avail. A body of about
,two thousand rushed on him, wounded his interpreter,
and attempted to close on him ; he was obliged to fire
—troops were sent to his assistance, and the action be-
came general; about one thousand men fell. The
cowardly Tambookies kept inactive, but via•ched the
opportunity, and fell upon the women and children, and
shockingly mutilated and murdered them. Colonel
Somerset drew off his men, to prevent further slaughter
of ihem ; and threatened the Tambookies, if they did
not desist, to fire on them. The men fought ferociously,
refusing quarter. Oar army is:returning towards their
supplies."

FRENCH RECRUITING SERJEANT.

The following address of a French recruiting set..
jeant to a crowd of young men is extracted from the
Memoirs of Pickup We recommend it for imitation to
persons of.the same profession in this country.' It is a
splendid effusion, almost worthy the pen of a &tab
American mine projector:
Al.,Bellorose, the irritant in qiiestii.n, was recruiting
Tot the French colonies. " By. authority of his Majesty
(said be, taking off his cap, in which was stuck an entry.'
mous feather), I coupe here to captain to you the advanal
loges which use King of France holds out .to his sub-
,jectaio his calueies. Braliant youths who surround me,
you have doubtless heard of Cocagne; it is to India
that you 'must go to discover that tortunate country. It
is there that you will find every thing in abundance'
(tout. a gage). Do you wish for gold, pe iris. and dia.;
moods? the roads there are paved with Them ; you
hate only to stoop down and pick them up—nay,
Tien that.trouble may be spared to you, as the ria-
;tees 01. the country 'will pick them up for you. The
Creole women, who are white, like you and me, ate
passionately food of• white men, which is not to be
wondered at in a:country where there are none but.
blacks; and there is not one among them who is not
as rich as Crcesus—which you know, between our-
selves, is of some consequence iti a marriage. Do yogi'
like wine ? .
.In this, as in women. you will find. of all
coloots, Malaga. Bourdeaux, Champagne, ste. Yon
must nor, however, expect to meet with Burgundy ; I will
not deceive you, it sill not bear the sea voyage; but
of eel/ other growth of the globe you may drink
the most delicious wine at three farthings per bottle.
Yes, Gentlemen, in consequence of the great opposition,
they will be glad to serve you at three farthings per
bottle. That is not all. Is it nor, think you, a great
enjoyment to have sugar constantly under your own
hand?—to say nothing of coffee, lemons, pomegranates, 1
oranges, pine apples, and the thousand delicious frig*,
which grow there without culture as in a terrestrial poet
Wise. It I was addressing myself only to women • 1
might boast of all these dainty things, but I am spade'
log to men. lam not ignorant of the efforts whit*
parents usually make to deter their soar from takiog the
tlO • eOl s .
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,19 +on,., but poise yourselves to POssessi morel
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sense than your papas anti 'mantises ; do not listen te;
them when they tea you the natives gobble up Euroi
peans: all these stories would have been very fine in the
'kneel *ChristoPherColeerbal or Robinson Crusoe. Do not
liken to them when they talk to you of the yellow fewer I
Oh I Gentlemen, if it were so terrible as they would have
yote believe, there would be nothing but hospitals in the
cottntiy, and GOD knows there is not one. In India the
troop, of the King only go on foot when they please.
Horses are so numerous that you cannot proceed a step
without meeting thousands ; you would think they'
were flocks of sheep, if titey were not so large: If you
take a I lacy to one and wish to mount, you have only
to take a cord from your pnckei, make a running
knot in it, throw it over his head, and he is yours.—
Yes, •Geotlearen. I repeat it, ail this it true, quite
true, exceedingly true ; and as a proof that it is. his
Majesty, the King of France, who can almost hear
from his Palace what I am now relating to you, autho-
Jilek Mc to offer to you, on his behalf, these advantages.
Should I. dare to tell you lies so near to his august person.
The King wishes to clothe you--the sing is desirous 4
feeding you—be wish, s you to amass: Wealth—and, is
return, requires very little bons
.liig ; there will be so
labour, good pay, plenty of loud; yoo will get up sod
go to bed at your pleasure. and esereise only once a
month on the parade of St. Louis. With- respect to that
service, I will be honest with you ;'ii cannot be dis-
pensed with without permission, and that is never re-
fused. Your duties being performed; your time is your
own. What more can you wish? But make haste,
pe chance tomorrow will be too late; the vessels ate
ready, and only wait for a fair wind to set sail. Hasten
then, Parisians, hasten. lf, by chance, you grow tired
of doing well, you shall have your discharge when-
ever. you please; a vessel is always ready to bring
back to Europe those whose constitutions are impaired
by' the country. Those who de.ire other details will find
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