The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-10-25
AFRICAN DIAMONDS.
Ln"fessness at 1iie MISUNDERSTANDING q
Out the Native kafirs.

Out the Native kaGrs.
DU ToET's Pan, July IS, 1872
Accidents and offences, tent burning
and
LYNCH LAW
Such is Che record of the past week.
In all my correspondence / have fore
told this, and latterly | have stated
very plainly that a revolution was i'm
pending. The last straw that broke
the long suffering camcl's back, was
the case OF Mr.. Barrett, whose ser.
wants certain Kafirs attempt to induce
to steal from thoir master. The len
iency with which the Kafrs were
treated led Mr.. Barrett to lay his case
before meeting of the Diggers' Gen
eral Committee. Mr. Barrett's state
ment appears in the place OF the usual
leading article in the Diamond Neaes
Of the 10th instant. Mr.. Barrett's
case proved conclusiyely TO the Dig.
gers that the Government of Griqna-
land was fast becoming n igger Pro-
lection Society, and they determined
TO put it down. On Thursday last
A wELL-DREssED KAFIE
was detected in attempting to buy
diamonds on Colesbcrg kopjc. In
few minutes the diggers swarmsd up
from the roads, the claims and the ad-
joining streets, and demanded that the
fellow should be hanged. Up came
few police. and found themselves pow
erless. AIaclean then went for the
Magistrate. Alr. Giddy came, and
found himself at first i'll the humili-
aiing position of failing TO obtain
hearing, and af,erward of having to
cntreat the diggers to hand over the
kafir to him, promising that if they
(thc diggcrs) did not consider twenty
five lashes sufficient, be would send
him before the Recorder for heavier
punishment.
But the diggers have no longer any
faith in Government. or magistrates,
and have taken
THE LAW INTO THEIR owS HANDS.
No Kaiir Is now to be relcgated TO
the Magistrate, and all caught buying
diamonds from natives are subject 10
being burned out. On Friday night
the burning began, and has, with the
exception of Sunday, been continued
every night. Last night have men
toned that four were burnt down
Nothing is allowed to be removed -
brandy, wine, mutton and beef all 90
TO the flames. Inspector Gliiillan was
at the burning last night, but quite
hclpless-indeed, report says he was
carried about on the shoulders of Dig
gers, aud his opinion invited as TO
whether the burning had been done
TO his satisfaction. Tonight bear
that examples are to be made Of some
| BUYERS at Old De Beers, and shall
go over there to see what does take
place. Il is said that 300 additional
| Mounted Police have been sent for
and some add a regiment from the
colony. Any attempt TO subdue by
force will be highly dangerous. Be
fore police or troops could reach the
fields, every official would be, as the
French say, deported.
During the past week some IN
pleasant accidents have occurred
DIR. Aylward, under some degree o.
excitement,
SHOT DIGGER
at De Beers, sending ball through
his body, and another t;irough BIZ
arm. Happily no vital part wa
struck, and the wounded man is ias,
recovering, and able TO sit up. DIR
Aylward is one of the most prominent
of the Diggers' Committee. Anoth
er member of the committee, Mr.
Stanton, has also got into trouble, anc
stands charged with manslaughtcr.-
He found one of his Katirs stealing
diamonds, thrashed him, shut him "
in an out house, and found him dead
the next morning. Mr.. Stanton a
once surrendered himself and is now
on bail, with very little chance of be.
natives for the sake of humanity thar
for the sake of France.
The priests. with reason, rejoil
| thAb thNAC Ao ho lASdiulh oSt"SSa
civilizing cannibals and extirpatin:
them, and tae only choice open tt
them is the former. However, th
power of the soldiery is now deter
mined, and the priests efforts ar
paralysed. The natives have return
ed to cannibalism, the only resourc
of savages who dwell on an islan'
devoid of vegetable products and G
animal life. The land has been re
ported as auriferous; but the Frenc
Government has uniformly place
hindrances in the way of gold dig
gers. At present it is contemplate
to station there no less than te
THOUSAND Communists, under th
surveillance of one regiment.
THE FIGURE 9.