Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-20

adherence to tho gallant Broderck. will over be
forgotten. OF oil his public speeches. however.
none approaches In commanding and nervous
rhetoric, and heartfelt sy,npa.hy. that pronounced
tho grave Of Broderick."
Morocco.
We fear that the people Of Morocco cannot jus,
now sing with zest.--
"oh happy ,awny Moor
because at the present time. the Said M"ors arc
enjoying all the red excitement Of a domestic war
within their boundaries, with tho PROSPECT of two
foreign wnrs, one with France aud the other In
Spain. How soon people Erget calamity But
u few years have passed away. since the French
knocked the fortitcations of Megador about the
OF its defenders, and yet already forsooh the
Moorish tribes are making predatory excursions
into tho French colony Of Algiers, for which they
will soon pay tho piper. We learn that n serious
attack was lately mudc on tho mines Of Gar Rou
ban; numerous bands of Maors who had come by
tho road from Ouchda surrounded that establish
mcnt and commenced fri.g On the camp close by
as they were not aware that rciuiUroements had
arrived. At the sound of the first shot, troops
were marched against tho aggrcssors, who did not
offer much resistance. bu, fled into the thicket
woods like 40 many harcH. They were pursued.
and ten of them killed. The troops then return
ed To the camp, but the Moors soon after reap
penred, for the purp"se Ms was at first supposed,
of carrying offth killed, but as they commenced
firing they were again putto fight. with further
loss
The situation Of the mines of Gar. .Rcuban is at
present rather critical For some little time past.
nll the works have been suspended. and tho Topu.
latinn are kept constantly on the alert. Every
night robberies and nets Of pillage are committed
in tho neghborhood, the Moors endoavoring mnre
parti ularly to got possession of tho rais vt the
trnmwny communicating with the mine. Mono pf
the can be sent oil to Nemours and the trnns-
port of provisions to the mine hns been interrupt
ed, all the carts and ether vehicles having been
put into requistion Tor the military service. Then
they arc also ravasing tho Spanish African terri
idrlns near Ceuta, which may probably terminate
III new concessions to Spnn. But worse thnn
either, since the death Of tho late Emperor. two
claimants have started up as candidates for the
succession His son has thus far succeeded to the
green urban"-but his ri ght is dspnied by
cousin. For. whereas, when the Emperor Abicl
Eahlnan died many years ago. His brother M.lcy
Soeiman seized the throne, to the wrong Injury,
ETC. of the rightful heir Adder the son orihe En-
pcror. Now. this excluded heir. like sensible,
shrewd and prudent fellow, bowed to this arrange
ment with quiet subm Issou. and actually helped
the usurrcr, his uncle, in c,ary way he roul aud
upon the death of that nnce succeeded pnaccn.
bly, to his lichuu inhcJiinncc, So that all h ugh
tho uncle hnA er,erahlr ~, nenH If the'. obtain
81 tho crown. IL was tins Ahdcr who died the
9th, ,lny whcu hi slu nod SUCCESSOR sid Ma
h,anmrd, mounted the II .nr lie, hoNe>cr, no
s"oncr took possession. lhan one If h.. uo'e's
s"ns disputed his right In icceut bnttlc huw.
ever, hc WAS utterly defeated by Sidi. SUI, he
who il u,W called tne "prctenlcr," keeps tho
Gol',
"lIis sou In anl eager Tor The fay.H
But few words may be nd led about Nor ,cco,
the most powerful of African nations with the sole
exception ul Egypt, Noll then. the empire Of Mo-
rocco- -ix hundredn aud mile sixty wide containing
-ix millions Of inhabitants. Mrquirex, by some