Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-07
THE WAR AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
FROM rHE BOSTON TRAVELLER.

THE WAR AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
FROM THE BOSTON TRAVELLER.
The war in Africa between the Aborgines and
the English settlers is beginning to excite attention
throughout the world not only from the fact that it
has so far baied all the efforts of British forces to
put stop to it, but also that nearly all the different
races nhabiting the country to be joining the
Caffres in what is called by the English papers q
rebellion.
By the Canada, from Liverpool letters have been
received in this city from the Cape Of Good Hope
to April 4th. These letters state that the war is
no nearer close than when it first began, and that
large force from England will be necessary tsuppress the
outbreak the chiefs in the back country join the
en is believed that least one bundled thousand
ors be brought into the field against the Engsha very
formidable force, and which England will find it both
difficult and expensive 10 put down. 0
We indebted to commercial firm in this CITY for Cane
Town papers Of late date These papers are filed with the
details Of marches and eounermarches of the English troops
and the fw allies which remain faithful to them. Every
week Or two engagements occur, which the Caes
generally worsted though this is always the We
should Judge by the reports Of the killed in these battle tina.
at least two thousand lives have already been sacrificed in this
bloody contest The destruction of property has also been
enormous
The recent attempt Of the Home Government to convert the
Cape into penal settlement has created feeling of dscon-
tent among the coonsts which depves the Colonial Govern
ment in the present emergency of their cordial support
The remarkable event connected with this remarkable
is the complete failure Of what has been often termed
Brish civilization what called the Kat River Settle
ment. The Cape Town Mail says:
"The Kat River Settlement founded about the close
81 hoy tsoffh h.
the highest degree benevolent and noble. great
pertinent designed test the capacity Of the coored natives
Of this colony for enjoying the privileges Of feemen.
community, composed almost entirely Of descendants Of
aborignes of this country, planted in beautiful
and fertile district and carefully watched and instructed by
devoted ministers Of religion. It is true that the settlement
owing to ts situation in the vicinity Of barbarous and FREE
quently hostile tribes, had many and peculiar difficulties
surn1ount The question to be decided was whether COM
munty founded such principles and with such materials
had sufficient inherent vitality to overcome these difficulties
Twenty-one years have now passed away The settle
ent has attained its majority generation Of free
has grown up under the influences Of this novel stua
ton. The manner in which the coming Of age Of this
community has been celebrated is described 10 the reports
which have been received this week from the frontier and
which are already familiar to readers An avenging
army composed Of coonsts Of every class united with British
troops has proceeded reluctantly and under the constrant
of dreadful necessity the mass Of this muny
from the land, horde Of bandii and an ntoerable
plague" e st
The most mysterious part Of the matter is that these very
Kat River settlers were, in the Cae Of ls47 the most
faithful adhersns Of Great Britain furnishing about one thou
sand fighting men to her aid.
Wenoticen the papers Of detachmens Of English
troops being drawn by false reports into places, and there
upon by immense masses of the enemy, from whom they
did not escape without considerable loss Of life
VIVA, will be done by the English, when this rebellion is
suppessedas sooner later certainly will be-is not at
all prObematical Wholesale annexation Of the land and
personal property Of the rebels d already determined on as
said by the English Governor At meeting of the inha
bitan to congratulate him the breaking up Of the Kat
River Settlement Of rebels the following resolution was
passed
That this meeting Is Of opinion that preclude any
petition Of the recent rebellion in the Kat River and adjacent
native locations is necessary break up the same, by
copscang the movable and immoveabe property of the
preventing the reassemblng together of such
doya subjects as have taken part in the late rebellion
To add to the horrors Of this war, is reported that the
smallpox is prevailing terrible extent in the interior of
Natal and there having been no vaccination there whole
townships, is said, swept of by this oahsome disease