Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1853-03-23
THE IOWA CAPITAL REPOR TER.

CAFE OF Coon HopE.-We have Cape Town
papers to the 4ih of January. The Cape Town
mail to the 4th contains accounts of a severe
fight, in which $4,000 Basutos. armed horse.
man, were routed by about 900 British The
Chief "Morhesh" had agreed to deliver lO, 900
head of cattle and 900 horses as fine for the
depreciation which he had committed on the
co'onists. He failed to comply with his enga-
gements, and the Governor advanced into his
territory to seize the cattle. The Basutas de-
tended their property. and although the Brit
ish at one time captured 5000 head, they were
compelled to abandon all but 5000 head The
Basutos however were overthrown, and the
next day the Chief sued for peace. The con-
fict lasted from morning till eight o'clock in
the evening. The British loss was SO killed
and Is wounded. The loss on the other side
was much greater.-N. Y. Tribune.
PRESIDENT PIERcE's INAuGURAL.-The Boston
Atlas <whgj speaks in the following compli.
mentary strain Of Gen. Pierce's inaugural
speech: -
We lay before our readers the Inaugural Adj
dress of President Pierce. 1t will be found to
be clear, we'll written, straight forward frank
and manly document. Much of it will not
fail to receive the harty concurrence of all
classes Of our fellow. citizrns, whatever may
be their political preferences and predictions.
We cannot of course, be expected to coincide
with the President in many Of his views OF
public policy. Candos coMpefs us to admit
however, that we find much less in this address
from which we must dissent, than we anticipa
ted from the well known party bias of it's au-
thor. Its open. honest and frank exposition OF
his views is worthy of high commerdation. 1t
has nothing Of non-committaism, but is manly
and above board. No one can fail to under
stand the Presidents views and sentiments
The document is also Of rational moderate
length. No one need be deferred from its pc
rusIal by its length. In a literary point o:
view, it is also creditabe to its author In q
word. it is a document that will be well re-
ceived both at home and abroad.
PLANK RoADs.-The Springfield Journal, af
ter belaboring its readers for years in favor OF
plank roads, breaks out as follows:
of something is not done soon, one thing is
certain-we shall become quite tired of preach
ing on this subject. We have long labored
upon it with little success. Like the old sin
ners who attend other preaching, our nearer.
have listened, sighed some, given their appa
rent consen. to all our points. and seemed
aroused somewhat by our earnest, sincere
long continued and faithful exhort a,ons-bu
like other sinners, they have gone about thei
business, and our preaching has had no abld
ing effect upon ,hem-as We fear. We hope
however, that in some opportune moment
when, for instance, one Of our dear hearers i,
cal ed upon to pay So for quarter of a cord o
green elm to keep himself and family iron
freezing on account OF bad roads, when an
other cannot procure chicken for less thar
twenty cents, or pound Of butter, aud tina
bearing some evidence Of having been made il
the Ark, for less thea twenty fve-when, still
another OF our constant and attentive hearers
living away in the country. has to call tw,
neighbors aud drag rails from fences, to pr,
out the wheels Of his empty wagon stalled j,
the mud;-we say that we hope at such times
and on such occasions, the recollection of on
faithful preaching viii! steal over their heart
and melt them into contrtiou, aud induce ther
to form fitting and new resolutions to do ,hei
duty on the subject now urged upon their a,
tention, to come up to the work-no falling OF
no backsliding-but to take hold. to pusl
ahead, and finally to rejoice in triumphan, sue
cess. And that this may be the case, is on
hearty wish"