The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-01-13
Chicago Inter- Ocean.

The Beers.
Chicago lnter-Ocenn.
The BOers of TIE Transvaal, who, within
the last few days, have been engaged ina
contos! with the British troops near Potchof
stroom, are descended without sdmixturs of
foreign blood, from those old Dutchmen who
oolonizod the southern point of Africa ut the
time when Holland was leading maliiime
power, and while her chips were heavily on
gagged in traffic with the Indies
by the then recently discovered
route around the Cape Of Good
Hope. The British rule in Natal commenced
in 1913. A year or two before that certain
emigrSnt Doors from the Cape colony artaed
themselves with elephant guns, aud, klvng
vGnquished very offensive Zulu chief,
named Dingaan, put his brother, UmpaEds,
in his place, with the title Of "Reignirg
Prince of the Zulus" Some sort OF cere'
mony Of onthronemont WIS gone through
with, and bargain was INSIDE by which the
Beers were to Stpnd by Umpanda and pro-
tect him, while on hiO part it was agreed that
no woman, child, or defensQle,S aged person
was TO be murdered, and no one
WAS 10 DO put to death for witch
craft, and no act Of hostility with any
neighboring chief was 10 he committed
without consent of the Beers. TWAS further
agreed that nj tho deAthof Umpanda his sue
csaser should be chosen by his own people,
Blu! subject to tho approval of the Beers or
assembly of the emigrants. Whom the Brit
I u goVSrlhehs suporscueu me ruio OIL tne
poors' umpnnun transferred us alleRlHhce 70
the new sutnorlIy' pus Ihe hunSne rsstrlc-
tlohs Whlch sne WISER beers hSd insisted upon
,.m allowed 70 IAN n'9 negeoE s9d tnc Auiu'
kllleu oeen o'N9r ana atEacked. thelr SAY
aSe holgnoSts "itnou' any r9stra'nt' rms
Ssalp ol Annlrs grove good many Aulu-
0aiirs 70 take refuge Ia lno oolonv, ana tho
Au'u rulcr ana ms people we're ieis 70 retro
staas lnyo parpsfisln ma 70 prepare inc way
loT INC HuIu WAT; Which eamoH year ana u
ntn hHo' lhe Doers luen renA,o'nihg IN
Na1a regarGeu mo eoshuohmeN' OF 'heFe
saVhges 70 themselves as certainty 'ntal 10
,us're peaue, anu many oil tnom SOasu9nlns
Tue colony "trekou Inlo the ir'nsv'al 10
JON lhelr protnreh VINO asd mad Ggtaelshod
inc trHhsVaal republic mere, taking W.h
!hem decided ah!lpa'hy ~ The Eagllsh psi
ICY ana to1 Sae o hhg irs people e,, ., ,
on IN io'S or Lueopnliu' onepSioho, called
oonIseh py lhe hSuVes' Went INTO hulu-
i nInS, alter tne aecesso OF Umpsnda, and in
,u.Ar,ueh' OF tuo Ola bargain between
sue poers ana VHe "ulus crowned umpan-
aMs successor IN ino person or Cotywsyo.
lhTee yeNrs la'er mo ourgher! OF The Trans
'ANi rePuDiio met win decided repulse
Nv ths hhRus 81 minor Aulu ehlefr and 1t
i0okea Ior llinc 40 though tho War.
the ,E.eyWayo ana ms 0arbarlans would
speedily Vanaulsh INC Beers and oyerrun
lnelr country In th's omcrgeaey Shop
elono, VINO happened 10 90 IN England, was
sent WIN almost unlimited power 10 settle
tho ol'sureanees IN Whatever WAY his long
experience IN os9th African affairs might
sugg,H ~ most ieeslolo' ana ne did 1T by
proelNmlhg 'he IThneysal ,Npubllc TO be
part oil the queens dominioas. Tho OK
'efns pressure upon tno boers was So great
AZ LAO une shSt nonl'ienE heroic treat
mehI suecoeued' put II Is easy to see how
Tue bocrs may naturally DO di'oontSntes
uhuer Iae unWelc9uc br'''sh rule 10 which
tnSy are N haIuly accustomed, and how
Iuey may DO ieSay Tor nm outbreak whenever
opportunity offers. THESE Bsers are, az
'helr name Indicates, emphstlcally Doors,
coarse, a'upia' 'il''era'e, and awkward q
pig, DlowSy breed oil mon who live apart
from each other on widely scparst d tracts
oil land VINO nave horror OF large towns
ana OF pohte accomplishments; who marry
young and ratio tremendous families within
ocor', ana no end OF livestock without
Trey have no comprehension Of clsauliseS,
and II IS doubtful whelher ono Of the race
ever experiences anything, resembling a bath
except mat those VINO hslaSg TO the sect
called "Doppers' or "Dipperi,' are i'm
mersed OF saptism. The floors Of tsOil
houses are made OF clay, mixed with sub
stances gathered from the oSw.yards, AND
they. perennially give forth edon thai
unmlatakably suggest tholr constituent
paris. House walls are of stone, unburnt
brlcks, or simple waffle and daub,' with
apertures for windows usually without
, glass, and tho roof is commonly a thstch OF
straw or grass, though, in the dchrth o,
wood, corrugated iron is sometimes used
Every houeo has its Dutch "stoop," and, IL
the better class, this is extended SO as to form
a veranda. Even in the best built housn
, cept Of the beat class have anything in thu
i way OF separate sleeping rooms. A single
: apartment frequently.ssrves every demesti,
I parposo, and into this every morning i
, brought, for the daily abluiion, solitary