, 1881-02-09
which the Wnr Olltce Isns decided II acItl
from 1lar1yadors IN tioi't tonst Is composed Dr

I'LL: 1lsst:Tu:s
f|'ln l'asuto Chiefs SHINY II disposition tn
sue fur peace.
4 rl!OCAAND li0EHa.
DrKnAS, Feb. ga thousand I}ners aro Il,
the reur If The LIFT flank Ut Sit &. +. Goiny's
ion9r. 1t II bclieyuIt tlut they must hare
passed throlgl, the Orange Frro State. llrlls-
forceaonls nrU ~, tho way 10 E0lfey. 4
sCRIu,uSuEt,.
f.oSlIoS, Feb. "a llspatch from Scw.
cazt1e says communication with Sir Il. T..
Col!cy's ca,,,p llas been severed. Newcastle
expected m attack Inst night. Several par
ties of liner cavalry nrc between The cullp
anil Newcastle, about eighteen miles tlls-
thnt. Tic position Is crItlcnf. TlIn towns
people horn aro PROCURING tu rcsfst tic ut
tuck.
nAll'EiR.
4 lnn,ti,ted escort from ticil. Cottcy's camp
yesterday for Newcastle with nfNlls re-
tur!Hsl, having excElnnaal SLOTS with IL liner
patrof numbering 80 or 40 tu,twann tho III
RoHo Illvar Md Newcastle. II is expected
the rhl.ors will cut the telegraph wire.
H1:S' wNnn
CAFE TowS, Fct. 8.-t'e1t Who'd AMI fur
thcr rclIlforcclnclts have arrived.
: FIGHTING.
DrntlS, Fob. s.-A regiment ri foot, with
four Gl,lis, w.s sent from thu colmnil Ut t;Gls,
Collny to clenr te road 10 Newcastle. An
enlargement Inns begun, tho result uf which
| fs not yet known.
FttoM THE BEAT OF w.A1:.
| Authentic news 0f tie Bur- outbreak Inns
| at lust arrived frUnl tnpo Town. IIustlfltlcs
| lega,i On the l6tl, OF Decenlbnr, When tic
l}oers entered I'otctefstrunut III force.
l'ntcl,efstroom IL the Iargcst town III tho
| 'rransyaal territory, although not tim ot1!cial
scat Of Government. IL Inns from 1,500 to
",ooo in'sahta'its, nrtt h pleasantly Situated
ou II river called The "Afaoi," Or Fur River.
which. unlike African rIsers III general, Is
also full nf water h,1t rnlls level with Its
banks. Tho tow, IL II long, struggling piace.
built after tho goo!.old dutch fashion. with
lIoub rs sanding apart IN largo Earllri1s If
| truit-lrucs, well watered with running
| strGaNls. l'otchcfstrUnn was garris0nGA ut
tho tllno OF the outhrca,s By sosnc :s10 troops
Df her Mnjesty's Twcnty.!lrst Regiment, III
Gliding II syias! ,,assy OF artillery, MMlcr the
command Ut Col. ijelaErs. Z. Il. TN enter
Ing the town tho Borrs proceeded 10 haul
tlnwn tic Drltis|, Ilng, when, HccoltlnE to
one nccu,tMs, they were demonstrated with.
hut persisted In their intention, wIlGn tho
CaptnN oM duty drew tlis REVOLVER atlI fired,
wollnllnc IN the URN the l'ut' engage.1 III tho
act nf hauling down tlle t'ag. Upon this tho
Daars tlse1 T., S9lley: ki!llnG @ nid %o't'n;ln:
to have retireti to ttlo Court-1lous!c, wl,cr;
MI tic defensive rh!s 1mrts stooh
ot ssfi S ist e. !'s tS' sti I'll i s M It 's esr pr' s
oft aud being Wlt1ut fDGl Ur water, artl lay
lux list tapt. Fuils, sfr. Wonl. alnI t,lle 4DI..
!tler killed a'la two others wnnn!ess,. mil
frosS ilrlns tio baldinre. Wiici! hid ti,aicl,
rnDf, they vera PNlllpeEieA II Surrender,
nnd .aereT,li'lely st,1. clA1rj;e, conaIa,ulalii
lIaaf. md thirty otliers, ins!u4IIn% sevcsAl
purposa III this quarter fi!o lst,er* sent =
H. T. traS,sT S s fHt 9M!EiS M S1 ~ ID nis s ws ~
anos II 10; nd a'fr'' ra tic ~ troop5, @ " t l.i vi H.
tho aotll tjlcy kept Up Il co,,-
tinGed re, any IN l,e slSt tlioy nlatle az ~, NJ
with DECIDED lnss. In tho Nttack tuy ninll-.
aged tu secure snlt,c .saventv llnrsts mil
niulea which l,al been tlrtveI,nut Ut the fort
HI s sS ft eGs IT, + sa s !G GdStt''t' t Ysay S1fc IL.
xHst TN, fnrt aint stafyn mt TIP EHrrias,,,.
Thu fort Is described Us hnn!g well ahio to r.;
s!f', /" coup d. mal!, a1ll le lIs wei sttpGliel M
, which wcrc given III tho Friend " tic Free
.S,ttte, published 1T N!ocm!ontcii,. 1t was
addeal That tho situation Of Pretoria WIS de-
plorabls,Itite tnwn Utmost deserted, W.!
par,ies af i,,,crs. Win offered vioinncu tD nil
who t,EtungcI 10 thu English purity.
DEFEAT or riiE NlaErf-FOrirr1f.
The tllsastur 10 THO Ninety-rourtl Reel-
Ment lonk nitcp M :, t!!a a)tI OF nceeIltiIet'
slr0om. The must conflicting ssorfes were
circulated, .nnl reports nt tsner treucl,cr,
were caEnry Gretlttstl " M lliose who enslcas:
9re.l to sir up strife. Tlle nccn''it :yel! n nf
Thu l,cE'lQunrtcis Ut tlln SsGly-fourtl wcre
ordered frunl 1.ytirn''erg to l'fetnain tO car'
. rs mt Il concentration of tl!e british forcrs
hr4.s.E. Ti;sy ,,tti ivsclir.i Braukcr's snrutt,
u,out tltrty-eg'lt miles fr0nl that town, will
! trG!h of tl!rty-aeveti wagons. Acc0ril,l';
to EgartoM's tthe wagn', c1llsluctor) report,
tlp WIS riding llfty ynrtls AhenA Of tllu cn.-
nn,, with tho tuiDi,rf tn Tx Ill site fbr thn
camp wien y sudden stuppago of tic msIf
tAry ban, which WWs plnring, cn'lsgH them
raw1, @ up "ii il, sRir"snE I ill., ar'ier ' 1 yanis 10
tl!e lGtt gf tl.H column: THE tonlGl nt ntIct
gnllolT'l l,ark n1ul ordered his men to rlns.
y up, Egeltol' saYs this w'ls t!ollc, h!lt latcl
WIS far bel!nd, ,alu! wrs captHFet! ~ onco b,
= the l!ocrs. Probably lhu concentration WIS
i only pussiblc ~ rc;sards tho ilsa!ll body, IL
!, dix Ia cons Up. TIo l,oeis then dispatched i
mounted messenger, without Gs!ls, WIN dc.
!. l[yurcd to the Colnncl \ senal letter, written
in EIxitsll, ordering llm tO llnl: aud await q
n FEpy Eb u luIuiIE
! been rlttlc to Col, l.anyoh 10 thu fnllnwlng
= effect: "Wn llayu thu lip1lnr 10 Inform yul
( tl,at tlla t:uyUrn.leut of tlo South Afrleat
u Republic l.ayn taGen up THUR rcsIdenGa "
= Heidelberg; that 'ifponntl9 coai!Iilssinnel
llls been sus,t by tllaui with dispatches tO his
:, Exccltency HIr ". owen Lanyon; that ttlai
u / thu arrival IT lily ExCcllency's nllswer vi
:" don't knuw whether We nru III II stHtU Ul Wn
Il or not; t!M.t consequently VII cannot. nslnH
l. my. movement ui troops tru,n ynur altlG. a:It
il wisl, you to stop wIicfgs yna my, VIZ M
Il nor with tlU pcoplu Ut England, wll0, w
s- nrU sure, would III on onr sldo II tlley wer
II acquainted with the p0HioiI, hut only rcr.y
T. eriils thu Independence Ut oilr country. w
!, ..n nat wish ta take up nrlHs, aud thcrefor
i. inform yI,u tlsAt my movement ol traop
It frOm yu!lr s!le will bH taknn ny us ns tlccu
II II rat,'i Ut war, tito responsibility wlsereof W
!. nut u}Mn your shoulders. rs syu kluW Wl.n
wH VII! have to 10 IL sssf-:(ute,.se." TIT
!etier ssas signed by Mr.. J.: ]. J.,lbcrt in TT
:, half Ut thu l'rlunNlrate. Two minutes wer
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