The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-11
The News from Southern Africa.


dispatch from Providence stated that fight had
taken place between 5000 Basutos and 900 British
troops in which the latter were successful We learn
only gained after day of hard fighting The Basutos
reside the Orange river territory and have always
heretofore been cassed among the friendly tribes
The whole affair says the Advertiser s'raises serious
doubts to the policy of extending British set ement
under British authority, far toward the interior of
Africa without the constant presence of sufficient
to support them British authority in Catraria-in the
extensive districts recently taken into the colony the
Tambooke side the whole Of the Orange river
regnty-and at Natal, rests entirely on force-0n the
constant presence or immediate neighborhood Of an
overwhelming military force Native independence
appears the moment such force is withdrawn
The course Of the Governor in commencing hosties
says-"Personaly Moshesh appears fully to merit the
compliment paid him by the Governor great chief
and one who has the interests Of his people a
tn efollowng is from the Cape Town mail of January A.
Yesterdays post brought to Cape Town extraordi.
nary gazette issued by the Governor and High Commits
soner in his camp at Platberg The demand aich he
had made on Moshesh of ten thousand cattle and
thousand horses had been the subject of discussion be-
tween His Exceency and the Chief on the occasion of
visit Of the latter to Platberg, on the 18th ult.
Moshesh had then urged that peace should be kept,
and promised that he would do his best to bring the
fre in time and the Governor had assured him that
no iuiniiru TINS coui.,vs there would be The
conversation between them highly interesting, and
creditabe to both partiesf can take for granted
the Governor in his belief that Moshesh could If he
taken place By them t, the extent stated. -
IN the last Gay OF ths allowed term-the Governor
having previously tnat the three days should
commence Iom tnat wncn Ioiiowed Mosheshs visit to
nmItne Chei sent MS son Nehemiah with about thirty.
hve hunored mead o. cattle This the Governor divided
among Moroko ana others, IN part compensation for
theits OF wcn tney nad complained TO MIN, ana partly
appropriated also Ior Ine use OF the FORCES
, NO more cattle Delng forthcoming, the Governor
thought his duty to march toward Thaba Bossigo,
Moshesh great place ana endeavor-as ne had threat
ened IN case the hne were take the balance
and as much else as he could get The camp, it would
seem, lay between the Saledon river and mountain
called Berea-between them and the plains opposite
Thab Bossgo
According to the details OF Colonies Eyre Napier and
Coete, the intention WAS that the first named officer,
with his column of Ave hundred men, should the
summit of this hilthe second with about two hundred
and fifty should pass round by it's southern and
base-and the other by the northern With the column
Of whose proceedings Col Coete gives account
the Governor and staff.
Colonel Eyre fell in with large quantities of cattle and
to have succeeded in striking blow the
enemy in his course capturing at time about 1000
cattle OF these owing to the smallness Of his force he
unable to secure only about 500 Colonel Napiers