Fort Beaufort Advocate 1872 1 January - March

Saturday, January 6, 1872.

BIRTH at Fort Beaufort, on Thursday 4th inst, the Wife of Mr R. A. WARD, of a Son.

DIED, - At Alice on the 21st Dec., 1871, Margaret CORRIGAN (born MARONIE), at the age of 53, friends at a distance accept this notice.

IN THE COURT OF THE EASTERN DISTRICTS.
COTTERELL and QUIN vs. Priscilla CLARKE.
On Monday, January 22, 1872, at 12 noon, will be sold by public auction peremptorily to the Highest Bidder, in from of the Resident Magistrate’s Office, the following lots of Ground and Buildings: -
1. – A Subdivision of the eastern half of Erf No. 16, situate in D’Urban-street, Fort Beaufort.
2. – Part of Section of Lot No. 7, Erf No. 16, situate as above.
3. – Section of part of Lot No. 5 of half of Erf No. 18, situate as above.
4. – Portion of Lot No. 2, of the Western half of Erf. No. 15 in Campbell Street.
Terms of Credit 6, 12, & 18 months – purchasers to pay all Charges.
Sydney CARLILE,
Deputy Sheriff Albany.
D. S. Office, Grahamstown.

NOTICE.
I the undersigned will not hold myself responsible for any Debts Contracted by my wife (Elizabeth DUTTON) from this date.
D. DUTTON.
Alice Dec. 26, 1871.

NOTICE!
In consequence of Dissolution of Partnership by mutual consent of the undersigned, all friends indebted to their Firm (J. SHAW & Co.), are respectfully requested to settle their accounts at the earliest date possible.
All parties having claims against the said Firm are requested to send them in at an early date.
The Business, wholesale and retail, will be carried on upon cash principles by the last undersigned.
Wool and Diamonds, and all other Produce shipped as usual.
William SAVAGE,
Sidney HILL,
Jesse SHAW,
(Trading under the style of Jesse SHAW & Co.)
Fort Beaufort, Dec. 28, 1871.

NOTICE
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
The undersigned hereby informed all whom it may concern, and the public generally, that he has granted a General Power of Attorney to Henry Charles MUNDELL, of Fort Beaufort, dated at Reit Vley.
12th December, 1871.
(Sigd) W. FINNAUGHTY.
Dec. 18, 1871.

FINE PROPERTY FOR SALE IN ADELAIDE.
Offers will be received by the undersigned until Thursday, the 25th January, 1872, from persons willing to purchase that well situated Property in Adelaide, being Erf No. 9, Block F; at present occupied by Mr. H. LEE, as a private Residence.
The House is in good condition, and the situation is adapted either for Trade or a private Dwelling.
Terms Favorable.
Apply to Jno. QUIN.
Fort Beaufort Dec. 20, 1871.

MR. DURNEY, late of Cape Town,
Begs to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen, and the public generally, of Fort Beaufort and its vicinity, that he is now prepared to take Photographs during 2 or 3 weeks, in all the newest styles, and at Capetown process viz.: 17s 6d per dozen four views of the face taken on the same card.
Next door to Mr. BIRCH.
Fort Beaufort,
October, 1871.

MISCELLANEOUS.

MR. GEORGE WOOD, editor of the Penny Post, died on the 28th inst.

MRS. DENYSSEN, wife of Mr. Justice DENYSSEN died on the 26th instant.

THE ARGUS gives us the list of appointments made at the Fields by the Commissioners. The order us funny, and let anyone who knows him – personally we mean, for all the world knows him by report – fancy Mr. Arthur TWEED’s feelings at seeing his name at the bottom of the lit below Pierce CROSBIE, constable and messenger, and next to the widow Ann HUGHES. The Commissioners are strong-minded men, or they would not have risked to place Arthur TWEED and the widow HUGHES at the bottom of what looks like a table of precedence. Lucky for them that there was only one widow; what trouble they might have got into is exemplified by the mess into which the Indian Government has got into by its warrant of precedence. The Delhi Gazette says that “some great men are left out altogether, and some little men are put by mistake above their betters. The ladies in India are described as being in a state of ‘dangerous excitement.’ This is very unfortunate, and it may be taken for granted that there will be no real peace on earth until the world consents to file out of rooms alphabetically according to the first letter of their surnames. No other satisfactory solution of the difficulty is practicable unless it is that adopted by the Emperor Napoleon I., who, when called upon to decide which of two old ladies who were making a row at the bottom of a staircase should come up first, directed that the elder lady of the two should be allowed that privilege, upon, which both the disputants hung back, neither of them showing any anxiety to take precedence of the other.”

FROM KING WILLIAM’S TOWN we hear of the death of the venerable missionary the Rev. J. BROWNLEE, the father of the well-known British resident with SANDILI and now Magistrate of King William’s Town. From the very interesting obituary notice in the Gazette we call the following paragraph: - “He was the first man who settled in what is now King William’s Town. One of his first acts was to build at his own expense a handsome house, and to plant a garden with choice fruit trees. To encourage labour among the natives he led out the Buffalo in a watercourse which exists at the present moment. House, garden, and furrow, were all seized by military authority but like a loyal subject, Mr. BROWNLEE bore the loss without a murmur. It is some satisfaction to know that his son will next year occupy, as Government representative, that same house and garden.

THOSE who read the European Mail or Colonial News received by the Norseman, will remember an account of the mysterious disappearance of a gentleman at Ramsgate. The cute child had pretended to drown himself; his family didn’t quite see it, and set a detective to work who soon discovered that my gentleman had left his family diamonds behind him in the hope of finding some of another sort at the Cape, and was a passenger by the Golden Fleece. Gentlemen who skedaddle in these days commit an act of great imprudence in selecting sailing vessels even to the unknown Cape. And so as we gather from the Standard, MAY anticipated Willie, and when Willie reached Table Bay he found that his family jewels had been brought out by the mail steamer. Willie was received on Board by MAY, and there the Standard, like a three-volume novel leaves the happy pair. We trust they may live happily ever after.

A WELL DESERVED CHRISTMAS-BOX. – On Christmas morning a Christmas-box, in the shape of a cheque for we believe, £88 7s, was presented to Mr. A. PETRIE, our efficient and obliging postmaster. This amount was subscribed by merchants and others in the town, and presented to Mr. PETRIE as a mark of their appreciation of his obliging disposition. If the office of postmaster here was worth £75 a-year five years ago, when there was not more than one-fourth of the work to be done that there is at present, the same office is surely worth £150 per annum now. We think this should be brought to the notice of Government.

LATEST TELEGRAM.
Advocate Office.
January 3, 1872.
Northam Saturday night.
Passengers for Algoa Bay: -
Mr. and Mrs PEDDIE,
Messrs WHITE,
PAYSE,
JURTH,
GONGH,
FENAY,
MILLER,
GIE,
GOUGH,
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. MAZEY.

Saturday, January 13, 1872.

DIED. – At Lintondale on Sunday the 7th inst., of convulsions, Jessie SHaw, infant child of William and Elizabeth LONG, aged 1 year 3 months and 18 days.
Of such is the kingdom of heaven.
The sincere thanks of Mr. & Mrs. LONG are hereby tendered to those kind friends who gave their help and sympathy to Mrs. William LONG and we would especially thank Dr. PALMER for his prompt attention, and also to Mrs. M. QUINN for her kind help in our affliction.

MISCELLANEOUS.

ACCIDENT. – A sad accident occurred on Thursday morning to Miss HENRY, who was thrown from her horse as she was returning from a ride. Some severe injuries to the head, we regret to say, were inflicted by the fall.

SEVERAL of the Fort Beaufort people in addition to those recorded, have arrived within the past few days from the Fields, amongst others are – Messrs. W. and D. DEVINE, Sydney YOUNG, BOVEY, NELSON, AUSTIN, &c.

NEW PAPER. – We have to acknowledge the receipt of the first number of Grocott’s Penny Mail, published in Graham’s Town. It is a neatly-printed paper of four pages, containing a fair amount of miscellaneous news. We wish its spirited projector every success.

THE QUEENSTOWN post-cart on Monday night brought down a deserter, named FITZPATRICK, from the 32nd Regt. He has seen the error of his ways, and gave himself up in Queen’s Town. – Gazette.

COURT MARTIAL. – The sentence of the court-martial upon Private HANLEY of the 2-20th Regiment, tried for disgraceful conduct, was read on military parade this morning. The man was sentenced 672 days imprisonment, and then to be discharge the Service with ignominy. Wishing to remain in the colony, and wanting but a few months to complete his service, he had, on the departure of his regiment for Home, been attached to one of the wings stationed here; and this is his fate!

OUR PROTECTORS SKEDADDLING. – between Friday night and last evening, we hear that no less than fourteen men of the 32nd Regiment, stationed here were reported missing. The names of the absentees are: Sergt MORTRAM, John and James LYNCH, MOORE and HIGGINSON (from the company stationed at Fort Murray), FINNIGAN, GILL, BYNGE, and CONNORS (who took their departure last night). The first two named were caterer and mess-waiter of the Sergeants’ Mess; the former of whom has, we are informed, besides being considerably in arrear with his accounts, decamped with a decent sum in cash. It is believed that all the runaways are en route for the Diamond Fields; and if such be the case they are likely to reach the desired goal without detection, as two of the Privates – DUFFIED and RYAN – have formerly been to the Fields, but returned thence and gave themselves up to the authorities, owing to their having met with but indifferent success – Just before putting to press this afternoon, we hear that three of the men have been captured and brought into town. - viz: Sergt. MOTRAM and Privates WICKS and MOORE. The two former were recognised while calling at the hotel at Tylden, and handed over to the Police. – K. W. T. Gazette.

“I HAVE ONLY KILLED A MAN THIS TIME – NOT A GOAT,” – A fierce dispute arose on the 28th of December, at the farm “Wolvefontein” near Jansenville, between a kafir named MCLEAN and a Mantatee named JAN. A fight ensued; the combatants battered each other with stones for some time and then attacked each other with long clasp knives. MACLEAN got some severe stabs from his antagonist, but managed to retaliate in such a way as to mortally wound Jan, in one if not more places. MACLEAN gave himself up to Field Cornet HOBERN who sent him down to gaol by a detachment of the Mounted Police. On the road, a former employer of MACLEAN’s overtook him and seeing him in custody exclaimed, “Hoe nou MACLEAN! Wat markeer! To which MACLEAN replied with perfect coolness. “Nie veel Ou Baas! Ek het net maar een man dood gemaak deze keer; geen bok nie.” – Uitenhage Times.

A TRUE COLONIST.
We little thought when apologizing in a vein of pleasantry for the scantiness of holiday news that we should be called upon in our next issue to record the death of so well known and much-esteemed a gentleman as MT. T. B. BAYLEY, of Wynberg. It was but last week that he visited town, apparently in his usual health and spirits. On Monday he was seized with a violent attack of his old complaint, which defied the skill of his medical attendants, and terminated fatally on Friday evening, at half past six o’clock. Though we have spoken of Mr. BAYLEY’s “usual health and spirit,” we do not mean to convey that either have been recently good. Since his last serious attack of illness, Mr. BAYLEY has been frequently indisposed, and frequently referred to his death as not far off.
MR. BAYLEY is one of those gentlemen who, settling in the Colony for his own pleasure thoroughly identified himself with its interests in the manner in which he believed they could be best secured. Politically, as our readers well know, we had no sympathy with Mr. BAYLEY’s views, which he always regarded as injurious to the bests interests of the community; but we can nevertheless, appreciate his entire and generous devotion to his party, if we cannot think of it as always widely exhibited.
Of Mr. BAYLEY’s untiring and generous exertions on behalf of the agricultural interests of the country we can speak with unmixed pleasure. His name will be remembered as long as the Colony is in existence in connection with the improvement of colonial stock and the progress of South African farming. A full account of those exertions will be found elsewhere in our columns, extracted from the Cape Monthly Magazine. We will only add that, as a gentleman of literacy and artistic tastes of no mean order, as a general donor to the poor and to institutions which won his regard, and, above all, as a faithful friend, Mr. BAYLEY’s memory will be warmly and affectionately cherished.
His magnificent bequest to his friends and various literary and charitable institutions are in thorough keeping with his conduct through life. He spent the greater part of his income in the Colony, and he has left much of his accumulated property for its benefit.
Besides a large number of private bequests the following amounts are left to various public institutions: - Unconditionally - £250 to the Ladies’ Benevolent Society; £250 to the Cape Town Dispensary; £500 to the sick and poor of Wynberg, to be drawn in annual amounts of £75 until the whole is exhausted; and the whole of his books to the Cape Town Library. Conditionally - £500 to trustees, in annual donations of £50, to the Breeders’ Purse or Produce Stakes at the April races; £500, similarly distributed, for the Trial Stakes; £1,000 in annual donations of £100, for a race to be called the “BAYLEY Memorial;” another £500 to the Calendon and Swellendam races, in annual donations of £25. In the event of the conditions attached to these bequests not being complied with, they will fall to the Ladies’ Benevolent Society, the Cape Town Dispensary, and the Agricultural Society. Besides these amounts, the whole of Mr. BAYLEY’s pictures, and £500 for the building of a suitable Gallery, are left to the Fine Arts Association, in case an amount of £1,500 be raised by the public or by public grant within eighteen months. – Argus

FATAL ACCIDENT.
Ten lives lost – A whole family drowned.
It is our painful duty to record this morning one of the saddest accidents has occurred about Capetown for years. Yesterday – New Year’s Day – with scarcely sufficient wind to raise a ripple on the water boat went down in Table Bay, and out of seven persons on board at the time but one survives.
Mr. Samuel POLLARD, coach-builder, of Bont-street, Cape Town, accompanied by his wife, five children, a servant girl, and an apprentice, went for a sail in the Bay, embarking about noon at the Central Wharf in a small cargo boat manned by two boatsmen, named ALEXANDER and LINCOLN, and belonging to a Mr. F. J. LINDEN. It is said that people who were on the wharf at the time of the embarkation remarked that the boat was much too small for the number of persons put into it, and it is also stated that the sail was too heavy for the boat. Be that as it may, the party started, and for some time enjoyed a pleasant sail. Between one and two o’clock they were opposite Granger’s, but at a considerable distance – a mile or thereabouts – from the shore, when it was though desirable to make a tack. In performing this movement the boat went over on one side till the water was level with the gunwales. Unfortunately just then Mrs POLLARD, some of the children, and the servant crossed over to the side lowered, sending it still further down, and the water rushed in. The boat rapidly filled and having some ballast on board she immediately sank. The only survivor – LINCOLN, the boatman, an old man apparently about 60 years of age – states that he struck out for his life, and that POLLARD snatched the child nearest to him with one hand, and swam with the other. Mrs. POLLARD, the servant, apprentice, the other boatman, and the remaining children, seem to have gone down at once. It so happened that the cutter Ruby was entering the bay at the time, and those on board suddenly missing the boat suspected something was wrong, and the cutter was turned towards where the boat was last seen. It took some time for her to reach the place, and when she did the only person found alive was the old boatman LINCOLN. POLLARD, with the child folded to his breast, had supported himself and his precious burden for nearly half an hour, when he could hold out no longer. The dead father and child were found together, and lifted to the deck of the cutter. Those on board did all they could to bring them to consciousness, but the rescue had been too late. The other bodies have not been found up to the time of our writing. The boatman drown was, we are told, the only support of his mother and older relatives. – Argus.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE “FIRST SOD” has been turned with great éclat. The Bay people are in high spirits.

MR. THOMPSON has, we understand, resigned his office as public prosecutor at the Diamond Fields, being, we hear, completely disgusted with the anomalous state of things existing there. – Fauresmith Mercury.

THE BAPTISTS of Grahamstown have presented the Rev. R. H. BROTHERTON, who has ministered to their spiritual wants during the last ten years but is now changing his residence to the Diamond Fields, with a valedictory address accompanied by a purse containing £175.

DIAMOND FIELDS.

THE NEW MAGISTRATE, MR. GIDDY, has been authorised by Government notice to punish any person convicted for the first time of any offence or crime within his jurisdiction by whipping, not exceeding twenty-five lashes, in addition to any other or greater punishment, anything in the 42nd Section of the Act of the Colonial Parliament No 20 of 1836, or any other Act to the contrary, notwithstanding.

FATAL ACCIDENT. – On Tuesday last a very sad accident took place at the New Rush. A portion of No. 3 road was known to be unsafe, owing to its having cracked, notwithstanding which some venturesome persons continued to ride over it, choosing to risk their lives rather than delay their work till the road could be repaired. A Dutchman was attempting to pass over it with a cart load of ground drawn by a pair of spirited horses, he himself standing in the cart at the time. A touch from the whop caused one of the horses to swerve, when a great mass of earth broke off and with the team was precipitated into a claim below, which had been excavated to a great depth. A rush of diggers was at one made to the fatal spot, where the unfortunate Dutchman was found quite dead, his neck having been dislocated in the fall. One of the horses was also killed on the spot, and the other was injured beyond recovery. The cart was, of course, smashed to pieces.

ANOTHER BURGLARY. – We are sorry to learn that the half-way house (COGAN’s) was entered on Tuesday night by burglars, and about £300 abstracted. The money was taken from the bed-room while Mr. COGAN was busily engaged at the bar adjoining. The geography of the establishment must have been well known to the burglars.

POST OFFICE. – We understand that the Government have made arrangements for securing the premises of Mr. DONZIGER, at Du Toit’s Pan, for the purposes of a Post Office. Mr. F. COLE, of Klipdrift, we are glad to hear, is appointed as Postmaster at the New Rush.

NEW RUSH WESLEYAN CHAPEL. – A new building has been erected for holding service to the New Rush, and it is expected will be open to-morrow. It is situated on the western side of the camp, near the Government wells, and close by Mr. TUCKER’s store. Service will be held at 11 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. The Rev. Mr. PRIESTLEY will have charge of this congregation.

Saturday, January 20, 1872.

NOTICE.
IN THE ESTATE OF JOHN CULLINAN, A LUNATIC.
All Persons indebted to the above Estate are requested to make payment to the undersigned within six weeks from this date and those having claims to send them in forthwith.
J. C. BELL, Curator.
Eland’s Post,
January 12, 1872.

MISCELLANEOUS.

AMONG the list of guests at the Annual dinner of the Benefit Society, was Mr. W. H. PIERS, whose name was accidently omitted by the printer last week.

BY private hand we learn that Mr. de HART, lately of this town, who has established himself in the Fields, - has been robbed of money and valuable to the extent of £500. The robbery was effected in the middle of the day, during Mr. de HART’s temporary absence.

MAJOR-GENERAL Lord Mark KERR, well known on the Frontier as Colonel of the 1-13th Regiment, has left England to assume the command in India.

THE PANAMA STAR tells the following story of a smart dog: - “When the dog has to cross a river where alligators abound he goes up the stream a great way and barks with all his might; the alligators go there and wait for him to swim across. The dog knows what he is about. When he sees from the number of snouts above water that his enemies have all gathered for the feast, he runs down the bank as fast as he can, and swims across before the alligators are aware of the trick that has been played upon them.”

GOOD LUCK. – The Fauresmith Mercury states: - We are informed that when Mr. BABE left the Fields, he handed over to two of his fellow countrymen a claim on the New Rush. Being poor men, accustomed to hard work, they soon got down a great depth, and their luck was truly marvellous. One of them, formerly a cook on board a vessel, reckons that he has netter £13,000. He and his chum one day, to while away time, played marbles with their larger diamonds. So unexampled has been their luck, that the recently bought a draft for £1,000, and forwarded it to MR. BABE as a present. Another digger, with a name something like WEMMER or WEIMAR, formerly noted in Cradock for building crooked houses, has netted over £50,000.

THE LATE EMBEZZLEMENT. – The Acting Magistrate was engaged form 2 p.m. until nearly half past 5 on Saturday, investigating the charges of embezzlement against Mr. J. R. MCCORMACK, Teller of the Standard Bank here. The evidence of Mr. HARSANT, Mr. WEIR, and Mr. KING was taken, after which the accused was remanded until 2 p.m. to day. The sum embezzled, so far as ascertained, approaches £550. We are compelled to omit the evidence in this issue. It is expected that Mr. DRURY, the other clerk implicated will arrive by the post-cart to-night, he having been arrested and lodged in gaol at Port Elizabeth. – Watchman.

ACCIDENT. – Mr. J. H. F. KLEYN and family left Capetown on Tuesday morning, the day after Christmas, for Caledon. They left BEYER’s Hotel, in the How Hoek, at five o’clock in the afternoon. As they were descending the steepest part in the pass, the horses, which had had a good day’s work, could not keep the cart, owing to a reim tied to the disselboom and middle of draaghout being too short, obliging the horses to reim by their necks. They fell on the parapet wall, which gave way, and down went cart, horses, Mr. KLEYN, wife and daughter, the two sons having had time to jump out. Mrs. KLEYN and daughter were hurled out of the cart, and the former severely hurt, one vein of the right arm being burst, and a deep wound inflicted which had to be sewn up. She remained insensible until about midnight, after the arrival of the doctor from Caledon. Mr. KLEYN rolled down with the cart and horses for upwards of 100 yards, and was much bruised, but no limbs broken; his gold watch was smashed. The cart, with the exception of the wheels, axle, and springs, which are also damaged, is entirely smashed. The horses have not suffered as much as was anticipated.

FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE QUEEN’S ROAD.
A young man named KING, a transport rider, was killed yesterday in the Queen’s road. His foot slipped from the disselboom when getting from the wagon, and falling the wheel went over his chest, killing him on the spot. – Penny Mail.

AN ACCIDENT occurred near the Nazaar on Wednesday evening last, about 10 o’clock. Messrs COHEN, FRANKEN, and HUGHES were proceeding to the Bay, when by some means or other the cart was upset and the whole party thrown out. The cart was smashed and the occupants very much cut and bruised. – Ibid.

CROFT’S TINCTURE. – A day or two ago a son of Mr. James MURPHY was bitten in the leg by a puff-adder, at Van Staaden’s River. Some little delay took place before Croft’s tincture – that infallible remedy for snake bites – could be procured, and the leg was badly swollen, but we are happy to say that the patient is now slowly recovering. We have had occasion before to allude to this antidote, and would recommend every farmer to keep it in his house.

BANK EMBEZZLEMENT. – We very much regret to have to announce that another case of embezzlement has just been discovered, which has led to the apprehension of Mr. DRURY, of the branch of the Standard Bank of this town, and of Mr. MCCORMICK, of the branch of the same bank at King William’s Town. Mr. DRURY, until within the last month or two, was teller of the King William’s Town branch, which position he occupied for about two years, whilst Mr. MCCORMICK was employed in the same branch as ledger clerk. The removal of Mr. DRURY to this town led to the discovery of the deficiency, and as it could only have occurred by the two clerks combining together for the purpose, they were charged with the theft and both acknowledged their guilt. The exact amount of the deficiency has not yet been ascertained; MCCORMICK estimates it at over £500, but DRURY says they have not taken so much as that.
The bank is fully covered by the securities of the young men for a much larger amount than they have taken. – Telegraph.

NOTICE.
HAVING seen in the ‘Advocate’ that my property, is advertised for sale by Messrs. COTTERELL, & QUIN, I deny owing them anything, and Mr. COTTERELL knows that as well as I do. I have not signed any bond, but security for MAYNARD & BOOTH.
Priscilla CLARKE.

HOUSE FOR SALE
In the Insolvent Estate of Wm. HARVEY
The undersigned, authorised thereto, will sell by Public Auction at noon, on Monday, February 26, 1872,
That excellent cottage, (Nearly New) situate in D’Urban Street, Fort Beaufort; now in the possession of the Insolvent.
Terms: - 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.
John QUIN, Auctioneer,
Fort Beaufort, Jan. 26, 1872.

Saturday, January 27, 1872.

ADVOCATE TELEGRAM.
Advocate Office,
Tuesday January 23, 1872.
SYRIA arrived this morning.
Passengers for Algoa Bay: -
Mr. SMITH,
Mr. SCOTT,
Mr. T. COOK,
Mr. ELFORD,
Mr. GARDINER,
Mr. RUTHERFORD and two gentlemen,
Mr. and Mrs. MITTON and infant,
Mr. ROLFE,
Mr. HICKS,
Mr. PENTZ,
Mr. NEWBIGGING,
Mr. Turnball ECKFORD party.

THE PRINCE OF WALES is slowly but steadily recovering in health, and the Queen has returned to Windsor. His death was more than once anticipated, and the Royal family summoned to his bedside. The Prince is going to visit Torquay and Madeira.

THE HEARING of the TICHBOURNE case has now lasted seventy days. The case for the claimant is concluded.

A SEARCH for LIVINGSTONE is to be made under the auspices of the Geographical Society.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A MAN has given himself up to the London Police, stating that he committed the ELTHAM murder, for which Walter POOK stood his trial.

PRESIDENT BRAND has declined to stand for the vacant Presidency of the South Africa Republic, and hints that a union of the two States would be very desirable.

RE BOVEY. – This was the same case before the Court some time ago, when the conduct of the Resident Magistrate of Fort Beaufort (Mr. L. H. MEURANT) was impugned. At the previous hearing only two Judges – Justice DENYSSEN and FITZPATRICK – sat, and they differed as to whether Mr. MEURANT should pay the costs or not, though both agreed that he had acted illegally. The question of costs was now brought before the whole Court, and, after hearing the evidence and argument, the Chief Justice gave his opinion that the magistrate was not liable, and they were ordered to be paid out of the estate. – Argus.

A STOLEN LETTER. – Some few weeks since, Mr. H. WOLFF, of this town, posted, in the Colesberg Post Office, a registered letter, addressed to the manager of the L & S.A. Bank, Port Elizabeth, and containing notes to the value of £273 sterling. By return post information was received that no such letter had been found in the Colesberg bag, when opened in the Port Elizabeth post office. This was a “staggerer,” and the only solution to the mystery which could be arrived at was that the letter had perhaps been placed in the wrong bag, and had probably gone on a voyage of discovery through the Colony. A list of the numbers of the notes was supplied to the Banks, and on Monday last, one of the numbers was paid into the Standard Bank here. The note was traced from one to an other, until finally it was ascertained that it had been paid to the Widow van BLERK, by the Middelburg Postdriver, who has been apprehended, and now lies in gaol pending further enquiries. It is said that the prisoner, a native named GALANT, was in Cradock shortly after the letter was stolen, and had a considerable amount of money in his possession. He is supposed to have abstracted the letter from the post bag, which we understand, was only secured with a piece of twine and a dab of sealing wax. If this be so, it is high time that a requisition were sent to head quarters for a properly secured mailbag.

APPLICATIONS for the office of Accountant in the Kaffrarian Colonial Bank are called for. This is in consequence of the resignation of Mr. CRAVEN, who has received the appointment of Manager at the New Rush Branch of the Standard Bank on the Diamond Fields.

PROMOTION. – Mr. James J CHRISTIE has been promoted from the General Management Department of Her Majesty’s Customs to the vacancy in the Cash Department, caused by the death of Mr. G. F. B. ROWAN.

FROM THE MUNICIPAL RETURNS it appears that in 1870 there were 919 deaths in Cape Town, and in 871 they numbered 1,211. Taking the population of Cape Town at 30,000, the death rate is about 40 per 1,000. The death rate in London, as given in a late return, is 22 per 1,000. The difference is suggestive.

SUDDEN DEATH. – We deeply regret to have to report the almost instantaneous death of Mrs. BUCKLEY, wife of Mr. Alfred BUCKLEY, of this city, on Saturday afternoon last. It appears that Mrs. BUCKLEY was engaged at the ironing table, and, without a word or sign, fell down, and immediately expired. A black girl, who was in the room, gave an alarm, bringing Mr. BUCKLEY and family on the sad scene in a few moments. Dr. DAVIES was in immediate attendance, but all his skill could be of no avail. Disease of the heart is the alleged cause of death. Her remains were interred in the Wesleyan Cemetery this morning, and a large attendance exhibited the respect in which the deceased had been held – Journal.

POSTSCRIPT.

A WHITE DIAMOND of 250 carats is reported to have been found at Colesberg Kopje by a person named VORSTELING.

A LONG TRAMP. – Six of the new comers by the Marc Antony started for the Diamond Fields on foot on Friday evening.

QUEENSTOWN has joined K. W. Town in an agitation for a railway from East London towards the Diamond Fields.

MR. J. R. MCCORMACK was committed for trial on a charge of fraud by means of embezzlement on Friday last by the Acting Magistrate of King Williamstown.

Mr. J. R. PINNOCK, of Fort Brown, has been committed for trial at Grahamstown on a charge of selling a gun to a native. He is out on bail of £50.

CONTROL DEPARTMENT. – Deputy Paymaster COLLINS embarks from England for the Cape in February next to relieve Commissary-Gen. BENNETT, who returns to England.

THE DEATH of Sergeant-major W. MCDONALD, for twenty-five years in the 27th Inniskillings, is recorded.

WE HAVE BEEN informed that most of the diggers are returning from the Marabastad Gold Fields, as they find that individual enterprise is insufficient to work them properly. – Diamond Field.

SALE. – Property is looking up. The farm Rietfontein neat the Zuurberg, in extent about 3000 morgen was sold by Mr. de WET on the 10th ult. and realised over £3000. – Courant.

“THE FARM.” – We regret to say that The Farm, conducted by Mr. HELLIER, has been discontinued. It was a most useful publication, and was worthy of much better support than it received. Agriculturists cannot expect the proprietors of a newspaper to continue its publication at a pecuniary loss no matter how useful it may be.

A FROSTED DIAMOND of 37½ carats was found by Messrs MANNING & Co. at Pniel last week. Mr. VINNCOMBER has been lucky enough, to unearth a real beauty of 22 carats at ROBINSON’s farm, opposite Hebron. – Field.

Saturday, February 3, 1872.

MISCELLANEOUS.

THE REV. B. IMPEY has been duly ordained a minister of the Wesleyan Church.

FROM THE KOWIE we learn that WENTZEL was released from the Convict Station a few days ago.

THE REV. MR. BURGERS, an able minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, is almost certain to be elected President of the Transvaal Republic.

WE ARE much concerned to hear of the death of Rev. James LAING, the highly esteemed missionary of Burnshill, which melancholy event we are informed took place yesterday, after a brief illness of a few days. – K. W. T. Gazette.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT EAST LONDON. – The mate of the Madeleine, who must have been mad or drunk, ordered three men to go on shore with him in a boat to fetch sand; the bar was impassable to the life-boat. The boat capsized, and the mate and two men were drowned.

THE S.S. MEDWAY which left England on the 24th December, arrived in Table Bay on Wednesday last, after a good passage of thirty-one days. As a fatal case of small-pox occurred during the early part of the voyage, she was placed in quarantine pending a report from the Medical Board, but was released on Friday afternoon last.

FATAL GUN ACCIDENT. – Another of those terrible but apparently futile lessons against carelessness with fire-arms occurred on Thursday evening last at MACHIN’s Hotel Toegedacht, about half way between Jansenville and Graaff-Reinet; costing Mr. MACHIN’s brother-in-law, Alfred Dudley PHILLIS his life. There was on the place a Martini Henry Rifle loaded with bail; this was in the store. Mr. MACHIN, and some other people were outside the store, succeeded by a scream was heard. Mr. MACHIN ran into the store and found deceased lying behind the counter; he exclaimed “My God, my God! I’m shot!” and so he was, for the ball had passed through his stomach. Mr. MACHIN says he noticed that the Martini Henry Rifle was lying on the ground in front of the counter. Mr. MACHIN’s servant NORMAN says that when he ran into the shop he saw JACK a Kafir there raising the unfortunate young man and that JACK said “the little gun had shot him.” The evidence of JACK has not yet been received. One would think the continual occurrence of fatal accidents from careless playing with fire arms would lead to more caution but it does not appear to do so. – Uitenhage Times.

AN INSTANCE OF LUCK ON THE DIAMOND FIELDS. – Some thirteen months ago or thereabouts two men of the 32nd Regiment – named respectively SYKES and GODDARD – were prisoners in the regimental guard-room of that wing stationed in this garrison. These men were then awaiting their trial on a charge of desertion from their barracks at East London, they having been captured whilst, en route to the Fields. Confinement, however, was not suited to the mind of Mr. SYKES, and he determined to give his quarters a wide berth on the first favourable opportunity which presented itself. He had not long to wait. One night he had a friend on guard (possibly himself a prisoner but a short time previously) with whom, it is thought, he had prearranged a plan of escape; so that when it came to this man’s turn to take the “relief,” between the hours of ten and midnight, he allowed this one of his prisoners to levant and accompanied him in his flight; taking, we believe, his side-arms with him. The name of the sentinel was BROGDEN. However, the two men reached the Fields in safety, at once set to work, and it appears their labours have been crowned with success. The other day we believe, a letter was received from SYKES; it was addressed to his old comrade GODDARD, and had been posted at St. Helena. It contained a trifling monetary enclosure, and stated that both SYKES and BROGDEN were then on their way to England, gave his address as intending to stay at a first-class hotel in London, whence they intended to start for America and there finally settle down. SYKES stated, we believe, that his fortune was £5,000 in cash and one hundred superior diamonds! He did not give that of his friend BROGDEN, merely saying it was not so much as his own. On the Fields the men worked under assumed names – SYKES using that of his comrade GODDARD and BROGDEN taking the euphonious one of “ROGERS.” At one time, we believe, one or both had canteens, or refreshment booths at the New Rush, and “ROGERS” we know was one of the victims of the late demonstration of diggers against canteen keepers purchasing diamonds from native servants. Judging by the marvellous luck of those two men one may truly say that “Providence helps those who help themselves”; but it is as well to remark that since the time these men escaped, the vigilance of the F. A. M. Police with regard to military deserters have been greatly increased, and the punishment inflicted – two years’ imprisonment – is so severe that it is not likely many will attempt to follow the example given above. Escape is now rendered well-nigh impossible. – K. W. T. Gazette.

MR. BLAKE, Resident Magistrate’s clerk at Burghersdorp, has been appointed Civil Commissioner’s clerk at Colesberg.

A FARMER named Christian LOMBAARD, resident near Malmesbury, attempted to commit suicide on Monday week, by discharging a gun at his head from beneath his chin. His face was terribly disfigured, but it is considered that he will recover. The reason assigned for this rash act was that people were always “chaffing” him.

CRUSHED TO DEATH IN A CLOCK.
The bell-ringer in the cathedral of Wurtzburg has perished under very singular circumstances. The church possesses a splendid clock, with pendulum of proportionate length vibrates to and fro with a dull and monotonous thud. Recently the clock needed cleaning, and the ringer was deputed to superintend the work, though he ruefully endeavoured to be excused from the task. It seemed that he never willingly approached the belfry from certain unpleasant associations. About twenty years ago he killed his predecessor in office, accusing him of carrying on a criminal intrigue with his wife. When brought to trial he escaped the gallows owing to a deficiency of legal proof. The patronage of one of the canons then procured him the appointment vacant by the death of his victim. Hence, it is said, arose his superstitions dread in connection with the belfry, which was supposed by many to be haunted by the ghost of the murdered ringer. On the morning when the clock was to be cleaned, it suddenly stopped, and the bell-ringer was nowhere to be found. A workman from the town was sent for, and ascended the tower, when he was horrified to find the pendulum and lower works dripping with blood. Upon searching further, the body of the bell-ringer was found entangled in the works, frightfully mangled and crushed. One supposition is that he committed suicide by climbing up the pendulum and then pitching himself into the machinery of the clock. But the wonder-loving gossips of the place, with a thoroughly German propensity for the horrible, declare that the guilty man, upon reaching the gloomy chamber wherein the works revolved was horror stricken by the apparition of his predecessor sitting beside the great balance wheel of the clock, and had then been drawn into the works by a species of horrible fascination, similar to that which the rattlesnake is said to exercise over its prey. There sat the sceptre, rubbing his gory hands in hideous glee as the victim was slow drawn in among the cog-wheels and ratchets of the machinery. An agonizing yell, a crush of bones, and all was still. Such, according to the Italie, is the newest legend of the belfry of Wurtzburg.

IT WAS WITH feelings of extreme regret and pain we learned by Thursday’s post of the death of Mr. KINNEAR, of Beaufort West. During the last session of Parliament in Cape Town he had been by no means strong, and on his return journey homeward he was attacked with serious illness. But from all that he had quite recovered again, and for months continued in his wonted vigour both of body and mind. From this, however, there was a relapse last week, which after a few days’ continuance, ended in death on Sunday, at one o’clock.

IN EXECUTION OF the Judgement of the Eastern Districts Court the following Sales will take place viz:
Division of Stockenstrom.
W. H. BATES versus John FOURTIE.
On Monday, the 5th February, 1872, at 10 o’clock a.m. at Fort Beaufort,
12 heads of Cattle,
4 Calves,
29 Goats,
2 Sheep,
1 Horse, &c.
Thos. QUIN,
Deputy Sheriff.

IN THE ESTATE OF JAMES BOUCHER.
The Trustees will cause to be sold by auction, at Fort Beaufort on Tuesday Feb. 20, at noon.
2 Wagons in good condition and ten oxen fit for transport work.
Also sundry farm implements.
J. CROXFORD
B.B. ATWELL.
Trustees.

Saturday, February 10, 1872.

ADVOCATE TELEGRAM.
Tuesday, Feb. 6, 1872.
Cape Town,
Tuesday.
THE THAMES arrived at nine last night; 29 days from Dartmouth.
PASSENGERS. –
R. WELLS,
John ALLEN,
A. WADDALL,
M. JOBSON,
M. ARNOTT,
W. BERLANEKE,
G. MATHIESON,
W. MATHIESON,
Jacob FRIEDMAN,
T. PHILPOT,
H. WALCOT,
N. MURRAY,
Mrs. MURRAY,
W. ROBINSON,
T. FRANKENSTEIN,
G. GRAEL,
Archdeacon ROBINSON,
Mrs. ROBINSON,
Mr. D. E. ROBINSON,
REDGATE,
Mr. STRATHES,
E. TURNER,
Edomas GAUCH,
James BORCK.
THE DANUBE, Captain BAYNTON, arrived at 9.30 this morning.
Passengers for Algoa Bay. –
Mrs. FLAKE,
Mr. AYRE,
Mr. HOLMES,
Mr and Mrs HARWOOD and two children and servant,
Mr. BARRAS,
Mr. ROWE.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A TIGER was seen in the Queen’s Road two or three weeks ago.

COUNT MOLKTE has just been presented with the Order of St. Andrew, the highest distinction in Russia, which is rarely conferred on any one but princes.

AMONG THE promotions in the latest London Gazette, we observe that Lieut-General Sir A. J. CLOETE, K. C. B., has been appointed General.

GUMBINSKI, who, it will be remembered endeavoured to shoot Bishop COLENSO, and who was kept under surveillance at Natal, but made his escape a short time back, has arrived safely at Bloemfontein.

BRUTAL MURDER. – “COLYARD,” a drunken Hottentot, formerly in the Cape Corps, is now in gaol, on a charge of killing his wife. He brought her into town one day last week got drunk and on the road going home beat her so unmercifully that she died from the effects. He was followed, overtaken, and brought back. – Free Press.

ON MONDAY morning last, about two o’clock, a servant man picked up a newly born Kafir child in Ebden Street (Queen’s Town). It was taken to the Chief Constable, Mr. PETRIE, who aroused the District Surgeon, Dr. THORNE, and after considerable labour the child was brought to, and took heartily to the bottle, which the chemist had been awoke from his sleep to procure. The police succeeded in finding the inhuman mother, a Basuto the next morning. The father is one of the same tribe. – Free Press.

AN ANCIENT CITY. – Private letters from the Transvaal confirm the reports previously received touching the alleged discovery of the ruins of an ancient city. These state that near the Marabastad Gold Diggings are to be seen some extensive ruins – to wit, remains of a conduit or water-course, portions of what must at some remote period have formed portion of a large city. The bricks, which would appear to have been extensively used in the construction of this city of a past age, are said to resemble very closely these made in the Holy Land in the days King Solomon and his early successors. An opinion very generally obtains now-a-days that the Ophir, mentioned in Scripture, was situated in South-Eastern Africa. May it not be possible that the ancient city and the ruins recently discovered have close connection with each other; that, in point of fact, they are identical. We may add that pits of considerable depth have also been found, pointing to the probability of their having been opened in search of gold.

A BEQUEST WITH OBJECTIONABLE CONDITIONS. – At a meeting of the members of the South African Turf Club held in Cape Town last week, the question of accepting or declining a bequest made by the late Mr. T. C. BAILEY in favor of the club was brought on for consideration. In Mr. BAILEY’s will, it appears, he left various specified sums to the South African Turf Club to be invested for the purpose of providing plates or purses to be run for at the annual races. One condition he made, however, was very objectionable, and this led to much discussion at the meeting. Owing it appears to a personal ill-feeling he entertained against the van der BYL family, which arose, it is said, from some very trivial cause, he expressly stipulated not only that none of the plates or purses provided from his bequest should go to any member of that family, but also that no horse bred by or trained by any person of that name in the colony should be allowed to carry off any such prize. Mr. PORTER who was at the meeting strongly urged the members present not to accept the bequest, as it contained a standing insult to one of the most respected families in the Colony. Others, however, thought differently, and urged its acceptance. Ultimately, the meeting was adjourned without any decision on the subject being arrived at.

DIAMOND FIELD NEWS.

THE DEATH of Mr. Walter WARD is contradicted. It was another gentleman bearing the name of W. WARD.

ASHER, the man whose canteen was burnt down by the diggers last month, and against whom a summons has been issued by the Resident Magistrate for buying stolen diamonds, knowing them to have been stolen. Is not to be found. It is supposed that he has skedaddled – but whether from fear of Judge LYNCH or Judge BARRY we are not prepared to say.

J. S. DISTIN, Esq., M.L.A., has purchased the claim of a Mr. SWIFT at the Colesberg Kopje for £1500.

POSTSCRIPT.

£1000 DAMAGES. – We understand that Mr. MEURANT has caused a summons to be issued against one of the signers or the memorial to the Governor for his removal. The action we are informed will be defended, and all who signed the memorial referred to, we are told will intervene as co-defendants.

MR. GLANVILLE has accepted a numerously signed requisition to fill the seat in the Assembly vacared by Mr. Advocate THOMPSON, late member for Graham’s Town. In his reply he says: “I shall support and vote for all railway measures which are fair in their provisions, but my special interest will be given to any proposal to unite Port Elizabeth and Grahamstown by a direct line. Any attempt to impose Responsible Government upon the colony as it is, unaccompanied by a provision for what is called local self-givernment under the Federal System, I shall resist.”

THE DISTRICT SURGENCY OF BEDFORD. – William THOMPSON, Esq., M.D. District Surgeon of Peddie, has been appointed District Surgeon of Bedford, in the room of R. B. CUMMING, Esq., M.D. resigned from the 1st March next.

BRIDGE OVER THE BUFFALO. – The foundation stone of the bridge over the Buffalo has been laid with the usual ceremony by M. R. ROBINSON, C.E., Chief Inspector of Public Works. Large numbers of people present. Dinner in the evening in Town Council Chamber to Mr ROBINSON passed off well. Mr. SPRIGG delivered a speech in favour of Responsible Government.

ACCIDENT TO ELLA’S QUEENSTOWN CART. – A gentleman who has just come down from Queenstown brings news of an unfortunate accident which occurred to the above conveyance on Friday evening last. The down-cart, or wagonette, from the Fields, carrying seven or eight passengers, was doing the last stage between the “Peep-o-Day,” and Queenstown, when suddenly the reins broke. There were eight horses in the conveyance, and these immediately started off at a terrific pace. The passengers one and all threw themselves out of the cart, and were all, without exception, more or less seriously injured. The driver, a native, stuck to his seat and escaped unharmed. Our informant is ignorant of the names of the passengers, and we anxiously await further particulars. – Gazette.

MR. A. R. GOOCH submitted to public competition on Saturday last, Mrs. WALKER’s Restaurant and business stand, Campbell-street, Klip Drift, but they were declared not sold at £500. The Rev, Mr. SADLER’s erf and building near the new Church, were also held in at £52 10s. – Ibid.

BESTIALITY. – A Dutchman named BOTHA, thirty-two years of age, was examined and committed for trial on Monday last, by the Resident Magistrate of Klipdrift, for the commission of the above horrible crime at Delport’s Hope. – Ibid.

A MAGNIFICENT GEM of seventeen and a half carats was unearthed at the New Rush, about a mile from Delport’s Hope, on Friday last. It is a perfect octahedron and without exception one of the finest diamonds ever found on the Fields. Messrs MAARSDORFF & Co. were the lucky finders. – Ibid.

Saturday, February 17, 1872.

CLAY alias ELLISON.
WANTED, - Information as to the death of the above, who lived some time at Beaufort West as a Schoolmaster, and is reported to have died from a fall on a cart on a journey. Any one able to furnish legal proof of Death, or particulars, is asked to communicate with Mr. Robert ELLIS, Fleet, near Wisbeach, Lincolnshire; and will be well rewarded.

NOTICE.
APPLICATION FOR WINE AND SPIRIT LICENCES.
Notice is hereby given, in terms of Ordinance No. 9 of 1851, and Act No. 10 of 1860, that the Licencing Board for the Division of Stockenstrom will meet in the Court-Room at Seymour on Wednesday, the 20th day of March, 1872, at 10 o’clock a.m., to determine the question of granting Licences to the undermentioned applicants, viz: -
William Henry BATES, to keep an Hotel and Boarding House at Seymour.
John BYERS, to keep an Hotel and Boarding House at the Main Station, Katberg.
J. C. BELL, R.M.
Res. Magistrate’s Office,
Eland’s Post, 14th Feb., 1872

NOTICE.

Return of Licences issued by the Distributor of Stamps, Fort Beaufort, during the month of January, 1872: -

Retail Wine and Spirit Licences for the quarter ending 31^st March, 1872: -

Wholesale and Retail Licences (£4), for the year 1872: -

Butchers Licences, £3 15s: -

Bakers Licences, £3 15s: -

CHEMISTS Licences, £3. –

Gunpowder Licence, £3: -

Retail Shop Licences, £1 10s: -

Game Licences, 7s 6d: -

Auctioneers Licences, £10. –

Billiard Licence, £7: -

Joseph O’GARA, Fort Beaufort.

NOTICE.

In terms of Ord. 9 of 1851, and Act 10 of 1860, notice is hereby given that the Resident Magistrate of Fort Beaufort, in conjunction with such members as may attend, will hold a Licencing Court at the Public Offices, Fort Beaufort, on Wednesday, the 21^st March 1872, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of considering the following applications for Retail Wine and Spirit Licences. –

Application of Robert A WARD for or a retail licence to sell brandy, wine, spirits, &c., on Lot 21, Erf 36, Campbell Street, Fort Beaufort.

Application of Adam WRAGG for a licence to keep an Inn, Hotel, and Boarding House, with a Tap or Canteen annexed, at Erf 34, D’Urban Street, Fort Beaufort.