The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-01-03

RaturBI Result OF the british Policy o
IDIuaties aud EXAOIlOn In the Cap
COIOnicS.
LONDON, January LA dispatch from
Bombay reports the Eleventh Regiment
Bengal LauGsrs (nstivss) has volunteered
lor service in South Africa.
A dispatch from Durham says that the
TrGnsvasl rriunvirate have Issued 4
proclamation defining aud defending the
Constitution Tor the Governments repub
lie, which has just been adopted. They
offer 10 forgive those who opposed their
Independence, allowing the officials who
now hold Office to retain their positions,
provided they recognize the Republic,
and permitting the British Consul TO con,
tinue his residence. The expenditure Of
money during the annexation IL sane
toned. Martial law has been proclaimed
by the Republicans.
Colonel Belaires, who is at PotChGi.
stroom, is surrounded by the Republican
IOrce, and his position Is precsriOus.
MtjIr LAnyOn, who ia At Pretoria, haa
been summoned to surrender. The ex,
element In South Africa Is intense. All
communications with the Transvaal, OK.
Cept through the Orange Free State, are
interrupted, ThH Beers have abandoned
Utrecht.
The Beers account OF the affair with the
Ninety.iourth Regiment Is, that Comman.
dARt Jaubert, with II patrol of 100 men,
met the troops and requested their officers
to await Colonel Lanyons orders, but tho
"iiicers insisted on going on, COmman.
dant Jaubert then commanded u charge,
and in fifteen minutes fifty Of the British
were killed and many wounded, and then
the remainder surrendered.
The War Office has received a Telegram
from PietGrmaritShurg dated December 81,
but it gives no later news from rretOria or
POtchelstrOOm. The garfiIOna OF Stander.
HtOn aud WRkerstroom are well intrenChed
and supplied, and are confident. They
have not been attacked as yet. The Bours
abandoned Utrecht, having offered no
violence. The magazine WAS broken open,
but the bulk OF the ammunition had been
removed. The British headquarters and
one company OF the Sixllelh Regiment,
iOur companies OF drafts aud two ri
mounted troops, under Sir George COley,
were to leave Natal for the front January
|. About 800 troops are already on the
way with two cannon and one Gntling
gun.
a dispatch from Durham, dated Dpcem
her 81, says the Du'chmeu Of Orange'Free
State are greatly excited In Cape Colony
the revolt Is considered atHrribie calamity
The military authorities do not deem 1t
advisable to denude CdpetOwn OF i,S gar.
risOn. Sir GeOrEe Colley has issued All
address to the troops, saving tho stain cas-
upon our arms must be quickly eGwed,
and the rebellion Suppressed, Bat he
'rusts the officers and men will not latall.
ate for the Onlrages, and will avoid punIsh
ing the innocent Tor the guilty
He charges them to remember that the
Beers, though misled and deluded, aro in
the main brave and high spirited peO.
pie, actuated by feelings that are entitled
tO our iGspeCt.
The following official dispatch has been
received Ht the war office:
NATAL, December jO.-l'he situation In
BGsutO land Is unchanged. Several sue.
CessIul patrols and large capture Of stock
have further improved the position In the
Transkei.
A dispatch from Cape Town says the
Oolonials have defeated the 'Tamh0ekies
Eighty rebels were killed and 10 900 cattle
were captured. The Pondos are quiet.