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ras scsrrsm watcihah. ?atas'iuhed Consolidated An*. 2t 1881. ?be fflflatcbman anb Sontjjroit FubliiAtd Srtrr Wednesday, -ir JNT. Gk Osteen, 3?MTER. 8. 0, tckms : f,1.50 per iDoam?io ndvsone. Oeo Square Brit insertion.......$1 00 ??try subsequent iosertioo. 50 Contract! for ihre? months, or longer wil be m%de at reduced ratal. All cotaoAOoicaTiont which looser? private tatsreete will be charged for at ed?ertie<neotf. Obituaries and tribatea of rettoecU will be cba*ged for. Pretoria in the Hands of the British. ,_ LORD ROBERTS AND HI3 ARMY IN THE CITY. Loodoo, Juoe 6, t 35 a m?Qaeen Victoris. surrounded by Ihe Duke sod Doohess of York, Prinoess Chris lisa, Priooess Victoria nod many other ootsblea of ber court, drank to the health of Lord Roberts aad tbe ermy el Balmoral loot evening A (reel bonfire, lighted at ber majesty 'a commend, blssod oo Orsiggown Bsoootsio, illumiostiog tbe oouotry side for miles sroood. Tbe nstion joioe la tbe total, glorifying Lord Roberts end tarbuleatly rejoicing io hie victory Tho dispstohes of Lord Roberte, telling of the iooideote l>efore the sarreoderisg of the capital by tbe cif iliaoe stand sloo?, aa the eorree poodeots with him bave not yet bad their torn with the wiree Lord Roberts' posteript snnouocing the loea of tbe Yeomany battalion name too late for the public to know it teat eveotng. The newepsper oom? atestators consider the incident de? plorable bob aa basing do weight to apeak of in the results The belief ion numbered between 400 and 500. Oen Botha nod moot of hie men fit nway from Pretoria Thie ie in (erred from Lord Roberte' message, bat Ihe presumption is thai tbe Boer oommaadsot general eaoool esespe the Brilieb dispoeitioos witbont a fight 1 Operations elsewhere teem to hove dwiodled to nothiog Gen. Baden Powell joined Gen Hooter oo Son day el Liebtenborg Sir Redvere Boiler has not moved. Bennett Beriet ;b, wiring from Jo hnnaeeberg, eeys Preeideot Kroger took ?2,000,000 in eaab to Middle berg. Mr Barleig i end Gny H Scull, an American oorreepoodent, entered Jo haeneebnrg the oigbt before Lord Roberte oooopied the oily and made a loor of it unmolested by the armed borghere The wer office bee information tbst one of the first things done by Lord Roberte after the neoopatioo of Pre toria wee to direct Gen French to relieve the Brilieb prisoners confined at 'Vatervsl Belle were rang, flsgs down end botideyo were declared all over Eng .sod The lord mayor of Loodoo b s csbled to Lord Roberte ee folio we : "The empire will never forget what yoo sod tbs forces under yoor command hsve sooomplisbed. Ac cepl the grateful coogrstolatiooa of tbs oitisens of Loodoo." IRISH BATTALION CAPTURED. London, Jons 5, 12, midnight ? Lord Roberto reports to tbe wsr office tbst tbs Thirteenth bsttslion of tbs Imperial Yeomanry (Irish) wss 1'overwhelmed by tbe Boers st Lind It*." Lord Metboeo made a magnificent msreb to tbs resons, bot was too Isle Following ie the teil of tbe die petoh : "Prelorie station, June 5, 12 55 p sa ?I regret to report tbst the Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry bad to eorreoder to a very soperior foroo of the enemy on May 31. near Lind ley. Oo receiving information of tbe bsttslion being attacked, I ordered Metboen to proceed with all spsad to its sseistsnoe "Metboen was tbsn on the march oo the Helibroo sids of Kroonetsd, sad, half an bonr after tbe receipt of my telegram oo Jone 1. be started off. By 10 a. m of tbe following day be had marched 44 miles in 25 boors bat be was too late to rescue Col Spragge'e Yeomany "Metboen attacked the Burrs, who were between 2,000 and 3.000 strong, and after a running fight of five boure, completely routed the enemy Tho Boors Retreating to tho Mountains Whoro They Have Great Stores of Am? munition and Provis? ions Losdoo, Jooe 7, 8.15 s. m ?Mili? tary ossreiios ia 8ootb Afrioa aro April, 1860. "Be Jus SUM apparently at a standstill. For a day or two tbe tired troops of Lord Roberts are resting, and be is filling tho mega lines and warehouses of his new base, Pretoria, preparatory to a long obaie afier the retiring Boers in tbe direction of the Lydenburg. Tbe cavalry are probably seeking to interoept Command? ant General Botha. Some dispatches are to band which left Pretoria Monday, while the fighting was going on outside tbe eity. They oomo by way of Loreoi) Marquee. One of them eays : "Toward the end of tbe day. when tbe big oaval guos ware shelling the southern forts, a oum ber of projectile* burst, damagiog the suburbs All day armed burghers have besn leaving Pretoria, going east. Tbe greater part of the railway rolling stoek has been removed. Qeuerel Botha w?s fightiog an essentially rear guard aetion, bis objeot being not to defend Pretoria but to delay Lord Roberts until the railway switoh bad bean eleared and the main part of tbe Boer army had started to withdraw. The British adtsnoe appears to have left open to the Boers tbe beet line nf retreat along the railway.*' Possibly tbe British have been able to out the railway before a full retire* meni wat effected. That Pretoria wonld be defended was appsrently givsn out after the oouneil of war, with a view of mialeading tbe British. Lydenburg, tbe diotriot into whiob the provisions originally deetined for Pretoria have been diverted and where a eartridge factory has been erected and reserve supplies of all sorts are stored, is a voloenio region of fertile valleys, eoelosed by gnat ramparts of preoipt that roeks, penetrated by narrow, winding pasaee There are herds of eettle in the valleys, and there is mueh native labor available for fortifying The Boere need both heavy end light artillery et Pretoria Wbet wsi sup posed to heve been the laet train out nf Pretoria arrived et Loremo Marquee Suodsy evening. Tbe pas? sengers included e number of foreign volooteere who were leav ieg the Boere end eleo the wivee and children ef Hollanders They described Pretorie ec destitute of food end olotbing. Wbet tbe Boer officials oould not teke the natives end towoepeople did Probably the meet Important Boer eray ie et Laing'e Nek, where both ?ides ere passive. Geo Ruodle eod Oei Brebeot heve withdrewo e little southward Gen Bedcn Powell has eitcnded menial lew to the Marioo end north Liehtcoburg districts. Shots were ei ebaoged between Boer and British patrols 18 miles eaet of Mafekiog on May 28 Pert of the forces letely et Pretorie s-e reported to heve gone westwerd to meet Baden Powell eod to make e show of holding the ooootry through which be and Gen Hunter ere moving A dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Newoaatle deted Tuesday, June 5, describes tbe Boere there ee an unorgeo* iisd lebblo. without floor, meet or euger. Their surrender ie ooly e ques* tioo of time Nevertheless, the eorree poedeot avers,tbsy bold strong positiooe with tbe prospect of e safe retreat toward Lydeoburg. It ie understood et Newcastle tbet the British government bes epproaobed the Natal government with e proposi? tion tbet Natal should volooterily renounce local self-goveroment for a time in order thet e general system of crown government may be instituted for all South Afrioa, leeding in the oourse of time to federation and tbe subsequent autonomy of the various states simultaneously. A THREE DAY3 ARMISTICE London. June C ?A speoial di*p<uob from Lor or. b > Marques dated Tuesday. June 5. aase : "General Buller and Christian Botba m?t at Latng's Nek at Buller'e requeet when a three days' armistioe wss agrsed upon." Tbe diepatcb adde thet tbe British have evaenated Utrecht ??I???? - Important to Counties. lo veriooe portione of tbe Stete there seems to be muoh misapprehen? sion ee to tbe matter of the assess ment of the oountiee by the State committee Many seem to think that the committee baa required that each candidate for tbe aenate and bouse in each county pay en assessment to the State committee Tbe fact of tbe matter in that tbe aeeeasments on tbe counties?the county committees ?ere exactly tbe aeme ee for years past Each county committee ie re? quired, aa heretofore, simply to pay an assessment to the State committee of ?lo for each aenator and $5 for each representative it has in the gen eral assembly. The candidates them selves have no dealings with tho State committeo The Owl* reason these offices are named in this way is in order that a proper basis for the assessments might be S'ctired, tho representation in the general HSHetn lily being bused on population Ool Joejtl ha? received several letters about the matter end wishes ell to understand thet no change whatever bee been made. it and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou i TER. S. 0- WEDNEE Bold Correspondent Interviews Kroger. Old President Talks Freely, Denying Several Points. THE TRANSVAAL CAPITAL IS NOW ON WHEELS. London. June 8, 3 a m ? The ex ecutive officers of the Transvaal gov? ernment are in a railway car, which is situated on a switch at Machadorp station President Kroger caused the interior of the coach to be recon? structed some time ago with a view to contingencies that have now ar? rived. A correspondent of the Daily Express who went from Lorenzo Marques to see President Kruger, was received yesterday. The presi? dent sat smoking a long pipe. He looked worried, but his bearlog wae quiet and determined He did not make the least objection to being in terviewed. The correspondent was equipped for the interview by cables from London. "Yes," seid President Kroger, "it is quite true thst the British have occupied Proton's. This, however, does not end the war The burghers srs fully determined to fight to the lest. They will never surrender so long ss five hundred armed men remain in the country. I feel deeply enoouraged by the fine work Steyn and Dewet ere doing in the Free State " The correspondent suggested that the wer was over, inasmuch ss tbe cspitsl bsd been taken "The cspitsl !" exclaimed Mr Kruger. with energy. "What is a cspitsl ? It does not consist of any psrtioulsr collection of bricks sod mortsr The ospitsl of the republic, the sest of government, is here in this car There is no magic about any specie! site. Our ooontry is iovsded, it is trne, but it is not oonquered. The government is still effective M Referring to the ressono why be left Pretoria, Mr Kroger ssid : "I was not foolish enough to be token s prisoner. I provide1 this means of locomotion precisely for tbe ssme resson ae our burghers supply themselves wH'fl horses when they tske tbe field "It is necessary that I should be able to move quickly from place to place. That is all. By and by this osr will tske me beck to Pretoris. For tbe present it ensbles me to keep swsy from Pretoris, wbsre I could be of no service, sod where I should only plsy into tbe hands of the enemy 11 "They say, Mr Kruger/' remarked the correspondent, "that yon bsve brought with you gold to tbe vslue of ?2 000,000 m "It is not true," replied the presi? dent. "Whatever monetary resources I msy hsve with me ere simply those wbioh we require for stets purposes. At tbe ssme time, I sm not going to toll you where our treasure is Let Lord Roberts find it if he can." "They also say in Englsnd, Mr Kruger, thst you contemplate taking refuge on a Dutch man of war at Lo? renzo Marques " ' Thst sgain is a lie," retorted the president, with vehemence. "I know of no Dutch vessel I am not con? templating taking refuge anywhere I shall not leave my country There will be no need for me to do anything of the kind " The Correspondent?Then, sir, there is much surprise at your hav ing left Mrs Kruger behind President Kruger?But why ? Mrs Kruger is quite safe in Pretoria. She would only be put to personal incon? venience here. All communication between us is stopped of course, but she will await my return with calm? ness and oourago. She is a brave woman I am awaitiog further infor? mation We are surrounded by faith? ful burghers aod are quite safe. State Secretary Reils remarked : "You may depend on it that toe war ie not yet over. Guerrilla warfare will oootioue over an enormous area We intend to fight to tbe bitter end aod shall probably retire upon Lydenburg, where we oan hold out for many months " "Yes," observed Mr Kruger. "it is only now that tbe real struggle hes begun I foar that there will ?rill bo tauoh bloodshed but tbe fault is that of the British government " Thon raising his voioo t??an almost po^ionato height, Mr Kruger x'laim cd : "The time has pap?od t?. us to talk, We have d >',o plenty ?f that, bnt it bss doss u? do ^ ?od Th< r*> DOl bit ? left for us to u<> but t) 1 ? i p 00 Gating." Tbs oorrospcndondsr.t who ' trod the interview telegrsphed it direst fioin M it-h'ot'Jorp tttation jectsrdsy, whon the wires were working as usual 'o Lorssgu Marquee Nice hundred British prisoners A-ims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's Ii JD A Y.JUNE 13,1900 arrived Tuesday at Nooitgedaobt. They ere penned in a barbed wire enclosure of four acres on tbe opeo veldt Aboordiog to a dispatch from Loren? zo Marques, dated yesterday, Lord Roberts is reported to have intercepted two trains full leaving tbe vicinity of I Pretoria. Telegrams from the British I 6\de are exceedingly scanty. Two brief ones received from Pretoria say that Mrs Kruger still occupying tho presi? dency and that a number of engines aod oats have been seoured. Tbe Brit* ish under Msj DcLisle osptured a gun and caused the Boers beavy lose, tbe British casualties being slight. Boer officials removed ?300,000 in gold from the National Bank Juoe 4, but did not touch tbe cash holdings of the other banks. Some of tbe Boers are surrendering voluntarily and the townspeople of Pretoria are described as showing oon eideable enthusiasm over the British arrival. Mr Prevost Battersby in a dispatob to Tbe Morning Post from Pretoria, dated June 5, says: "Tbe Boers pledged themselves to 20 British I officers not to take the British prisooere ewey if tbeee officers would control them aod prevent en outbreak. Never? theless they began their removel. After 900 bad been taken British shells etruok e train that was loading and the Boers deeiited and retired. "The British officers et Daepoort refuied to leave their quarters end made the Boer oommaodant e prisoner, releaeing him et midnight on condition that he would oanoel the order for tbe removal of the prisoners. The Preto? ria forte were foood without guns. All the artillery bei been gotten away." Another diepateh saye : "Sixteen hundred British prisooere were remov? ed. After the government had taken ewey most of tbe stores the burghers were given e free bend to help them? selves. All tbe British foood wee e few hoodred bage of coffee end sugar." Democrats of New York in State Convention. New York. Jone 5 ?The Demo? cratic Stete convention todey elected these delegetee et large to tbe na? tional Democratic convention : David B. Hill. Richard Croker, Edwerd Murphy end Augnatua Yen Wyck Alternates : Frenk Cambell, Jecob Ruppert, Jr, 0 Morgen Senford end Jemes S. Helvin. Eleotore et large : Frederick Cook of Rochester; Robert C. Titos of Buffalo Tbe platform edop conteine no reeffirmetioo of *' e Chicago platform of 1896, bot u declaration that tbe perty iu the Stete will support tbe platform of the Kansas City conven? tion. Tbe platform decleree against war taxes in time of peace, decleree for perity of gold end eilver as cur? rency ; demands abolition of all cus toms aod tariffs between Puerto Rico and tbe United Statee ; condeme troete and monopoliee aud entang? ling alliances ; demands just and liberal pension laws and election of United Statee senators by tbe people end favors the nomination of VYm J Bryan The convention geve promise of being very etormy, but ended quiet? ly. Tbe particular feature of tbe convention wee tbe domination of affaire by ex-Senator David B. Hill. The silver men profess to be satisfied with the result Hester's Cotton Analysis. New Orleans, June 7 ?Secretary Hester's analysis of the cotton move? ment for tbe nine months of the sea son from Sept 1 to tbe close of May, inclusive, shows tl.at compared with the crop movement last year, Texas, including Indian Territory, has brought into sight this season in round figures 908,000 bales less, while other Gulf States, which in? clude Arkansas, Louisiaua, Missis sippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Okla horns, have marketed 582,000 bales less, and tbe group of Atlantic States, which include North and South Carolina. Georgia, Florida. Alabama and Virginia, show a de crease of 578,000, making tbe de crease in the total of crop marketed 2,068,000 bales Mr Hester shows the amount brought into sight for the Atlantic Stales for the nine months to be 3,512,304 bales, a decrease under last year of 078,451. The total crop in Hight at the close of May was 8,769,661 bales, a decrease under last year of 2,088, 105) At the close of May i? t year the amount brought into sight from Tex as and Indian Territory was 119,468 bales, other Golf States 58,420 and from the Atlantic Mates 269,182. The groups of States, in round Bguree, of I lie crop of last year ?bows from Texas and Indian Terri? tory last year 8,656,000, other Gulf States 3,300,000, Atlantic States 4.360,000. Bind Truth's." TBE ? New No News From Pretoria. NOT A LINE OFINEWS IS ALLOWED TO COME FROM PRETORIA. London, June 9, 3 13 a m ?Gen Buller has at length taken the offen sive and by manceuvring he has secured a position west of Laing's Nek, by which he believes he can make the positions untenable. Pie sumably he will immediately follow up his success. Lord Roberts has communicated nothing for three days, nor permitted the correspondents to wire what is going on London's inference is that he is resting, although be is probably disposing bis army for a reach after Commandant Gen Botha. A blockade of the wires, owing to the crush of official correspondence, may account for the scanty press dispatches. Some telegrams filed a week ago are only just now arriving According to one of them, the streets were filled with women and children. Rifle shots could be heard every? where. The British soldiers would stop firing and join in the chase after chickens. The burghers surrendered to anyone Kaffirs went about loot ing the Jewish stores, sod mounted infantry gt?lioped hither and tbitber. Lord Roberts' army has a new Boog. It ruos thus : "We're marcoiog into Pretoria ; It belongs to Queen Victoria " The Daily Express has the follow? ing from Pretoria, dated Wednesday: 'The one thousand prisoners who were deported from Waterval were told that they were about to be given up to Lord Roberts. They entrsined cheerfully and were conveyed to Nooitgedache, instead of Pretoria. 'Gen Louis Botha, with a rear guard of 2,000, left Pretoria during the nigbt. The British advance gaard oo entering was upon the very heels of the retiriug Boers Botha bss sworn to csrry on the wsr in the moun? tains V At Lorenzo Marques station a crowd waited all Tbursdsy nigbt to see President Kroger, as it was reported that he would arrive by a special train to gain an asylum on board the Netherlands cruiser Fries land Middleburg is said to be full of Boer refugees and wounded The railway still delivers goods at Broh* korst spruit, 40 miles east of Preto ria. A British column is st Regmers dorp, Switzerland. Eleven British prisoners have been taken to Middle burg The British at Beira are moving into the interior in detach ments of 200 daily Mr G. V Fiddes, imperial secre tary to the high commissioner, with a part of Sir Alfred Milner's staff, left Cspe Town Tuesday evening for Pretoria, possibly, as the Cape Town correspondent of The Daily News thinks, to arrange the annexation details GEN BULLER TAKES THE OP FENSIVE. London, June 8, 11 25 p m ?The war office has received the following disDatcb from Gen Boiler : Yellow Boom Farm, June 8 ?On June 6th Gen Talbot Coke, with the Tenth brigade and the South African Light Horse, seized Van Wyke hill The enemy msde some resistance, and a good deal of sniping occurred Our casualties were about 4 killed and 13 wounded During that day and the following we got two 7 and two 12 pounder naval guns on to Van Wyke hill and 5 inch guns on to the southwestern spur of Inkewelo Under cover of their fire General HiSdyard today assaulted all the spurs of the berg between Botha's Pass and Inkeweio The attack, which was well planned by Hildyard and carried out with immense dash by the troops, for whom no mountains were too steep, outflanked the enemy, who were forced to retire from their very strong position I think we did not have any casualties, and I hope I have obtain ed a position from which I can render Laing's Nek untenable." ?^ae? ? ? ? ? <aw?? A charter was granted Saturday to tbe Clear Water Bleachery and Manufacturing Company of Aiken The capital stock is to be $200,000, and the president ana treasurer is Thomas Barrett, Jr , of Augusta, who is connected with cotton mills in Augusta, Graniteville and other factories over the Savannah in Booth Carolina. Makes the food more del ROYAl B?KINO SOW! ron. rRDB SOUTHRON, Katabltahed Jone. 1S&6 Series?Vol. XIX. No.46 THE PORT ROYAL NAVAL STATION. The Beaufort and Port Royal People Will Fight to Re? tain It. Editor the Daily Item As a matter which involves the national defense and a waste of the nation's funds, we commend the fol? lowing to the attention of your read* ers : The paragraph in the naval appro? priation bill, as it now refers to the Port Royal (8. C ) naval station, pro? vides that $800,000 shall be spent for the improvement of that plant unless the secretary, after a report by a competent board of naval offi? cers, shall decide that the interests of the government would be better sei ved at Charleston In which case, the station will be transferred to the latter place. This last proviso is the result of strenuous efforts by certain Charles? ton interests, and has been cunningly conceived, based oo false claims, and fostered in secret We would eey to the country that this fight is bot begun, and if fought fair in the light we have no doubt as to the issue Several naval boards composed of eminent naval authorities have exam* ined Port Royal harbor at different times with a view to determining its availability for various naval pur? poses They have alwaye enthusias? tically endoreed the place, and we are confident of a favorable report in thie instance, if an unbiased board be appointed Those who are behind this meas? ure are noisily announcing that the secretsry approves of the proposed removsl sod the station is already Charleston's We have a high opin? ion of Secretary Long and do not believe bim capable of each action? of prejudging a caee witboot aa in? vestigation It msy be, however, the oar of those in power has been secured by the men interested in this waste of the public foods Therefore the mstter is laid before the country that it may see it ie proposed thst the national intereete shall be sacrificed for tbe benefit of a certain locality ; . for publicity will insure a decision based on tbe public welfare?the na? tional defense We hereby annoonce to tbe secre? tary of tbe navy and to the country that we propose to prove, before the board appointed, the following facts based on official documents and other reliable sources : That tbe present site wae eirefully ohosen for its purpose by a board of eminent naval authorities That tbe harbor and bar of Port Royal are tbe best oo tbe South Atlan? tic ooast, and will permit tbe navy of tbe nation to eoter in double column to manoeuvre and to find ample and pro? tected anchorages Tbe entrance through tbe bar is broad, deep and natural : tbe harbor anohorage uoap proached on the Southern ooast for its magnitude and sheltering headlande. No rivers eternally empty here their sediment, aod no daily ebifttng quick? sand chokes this harbor's entrance. Nature, with lavish baod, moulded a great basin out of tbe rook ; and the channels, souoded and reoorded by Meoeodez. 300 years ago. prove to tbe deep3St di aft thips of our day their unchaogiog proportions?as they were then so arc they now Tbat tbe government's experience at Port Royal has justified the wisdom of its oboice : and any difficulties which have ariseo wero foreseen and provided for Tbat tbe dry dock there situated is the best timber dock tbe government owns, and o?o today receive any ship in the navy It cost less to build than any other government dock ; has oost leas to maintain, aod is today absolute? ly firm io its fcuodatioos Tbat the machine shops, built of briok aod steel, equipped with modern machinery, are capable of making all ordioary repairs oo meo of war, and are so complete as to b? capable of buildiog a small vessel entire Tbat the health of 'be immediate site, and of tbe whole seotion surroood iog the harbor, is excellent Tbat Charleston offers do superior sdvaotsges, aod none commeosursble with some of those above described Tbat tbe proposed abandonment of thi* property would be a orimioal act If this splendid navy yard is sacri? ficed, it will be through the pettiness of a few pleasure seeking effiaers, the oupidity of certain commercial combi? nations, and the cunning of politicians. l>oaufort Committee ou Naval Station. LBaking Powder ujre licious and wholesome >FB CO., HEW YORK._