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rmm tvjrr? watobmam, c?.Diuh?i Consolidated Ann. 2,1881. Cfjt (fiRatrbumn atft Soutbroit. Published Irtry WednesdAy, -if JNT. Ok Oateen, 8UMTKK, 8. 0. ream: $1.50 per enenm?- in advance. Oio^ain Bret iossrttos..$1 00 Beery esbssqneol Isssrtioo...M. 50 Ooatraets for tort* eaoaths, or longer wil no nuti at teAngol rtni. All coaaaaaotcatlooe which sobesrts privat? laH?; *eie will bseaaegsd for at adtertisaieott. O * aeries sad tributes of respects will bo ohtrgil for THE WAR IN AFRICA. g Farther Security Needed for Coot* of British Inlet. London Jon, 31, in. m ? It ig new known thai the cabinet devoted ?now of iU dieoneeione on Saturday to tbn mobiliiation of the fleet, nntil further security to the home nonet haa been obtained by naval pre peratioos. the Sight division shall not be eent to Sooth Africa. Tho mobilisation of reserve war ships, if ouoh n coarse shall be deter* mined opoo. woo Id be of the utmost importsooe There ie nothing in the intelligence poeoeoaed by the public to oense the oabioet prolonged die oneeio-*- of tbte tastier aod tho infer* ewe that the 11 set may be mobil fsed ao e general warning to other ooootriee to keep their bands off the Tranevaal qoeetioo, or the ministry may have definite knowledge that the swniral powern pnrpoee to take gome advantages eleewbere wUile England m beey in Sonth Africa One thing in certain Too thou good men. nil reedy to go to Sooth Africa ore detained for reasons of wblek the pnblio hue no knowledge There ie Ulk of 41 militia battal tone being embodied These ere ell of the militie not previously wsroed A sharp lookout is being kept oo vol noteers for the vsrioos Sonth Afrfosn regiments Too Daily Chronicle eaye : ''Throe suspicious cbaractets were rejected by heedquertero io ooe regi? ment Monday Two were unmistak? ably of Boer origio The third, wkoee Soglieh wan faulty, bad been n German officer " The indioetione are that the relief! of Lsdysmitb hae been abaodooed for the present and that a concentre lion uf the British for an iovasion of the Free State ie in progress In addition te Gen Kelly Kenny'e move? ment. Gen Brabant, chief of the Ceoe Colonials, hae arrived at Strerke troom The oetivee report that three Boer gnne bate been removed from Spy fontein to Kimberley The Boers are nppareotly making n special effort to reduce the place quickly The Kim berley garrison wan enfe lent Suodsy BRLIKVK BRITISH ARS WHIP? PED. Berlin, Jse 80?Aeu rdiog to priests reports reeeived h*rs tbe Ospe Dmeh ere still joioiog ths B jer foress The German press eiprees ths betisf ' the* Great Britiae has sbont rssohed the end of her military reeoorees sod would do nsll to eokoonltdfo defeat ned to eoeelode posse. The Krng Zdtnof, which attributes her rsesr.es largely to the abseooo of ooatpoUory military servieo, says: "Among lbs most iotsreetiog resells of che 8ootn African oampeigo is tbe much deeied ireth that tbe worth of nations is weighed io war's balance, sod Bagltod is already io tbe midei of eetaat ropes H Tho Deutsebs Tsgrg Zitoog ?ays it is evtdeot thst oot only Geo Wsrreo, bot Geo Bailor's whols fores bss boeo defostsd oo (be Togels Tbte it cells "lbs begielog of lbs eod *' Loee Greater Tbao Any Brit? ish Force Han H?tt'.*rod SmuH 1811. London, Feh 1 4 a. ? ?Tbe eeppiemsotai lute nl oasneities fill wo oolemos io ooopsriel iyr>** in tho oa >ro ,0>? pepere, mahn g 1 800 reported thee ??r in <? n Hu!lsr'*> opere'ioo* north uf ths Togola The Dsily Chmuiel* itiiiai'ei thai tbe total sie**d? 2 000 Ths 40 psr eent MM it Spinn kop in grea'sr lhao any It-m h .foico gffjf eeffifed, pesethij st Alboera, Bpsle, io 1811 Ths sdaiiralry h n wa-md sli bait pay esval <<(&><'re to bold iheui-eleto r*adise?s f >r ssrvtos Tdih, with (be feot that able unameo, ooi iboroogly ? gperieno'd. bave beeo withdrawn froro lbs ehaooel iquedron, im 'aken to indi tale the ssriy m'?btlsetioo f the rsfervs l'et, eepeeiaUy "A" divieioo At n mestiog ot ihs a my aod us?y member* o? the hoots of eumroooe yes? terday a resolatioo etpreieiog sbsoloie gnnidenee ie nhmsver the government Ibengbt noeeeeery eommeeded only too gmjsjn April, 1860. MBe Ju SUMT1 vofos. lostead of this, s resolution sit adopted calling for tbe immediate formation of a boms defense foroe Lud Salisbury bas oalled anothsr eabiaet oouooil, wbioh nil! meet Friday or Saturday to ooosider the situation Public spirits are at very low ebb. Wheo tba oatioo bad almost resign ad itself to lbs fall of Ladyemith there comes from all quarters today as iodi aatioa that Qao Bailer will make soother attempt to relists the besieged plaoa. If tba Daily Nail's report of Gen Bollar'a statement that ba hoped to be ia Ladyemith within a wash could bo implioitly relied oo, news of further aarioas fighting would ba expeoted shortly. Bot tba papars are loath to baliers what tba St James Qatstto obarasterties as * oo warrantable boast* iog," if tros. Moreorsr, tbe war offioa throws sold water on tbe dispatch tbis aftsaooon by issuiog a statemeot that it bas oo news confirmatory of sooh a mote as Gso Bailer's reported spseob indicates Yet. today's die patches from Ladysmith aod Oape Towa gife a strong impression that there ie som thing more thao a rumor ia all these reports. 80, whils all definite opinion most awsit farther news, it does not seem at all unlikely that another desperate effort will bs mads to sacoor Qeo White. Tbe possibility of Gso Bailer making another dash appears to depeod greatly 00 tbe siaot position of Gen Lyttle ton's brigade. Beyood the understand? ing U ia on tba north side of the Tugela river, everything is a matter of supoosition It will easily bs ssen thst if Gsn Lyttletoo still hold? the drifts 00 ths oortb aids Geo Bailer retains tba opeoings aod might attempt another adcaaee by way of Potgieters or some neighboring drift. Bat the vagueness regarding the position of Geo Lyttletoo rssnlfss all this into the purest su-mise From the other oolomaa there is not moeh oewt of aoy kind, aod it would rsqoire sometbiog of overwhelming importaooe to detraat from the absorb tog interest io Ladysmitb's dilemma. However there are interesting' eable dispatebee telling tbe story'of Spion hop Winston Oborehill says that Oapt Thorosyoroft. who replaced the wounded Geo Woodgate, is tbe hither to unnamed offner who gare tbe order to retire, aod folly justifies him io so doiog Oborehill say* the Bier losses wsre greater thao those of tbe British A dispsteb from the Associated Press representative at Spearman's farm, dated Thursday, Jan 25, describing ths fight and retirement from Sp:oo hop, says: "We filod down sadly but in nerfeot order Tbe Kiog's Royal Riflea' colo? nel was strook down at too moment a heliograph measage orderiog the retire? ment was hsoded bim Tbe enemy is holding thanksgiving services tonight. "The surgsoos, who ascended tbe hill. were allowed to remove our wounded. Tbe scene at tbe top was a fearfal aod terrible witness of the destrootifsoess of the artillery. All day oor stretcher bearers were busy osrryiog dowo men 11 1 FOOD FOR SHELLS. London, Feb 1 ?Accounts of tbe battle of Spoio kop continue to filter in All testify to tbe terrifio Boer fire Several estimates that tbe total loeeee of Geo Bailer' turning move meat will amount approximately to 1,600 When reinforcements arrived tbe troopa were much cramped on tbe top of Spion kop Preparations were made below to secure tbe position, guns were on the way and engineers bad been ordered op to atrengtben the entrenchments Col Thorneyoroft waa not aware of thia when he ordered the retirement, and he actually met tbe artillery comoig up Gen Woodgate waa wounded about 2 o'clock in tbe afternoon Even then be protrated that be waa all right and had to be held dowo on the stretcher It ie reported that the Boer com n.er.der at first inaieted on the release of eome Boer prisoners before he would permit the English to collect their wounded A curious incident ia related of the fighting on Jan 24 One of the Lan casters while firing from the prone position, bad hia head taken clean cfT by a eheil To the amazement of his comrades the headless trunk quietly rose, stood upright a few seconds and thru Ml L?odon. F*b 2, 4 30 a tn. ? Mr Wyndham'a remarkable deolaratt.in io tn*? house of dromon* today that Great Britain will hare 10 a fortnight a total $A 218 000 ti^ors in South Afrija, with 542 guns, is receired with wonderment. All i?'o now there, etoept shout 18, 000 that ar<< sfl)at B*yond oi.nitiari ?nn, ibis is the largear force Great Britain has ever put into tbe field. At the rod of tho Crirrean w?. *ho had scraped together 80,000 men Wo! iingum st Waterloo bad 25,000. K 'Uglily speaking, only 80,000 men are et the front, Ten thousand others bate bssn lost and 10,000 are shut up at Ladysmith. Kiolodiog tbaae, ibsra are 70,000 st and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou SR. S. C, WEDNESD troops who have not yet been io aotioo, io addition to those at Fea. Why bo many have oot yet beeo eogaged ie explained by the lack of land trans portatioo and the organization .of tup plies, to wbioh Lord Roberts is devot? ing experience sod Lord Kitchener his geoius for details It seems as though the weight of these masses mast destroy the equilibrium wbiob now holds the British foroes stationary wherever tbey are to eootaot with the Boer army Liok of traosports and organisation will o.'t explain adequately, why when geosrats at ths froot reqosst reiofotoe meot, thsy got them io rsthsr small numbers Koowlsdge is slowly peoe tratiog to London that large garrisons most be kept io Cape Colony to hold dowo the Caps Dateh, who, ss every? one knows, oateambcr the British residents 3 to 2 The war office this evening oompletee the list ot ths British casualties at Spioo kop by announcing ths names of 215 mitaiog men of various regiments, including 137 members of ths Lao oashire Foiileere. It is generally supposed Geo. Butler is maturing another attempt to reaoh Ladyemith. A letter aopears to day from a Haooveriao offioer, formerly of the Tweoty-seoood German infantry, but oow among the military advisers of the Boers, whtoh says that nearly 10,000 trained European soldiers, including quite 800 officers, are among the Boers. Referring to the military situation at Ladysmith, the offiser says : "Owing to the strength of our posi? tion, oo a oyolo or heights, like Sedao. ws oaooot be brushed aside except by a relief column outnumbering us two to ooe " Owiog to ths discovery that oottno khaki is ioeuffiotsot proteotioo for troops sleeping oo the Sooth Afrioso plains, the goveromeot is startiog to reolothe ths foroes io the field with wooleo khaki and has already ordered 95 000 suits io Glasgow alone Canon Farmer, who was forced to leave Pretoria with other British elergymen, has arrived io London With reference to Oharies E Maernm, the former United States ooosul st Pretoria, Caooo Farmer said to a repressotstivs of ths Associated Press : "Mr Maernm was ooe of the last men I saw before leaviog. I told bim be was takiog the wroog side aod did oot understand Americao feeling His ohief oare seemed to be for bis personal safety, aod I tbiok it was chiefly on that aocouot that he left io the mid?t of the orisis He is oot a stroog man aod President Kroger may have taken advantage of this "In regard to Blake's so called volooteers, tbey are like Mr B ako, mostly burghers who would have been obliged'to fight any way Mr Maorutn told ms there were 5 000 Americans in the Transvaal, most of whom th* United States was glad to get rid of " Pretoria, Caooo Farmer added, mas provisioned for two years In the absence of exciting war news the nation aod the newspapers have bad tims to discover the otter Isok of relstisB sxistiog between the feeliog o' the people aod the temper of the gov? eromeot, as demonstrated io parlia meot, where, instead of relieving the grave aoxiely of the ooootry by the deelaratioo of measures it is proposed to tsks io bshalf of ths national safsty> ministers oontioos to demonstrate their inability to grasp ths situation by bsstiog ths air with recriminations, self aooosatory defense aod bickering* as to the degree of responsibility at? tachable to tbs respective departments of tbe goveromeot The disgust, al most dospair, noticeable oo all sides, is voieed by tbe ultra ministerial organ The Globe, which says : "The heart of tbe empire teems par? alysed, while its extremities are io fall vigor. Thus fsr only one statesmen ic the front rank has struok tbe right note sod thst is Lord Koseberry." There will be a total eclipse of the suo May 28tb, 1900. According to Prof B.gelow tbe path of the shadow will begio at sunrise over tbe Paoifio occao just west of Mexioe. extend thenoe northeast over the Southern States from New Orleans to Norfolk, orossiog tbo middle portions of tbe North Atlantic ocean to Portugal and terminating near tbe northern end of the Read Sea at sunxet. A fine new oi'y bail is the latest gift of Charles Broadway Route, tho blind millionaire of New York, to his naiive town. Winchester, Va. It will bo one of tho tnndtfornest utruo'uie.s of its knd in tho State It will gosl about $50,000, of which Mr Route gave $;;o 000 -?^?? Tbo Atlantic Coast Lumber Company has purohased iho Grnrgo'own aud Westorn Riiitoad from Georgetown to Lin u, and have also purohat"w] two steamers to ply between Georgetown and New York A man at Bridgeport, Conn, looking at tin crowd at the statiou platform to meot Mr Bryan, said : "A man who oan get them out like this in January is a dangerous proposition to fool with io November." ? MW _ Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's AY. FEBRUARY 7,1 MOVEMENT OF BOERS AND OTHER SIGNS Indicate Another Advance by Bailer- Free State In? vasion. London, Feb 3, 4 10 a. m ?Helio grama flashed from Ladyemitb three days ago say that the Boer invest ment lines tben were thinning and that the beaiegera were moving in foroe toward the Tagela, indicating that a collision was expected there This intelligence bears out other signs tbat Qeo Butler purposed a fresh attack The war office reveals nothing of what hae happened in Natal With out exception the military critics regard with dismay the prospect of a renewal of the assaults unless Gen Buller has been heavily reinforced, and there ie nothing to indicate that this is the case Lord Kitchener baa been traveling from army to army in northern Gape Colony, and Gen French, by instructions, is now in Gape town consulting with Lord Roberta Large engineering con? structions are proceeding at Modder river, suggesting that Lord Methu en a fortified camp has been selected as the base from which to invade ibe Free State. Numerous sidings, plat? forms and warehouses are being built, and a permanent railway bridge is weli.advanced German etategists assort that the topogrsphy of the country would make invasion easier from Kimberley and the district northward than from the more rugged region of Sterkstroom or Golesberg ??BOBS" WANTS MORE MEN London, Feb 2.?Dispatches from eeveral points in Sooth Africa merely tell of desultory shell firing and the movements of patrols, though Cape Town mentions a rumor that Gen French hae captured 800 Boers, where and when not being announc? ed. Sensational rumors are current tbat the militia ballot act will be put in force Feb 14th, and that Gen Lord Roberts, the commander in chief of the British forces in South Africa, has cabled for 90,000 additional men. which it is added, the government haa promised to give him, sending 50,0o0 militia and volunteers, and 40 000 militia reserves It is also said that the volunteers will be mobilized forthwith. It is even asserted today, that the cabinet has specially dealt with these mat ters The Gazette this evening says it is the queen's intention to confer the Victoria cross on Capts Congreve and Reed, Lieut Roberts and Corpo? ral Nurse for their attempts to save, the guna at the battle of Colenso. THE MAFEKING REPORT. Lorenzo Marquee, Feb 1 ?A dis patch from Gaberones, dated Jan 23, describing a recoonoisaaoce of some of Col Plumer's forces around the Boer laager southward, seems to dispose of the story that M aft king has been relieved On that date the Rhodesiana captured two Transvaal flags and drove off the Boer outposts before returning to Gaberones DOUTHIT RESIGNS. Having Been Vindicated by the Senate He Does Not Want the Place Longer. State Liquor Commissioner J B Douthit has resigned his position, the resignation to take cflvot immediately. His eleotion was confirmed only a few days ago by tbo senate by a vote of 19 to 16, and it seems that be wis waiting for this vindication only Hid letter of resignation is as follow*.: To tho Hooorable Stare B>ard of Control : I beroby tender my resignation of office of State commissioner, and ask that it bo accepted at your next meet ing. I beg to pay that my resignation wouid have been handed you as sooo as I was viodiested ny your board but fog tho rrquest of some ot your members that I oontinuo nntil your meeting in .January. At that time I r. luo at My oooaeotad to continue until your Febra ary meeting, but my private affairs demanded my attention and 1 r ow ask tbat you accpt my resignation Since my vindication by rho senate I oannot aooaent to servo y?>u longer, an you know I have only fought for per? sonal vindication, and my resignation has been at your eommmand t ver mnoe o)7 vindication by you And sinoe my confirmation by the senato I now onsiricr it complete, and insist on retiring. I would have mado this insistance sooner hut for the fact that owing to the uncertainty as to too action of the general assembly you oould not sooner supply my plaoe with a competent man. J. B Douthit and Truth's." thk 1 900. Sew The General Assembly. Columbia. Jan 31 ?On Tuesday (be house adopted Mr Parton's resolution looking to a ooostitotiooai amendment by which bonded cities oould under take oity water works, by a vote of 104 to 10. exempting certain cities Mr Baoot seoured the passage of tbe bill repealiog tbe amendment to tbe primary law, by whiob io Charleston it was required that rotors io tbe primary should have registration certificates, whiob prerequisite is not required else? where io the State in State aod eoooty primaries The resolution allowing a suit to be brought against tbe State by tbe Caro? lina National Bank for tbe reoovery of the valoe of two notes, eodorsed by ?Col Neal, as superintendent, ras adopt ed after considerable discussion. SENATE The Appett local option bill was killed in the Senate today by a vote of 25 to 12 Another bill of importance was discussed and also rejected It refer? red to the manner of assessing property for taxation Tbe night session opened with the further consideration of the Graydon dispensary bill Tbe Mayfield sub stitute was tsken up, tbe pending motion being an amendment to it by Senator Henderson providing for the appointment of tbe board of directors by the Governor. Senator Archer offered an amend? ment that the Senate elect one mem ber of the board ot directors, who shall be chairman, and tbe House to elect two, all of whom must be men of good moral char acter They shall serve for two years and shall receive tbe per diem and mileage of membere of the Legislature, to be paid oat of die peussry funds, and they shall meet end take their oath ten days after tbe approval of the Act He said that by having separate elections be thought there would not be so mach chance of political influence being; brought to bear. Tbe election of a chairman by tbe Senate would cer tainly obviate the usual political squabble for that position His plan would create a friendly rivalry be? tween the two bouses to secure tbe beet business men The yess and nays being demand? ed the amendment was adopted by 25 to 11 Columbia, Jan 31 ?When the house met this morning the senate reported that it had killed Mr Hy drink's, insurance bill and also tbe bill relative to township boards of assessors At the instante of Dr Wyche a number of claims on which favorable reports were made were taken up and passed without the formality of printing and going on the calendar Reports that were unfavorable or divided went over on the calendar. Tbe house look up its third resd ing bills There had to be u yea and nay vote on the joint resolution to provide for the constitutional amend? ment relative to bonding certain cities and towns On the yea and nay vote 96 members voted for the final passage of the resolution, and Messrs Gamble and Ragsdale voted against the resolution Eighty three votes were necessary for tbe passage of the resolution, so with tbe 96 votes tbe resolution goes to tbe senate for agreement There was a brief discussion on Mr Robinson's little bill to recognize teachers' certificates in tbe various counties. It finally went through, as did all the bills down for tbe third reading Mr Prince of Anderson called up his prohibition bill Mi Magill wanted to recommit the bill for a definite ieport This was voted down Mr DeBtubl moved to indefinitely postpone the bill and said there was no use to discuss the matter as it had been thoroughly discussed last year A yea and nay vote was called for by Mr Williams, which resulted : Yeos 79, nays 26 The bill was ordered to its third reading, without any * amendment, and gives all towns local boards of assessors Mr Fairey of Orangeburg again brought tip his bill relative to the burning of deed swine He argued that the bill was ot much importance He read from the national bureau in support of his bill The only way to prevent the spread of the diseases of hogs is to burn or destroy the hogs The house refused to kili the bill by an overwhelming vote The bill Absolutely .> Makes the food more deli jOVM BAKING SOjjQI ?l E SOUTH KON, Established June ) Series-Vol. XIX. So. 28 went to itB third reading as follows : That whenever any 6wiue shall die from any natural couse whatever the owner of owners of such dead swinef upon notice thereof, shall immediate? ly burn or bury, or cause to be burn? ed or buried, such dead swine, and when buried it shall be put not less than three feet from the surface of the earth That the owner or owners of any dead swine who shall violate the pro? visions of the precediog shall be guilty of a miademeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not more than one hundred dol? lars or be imprisoned for a period of not more than thirty daya. The committee on railroads re? ported unfavorably on the petition of of H R Thomas to investigate the * railroad commission. The committee reported tbat it bad inquired into the matter and found no occaaion for the investigation asked for The com mittee found nothing in the charges Mr Jooea bad a bill to repeal the cotton seed license bill for Clar? endon County He could not see why Somter and Orangeburg were eternally fighting the bill. Clarendon wanted to run ita own affairs. Mr Fairey said he has been here four yeare and thie was the fifth time he bad spoken against the bill. Orangeburg did not want Clarendon to have a wide open policy as to seed cotton ?lr Wilson, of Sumter, thought it useless to always be killing the same bill He opposed this bill because of the interests of bis people Mr Wilson said be had letters from Clarendon thanking him for opposing the bill The biil was killed by a decisive vote. 8ENATE The senate has at last embodied its ideas of what the dispensary law should be io a bill to be sent to the bouse There are some details yet to be arranged, but the main features have been disposed of so far as the senate is eoooerned It has been remarked tbat the debate bss been characterized throughout by tbe best spirit and ojtbiog ipitefol or calculated to offend any one ha* been said or done. As it now stands the proposed law is like this : The present board is abolished and a board to be elected separately by sen? ate and bouse, is to constitute a board of directors. Tbe man of good moral character, to be elected by tbe senate, is to he chairman, and the two to be elected by tbe boose are tbe other members They are to get the pay of members of the legisiature The commissioner is to be elected by the general assembly ; is to serve two years ; is to receive $3 000 salary. He is to give a $75,000 bond, io three surety oompaoies, each bond to be $25,000, and is to have general control of tbe management of the State dispen? sary. County boards are to be elected by the State board, as at present, with the exception tbat it is to be dooe by and with tbe consent of the senate County dispecsers are to be elected by county boards Constables at present serviog and to be appointed are to give a bond of $500 for tbe faithful performance of their doty. Tbe State board of directors are still to fix tbe prrfic to be made by tbe State and by the oouoty dispensaries on liquor sold. Aq unfavorable report was made on the boose bill reducing tbe fertiliser tax -?^? BW Another Move in Carter Case. Washington, Feb 1.?The papers in the case of Capt Carter were received at the supreme court today The application for a writ, of oertiorari will have to be made Mooday Tbe peti? tion for u writ of cenioraii is present? ed by Ab abam J Rose The iwi. third annual meeting of the South Carolina Young Men'a Christian association will convene at Greenwood on Feb 8, 9, 10 and 11./ All Christian men of the -t?te are invited In towns where there are no associations, young meti, by bringing ietters from their pastors, will receive the same courtesies us? ually extended to delegates. The levees on both sides (f the Mississippi are of sufficient egteat that :f they were built io a single si;;iight iino they wouM be p.bout 1,300 miles long, or long enough to stretch the greater part of the distance between N 'W O leans and New York. ?^"????a?"a?BoaaHJCBn ?u LBaking Powder URE icious and wholesome a co., new yoaa,_