The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-01-03
English Not Happy
On New Years Dawn.
The Coro;tion Of Ladysmith
Causes Serious Apprehen.
sion.
COLONIAL DUTCH RISING.

0ouuSmestou oi tue reported 0Orei0
from Lsdysm,sh. that story is dis
credited No such hopeful view can
% taken as the Boer account of the
nafskiog sorsie seems to convey
No word regarding soy such move
Osnt has yet arrived from British
sources and the feeling Of suspense
u deepening. - il 10 feared Col
Bsdeo Powell's silence indicates that
his position 10 becoming desperate.
The dispstches from the front
6ssalhe confident spirit which 10 by
% meme echoed here.
The latest Lsdysmith sdvioes chow
that tho BoeI shelliDg 10 becoming
deadly, while sickness and ennui
nost slso DO telling strongly upon
The garrison. The news Of The spread
of rsbelliop among the Dutch col
eeisls end futile attempts Of Boers to
cot che railway ss videly different
points 10 very disquietiDg % bearing
upou The safety Of The extended lines
s( oounuoiostiou -
All Of the correspondents ere be
giasisg TO hint si . forward move.
0sus on the part Of Gen Butler. the
dagger of which 10 indicated in q
dispasoh TO the Daily Telegraph from
Fssse recording the unfortunate fail
ure OF two reoonnoissances, In 0ne
eese the Boer lines ct Colenso we're
% hsve been bombsrded l,y night
Mounted men drew the Boer FIRE.
end u wss intended that the naval
gums should bombasd This. how
svsr. the latter failed to do, owing TO
ssus Misunderstanding. aud the re
eeanoiseriog party wss compelled to
-Nounder back 10 camp through the
yet and stormy night. marching in
mud and wafer ssd with the greatest
6isoomfort
According to the same correspond
sat similar fate awaited another
sseoousissancs io the opposite direo.
sion.
1.-Two dstaohments." says the die
patch. "lVss their wsy in the dark
Dess. They we're unable to effect Q
jssctio0 for attack (; they stumbled
jnto wafer holes and were out oil
eight, only TO return drenched end
dieappoin'ed 10 the morning" =
il 10 roughly estimated that there
ere $4,000 Beers between Ladysmith
aad Colenso. some 400 being on the
south side Of the Tugels river, At
I'll poipts the enemy shows cesseless
sosivity
A large number Of Americaos are
ssid TO be- 6odiog their way into the
various volunteer reeimenW oeing rails
d 10 Cape Colony IL is also reported
shss macy Africans are srriviog q,
Dslsgos Boy. having been expelled
fsoo the rand because they bad refused
% york the johannesburg mines for the
govesnosut.
IL 10 feared ths, the British recon
soisssoee oorsh Of Dordrechi. Described
70 . dispatch to the var Office, may turn
cot 20 have been . rs,her serious affair
A correspondent Of tho. Associated
Pssss ss Ste,ksroom. telegrspbing Dso
3lss. ssys: Capt mootmorency. Of
ses TWsoty.erst Lsoeers. with . patrol
st 120. Gas reoonooMeriog eight miles
sossh Of Dorkreohs He met the Beers
~ Lsbo.shsgoe's Mex They opened
ess end The British replied. The 6sh,
iss sootiousd Tor six hours. when the
Bosrs received strong rsinioreemcn,s.
issludins artillery. Capt Mou,msr
ssaey retired aod took Q defensive posi-
too .. Dordreoht. The B,ers did no,
pss,us bin IL is believed they 70
tired on their main body. Their losses
sss not known.
The GENERAL UNREST OF
CAPE COLONY DUTCH.
Cape Town. Thursday D.o 81 TIL.
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