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NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 ANOTHER AFRICAN WAR Hlerald Special Correspondence from Natal, South Africa. —_-— The Refractory Chief Langabalele, Otherwise ‘‘ Sunshine.” ‘The Folly of Civing Weap- ons to Savages. ONE THOUSAND ARMED WARRIORS British Expedition of 1500 Men and the Causes of the War. THE FIGHTING. @Wroclamation ot the Gov- ernor General. SURROUNDING THE KAFIRS. Murder and Robbery Prevalent. THE GOLD FIELDS. Dvunsan, Natal, Nov. 5, 1873, ‘The British troops and some of the volunteer corps of the British colony of Natal, South Africa, hhave just been called out on an expedition against | @ powerful Kafir caef, whose tribe inhabits the northwestern part of the colony, near the sources of the Great Bushman’s River. The Chief rejoices in the rather lengthy name of Langabalele, which ‘transiated into the English language, means “Sunshine.” For the sake of brevity, we will here- after call him *Balele. ‘THIS CHIEF has long been a very troublesome fellow, and under & more energetic government than ours has hereto- fore been he woula have been taken to task long ago. But itis only lately that he has openly de- fled the authorities, in such @ manner as to put mild measures of retaliation altogether out of the gaestion. The matter came about in this way :— When the now famous diamond fields were first Giscovered in the interior the influx of population to that district and the demand for tabor caused Jarge numbers of Natal Kafirs to flock in that idi- Feetion to work at the mines, as high wages were offered them. AJso guns were sola freely at the Meds to both blacks and whites, and the oppor- tunity of providing themselves with frearms was @ temptation which the Kafirs could not resist. *Balele sent several of Lie peopie to the flelds to ‘work, and they returned armed with very good ‘Dreech-loading rifles. To such an extent did this matter proceed that by the time the government | thought of interfering 'Baleie had at his command 1,000 “warriors” armed with guns. There is a law of this colony which probibits Kafirs from possess- ing firearms without a special “permit” from the authorities. ‘Balele and his people broke that Jaw. The resident magistrate of his district, Mr. John Macfarlane, reported this matter to the gov- ernment and was instructed to order ‘Balele to appear before him to answer for his INFRINGEMENT OF THE LAW. He sent the order to "Baiele, but that Chief did Dot obey it. He would not go before the magis- trate, The order was repeated several times in a more peremptory manner, but stiil it was disre- garded by the Chief. The Secretary for Native Af- dairs— the Hon. T. Shepstone, C. M. G., who, under the Governor, is chiefover Ml the native tribes of the colony—then took the matter in hand, and proceeded to negotiate with the refractory Chief; but his orders were no more obeyed than had been those of the magistrate. At length it became known that "Balele was preparing for war, having, according to Kafir oustom, sent the women, cat- tle and property of his tribe to a place of safety and keeping with him only his fighting men. Many of these scoureé the country in armed bands, | spreading terror among the English and Dutch settlers, but not resorting to any acts of violence further than threats. The Governor of the colony, Sir Benjamin ©. C. Pine, announced, on the S0th of last month, to the | Legisiature, then (and now) in session, that he | ‘had resolved to call out Her Majesty's troops sta- | tioned in the colony to assist the civil power in punishing ’salele for his contumacy. The Legisla- ) ture replied that it would support Sir Benjamin: His Excellency accordingly called out about 200 | men of Her Majesty’s Seventy-fifth regiment, and | the Royal artillery, with two field guns, to support | the volunteers of the culony in au attack upon *Ba- lele, with the purpose of cringing him and his peo- ple to book. The military lett Maritgburg, the capital of the colony, on October 30, en route for the district inhabited by ’Balele and his people. The VOLUNTEER CORPS called out were the Natal Carabineers (mounted), the Karkloaf Carabineers, the Richmond Mounted Rifles, the Weenen Yeomanry cavairy and the Weenen Border Guard. The aid of friendly Kafirs was also obtained, and Mef@ts. Hawkins & Lucas: two magistrates in the upper districts of the col ony, drought a force of about 1,000 Kafirs to assist in the expedition against ‘Balele. Those Kafirs were, of course, of tribes not frieudly with 'Ba- Jele’s. The whole force was placed under the com- mand of Lieutenant Colone! Milles, of the Seventy- fifth regiment. The Governor himself resolved to accompsny the expedition, and left Maritzbarg for that purpose on the 31st uit. THE STRATEGY. The Drakenberg Mountains are at the back of ’Balele’s country, and it was known that in case ne was pushed he would make for them, for the pur- pose of taking refuge in their fastnesses, from which it would be bard to dislodge him. The first object of the government expedition was, there- fore, to cut off *Balele’s retreat to the mountains, | and the latest advices to hand from the camp say | that this has been done; but they require con- | tirmation. The government forces have, however, | Teached tne territory of the refractory Kafirs in good order, and it is said they have already been | 80 disposed that the Chief’s escape is almost an | impossinity. The Chief bimself is said to be IN GREAT TERROR, and already repentant that he has gone so far in his opposition to the authortties, But repentance Is too late now. ‘The extremest measures must be resorted to, and the colonists will insist that if ‘"Balele is captured he and his people must be treated with the utmost rigor of the law as rebels, and an example made of them that will be such @ jesson to other Kafir trives of the colony as will frighten them from imitating the action of the re- fractory Kafirs. Arrangements have been made for a datly post Detween the ecamp and the capital of the colony, and Ashail keep this letter open untii the jast mo- ment before the mail closes, so that I may be able | which are loudly deprecated by the people. | Seems impossible. | jesty’s Colonial government, while proceeding to whethor "Balelo has not aircady cacaped through one of them, He makes uo sign. The volunteer COMMISSATIAE 18 also bad. Food is scarce, and the horses of the mounted corps are suffering from forced marches, some of them dying, Still the colonists do not @espond, out wope for better Udings soon, The whole force of the expedition Consists Of between 400 and 500 British troops and Volunteers, amd about 1,000 Kafira. The volun- teer corps of ‘the colony, not originally called oat to take part imthe expedition, ave received orders to hold themacives in readiness (0 march at & mo- ment’s notice. ‘The Kafr tribes of the colony, other than Baleic’s, are quiet and orderiy. The First Kngagement, NOVBMBBR 7, 1873, ‘The news (rom the expedition to-day is very dis- heabtening. On the 4th inat, & strong body of ‘Balele's men forced the Bushman’s pass of the mountains, killed three of the carabineeré—one being the son of the Colonial Secretary, Major Arskine—and five Kaflrs, Particulars are not yet to hand, but may arrive before I close this letter. Its said “several” of Balele’s mon were killed, ‘The commissariat arrangements of the volunteers are said to be very deticient. The men bave been three days without food. The country at the back of the pass through which Balele’s men have forced their way ia British Basutoiaud, and it ts thoaght the enemy will not improve bis position by taking refuge there, THE GOVRRNMENT FORCES are concentrating round 'Balele’sa country. The beeretary for Native Affairs has reached head- quarters. The Giants’ Castle pasa is occupied by Mr. Hawkins, R. M., and his forcea, and Messrs. Macfariane, RB. M, Lucas, RB. M.,.and Allison are advancing with taeir forces along the slopes of the mountain, It ia feared 'Balele was with the Kaiirs who forced their way througt the Busbman’s pass, which seems to have been defended by an insufti- cient force. But 1 will probably have further particulars before the outward mail closes. Parther Details of the Disaster. Sarurpay, Nov, 8, 1873. Further particulars to hand this morning. The disaster in the pass was the result of a blunder on the part of the government suthorities. The cara- bineers had orders not to fre, and when they came upon the Kafir force they could have repulsed them had they been allowed to make the attack. ‘This ts supposed to be the result of instructions trom EXETER HALL, The whole force in the pass was thirty carabin- eers and forty Kafirs. There were thousands of the other side. The carabineers benaved with great courage. A letter from Bushman’s River states that the regulars came upon another body of Langabaielo’s Kafirs, attacked them and killed ninety, no life being lost on their side. The Kafir Rebels Opposed by 4,000 Troops. Duxsan, Natal, Nov. 15, 1873. There are a few further particulars to add to those im the letter i sent you by the last mail. After the disaster that be/el our volunteers in the Bushman’s pass of the Drakenberg Mountains it was resolved not to send any more small parties against the rebels, but to concentrate all our forces around his position in the mountain. A strong force was sent to occupy GIANTS’ CASTLE PASS- A body of 300 whites and 3,500 friendly Kafirs ad- vanced along the slopes of the 'Berg and captured 300 Lead of rebels’ cattle. A native force was sent to disiodge some rebels who had intrenched them- selves in @ cave; but before they could succeed | night closed in and compelled our ppople to draw | of. Between the 9th and the 12th our forces con- tinued operations and captured several men and women of the tribe in caves where provisions were stowed away. Mr. Hawkins sent in thirty women, captured by his forces, and alscovered acave occu- pled by @ strong party, which was supposed to% contain some important rebels, A strong iorce of military, volunteers aud Kafirs was ordered up to attack the cave. Adam Kok, the Chief of Griqualand—a country lying on the route the rebels must travel to reach | Langabalele's brother, at St. John’s River, which is supposed to be their intention—on receiving @ message from the government apprising bun of the | rebellion, orderea out ¥OUR HUNDRED PICKED “WARRIORS,” i weil armed and mounted, toimtercept the rebels, and, if possible, capture their chief. Thus they | are surrounded onevery side, and their escape On the 13th inst. the folowing proclamations were issued in a Government Gazette Extraor- dinary:— PROCLAMATION—NO 1. By His Excellency sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, Kuight Commander of the Order of St. | Michael and st. George, Lieutenant Governor of | the Colony of Natal and Supreme Ohief of the na- | tives thereol. Whereas a Chief named Langabalele has for a long time pas the authority of the government at defiance by refusing to the orders of the Magistrate within whose jurisdiction he resided ; And Whereas repeated messages were sent to the said Chief requiring him to appear and anewer | for his conduct, which under various apd untrue pretence he refused to obey; And whereas, emboldened by the great forbear- ance shown by the government, the Said Chief ana | tribe bave grossly insulted and maltreated mes- sengers sent by me as Supreme Chief again to | order the said Chiet to appear before me; Aud whereas I thereupon directed a civil force, | aided by the military, to proceed to tnvest the country occupied by said Chief and tribe, 80 as to | bring iim betore me that be ht, if possible, | explain his conduct, and to afford his tribe an op- portunity of returning to thetr allegiance under a promise of pardon ; And whereas a portion of the force under Her Ma- Invest the country as aforesaid, were treacher- ously and without provocation fired upon, and three of their number and the interpreter, Elljah Kamboole, and one Basuto, basely murdered by a portion of the said tribe, which Was met by the colonial detachment, escaping {rom the colony in armed force with the cattle of the tribe, by ® pass | over the Drakenberg, after the officer in command had by means of his interpreter repeatedly and | strongly urged upon them to return to their aile- giance and claim the clemency of the supreme | chief, and after the leaders, or those who appeared to be their leaders, had consented to consider the | commanding officer's proposals ; | Now, therefore, ] have deemed it necessary to | Place the district hereinafter defined under mar- tial law; and I do accordingly hereby proclaim and make known that the district commonly called the Locations of Langabalele and Putili, oc- cupied by those tribes respectively, and five miles in a direct line from any point thereof, is hereby Placed and shall be under martiai law until all re- gistance to Her Majesty’s authority shali have Ceased, or until this proclamation shail have been recalled. God save the Queen! Given at Headquarter Camp, Hlatikaln, this 11th day of November, 1873, BENJ. C. C, PINE. By His Exceliency’s command. T. SHEPSTONE, Secretary for Native Affairs, PROCLAMATION—NO. 2 \ By His Excellency Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell Pine, Kmght Commander of the Order of st. Michael and St. George, Lieutenant Governor of the Colony of Natal and Supreme Chief of the | Natives thereof. Whereas the Chief Langabalele and the Amahlabi tribe lave set themselves in open revoit anu re- bellion against Her Majesty's government in this | colony, by defying its authority ana fring upon and murdering certain members of a force sent to pre- | vent their escape from the colony before their conauct had been inquired into and ascertained ; Now, therefore, Ido hereby proclaim and make known that the said Chief Langabalele and the Almahiubi tribe are in revellion against Her Ma- jesty’s lawiul @utnority and are herevy declared to be outlaws. , And J do hereby depose and utterly remove him from the dignity of chief of the said tribe; and Ido hereby farther proclaim and deciare the said tribe ts hereby broken Up, and irom this day forth has cease eXist, and that no person heretofore be- longing to it shall be allowed to live within the colony until he shall be furnished with aud possess | acertificate from the resident magistrate of the county or division in which he resides or nas re- ded, revolt and rebellion aforesaid, or shall have been duly tried and acquitted of such offence. And I do command ail resident magistrates and other officers of the government whom it may con- cern to see this proclamation carried into full force and effect. to give you the latest tidings from the ‘seat of ” Discouraging. Novemngr 6, 1873, The news of the expedition to hand this morn- tog is not 80 satisfactory, The mountain passes God save the Queen! | white men. stating that he has taken no part in the | 120 nead of the rebel’ cattle, that our forces were following she rebela up, and that, with Adam Kok’s “warriors” on the other aide of them, there was every reason to hope we woula soon overtake the main body, Small parties of rebels had been overtaken and atiacked by our Kafira, We fought from bebind stones, aad while some of them were killed, others shot some of our natives, No later omicial news this morning, Private letters state that the forces under Lucas have had an engagement with @ large body of the rebels, kuled 100 and captured 500 head of cattle. But this wants confirmation. The volunteers complain loualy of being made to 4o all the hard work of the expedition, while the military do little or nothing. The other Kafir tribes of the colony are, to ail appearance, quist. Murder on Both Sides and Captain Jack Strategy im the Field—Exeiting Causes and a Dangerous Colonial Condition— Eng! Reinforcements Landed and on March to the Mountain Passes. Durean, Natal, Nov. 24, 1873. ‘The British expedition againat the rebel Langa- baiele and his tribe has scoured the colony of the rebels, killing some men and oapturing several women and children. The rebels have kilied some otour Kafirs, but no farther lives of white people bave been lost. Langabalele and his main army still elude us, and are believed to be tn the rough and diMcult country Known aa the Double Moun- tains, where they can defend shemselves with great advantage. Preparations are being made to pro- ceed against them. Captain Allisson, with the Richmond Mounted Rifles and: 1,500 Kafirs, is to pursue them from the northward; Mr. Hawkins, R. M, with carabincera and 1,500 Kagrs, is to march against them from the southward. The Cape mounted police are understood to be watch- ing for them in Briwsh Basutoland, on the west- wara; the men ofthe Seventy-@(th regiment are stationed at the foot of the Drakenberg on the east- ward, and Adam Kok, of Griqualand, bas orders not to iet them pass his way, So that tuey are well surrounded and their escape seems impos- sibie, BULLETIN OF PROGRESS, On the 17th inst. the following despatch from headquarters was pubiisied here:— HLATIKULU, Nov, 13, 1873. fhe expedition, except or the gad affair at Bush- Man's pass, is successiul. The bulk of the rebel tribe has been driven over the mountain, out of the colony. Very many of them have been killed in skirmisnes, in which they had every advantage im position; several men and a very large number | of women taken prisoners, Our forces are still hunting them out 0: caves and holes. No loss of white men except those basely murdered at the pass. Alldanger over. A party ia about to pro- ceed up Bushman’s pass to inspect it witha view of destroying it and to bring the dead. Flying columns are being organized to pursue Langa- balele over the 'Berg and over the southern bound- ary. Those columns must await tne receipt of am- munition and stores trom Maritzburg. By order or His rcs: the Lieutenant Gov- ernor. W. H. BEAUMONT, Private Secretary. THE CAPTURED women and children of the tribe are to be hired | out to farmers and planters for three years, ata rate of wages to be fixed by the government. HONOR TO THE DEAD. The bodies o/ the three young volunteers shot in the Bushman’s pass on the 4th inst. have been re- covered by Major Dunsford, Royal Engineers, ana @ small force of infantry, and given Christian buriaL A monument is to be erected to the memory of the three young men, The Lieutenant Governor, Sir B. C. C, Pine, con- tinues with the expedition. A CHIEF WHO TRIED TO SIT ON THR FENCE. It having been found that Putili, the Kafir chief located next to Langabaleie, was disaffected and in league with the rebels, Mr. Macfariane, Royal Marines; Captains Lucas and Allisson, Lieutenant Clarke and the men of the Royal Artillery, with two deld guns and 2,000 Kafirs, occupied his coun- try. The chief was arrested and fined 2,000 head | of cattle. He is to be deposed from his chieftain. | ship and his tribe disarmed and disbanded, There is a rumor that another powerful chief to the south is disaffected, but it wants confirmation, The white colonists are agitating to have Lan- gabalele’s country discontinued as a Kafir location ‘and let out for occupation by European settlers, It iy about 90,000 acres in extent. After the expedition has completed its work the Lieutenant Governor will, it is understood, take @teps to have the Giant's Castle and Bushman’s passes of the Drakenberg rendered impassable. It is said that some of the 1ebdels are trying to | make their way down to Moroal, a disaffected Basuto | cRief. Adam Kok is said to have taken the field j at the head of 600 men against Langabalele. We are expecting an important movement on the part of our forces as soon as Putili's affair is | ended, —- British Army Reinforcements Landed— Positions in the Field and Chances of Trapping a Leading Warrior. DURBAN, Nov. 27, 1873, Her Majesty’s ship Rattlesnake, Commander Digby, arrived here from the Cape on the 25th inst., with seven officers and 210 men of the Eighty-sixth regiment, under Major Knipe, and a battery of artinery, to aasist in the operations | against the revel Kafirs of the tribes of Langaba- lele and Putill. Tbough they are not required ior active service, their presence will have a bene- fical effect upon the Kafirs, and will show them that the white colonists have forces peyond the | colony ready to come to their aid in case of emer- gency. The troops will be landed here. Their movements will depend upon the will of the Gover- bor. It is hoped that advantage wil be taken of their presence to cause ail native tribes in the colony to deliver up all firearms held by them without authority. The Rattlesnake is said to have brought despatches from the High Commis- sioner at the Cape, Sir Henry Barkly, assuring our Governor Of ali necessary support in his opera- tions against the rebels, and informing him that a strong body of mounted police has been sent on to the frontier. DISARMING THE NATIVES. The disarming of the Putili rebels has continued. Up to the present time about 120 stand of arms and between 8,000 ana 9,000 head of cattle have been seized. The young men of the tribe are said to be decamping, but Major Dunsford, R. E., occupies the Bushman’s pags, with seventy-five military and a strong Kafir force. TRYING TO TRAP A WARRIOR, Langabalete’s spies, who were captured the other day, have divulged that they leit the chief, with 100 men, jour days beiore,on the Orange River, and that his cattle were in the rear, nearer Natal, guarded by 300 men. Captain Allisson, with a strong force, is to march upon him from the north; Mr. Hawkins, with a strong force, is marching against him from the south; Captain Adam Kok, with 600 to 1,000 men, is watching for him by way of Griqualand, and the monnied police will pre- vent his escape into Basutoland, so that his cap- ture in & short time is supposed to be certain. The spies have also contessed that when our volunteers reached the Boshman’s pass on the 4tn inst, Langabalele and his army were only a mile and @ half ahead; that his forces, who met | ours, sent word to him that the pass was occupied by @ small body of white men, who did not want to fight, and asking what they were to do, and that he sent back the order that they were to shoot the Three hundred and twelve captured | women and children have been sent in to Maritz- burg. | | | | EXECUTIVE CONSULTATION, The Secretary for Native Affairs and Mr. Barter, M. L. C., have returned to Maritzburg, from head- quarters camp. It is understood tney have come to consult with the Legislative Council as to what Steps it is most desirable to take for the occupa- tion of the rebeis’ locations which bave been con- fiscated. The Governor has sent a message to the Legislature suggesting two plans, either to let the land oat ouly to white settiers,on @ military | tenure, or to let the fat lands out to whites and | the rugged parts to Mmendly Kafirs, who shall not be subjected to any chief, but under a white magistrate, 1 think the latter plan, or something like it, will probably be adopted by the Legislative Oyen Feder ie Hlatikulu, this 11th day of November, v : BENS, 0, 0, PINE, By His Excelliency’s command. ‘tT. SuRPsTong, Secretary for Native Affairs. CAPTURING CATTLE. On the 14th inst. we received news from the dave beam secured, but it is not cxucuy KBQMA Came tuat Adam Kok'a meh had sisowdy Cantus Council. The Gold Fields of South Africa. DonBan, Natal, Nov. 5, 1873. The alluvial gold diggings at Leydenburg, South African Republic, are proving to oe very rich. | time, an fenaa rifle Macmac, have been successfully worked, and sev- eral large nuggets have been found. The place has, however, been temporarily abandoned for ® hew “rush,” some twelve miles /urther off, which 23, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. BRAZIL. has been christened “Pilgrim's Rest.” some very | Telegraphic Extension—Preparation for Direot good “finds” have been made there—the largest | Communication with Europe—Health Be- nugget yet unearthed weighing fifty-six and half ounces. The country ts very healthy, the scenery magnificent, water abundant, bat supplies of food scarce. Correspondents writing from there ana Macmac advise those who may be contemplating @ trip to the flelds to take with them six months’ Supplies, Although the reports are 0 encourag- 1ng, still no one should abandon lucrative employ- ment to go to the diggings, as their extent has not yet been proved, though there is every reason to | think it 18 considerable. Two other new “rushes,” also said to be rich, have been reported since the discovery of “Pilgrim's Rest." port—The Political and Religious Com- plications—Prosecution of Bishops and Clerical Defiance of the Crown— Preparation tor War Against ‘The mail steamship South America, E. 5. Tinkle- The population at the diggings is still smatl— | Pugh, commander, arrived at this port yesterday, probably not more than fees 300 and 400 per- | She brings dates from Rio Janeiro to December 26, sona, Those diggers who have had experience at Babta December 30, Pernambuco January 2 @nd the Australian and other well-established gold { Para January 7. She brings 10,000 bags of coffee flelds are doing best. and the following passengers:—Mrs. Lucy E. Dade ‘At the diamond fields a fine off-colored gem, of | 224 80n, Mrs, J. 8. Newell; Lieutenants 0. H. Ar- 281 carats, has been discovered and sold for £9,000. The find was made at Colesberg Kopge. A NEW CABLE. The New Porto Rico Wire Being Laid from Jamaica—How to Connect the Worth and South American Continents and the Wost Indies to the Seclusion of Cuba. Kinaston, jam,, Jan. 10, 1874, nold, William B. Newman and Ed. W. Bridge, of the United States Navy; Taomas Greenshields, late Secrotary of the Treasury of Paraguay; John .Kershaw, vr. S. P, Johnson, James Becker, Joho ‘G, Southren, R.J. Ruome, R. #, Hinnington; ex- President baez, of St. Domingo, J. A. Baley, of Philadelphia, and a smal list in the steerage. At Rio the public health was good, but little sickoeas prevailing, @nd none of an epidemic or contagious character, The Hooper Telegraph Company had completed their cable trom Babta to Rio, the steamer Hopple arrived at Rio with the final ena on December 25, and now there 18 complete communication from It has long been a scheme to connect the entire | Para to Pernamouco, Bahia and Rio. The com- group of West India Islands by telegrapny, and | pletion of the line was celeprated by a grand ban- the British government, through the Colonia: Office, offered to grant some kind of subsidy or concession to any enterprising capitalists who should undertake to carry out the idea. The West Indian and Panama Company had at one time 40 far completed it that it was possible to telegraph to almost any part of Europe from these islands, aud while they were about demanding their re- ward from the government the cable between Colon and Jamaica was broken, thus severing the connection and shutting off communication. No sooner was the Colon cable repaired than the cable laid to the north end of Porto Rico became use- less, thus again destroying the communication be- tween here and St. Thomas. And, lastly, the Spanish authorities in Cuba have so far crippled the operations of the cable to Santiago and Bata- bano that it has been purely a waste of time to attempt to use it for transmitting messages via New York, five days being the time required for a single word to reach your city. Notwithstanding all the accidents of the deep and the unjust and untimely interference of the Dons, the Panama Company have determined to try again to make the circuit complete. A few days ago two large steamers, chartered by the Telegraph Construc- tion and Maintenance Company, arrived at this | port, having on board the material for the new Porto Rico cable, One of them, the Minia, had on board 648 miles of five-eighths six-strand wire. | The Kangaroo carried fifteen miles of main cable, eighteen mils of Intermediate and fourteen miles of shore end, the intermediate being about one inch and the shore end about one inch and three- | eighths in circumference. The Minila, after having laid the present cable, will attempt to grapple and repair the wire now | broken at some distance from Porto Rico, while | the Kangaroo has to proceed to Martinique for the purpose of mending THE DOMINICA WIRE, which has been sundered in about 1,000 fathoms of water. The shore end of the new line wiil be laid—by about Tuesday next, the 13th inst.—from Holland Bay, on the eastern extremity of Jamaica, to Ponce, on the south side of Porto Rico. The bottom, accord- | ing to the soundings on the chart, appears to be | } ‘uneven; in some places it 1s only about 600 fathoms, while only @ short distance further on the leads went tumbling down the sides of immense hills to | the depth of over 2,000 fathoms, ef that the | bottom is mountainous and difficult to lay a wire on. THE START TO SR4. After having been coaled by Messrs. Nunes Brothers, the consignees and agents of the com- pany, the vessels salled for Holland Bay on Tues- day afternoon; but as there are no means of ascertaining by land, we are not aware il they have commenced to lay the shore end. The wires, on being tested before leaving, were founa to be in splendid condition, so that in all probabuity the enterprise will prove successful. e supervision o! the work on behalfofthe Panama Company has been entrusted to Mr. Theophilus Smith and a star of three other electricians from the office of Sir Samuel Canning, while the contrac- tors—the construction company—are represented. by Mr. F. Lucas and a4 special stam. Some littie difficulties are expected im laying the shore end, for, thongh the British government seem so anxious to have the West Indies con- nected by wires to the United States and Europe, their representative bere declined to aid in the work by loaning a small steamer. Should the | shore end be successfully laid by Tuesday, how- | ever, and the weather remain fine, the other end will have been laid at Ponce by about the 20th of Vanuary. THE PRESENT CABLE TO COLON has not proved a very satisfactory investment. In the area ae the contractors failed to Jay it in i hence the West Indian Company refused to take it over; and thos the construction com- pany have had to hold it themselves, something aiter the fashion of a white elephant—to repair it when it broke and to work it aS best they can, under painiul difficulties. Now, however, another test is tobe made, and it it can be gnaranteed by Sir S, Canning's elec- tricians, then the company will take it over and be responsibie jor it, At present it works weil enougi. The greatest obstacle of all to the com- pletion of the scheme is the arrangement, as at present, in the island of Cuba. so long as the Spanish authorities are permitted to receive and mutilate whatever telegraphic despatches may happen to offend the delicate sensibilities of the censors, it is evident that the work cannot be com- pleted. At present every message must be re- | corded in Havana, where the least business refer- | | ence to public uffairs is sufficient to place a | | despatch in the fathomless pigeon holes of red- | tapedom. To avoid this, and to do the work as completely as the prime movers in- tended, it will be necessal to lay a cable ry from this island to Key West, by which means the whole of South America and the West India isiaggs would be in direct and free communication wit North America and the remainder of the civilized worid. The immense and constantly in- creasing commercial interests between North and South America alone would almost justily the ex- penditure, and the West,Indian Company will probably take advantage of this. Spanish excuses ‘and apologies may serve excellently for diplomatic purposes; but to stop the interest on John Bull’s capital pate it quite in another tight, and, there- tore, I think that Cuba will soon have that exaltea isolation she has so long coveted in respect to the telegraph wires. UTAH. Message from the Governor—Legisiative Abuses—Snow Slides in the Canyo: SALT Lake City, Jan. 22, 1874 A special message from the Governor to the Terri- torial Legislature states that, in the present Legisla. ture there are seven probate Judges, three county clerks, ten mayors of cities and one Territorial warden of the Penitentiary. He recommends that @ law be enacted that persons can hold but one ofice. He also recommends the passage of a jaw | stant. On the one side, the Brazilians allege that } providing for minority representation. the Argentines, despite the treaties and Snow slides in the canyons are becoming frequent, | the several wars undertaken by Brazil to A man named George Lee was killed by one in Big | secure the free navigation of the La Plata | Covsonwood Canyon. A passenger Irom Pioche named James Conolly became deranged while travelling, and whea near Fillmore left the stage. He is supposed to have been frozen to death, THE SAND BAG AGAIN. The ruMan and highwayman have abandoned the knife and pistol for @ still more dangerous and deadly weapon—tne sand bag. The victim who falls under this villainous instrament has mark to show where or how he was His brain suffers concusston without the broken, and death 1s almost jw in & jew hours or days at most. To San Francisco is due the honor of first introducing this weapon, which is now coming very generally into use among the rougbs of this city. Last evening Mr. dames Fellows, of No. 205 no siain, Second enue, was met at the entrance of his residence by three highwaymen, one of whom ‘uck him on the side of the bead with a sand bag, felling him to the ground. The blow was not a severe one, else the ‘unfortunate man would not now be able to tell the tale, but he was nevertheless severely stunned and did not regain consciousness until the ruffians 1d his pockets and carried off his lunch bag, which they doubtiess imagined contained money or valuables of some kind, but the only contents of which was @ silver knife, fork and The first discovered daposita, at the place called | spoon, | granted by the quet and diuuer at each of the above named ports on January 1. ‘Ihe Emperor of Brazil, present at Rio, held communication with those * ports, and, alter an interchange of congratulations with the presidents and officials of the several provinces, by @ signal from the Kio headquarters ull parties simultaneously sat to dine and toasted the success of the greatest enterprise that to-day exists in all Brazil. Ovker vessels of the company are now preparing to lay the remainder of the cabie between St. ‘Thomas, West Indies and Para, which, it ig expected, will _be completed by May 7, 1874, when there will be complete telegraphic com- munication with the United States and thence to all parts of the world. Another line is projected and expected to be laid between Lisbon ana Per- ambuco within the year, thus opening direct;com- munication with Europe. Health at ail the coast ports was good. weather was mild and hot—as bot as usual at season of the year—which was regarded as favora- ble to the crops, especially the cane and coffee crops. The this ‘The News from Brazil. Rio JangrRo, Dec. 26, 1873. The religious question has taken another phase, the three members of the Sapreme Tribunal of Justice to whom it fell by lot to decide upon the sumMciency of the charges brought by the Crown Prosecutor against Brother Vital, Bishop of Olinda, naving returned @ “true bill” in regard to one of them—namely, that of “attempting directly or by facts to destroy one or more articles of the consti- tution (Articie 86 of the Criminal Code).” The other charges were:— Anmicix 79 of the Criminal Code, “Acknowledging, while a Bragiiiao citizen, @ superior outside the Empire, and yielding efective obedience to him.” Penalty, tour to sixteen months’ imprisonment. ‘Agr. 96.—Obstructing or preventing in any way the effects of orders of the moderative and executive powers in contormity with tae constitution and the laws. Pen- aity, imprisonment, with labor, tor two to six years. Aur 129,—Prevarication or transgression of the law. Aur, 12.—Iauging an illegal order or making an illegal requirement. Penalty, loss of employment, suspension tor three years or tor one year. The penalty of the charge which has been adopted is imprisonment, with labor, from turee to twelve years, and as it isan unbatlable one, the Bishop of Olinda will have to be arrested, and remain in the prison of the Police Headquarters, in which prison- ers, with “benefit of forum,” are lodged. The order for his arrest has already been issued, and the’ bearer of it will zo this week to Pernambuco to bring the Bishop in the national packet which should arrive here January 16. After his coming he will be tried bafore the whole Supreme Tribanal, sitting as judges and jury. ‘This 1s the first time that a Brazilian bishop has been arraigned, and the committal of the Bishop of Olinda by the Supreme Tribunal wasin great measure & surprise, the general belief being that*| the charges would be quashed, some of the mem- bers of the Court being notorious devotees. But the action of the Court is applauded by ali but the ultramontane press, and is looked upon in general as a triumph of the rights of conscience over the doctrines of the Syllabus and the dominance of the Curia, CASE OF THE BISHOP OF PARA. ‘The same Court has also acted on the denuncta- tion of the Crown Prosecutor against the Bishop of Para, On identieal charges to those against the Bishop of Olinda, and has notified nim to answer within fifteen days after notice; and, no doubt, in due time he will also be put on trial for offending the constitution to which he owes obeaience. His Grace was most anxious ta be ‘martyrized” witn his brother of Olinda, and when the latter teie- graphed to him the news that his wish had been jovernment, he rejoiced exceed. | ingly, and wired back, “Oh! let us be joyful, that our blood is to be shed for Christ!’” CONSEQUENCES OF THR CONVICTIONS. By virtue of the committal, the Bishop of Olinda Js suspended from his episcopal and priestly iunc- tions, and as he denies the aathority of the Supreme Court or any other temporal authority, it is supposed that he will refuse to surrender and will have to be taken by force, In fact, the ultra- montane press bas declared that if necessary they will repel force by force, and a lawyer here, a noted Tepublican, who took active part in the last Per- nambucan revolt, has just abandoned his ractice and gone to Pernambuco, with be mission, it is avowed, of reorgan- | izing his friends armed resistance, in the | name of republicanism and religion. Doubt less, With the aid of its feet, the government could put down resistance within the city itself, but were the Bishop to retire mto the mterior of the prov- ince It is but too probabie he could set the govern- ment at deflance with impunity. At last dates the Bishop of Para had arrived at Pernambuco to sta: there and agree upon the procedure to be pursued and this, from his know furtous zeal, is believe to portend miscuief. government, however, 18 preparing to strengthen its naval force at Per- nambuco, and the sounding vessel Vital d’Ole- veira, will probably be recalled. It is feared, never- toe that the arrest will not be effected without Y NAVAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THR ARGENTINE RE- PUBLIC. The Argentine authorities relaxed their stoppage of the Brazilian packet Cuyabd, which they seized at Buenos Ayres while in transit from Mato Grosso for Rio, but not until the telegraph from Monte- video had informed them of the departure of the Brazilian gunboats {rom Montevideo, with destina- tion to Buenos Ayres, the Brazilian Minister, Baron de araguaya, having ordered them on. fact, the boats anchored just as the Cuyaba was leaving. The Argentine government bas thus the appearance of having yielded to an exhibition of force, after stopping the packet to take @ pas- transit, refraining from arrest- | senger in ing him only because the nm com- mander, a naval officer, spread his fag 80 that the argentines would have had to trample on 11 an armed vessel alongside and disre- garding the remonstrances of the Brazilian Minis- ter. But though releasing the vessel without the delivery of the Paraguayan Coionel Riverola, the Argentine government maintain their right to do a8 ibey did, and in gues eperee of this and other interference with the Mato Grosso Poranee the Brazilian government has sent Baron da Passageur to take command of the southern division and to station iron-clads at the principal Argentine porta, ‘The reiations between the Empire and the Argen tine Republic thus continue on a very precarious footing, and any imprudence on either side may cause the war impending to break out at any in- rivers, 80 necessary for the Brazilian provinces ‘ing on the Paraguay, the Upper Parana and the ruguay, wish to make oi them Argentine streams and dominate on them at their pieasure, In ty | the Brazilian packets piying {rom Montevideo to Mato Grosso and merely touching at Argentine ports, have been the objects of Argentine interier- ence, the Rosario authorities demanding manitests Of all the goods in transit for Mato Grosso, and the Corris ones claiming the right to test the potlers, and stop the vessels to do so each month; which minor acts of attempted jurisdiction have been followed by the stoppage of the Cuyabd, to extort the surrender of a Paraguayan from @ Paraguayan port to another port outside the Con- federation! 18 THE EMPIRE HONESTLY NEUTRAL? On the other hand the Argentines assert that Brazil secretly encourages Parag to continue Its refusal to cede all the Paraguayan Gran Chaco to the Confederation, and declines to accept to the Argentine interpretation of the treaty of Novem- ber, 1872, and force Paraguay to the cession re- quired by the Argentines. Brazil 18 also accused of fomenting and gt secret aid to the Lopes. Jordan insurrection in Entre Rios, and Braz gold is the standard theme of stumpers to destroy the presidential ure of General Mitre, who is by them of hav- ing sold his country to Brasil. Brazil is also credited with designs of conquest in the south, and, finally, Brazil, a8 an Expire, is the natural enemy of all rej tm the Americas, and it is the manitest tiny of the Argentine san to frisgle wp and the Reswanmine ragond | this company for their sustenance, and the and absorb the La Plata provinces of Brast!. Thus there are as many reasons tor hating each other as uy reasonable would-ve belligerent could deaire. ARMY AND NAVAL RECRUITMBNT. As it is an approved maxim to prepare for wat in time of peace, the men hunt by which the Bra silian army is recruited 1s going on with excessive seal, and any young iellow, yellow ia the gills and wasp-waistea, and any stray nigger whose vanity has led nim toimbue hi understand. ing in the shee of Itberty are in considerable daa- ger of being locked up with pimps, drunkards and mieres, ae ile the authorities leisurely decide upom their fitness for food for powder, Cannon aad muskeis are off all Per gy tne all day on the shooting are busy to the ears cartridges, shelis, bombs, cantat eg are cantatas, and the Martins the boomerang principle and be _ someenyes. sid aati en corveltes gui are in construc- tion with laste post haste; the naval Meadets are sea-tossed without rest, and, ader— Poor (ellews—much tribute to their rou, Nep- une; and finally, this year the great sea monster Dom Pedro L., said to be the thickest and most pow- erful iron frigate yet made, is expected out this year, armed with 1,000-pounder rides. RICAN RIFLES ON HAND, The Argentine, however, have not boon steering. and it reauy seems they will win the. race and the Brazilians, From the United States have come 100,000 Remington rifles and @ number of tm- mense tuunderers, which the Argentines are pus. vling their brains Lo devise means to hoist out aad jane In March they will have a monitor out from land capable of thrashing al: the combined fan mosquito iron-clads. and within a year they will have two iron-clad trigates, a monitor, four cuirassed gunboats and four or five despatch steamers, which will not make a bad-sized Moet for @ state of 2,500,000 souls, counting tne Gauckes, who are believed by the townsfolk to have noither souls nor bowels. With such an armament we fear the Argentines will feel like a boy with a now pistol and will feel vound to try i 1 some one, whom We think here will certainly Uc Brazil, and, therefore, think it would be weil to bring on inevitable fight before the enemy can arm and place us at a terrible dieadvantage, RAILWAY PROGRESS, The first Fell central rail ratiroad was ini rated onthe 18th. It is and one-quart miles long, and effects the ascent of the acevas mountain called Serra da Boa Vista, in the norsa- west of the basin of the Bayot Rio. The com tractor, Dr. Bernardo Clemente Pinto sobrinho, has been made Baron de Nova. The con- tract for the surveys and plans = of the Rio Grande do Sul Railroad “has jose been conceded to Messrs. C. Ottoni, Dr. Furquim de Almeida and Engincer Ferreira Penna at 5054009 ($297 60) per kilometer of 4 feet 83¢ inches gauge and of 2551000 ($127 50) per kilometer of 1 metre gauge, the government wanting surveys of both the wide and the narrow gauge. The present sur vey is from Porto Alegre, across La graiorrs tw Uruguayana, and a branch to the sou! 18 contem- plated. These railroads are those for which the General Assembly appropriated last session 40,000,000 miireis. CHARGE OF MURDER AGAINST A CLERIO. In Ceara the priest of the parish of Kiacho do Sangue (Rivulet of Blood) has been arrested upon the charge of ordering and causing murder to bé committed on foar persons. The motives pro. ducing these murders were peculiar. The pi had fallen deeply in love with one of his parishion- ers, and for more than a year had tried to seduce her and to get her to live with him as bis conce- bine. He even had the art to get her father's warm support of nis pretensions; but the young resisted firmly both the priestly Bolicitations and the paternal pressure, As last, by the advice of a missionary, the girl fled to the house of a relation, and after @ bere betrothed merece to ee banat hak erie ater another relation, @ f position, came to the parish, and, on hearing of the state things, wrote to the Bishop of Ceara avout them. The Bishop at once sent a license to marry with- out banns and by any cle! but the priest openly deciared that the girl should never marry her cousin or any other. In fact, a ew days before the marriage day two men—one & slave of the riest—seized che Raang man in daytime ana bar. Baronsiy murdered bim in the open street of the village. An old man, whocame accidentally to the Spot, and a relative of the girl, who ran ap to the young man’s rescue, were next slain, and the bloody scene of the day was closed by the murder oi a young girl, who, on seeing the assassinations in perpetr&tion, ran between the murderers and their victims, with an image of Christ eld before her, to implore them to it. The two asses sing were atrested aud confessed vlrat the priest had employed them to murder the cousin @n@ other persons, but had charged them strictiy to d@ no hurt to the girl who had inspired him with se Unbridied and deadly a passion. URUGUAY. Cholera at the Luzaretto of Buenos Ayres—Defeat of Lopez Jordan—Politi- cal Affairs, do. MONTEVIDEO, Deo, 16, 1873. The startling news reached this city a few days ago that cholera had broken out among the pas: sengers of two emigrant steamers recently ar- rived from the Mediterranean and undergoing quarantine at Ensenada, only distant about twenty miles from Buenos Ayres. The latest re ports are that out of 500 persons nearly 100 had been attacked, and a large majority of the cases had proved fatal. The authorities had adopted very stringent measures to guard against ite spreading, and chartered several steamers to con: vey those who had not yet fallen victims to the island of Martin Garcia, at the mouth of tne Uruguay. The Health Commission of Montevideo have or- dered a three days’ quarantine on ail vessels ar- Tiving from Argentine ports. Tne Sanitary condition of this city is excellent, and, after the sad experience of last year, our authorities are determined to adopt stringent Measures to guard against epidemics this season. LOPEZ JORDAN'S DEFEAT. OMicial reports of the defeat of General Lopes Jordan have just been received. This, if true, wild virtually end the revolution in Entre Rios; but the meral opinion is that the news is premature. meral Gainza, the Argentine Minister of War and Commander-in-Chief states in his despatch to the President that the revolutionists to the num- ber of 6,000 had been routed with great slaughter and many prisoners taken, while Lopez Jordan, with 300 followers, had escaped towards Santa Rosa, on the confines of Brazil. It may prove true, but @ large margin must be allowed for exagger- ated reports at the present time, We have no further details of the combat, but momentarily leok for particulars, PARLIAMENTARY POLITICS. +. The elections for Senators in three departmenta have just preity off quietly, the conservatives gaining in ali. Rumors have .been current for some days s past that a political disturbance was apprehend in connection with the elections and the defeat of the Tevolutionists in &ntre Rios, with whom several Oriental chiefs had taken part, and for their re- deilious conduct the Execative had stricken their names from the military list. Should the war in Entre Rios be over there is no doubt they will re- turn and prove a firebrand if the guvernment does Not conchiate them by restoration to their mili- tary rank. A primary move was lately made by some of theif sympathizers, but they were promptly arrested. Among the number were o- cers of one of the battalions guarding the city and some prominent poutical leaders of the “Vandom- by” party. SUFFERING AT BBADY’S BEND. An Appeal to the Charitable to Assist Destitute Laborers Out of Work. PrirtsbuRG, Jan. 22, 187 The amount of misery and suffering among the hard-fisted sons of toil at Brady’s Bend, on the Alegbany River, some sixty miles from thia city, is steadily on the increase, and reports from there represent the condition of the poor as being wretched in the extreme. Over 1,000 men have been for a long time out of employment, owing to the suspension of the Brady’s Bend Iron Works, & concern which manufactured ratiroad tron, and which was operated by Boston capitalists. Many men, with families, were dependent solely on the constant employment afforded them (oy cern stopping abruptly, and, furtuermore, falling to meet tl irrecent ly due payments, places thesa untortanate toilers in @ most deplorable condition. There hag already been much suffering, and as the | winter advances the general misery gradually tn~ creases, The citizens of Brady’s Bend have done all in their power to alleviate this suffering, but their assistance is greatly restricted by the general hardness of the times, and the township being already overtaxed by the poor thrown upon it. In a letter a committee appeals to the friends of hu- manity, whom God has blessed with means, and who, they are assured, will actively sympathiza with them in this day of darkuess and extremity, and ask contributions, either in money, pro visions or clothing. JAY OOOKE & 003 AFFAIRS, PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 22, 1876 This morning Judge Cadwa'ader concluded ta allow the vote for a committee of tne creditors oj Jay Cooke & Co. to be resumed the same ast there had been no adjournment. Accordingly meeting of the creditors will be held this aftern to give all the creditors who have not voted aa opportunity to vote for a trnstee and a committed under the lorty-third section of the Bankrupt act “FOUND DROWNED. Newrort, R. L, Jan. 22, 187% Asallor, named George Clark, was toand flost ing in the harbor this noon, He left home, ta thie city, at four o'clock yeaterday afternoon to goon board a vessel in the harbor. It is presumed that in returning, while getting on wharf, ha slipped and fellover back 6, a8 nis head wag found bruised. ‘The Coroner's jury retannad « Ferdich Of accidental drowaing.