Show ON ACCOUNT OF WAR The I3oors continue the dostructJon of the railroad near Crlsile pooltf Klmlicrlcy Il > Sunday last reported the I Boers continuing an active and heavy bombarnmonl of thai place According to a special dispatch from Pretoria ft la rumored that fourteen field rorn < ts will be exchanged for fourteen British officers Cyclist scouts hao rcconnollcril Ito Boor main laager len miles iouth of Fort Qabcrones They describe It as large and strongly Intrenched rIte London Tlrrtes publishes a Idler from Ladysmllh datad December JPth th ewrlter of which says that the besieged be-sieged have been on half rations for at least two months Natives report the Hoer chief Dinner near Miifeklno wounded ami that fivo men were killed and that tlulr brcist works wore damaged during the recent engagements Thorc Is no confirmation of tho report that Lord Dundonald has entered Lmly smllli and none Is 0XlCCd Experts opine lint tho Boers would only bo too glad to let him In unopposed A dispatch from Coloaburg tapc Colony doted Sunday sass the Brlllih nHacked the Boer positions there at 10 oclock thin morning There was heavy righting but with what result In not known The sixtyninth birthday of Gen Jouliert was celebrated by Gen Botha making a roconnulstfunco In fore toward the Dnikcnsbcrg mountain und turning the Brlllsh advance after a snort engagemenk H has boon officially stated lu lie Government Gov-ernment ui Lisbon from Lourunco Marques Mar-ques thai the Boers have committed a breach of neulrallly by crossing Ports KUCSO territory from umballu to Rhodesia Rho-desia A dlapatch from Colenso of Thursdav lanuao 1Mb says a patrol of COO men tinder Field Cornet Opporman vhllo scouting was surrounded but succeeded in llehtpn ts way hick It Is 1 reported thai four were killed and hut thirty wcio wounded and made prisoners |