The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-03-29
The kamr War in South Africa.

Our readers have already been apprized lin ad-
vance OF the news by way Of England) of i'm
portant intelligence from the Cape Of Good Hope
brought to us a day or two since by an arrival at
Boston The Liverpool and London papers are full
of the details, but have already given the lead
ing facts of the The history of the outbreak
appears to have been nearly az follows:
'Rumors Of an approaching rise of the natives
were, 1t may be remembered, rife in October last;
beers from the frontier farms heightened the proba
bility that the chiefs were preparing for mischief
Under these circumstances, Sir Harry Smith sum-
which, three hundred and tv K.ls ws s1~n n,. q
ent; but the Ghetto whom suspicion attached,
Sandilli, did not attend. On the 10Th Of Decsm
Der, Sir Harry convened another meeting of two
thousand five hundred Katfirs, when Sandilli was
again absent. His cxcellency's patience was now
exhausted, and he declared the offenders Estates
conhscated.
''The chiefs were on this occasion invited to ex-
press their opinions and they awaited themselves of
the opportunity to demonstrate on the appearance
OF SO many British troops in their country and to
plead for Sandilli. On the fret point, Sir Harry
Smith assured them that his soldiers were only
come to put down rebels and protect tho good :
while, as to Sandilli, he said: If was to show
mercy to him the Queen would cut my head off.
am not going to lose my head for rebel!' Upon
this Sandilli's mother got up; and, by strange
freak, Sir Harry actually nominated her chief
in her sons stead. She was, moreover says tho
Frontier Tunes, well supplied with victuals by
der of his excecncy; and it is not thought impos-
sbie that some of the eatablcs conveyed to
Sandilli, who, it il supposed, was not hundred
miles from the spot Measures were, however, at
once taken to carry out the sentence against San
dill. The troops at the governors disposal
amounted, in the first instance, to two thousand
three hundred, including four hundred Kafir pc.
lice; but the great majority Of this latter body i'm
nediately deserted, and the rest were prudenty
disarmed. One column Of four hundred strong was
sent, under Lieutenant Colonel Eyre, to the Ka-
bousic Neck to intercept Sandilli. The centre.
about five hundred and fifty strong, under Colonel
Mackinnon, accompanied by the governor, joined
the garrison at Fort Cox, and here his oxcellency's
headquarters were established. The third column,
under Colonel Somerset, about four hundred and
fifty strong, moved to Fort Havrc.
''On the oath of December Colonel Mackinnon
was detached with six thousand men to the place
where Sandilii was supposed to bo concealed; but
after attack. in which officer and eleven
men were killed, and two officers and seven men
wounded, he was forced to retire. During his
treat he was harassed by continued firing from the
rebels on the heights, who were led by Sandilli in
person.; and the bodies of corporal and fourteen
Inen, of the forty fifth regiment, discovered
on the line Of march On the Goth he rejoined tho
governor, when the fort Immediately
rounded by the Kaffirs in great force; but we arc
left in doubt whether Sir II. Smith left in it. when
he cut his way through the enemy, sufficient
force to protect it,"