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ras ionn watch maw. unwuh?! Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. ?be ?flatchm?m an? Sontbron, fubliafcad Brtry WtlnaarUy, I . O. Osteen, 8UMTER, 8. C. TIRMB : $1.50 par tooam?to advance. 0?v? Square tint inserfon.$100 tv?rr subsequent insertion. SO Coatract* for three months, or longer wil he made at reduced ratet. All commaoteatlone which subserve private latereet? will be charged for at adfertiemeots. Obituaries aod tribute* of respects will be ebarged for THE AFRICAN WAR. No Confirmation of the Re? ported British Disaster. Loodoo, April 12. 5 10 a. at ? Tiara ia littla fresh intelligence from the aast of war ia Soath Afriaa. It looks aa though Lord Roberts may ba preparing to take a atroog foroa to alaar the Boars from behiod bim. A Cap* Town dispatoh says ba will tot more for soother week, owiog to las aeteteUy of gaibariog storas aod tips! tee Sir William Qataara's sudden ra morsl ia ike tbsme of mash specula Istw. Tkn eert manner in wbioh it is eaaeaaoed eaasas moob oommeot. The gaaarsl itnpreaiton is that it it toaasoted with Iba Redderebarg affair, altboagh there art nseoy who aoosidar that there matt ba something mach mere sertoas, at otbtr generali ia Soath Afriaa here beeo retained in eommeod after blunders more formid ?hie than Gstaara't Taa war offioe bat rtatiftd no news of the deal* of Ool Badeo Powell aod alter I y diieredits Iba ramor Tit operation! ia Natal bsva not yat baao fally aiplsinad Tbara sppeara to bare beeo aa attempt to oatflaok the British at Elaedsleegte aad to atftr them from their baas at Lady smith. Loodoo, April 12 ?The Bloemfon tetu oorreepoodsnt of The Times tele grspbiag Wednesday, says : 4'It is aaaoaaeed ia geatral orders that Qto 8ir Herbert Gkermeido b*s beeo appointed ta the eommsnd of tbt Third division vise Qeo Sir William Getatre 'ordered home to Boglaod.* "Gen Brsbsnt'i foroe ie eoofldent of betsf able to bald oat. "The Boers, after showing consider? able dash, have wstored oo reaching the laal ieeae aod have etrook at last the vital point, where tbey are greatly kaadieapped by their proximity to the Beeo to border. "Owiog to the etrategieal eoooeotra tions si see the eoemy's movements bees me defined there oeed be little aaiiety ?? to the safety of the Cape border. N > orgeaind iovasioo of Cape Colony ie aow p .teible eioept onder aitreme riebe, which Commaodaot Olivier ie not likely to take, especially aa hie boreee are reported to be greatly oxheaitsd " FIGHTING AT BLANDSLAAGTE Ladyemitk, Taetdty, April 10 ?The Boom opened Ire tbie morning early eeadiag eheile ioto the British eamp at Blesueleagte from tbreo poeitioae widely separated. Tka shells did ao dsmsge. The troops moved oat to reconnoitre aad foaad the Boers ia a atroog foroe aad well fortified. A naval 4.7 inch iaab gaa repSed "> the Boers, who bate agaia plated a Long Tom to post tioa Another eommaod was seen moving toward ton British left, apparently with the iateatioo of flanking them bat the British shells foreed them to retire The British ndvanoe pickets were eoatieaelly saiped bot few casualties nave been reported. la the afteraooo the oavsl brigsde agaia fired a few shells It ie ramored that a body of Boers bat getkertd soatbwtst of Elende laagta wttb tka appareat intention of eatitag tke Briiieb line of rommauitt ttoat BRITISH CASUALTIES. Ludaa, April 11 ?Tke war ofiee siaaed ibis afteraooo a ret am of the total British easaalites op to April 7 It wet aa follows : Killed ia aetioa 211 officers and 1.960 pjCh ; died of woaodt 48 rfieers aad 466 men : missing and prteoeera, 168 offioers aad 3,722 meo ; died of disease 47 officers aad 1,485 mea ; aaaideatal daatkt, 8 offioers tod 84 rata ; repatriated iavaltds, 288 officers aad 4 984 men ; total. 18.865, stelaaive of tka siek aod weaoded aow la keepitele. To the war offioe retaros of eaeoaltiet taasl be added the loeaee of the last week aad tke woaoded aggregating sbost 10.000. makiag a graed total of apwarde of 28,000 offieerr aod men pat oat ist ion. BIG GUNS FOR THE BOERS Loodoo April 11 ?Tke torrsspoad eat tf the Tita at at Loareaio Msrqoee, ^jfjiitii|wiflg Header, sera: -Trial. April. IS40. "Be Jus SUMr. worth? refugees assert that the Boors recently obtained" st lets' thirty pieces of artillery. some of largo oatibre, wbioh were brought ov/erlaod as maohioery (ram a West Afrijan port. Kight of thf a * guns were dispatched to the r\-ej State a week ago. The Boer officials opeoly boast tbat tbey have loooeeded io stnogKling amoauoition through Portuguese territory. Roberts Reports Garrison Holding; out. Reinforce? ments Sent up. London, April 11 ?Lord Roberta wirea to the war offin? from Bloem fontein under date of Tuesday, April 10, as follows: "The enemy have been very active during the paet few days One commando is now on the north bank of Orange river, not far from Aliwal North, while another is attacking Wepener The garrison is I holding out bravely and has inflicted serious loss on Boers Maj Springe I of the Cape mounted troops waa I killed. No other casualties have been reported as yet The troops ?re being moved up rapidly A partol of six men of the Seventh Dragoon Guards, under Lieut Weth erly, which bad been reported miss? ing ainoe April 7, baa returned aafeiy " At the foregoing does oot mention the alleged British reverse on Satur day at Meerkatifontein, the Boer teiegrama are not credited at the war office and they are further discredited on account of the discrepancies io the dispatches, as Meerkatsfontein in one meessge is located oear Brand fort, and io toother it located south? east of Bloem fontein, the place a be og 100 mi lea apart Roberts Said to bo Prepar? ing to Crush the Boers. London, April 13, 4 05 a m ?In a roundabout way London hears thtt Lord Roberts, wheo wiring to the Prince of Wales at Copenhagen con gratulatione upon hit esctpe from aeeaesinstion, added two or three bopefol sentences portending to early tdvtoce with wide reaching combi? nation* Quiet attortnoet tre ptssed troood among military men thtt Lord Roberts it employing hit greet trmy effectively tod thtt the adventurous commandoes tre likely to be enmesh? ed Scraps of newt?a detail here and aoother there?have reached Eogland tonight over comparatively idle cables, bot they do oot illuminate th* aitoation The colonials at Wepener still hold off the Boen Lord Methoeo hta worked eattward until be it within 30 miles of Krooosttd Boer scouts Ijave gone troood Ladystoith tod have appeared at Dewdrop and other placet on Gen Boiler's flanks tnd rear The officers of Boiler's irrego lar horae estimste the Boers in Ntttl itt 18 000, bat these figures tre prob ably excessive, 10,000 beiog regtrd cd here at the outside number Afier Gen Hart's brigade leaves him Gen Boiler will still have cloae upon 35.000 roeo It it generally assumed that tbia brigade it going to join Lord Roberta, but itt destination in really unknown The Boert have issued a note to Portugal repardiog the used by the British of the Beira route for trans? portation of troops to Rhodesia tnd this msy, if the Boers ?61 against Portugsl, lead Great Britsin to land troops at Lorenzo Marques. This possibility has been seriously dis? cussed and is referred to at length in the morning pspers today The work of the Boer peace com missiooers has begun Mr Fischer has asked Italy to intervene and the Italian minister of foreign affairs, the Marquis di Visconti Venost a, has replied that while he would receive the envoys, the best he oould do would be to trtntmit their propostlt to London thoa following the ooorae of the United States Sir Alfred Milner, wheu replying to t depotttioo of olegymeo in Cape Town yetterdty (liioreday), said: M 'Never sgaio' most be the motto of til thinking tod humane men, but oot from Iott of nonquest or t desire to trample oo th<> gallant, if miagoid ?d There mos1 be oo compromise or pttchwork io the settlement, sod oo opportunity U * misunderstanding, lotrigoe, the revival of impossible ambition, or the accumulation of enormous srmamsnts "The Britith will oo longer tolertte dissimilsr tnd antagonistic politicsl systems in t country which nature sod history have declsred to be one " In these absolute utterances of Sir Alfred Milner he spesks for the im? perial government. It ia calcolated thst Lord Roberts has now 214 000 effective troops, with 1*2,000 more afloat or under orders The wtr office has instruct ed officers not to ttke tnj more eipanr1 eg bullets to Afrioa for re? volvers. l)mon t and Fear not?Let all the End? thou j rER. S. 0.. WEDNES Hildyard Steyn, brother of Presi? dent Steyn, in the course of so in? terview at Bloemfontein, said : "The original war plan of the Boers was to overrun all Gape Colony, but on becoming involved in the sieges of Kimberley and Ladysmith, the burgh? ers found the design spoiled. To this 1 attribute the Boer failure to conquer the British. I expect the war to last until Christmas " The seventh month of the war is beginning with Eastertide, and the morning paper editorials expatiate upon the need of soberness. Roberts Reports Check of Advance on His Commu? nications. London. April 14, 4.15 a. in ? "The forward movement of the Boers is checked," says Lord Roberta. This is taken to mean, not by fighting but by dispositions to bead off further advanoe and bar thoir way to vulnera? ble points in the line of British commu? nications. Relief is on the wsy to Wepeoer. Tbe Boers in Natal appear ineapablo ef developing an aggressive movement at Elaodslasgte Lord Methuen is at Zwartkopfootsio, 12 miles east of Boshof, aod is Bond? ing small awift oolumos through the adjaoeot oouotry. Lard Chsahtm, i commanding one of these, encountered a small oommando about too miles southeast of Zwsrtkopfooteio. He found most of the farms oooopied by women sod obildren only Ao editorial note io the Daily Mail avers that Mafskiog is io a very bad way aod that the hope Of relief is fsr off, ea uo foree is sdvaooiog from the south. Tbe war office announces that foor thoosaod horses will arrive at the Capo this week. It is wall ooderstood that tbe aoimals are oot fit for work until about too days after the voyage. Two thousand more are doe at the Cape next week Tbo war office has oslled oot the reserve ooompaoies of several infantry battalions which will bo sent to Sooth Afrioa forthwith Tbe Boer pesos envoys have docu? ments?the Rome oorrsspondent of tbe Daily News ssys?ehowiog that orgeot advaooes to the Transvaal to wage war wars originally made by Germany. This correspondent also asserts that Count voo Buelow, the German foreigo minister, who wss said to have gone on a visit to a siok brother, really went to Milan for the express purpose of con? ferring with the delegates. London, April 13, 9 10 p. m ? The war office has received the following dispatch from Gen Roberts : "Bloemfontein, April 13, 1 30 p. m. tbe eoemy's movements south have beeo checked. Wepeoer is still sur roooded but tbe little garrison is hold? ing out well. Troops are being moved to their assistance "Tbe health of tbe troops is good aod tbe elimate perfeot " BOERS CHANGING TACTICS London, April 14 ?The Bloera fontein correspondent of The Morn iog Post telegraphing Thursday, says : "The enemy have evidently de termined to adopt entirely new tac? tics Tbe columns are known to be moving to the south of Bloemfon tein. They are relying on Cspe carte .'or transport and are carrying scarcely any forage and only suffi cient food to meet the immediate requirements of the convoy with ox transport following at a secure die tsnce The Boer columns are thus enabled to move almost as quickly as cavalry. "It is reported that there are 9,000 Boers to tbe south of Dewet'e drop The force extends from tbst point to Odenhsll The burghers who had returned to their farms are undoubt? edly rejoining tbe enemy. "Lord Roberts has appointed the Doke of Marlborough to be assist aot military secretary at headquar? ters ? London, April 14 ?The Daily Telegraph has tbe following from Elandslaagte dated April 13: "Tbe Boers are ohaogiog their tactics and are moving from Glencoe west ward with a view of threatening our lines of communication to Lady smith. Od Toesday a oorps of Carbineers and another of Thorneyoroft'e Horse narrowly esosped being cot off, owing to the treaobery of a Kaffir and a native guide " FIGHTING AT WEPENER. Bloemfontein, April 13 ?Accounts received here of the fighting of the troops under Col Dalgety st Wepe ner show the Boers attacked them vigorously but were repulsed with grest loss The *ere subsequently relinquished the attack and it is ssid here they are returning north wards mmmMbbs* ???? -+MWmm~? Dr K A Alderman, president of the University of North Caroline, has beeo sleoted president of Tolaoe Uni veraity^ New Orleaoa. I liins't at, be thy Country's, thy God's DAY. APRIL IS, 19( Bradstreet's Review of Trade for the Week. Backward Spring Weather Retarded Distribution. Now York, April 13 ?Bradatreet's tomorrow will say : Backward spring weather conditions have figured con eiderably in distributive trade reports this week, and, in connection with some weakness in prices of leading staples, have imparted an appear* arjce of irregularity to the generai situation Another one of those downward swings In the prices of agricultural staples is exhibited this week in slightly lowered prices for the cereals, partly because of the bearish position of immediate sup plies and partly because of the better than expected government crop re? port, which is taken to indicate a possible winter wheat yield in excess of all records The crop outlook as a whole favors the expectation of large yields of wheat, corn and cot? ton. Corn and oats have sympathized with the reaction in pork products, which reaction, however, has not been universal, as shown by the fact that lard is at the highest point reached on the present boom. Cotton exports in March were three times those of a year ago in value and for seven months are 7 per cent greater in value, while 23 per cent smaller in quantity. Evidences accumulate that active missionary work in favor of lower prices for iron and steel is at last bearing fruit. Pig iron is no lower and atocks as a whole are claimed to be no larger than a month ago, but steel products have weakened notice ably daring the week, billets noting the sharpest decline, with correspond? ing decreases in some other products. The other metals show little change on the week, copper being in con? tinued good demand and firm, while tin is speculatively weaker and lead is strong at previous prices The hardware trade return* good reports as a whole, relatively best advices coming from western distributive centres A slight upward swing in cotton is tc be noted this week and southern mills have officially advanced prices. On the other hand, while the mills are active on old orders new busi dobs is reported of smaller volume dome more ioquiry is noted in raw wool, without, however, affecting values appreciably. The strength of raw sugar is a reflection ch'efjy of the fact that a considerable shortage is looked for in the supplies of cane sugsr, not only In Cuba, but in the far east. The msrgin between raw and refined allows of no profit at present quotations. Anthracite coal is rather weak at the decline showo from the winter list price, but bitu? minous is strong and active, particu? larly on foreign account Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 2,896 653 bushels, against 3,836,063 bushels last week, 1,983,619 bushels in the corresponding week of 1899 ; 4,425, 302 bnshels in 1898 ; 1.344.012 bushels in 1897 and 2 017,579 bush? els in 1896 Since July 1 this eea son the exports of wheat aggregate 153.906,296 bushels against 190,329, 159 bushels last yesr and 188,271,530 bushels in 1897-98 Coro exports tor the week sggregated 2,799,443 bushels against 4.361,591 bushels last week, 2,666,125 bushels in this week a year ago, 4 061,194 bushels in ls98 ; 2.323,485 bushels in 1897 and 1,074,542 bushels in 1896. Since July 1 this season corn exports aggregate 162,922,049 bush? els against 133,955,804 bushels dur ing the same period a year ago and 143,769,843 bushels in 1897-98 Business failures for the week number 152 as compared with 182 in the United States bet week, M43 in this woek a year ago and 215 in 1898 ; 195 in 1897 and 244 in 1896. Failures in the Diminion of Canada for the week number 35 as compared with 25 last week and in this week a year ago, 27 in 1898, 39 in 1897 and 34 in 1896. Washington, April 9 ?Io the case of Edward B Wesley vs Howard Peeles, the Uoited States supreme court today deoided that a specific performance of a oootraot oo the part of,' a parohaser of property could out be enforoed wheo it is fouad that the purobaaer is buying a law suit The oaso iovolved the validity of revenue bond eorip issued by the State of South Carolina nine years since, but this point was oot deoided by the opinion. London, April 10 ?The Cape Towo correspondent of The Daily Mail tele graphing Sunday, says : "I bavo re eoived information to the effeot that negotiable eeourities of the valui of 130,000 pounds, which woro lodged by law with the Free State government by foreign insurance companies, hive din appeared The New York Mutual Life losaraooe company has issued a warn? ing against dealiog io then." and Truth's." TBK ' DO. New TIME TO CUT SOME WAR TAXES. Collecting Eighty Millions More Than He Can Ex- . pend. Washington, April 10 ?The Beere? tary of the treasury today sent to congress his reply to the house reso? lution of April 2d, which called for information as to whether, in bis opinion, the present revenue taws are creating and will continue to create a surplus in the treasury, and if so, to what extent at the eud of the current fiscal year, also his estimates of the probable receips of the trea sury from all sources of revenue for those years, and also the amount of internal revenue taxes received under the war revenue act upon articles not heretofore taxed. The secretary in his reply estimates the surplus for the fiscal year ending June 20,1900, at $70,000,000 as fol? lows : Receipts?Customs, $233,000,000; internal revenue, $292,000,000 ; mis? cellaneous. $35,000,000. Total, $560,000,000. Expenditures?Civil, $14,000,000, war, $135.000,000 ; nav/, $55 000, 000 ; Indians, $11,000,000 ; pen? sions. $143.000,000 ; interest, $42, 000,000. Total, $490,000,000. The surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901, is estimated at $82,000,000, as follows : Receipts, customs $240,000,000 ; internal rev enoe, $300,000,000 ; miscellaneous, $37.000,000. Total, $577.000,000. Expenditures, civil, $115 000,000 ; interest. $40,000,000. Total, $495, 000.000. Total internal revenue taxes re? ceived under the war revenue act upon articlea not heretofore taxed was $79,055.249 This amount includes $45,724,541 for the fiscal year 1899 and $33,330, 708 for the first nine months of fiscal year 1900. Under schedule "A" $38,618,081 is given for 1899 and $37,439,622 for first six months of fiscal year 1900 ; under schedule "B' $5,219,727 and $3,403,800 ; legacies $1,235,4S5 and $1,660,872 ; excise tax, $643 446 aud $820,010 ; mixed flour, $7,841 and $6 314. READY FOR WAR. Managua, Nicaragua, March 26 ? The warlike movements which for several months past have been going on in three of the Central American states, Salvador and Costa Rica on the one side, and Nicaragua ou the other, large numbers of men being impressed into the army of each state and drilled daily have reached a condition of completeness. But the indications now sre thst there will be no war at present or in the near future, owing, in part to the fact that while Salvador has much the largest and best equipped and drilled army, there' is danger that if the war is commeoced by Salvador, a strong revolution will develop in that country against President Regalado or that if Nicaragua takes the initi? ative and attempts to attack Salvador 'the people of that country will unite as one man in support of President Regalado aud Costa Rica will invade Nicaragua from the south. The United States minister to Costa Rica. Nicarauga aud Salvador, William L Merry, is at present temporarily residing in Managua He is having frequent conferences with President Zslaya, the object of which is said to be the peaceful settlement of the difficulties between the three countries to which he is accredited Prioce.on. N. J , April 10.?Prof Charles A Young, head of the as? tronomical department, announced today that Prof William Libbey will go to Wadesboro, N C, tomorrow to make the preliminary arrange? ments for the Princeton party, which will view the total eclipse of the sun at that place on May 28 The party will leave Princeton on May 19. Petersburg, Va, April 10?Tonight about 10 o'clock the large leaf tobaeoo faotory occupied by W. G Duoniogtoo k Co, in this oiiy, and oootaioing over a million pounds of the finest tobaooo, purchased for the Austrian Govern meot, was, with its oooteote, totally destroyed bv fire. The loss is esti? mated at $100,000 Several small houses in thu vioioity were also destroy? ed The fire originated in the boiler room Rot* Absolutely t Makes the food more de SOVAI RAKINO POW1 rKUK SOUTHRON, Kctabltahed Jone. 1S*>6 Series-Vol. XIX. So. 38 A New Law Wanted So That Justice May Not b8 Cheated as in Recent Cases. Washington, April 13 ?Sorno time ago proceedings were icidtituted by the department of justice to secure the removal to Savannah, Ga, of Benjamin D Green. John V , William T. and Edward H. Gayoor and Miobael A. Connolly, who were indicted by the grand jary of the United States district ooort of Georgia for conspiring to defraud the United States upon two oootracts relating to harbor improve? ments at Savannah and Cumberland sound. The Uoited States commission er at New York, where the defendants wore apprehended, held in effect that the certified copy of the Georgia iodiot ment, followed by the identification of the defendants, was sufficient to josttfy their removal District Judge Addison Brown, however, held to the contrary aod further, that the government was required by affirmative proof, to make out a oase of probable guilt and that the defendants were entitled to go fully into defense and to prodnoe evideooe on their part to rebut the presumption of guilt raised by the proofs ef the govern* ment. THE CUSTOM HOUSE SCANDAL. Washington, April 12 ?Io regard to the abolishment of the office of chief inspector aod boarding officer of the port of Charleston, Assistant Secretary Spauldiog said this morning that it bad no politioal significance whatever, aod also that there was no ooooeotion with the recent developments io the Charles* torn Custom Hoo6e matter. He esid the relief of Mr Wilkinson eame as the I result of the reoommeodatioo of two special officers who Ware 6eot to inquire into the amount of work dooe by that office, and they had reported that the business of the Custom House did oot warrant the keeping of a board? ing offioer. WHAT ALL CHARLESTON KNOW8. ??As far as I know," said Mr Spaald iog, "Mr Wilkinson is a man of very good character and he has filled the oUve of chief iospeotor aod boarding rffioer very satisfactorily for the depart* ment. This move has no politioal significance aod it is only because there is oot enough work to bo dooe to keep suob an offioer busy. The report from Mr Mac :e, the special inspect ir sent to ioqut. :nto the alleged hiding of contraband .iqaor in the Castom House, was just received by me on Toesday aod I have taken no steps io the matter yet It will be two or three weeks yet before the report is made public aod the guilty offioers removed, but there was no mention of Mr Wilkinson's name in the report and he bad nothing whatever to do with the liquor." R M L. mmm ? ?*>-*> ? SSW SMALLPOX AT WHITNEY. Gov MoSweeney has reoeived a letter from Mr Joo B Cleveland, of Spartan burg, in which hessystbe oaaoagcmeot had been earing for the smallpox situa? tion at Whitney mills, and beloved they had it pretry well uoder coorol. He adds that many of the soffererei are poor people The management is help? ing them as far as possible, hut suggests that the State board give some assietance. Gov MoSweeney wrote Mr Cleveiaod that he had referred the letter to Dr James Evans of the Stat board. ?The State, April 14 Aikeo, April 11 ?Two eolorcd pris MLcrs named George and John Mcilan broke oui of the Aikeo jail Saturday and escaped. When the jailor brought them their dinner they over? powered him and took bis keys aod made tbeir way to the yard. Sheriff Alderman has offered $50 rerard for their capture. Lourenz) Matques, April 10.?The Freoob steamer Caravella, Capt Lo? bourbie, from Havre, February 25, has arrived here with ooe buodted aod six passengers, inoludiog the Chicago ambulanee corps. A majority of the passengers will proceed by train to tbe Transvaal. Chesterfield. April 12 ? Tbe most sensational trial ever recorded in tbe history of Chesterfield Copnty has come to an end. Harvey aod John Jaokson have been found guilty of the murder of Cassia Boao. The jury recommend? ed meroy aod their necks are saved. j Baking Powder Hjre licious and wholesome xw co.t wtw Voss._