The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-17
At GEN, goUBERT's CAMPS.
mis- wife Feeling Potatoes, while the
General Dictated 0rders--cressisg the
KsIP River.


(Forsian Corrsspondsnt the New York
Timss.)
Lorsnse Marques. Jan. 2o.-A Dutch
man gives an Interesting account Of
visit he recsntly paid 10 the Bosr camp
ct Colsnso He made short stay ct the
tent Of Geo. Joubsrt, who 81 the time
was engaged with his ssorstary and the
b IsRraph wires, while oloss at. hand and
under the same canvas his sturdy spouse
was piasidiy pseiing potatoes 80 II no
fatal Issues were hanging In ths bal
ancs. The rites OF hospitality were OBJ
served By the Commandant. General order
ing the native wsnoh Eva. whs has 80
c,mparisd him and his good spouse
through many Q fierce campaign. 10 bring
tse national beverage, coffee. From the
Hcofd Lager the Dutchma7 eot ON TO
the Colsnso Road, after negotiating many
tributaries OF the sluit % aptiy termed
''Moddsr." The air Was soft and balmy
and the Summer vsldt was covered with
q profulion Of Wild flowers. while ths
trees and shrubs contributed asweetsfcent
81 variance with the general unites.
An Almost oppressive silence reigned'
broken only by the crunching and creak-
ir OF the wheels Of the eonveyancs or ~
the humming Of flying beetles and gAudy
moths. Lombard's kon the mighty
eminence dominating one side of the be-
leaguered city. was then made. Thss'
end,es mountains Of the "0ardsn COL
ony" are very deceptive and cause great
bswiid rmsnt from the,pecuiar optical and
topo gra phical illusions which they pro-
duce, and the distances are most perpiex-
ing, The s,ens, however. was deiiRntiuli
the ground was clothed with smiling
verdure and there was no appearance OF
the terrors Of war sweeping over the face
OF the fair country. save that here and
there lay the carcass Of horse or torn
saddlebag, and the circular straw krasls
Of the original Kaffirs looked desoiate ana
unoccupied.
had just fallen into the hands Of the
b ers, remarked In conversation, "Sure.
all the Bosrs Oi've met have been Irish
men," Certainly the collection was
most cosmopolitan one. There were
few AfrikAnders among them, ous tne
ians. or Greeks. In the near neighbor-
hood Judge Kcok and the General were
cracking whips and stimulating lazy
mules into activity, hitohing and IN,
hi tching harness. greasing wheais ana
the ordInsry occupations Of the Chair
man of the First Volkrsad and Judge
Of the Supreme Court.
At the river, which was supposed to have
fallen, but which looked great deal
more angry than the Rhone In savoy,
spans Of wagon oxen. sometimss number
ing thirty-two and foIty-eight, were
stuck midstream, urged on By the de-
moniacal ear-splitting. screams OF the
hundreds Of burghers, In various stag 90
Of nudity, from the 'a'together" to the
seft that the Afrikander looks as
kance at water would therefore seem to
be contradicted ny this scene at Kip
River. They appeared to tackle the t1r-
rent a. II ID the manor born. and COM
wandered kaffirs were net behind hand In
this pasatorial exhibition. The Nstner-
lands Railway Company had srected a
small pls 'orm or raft, constructed from
the trees and saplings with which the
neig hborhood aoounde. IL scarcely
ssrved, for at various stage In Its pas
sage across the ford the Generals bag.
gage and the Generals horses fodder and
the Generals commissariat fell Into the
water.
From the top Of the Bulwana, with the
fierce rays Of the sun pouring ON the head,
q grand view Of Ladysn,ith was obtained.
On the brow OF the hill nestled the ter
man camp under Krantz, and at various
other stratesical positions were stttloned
q numb OF Boer commanders. The al
most inaccessible summit was attained
after an hours fatiguing climb, and
there lay Ladysmith In Its basin below,
calm and itsrn, ana 3, all appearances
snug aI,i comfortable. To this inexpsri-
enced eye, at any rate. thsie was no sign
of surrender. HoIsemen were tmpertur-
ably riding in the streets. ksfiirs were
lashing wagon cattle, or digging away
into the ground at the intrenchmsnts,
which seem ever to be multiply ing. But
to the right there was an enormous white
tented camp. No soldiers were to be
seen; but the immense camp and still
more immense hospital betrayed pretty
we'll the unfortunate plight to which the
unhappy citizens have been reduced. Ine
ground around the spectator appeared to
have been plowed mp into great holes by
ths naval bombs. and there oan be no
doubt that the guns Of the Terrible did
great execution to the kop.