Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-12-23
Straps aud faets.

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onel Baden Powell) Excuse iron mes
sage. No other means of communl
cation. Please tell Mrs. - mother
and family all well. Don't drink all
the whisky. Leave some for us when
we get in." The blank was filled by
some unprintable term of contempt
which the Beers are in the habit of ap-
plying to the queen.
A dispatch of Thursday from Dur
ban saws that the British have recover
ed eight of the guns that were lost
by General Butler in his recent effort
to cross the Tugela river. 1t seems
that the guns having been abandoned
on the British side, were afterward
kept covered by other British batter
les, and the Beers were unable to cap
ture them. General Butler finally
called for volunteers and eight of the
guns were recovered at night. The
recovery of these guns, If true, lm'
proves General Buffers condition very
considerably.
- There is no longer any doubt that
the British government now under
stands the extent of the undertaking
it has before it in South Africa.
Within the past week arrangements
have been made TO send every availa-
BILE regular soldier who can be muster.
ed against the Beers. Regiments are
being drawn from India and other por-
tions of the empire, and volunteers
are being recruited throughout Eng.
land and Scotland to serve in the
mounted infantry force to be compo-
sed of good riders and good rifle shots,
of the best physique, like unto the
Rough Rider regiment organized by
Roosevelt. The young manhood of
Great Britain is volunteering with the
greatest alacrity. Each volunteer Is
to furnish his own mount and certain
other necessities.
- The growing popularity of Ameri-
can corn is shown by the fact that a
larger quantity was exported in the
eleven months ending December, 1899,
than in any preceding year, and at a
higher price than since 1895. The
total exports were 1876, 1892, $50 bushels,
valued at S74,742,l27, while the 1885,
2S4,34O bushels exported in the same
months of 1898 only brought S6S, ,5l3
147. Most of the corn exported goes
to Europe, and its popularity seems to
be gaining there. To the United King
dom the exports of corn in the ten
months ending with October, 1899,
were 69,333,sOO against 1888, 167
bushels in 1898; to Germany, 35,SO4,-
100 bushels, against 4,SS8, 1881 in the
ten months of 1898 and 27,472,3SS
bushels iu the ten months of 1897; to
France the exports in 1899 were slight.
ly less than those of 1898 or 1897, by
reason of the unusually large grain
crop in that country, while to other
European countries the exports of the
ten months of 1899 were 42,505, ,443
bushels, against 80, ,2l1, 1856 in 1898 and
1886 1888 in the corresponding months
of 1897.
- The name of Field Marshal Lord
Roberts of Kandahar, who goes to
South Africa in supreme command of
the British army there, is household
word in England. He was born at
Cawnpore, in India, in September,
1882, and entered the Bengal artillery
in the service of the East India COM
pany in 1851. He served with dis
tinction throughout the muliny and
won the Victoria Cross for bravery in
the field in 1858. In the Abyssinia
campaign of 1868 he served as assist
ant quartermaster-ge to Lord
Napier, and had control of all the
arrangements for the decentralization
Of the British army at the conclusion
of the war. In the Afghan war he
commanded the Luram field forces,
and subsequently had chief command
of the army in Afghanistan. In 1879
he re.occupied Kabul, and in 1880
made the celebrated march to Kanda-
har, from which he took his title, and
relieved that fortress, besieged by
Ayoobkhan, the pretender to the AT.
CHAN throne, on whom he Inflicted a
crushing defeat. He subsequently be-
came commander. in chief of the Indian
army. In 1881 he was sent to Natal
to succeed General Colley, killed at
Majuba ; but found that peace had
been concluded before his arrival and
be returned 10 India. In 1886 he
commanded the Burmese expedition
on the death of Sir H. MACPHERSON.
He is at present commanding the
troops in Ireland.
- Major General Henry W. Lawton
was shot and killed by the Filipinos
at San Mateo, northeast of Manila, on
last Monday morning at $50 O'Clock.
San Mateo had previously been taken
by the Americans several times; but
had not been garrisoned and it had
been determined that garrison was
necessary. General Lawton was sent
to take the town. After the attack
was commenced he displayed himself
conspicuously on the firing line as was
his custom. He was within 800 yards
of Filipino sharpshooters. Several bull
lets clipped the grass about him and
his aides advised him to get out of
range. He answered only with a