New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-20
CAPE or GOOD HOPE.

The steamer BOsphorus arrived at Ply
mouth on Wednesday, after quick passage OF 50
days She lett the Cape on the LIST, Sierra Leone the
III and St Vincent the 22t ut Inc Sir Robert
Peel left the Cape for Plymouth sept. y. The IN
telgence from the frontier is stu more alarming
than that by the BirkCnhead, the revolt and disturb
ances having spread from the mouth Of the Buffalo
10 Mosheih's county and the BaSutoS. An agra
vstrg feature n the last fatal attack our troops,
hy combined HoitentOts and kafiirS, was the en-
riovmest by the former OF fierce dogs, which pulled
Gown several OF our troops. and rendered them an
easy nrev 10 the clubs Of their enemies. Capt. Old
ham and MANY men OF the Second Queens Regl-
mCpt have been slam, and the 7ith has lost some
men. at
of Sent have induced The Inhabitants OF Grahins
Town 10 make a demonstration Of Their strength.
Accordingly, on the 18th muster OF the adult pop.
ularon took place, and they formed single me Oh
cavalry and double lire OF infantry on the town
lands On the 2th lhey were 20 muster AGAIN. 70
elect officers preparatory for attack BY the haf-
frs They we're IN great want OF artillery.
Bread had risen sos, and further rise was ex-
rec,ed on the arrival of more troops.
The Cape papers give the following oelsiis ihe
loss Of the % Regiment was occasiored Dy the de-
lection Of party Of leVies who were marching win
them through deGle. Some accounts say they pc
came separated by accident, but The result was ina,
the two columns of the % were surrounded oy the
enemy They suffered serious loss. Their captain
CAPTAIN Oithsm) was killed and four screams ana
nineteen rank and file wounded. rank and me,
fweuiy-'hTee missing. rank and nie, elgni. ne
advancement. of relief prevented further loss
Part Of the 18Th Regiment have had some very
severe sklrnlshes, without any serious loss Inc
troops Sre beng collected and some general move
uent probably contemplated BY General eoinelses.
It's also understood that the haihrs arc couecuhg
rom 5000 10 5000 men With a similar ooec'
There seems TO De no prospec! "hale'er vi an
early termination 10 the war The to'a! nunl9er Oh
castiailt es. including the above, IS two o1hcers
III ed serJeanis four. rank and file t"enty-three
Wounded Officers four serJeants TWO, rank anu
ME W enty five. missing eight The troops engaged
behave admin ably.
Colonel Mackinnon and Colonel Eyre had returned
from patrols IN the Fish River bush, having suffered
severe loss without ANYTHING done. The ofhcal ac-
count of losses In the Fish River bush, summary
Of winch reached us by last mail. is more dismal
than u was even supposed 10 be. Inc return shows
The serious total of seventy eight casualties, of which
no feRer than twenty nine men were killed on NE
spoi two have since Gied Of their wounds and elghs
are uT accounted for, but have, there Is little DOUBT
fallen by the hand of the enemy, thus making the
loss in killed thirty-nine, and exactly the same
nun Der wounded. These casualties incfude SIX o..
fcers being eight per cent OF the total NUMBER. "
l. affirmed that great many OF the enemy vi.
killed n these severe combats, and we can nalu.,
surpcse that such severe loss could have oesn ~
tanned ON cur see without infctng signai eais,
us,uent upon the savage foe. The ooN o, ve
soi1 81 Of The Queens" was found surroun1ei O'