Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-12-28

SClQ llNS1, Will d VIEW Ol SllldSuluS H.
The bombardment Of Ladysmith is pro-
ceeding slowly. General Joubert has
arrived here and been accorded hearty
welcome. He addressed the burghers
on Dec. 1S. More British prisoners
have been sent to Pretoria .
A dispatch to the Daily News from
Ladysmith dated Friday, Dec. 10, by
heliograph, says: "Another sortie last
night. General Hunter, with 500 vol
unteers, destroyed one 6-inch Creusot
gun, one howitzer and one Maxim. One
Briton killed. The Boer gunners fled. :"
There is an idea i'll some quarters
here that General Buffers destruction
Of the Tugela bridge heralds an attempt
to cut off the Beers now south of the
river but the general opinion is that the
British will not make any serious move
pending the arrival of Lord Roberts.
Dutch Disatiection Grows.
Dispatches from various points indi-
cate the steady growth Of the Dutch
disaffection. The Cape Town CORE
spondent of the Daily Chronicle reports
the discovery of a plot to connive at the
escape of Boer prisoners. The Times
advises stern treatment of the disaf-
fectetl Dutch colonists and the enforce
ment of the penalties of treason against
persons and property.
The Sixteenth Lancers will go to
South Africa from India, at the special
request of Lord Roberts, even after the
government had decided that no more
troops should be withdrawn from India.
Lord Somerset writes to the Times
urging the seizure of Lourenzo MARQUEE
and its retention, if necessary, to the
end OF the war, i'll order to prevent the
landing OF war material for the Beers.
The transport Tantallon Castle has
arrived at Cape Town with number of
howitzers and quick tirers, which Gen
eral Butler urgently needs.
The recruiting OF British colonists in
Cape Colony is actively proceeding.
Thirty thousand are actually under
arms and several thousand more will be
added.
Dispatches from Modder River dated
Dec q, report that intermittent firing
was continuing on both sides, although
the Boer shells fell short. A number
OF Free State burghers had surrendered
There is an unconfrmed report that a
Canadian picket was cut off near Bel
mont. Itis also asserted that fever is
raging among the Beers.
The tests of wireless telegraphv at
Modder river have been highly success
ful, communication over a distance of
over 70 miles being perfectly estab-
lished
A dispatch from Chieveley camp,
dated Dec. 2l, says: Lyddite shells are
daily thrown into the Boer camp to pre-
vent them working at the trenches.
The firing of big guns is heard daily
from the direction of Ladysmith.
Commandant Demeillon has been re-
captured.
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily News, telegraphing Wednesday,
Dec. 20, says: Lord Methuen, under
stand, intends to remain at Modder
river about three weeks longer. From
Boer sources hitherto singularly well
Informed learn that there are 5000
European officers and men skilled in
modern military tactics, particularly ar
tillery, now i'll Pretoria as a reserve. An
official in the Cape service who has
just returned from official relieving
duty in the Dutch district, says the
news OF the British reverses has been
received with great joy even in local
ltles where there is no open revolt