The New York herald., 1872-11-16
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Progress of the Popular Movement for
Territorial Seccssion-A Governor Seri-
ously nl-Diamonds-The Wool supply
and General Ma rkefs.
BY mail from Africa we have received our files OF
Cape of Good Hope papers, dated at Port Elizabeth
on the 27th of September. The journals supply the
following interesting resume of events to the latest
moment
PROGRESS OF THE TERRITORIAL SECESSION MOVE
MENT
special correspondent OF the Cape Town Stand
ara, dating at New Rush on the 25th of September,
describes the progress of the territorial secession
movement thus 1--WE had some hearty laughs as
we slipped along in Cobb & Co.'s coaches at the
separation pacards stuck up in all sorts of places.
Where there were no walls, boards on poles
were erected; on the boards were these separa-
tion posters. Barrels, rocks, walls were all
pressed into the service, and it Is said that His
Excelency the Governor, when he reached
Clarkes, the first stage from Port Elizabeth,
was so overcome that he proposed to the Acting
Attorney General that they should go in and
sign the petition. Mr. Jacobs replied that he
had already done so, and hearty laugh was the
result 1t will amuse you II | give you the
wording of some of the petitions III you want
cool roads and bridges, vote for separation Re-
member that by Cape Town law you can be pun.
ished for protecting yourself from native theits;
one of all was the one headed, The Cape Town
Robbery. Gs00,000 for the Cape Railway. Sign the
petition. We fairly screamed when we came
across this petition first There were hundreds OF
these posters, across one Of which we came about
every quarter OF an hour all the way from Port Ellz-
PRESIDENT BRAND SERIOUSLY Ill.
The Eastern Province He,atd of 9TH of Septem-
Der SAYS ;,. s:msir He Henry Barkly with true gentle.
Mrs. Brand Uhe wife of His Honor J. II. Brandl ex
pressing his grief at the illness Of the President,
nd nn = N sfG
porarily deprived Of his invaluable services.r
WHAT SOCIETY DEMANDS.
The members OF the Chamber of Commerce had
an interview with His Excellency the Governor by
appointment on Tuesday last to discuss the follow
second, the relations between this Territory and
the f. a. and N. police third, postal arrangements;
fourth. telcgraphic communications; fifth, the land
question.
The Port Elizabeth He1'dn of September 81 re-
ports as follows:-"Mr. John Murray received a
line parcel of diamonds by last post from the
fields, comprising q 100 carats, and valued Mt be-
tween f5,000 and $1,000. Among them were a
number Of very fine stones. OF good shape and
color, ana altogether very fine lot. Mr.. W. j.
just received very fine diamond OF 100 carats. II
Is OF good shape, and without speck or flaw, but
of-colored For its size 1t is the finest stone we
family OF digcers, forming party at Du Toit's
Pan, have been perhaps the most successful OF any
that have figured at these fields In the search after
diamonds The following Is the result oftheir finds
sey'at{n within the last six weeks:-H. Towns
hond, 401s caratS; y. D. R0tnlnan-nlS S0n-in-aW-
81; do, sO6 do, 81 Rothmans sister, 3d. Sebas-
tian Rothman, 1906; do 13: J. J. Rothman, 10; II.
Townshend, 45is. Making total OF 430 carats.
Mr.. Longlands parties found seventy carats
weight OF diamonds at Waldek's Plant, on Tuesday
last The largest stone was of twenty carats.
COMMERCIAL REPORT.
me FORT Elizabeth Herald OF september q sup
plies the following report OF the market quota
tions:-During the past fortnight the wool market
has been very firm, and prices of certain descrlp-
tions have had an upward tendency but any large
business has been checked by the small receipts
consequently to great extent nominal, arrivals
having been on too limited a scale to
test the market. SECURED snow white
has been In active demand, and the small
parcels sent in by the Uitenhage scourers have
been immediately placed at higher rates than
classes OF wool, II here, would also participate
in a corresponding advance more especially
considering the satisfactory position our staple
az present holds in tho home market Several
orders are in course OF execution, both Tor
London and the Continent, and in the present
short supply even snell odd lots are eagerly
bought at full rates. to make up parcels
for shipment Grease wool, suitable for securing,
is in steady demand at the extreme limits,
which win allow OF remunerative return.
the date OF our last report, and sound, wel-cured
parcels are freely taken at full rates. Several par
GELS OF ostrich feathers have been sold at public
auction during the past fortnight, chiefly consist
ing of puckings from dOmesticated birds. The de-
mand Is fairly maintained, but prices decidedly
the past fortnight. The diamond market has been
dull lately and business is almost at standstIll.
The number or diamonds offered at public auction
during the past month was not nearly so large as
In previous months. and vi those offered barely
| one.nall has been sold.