New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-21
FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Per bark Gemsbok from Cape Town, {. q. H., we
have received Cape Town papers of Aug :.
The trouble with the katrs still continues, and the
people of the Orange Free State generally annoyed
by Them. Troops sent against them, but acconi-
ing 10 a communication in The CAPE Argus, the MAI
frs the whole, have far the best OF Il, IN some
thousands of horses, cattle and sheep, aud keepinS
the country in a continual state of alarm. Al the
people" il ia sad-but We presume il refers 10 the
outlying districts" are in lsagers fortified places,
and NE ht.y robberies and burning ars-houses are
taking place in different parts Of the country.
An agricultural Fair took place at the Phesan,e
Krasl ON the 4th of August, at which large variety
Of Yankee agricultural implements were exhibited by
Mr.. d. ". Huekns and Mr.. G. 5. Holmes, the Amer
lean Consul which excited much attention Although
they do not appear TO have received any premiums,
their merits appear 10 have been fully appreciated by
the farmers, NAV be inferred from the following
paragraphs in the report given by The CAPE HoRHo'
Capt. Holiness Gang Plow, with three shares
and three wheels, is exciting quite a Joincat9hiron
the sensible way in which il works So neat and clean,
and light of draft with two horses that every one
appears delighted with it. But this is not all. We
told that the whole affair can be packed in box,
which contains also drill to be attached 10 It, when
il plows, and harrows in all at the same time
must have one of those for my farm, says DIR.
Grid because, if the boys out the girls can do
the work Too late says Van der By, I've be-
spoke both; there are only two in the colony.
- What's that pole for / asks one. Why, that -
Yankee ladder says another, aud by magic touch
il opened fifteen feet long-the most complete thing
imaginable. What's the price of that = asked the
Doctor must be in tme-that must have; and
be secured it before others who were ready could get
a chance
A potato planter" met with similar reception
At the dinner which followed the exhibition Messrs
Huckins and Holmes were both toasted and thanked
for introducing the American implements to the notice
Of the Cape farmers.
farewell "tea meeting, or s0tree, had been gwen
10 Dr. Moffat and sons and those who are TO be the
co-workers with DIR. Livingstone on the Lanbezi
river The Natal Mercury says that the Portuguese
at Mozambique would have gladly obstructed the
Livingstone expedition had they dared being deeply
interested in the slave trade
Considerable feeling appears TO exist at Natal and
Cape Town in regard to the seizure and contscation
of the British cutter Harriet, while trading expe-
dition up King Georges River, by the Portuguese, on
the charge of being engaged in a contraband trade
The English deny that the Portuguese have Jurisd!c-
ton over the river, and a demand Will be made Tor
compensation for vessel and cargo.
The British Consul at Mozambique, who took up
the matter was grossly nsulted the windows OF the
consulate being broken with stones, notwithstanding
a Portuguese guard was in the house and an English
man-of-war in the harbor. He consequently withdrew
from the place.
This hostility is attributable to the slave interest,"
which is powerful at Mozambique, and Is nettled ut
the presence Of British traders ia the regions whence
the Slaves are obtained. The English charge that the
slsve-trade is carried with IMMUNITY on the east
coast of Africa. The English steamer Lyra, which
was sent 10 look into the matter of the cutter Harriet
captured and burned Portuguese cutter which had
slaves ON board.