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Gallant Old S to Lieutena is Take iary ( THE AMERK Every One of His SI Spanish Dead Nur for Several Hun ted States Wa Colon, Whi ing and S all on erall WASHINGTON, J following: "Pl "To Secretary of Navy, "\ "3:15 A. M.-The f July present the destructi cape at 9:30 A. M. and ? 60 miles west, of Santiag Oquendo and Viscaya we of Santiago ; the Furor a Loss one killed and two ^ gun fire, explosion, and c mirai Cervera. The mar BRIEF RESPITE FOR SANTIAGO. Gen. Shafter Needs More Force to Capture lt. SD1MABY OF SITUATION. The Besieged City -in a Terrible Condition - Fearful Havoc Wrought by Ame ican Forces. Our Loss Fully 1,000-Span iards' Double That. Washington, July 3.-From the heat and carnage of the battlefield of Santiago, where for the last three days the Ameriean forces have pressed forward against an intrenched arm}'-, General Shafter to-day sent the following dispatch, summarizing the situation : Playa del Este, July 3. Secretary of War, Washington : Camp near Sevilla, Cuba, July 3. -We have the town well invested on the north and east, but with a very thin line. Upon approaching it, we find it of such a character and the defenses so strong it will be impossible ta carry it by storm with my present force, Our losses up to date will aggregate a thous and, but the list has not yet been made. But litte sickness outside of exhaustion from intense heat and exertion of the battle of the battle of the day before yesterday and the almost constant fire which is kept up on the trenches. Wagon road to the rear ?B kept up with some difficulty on account of rains, but I will be able to use it for the present. General Wheeler is seriously ill and will probably have to go to the rear today. General Young also very ill confined to his bed. General Hawkins slightly wounded in the foot, during sortie made by enemy last night, which was handsomely repulsed. The behavior of the troops was magnificent. General Garcia reported he holds the railroad from Santiago to San Luis and has burned a bridge and removed some rails; also, that General Pando has arrived at Palma, and that the French consul with about four hundred French citizens, came into his line yesterday from Santiago. Have dircted him to treat them with overy courteey possible. SHAFTER, Major General. Sure Egff Test. A way to toll bad eggs is to put them in a pail of water, and if good, they lie on their side ; if bad they wi'l stand on their pmall ends, the large ends always upper most, unless they have been sha ken considerably, when they will stand either endup. Therefore, a bad egg can be told by the way it rests in water, always end up, never on its side. An egg that lies flat is good to eat and can be depended upon.-Southern Culti vator. mn panish Ad mir at Oommandei n on Board t?( kmboat Grlouc :AN VICTORS lips Destroyed and 1,' abered by Hundreds dred of Their Wound irships Give Chase tc ch Got Away Diurinj >he is Sent to the Bott Board.--Spaniards We: y Covered by Their I "lily 4*.-The Secretary of the aya, via Hayti, 3:15 A.M., Jul Nashington : ieet under my command ?fters on ot the whole of Cervera's f it 2 P. M. the last, the Cristobi o and let down her colors. Tl ire forced ashore, burned and nd Pluton were destroyed witl ivounded ; enemy's loss probat Irowning. About 1,300 prison L killed was George H. Ellis, cl CERVERA'S SQUADRON. ? -1 Annihilated by the Fleet of ^Admiral Sampson. Di THE SANTIAGO HARBOR. All~the Spanish Ships, Except One, Destroyed and Burning on the Beach-The Information Conveyed hy an Army Officer, an Eye-Witness. Washington, July 3.-It is reported on what is deemed to be reliable authority, that Admiral Sampson's fleet today engaged the fleet of Admiral Cervera and en tirely destroyed it. THE REPORT CONFIRMED. Washington, July 3.-The following dispatch was recived at the war department: "Playa del Este, July 3. Siboney of flee confirms statement that all the Spanish fleet, except one warship, has been destroyed and is burning on the beach. It was withessed by Captain Smith, who told the operator there was no doubt of its correctness. (Signed) "ALLEN, "Signal Officer." SURRENDER DEMANDED. WashingtonJuly 3.-The follow ing statement was tonight given out at the White House : General Shafter telegraphs : Playadel Este,July 3.-"Early this morning I sent a demand for the immediate surrender of Santi ago, threatening to bombard the city, believe the place will be surrendered." This contradicts the report that General Shaf ter has feilen back. Second Regiment Officers. Governor Ellerbe on Monday made the following appointments for the Second Regiment of Vol unteers, and, all being thoroughly accomplished soldiers, will no doubt give general satisfaction : Colonel, Wilie Jones, of Colum bia; Lieutenant Colonel, Henry Thompson, of Darlington ; Majors, Aavelock Eaves, of Bamberg, and Julius G. Wagne r, of Charleston ; Adjutant, Luthrr M. Hasselden, of Marion ; Battalion Adjutants, Norman Bull, of Orangeburg, and W. M. Culp, of Union ; Surgeon, j E. J. Wannamaker; Assistaut Surgeons, Poore and Griffith; Ser geant Major, N. D. Fowler; Quar termaster Sergeant, J. W. Tripp; Chaplain, Rev. P. A. Murry, of Beaufort, who is a well known Methodist minister; Quartermas ter, W P. Snelgrove, of Ander son ; Hospital Stewards, J. D. Wise, of Chester, J. W. Floyd, Jr., of Kershaw, and E. E. Osborne, of Greenwood. In England the income tax amounts to $80,000,000. al Surrenders : Norton and 3 Auxil ester. r COMPLETE. )00 Prisoners Taken. -Americans Caring ed-Several Uni ? the Cristobal ? the Fight om With re Lit >ead. 5 Navy has received the [y 4.-Sibony, July 3. the nation as a Fourth of teet. It attempted to es ? Colon, had run ashore, he Infanta Maria Teresa, blown up within 20 miles lin four miles of the port. )ly several hundred, from ers taken, including Ad iiief yeoman of the Brook SAMPSON." THE SPANISH HEMMED III. Practically Prisoners of War in the Town of Caney. I IAUDS OF AMERICANS. Two Thousand of the Enemy's Best Soldiers Killed,'Wounded, and Captured-Losses Sustain ed by Americans Amount to One Hundred and Fifty. Headquaters of General Sh after, Friday, Suly 1, evening-By the Associated Press dispatch boat Cynthia, via Port Port Antonio, Saturday, and Kingston, Sunday, July 3-2:30 a. m.-Hemmed in in on all sides by General Lawton's vision, the Spanish troops in the to frn of Caney are tonight practi cally prisoners of war, and by day break tomorrow (Saturday) Spain will have lost two thousand of her best soldiers, killed, wounded and taken prisoners, in and around the town, which was practically in the hands of the American forces at 5 o'clock tonight. This result was not obtained, however, without severe fighting on the part of the American forces, and although it is impossible at this time to give a list of tho dead or wounded, it is safe to say that the loss in General Lawton's division alone will be 150 killed or wounded. Progprammr Edgefield Baptist Sunday School Convention. Place, Red Hill. Time, on Friday before the fouith Sunday in July, 1898. Program, First Query-The necessity of manifest love on the part of teachers to their pupils to successful work. Speakers, 0. Shedpard, J. P. Mealing, Jr., T. S. Lewis. Second Query-The Holy Spirit a direct agency in successful Sunday school work, and how obtained? Speakers, James Harling, E. G. Morgan, Sr., E. G. Parker. Third Query-Does Sunday school literature as used ? detract from the Bible? Spakers, Rev. W. A. Hart, H. Bryan J. D. Timmerman. Fourth Query-Shall not the chuch exercise a direct 1 oversight over the Sunday schools : in their territory and require reports from them to that body? ; (Speakers, J. C. Morgan, Robert ! j Strom, Luther Brunson. Fifth Query-To what extent is the Sunday school and the cause of 1 Christianity affected by ex travagant dress? Speakers, Rev. ; L. R. (iwaltney, G. W. Bussey. Sixth* Query--What constitutes repentance unto Godliness? 1 Speakers, A. S. Tompkins, R. H. i McKie, J. N. Crofton. Seventh ' Query-The difference between , mental and spiritual knowledge of the Bible Speakers, Thomas j Lanham, P. H. Bussey, Ezry Thlbert. 1 H. W. DOBEY, 1 Secretary. l Gen Bianco is said to have issued j a proclamation that any one daring to express an unfavorable 1 opinion of, or suspected of beiog 1 dissatisfied with, the present 1 policy of the government will be 1 summarily shot without trial or 1 investigation. c GLORIOUS OLD . JOE f MELEE The American Soldiers ii the Battle of Santiago.. : RETREAT OF THE SPANIARE? Battle Began at Daylight ant Raged All Day-Fifteen Thou sand Americans Thunder ing at Outer Gates of the Doomed City. On Board the Associated Prest Dispatch Boat Dandy, off Juragua Friday, July 1, 4 p. m., via Pori Antonio, Jamaica, Saturday, Julj 2, 5 a. m., and Kingston, Jamaica, 7:11 a. m.-The battle of Santiago has raged all day, and at 4 o'clock this afternoon 15,000 American troops are thundering at the ou toi fortifications of the doomed city Since daybreak General Shafter't army has fought its way aer?se two and a half miles of bitterh coutested and strongly fortified country, and the entire line from left to right is within gunshot ? ol Santiago town._ The American loss thus far -if estimated at hospital headquarters at twenty killed and fifty wounded but it will be hours before the death roll can be accurately given. Lieut. Col. Patterson, ol the Twenty-second infantry, ' if the only officer known to have been wounded, and he is not fatal!) hurt. The Spaniards killed and wound ed are undoubtedly by hundreds, The Spanish strongholds -ol Caney and El PaBo have fallen, and the fort at Aguadores, just east of Morro Castle, on the coast; has been blown to ruins by the fleet. Wit h the exception of about a thousand troops, who are guard ing Baiquiri and Juragua, thc entire army is engaged, togethei with 4,0-30 of General Garcia^ Cuban troops. The men foughl gloriously, and if the same measure of success which attended today's engagement follows the fighting ol the next twenty-four hours, the Amerioan flag will fly from Santi ago's wall on Sunday. Officer? and men are fully convinced that the city will be theirs by tomorrow night. The battle began just at daylight at a point about eight miles from Juragua and four miles northeast of the outer fortifications of San tiago;-, -Thefgeuenvr order -for.'au advance was issued by General Shaf ter at dark last night, and by midnight every man in the army knew that a desperate struggle would come with the dawn. The news put the troops in a fever of excitement and the night was spent in cheering and singing, the popular strain being, "Ther'll be a hot time in Santiago tomor row." At 4 o'clock this morning .hun dreds of bugles rang out the reveillo, and before the sun had risen the great line was complete. To the extreme left was General Duffield, with the Thirtythird Michigan, his command having reached the Aguadores bridge by train nexc to the north to the northeast was General Kent's divi sion, a mile and a half from the sea, and held as a reserve force. The centre of the line was held by a cavalry division, Which, until General Wheeler arrived at noon, was commanded by General Som mer. Owing to General Young's illness, Col. Wood, of the Rough, Riders, commanded^ his brigade, which consisted of the First volunteers and the Tenth regular and one battalion of the Ninth regulary, all dismounted with the exception of two troops on the extreme right, under General Lawton and Chaffee, fully five miles from the sea. It had been ar ranged that General Duffield should make a feint of attacking Aguadores in order to draw atten tion from the main movement, and at 5 o'clock General Lawton's troops moved forward, led by a battery of the First artillery under command of Captain Allyn Cap ron. Every man in the army carried 3 day's rations and ammunition to match, and every one knew that he was not expected to return to camp until Santigo had fallen. The first shot was fired from the I attery at 6:40 by Captain Capron, tvhose son, Captain Allyn K. Capron, of the Rough Riders, was killed in the battle at ' Sevil.!., rbe shot was directed at Caney, ?vhere the Spaniards were in force, md it fell in the heart of tbe town. Hie firing continued foi twenty ninnies without response. Mean time the cavalry division had novod forward on the Main santiago trail, beaded by a light sattery of tho Second artillery inder Captain Grimes. The 1 novement of this battery was a heartbreaking task, owing to the nud in the valley and a steep hill. [Jnder the musketry fire of the 1 ?avalrymen tho Spaniards in theil . .. - -.:.\ ittle town of El Paso retreat ind Captain Grimes's batti ook np a position there and jan a rapid firing into Can The guns of the two batter nade the place so hot that 1 ?nemy finally retired, hav: io artillery. The town was surrounded rough earthworks and lines barbed wire. After the enemy had b( driven from El Paso, t^enty-c shots were fired by Captain Grir and Captain Capron from tl position into the outer fortificath of Santiago before a response cai When it did come, however, came with unexpected accura the shots being from three a five-inch rapid-fire rifles, eviden taken from Admiral Cervera's w ships and mounted behind fortifications. The Spanish gi ners raked the hill on which Paso stands and which meanti had been made the headquarters General Summer and the Cub Generals Garcia, Castello, Cap< and Rabi, One shell struck a lai sugar ?store house, on the i corrugated roof of which stood I Cubans viewing the fight. 1 roof fell and all the Cubans wi wounded and three of them w die. A detatachment of 200 Cube went forward from El Paso, a then Col. Wood, with the Rou RiderB, the First and Ter cavalry, started down the hillsic straight for the enemy's fortifh tion8. Captain Grimes's battery pour a steady fire into the Spaniards protect Col. Wood's advance. T dismounted cavalry passed their way through the tangl grass and underbrush and hi way down the hillside selected good spot to halt, and from the opened and maintained for twen minutes a hot fire. The opposi; batteries banged away, Capta Grimes sending a storm of le; down into the oater fortificatio and the Spaniards pounding awi at the hilltop wilh vicious persi tence. Most of the Spanish shells we over the hilltops and fell in ravine beyond. Here Bever detaohments of Cuban troops we stationed as reserves and befo they could be moved seven i: surgen ts were seriously wound? and several slightly hurt. At tl same time, two. Americans we killed and nine wounded. Tl Spaniards used smokeless powde and shot with much more ac cu rac than during the previous engagi ment? The wonder is that mac more lives were not lost, as ti opposition batteries were less tha two miles apart. Col. Wood's command behave with great bravery, firing stead and deadly volleys, with th enemy's shells screeching an bursting over their heads. Twenty minutes of fearfully he work silenced the Spanish battei ies. Ten shots were sent into ther. after they ceased firing, but ther was no response, and it is pre sumed that the guns were dis mounted or the gunners driven ofi Away to the left General Law ton's division, with Chaffee's mei and Capron's battery, was mean time fighting fiercely with thi enemy entrenched in and abou Caney. The Spaniards contest?e every inch of ground bitterly anc fought with unexpected coolnesi and courage, but the irresistible onward mcvement of the Ameri cans slowly forced them back upoi and beyond Caney. About ll o^clock the terrible fire from Capt Capron's guns and the muskets of the men broke the Spanish line and a retreat began toward the line of outer fortifications. The enemy took the trail known as the main Santiago r jad and Captain Grimes's battery immediately be gan pitching shells in ahead of the retreating men while a detachment of 2,000 Cubans headed by Garcia started to cut off the retreat. No report has yet been received from them. A large detachment of General Kent's reserves was sent to aid General Garcia in this work and it is probable that fierce fight ing occurred. All this time General Sumner had commanded the center, owing to General Wheeler's illness, but about 11:30 General Wheeler Btarted on the two miles journey to the front jp an ambulance. About halfway to the front he met a number of litters bearing wound ed. The veteran, under protest by the surgeons, immediately ordered his horse, and after personally a?r ?istiug the wounded into the amr bulance mounted and rode onward. The men burst iuto frantic cheers, svhioh followed tljo general all along the line. By noon, although srery ill, General Wheeler had es tablished headquarters at the ex treme front and centre of the line, iud still holds bis position. The hardest fighting of the day teems to have been on the right lank, and heayy casualties are rer jorted from there. The advance ?here was more rapid than at other 1 points oil the line, and General Dhaffee's brigade was the first to 3ross the little San Juan River ?lose to the line of outer fortifica tions. At 2 o'clock Caney had not been antered by the American troops, but they had pushed on past it and it was theirs at any time they chosa to march into it. At that hour General Shafter, whose headquar ters for the day had been three miles to the rear, went forward to assume personal command of the operations. Some surprise is ex pressed that he did not wait for the siege guns before beginning the final attack, as these guns ?are still on the beach at Baiqui. He decided yesterday that they were unnecessary, and determined to j strike at once. The only movement of the day which did not meet with success j was General Duffield's attempt to occupy the seavillage of Agura dores. The Gew York, Suwanee and Gloucester shelled the old fort and the rifle 'pits during the forenoon, drove all the Spaniards from the vicinity and bowled over the parapet from which flew the Spanish flag, but owing to the broken railroad bridge. GeneTal Duffield's troops were unable to get across the river which separted them from the little town, and were compelled the go back to to Jurague. It is probable that an effort will be made tomorrow to repair tho bridge and a complete movement attempted. Gen. Wheeler, who made a reconnaissance for half a mile beyond the skirmish lines near Santiago Tuesday, finding that he was unable to secure the desired view through the luxuriant tropical foliage, dismounted and climbed a tree. A Major General in the forks of a tree, surveying the Spanish outposts through his field glasses, was a speciale that gave some idea of the wonderful energy of the dashing ex-Con federate cavalry leader. This feat of agility in aman sixty-two years of age put to blush many a younger officer in his staff. The Pee is Five Dollars. Insurance, Ten Dollars. For Congress. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re election to Congress, from the Second Cong-res. sionalDistrict, subject to the mks and regula iioDi -i tlic democratic party. Respectfully, " W. T. TALBERT. For State Senate. The friends of Hon. John C. Sheppard pre sent his name to the vote? of Edgefield county | for the State Senate. He will abide thc resalta of the primary and support it? nomin?is. The Hon. T. H. Rainsford is hereby announc ed as a candidate .'or the unexpired term of J. M. Gaines in the State Senate. 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