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Publiaaoi Inrr Wodnooday,
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8UMTER, 8. 0.
Tin*! :
$1 60 p*r iqouip?io ed?eoce.
Ovm Square flr?t insertion.......91 00
Ivory subeeqneot insertioo.... 50
Uoetreete for three mouths, or longer wll
be OseOo nt red teed rotee.
' All coosesao eotioot which tubesrve prifote
Io terse ts will be charged for m ode utteaaeots.
Obitooriee end trlbotee of reepe;u will be
Obarged for.
Kroger Has Over
Fifty Thousand Men.
Tbe Traouvaal Artillery Very
Stroos and tbe Naval Oaoi
tared Ladytmttt.
Loodo*. Nov. 7 ? Tbo too fee si oo
loot oveotog of Got Woleeley. too
eemmeeder-le-ebisf, tbot tbo Boers
uro more powerfol eod more oamer
eejo I boo bod booi eotioipeted Hofioieot
lf eipleioo too proeeot beppeoiogo tod
tbo vor otto* will bereefter \mw ewk
word qeeeitoee to iMt?r io regard to
too apparoot oolooool igooroooo of tbo
Boot's etreeg'b, wbtob. botb io
oomber of aoo ood osoelloaoo of
Ottilies y, io eppereeotly o oomplete
eorpriee to Mto Britiob military euthori
bioo. Moil oewe from Sooth Afrioe
?bowe bow toooorote bovo boon Ibo
setimetee of tbo ietelligeooe department
ood tbo goforomootol ogporio It io
glooood tboiofrom tbot o foir estimate
of tbo Boor forooo it oo follows :
Aroood Ludyemitb. 25,000 ; trover*
I Zototead, 4.000; edteosiog oo
bod or p. 6 000; Ooleaborg, 8,000;
Ktmhwrlsy, 7.000; Mefekiog, 4,600;
oo)4 oo tbo oortboro Trooovool border,
3 000 Bgtot ioformatioo oboit tbo
Boor artillery io laektog, bot it io
kwowo tbot (too. Joobert't detnobmnot,
boforo it wwo rt io for ood, ooo ?i sled of
etgtooo Kropf told pioooo of lotoot
ptttero ood two boo?/ Oroogot eiogo
go oo, wbtob bot for tbo op port toe
orrivol of ibo Britiob oovol brigade,
wwoVd bovo tendered Lidyemith no too?
ls ooaoewtlow witb tbo ootol goot,
io moot iotorootiog ood itoportuot
osperimeot boo boon sooeoeefoHr oorr tod
ooji ot Oo po to wo witb 4 7 hol b goo, oo
ootvieoable ot Ledyemitb. Ooo of tbo
Britiob ocoioor Terrible'e gooo, moaot
od oo) o Soott trevoliog oorriogo, wot
trod to tbo tome wey oo o field gun.
?Hb oo tiro ocioooo* Tbo Torriblo.
wilt o ovmber of goon tbot mounted,
to oo bor wot It Dorboo, ood though
tbo gooo eoooot oo w rooob Lodvomitb,
obey ooey bo of tbo greatest voloe io
Ibo dof0000 of Fielet morinborg . whioo
it ooooio. will protjebiv bovo to otond o
oiogo. Tbo orrivol of tbo Torriblo
witb ibo relief orowo for Obtoo ood
ottior ovoiloblo men muit bovo pieced
io tbo owigbbotbood of 8,000 moro moo
ot tbo eerotoe of tbo militery euthori
itoo
Iotorootiog oowo oomoe from tbe
oboooel eqoodroo et Oibroltor, show
iog prooootiooo ogoioet oil eventueli
ttoo el moot ookoooo io Eoropooo
wotore io penes time. 0? tbo wer to
Oibroltor Ibo toot spread oot foor
mi loo opert ood o eborp ootlook woo
kept for ouspieioos orofl
At Oibroltor eure eootriee ore poet
td ot oigbt ot differoot porte of tbo
obtpe, witb too rooode of boll oertridgeo
eeob- Tbo emoll gaoe oo tbe upper
dook ood tbo figbtiog tope ore kept
rowdy for immediate oee. tbe emmuoi
?tow being oo deck ; o few meo tleep
ot tbo gooo, tbe eeerobligbte ore kept
working, ell boote nre boiled ood oot
ollowed to epprooob without tbe per
miooioo of tbo ? ffifler of tbe woteb.
IN0L18H VICTORY REPORTED
II ie ooeooooed io o opooiol die
peteb from Cepe Towo. doted Sunday,
Nov. 6. morning, tbot tbe Britiob hoe*
boeo ototo'hoe io en eogegemeot et
Ledyemitb ood tbot tbe Boer looe woo
eery booty, ifelodiog two thousand
pritooere
THE B0KR8 ARE ACTIVE
Cope Towo, Sunday, Not 6?Ad
tioee from tbe Orooge riser set it is
rsported tbot tbe Baere beeo destroyed
ooo of tbe picro of Modder riter
bridge, and there ore rcmore emenoting
from Hopelowo tbot oo otteek will be
mode oo tbo Orooge riter oemp.
TRIPLE ALLIANCE DENIED
Berlio, Nov. 7 ? Rtgordiog the
alleged oobern* for orbitretiog tbe
Troottool qoee'ioo o semioffioiol
etolemeat bst beeo istoed as follows
"Notbiog wbateter is koowo here of
soy oommoo plao of ootioo upon the
part of Roisia, Praooe or Spain io ibo
Trooeeool qeeettoo. Io oot oaae it
?toy bo moot poeitively eieted tbet op
ooob piooe bove beeo bmoght to the
boowlodgo of tbe Qe-meo goteromeot
from aoy qoertor wboioter aod, there
fort, il boo ool boeo io position to
rvjoot ooy took or tioiilor proposals "
April. IS40.
4,Be Ju
SUMTI
The War in South Africa.
THE BRITISH RECEIVE
REINFORCEMENTS.
London, Lav. 8 ?In the eyes of the
oiiliury experts the darkest psge of
the war is now being written. Bat
even that ie illuminated with bright
passages, sash as Gen White's
viotorioos sorties. If ha cm keep the
British flag flyiog over Ladysmith until
he is reli3ved, the oempaigo will torn a
frosh page, and with the advance of
Sir R dven Bailer's fores, the British
publio is promised more oheerfal rand
This feeling of relief iospired by
reoeot good tidings is nevertheless
tiaged by a eerfaio aoiiety lest Qen
White sboSld again make some fatal
miscalculation involving a repeittioo of
the NiohoUon Nek disaster. Her
majesty does not share this anxiety
and apparently is nangnine of his
ability to pnil through oneoessfally.
It is asserted that she haa written to
Lady White expressing sym?
pathy with her has bend in the
trials and difficulties be if now expert
eoeiog. and assuring Lady White of
her own uodimmishsd eonfideoee in hie
generalship. The purport of this
Utter has been eabled to Qen. White
by the Marquis of Lansdowne.
The most interesting news tonight
is a dispatoh fross Eitoourt annouoo
ing the departure of a strong foree of
mounted troope and artillery for
a destination not given in the
ndviees Another message aonounoes
the arrival nt K-ttooork and Pietermar
itiburg within the last fsw days of
reioforoemeots from Durban, and that
8 500 troops assembled ready for an
I advanee to Ooleoso when ths opportuos
moment arrives. The latter dispatoh
I throws light apoo the former and ths
foree which left Esteourt Mooday has
I doabtlese reoeenpied Coleoeo and pos
I sibly is now advaoeing oaotionoly op
I the railroad toward Lodysmith, Qsn
White's sortis of Friday, almost to ths
banks of the Tagela river eoeooragiog
I its oommaoder in the hope of joining
I bands with htm
Qsn. Joubert, the latest advioss
I would indicate, drew in his horns
after Friday's engagement and bss
| since withdrawn the eoatbero Boer
I oootiegsnts, lenving only outposts on
I tin line from Ladysmith to Coleoso.
I The Boers who oeeopied Ooleoso about
I ths middle of last wsek retirsd without
I damaging Bnlwer bridge over the
I Tugola rivsr or ths railroad as far
north as ths village of Nelthorpe,
seven miles sooth of Ladysmith.
I Evidently tbsy onrss a hope of eventaal
II v utilizing both io their deeoent oo
I Pietermaritxhurg. Msanwhile the
I British are also able to ose both, as
I tbsy have already dons, in running up
1 ao armorsd train, whioh may at the
I present moment be oovsriog the
I advanoo of the Esteanrt foree.
I At Esteourt aod Pietermantgborg
the defensive works have beeo greatly
I etreogtbened within the last fsw days
I and tbsy are now believed eapable of
boldiog their own against any Boer
foros whioh Oen. Jonbert would at the
prossnt junsturs risk sending against
either town. Both are likely to be
strengibened bofoie the week is oot by
a foribsr naval loree aod oven by the
first dstaobment of Oeo Bailer's army
oorns.
Nons of the troopships have arrivsd.
The ooo whioh ii is prsdioted might
roaoh Cape Town nt the earliest Moo?
day ie ae yet ooannounoed, aod even
when it does arrivo there, it will have
three days ateamiog to reouh Darben.
A* many as six transports with 4,500
troops are expeetscl to be io Cape Town
harbor by thie timo, but the war offioe
last evening issutd a statement to the
effect that the only arrivals at Cape
Towo were the Sotoatra, from Durban,
with wouodsd, the Southern Cross from
Gibraltar with miles and tho oollier
Wenvoe
Of eoorse it is possible that dispatoh
boate have beeo sent to meet the troop?
ships with iostroetions to proeeed direet
in Durban, sod in that event the war
offioe statement that oot one has arrived
at Capo Towo would be literally
accurate, oven though several sbould be
half way between Cape Town and
Durban.
The situation looks brighter at Mafe
king, where the Boere are apparently
diebeartened at the unexpected resist
aooe, a large body of tbeir foroo having
beeo detaobed to tho nouth to ausist io
tho iovestmeot of Kimberley, around
whieb the oordon is drawiog tighter
Evideotly the Boers intend to make a
concentrated.rff >rt to capture Kimber?
ley aod tbeir areh-ooemy, Ceoil
Rhodes.
The reported departure of a Iber
oootingeot from Pretoria, with German
artillery guuners, moving io a southerly
direotioo, Is taken to mean cooperation
in the invasion of tho northern portion
to Cape Colony, sn undertaking whioh,
thus far, has not progressed very
rspidly. Reporte of a treachorous use
of the white flag by tbo Roers, coming
from native sonrees, ore not received
with eomploto credulity, but at the sarao
time, their reiteration is msking so
nnfavorabls impression
st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou
SR. S. Ca WEDNESD.
NEWS OF THE WAR
London, Nov. 9 ?The -ar office
received the following dispatch from
Goo. Bailer, dated Cape Town Wedoes?
day, Nov. 8,11 50 p. m. :
"Col. Kekewioh telegraphs from
Kimberly, Nov. 5, that all is well
there and that there has been no serious
attack aa yet. Slight bombardment did
no damage. Toformatioo from Mafe
king shows that plaoe was safe On.. 27.
Col. Piumer had a saoessfal engage
ment near Fort Tali, Oot 26.
"Gen. White reports by pigeon-post
that the wouoded and some oiviliaos
from Ladysmith have been removed
four miles down the railroad, by an
arrangement with Gen. Joubert, to a
neutral plaoe, to save them from the
bombardment.
"Ninety 'jine wounded from Dan
dee have been sent in under a flag of
truoe. They are all doing well.
The oolooial office has received a
telegram from the governor of Natal
giviog a oopy of the pigeon post
message reoeived by the premier from
the commandant of volunteers. It is
aa follows:
"Lidysmitb, Tuesday, Nov. 7.?I
sent yon, Nov. 3 by native messenger a
report of the engagement that day, bat
I am not ears if it reached yoa as the
messenger bas not returned. Major
Taonton and Sergt. Mapsooe, of the
Natal Carbineers, wore killed. Capt.
Aroot, of the Border Mounted Rifles,
was wouoded. Nine troopers were
wouoded, all slightij, and are doing
wall
"There has been nothing important
sines. The hospital was removed to a
spot on the railway, three miiees south.
"All wss quiet Soodsy and Monday.
The enemy renewed the bombardment
today, bat no damage hss been done.'*
OTHER CITIES 8AFE
London, Nov.9.?The correspondent
of The Dsily Telsgrah at Pietermariti
burg, telegraphing Monday, says:
"Estercourt Pietermaritibarg and
Ladysmith are all safe for some tins to
oome. Owiog to the foot that Lady?
smith iiss low and the Boars, unluckily,
have boon permitted to occupy Mount
Hainan and other surrounding big
bills, attempts to open bsliographie
communication have proved a failure "
Very Little New? From the
Seat of War.
London, Nov. 11, 4 30 a m.?Com?
plete silence has again fallen upon affairs
in South Afrioa. The British public
mast perforce be oootent with the brief,
stereotyped report which the oeosor
allows to filter through from Capo
Town. That this condition of thiogs
is no longer doe to pressure of work or
dsfeetive cables, baa been amply
proven. The Eastern Telegraph* com?
pany rnokoos thai the real delay io
transmission is abont two days. It is
evident, therefore, that the oeoiorship
is responsible for the other two days of
, dolsy wbioh seems to befall all the
ilispatobss.
Morovor, The Daily Telegraph
annonnoes that its "sppropriated" dis
patoh from Ladysmith, dated Moodsy,
whiob ths war office published on Tnos
dsy, was not delivered io Fleet Street
until yesterday (Thursday) moroiog.
It is bslieved the war office reoeived
further dispatehes yesterdsy afternoon
but none bas been published.
It is expeotud that Gen Bolter never
expected to oommeoee the osmpaigo
before Christmas, aod It now looks as
though this will be the osse. Certainly
no artillery can reaob Darbao before
Nov. 14th ; and without additional
guns, any advaooo from Eitoourt would
bo impossible
No doubt, as Lord Salisbury said io
a reoeot speeob, Eoglaod will "muddle
through it," and yet another illustra?
tion of moddliog has beoome apparent
in the fact that gunnery instructors
have only just arrived at Woolwich
arsenal for instruction io siege train
duties. Although hurried preparations
are beiog made to prepare the siege
trains, the faot that the men are at
Davenport and the guns st Woolwioh
seems to show that the idea of the
siege treio was quite an after thought.
Tbe Morning Post says : "What
will oome of snob muddling, if we ever
oome to fighting a foe able to turn it to
advantage ? Some radioal reforms arc
still needed in our mobilization arrange?
ments M
The statement from Ladysmith that
tbe British guns do not reply to tbo
Boer artillery beoauso the oonoretc
beds for tho guns bavo not yet harden?
ed, is interpreted io some quarters to
moan simply that tho British are hm
banding their ammunition, as the Bot
fire is only a trick to get the British to
Waste shells.
Amoog tbe few items that have ar?
rived from tho Capo today is one say?
ing that tho Boers are planting more
guns io the hills surrounding Lady?
smith All the correspondents in the
beleaguered town are safo and anzious
to reopen communication.
A gentleman who visited Nicholson's
Nek after the engagement oounted *2b
killed and 70 wouoded
Tho latest advices from Kimborley,
dated Nov. 2. say that all was well
there then. An explosion had been
heard, and the supposition was that
Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's i
A.Y. NOVEMBER 16.
the Boers had blown up the railway
culvert south of Dromfield.
SMALL CONVOY LOST.
London, Nor. 10?The war office
this evening issued the following :
From Boiler, Cape Town, Nov. 10,
12.40 p. m , by message from Bulu
wayo, dated Nov. 3 : A email oonvoy
and escort ander Spreekley, of Plann?
er's force, was attacked by Boers Nov.
2. Six men missiog sod lost convoy.
The war offioe bae also issued the
following : "A report having appeared
in the South African papers that our
artillery fired on tbe Geneva flag, Gen
Boiler telegraphs the following aooooot
of tbe iooideot given to The Standard
and Diggers News by tbe Rev. Mr.
Msrtens. a Dutob clergyman with the
Boors: 'Directly sfter tbe first oaonoo
ebot, tbe Eoglieb thought our men were
st tbe railwsy station and fired there.
They were not, but one of tbe shots
went through an ambulance. As soon
as they found their mistake they ceased
firing.'
" 'The etnbulaooe in accordance with
nssges ebould have been three miles
from the field of bottle, eo tbe embu
lanos esonot claim the Eoglieb broke
tbe usages of civilised worfore; bot I
do not think tbe English would hove
fired on them hod tbey known this. .It
was unintentional.' "
Tbe war offioe has received from
Gen Bullsr tbe following dispatch :
"Cope Town, Thursday evening,
Nov 9?Have received by pigeon poet
from Gen White todoy the following :
"The bombardment at long ran go by
heavy gooe oootioues daily. A few
casualties are occurring, but no serious
borm is beiog /one.
" 'The Boers sent io today a num?
ber of refugees from tbe Transvaal
uoder o flog of truoe. A flag of truoe
from Ladysmith met them outside the
pickets. When tbe psrty eepsrated the
Boer guns fired on it before it reoehed
our pickets.
" 'Mej Gals of the Royal Engineers,
was wouodsd todsy while sending o
message.
" 'The entrenchments ore daily grow?
ing stronger sod tbe supply of provis?
ions is ample.' "
iOWJ i I I i mmm
The Unholy War in tbe
Transvaal.
From the New York World.
What ore we really fighting for 7
Certainly not for Uitloodere or their
grievances, for the majority of those of
them who are oot mere speculators
hoping to make money by the reduotion
of taxation of mines snd the ups snd
downs of tbe stock exohsoge?the real
workers in the Trsnsvaal?have shown
their desire to be allowed to oontioue to
esrn Urge wsges. Is it to extinguish a
conspiracy among our oolootsts of Dutch
origin and the two Boer republics to
drive the Anglo Saxooe out of South
Afrioa ?
S loh a conspiracy is tbe wildest fig?
ment of tbe imagination. We ore
paramonot. No war ie needed to estab?
lish our paramonntoy.
Ia it to ssours to Uitlandere tbe
right to vote io tbe Troosvaal after five
years residence in tbst oouotry ? Pres
ident Kruger offered it.
I? is that Mr. Rhodes, reckless
adventurer that be ie, in part possessed
with lust for power, in part with lust
for tfold, should seek to oreatc a situa?
tion by means of whioh be rosy
gratify tbem ? ,
These two lusts oao be understood ;
but why should the English minister be
possessed with the desire to drag u*
into an unjust and impolitio war ?
I oan only aooouot for it by the fact
of Chamberlain's personal antagonism
to President Kruger for baviog once
got the better of him ; bis restless
ambition, bis mania for attracting
attentioo to himself.
It is sad be should bave been allow
ed from these motives to oonvert South
Afrioa into a batlefield, to oreate raoe
antagonism tbe embers of whioh, be
himself admits, will last for genera?
tions, and osuse tbe death of innumer?
able British soldiers and Boer farmers.
Glad, indeed, am I that the Liberal
party, by a vote of the majority of its
representatives in parliament, refused
to aooept ony share in too responsibility
for the war now, ala?, raging.
Who is the god of battles to whom
Chamberlain blasphemously appealed to
give him victory in his war ? As well
might Jameson and the onpitalists of
Johannesburg have appealed to Divin
ity to aid them io their raid.
To what god did ho appeal ? Surely
oot to the God of Christian worship
Would Ho interfere to give us
viotory in order to givo the money
oliangers oooasion to swindle fools ou*
of more money, to enabie grubbers
after gold to crimp more blacks to do
iheir work, to secure to Uitlanders in
the Transvaal a vote after five years'
rcsidenoe in that iaod, to make the
Anglo-Saxon race paramount ovi>r men
of Dutch otigin in South Afrioa, and
substitute slaughter for a mote peaceful
mode of settling a dispute ?
A va?t number of our own country?
men have solemnly affirmed that right
is not on our 6ide and that ti e wer is a
result either of Chamborlain's personal
ambition or of hi-* abysmal folly.
Henry Labooohrss.
ind Truth's."
the 1
1899 Xew
Lord Salisbury's
Strong Statements.
What He Said About the Ex?
istence of War in Africa.
ENGLAND'S PURPOSE 18 DE?
FINED.
London, Nov. 9 ?The lord mayor's
show, which marked the induction of
A. J. Newton into office, was favored
today by exceptionally brilliant
weather. Antiquated boats failed to
satisfy the London crowds, who
poured out in enormous nunbere to
vent tneir martial enthusiasm. The
streets were lavishly decorated with
flags, but the absence of a detach*
meut of the household cavalry and
the substitution of a nunber of
schoolboy brigades testified to the
presence of the veteran regiments at
the front.
At the Guild ball banqiet the
Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Wolseley,
Mr Richie, Lord George Hamilton,
Lord Halsbury, the lord chie' justice,
the Duke of Marlborough, and a few
minor diplomats were present. Mr.
Chamber!a n was absent Lord Sal
isbory and Lord Wolseley were
cheered as they passed from the
reception in the library into ihe ban?
queting hall.
During the course of the banquet
Lord Wolseley announced thitt orders
had been given to mobilize another
division for South Africa and that the
government was quite prepared to
mobilize s second army corps.
Lord Salisbury, rising at ft quarter
past 9 to reply to the lord mayor,
was greeted with intense enthusiasm,
prolonged cheering and a general
waving of handkerchiefs. The pre?
mier spoke of the cordial relationship
between England and America, say?
ing : "We feel we can always look
for sympathy und a fair hearing
among those who share with us so
vast a mission for the advancement
of mankind."
THE SITUATION.
Continuing, he said : "South Af
rica is the only part of our relations
with other nations to which any tone
of apprehension or doubt can be
applied.
"This morning you had intelli?
gence of an agreement between
ourselves and one of the great
continental states, with which for
many years we have entertained
relations of sympathy and frendship
beyond others. Samoa is not in
itself a very important matter, but it
was important because it constituted
a subject of difference between
ourselves and a nation whose good
will we prize very highly. K do not
know entirely the reason why the
German people and government
attach so much importance to Upolu,
but they do, and we are very glad
to find the means whereby, without
in the least diminishing the rights
and advantages of England, we are
able to gratify their views and senti?
ments
"I believe we have arrived at a
very remarkable phenomenon, an
agreement which is agreeably pleas
ant and advantageous to both pow?
ers ; but this is interesting particu?
larly because it indicates thai; at the
present moment our relations with
the German people are all ere couid
desire V
Lord Salisbury again spoke of the
causes which led to the present war
in Africa and denied the rep: rt that
England had not made adequate mil
itary preparation.
??The evil." he 6aid, Mdat?s back
to those unfortunate arrangements in
1881 and 1884 by which we deliber
ately permitted a community obvious
ly hostile to enjoy the unbounded,
unlimited right of accumulating mu
nitions of war against us Year
after year an accumulation wee made
which could only be directed against
us. Hampered by these arrange
ments, it was impossible that we
should avoid the interval of trial and
danger necessarily to Intervent be?
tween the moment when war was
declared and the moment when our
forces could accept contest and ap
pear upon the field
"That interval has nearly passed
Our troops are beginning to arrive
Foreign nations have complimented
us upon the calmness with which we
have received intelligence of occa
Bional checks. Whatever strategy
there might be we are well aware
that the beginning of our conflict
with the Bonn must be marked by a
retirement ol our troops from posi
Rot*
Absolutely
Makes the food more del
WOVAI ajj*jjS POWp
r KU K SOUTH KON, Established Jane 15K6
Series-Vol. XIX. So. 1G
tiona they are not strong enough to
occupy. It is necessary that we
should wait for sufficient reinforce?
ments I do not attempt to forecast
the future. I only say that my aith
io the British soldier is unbounded,
and I am gratified to feel that he is
in the vigorous and sagacious h inds
of Gen Boiler.
' Regarding the future, I will only
deprecate some very strange asser?
tion* that I see occasionally fn tbe
continentsl press Only the ether
dsy I saw it asserted, not by a chance
writer, but by a man who has be in a
member of the French government,
that this wsr had for its object the
gratification of tbe lusts of grc edy
lords, who desired a partition among
themselves of tbe gold and diamonds
of the Transvaal. Now, I beg to as?
sure this gentleman tbst her mijes
ty's cabinet bsve not bad a fart ung
from the|Transvaal or from any other
gold fields There is the Yu ton,
about which there is no contest If
there had been any chance of our
gaining advantages, these Ytcon
gold fields should have yeilded ec me
thing, but I appeal to my fri >nd,
\ Lord Hamilton, to know if the cabi?
net ever had a farthing from tl era
(Lsngbter )
"I go further, England as a whole
vould have had no advantsge from
the possession of the gold mines, ex
I cept as her government conferred the
trouble of getting administration t pon
those engaged in tbe industry A
successful industry breeds comm ;rce
and all commerce has produced s to
the advantage of England, anc all
industries and commerce flourish
better under her good governnent
than under sny other regime in the
world. But thst is the limit of our
interest.
"What we desire is equal rights
for all men of all races and sect rity
for our fellow subjects and our em?
pire. The hour for asking by vhat
means these results can be obta ned
ie not yet come, but these are the
objects and tbe only objects we s;ek
We do not allow soy other conside?
ration to cross our path I hsve neen
it suggested?and it seems to ne a
wild suggestion?that the other pow?
ers will (interfere with this cou Ury
and in some form or other dictate to
those who are concerned in it ss to
what its upshot would be Don', let
any msn think it is in that fsshion tbe
conflict will be concluded. We f hall
have to carry it through oorsel -es,
and the interference of anybody
will have no effect upon it. (Cheers.)
In the first plscj we would not ac( ept
that interference, and in the sec >n<|
place becsaso we are convinced hat
there is no suib idea in the mini of
any governmeut in the world.
"Whenever we are victorious we
shall consult the vast interests com?
mitted to our care Vast duties lie
upon us to perform, and taking coun?
sel of tbe uniform traditions of our
colonial government and of the mod?
eration and equal justice to all reces
of men which it has been our uni?
form practice, I do not doubt we
shall so arrange that the issue of his
conflict will confer good governmsnt
upon the area where it rages and give
the security sorely needed aga nst
the recurrence of any such dang eis
and the necessity of any future e: er
tion, and for the restoration of peace
and civilization to that portion of the
world "
Civil Rule For Cuba.
Weshiogtoo, N ?v 9?Tbe pr <si
dent's program for Cuba contcmpli'es
the rotirement of Gen. Brook* as
military govern Off and ths sub**ituiion
of a civil government, with Gen W ud
at the bead, on me first of January
Tbat day will likely be a red lel'.er
doy in Cuban history. Go JaLuary 1,
1898, S;ain ployea her lost cord iu he
effort to bold the islaud, setting up on
autonomous government. Oa Janu-ry
1, 1899, tho American flig was rais;d.
Tbe establishment of a civil govc n
meot by 'he president is the first stsp
toward Cuban independence.
We were utterly astounded and
delighted when on tbe 3rd of this
month, B. P Blakely laid upon
our table a quart of the handsome 9t
utrawbetries?Urge and lucious ?
ever seen in Laurens They were
ripene<l in the open air and in l ie
month of October, Our friend seid
many boxes at fancy prices Mr.
Blakely is a veteran who led a lt?g
at Getlybuig. He has made an i i
telligcnt study of fnute and Iii? buj
cess is a splendid object lesson )!
what can be done with our soil aid
the climate of Lmrens ?Ltuiens
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