Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-04-14
A BRACE OF MARVELS.
oleverness of the Beers and Carelessness
of the British Are Con-
splcuous.

London, April 9, 4:5O a. m.-When II
S borne in mind that all the dis
patches from the front are severely
censored there is little in the news TO
bring satisfaction to England. Az
smances that nothing need be feared
even if the railways and telegraphs
are cut and Bloemfontein isolated, to-
gether with the news that the ladies'
and other civilians are being ordered
away do not augur well.
Failed for lack of Cavalry.
There are rumors from Cape Town
that the telegraph wires were already
cut yesterday Sunday and also that
the hussarS. who Were sent to the re-
lief If the Royal Irish rifles are also
missing, although possibly these are
the outcome of Boer eXaggerations de.
signed TO encourage the burghers The
attempt of Gen. Colyille to catch the
Boer leaders in conference at Reitfon'
TEN failed, probably, as usual, because
of the lack of cavalry.
The whole Free state il Up Again.
The results of these serious checks
to the British arms is that the whole
Free State is up again, and that the
Beers are full of activity over the en-
tire field.
A belated Boer dispatch says that
bayOnets were being made for the
foreign legion under the late Gen
De Nillebois Mareuil.
4 magnificent StrateeicaI Feat.
The Beers are boasting that thu
Colesberg and Stormberg comman
does. number 5000, with ten cannon
and $50 wagons, have gotten safely
through, thus performing "magniti
cent feat
A Boer account of the BlOemfonte.r
waterworks affair says;
"Col. Broadwood evacuated Thab,
N'Chu owing to the advance of Com
mandant Olivier from the south. TIL,
| federal troops found the British cam
in peaceful slumber, without senti
mel or an outpost to give the alarm
Gen. De Wet Immediately placed gun
and the commanders in such position
as to surround the British, who dit
not have time to recover from thei
surprise"
4 Pair of Marvels.
The Cape Town correspondent o
the Times, discussing the affair, says
"All the details only serve to brin!
out clearly the marvellous clevernes
of the Beers, no less than the marvel
Gus carelessness and improyidence 0
the British officers, whom, it woult
seem, no series of disasters will eve
teach to keep wide awake"
Like Entering n Cloak Room
"The Beers in Col. Broadwood's rea
drove his force in to the party at tn
drift exactly as partridges are drive
to gun, At the drift itself, as eac
wagon descended the hollow it wa
shown which way to drive, so as no
to block the convoy. When the gun
arrived the trap was all clear agai
for their reception. As one who wa
present said: at was like cloa
room. The Beers politely took you
rife and asked you kindly to step t
one side. There was nothing else TO
you to do
The American Scout Burnham.
The American scout, Burnham, ties
titles to the terrific pace with whic
the Boer commanders cover tn
| ground, and the ease with which the
move their guns.
The Beers are displaying increase
activity in Natal, but there is no sig
that Gen. Butler is moving.
Mafeking ssI Beseised.
Mafeking was still beseiged on Apr
1. The garrison was suffering severe
ly from lack of bread, and a miXtur
OF oats, bran and meal was doing dut
for that article, which is described d
coarse in substance, of the color {
ginger bread and of the consistenc
of Norwegian pine"