Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1858-08-21

There war in Africa, aud for during the last five
years is entirely disconnected from French interest in
AgerA, and also from French intrisues With neghbop
States On this subset the Phiads lpha contain.
the folloung:
''The truth is rebellion has broken out in Moro.co
| sganst the EmpeTor huley Abderrhaman who n noS,
eghtytSo year. OF age. Still he resolved to sppt.
the revolt aud took The fsd with hs Aon Al the 49, q,
very mum rous forces The rebels are he Semurs t,
inc mob and according to the latest account they
nave deeated tue Imperial troops Ia battle We learn
from the Paris Poys that the Emperor on the 2lst o,
May set out from Arckinez at the bead OF 5000 men o.
ne oAek suafd 1000 men OF the regular ioiantry and
1000 bore neA 70 aaek the Semmurs 10 their own terri
tory, "bis his son, Sidi hOhaumed sdvaneed with rs
600 men IRON Rabat for the same purpose Thu ,eh.is
hastily fere~ted iuto the interior OF the country leaving
Iheir Tent and baggage 70 the mercy Of tho
The Emperor, deceived by Arab guides whom he cor,
sidered Trustworthy, was suddenly alter reaching the
mountainous regions surrounded by the Semmurs and ans
aioeo disastrous defeat enecting bs return 10 Fez
only ~ series OF almost miraculous escapes Bnt d.,
Is By no means the worst feature Of the aer for the "a
volt Is tast extending 70 the neighbODg tribes add The
Amazirgs who we're conquered 10 1925 after 3 terrible
and bloody war bave made common cause nth the gn,
murs. in vord 'he BreHigs Of Imperial Moorish noe,
no longer exists The EDpero s ,OEger regarded s
tnvincibe Separate kingdoms the oh sots ri The =
belOn aud national Independence IL the vatcb vo,d
Should The Empire Of Morocco be split into fragments or
even sundered into two three separate nnous tbe,
can be no difficulty in predicting European interference
AZ Ielst - lar AZ respects Spain and probably Pfsnes
SPain indeed, With her border African setteents must
ever keep Eatohful ego her dusky neighbors while
France night look politically towards charging her ac
qusitions 40 westerly dfecdons-espocay inland where
al the tribes seBi barbarOus No one will regret an
exchange from the very phase Of Mahomedan ~
rauny With all 10 bofd accomplishments Of ensaved CAP.
tves. piracy, pcyEamy and capital punishmens AZ they
prevail In Morocco for such reforms revolution would
probably productWhle perhaps may not be TOO much
70 hope, tuat political alterations will lead 10 the intro
ducton Of christianity. The late Of Africa genetslIy
soems 10 DO ameliorudng with eVery succeeding year
from The Hed ga 10 the Atlantic and from the Mediter
ranean 20 The O'po Of Good Hope. The ever extending
British COLONY orards the North, the French region Of
Algeria the tetTma 30 Egypt the establishment OF the
Republic OF Lteia on The western coast by Americans
the British static" gt Cape Coast Oasue and otbor iotts
sud towns toseter Vth the Spanish Possessions facing
bibrlta sy be regarded many heralds Of better
condition Of things n AroaWhe the iourneyings Of DE-
Livingstone INTO ho Interior Of that sandy continent pro.
uisa 10 reveal 70 the civilized world the myseries Of
)pcal interior, which have thus fir been a. a sealed
book " the cultivated poF ne Of the human family