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arisen and the garrison subsidies to snatch a. fra. Ss
enemy's 6-inch guns.
Then came the sad realization that Butler had
once more failed. THE Standards Ladysn'tth
correspondent, under date of January 70. de-
scribes It:
What was to become Of US If another month must must
months if necessary. but had keen desire TO
put our endurance to the test No one talked OF
could still fight our way to the Tugela; we had
even yet the full stomach that makes the strong
arm.
Meanwhile the enemy continued to treat US with
Indifference So convinced were they that Lady
smith was like an apple rpening to fail that they
suspended the daily bombardment and gave US
passed without musketry fire at the outposts, with
an occasional shrapnel on Observation HiiI 70
Butler.
The same correspondent voices a little of the
criticism of Butler that apparently circulated in
Ladysmith. follows:
Critics at home will doubt have wondered why
ceIved no help from Ladysmith 1t was not known
that General Butler contemplated any attack until
graphic communication with the south must not be
taken as proof that we were well nfoemed daber
ately kept In the dark. not only as to Sir Redvers
was happening In the outside world. Not until the
18th of this month did we learn by heograph that
an attack was to be made on Taoa lmyana on the
Had Sir Redvers Butler sought the advice of Cen
ton at first and before offering battle on De-
cember Is he would have made an effort to cross
the Tugela at some point of ColenSo-say, at
Springfield Potgieter's Drift.
One day here is much like another that ten
weeks are as ten years. Shells at dawn. shells at
noon shells at dusk-that is the daily record, ex-
cept on Sunday when the enemy gives us rest
unless his suspicion is awakened by some move
ment In town. Polo and cricket he does not mind
even on the Sabbath, for the Boer is q sportsman
the only characteristic he condescends to share
with the ''verdomde rooinek. 1t Is even said that
he watches these games from the top OF Bulwana
and bets on the winning side But bathing he will
not endure He resents this indulgence, against
which he is believed 10 have scruples of habit and
conscience.
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himself at Chieveley. For youthful a salt he is
full of pluck. and has inexhaustble store of
humor. His criticisms matter of camp
notorety. With the bluejackets. after heavy
storm, or. rather, during 1t, he sent out to
ammunition from near the naval 12-
FOUNDER gun pit. The place ahoat and Downs.
scrambling for the ammunition. tumbed in and
was nearly drowned. Luckily. some loose railway
sleepers were about, and upon one of these he
swan out. Regainng his legs and solid land he
said. 'Ah, this Is gun pit, is 1t? I suppose II is
bally army gun pit
CLUBBED TO DEATH BY BOERs
The same correspondent relates this grewsome
incident, which includes a serious insinuation
against the Beers:
The Colonial Imperial Light Infantry went into
Inon the rnonntain ti NJ 0ut to Of s5H neu
they had thirty-nne killed and ninety wounded.
least six of them, whose bodies afterward
discovered, had been -cubbed to death by the
Beers. Two of those slaughtered in that way
Corporal Weldon and Private Daddon-were ex-
Pretoria men
Yet all the correspondents with Butler, writing in
the beginning of February. after the defeat of
SpiOn Kop had become matter of history, aver
that to the British troops are confident and
only want the opportunity to push to Lady
smith. From that beleaguered camp there come
several mailed dispatches, sneaked out by Kaffrs
of great interest. Writing January % while
Butler was trying TO fight his way through the
Beers. THE Timess" correspondent says:
The weary state of siege still drags on One day
is similar to another that we have begun lose
all account of time. A week ago a fiutter of ex-
cttement reused the garrison. The distant rum
bling of artillery, heavy and continued, foretold
lief. Already knew that the southern column
was in the vicinity of Potgieter's Drift the hello
graph had told US this. But the booming of the
heavy guns the first substantial evidence Of
relief Would it be a day-two days-before Butler
here? Excitement spread through the town:
some hurried to the postofice with three months
collected correspondence; others, seizng bnocu-
lars, climbed to the highest eninences and swept
the horizon. Women who for weeks had forgotten
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THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
ACCOUNTS OF SOME OF ITS MANY INTERESTING PHASES

who should be good judges regarded him as their
very best officer for all military affairs, whether
attack. retreat reconnaissance. Each had lost
friend, but collective, as a regiment they had
lost powerful weapon.
Very few OF left now said the Colonel,
veytng his regiment with pride
How many?'
About four hundred and fifty"
"Out of a thousand?"
We'll, of about nine hundred"
This war has fallen heavily some regiments
Scarcely any has suffered severely. has
won greater distinction, than the Dublin Fusiliers
everywhere at the front-Dundee Lonbard's
Kop, Colenso Chieveley Colenso again. and
here at Spion Kop; Half the regiment more than
half the officers killed wounded prisoners
But, the survivors as CHEEKY ever.
Further met a group of soldiers returning
to their regiment. One lad Of about nineteen
munchng q biscuit. His right trouser leg
soaked with blood. 1 asked whether he
wounded mo. sir; it's only blood from officers
head he answered, and went on, eating his bis
cuit.
1 have already written general account of the
final action of Spion Kop on January "a. and have
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vious mail Writing OF modern action
Judged by the hard fighting that preceded Spion
Kop. Mr.. Churchill says in The Morning Post:
aIoosrn & action . is very disapponting as sPecta
ing shells. The com5atants scattered. spread
over great expanse of ground concealed wher-
and magnihcence OF OndurTnan. the solid lines Of
infantry. the mighty Dervish array, bright with
TTsshiHs T5s spears % and waving fagS were excluded
and clusters Of brown things huddled among the
ARTILLERY unlinbered and the horses, hidden in
Once l saw in miniature through glasses q great
wave Of infantry surge forward along spur and
Mauser rifles sweed into continuous rlrnbline
IKE IKE a trai1 OF wagons passing over pontoon
figures that composed il squeezed themselves into
men began Carrying away black objects Tickle
Of Independent drops dispersed itself. Then we
groaned- There had been check The distant
drama continued The budding figures began to
move again-litne. active forms moved about re-
arranging ttings-officers. knew. even at the
distance. Then the whole wave started again fun
back. And al this we we're al delighted. and
wished enough to give them cheer
SO We watched intil nightfall, when some com
brigade. arrived. and took over the charge Of our
and prap food nd9e e by o o5 5he ud I
We wanted. and lay down on the ground TO sleep
progress Of the army.
To which he adds the following interesting in
cidents:
During the afternoon of January o. when the
action had somewhat langulshed. | went with Can
tain Brooke 70 visit some OF the battalions OF Gen
eral Barts brigade and what of punish
ment they were receiving AS rode up the
water course which marks the bottom the val
ley shrapnel shell cleared the crest line
and exploded among one of the battalions. At
first * seemed TO have done harm, but as we
Climbed higher and a stretcher
carried by six soldiers. On II lay body with a
handkerchief thrown across the face The sol
6iers bearing the stretcher were all covered with
blood.
We proceeded and soon reached the battalions
A company Of the Dublin Fusiliers were among
those captured in IN armored train, and | have
the pleasure OF knowing most OF the officers this
regiment. So visited them frst-a dozen gentle
nen-begrimed, unWashed, unshaveH sitting the
hillside behind two-foot wall Of rough stones and
near a wooden box. which they called THE Off
GERS Mess" They in capital spirits in spite
Of every abominabe circumstance.
What did you lose in the actionr
"Oh about fifty. Poor Hensey killed, you
know; that the worst of II ="
Captain Hensley one OF the smallest and
hrayest IN the army. and the Dublin Fusiliers
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stretcher laden. thicker horizontal line than be-
fore. Then rush OF crotchets rearward-one
leading two mules, mules terrified jibbing hang
ing back-all in silhouette moment, the next
all emudged with dust cloud; God help the driyeri
Shadows clear again; driver still dragging mules
no, only mule now; other figures still running
rearWard. Suddenly reinforcements arrive, hum
dreds of them: the whole sky line bristes with
crotchets moving swiftly along. bending forward
almost double il driving through a hailstorm
Thank heaven for t&t-ony just in time too and
then smudges the shadow screen.
Sr Charles Warren standing near me with
his stan. 1 inquired about the situation. and
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how to smile, stood laughing the river banks
holding their babes that they. too. might hear the
muffied sounds, which meant much. Butler IS
comingr' These magic words were in every mouth.
But hours grew into days and days into the
week they lost their charm. and the garrison sank
back into its previous state OF apathy the sounds
OF distant artillery accepted side light In
the three months drama On occasions disturb
among the pickets will precipitate an artil-
lery duel The apathy for moment breaks, and
the garrison strains for some more definite sound
of the pipes than the monotonous rolling of the
siege train twenty miles away. Hitherto such
hopes have been dlspelled as soon as they have
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little to add. AS the spread through
the camps that the British troops occupying
the top Of the mountain I hurried TO Gun Hill
where the batteries were arrayed and watched the
fight fro n flank. The spectacle inconsider
able. but significant. 1t was like a shadow peep
show Along the mighty profile of the hill
fringe Of little black crotchets advanced. Then
there were brown and red smudges of dust from
shells striking the ground, ard white puns from
shrapnel bursting in the air-variatons from the
black and white Presently stretcher borne by
five tiny figures jerks slowly forward, slhouetted
on the sky line; more shells; back goes the
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officer the way; he asked us what we were
doing; he knew nothing of the order, but presumed
had better continue road And SO ended
a seventeen hours fight We gave the enemy a
victory. The whole of Warrens. division had re-
tired. Cal! 1t what you like. II is a sad and de-
plorable business there is explanation; no one
was more surprised AT our action than the Beers
themselves; indeed, their officers openly expressed
their surprise our doctors.
r. owing 10 some unknown reason. II was really
necessary take Spion kop although II was said
he decided weeks ago that II would be an act OF
folly to attempt do so), Why give * up after
sacrificing 60 many lives TO take 1t? 1t IL a aues-
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bridge until everybody was got safely across. The
day previous he had critically re-examined the
positions held upon the left, and been repeatedly
under tho fire of the snipeTs. Indeed, at least
of the generals and several of his staff had get
him to retire behind cover, they thought he was
unnecessarily rtsxing himself
The Globes correspondent is particularly Bit
ter about Spon Kop. He says:
No one knows VINO gave the order to retire. the
whole business is ineXpcabe. We met q staff
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ton which will have to be answered very soon. A
well planned stTategcal movement was 10 De car
red out and every one felt satisfied that 1t would
be successful. In the middle of il the whoie piaN
abandoned and troops are detailed from al s,aes
to perform q. ,herculean task fraught with danger
and disastrous in result.
Bennett Bureigh branches from criticism into
more pleasant field. That little cherub MILDLY
Downs" he says, has again been distinguishing
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kenilworth, England. The Abbey Hote,
Economically situated. overlooking historic -,, :,
Keniworth Castle and Abbey. Leading hoteI ~ s OF
sentraJ Tor snaksspeareLand Proprieor had 10 vea1
let. CHAs. Il cL.EVEI.Y. Prpretor '" ior book
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learned for the first time of General Woodgate's
wound-death 1t then reported-end that
Thorneycroft had been appointed Brigadier- Gem
eral I'VE have put what we think is the best
fighting rlan in command, regardless OF seniority.
We shall support him as he may request. We can
do more
l viii only relate one other incidental miserable
The day before the attack Spion Kop
had chanced to ride across the pontoon bridge. I
heard my called, and saw the CHEEKY face of
boy I had known at Harrow-a smart. clean
looking young gentleman-quite the rough material
for irregular horse. He had just arrived and
pushed his way the 'front.' hoped he sad to
get job. This morning they told me that un-
authorized press correspondent had been found
among the killed the summit. AT least they
no one seemed to know him. A had been
found leaning forward his rifle dead. A broken
pair of field glasses, shattered by the same shell
that had killed their owner. bore the of Nc
Corquedale" The name and the fact flew to-
gether in my mind. 1t the last Joined subal-
tern OF Thorneycrofts Mounted Infantry-joined in
the evening, shot at dawn. Poor gallant young
Engiishman; ne had got his job The great
sacrifice had been required OF the Queens latest
cruit.
BLUNDERS TO BE ANSWERED FOR.
The aftermath of spion Kop brings countless
criticisms from correspondents at the front. Ben
Burlegh, in The Daily Telegraph" writes:
You rely upon 1t that one more than Cen
eral Butler depores the mistake which led to the
When the general retreat ordered Butler
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THE SHERIFF SPEAKS.

Ex-Judge Barham communicated
this agre ement to the crowd around
the courthouse, and besought them to
dispense to their homes. This they
finally agreed TO do, with the under
standing that the prisoners should be
left 1T Emporia. Major Cutchins, at
the request of Judge Bsrhsm, made q
statement, asserting that the military
aid not seek 20 use force, and that he
would do anything that Sheriff Lee or
dered. The Sheriff then assembled to
stile from which the others had spok-
en-. He said: Men Of GreenVille, you
all know me. i would not tell you an
untfuth. The military shall be sent
away from here by the fret train. The
body Of Cotton shall be buried in this
county, or else it will 60 80 the State
Anatomical Board from here. The
Negro shall never 60 away from here
alive. / will see to that"
With this assurance the crowd gave
three cheers for Sheriff Lee, and some
LEFT for their homes. The military ID
making 40 preparation for departure,
and it 10 not thought any move will be
made until morning, IL then. A tele.
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70 hicnLuOuu, aDu tnou brouulc IL lo0k-
| ed for.
The GALL FOE TROOPS.
The first telegram, disp atched from
Stony Greek at l0:2S, announced the
capture of Walter Gotten, and sug-
gested that he be sent to Petersburg
for safe-keeping. Il read as follows:
"Emporia, Va, March 28--10:2S A..
M.
Governor Tyler, Richmond, Vs.:
Have prisoner at stony Greek sent
! to Petersburg jail. Mob will lynch
prisoner if he should coma on freight
train here.
W. SAMUEL GOODWIN, Judge"
Governor Tyler at once replied:
Direct officers to take prisoner to
Petersburg"
Ten minutes later Judge Goodwin
sent the following telegram:
"Emporia. Va, Mar. 2S-10:SS A. n.
Governor Tyler:
IF prisoner 10 brought here this
morning on IL o'clock train, mob will
lynch him. Please send company of
soldiers here at ones to protect him.
The company can come from Franklin.
Answer quick.
w. 5AKULL GooDwYN, Judge"
The Governor answered:
Judge W. Samuel Goodwin, EN-
poria, Va:
will get troops there ss soon a.
possible. Keep this quiet.
j. Hoax Tyler. Governor. {"
TEE BLuEs ORDERED OUT.
The call was Issued for Com peny B,
OF the Blues, to turn out, and in few
minutes after IL O'Clock messeBg srs