The New York herald., 1870-10-10

The Dia moud Fields of soua, Africa.


The GrdAanlstocn Cape of Coed Hope) J0uyNly,
Of. the 18th of August says
There certulnly never has been such stir In this
colony before, excepting at tue time Of war. Every
town Rnd district Ia The colony has sent IT'D contin
gent to the arlpy " workers at the Vaal Fields and
siAl the NOV ement goes ou.. In May there were
about one hundred men al the digginga. Before
the end OF June there were seven hundred At the
close OF July there were over one thousand; and as
present it Is es trnaed that there ore at the
Kip Drift Pntel Hebron and Kiesksmma
Fields no less th.Mt two thousand men. When II
Is remembered that the European population Ia tho
colony IS scattered oyer large surface and at the
best Duy small and mat distances nero are very
great it will be unde rstood that pretty strong mo
lives have been at work occasion large A.
movement. The discL very Of the ''Star OF South
Airica,n now known al, home has been followed by
chat or other stones W bich II not 80 valuable al
.na. sapefo gen. are ~ gresr eSceleee e. ana "
by no one who can subst inliate his claini there Ia
no organization OF labor and thete are no
means OF asceraaing the actual discoveries.
Some keep their good fortune 10 themselves.
and again There are ca eea in which dla-
mond Is talked about Vi ,r 1t becomes several
diamonds. The customs ret VIII. after while,
give trustworthy statistics. At prcscnt IL " esti-
mated that the Natal Comp WY mas sent home dia-
shipped tA,5oO by the Roma u3that the N0rseman
took away 945o and the North an e. 500, whiIo IL u
SAID that the Cambrian VIII nov receive fa0.0o0 II
10 these sums be added the price Of the SSar or
south Africa sum Of 900 is reached, and these
colony and In the possession OF di ggers st lhe ZELDA
some parties are known to have been very succcss
. na Inc Natal and King WLlnansaown partles may
po especially mentioned. Tho hvLse dtsided about
go 600 between them AS mat OF course out ofso
large ar number OF diggers many nave baen greatly
disappointed; ana In making the above statement
We do 50 only In our oiice as, rapor,ers of newA
and not at all with desire tn eAcus 70 rash adj
venture
AS to the position OF tho fields, II may be az ven
to say that they are within one lunsire mites west
Of Bloemfontein and one hundred mites uorth os
Fauresmith. Let any one who has OF Hails
maps OF South Africa follow the twenty eighth line
OF latitude until II crosses the yaal imnIediaIeiy
below the point OF intersection De viii see .
great bend In the river. Tho heids are ON
both sides OF the river. at the lowest secondary
curve Of that great bend. ON tue soutne eastern
side is the phel Field and the northwestern side
Is the Kip Drift Field. Port Alfred Is tho
colonial port TO the diamond fields, Sapetown iB
the most distant. From Grahalnsto,rn, whether by
Cradock or Queenstown the distance ny no means
formidable. party from the city ir,oniplis the
journey IN bullock wagon IN eighteen days. We
do not advise any one who lives aC easen TO
rush 70 the diamond diggings; but should the lottery
prove as attractive at home as II has Itself 10
be here then 1t should be rendered tat the nearest
seaport to the nelds Is neither Capetown nor Port
Natal, but that Port Alfred ana Pnit Elizabeth ara
much nearer ana nat at either VI Ghese ports good
travelling accommodation Il 10 be obiained.