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VOL. LII WINNSBORO, S. C, WEDNESDAY. JULY 13, 1898. NO. 49. | HOW IT WAS DONE. Admiral Cervera and His Gallant W Attempt 1T0 ESCAPE FROM SANTIAGOAdditional Details of the Destruction of the Spanish Squadron by the American Fleet. Great Work of the >JLittle Gloucester. Jjeixera'a fleet is done. Its destruction was as complete as that which over took that other Spanish squadron in Manila Kay. Not a single vessel ??f the magnificent Cape Verde squadron re W mains afloat under I^pain s nag. i.ervera t is a prisoner on board an American waru ship, and ali his officers and men who EL were not killed in the action or drowned P in the sea are prisoners as well. Cervera took the last desperate chance that remained to him. To stay in Santiago | meant that his vessels would be ponnded f to pieces by the artillery the*Americans k would have at their command when the |jk city fell. Destruction was certain ft there. Outside the harbor the deadly W& crescent of' the American ships was Hp waiting for him. To win a way he must ^ break this line. lie must risk this I utorm of shot and shell and trust to superior speed of his splendid ships to carry at least some of them clear of his enemies. He tried it and he 'ailed. Before his twenty-knot cruiser were anywhere near clear of the American ? ships they were on fire in a dozen places. Hj^^^Their engines were shattered: their Mfcy-^nning with blood. They could through the waterfast enough jfe^e. and by courting "destrucBB^^^H&surrender. 'clock Sunday morning lie Cristobal Colon, the [oat. poked her desperate tiago harbor. Just ahead 0 torpedo boat destroyer, and all steaming at e the Vizcaya. Oquendo ,ria Teresa. Every one rking every battery. At afternoon the Colon. 1 to remain afloat, weakity miles west of Santiaflag and became a wreck. f The other three cruisers, burned and shattered, never got twenty miles from Santiago. What is left of them hangs on the coral rocks of the beach or grinds in the white sands. The tori>cdo dck. , stroyers arc at the bottom of the sea ^ within four miles of the harbor mouth. There was more to Cervera's dash than fc^^at present appears. For two nights fcbeacon lights have been burning on the ^Hb^I at Santiago. After the action mot ship flying Austrian colors, ^yjeared off Santiago. Seeing H^hirva afirp nn flip hparrh slip Bply around and put to sea. Bof this is not clear to anyElwo torpedo boats made hH W^thfc Brooklyn. The little Mi organ's old yacht, cut across ^^M^Brooklyn's help and fired the first -^Scoftheenga?<toi?n? ---? Ahe doomed prdcession cleared the hayTor bluffs and turned sharply to the J^st. They were^making wonderful speed, and the whit5\?moke of their guns stretched back frotn each one like '* a veil blowing in the wind. Suddenly, j 8 with a crash louder thai\anv thing before ! heard off noise-racked Santiago, the five j American battle ships opened at once. The Colon actually reele.d under the impact of tons and tons of metaT: For an instant her speed slackened. bnHier engines were not damaged by this" first discharge, and she had regained her full speed before the Yizcaya. that was close ^ - behind, had overtaken her. The five American battle ships strung out in line parallel with the Spanish naval proces|l sion. The Spaniards were between the Americans and the shore, and so both p sides raced, and it was broadside to ] broadside. The splendid Spanish L_ /.viiidAK! Ji.nl anAixyl) olvAor/I 1iIa i u> great damage and her men worked them as fast and as hard us they knew how; but. as in the battle Dewey fought, the one thing the Spaniards lacked was h- skill in gunnery. Their shells made the water boil far beyond the American line. Imt not a shell hitanyof our ships in this part of the conflict. ^ The Americans, on the contrary, made nearly every shot count. Their lire was nv/ip f-wt- Wa selli7>s: pnmisrl) to give the enemy leeway without wasting ammunition. The end was never for a F moment in doubt. To run the gantlet Ik of the American ships in the position gjf occupied was a naval impossibility. but Cervera and his captains made a ggfr gallant try at it. Cervera"s plungs was jj&ij as magnificent as it was hopeless. The |& Spanish Admiral had not even the satof damairinsr his country's enemies before his ships were destroyed. The Gloucester was hit. but did not lose a man. and a single American. George II. Ellis chief veoman of the Brooklyn, was killed, and that is the Hk total of the loss sustained by the Amer^bpan fleet. We have now on board our j^fchips 1.300 of the officers and men of Snanish srmadron. and probably TOO Rt their lives in the action. When SffiHffiSWSpanish ships came to ihcir end, Hney were clumsy with dead men. and Bn the wreckage that floated from the shattered warships other dead were tangled. / L JVVhilc generally on guard against jj'.i Bg affept by Cervcra to break from the tr&p he steamed into six weeks ago. tne Americans had not cxpccted a dash at ? this particular time. So little idea of W it was there that Admiral Sampson on W& the flagship New York was seven miles y to the eastward when the Spanish ships ? started out of the harborand made their wild rush. The destruction of the ^ Spanish fleet was accomplished without I? the presence of the American naval HL ehiV.t. The New York only came up in p time to add a few more shells to the storm of iron that was beating the last breath of life out of the last of the Spanish ships. Of course, the ships of uie .imericttii uwi ivuu\ j.ui vuivera when he did come. The black, bold bow of the Colon was hardly in k sight before the signals passed from ship to ship, and the American line closed up to wait for her. The Iowa. Indiana. Oregon. Massachusetts and Texas were all there. As close as any was the big cruiser Brooklyn and the L little improvised torpedo boat destroyer I Gloucester. The Americans did not tire at once. Certain of their ability to destroy the Spaniards, they waited for I them to get outside of the protection of the shore guns and iuto closer range. |k While the Gloucester was lighting the torpedo boat destroyers the Texas, Iowa Oregon. Indiana and Brooklyn were in a fierce pursuit of the others. The Yizcavaand Maria Teresa were hit repeatedly, hut kept going, tiring as they went. Then the Almirante Oquendo trot it. Her tire slackened, and the men on our ships cheered as they saw her headed for the beach. She kept up her tire from her after guns for a few minutes, but presently she was done. They ran her ashore about eight miles west of Santiago. The Maria Teresa did not last much longer. Within a quarter of a mile of where the Oquendo was run aground they beached the Maria Teresa, and the two wrecks were burned. The Yizeaya ran on. and the [ fleet concentrated its fire on her. The terrific hammering she got cut down her splendid sj>ecd. and in a very few minutes the men on the American squadron realized that this ship was also out of the conflict. Two miles beyond where the Maria Teresa lay a smoking wreck they ran the Yizeaya ashore. As she grounded there was a teriffic explosion. This left only the Colon. She showed no sign of injury, but rushed westward with the whole American squadron, ex| eept the Gloucester, in pursuit. How ! the squadon finally destroyed her sixty ; miles up the coast must be told later. The (i lout-ester was left alone against ! j the torpedo boat destroyers. She had engaged them first and was drilling them with her six-pounder. They slapped back at her as a pugilist in a prize fight might slap at an annoying mosqui-. to. but they had no time to tight pigmies while the giants were in their path. Seeing that they at least could never get away, the Pluton and Furor turned as if to go back to Santiago. Again they had to-face the Gloucester's sixpounders. Commander TVainwright. though his armament was nothing near equal to those of the Pluton and Furor made no attempt to get out of the way but pounded away with his six-pounders as if they had been thirteen inch guns. Even a six-pounder can work havoc on an unarmored torpedo boat destroyer. The two Spaniards made a desperate attempt to sink the converted yacht. The first was too much for them and they Doth went down, ui tne sixty men on the Pluton only twenty escaped to the shore. These were taken prisoners. Lieutenant "Wood, in a small boat rescued six men from the sinking Furor and got the colors. Then the Gloucester proceeded to gather up the prisoners. Three hundred prisoners were captured 011 the beach, including Admiral Cervera and his staff. The Spanish admiral and his captains were taken on board the Gloucester. Captain AVaiuwright placed his private cabin at the Spanish admiral's disposal. Ccrvcra was slightly wounded, and entirely broken down. Many of the wounded prisoners were also taken on the Gloucester, where their wounds were dressed. The Spaniards all seemed half starved, and were grateful for the Yankee food which was offered them. The slaughter on the torpedo boats was something frightful. While the Gloucester was engaged in this, the New York came steaming up from the ' ? x.- A 1\. > /van a 4 a ettSU ^xulitii?&i oauipsuu liau guug w Siboney to confer with General Shafter, but got back in time to join in the pursuit of the Colon. Admiral Cervera had surrendered 011 the shore i<? Lieutenant Horton, and at his own request was taken on board the Gloucester. Commander Wainwright received 'the beaten naval ehief at the gangway. He took the gray-bearded Admiral's hand, and said to him: '"l congratulate you, sir. upon making as gallant a tight as ever a man made on the sea." Poor old Cervera could barely express his thanks for the compliment. The first intimation that the Colon had shared the fate of the others came from Captain Evans, of the Iowa, lie returned from the westward with 340 prisoners from the Yizcaya. lie shouted through the megaphone, profane as ... i. U.>11 ill . "The Oregon has got the Cristobal Colon and is giving her hell. She has gone down with the others before now. We will celebrate the Fourth of July in Santiago to-morrow." The Iowa took the Yizcaya's officers and crew from the shore. The remainder of the Spanish naval force is still on the beach. A guard has been sent to protect them from the Cuban soldiers, who were swarming the on the hillsides. The beach was strewn for miles with half-burned life-boats, dead men and debris of all kinds. The Spanish ships are still burning, and every few ' minutes an explosion from one or the other of them tills the air with fragments. There is scarcely a man of the crews of the Pluton and Furor unwounded. The hospital boat Solace has been ordered from Guantanamo to care for our injured foemen. Our ships are all returning from the westward. The Colon fated just as did the other ships of Cervera's fleet. When her officers i A.i a. < : 11_ i 3 TOUiHi mai ine American mhjiis iiuu ?i> injured licr that she could no longer hope to (jtrtstearn them, they fired one last shpi. from her after battery and then headed for the shore She lies ther?f now like others, rolling backward and'forward with the swell of the sea. grinding her bottom t<? pieces on the pocks. while fire and smoke is belching from every port and her exploding magazines arc completing the wreck. Firing on the Wounded. One feature of the Spanish mode <>f warfare that has arroused great indignation among the American troops near Santiago is the act of the Spanish in having sharpshooters in the trees along the line of march of the American troops. Of course if the sharpshooters had fired on armed men. they would have done nothing more than might have been expected, but one Spanish marksman from his post tired on wounded men and on those carrying the wounded to the rear. Several members of the ambulance corps were wouyded in this manner and two wounded men who were toiling along to the rear were shot and killed. A Colored Company. Mr. X. K. Perry, of Columbia, some time ago. received authority to raise a colored company in South Carolina. Mr. Perry opened up a recruiting office in Columbia. The recruits have been coming in rapidly, and Mr. Perry stated that he had the required number and that he would take the company to Augusta in a few days. Mr. Perry I will be the captain it he succeeds 1111 passing the physical examination, but S ; all the other officers will be colored. "TERRIBLE DISASTER. A French Transatlantic Steamer Sunk in a Collision. APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE; Over Five Hundred Men, Women and Children Perish. Driven to Their Death at the Point of Weapons. Terrible Scenes of Horror and Cruelty. A dispatch from Halifax, N. S.. under date of July G, says the French steamer La Kourgogne. of the Compangnie (Jenerale Trans-Atlantique Line, with 725 souls on board, was run down by the iron sailing ship Cromartyshire, sixty miles south oi' S:?hle Islands, during the early morning of July 4 and sunk within half an hour, carrying with her over .">()() of her passengers and 'PIia liolin/.a \srlin u'ufA lint drawn down by the: fearful suction, struggled and fought for life until ItiH were at length rescued from death by the crew of the Cromartyshire, which ship survived the collision. A thick fog prevailed at the time of the disaster. The story of the fearful accident from the few officers and crew who were saved is yet to be told, but if the words of the passengers who were dragged aboard the Cromartyshire and later brought into this j>ort by the steamer Grecian are to be believed, the last few minutes on board the l>ourgogne witnessed some of the most terrible scenes of horror and cruelty that have blotted the history of a civilized race. Instead of the discipline which so often has been the one bright feature of such awful moments, the crew of the steamer fought like demons for the few lifeboats and rafts, battering the helpless passengers away from their qnly means of salvation, with the result' that the stronger overcame the weak and the list of one hundred and sixty-three saved contained the name of but one woman. The Bourgognc had left 2s cw York, bound for Havre, on Saturday, July 2, while the Cromartyshire was on her way over from Glasgow with a crew of twenty-one men. Although the TransAtlantic steamers all have a definite course, the Bourgognc was to all acounts forty miles or more to the north nf f1ir>cr> linr>c Tlio fn<r was vnrv dense and the big iron ship was sailing along with rcduccd canvas and blowing the foghorn. Suddenly, out of the fog rushed a great steamer, and in a moment there was a fearful crash, the iron prow of the ship plunging into the port side of the steamer just under the bridge. The shock was terrific and tore a treYvianrlrmc Vin'o in sfpampr whilft thft JLUUliUVU^ "V?v a " v?v www?w.j entire bow of the ship was demolished. The steamer plunged on into the fog again, her whistle crying for help and her rockets signalling her dire distress. The Cromartyshire was rounded to, and her master, Captain Henderson, was considerably relieved in finding that she was in no danger of sinking. Off to the eastward could be heard the hoarse call of the steamer, and as the fog began to lift all the boats on the ships were ' l U-.U' ,.^i_ KlllUCllUU. null an 11 uui aitut v<<v W4 lision occurred the misty curtain went up, giving a clear view for miles, and then it was that those on the Cromartyshire realized the fearful struggle for life. On board the Hourgogne the collision had come at such a time in the | morning that few beside her crew were .1 vw-l- V.nf > /rtf?*irlv UU IJUb CliV OIIV/VA ivu^vu UVM* .J every one and within a few minutes the decks were crowded. At first it seemed as if there was some attempt at discipline. A few of the boats were swung off and some of the passengers allowed to get into them. But as the steamer began to list and settle to port, the officers lost control of the crew, and what was probably a panic ensued. Passengers and crew fought for the boats and life rafts. The strong batered down the weak, the women and children being pushed far away from any hope of rescue. Fists, oars and even knives were used by some of the demons to keep their places. The officers seemed to have been powerless before their own men. and ouly four were syivnd. As the ship sank the vortex of water sucked down everything on the surface within a certain radius. A couple of minutes later, when the suction ceased, those still alive saw about 200 bodies come up out of the water with a rush, as if the sea were giving up the dead after having swallowed the ship. But the struggle for life still continued after the ship went down. Hundreds floated about grasping for rafts, boats and wreckage in frantic endeavor to keep above water. Even then, many of In if flip stftripi; tolfl LUUOVs 1U VUV VVHVt7? *? v?*v vvv? *vv ?v*?* are to be believed, showed their brutality by beating oft' many of those who attempted to climb aboard. By this time the small boats of the Cromartyshire liac. come up and-the work of rescue began. ..The crew of the ship worked heroically and saved every one who had managed to keep above water, hut even then scores fell away from boats, rafts and wreckage, exhausted. and were drowned. It was all over in an hour, although for some time after great pieces of wreckage came shooting up from the bottom marking the spot where the liner had gone down. But little attempt was made to recover the bodies of any of the ill-fated passengers or crew, and the battered hulk at the bottom of the ocean will probably, be forever their tomb. In the afternoon the steamer Grecian was sighted, and in a few hours afterwards she took Cromartyshire in tow and arrived with aer at Halifax Wednesday morning. Strangely enough Mr. La Casse is the on iv man of the saloon and cabin passengers who survives while his wife is the only woman of 200, not only of the first saloon cabin, but of the whole ship who escaped. Mrs. La Casse was roused from her berth by her husband, who was on deck at the time of the collision. He threw about her the first articles of clothing she could ^ - - 1- . J ^.1? J ? 1. .f secure ana sne reacnea uie uec*. ui uie listing steamship, to find herself one of many frantic and half dressed people who congregated about the boats. She saw the captain of the steamer on the bridge and some of the officers at other points, endeavoring to direct the efforts of the crew to launch the boats. There was little response to the orders of the officers. The crew seemed paralyzed. Matters were quiet and there was no panic at first. Golden moments were slipping away ami the decks were becoming more and more crowded with frightened people emerging from cabins and companion ways. The steamer was listing and settling, and then a wild fear seized 011 the throng and the people lost their reason and -really went mad. Mrs. La Casse was separated from her husband in the scramble and the steamer listed so badly she slid down the declivity of the deck and into the water. She had taken, the precaution, at her husband's direction, to put on a lifebelt before leaving, her stateroom, and shortly after being thrown into the sea was seized by the arm and drawn upon the life raft. Her savior was her husband. A moment later the ill-falfd steamer disappeared and a whirlpool eucircled the sjKit wlu-re the noble craft j had been. Everybody around the vortex was drawn into it. The water rush- I ed around, faster and faster, ami the j unfortunates disappeared in twos and j threes with despairing cries. Some of th? scenes enacted on board the La Bourgogne just after the collision were terrible to witness. .Men fought for position in the boats like raving maniaes. Women were forced back from the boats and trampled by men who made self-preservation their < - i ^ i ? i ? i... ? nrsi oojeei. uii uuaru were ;i iuisic number of lower class of Italians ami other foreigners, who in their frenzy stopped at nothing that promised safety for themselves. In a boat was a party of forty women, but so great was the panic that no hand was raised to j assist i?i its launching. The occupants, so near saved, were drowned like rats when the ship, with an awful hissing 1 .. I .] . 4.1.!.' sound, weiuuowii. oo uesucraiu \> umuc j situation that an Italian passenger j drew* his knife and made direct at one i who like himself, was endeavoring to reach the boats. Immediately his action was imitated in every direction. Knives were flourished and used with effect. Women and children were driven back to inevitable death at the point of weapons, the owners of which were experts in their use. According to stories of survivors, women were stabbed nice so many sneep. The scene on the water was even worse. Many of the unfortunates who were struggling in the water attempted to drag themselves into the boats or on rafts. These were pushed back into a watery grave. Here. too. knives were used freely. Not all of the . dead met death by drowning. Christopher Branson saw a sailor belonging to the La Tinuvornrrn^ strike a mssnnccr over the ? t C-- a head with a bar and kill him. The body dropped into the water. The passenger grabbed the boat in which the sailorjwasand attempted togeton board. The correspendent interviewed nearly all the passengers who could speak English. One passenger said the officers and crew of La-Bourgogne neglected the passengers entirely. - .The second officer was the only man of the crew who did anything to help the terrified and helpless passengers, lie cut loose all the boats he could, and in fact,., all the boats that were launched were launched by the brave second officer. He was last seen standing on the deck with his hand 011 the rigging going resignedly to death. Christopher Bruuini. a passenger, was thrown into the water and swam t> ? 4? 1 l.? lUrtWU J1UUI.> iic iuuuu a. i#vy^c. lie clung to this as his last hope. After some time, another man got hold of the same boat, and together the}' managed to right it. Under the seats they found the dead bodies of four men and tnree women, who had evidently been drowned by the capsizing of the boat. Uruniui said the crew were cruel in their conduct toward the passengers. He was unable to get in the steamer's boats when he came on deck, being shoved away by the sailors. He lost everything but what he stood in. Mehelini Secondo, an Italian steerage passenger, is among the saved. He I miiip :i hnnt which he tried to I get into. He evidently succeeded, but not Wore a desprate tight with her crew. . He was battered with oars and shoved away with boat hooks. He managed to seize an oar, however, and pulled himself to the boat and climbed in. August Pourgi was eager to give this correspondent an account of his experience. He was in the water about half an hour and attempted to get into a boat. He was seized when he managed to get half' in and thrown back into the water. Again he tried to enter the boat, but the inhuman savages who manded it were determined to i l-:? TJ? 1 Keep XI1 111 UUU 1.JLU muiiui^cu at uot tu get ia and stay in. Clinging to the life line of a boat not far away, he saw his mother, and as if his triu' were not enough, he was forced to watch a man shove her deep into the ocean with an oar. She was drowned. He said the man was saved. Other tales of horror were told by survivors. CERVERA'S REPORT. His Account of the Destruction of the Spanish Fleet. . The war department has received the report of Admiral Cervera to Gen. Blanco on the disastrous naval fight to the Spanish cause off Santiago. It is as follows: To the General-in-Chief, Habana: In compliance with your orders. I went out yesterday from Santiago de Cuba with all the squadron and after an unequalled combat against forces more than triple mine, had all my . squadron destroyed by fire. Teresa, Oquecdo and Vizcaya beached and the Colon fleeing. I accordingly informed the Americans ana went asnore ana gave myself up. The torpedo chasers foundered. I do not know how many people were lost, but it will surely reach 600 dead and many wounded. Although not in such great numbers the living as prisoners of the American*-. The conduct of the crews rose^ttf a height that won the most enthusiastic plaudits of the enemy- The commander of the | Vizcaya surrendered his vessel. ' His crew are very grateful for the noble generosity witlMvhich they are treated. Among the deacl is Yillainil and I believe Lasaga .-(spelling uncertain,) and .imon<r the wounded Concas and Eulate. We luive lost ;ili and are necessarily j depressed. Ckrvkra. The Spanish Loss. The estimate on the Spanish loss in the naval battle off Santiago is placed at 1,200 killed and 1.500 captured, against which stands an American loss of one killed and two wounded. [HOBSON AND HIS3IEN Once More Safe Under the Stare and Stripes. EXCHANGED FOR SPANIARDS Captured by the Americans. One Lieutenant and Fourteen Enlisted Men the Price Paid for the Surrender of the Heroes of the Merrimac. Assistant Naval Constructor Richard P. Hobson, of the flagship New York, and the seven seamen who. with him, sailed the collier Merrimac into the ( ll:irilti-l lit' t In? litl I'lii il' lit' S:l III ill* Culm on )uiie ;> last, and sunk her there, were surrendeivd hy l lie Spanish military authorities Thursday in exchange for prisoners raptured hy the American forces. The Spanish authorities consented Thursday morning to exchange liohson and his men. and a flag of truce was established for that purpose. The place selected for the vidinnsrn \v:is liinho* :i thetu'een the American and Spanish lines. t\v??-{Iiirds of a uiile .beyond the entrenchments occupied by Col. Wood's Hough Riders, near General Wheeler's headquarters, and in the centre of the American line. The American prisoners left the Reiiia Mercedes hospital, on the outskirts of Santiago, where they had been confined, at 2.-1.") Thursday afternoon, in charge of Major Irles. a Spanish officer. who speaks Knglish perfectly. The prisoners were conducted to the meet- I ing place on foot, hut were not blindfolded. Coi. .John .Jacob Astor and Lieut. Miloy, accompanied by Interpreter Maestro, were in charge of the Spanish prisoners. These consisted of Lieuts. Amelio Vole/, and Aurelius. a n 'P * vjrci uicui uciun^iii^ tu uiu muni regular infantry, who were captured at El Caney and Lieut. Adolfo Aries. ??1* Barcelona, one of tlu: most aristocratic military organizations of the Spanish army, and fourteen non-commissioned officers and privates. Lieut. Aries and a number of the men were wounded in the tight at Kl Canev. The Spanish prisoners were taken through the American lines mounted and blindfolded. The meeting between Col. Astor and Major Irles was extremely courteous, but very formal, and no attempt was made by either of them to discuss anything but the matter in hand. Major Irles was given his choice of three Spanish lieutenants in exchange for Hobson. and was also informed that lie could have all of the fourteen men in exchange for the American sailors. The Spanish officer selected Lieut. Aries. and the other two Spanish officers were conducted back to Juragua. It was then not later than 4 o'clock, and just as everything was finished and the two parties were separating. Major Irles turned and said, courteously enough, butr in. a tone which indicated defiance, and gave his hearers the impression t hat he desired hostilities to be renewed at once: "Our understanding is, gentlemen, that this truce comes to an end at 5 o'clock.'" Col. Astor looked at his watch, bowed to the Spanish officer, without makin/y .) ori/1 tKan VkoaL' cIaw. iu^ u . aixu ^uit i<i/U wav a o?u *1 ly to the American lines, with Hobson and his companions following. The meeting of the two parties and the exchange of prisoners had taken place in full view of both the American and Spanish solders, who were entrenched near the meeting place, andthe keenest interest was taken in the episode. The men whose return to their comrades has been secured by the negotiations detailed above are: Richard 1*. Hobson. lieutenant, U. S. X. Osborne Deignan; coxswain. (r?u>rvo P. Philliiis machinist. John Kelly, water tender. George Charette. a gunner's mate. Daniel Montague, seaman. .J. (!. Murphy, coxswain. Randolph Clausen, coxswain. As Hobson and ill:: men of the Mel'; rimac approached the tirsl line of entrenchments occupied 1>V the Hough Kiders, low murmurs ran l'rom one end of the line of cowboys and eastern athletes to the other, and by the time the returning party reached them every man was on his feet, refusing to be restrainV * 1 1 . ! . 1 IV eU liy the aumonition <?r me omcers. cheering wildly and rushing over every obstacle that chanced to he in their way. in their efforts to reach Hobson and his party ;ind grasp them by the hand. The released prisoners were soon surrounded and compelled to stop to | receive the greetings, congratulations ami vigorous, ncarttelt hanusnaKing or men they had never seen bcfdVe. Sunburned cavalrymen, who had spent their lives in the saddle on the plains of Arizona. New Mexico or other western States or Territories, and who did not know the difference between a ship's maintop, bilge or keel.threw their arms around the sailor boys and Utterly dragged them over the entrenchments, all the time sending out yells that under .1 : * .... I.l i Oiner circuuisuuiccs wuuiu wti: -uuviv terror to hearts even as gallant as those of the Merrimac heroes. Xo mountain fastness of the west ever resounded with shouts from an Indian war dance that equalled the wild outbreak of American spirit that occurred at this meeting of the sailors who did their duty, with every Spanish gun in the harbor trained upon them, and the hardy men. who. from the day of their arrival on the island of Cuba, have fought their way I over the bodies of their own dead and wounded to the very gates of the city that fhey will gladly storm when ordered to do so. The Seventy-first Xew York volunteers. near the Hough Kiders. was the nest regiment to fall upon llobson and his men. and almost immediately the Ninth and Tenth cavalry both colored regiments, joined in the general enthusiasm. and cheer after cheer arose as Hobson and his companions forced their way through the lines of white and colored soldiers. Hobson. so fatas possible, grasped each hand extended toward him. and neither he nor his men made any protest against the most uncomfortable crowding and jostling which they had to nndergo. If the young officer, whose home is in Alabama, has any race prejudice, he certainly forgot all about it as he passed through the lines of soldiers 011 his way to General Wheeler a headquarters. | He saw it was the uniform of the United States army, and he eared not for the | X. : color of its wearers, grasping the hands ul' the ebonv-hued troopers of the Ninth and Tenth cavalry and expressing his thanks for their patriotic welcome with as ranch heartiness as he displayed toward men of his own rrce. He and all hie m..ri triiwrMm# hi* tViA tion accorded them, and tears rolled down their cheeks us the soldiers crowded around them. As Hobson and his party approached ('apt. (jlrimes s buttery, the men cried out on every side t? have a salute tired in their honor. Hobson protrested against this and shouted to the artilleryman, who had also caught the infection. not to tire their guns. Souie of the most enthusiastic of the men appealed to (.'<>1. .John .Jacob Astor. and the latter entered into the spirit of the occasion and told the meii_thev need not obey Hobson s orders, as lie was only a lieutenant. Hut the officers of the battery prevented the uien from tiring the guns, as the Spaniards might have mistaken the reports for the opening nf an attack, and if the latter had responded our soldiers were in no position (in their state of order and enthusiasm) for an engagement. Naval Constructor Hobson finally reached CI en. Wheeler's headquarters, where the veteran cavalryman and other officers gave him a warm welcome. By tins timet'apt. UliaawicK or the ->ew York and the naval escort from the flagship had readied Hobson and his men. and they wciv the first persons. with whom the rescued prisoners had anyj>rcvious acquaintance, whom they I had met since they entered Santiago on their perilous mission. Capt. Chadwick and all others took each man by tlu: hand and extended tin; heartiest greeting. The escort had brought a change of' clothing, including new uniforms, for Hobson and his men. and the latter were given a short respite while -they changed their apparel. Hobson was | also given a horse to ride over the trail to Jaruga. and his uien were placed in an army ambulance. Before leaving for the seacoast Ilobson was taken to General Shafter's headquarters and warmly greeted by the commanding general. WHAT HOBSON SAYS About His Experience While a Prisoner of War. In speaking of his experience as a prisoner of war Hobson says: "During the first four days we were prisoners of war we were confined in Morro Castle, and 1 can assure you those were extremely uncomfortable and disagreeable days. The Spaniards did not exactly ill-treat us, but it took them some time to recover from the slmftk caused bv what most of them considered our Yankee impudence in trying to block their harbor. As a rule, the officers and men who eame into contact with us were gruff in speech and sullen in manner. . There were many threatening glances shot in our direction. For Admiral Cervera 1 have nothing but the highest admiration. ,;His act in informing Admiral Sampson of our safety 1 regard as that of a kind-hearted, generous man and chivalrous officer. 1 expressed to him my sincere thanks and the thanks of my men for taking this means of re * ? ' O .1 a. ! lievmg tlie anxiety 01 our smpmaies and our friends at home. He repeatedly spoke to me of his admiration of what he called one of the most daring acts in naval history, though I am sure we were not entitled to the commendation we received, for there were hundreds of other men on our ships who would have been glad to undertake to do the same thing. While we were in Morro Castle we were naval prisoners, hut at the end of four days we were transferred to the jurisdiction of the army and were removed to the lu-ina Mercedes hospital, on the outskirts of Santiago, where we remained until today. We knew hut little what was going on in the city, though of course, we could always tell where our fleet was bombarding the shore batteries, and we could easily U ISl lllJilllMl l ltv IClliuv C4|Miroiuu,i ed by the Yesuvious throwing dynamite shells. Several times at night we were also fully aware t hat the land batteries were lighting outside the city. Last Friday and Saturday it would be difficult to explain how anxious we were for news of the success of our side during the engagement. The little information the Spaniards would give us could not be relied upon. "One tiling that I found out in the hospital was that a largo number of Spanish officers wese wounded in last Friday's light, for many were brought to the hospital to be treated. Numbers of badly aimed bullets came into the hospital windows on Friday, but I do not believe anyone was injured by -4.1 A . 4- 1? /\MA VAVT* llieui. v/ur tJUiliCVl."} muiu ?vt; clean and comfortable. and the food was fairly good. In fact, I have no reason to complain of our treatment as prisoners of war. The prejudice which the Spaniards showed against us during the first few days soon wore away. We conducted ourselves properly and simply forced tiieni to treat us well. We knew nothing about the destruction of Admiral Cervera's fleet until told by our peop-c today. Of course our confinement became very irksome, and I cannot teH you how great was the relief we felt to be free again. I cannot express my gratitude to our soldiers who gave us such a welcome when we came into the lines. All of us are in excellent health and glad to go back to our posts again and sec the war through to the end." Another Capture,, Admiral Dewey lias captured the Spanish gunboat Leyte in the Bay of Manila. Among those on board the gunboat was the governor Pampangas. with ISO officers and men. lianrassed. by the rebels and believing that starvation was at liand. tliey evacuated Panipangas and were trying to cross to Manila harbor when they were captured. What Cervera Says. The lirst and only statement concerning the recent naval battle made by the Spanish commander, Admiral Cervera, was to a correspondent of the Associated Press on board the battleship Iowa. It was as fullows: "I would rather l-:- i;i? ~ lose my snip ai sea. jinc u. muw, mau in a harbor. It was the only thing left for me to do." SANTIAGO BOMBARDED. Gen. Shafter Declines Gen. Linares' Terms of Surrender. The surrender of Santiago was formally offered by the Spanish commander. VJCLI. J.uiai, oaiuiua>, uui tuc iuuuitions attached caused a prompt refusal of the offer -by Gen. Shafter. The negotiations. however, resulted in the extension of the armistice until noon Sunday. Gen. Toral's proposal con-' teinplated the immediate surrender of the city, but he insisted that his army be permitted to march away under arms ! i . 1 il. - . . 1 J J ! - _ J 1. _ a. I anu wim living colors auuueciareu uisii he would light to the last ditch unless the conditions were accepted. Gen. Shafter replied that nothing but unconditional surrender would he considered by him. hut he consented to cable the Spanish oli'er to Washington, in the meantime extending the armis-1 tice. It was shortly before noon Saturday when a little group of Spanish officers. under a Hag of truce, came out from under the yellow wall of the beiM.xr.wl /.itv >>!<! uIaU'Iv IivkIp itc W'lV tn ward the American line. A detail was sent to meet them and they were escorted to comfortable quarters, while the letter from Gen. Toral was carried to Gen. Shafter's tent, two miles from the front. This letter was couched in the icily courteous terms, characteristic of such communications and was as brief possible. It bore the signature of Gen. Toral. who commands at Santiago since Gen. Linares was wounded, and stated that he was prepared to surrender the city provided his army would be permitted to capitulate "with Honor." This, he explained, meant that the Spanish forces should be unmolested and go in any direction they wished with arms and flying their colors. The letter concluded with the bold statement that surrender under any other terms was an impossibility and j would not be considered. Gen. Shaftcr j immediately cabled the facts to Washington and sent to Gen. Toral a refusal of his proposal, but added that he would communicate with his government ?nd would extend the informal armistice until Sunday at nooon. It is >- - --1 L-ll. il.i A. ueemea in'ODatue mav me truce uwj | extend even bej'ond the time designated, as the offer of Gen. Toral to surrender on any terms is regarded as an indication that the Spanish commander has decided upon surrender upon the best terms obtainable. SANTIAGO BOMBARDED. "The bombardment of Santiago has begun. That was the verbal information obtained Sunday evening shortly before 9 o'clock at the war department. Almost immediately three bulletins were posted, the most important of I ? i*_? n.? ciin,;* which was liiuu vxcn. uuauci* | dispatch announced that Gen. Toral. who succeeded Gen. Linares in. command of the Spanish forces in Santiago when the latter was wounded, had declined to surrender unconditionally and and that the bombardment of the town would'be begun by the army and navy about 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Anxiety had been expressed by the war department officials as to whether Gen. Shafter had a sufficient force to prevent the evacuation of Santiago by the enemy. This anxiety was allayed about half past 12 Sunday night by the receipt of the foilowing dispatch from Gen. Shafter, which contained confirmation. too, of the earlier reports of the bombardment: Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, July A TO _ T\ 1 T T 1A iu via, .riaya uei x^ste, ?juiy iu. To the Adjutant General, Washington: Enemy opened fire a few minutes past 4 with light guns which were soon silenced by ours; very little musketry tiring and the enemy kept entirely in th*eir intrenchments. Three men slightly wounded. Will have considerable forces tomorrow; enough to completely block all the roads on the Northwest. 1 am quite well. (Jen. Ciarcia reworts that enemy evac uated little town called Doscanioos. about three miles from Santiago and near the bay. The Spaniards Blue. Information rceived from the most reliable sources is to the effect that the darkest pessimism pervades Madrid officialdom. The hopelessness of the war is linally recognized and the peace idea now seems to predominate in the cabinet and negotiations are considered urgent. The cabinet is likeiy to cohere untiljpeace is secured. It is now recognized that Santiago de Cuba is completely belcagured and certainly cannot hold out owing to the lack of provisions and munitions of war. It is considered certain that the Americans will blockade Cuban and Porto Rican por^> cutting off their supplies, while the authorities are convinced that an American fleet is coming to the peninsula. There is no confidence felt that the powers will interfere even if defenseless seaports are bombarded, ana. therefore, what measures of defense are possible are being adopted. Arrival of Spanish Prisoners. The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, with 74C Spanish prisoners, including 54 officers, arrived in Portsmoutn harbor at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning, and a few minutes later dropped auchor just above Fishing Island. The big liner left Guantanamo at G o'clock Tuesday afternoon, July 5 .and did not make a stop until she reached Portsmouth harbor. Including the prisoners there 1 Innniilo nn hnarf] hnat. i . V W 2'VV|/?v v?? ?? ,..v and out of this number 91 arc sick. Admiral Cervera is confined to bis cabin, having been quite ill for the past three days, although he was able to be dressed this morning. Capt. Eulate, who was commander of the Vizcaya, and is amoug the prisoners, is also quite ill, having been wounded in the head during the battle. A True Lover. J. K. Ten Eyck, of Jersey City, and Miss Klenora Payers, of Richmond Hill, Long Island, are now man and wife after a touching and unusual romance. Mr. Ten Eyck, when looking over the album of a friend, found a picture of Miss Payers, which was so attractive that he wrote to her, and the result of the ensuing correspondence, which lasted nearly a year, was an engagement. When the couple were to meet for the first time Miss Payers, in taking a train to go from her home to New York, was run over and lost both legs, and Mr. Ten Eyck saw his bride for the first time in the hospital. When she was 11 1 - ' I. -\awifrtl IaDie to leave me uuspnai mcj nut married. ! JIMSON^-Smr?- "M ! Of the Sinking of the Steamer Merrimac. HIS THRILLING EXPERIENCES. | Splendid Discipline of His Men. His ? 31 Marvelous Escape and Surrender to Cervera. Imprisonment in Morro Castle. A dispatch says the return of Assistant Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson. of Merrimae fame, to his ship, the flagship New York, Friday night. I off Santiago harbor, was marked by wild enthusiasm. It was dark when a shout was passed along the ship that Hobson was coming. On the superstrueture clambered the crew, ten deep, and ob the quarterdeck the officers clustered around the sea ladder, and a hundred hands were stretched out to grasp Hobson's. It was not until he was sate ' .r'% once more on deck that the crew of the New York cheered, and then they broke out into a wild yell, which was repeated over and over again until the men were hoarse. .Numbers of the men rushed on the quarterdeck and a great group of men struggled around the tall figure of the man who had dared so much. Behind Hobson came Colonel John Jacob Astor. and the first thing Hobson tried to do was to introduce him to the officers, but Col. Astor got lost ia the crowd, which surged around, insisting upon shaking Hobson's hand. The transports blew their whistles. Hobson sat once more among his messmates and toid the story of his experience, his j marvelous escape and his imprisonment ! in Afrtrrn Pact-lo \vuinor shftlls explode outside his cell. hobson's story. "I did not miss the entrance to the harbor/' he . said, "as Ensign Powell, in the launch supposed. I headed east until I got my bearings and then made for it, straight in. Then came the firing. It was grand, fashing out first Vjtf from one side of the harbor and then the other from those big guns on the hills?the Vizcaya, lying inside the harbor, joining in. "Troops from Santiago had rushed j down when the news of the Merrij mac's"- coming was telegraphed vind i soldiers lined the foot of the cliffs, nr^^ ing" wildly across and killing each v-v^ other with the cross-fire. The Merri- * mac's steering gear broke as she got to Estrella Point. Only three of the torpedoes on her side exploded when' I touched the button. A huge sub- .||| marine mine caught her full amidships, hurling the water high in the air and tearing a great rent in the, Merrimac's side. "Her stern ran upon Estrella Point. - \ -J|| Chiefly owing to the work done by the mufe, she began to sink slowly. At that time she was across the channel, but before she settled the tide drifted . M her around. We were all aft, lying on / the deck. Shells and bullets whistled around us.. Six-inch shells from the Yizcaya came tearing into the Merriniac, crashing into wood and iron and passing clear through, while the plung- ^ ing snots irom tue iuri- urun-c iiuuugu her decks. ''Not a man must move/' I said, "and it was only owing to the splendid discipline of the men that we were not all killed as the shells rained over us and minutes became hours of suspense. The men's mouths grew parch-. ed, but we must lie there till daylight, I told them. Now aud again one or the other of the men, lying with his face glued to the deck and wondering wheth- . er the next shell would not come our way, would say: "Hadn't we better drop off now. sir?" but I said "wait till daylight."' >If liivn imvmssible to get the catamaran anywhere but to the shore where the soldiers stood shooting-, and I hoped that by daylight we might be recognized and saved. The grand old Merrimac kept sinking. I wanted to go forward and see the damage done there, where nearly all the fire was directed. br.t one man said if I rose it would draw all the fire on the rest. So I lay motionless. It was splendid the way these men behaved. The fire of the soldiers, the batteries J WllAn fllA UUU C11U V tl Yf ikS (tniuii IT UVU VUV -4.. water came up 011 the Merrimac's decks. '-111 the catamaran floated amid the wreckage. but was still made fast to the boom, and we caught hold of the edge and clung on. nur heads being above *" water. "One man thought we were safei right there; it was quite light, the firing -had ceased except that directed at the New York launch, and I feared Ensign Powell and his men had been killed. A n ' 1 i > 1 .Li-. it : Opanisn launcn came towaru me xueni- >> mac. We agreed to capture her and run. Just as she came close the Spanirds saw us. and half a dozen marines jumped up and pointed theirrlfles at our heads. # "Is there an}* officcr in that boat to receive a surrender or prisoners of war?" I shouted. An old man leaned out under the awning and waved his hand. It was Admiral Cervcra. The marines lowered their rifles, and wc were helped into the launch. Then wc were put in 3 cells in Morro Castle. **It was a grand sight a few days later to see the bombardment, the shell,? striking and bursting around El Morro. men we .were tasen uuu cnuuagu. a had the courtmartial room in the barracks. 3Iy men were kept prisoners in the hospital. From my window I could see the army moving, and it was terrible to see those poor lads across the open and being shot down by the Spaniards in the rifle pits in front of me. "M Thursday the Spaniards became as polite as could be. I knew something was coming, and then I was exchanged.'-! ^ Mr. Snelgrove Declines. | The newly appointed quartermaster of the Second regiment. Mr. \V. P. Snelgrove, has declined the position tendered him by Governor Ellerbe. Mr. Snelgrove is the i>resent supervisor of Anderson county, and is a candidate | for re-election. He thinks he will have lis no trouble in being elected again, and prefers a civivil to a military office. i The auartermastership of a regiment is | considered a sinecure, and since Mr. j Snelgrove's declination became known j many candidates have already sent in i their applications for the place. ..... ? vrr,