The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-17
NOT WHILE HORSES HOLD OUT
WILL LADYSMITH's LARDEn LACK
THE NECESSARY FOOD.

Eut the Horse and Mule Flesh Diet
Is Growing MOnotOnOus-Eggs Are
so a Dozen and whisky S525 n
Cnse-A Horse Sausage Factory Es-
tabIished-Gen. White Confident OF
Holding the TOwn-CorrespOnden
Had II Narrow Escape.
London Feb. 1G.-The correspondent of
the Associated Press at Ladysmith, from
which place he escaped Feb. TO- and arriv-
ed at Durham Feb. IA, sends the following,
written before he left Ladysmith:
Since the furious cannonade in the
early part of the week quiet has reigned.
The hills on which the relief columns
lyddite shells were bursting in hundreds
a few days previously, are now occupied
by grazing cattle. Further away on the
north side of Spion kop the Boer laagers
can be seen, evidently bigger than before,
showing they have no idea at present of
retiring from their position.
Much disappointment is felt at the
non-appearance of Gen. Butler, as from
the severity of the fire, every heart was
glowing with hope and excitement at the
prospect of immediate relief; not that we
are at all in the blues, for every one capa-
BILE of shouldering a rifle is confident of
our ability TO hold the town against any
force of Beers.
Horse and Mule Diet.
The continued diet of horse and mule
flesh is getting somewhat monotonous, al
though the health of the camp, taking
evervthfnq into cor.sida tiop is 1,at4ar
than could be expected. Enteric fever and
dysentery have abated The camp fever
is not virhlent, but slightly increased. The
scarcity of vegetables is very trying to
the troops, and they are luxuries beyond
the means OF the majority. Eggs are 36
shilings q dozen, a small fowl is Is shill-
ings, pence; pumpkins are u shillngs
each, a tin of jam u shillngs pence, a
tin of milk, shillings pence; a box of
sardines, 8 shillings; tobacco, 80 shillngs
pound. A case of whisky was rallied
for f145.
THE Beers are smuggling tobacco into
camp through natives. local factory is
turning out excellent horse sausages and
another is making nourishing soup, which
is much appreciated by the troops, who
certainly have increased in strength since
these were served out
Correspondents Escape.
The escape of the Associated Press cor
respondent was most adventurous and
arduous Leaving Ladysmith the evening
of Feb. 10, guided by a native. he soon
encountered a Boer patrol, who fred upon
him. Escaping the patrol he crawled
twenty-five miles of the roughest and
stoniest paths hiding in native huts and
kraals during the day and proceeding at
night. Once a Boer patrol came TO the
door of the hut where he was hidden un-
der blankets. He swan the Tugela river
and reached Chieveley the morning of
Feb. 1S, where he took the. train for Dur
ban
Except for two slight attacks of fever.
which never ineapaeitated him, Sir George
White, the British commander in Lady
smith, has been in excellent health
throughout the siege
The total number of people within the
British lines, including Intombi camp, is
1900, all of them troops except 1900 ci-
villains and 800 blacks.
When the Associated Press correspond
ent left the live stock on hand included
1900 horses, 700 mules and $50 cattle, and
the garrison had no fear that the necessi-
ties of life would be exhausted for some
time to come.