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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
held its session at Graaf-Keinet, when one of 
those untoward events took place, which, set the 
whole Eastern province in a blaze, drove a great 
mass of the population into open rebellion against 
their Sovereign, and brought many heads of 
families to an ignominous death ; thus causing 
an alienation from, and bitterness of feeling 
towards, the local Government, which has never 
since been eradicated. 
This was the case of a Dutch Boer, named 
Fredrick Bezuidenhout, who lived in Bavian's 
Eiver district. He refused to appear before the 
court of landdrost and hemraaden, on a charge 
of illtreatment of a Hottentot preferred against 
him, threatening to shoot the messenger or 
sheriff if he ventured again to approach his 
farm. Being known to be a very daring cha- 
racter, a warrant of u personal summons 5 } was 
issued against him, in serving which, resistance 
having been made by him, and the military being 
called out, he was unhappily shot in the affray. 
His brother then raised a conspiracy against 
the Government, and with several other boers 
proceeded to make an attack on the nearest 
military post and thus to be revenged. To 
suppress this, the military had again to be called 
out, and several collisions took place. Thirty 
of the boers at the first surrendered, the re- 
mainder rQtreated and resisted. At length hav- 
