Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-12-01

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The War aisEe Cape % Good
Hope.
The late accounts from the scene OF the
kaffir war appear to have excited consid
,rable anxiety in England. The London
Times says:
1--WE receive by each successive mail
more convincing assurance that what was
perhaps originally the cause of a fanatical
prophet or a Disconnected chief is now
considered the cause ofth colored races
of South Africa. The nondcscript sava-
ges Of Orange river are all in ferment;
the Hotentots, whom we have trained and
taught, are our deadliest foes, and il is
feared that those who still profess fidelity
TO their masters and instructors are only
remaining behind that they may convey
information to those who have flpd. The
strength and destination of every patrol
appear to be accurately known, and our
troops are waylaid exactly at that stage
Of their march where they can be taken at
the greatest disadvantage. Kreli and
Umlia!la, two powerful chiefs, are now
saidto be media'ing defection;and though
the cacophonous heathens Of the sover-
eighty, are not actually upon US. their dis
position, is evidently to participate in "A
war which supplies an abundant source Of
plumber. and no insignificant subject OF
pride If this system is pursued; if the
Caffres and their allies encamp in every
defensible kloof and drift; if they plant
their platocns of lurking marksmen in cv-
cry bush; and If they maintain themselves
by forays ON our farms and homeste ads,
what is TO be the end of such a contest:
II is possible that the arrival Of the Rifles
and the Light Horse may furnish the means
Of a more triumphant patrol and make
the savages pay somewhat more dearly
for their audacity; but how can the course
of the war be materially effected if the
Caflres still range the open country, and
the British are still kept to their fortsl"
The EFFECTS OF FEAR.--The following
is quoted from the Boston Medical aud
Surgical Journal, a periodical in which we
should not look for a fictitious narrative,
yet the story is wonderful:
ga young man, twcnty-three wears old,
came from the mines to San Francisco,
With the intention Of soon leaving the latter
place for home. On the evening of his ar
rival, he, with his companions, visited the
gambling saloons After watching for a
time the varied fortunes of table, sup
posed to be undergoing the process of tap
ping from the continued success of those
betting against the banks, the excitement
overthrow his better judgment, and he
threw upon the seven spot of a new deal
a bag which he said contained Sll00, his
all-the result of two years privaiion and
hard MISUNDERSTANDING with voice trem-
bling from Intense excitement, My home
or the mines. As the dealer slowly re-
sumed the drawing Of his cards, with his
countenancc liyId from fear Of the incviia-
BILE fate that seems ever attendant upon the
tapping process when commenced, turn
ed my eyes upon the young man VINO had
stakcd his whole gains upon card; and
never shall forget the impression made by
his look of intense anxiety as he watched
the cards as they fell from the dealers
hands. All the energies of his system
seemed concentrated in the fixed gaze of
his eyes, while the deadly pallorof his face
bespoke the subdued action of his heart
All round seemed infected with the SYM
pathetic powers of the speIl-even the
hitherto successful winners forgot their
own stakes in the hazardous chance placed
upon the issue Of the bet The cards are
slowly told with the precision cf high
wrought excitement. The seven spot WINS.
The spell is broken-rcacton takes place.
The winner exclaims, with deep drawn
sigh. 4 will never gamble again and was
carried from the room in a deep swoon.
from which he did not fully recover until
the next morning, and then to know that
the equivalent surrendered for his gain was
the color of his hair. now changed TO IA per-
feet litc"
Sy the following letter from the Mayor
of New York, it will be seen that Gov.
kossuth did rot leave England in the
Washington, but it is undoubtedly on
board the Humboldt, which LEFT Southamp-
ton on Thursday last An average voy-
age will bring him here about the 4.h Of
December.
No. so Eaton-Place, London Now.
Sir: | beg TO Inform you that, in conse-
quence ofthe overwhelming engagements
that engross the time of his Excellency
Gov. Louis Kossuth. it has become out of
his power to leave England on the day he
Intended. He will leave by the Humboldt
direct for New York, on The goth day of
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