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THE WAR IN AFRICA. WARREN'S MOVE VERY WEIGHTY. Oo Hii 8UCC688 or Failure Depend! Roberts* Plans. Londoo, Jso 16, 4 30 t. or. ?Lord Robert's euigmetio d announcement "oo change io the situation," does nothing to allay public anxiety or to explain toe mystery ?orroondiog Qeu Boiler's movement? oo the Togela tad, although there is e diepoeitioo to regard the dispatch as disposing of Saturday's adverse romora, the week baa opened io a at ate of sue peooe almost equal to that of laat Week, beoaoee It io recoguizad that JbJIure in Oen Buller'e present at tempt would seal the fate of Lady ess tth. Preeomaoly "no obaoge io the Uiteatioo" refero to previous die patches sent to toe war office, which ?ovo not yet been revealed to the public Except the announcement of the jelsure of Potgeieter'e drift aod of tbe advance of Qeu YYarreo, tnere has been oo oewa from the Togela for u week A ray of hope In in the fact that the aame eileoce prevails from too Boer side Thus it may, perbsps, be fsirly inferred that Oen Boiler has oot yet met a aertooa check If toe announcement of Gen War ren's movement be correct, it ie ?videot that Oen Boiler's foroee are npread over a very wide front ?per bepe 26 miles? and to the eveut of a sodden fall of the river hie operatiooa might be full of danger. It ie be fleved that Oen Boiler ban oo good survey msps of the district. This will sdd to bis difficulties. Sir Charles Warren'e advance probably means an attempt to seize Rleogwane bill, the main poet of tbe Boers south of tbe Togela Upoo the ancoeen or failure of these opera tiona depeode tbe whole future of tbe campaign Until tho reeult is knows, Lord Roberts will bo unable to oroide bow to dispose the two divisions and tbe reeofbrcements now suiting The onwo from other points is of no great importance. Boer aooooots tell of soother sortie from Kimberiey oo Jan 9, in tbe direction of Kam fer'a dsn, with a briak exohaoge of firing, bot no results A bssvy de? tonetion wss hesrd oo Jso 8 wiibio Kimberley A dispatch to tbe Daily Mail from Modder river, dsted Jso 10, gives s rumor thst Kimberly wss being bom borded Baetarda Nek, mentioned in Lord Roberta' dispatch ss the locality of s rsconnt seance, is north west of Coles berg. Doubts sre beginoiog to be rsised whether it will be possjbie to get together anything like 10,000 yeo tnanry Ooly a very smsll percent nge of ihe applicants satisfy (be etandard of riding and sbootiog. A large number ot offioere from the Egyptian army bsve just left Cairo for Sooth Africa to rspisce those killed snd wouoded Boers Lost Heavily Attempt tog to Take an Entrench? ment. Rensborg, Cap* Colony, Mondsy, Jan 16?The Boers this morning attempted to roe*; - hill held by a Company of the Yorkshires and New Zeelanders, but they were repulsed at the point of tor bsyonet The Boera had Ml men knled and about 60 wounded. The hill command* a trsct of coun? try rast of ihe main position of tbe Boers They advanced cautiously, direct ing iheir fire at a small wall held by tbe Yorkshires, ayid compelling the latter tu keep close under cover. When the Boers rushed the wall Ihe Yorkshirea fixed bayonet* and charg od. Just at the moment Capt Mad dock*, with a .mill party of New Z <a landers, came op aud the combined force leaoed over the wall and obaig>'d straight for the enemy, who i\ \>.i followed by a witheiing fire at dose rang" The Boers li;eraily tumbWol over eacn other in their huiry to escape, but the persistent fire of the Kritiah ii fiietsd a heavy lo?e Desultory firing continued for some time, but the attack was sn utter fji'ure. and ihr Boers retrested to the cover of the small kopjes at the base of twS hill AT MODDER K1VER Moddor River, Tuesday, Jsn 16.? There wss a brisk exebsnge of shells this moroiog, the Boers returning our fire for tbe first time in several days. Tbe Brlitisb entrenchments are bo ing continually strengthened aod ex tended. The permanent isilway bridge it almost completed Heavy raioo have fallen in the bills recently, end tbe fords of the licit river nrn til impasssble. OEN BULLER'8 ARMY CROSSING TUOKLA RIVER. Loadoo, Jso 18, 4 30 s. m ? Geo Boiler's complete surprise of ths Ibers oo Potgieter'e drift hill* ton da greatlv to testore confidence io his tactics. It is shown his foroes are ooooootrsted. Ia Ospe Colony, Mothueo has made a demonstration in forco, shelling tho Boer works Qataore is skirmishing around Moltsoo. Frenoh is shelliog the Boers at Rtosberg Col Piomer is mot tog to the relief of Mafeking from Bochuaoaland, with less than 2.000 men Mafekiog is io a bad way ; tbe seige is beiog pressed with determina tion, and the Kaffirs are deserting Planer, on Jan 11, was 100 miles north of Ma'eking London, Jan 18.?The Times pub lisbes tbe following dispatch from 8paarmao's farm, dated Jan 17, 9 20 p m : "The foree marched westward co Jan 10. Lord Dondooald, by a dash* iog movement occupied tbe hills above Potgieter'e drift, 15 miles west of Colenso, takiog the Boers completely by surprise "Tbe same eveoiog tbe infantry fol? lowed. Gto Lyttletoo's brigade orossed tbe river yesterday aod toaay shelled the Boer trsoebes beyond with Howit ?ers "Gen Warren's force is noworossiog Triohardte drift, five miles above. He is not opposed, althoogh the Boers are boldiog a position Its miles from tbe river * A Pistsrmaritsborg dispateb to The Msil late Wednesday evening, the 17tb, says arrivals from Esteoort report there was fighiiog on tbe Tugela todav. Gen Lyttletoo, after crossing Potgie ter's drift, seited ridges a mile beyond aod effectively shelled tbe Boers. Warren also lodged two miles beyond the Togela toward Sproeo Kop A Durban ditpatob says smailpaz is reported to have broken oot amoog tbe Boers TO HELP K1MBERLY. Modder river. Cape Colony, Jan i7 ?There was a demonstration io force, ander Gen Methoci:, yester? day, a division being engaged, with tbe objeot of asoertaioing tbe strength and disposition of tbe Boer force and also in order to try to draw the Boers from Kimberley, where, lately, they hsve been aotive. Tbe British dis covered tbe Boers io great force and beiog reenforced from tbe direction of Jaconsdal At 4 80 tbe artillery opened fire, Tbe shells droppping in tbe Boer en? trenchments with great precision The attack was directed against tbe Boer left The firing continued until sunset mostly with artillery, although the Guards, on the rigty, fired some long range valleys. The Boers reserved tboir fire until the British were returning to csmp in the darknese, when aiz shells follow? ed them There were no casualties among tbe British troops London. Jan 19. 4 a m?Military critic* in touch with the war office con? sider that the eipeeted battle, along the wide are south sod west of Lidysmiih. eao hardly be delayed beyond today. From Dorbao it is reported that fight? ing has slready began. Gsa Bailer's forces eogaged in tbe flanking operation across the Tugela are some 13,000 or 14.000 bayonets, i 1,200 eavalry aod 40 guns. Tbe I disposition of bis other 15,000 or I 20,000 men is not known, althoogh the 1 assomption is (bat tbe whole army will 1 be io aetion wboo tbo boor for combin? ed movement arrives I Three weeks ago Geo Buller had < 80.000 men Considerable reenfores- i roents who siooe have arrived giving him probably 35,000 meo aod 80 gins all told Estimates of bow maoy meo < sod gone the Bjors havo to oppose btm i are mere gaess work. Io oot replying ti Geo Lyttletoo's shells they are using i tbe taeties that proved so toeoessfui io I the battles of Magersfooteio aod Colen? so?lying low io their treoohes and I thus hoping to oonoeal tbeir preoise 1 position ootil the infantry advance Tbe Daily Chronicle's military I ' Xpert enee a ourtous analogy between Gen Boiler's situation now aod on tbe i eve of Magerefootein Now, an then, tbo U)era aro making a stand, with I tbeir backs to investing lines within a i few otiles. An Lord Mdhucn. after i oroseiog Modder river, bad to attack the Spytfonteio and Magerafontein hills, so Gen Buller, after parsing tbo Togela, faoe? invisible - entrenchments in a n u;h country NO TURNING BACK Gen Bailer's warning about tbe misuse of the white flag by the Boers in his proclamation to the troops is considered a rather broad bint to give no quarter Mis phrase "there wi I be no turning back" is played upon editoiially by the morning paper** us presaging chterful annouce robots ^ The absorbing interest f It in the situation in Natal makes other points in the theatre of war seem microscopic Lord Methueu lies be hind his works at Modder river, it is estimated that bis forces will have to be nearly or quite doubled before he can lelieve Kimberley British reenforcements are moving toward Gen Fronch at Reitsburg With these be is expected to ad? vance (Jen Gatacre's men occupy LopC!*burg, a slight advance The war offices announces tblt Mil week will be embarked 72 guns, j 3.710 men and 2,210 horses This is , tbe largest consignment of artillery | ever sent abroad The war office invites 500 volunteers for a sharp? shooters' battalion of yeomamy. The officials of the war t nice are satieCed that tbe tide has turned and that news of a more hopeful charac ter from a Bntivh point of view will hereafter be the rule instead of the exceptiou That the British advance in a northeasterly direction will be fiercely resisted ia fully anticipated. The Boer strength is'probably supe rior to tbe British and the dispatches show the burghers occupy strong positions There is some doubt as to whether the Sproenkop occupied by Gen Warren ia identical with Spioukon If so the British aro within a few miles of Acton Homes the scene of esrlier conflicts between White's forces and the invading Free States whence there is a gocd road to Lady smith While Gen Warren's force was crossing the Tugela river, the Boers occupied a thickly wooded plantation a mile north of the river aud sent eeveral volleys into the advance guard. Tbe British replied and the artillery opened on a neighboring kopje. As tbe British pushed across the river tbe Boers found their posi? tion uncomfortsble end retired to the bills Immediately after tbe pontoon bridge wss completed the whole Brit isb force crossed Meanwhile tbe uaval guns on Swarlzkop bave been persistently shelling tbe Boer entrenchments fac ing tbe kopje's occupied by Little-* ton's brigade Ooe correspondent mentions Gen Buller's wheeled transport of 5,000 vehicles which oooneot him with the railroad, about 30 miles to the rear, among these vehiolea are 30 traction engines, which draw from ten to fifteeo wagons eaob. BRITISH LOSSES UP TO DATE Loodon, January 19 ?Tbe British losses io killed, wounded and captured up to date are 7.987, officers and men. REPORT FROM BULLER. London, Jan 18, 9 37 p m ?Too war effioe baa issued tbe following : From Butler, Spearman's oamp, Jao. 18. "Ooe field artillery, Howitzer battery aod Lyttletoo's btigade are across tho Togela aod Potgieters drift. Tbe enemy's positioo is beiog bombarded by us "Five miles higher up, Warren has crossed tbo river by a pontoon 85 yards long He hopes bis foroo will, by evening, bave advanced five miles from tbe river to his right front. Tbe enemy is easily entrooobing." From Roberto, Cape Town, Jan 18 : "Gaiacre reports that 300 men of all ranks have been moved from Bush? man's Hoeke to Lopesberg and that the Seventy fourth field battery and one oompaoy of Mour.ted Infantry from Sterkstroom to Bushman's Noeck. Otherwise there is no ohaoge.'' The Expeoted Battle Not Fougbt Londoo. Jao 20, 4 30 a. m ?Every boor that Geo Bullcr delays bis com bioed attaok makes bis position itrooger Transports oootioue to ar? rive at Durban, and fresh troops are beiog sent up the line to reenforoe thoso in front of Coleoso It appears that Geo Boiler's troops north of the Tugela nomber at least 22 000 and possibly 25,000 with 50 guns His total foroes, formioga great|outer oorve nootb aod west of Ltdysmitb, probably cumber 40.000 While Geo Butler's forward opera tion?, wbiob began oo Jao 10, devetop rather leisurely, the Boers appear to ho folly sware that tbey must meet a strenuous asaault. Balloon observers have roughly estimated that 10,000 Boera are u-ing spade aod pick io arti? ficially streogtbening positions whiob nature has rendered easy of defense Military critics io tooob with tbe war rflioe thick that news that geoeral fighting has begun may be expeoted at aoy boor. It is oot thought that ooe day's fighting will Battle the fate of Lady smith, but rather that thcro will be two or three days of continuous* fighting. BOERS PREPARING London, Jao 20.?A dispatoh to Tbo Daily Telegraph datod Thursday from Spearman's Camp, describes tbe diffioultiea of tbe marob owiog to tbe unwieloly baggage oolumn, including all tho tents and sheep ever bad road* io wet weather. Tbo correspondent tbon goes on to say : ' Some ten thou? sand Biers arrived in tho vicinity of Potgieier'a drift on Thursday and Friday of last week and bogan tbe erootion of expensive and formidable lines of tronohes, for their pcaitioo apparently could only be turned from the went by availing tho high ridges of tho Sproen Kop. "A balloonist today reported that no guns were visible in tho onomy's works, hut there was a large Boer oamp io tho direo'ion of Brskfootslo, a brown ridgo four miles from Potgiotor's drift "Boers arrived m largo numbers today ftom Colonso aod Ladysmith They havo certainly run brurichos (f the railwuv ft088. Modder ?pruif. 'in und Mt Bu'waya. Niarly all tho Boers have gono to attempt to cheek General Warren's ndvaucc, hut ho mado no sign today." A dispatoh to Tho Daily Telegraph from Spearman's farm or camp, as the correspondents now describe it, dealing wi'h Lord Duodonald'ti movement to Went of Gen Warreu'a foroo, already oabled, says: "Hid euoonss gives us col.tn I of any easy entrano) to Lidy smi:n. Our guns continue to bombard the Boor lines. ?he Boors repiv but feebiy General Warren h advancing steadily.'' WELCOME SOUNDS IN LADY I SMITH. Ladysmith, Wednesday, Jan U, via Spearman's Camp, Jan 19 ? Everything is quiet. The position is unchanged, and there is very little bombarding The welcome sound of the guns of the relief column was heard yes? terday from Colenso and Springfield. The beat is intense, but there is no increase of sickness. BOER TRENCHES SHELLED AT COLENSO. London, Jan 20.?The Standard publishes the following, dated Thins day, from Sp?arman's farm : "It is reported that the Boers opposite Colenso, on finding that Gen Butler had out manouvred them, crossed to the south of the Tugeta on Monday and set fire to all the bouses in the village "As the force from Chieveley ad? vanced the Boers retired before them to trenches on a bill in line with Co lenso Our infantry advanced to the attack in skirmishing order, followed by supports and reserves, our caval? ry scooting on the right close up the river The Boer forces at Colenso must have beon considerably weak ened by the dispatch of largo reen forcements westward to meet Gen Butter's advance, and they now hur? riedly evacuated the river trenches and the kopjes opposite village and scattered before our shrapnel By evening none of the enemy was left within rifle shot of Colenso The British force then retired to Chieve? ley " A Thousaud Tongues Could uot express the rapture of Annie E Springer, of 1125 Howard fct., Philadelphia, Pa., when she found that Dr. King's New Dis? covery for Consumption had completely cured her of a hacking oough that for many years had made life a burden. All other remedies and doctors could give her no help, but she says of this Royal Cure?"it soon removed the pain in my chest and I can now sleep soundly, something I can scarcely remember doing before. I feel like sounding its praises throughout tho Universe." So will every one who tries Dr. King's New Discoterv (or any trouble of tin Thront, Chest ?-r lungs. Price ISO and $1. Trial bottles free at J. I W. DeLormt'd Drug Store; every bottle gua.*n teed. The Exclusion of Roberts Will be Recommended. Washington, Jan 17.?The special committee of the house of represent? atives to investigate the case of Brigbam H. Roberts of Utah today reached a final conclusion. The committee was unauimious and agreed upon a formal statement of facts On the question of procedure to be adopted the com? mittee was divided. The majority, consisting of all the members except Littlefield of Maine and DeArmond of Missouri favored exclusion at the outset Messrs, Littlefield (Rep.) and DeAimond (Dem ) will make a minority report favorable to seating Roberts on bis prims facie rights and then expelling him The majority were Tayler, Frear, Morris sod Mc Pberson, Republicans, Lanbsm and Miere, Democrats ^5 CUBAN BELIEF cures < il:?. uralglSj and Toothache in five minutes. Sour Stomach and Summer Complaints. Price. 25c. Sold by Hughsoo Lieon Co. In her Indian empire England has some 290,000,090 people Of these 49,000,000 are now afTeoted by the famine and cmly 3,250,000 are receiv? ing relief The viceroy, Lord Cutzon, ant ounces that in tbis appalling disas? ter India will have to strive and 6uf7er alone, s "tho thoughts of every Englishmen io the world are centred on South Afrioa." Even so. It is a commentary on imperialism In order to gain new empire England is pouring out hundreds of millions of treasure? enough to feed the tens of millions who starvo in India?and so intent is she upon this great tack to whioh she has eet herself that she must be oallous to tbe cry of one sixth of the vast popula tion ol her oldest empire, now perish iug foi want of food She has assumed great dunes which 6be cannot fultill beeauge she wishes to assume new ones clsowhcrc. Humane people on think in'* of this will oooolude that England's empire is already too large .for Eog< laud's orcdit ?The State. Work at Port Royal. Wafthiogtoo, dan 19 ?By reason of the growing imDortance, from a labor standpoint, the naval station at Port Royal, S 0 , ban been provided with regularly orgaoiiod boards for tbo employment and regulation ol" labor. Tbe product of the world's gold mines last year is put at $313,964, 468, of which ttiis country produced $72.483,066; Australia, $78,082,171; South Africa, $73,108,660; Russia, : $24,072,884, the balance being di? vided among a half dozen or more countries TO OUR FRIENDS. MR. EDITOR: You may have had us in mind when referring in a recent issue of your paper to the peculiarity of merchants in regard to advertising, in which you quoted them as saying that "in good times it was not necessary to advertise, and in hard times it did not pay/7 While we have always found that advertising paid us, we must confess that for the past sixty days any in? crease of business that we might secure by that means, could not have been satisfactorily waited on, as our clerical force has been taxed to its utmost capacity. Now that the rush of cotton is over and we have an opportunity to say a few words to our friends in the country, we desire to acknowledge, through the columns of the Watch? man and Southron, our grateful thanks to them for the liberal patronage bestowed upon us, for which we can offer nothing in return except our promise that their interests will be as care? fully guarded by us in the future as they have been in the past. It is particularly ^gratifying to us to acknowledge a very libpral trade during the months of September and October from our farming friends, to whom it was our pleasure to extend a credit during the summer. It proves to us that they appreciate our endeavor to be just and reasonable with them, when they need assistance, as we have always tried to be?our motto being LIVE AND LET LIVE Although we tried to anticipate this season's wants by buying a heavier stock than ever before, our trade has so far exceeded our expectations, that we have been obliged to re? plenish frequently and freely every department of our store. In Dry Goods We bought a very heavy stock of staples, a fair percentage of which we still have on hand and are selling at old prices, Those Tar Heel Blankets Which you have been waiting for so loug have come at last. , It was not our fault that they were not here sooner as our contracts were made in May for September delivery, but the mill has been so crowded with orders it was impossible to deliver them sooner. These goods are made in A Southern Mill. From Sout?ern Wool, By Southern Men and there are none better. They are improving on the finish every year. We are selling at the same price as last year; but if we have to duplicate we will be obliged to charge an advance. We only have about FIFTY PAIRS, ' so don't put off buying, or you may get left. SHOES. Why the advance in cotton should have affected the price of shoes, but strange to say they too have gone up. We don't know whether it was judgment or luck, but our purchases for Fall were nearly double our usual contracts. We are buying now for Spring and paying 10 to 16 per cent more for the same class of goods, but those oa hand will go at the old prices while they last. In our write-up about Shoes last Fall we had something spe? cial to sav about The H. 0. Godnian Line for Women and Children. Our increased sales for these goods prove that we told the truth. Bear in mind we are still the Sou: Agents for them and Guarantee every Pair THE L. M. REYNOLDS LINE OF MEN'S SHOES, sold exclusively by us, are trade-winners. The prices range from $1.75 to $3.50, and every pair warranted. If you want the best 93.00 shoe buy a Reynolds. CLOTHING. This has certainly been our banner season in the clothing business, and it* there are any of the men or boys in the county who have not bought a suit, it has not been our fault ; but fear? ing there still may be a lew unprovided, we are keeping up our stock by telegraphing orders for shipment by express. If you need an overcoat see us before buying, us we have some great values. In our Hat and Furnishing Goods De? partment will be found some values that compare favora? bly with the balance of our stock. This announcement would not be complete without a word about our GROCERY STOCK. This department is up to the usual standard, and that is saying about all that is necessary for it. Our MILLBURNB FLOUR, of which wc believe there is more soul in this county than other brand, is pronounced by those who use it, unsur? passed. O'Oomiell & Co.