The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-07-11

Khe Katmsa ofAouth Afkiea ~ waqime = sAext
warfare against tho British forces. This cam
paign Of Sir Harry .niith has already cost
t60OOOO, and before the termination Of the pre-
sent year 10 expected toresch million; yet The
savages are not subdued, nor Is there any imme.
date prospect Of successful close OF the war.
II rs no holiday game to fight with these Kai6ss.
They are different enemy from the efeminate
races whom Sir Harry acquired 80 much reputa-
ton by fighting in India. He has learned BY
this time that the Kaffirs are strong, hardy and
brave and though rude in the art Of war, being
pastoral people altogether, are of unfiuohing
courage They are, moreover very numerous;
composed, indeed, of different Tribes, but swarm.
ing on the great plains and along British from
tier OF thousand miles, which no force can suffi-
GENTLY guard against incursions swift in adj
vance and rapid in retreat
The greediness with which the British autho-
rites have grasped at the lands in South Africa.
from which they are expeling the Kafiir occu.
pants, may be estimated from the fact that the
present governor has, within three years, added
100000 square miles to the colonial possessions
making the South African territory Of Greet Bri-
tam cover an area Of 282 900 square miles The
way IN which some of these acquisitions were
obtained is described by Mr.. Freeman, an Eng.
lish missionary, who had investigated the facts
relating to one Of the treaties The governor
on one occasion, demanded large tract Of land
from the occupants, and insisted upon the ces-
sion by treaty he had made. They remon-
straied, and urged TINT they had no power to
give up the land. SWELL" said the governor.
with an oath, sunless you sign that treaty By 5
o'clock in the afternoon. will hang every man
Of you to that tree" and of course they signed
The governor would probably not have dared to
oya 70 ho hit 8 L.I a. o.
complishing his object, and Of filing the minds
Of the natives with detestation of his rapacitv
and hatred Of his person and government. This
policy has laid up for the British government the
harvest OF long and bloody war, to which there
will be no natural termination but in the extirpa-
ton of large number Of hostile tribes Of DARING
and desperate savages.
These Kaffirs, it must be remembered, are not
of the negro race at all What is their origin il
mere matter of conjecture; they have no re-
cords or legends of their own early history
They are entirely distinct in feature, color, Ian.
guage, disposition and habits from the races
which are about them. In every thing but the
darkness of their complexion, they have close
resemblance to the Arab tribes Of the desert.
and by many they are supposed to be descendants
from Bedouins, who crossing the Red Sen, had
travelled southwark until they occupied large
part of Southern Africa. There is no one line
of the African negro in any of their traits Of
shape or physiognomy, but are in all these essen
tally Arabic. They are spread over the largest
portion of Africa south of the Equator, and can.
on emergency, muster vast army of fighting
men.
The British government have sent out COM
mission to help Sir Harry manage this war, and
we predict they will try the soothing system Of
coaxing and perhaps buying peace