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-Ill UMIWllllHWilii II I II I,, ii . f SPANISH ACCOUNT T iDf the Destruction of Admiral Cervera's Fleet. i NARRATiVES OF OFFICERS. I V I The Last Hour on Board the: Doomed Ships. Measureless . Human Biood and Suf fering and Indescribable Terrors. Many of the Spanish prisoners on Seavey's island carry on their soiled duck suits the blood of their companions. The frightful carnage in that mad dash for liberty out of Santiago harbor is still the only thought, the only talk of the prisoners by day, their only dread, or nightmare oy mgiu. rjvci j one of the survivors will, as long as he lives, tell his countrymen that the gunners, of the Iowa, Oregon. Brooklyn and Texas concentrated their fire upon the ship he was on. Now we are to see for the first time the greatest naval fight in modern years?the first open sea engagement of armored vessels, through Spanish eyes. We now know for the first time exactly how it feels to have steel projectiles,* each weighing from 1 to 1,100 pounds, striking and exploding around us at the rate of nearly 1,000 a minute. LIEUT. CARLOS BO ADO S STORY. Let Lieut. Carlos Boado-Suances first ' tell his experience en the Pluton, the torpedo boat destroyer. These are nearly his own words to a "World correspondent: I "Admiral Cervera expected to lose most of his ships, but he hoped thai the Cristobal Colon would get away. This is why he transferred his flag to TO nor tut; su ui?u uinuv ^,w ish with the less fortunate. The two torpedo boat destroyers were to stay behind the armored cruisers until the American ships closed in and then the torpedo boats were to dart out from behind the armored ships,heading straight for the nearest ener *. ''That was the plan. See how it failed. There were 72 men on our boat (the Pluton.) I don't believe that one man of us expected to be alive in half an hour. But we were confident that we would take one of your battleships down with us. Not a man showed cowardice. Every one was ready to die, but no one was prepared for exactly t what awaited us. We were shot to pieces before we got within half the torpedo striking distance of the American ships. We found ourselves riddled and could not .strike a blow in return. That young commander of the Gloucester (meaning Commander Wainwright r-f~- of the Maine) is as brave as any man alive, but he did not destroy us. It was the shells of the Brooklyn and Texas that blew us up. "Admiral Cervera signalled the other ships behind him as he started out of the harbor: "Mv dear bovs. vour admiral prays for a speedy victory." ;'But in five minutes we were in the infernal regions. The nearest American ship, the Iowa, was 2,500 yards (1* miles) away. Life anywhere on board the Plnton wasn't worth an ochave (a quarter of a cent.) Our vessel, without armor, offered no place of refuge. On one of the armor clads a man feels somewhat safer on the lee side of a turret,, or with the conning tower between him and the enemy, but our men were just as safe on the open deck?safer, indeed, than below, for the shots shattered our steam pipes, and escaping steam scalded to death the ' atroiters auu eugiueuo. "My chum and classmate "was struck by a shell in the breast while standing three feet from me. He was decapitated as quickly as by the guillotine. The head and body separated and fell oil the deck into the sea. The same shell struck the conning tower and exploded. The concussion threw me on my hands and knees. At the same instant a heavier shell struck the l'luton's side and she careened violently. I grasped at the little railing running, round the conning tower to prevent fftlKnor nvorTi/vml and Trailed mvself Ul> by my left hand. The next moment another shell struck the deck exactly where I had been a moment before, exploding and wounding me slightly. How I escaped is a miracle I cannot explain. All this happened in the first few minutes. The Iowa and Brooklyn were still 2,000 yards (more than a mile) away when our gun crews were killed or wounded, so that we soon ceased to fire. "We had prepared our torpedo tubes, but before the Texas, now the nearest i enemy, was within 1.500 yards of us? ' much too far to use a torpedo against : her?our steering gear was crippled, ; half of our crew were killed and escap- i ing steam below showed that our en- 1 gines were mortally hurt. We steered i ^ for a time by the twin screws. We ; then tried to get behind the Oquendo, < not to save our lives you understand, : but to save our torpedoes until we could i use them. But before we could take the position we intended the Pluton 1 became unmanageable. The Oquendo ; used smoke-producing powder at the 1 beginning of the battle, solely to ena- ] ble the Pluton and Furor to hide, but i some how the smoke did not lay on the water. It rose in fleecy clouds that 1 rendered our position all the plainer to i the enemy in the clear strip of blue, i clean water below. Even the elements ; seemed hostile to us in this fight. The ] biggest shells were fired so as to ricochet : alone the water. "We could see them p eoming at us by the enormous splashes i they made and they came straight. Fi- 1 nally a shell from the Brooklyn. I < think, tore the insides out of us. We 1 had already swung our stern to the ene- < my in the hope of escaping. We had a 20-knot headway on at the time and i this carried us to land. We were ut- j terly helpless in that storm of death." j couldn't sleep for horror. ! At this point of Lieutenant BoadoSuance's narrative another officer in the i group, whose name I couldn't learn, i said in a low voice: < "TVio AmpnViins snnin? on the Plu- 1 ton and Furor like cats on two mice. ; We couldn't even bite. The Ameri- i cans were too quick. But wc on the i Furor fared worse than you. liiatis, we 1 were in the thickest of the fire."' i Though this was not intended for my i ears, and it may have a taint of jeal- : ousy because the speaker belonged to : ** if troc orofnr 1 a livai k/i n j xv n viiMiuvvviiwwv *.v* the lieutenant replied: "Perhaps each ship seemed to those < on it to be the centre of the fire. i "The fact is that the Furor and i the Pluton carried seventy men each: : forty-eight on the Pluton were killed i and fifty-five on the Furor." Gerondo Farnandez Caliz. a first- ] <?lnss machinist, who was on the Pluton ; told how the shell from the Brooklyn : that literally stove the torpedo boat to : splinters passed through the boiler < room, splitting the boiler itself, letting j out steam and scalding water upon the ; crew, "to stab them like sword blades."' I < The figure is his own and a good one, j: "N / > t I no doubt, because even* man in tiJG | stoke hole and engine hole, except him- i self and one oiler-perished. The sinking of the Pluton saved hi> life, as it let in the cold sea water to drown ont the fire in the engine room. Both the engineer and the oiler knew nothing until they were picked out of the sea unconscious by the blue jackets from the Gloucester. Gregorio Murui. a machinist on the Fnr/vr nnr} .in who hardlv speaks Spanish, claims that the Furor stuck out the fight until the flagship Maria Teresa headed for the shore. He held up his two hands, with their scalded palins outward, and rolled his eyes to express the horror of his experience. Words failed. He said that lie could not sleep for several nights after the battle without waking up in terror. A FLAGSHIP OFFICER'S KSCAPE. Lieutenant Antonio Lopez Cerou. a line officer on the Infanta Maria Teresa, had the honor of standing near Admiral Cervera during the fifty-seven - - - * 1 i. rnu.. nnnuies American oiisiaupiit. j ue lieutenant is sure that as the Spanish fieet come out from the deep shadow of the entrance to Santiago harbor only two big American ships we-e in sight within two miles. These must have been the Iowa aud Brooklyn. The Indiana was generally unobserved by the Spaniards. The Maria Teresa fired the first shot, and it was answered simultaneously by both the American ships'so quickly that the Spaniards believe every American gun crew was at quarters. The Oregon seemed to rise up out of the sea on the Teresa's port quarter, every foot of her sides darting daggers of flame and solid shot. "Of course, I never expected to get away," said the lieutenant, "but really, as we came out of the harbor the prospect vras much more encouraging than we had expected. The admiral ordered all of our guns concentrated on the Brooklyn. Our sole thought was if we could cripple her we could escape from the big battleships. Where the Oregon I'wriTVT A?f AI' A OAn >? f\fY\ 1 T"? <T v;u,lu<j i.rjm uuu v/a wg ouu. uuchu iuviuiu^ I can't figure even to this hour, and how she traveled so fast is an enigma. I could not have believed that any battleship afloat could ch?se our Cristobal Colon (a 21-knot armored cruiser) sixty miles and then corner her. The Texas we knew all about, but we had been told that she was?what do you call it, 'hoodooed'?that her machinery always broke down at critical moments, and we really did not regard her as a serious factor. "If it did not seem like boasting I could tell of at least three escapes from death by myself during a few moments They are now just as incredible to me as ?as that I am here alive. Once I passed behind the forward turret to get an order that was handed down from the bridge, when a shot carried away half of the bridge and I found myself in a mass of wreckage. At that instant a larger shell, probably 6-inch, passed directly over my head with a shriek like a locomotive's whistle, killing the aide who was reaching the order to me. I wasn't down two seconds, but when I arose I found three copses under my feet. Where they came from t t _ _i _ _ mi i. l nave no iaea. meiueu were auii ueaj. me when I.fell. I am told chat experiences like that always-' happen to men in battle, but it was new to me. TRIED TO RAM TIIE BROOKLYN. ' 'Being at the head of the line, we expected that the American fire would be concentrated on us. and the admiral tried to manoeuvre so that we could ram the Brooklyn. I really believe that our noble Cervera would himself have gone down with sublime happiness if he could have destroyed Commodore Schley's flagship. "But whenever we headed up toward her she swung around and threatened ornsc mir Wa n PVftr fnf, nft:ir er than 1,500 yards. Once, when we turned toward her, a shell from her forward turret struck us in the bow, ploughing down amid-ships, just escaping the forward turret and striking amidships, where it exploded. It tore down the bulheads, destroyed stanchions. penetrated the deck, crippled two rapid-fire guns, killed fifteen or twenty men and carried panic everywhere. i-We fired a few shots at the Iowa. but three-fourths of all our guus were aimed at the Brooklyn, which, I am told, we struck her over forty times. 1 cannot understand how it kept afloat. At one time I know the Oqueodo and Vizcaya both worked all their guns on the Brooklyn. Cervera ordered one of our gun crew to concentrate on her steering gear, trying to make her unmanageable, if we could not sink her. In vain! ONE SHELL'S IIAVOC. "One of the Iowa's shells struck the 11-inch gun in the forward turret of the Vizcaya, cutting a furrow as clean - i?ii?- ? lis a kliiic uui ui uut; aiuu ui ouc tjuu. The shell exploded half way in the turret. making the whole vessel -stagger and shake in every plate. When the fumes and smoke had cleared away so that it was possible to enter the turret, [>ther gunners were sent there. The survivors tumbled the bodies which fillad the wrecked turret through the ammunition hoist to the lower deck. Even the machinery was clogged by corpses. "The place was so slippery from l-i.-j ?j +i,?f UiUUU clIlU pluses UA tuau iivixi biiuu moment I do not think the gun crews knew what they were doing. But they kept ramming new projectiles in the lun and firing. "The other gun crews fared just as badly. All our rapid-fire guns aloft >oon became silent, because every gunner had been either killed or" crippled it his post and lay on tlis deck where he fell. A dead body hung over the military top. '"There were so many wounded that the surgeons ceased trying to dress the wounds. Shells had exploded inside :>f the ship, setting fire to the woodwork. and even the hospital was turnid into a furnace. '"The first wounded who were sent there had to be abandoned by the surreons. who fled for their lives from the Sery furnace caused by the exploding shells. ''I do not believe that a man on our ?lnr> did a eowardlv act. but manv of us were perfectly crazy. The flashes Df exploding shells, the shriek and the roar of missiles, passing over us, md the rattle of the lighter shots on the steel decks made a din and a blinding glare of light. It was impossible to think of or hear anything else. Afr ter about 15 minutes I did not hear a ?ingle command given. The officers ?creamed their orders for a while, but soon they could not make themselves heard, and there were fe\v to obey. When the whole gun deck of the Yiz;aya was in flames we knew that the magazines would go up in a few urinates. She was then headed for the ?hore, where the Maria Teresa had al<T.rwv '"After the Vizcava was close in, j probably within 40B yards of the beach, j i shell from the largest of the Texas' j Liuns. fired from the after turret, as j ?he steamed away in pursuit of the j Cristobal Colon.- hit the Yizcaya a little j forward of amidships, just above the j irmor belt and below the protected j deck. The shot crashed through her j side, crossed the gun deck, ricocheting j m?t mif >! r ** from s'eol Compartment to ccrtjpart- | nicnt. until u reached the forward tor- ! pedo tubes, where it struck and explnd- j ed one of the \ izeaya's torpedoes, j Whether the Texas' shell also exploded I do not know. The shock was i?-r- j ritic. Tile shell is said to iia\e killed j men in its path across and over the gun deck. The final explsion blew out I the starboard side of the Yizcaya. mak- | ing her a complete wreck. TEUKIULE S LAUGIITER. :;In the meantime the survivors from ! the flaghship were jumping into the sea j to escape from the burning wreck. The steel sides of the shij> were almost red ' hot from the fire raging within and the j impact of the shells without. Admir- j i y? i w? i n? ? i i .. I ui uervera nimseii tnrew on ;ui ins clothes but two garments, and finally leaped into the sea, where he was supported by his son. 1 tried to stay on board as !oug as he did. but the pitching of the vessel in the heavy surf and the frightful heat of the deck caused me to lose my balance, and I fell. I was barelv conscious, but the sea wa- j ter revived me. and a boat from the Ericsson soon picked mc up." The lieutenant spoke with much feeling, and his references to Admiral Cervera were almost reverent, lie admitted that he had a very confused account of the battle. He could not remember details, and lie had no idea of time. It seemed to him that the flagship was for hours in that hell of fire. But of one fact he was sure?Admiral Uervera never ieit tue oriage an instant until the -ship was beached, and he had also personally ordered the first shot fired. "When the inevitable naval court sits in Spain to decide the responsibility for the loss of the Spanish fleet, several Spanish officers, without the slightest disloyalty to Cervera, will testify that if he had uot tried so hard to insure the escape of the Cristobal Colon some of his magnificent ships would have got away. If they had scattered, all steam ing in different directions, Spanish officers believe that the American fleet could not possibly have destroyed all of them. Captain Eulatc is the most heartbroken of all the Spanish commanders. He sits for hours gazing at the sea with an expression of utter dejection on his face?a broad bandage across his forehead covering his wounded head, and his lips often utter with unspeakable sadness the two world: '"Adios. Vizcaya." So well known is this in the Ports mouth navy yard and barracks that the young officers are already singing sotto voce a pathetic little ballad to the wellknown Italian air, "Lucia," beginning and repeating the words <;.&dios, ^z" caya." It is entirely reverent and touching, one of the sweet tender episodes of the war. LIEUT. MANGEPER'S STORY. Lieutenant Antonio Mangenpcr, of . the Vizcaya, was the senior of his rank aboard the armored cruiser. He speaks only his native tongue, but has seen much of the world, has made a voyage to 31amla and several cruises Deiore ne joined the Vizcaya. He was with'the boat- at New York last February and accompanied Captain Eulate ashore for an official call on Mayor Van Wyck. "To us it appeared as if the Vizcaya received the converting fire of at least two battleships and cruiser Brooklyn/' began the lieutenant. "Our engineers did splendid work and we thought ourselves easily able to cope with the Brooklyn. We fought the Iowa abeam for nearly half an hour at a range of 2,000 yards. That was an ex penence tor any man. ine Amcncans didn't seem to be in any hurry. The big battleship, good for two of us, hung on our beam like a bulldog, and gave us abdwt two out of every three shots her gunners fired. With the after turret they were firing at somebody back of us. -? "The Brooklyn didn't damage us much. The Iowa did the business. Its shells, coming full at our sides, never <rlaneed. as did manv of the others. We were hit twenty times by shots that did little damage. The skipping 13-inch shells from the Iowa appeared to slide along the surface of the water and hunt fora seam in our armor. The curious thing is that they found our vulnerable spot?our Achilles heel, so to say. Three of these monster' projectiles penetrated the hull of the Vizcaya, and exploded there before we started for the shore. A FLOATING FURNACE.. "The carnage inside that ship was something horrible and beyond description. Fires were started up con. ti .1 x ; ? Stanuy. it seemeu to rnc uia,i* me uvu bulkheads took fire. Our organization was perfect. We acted promptly, and mastered all the small outbreaks of flame, until the small ammunition magazine was exploded by a shell. JFrom that moment the vessel became a furnace oi fire. "While we were walking the deck, headed shoreward, we could hear the roar of the flames under our feet above the voice of the artillery. The Yizcaya's hull bellowed like a blast furnace. Why, men sprang from the rfd-hot deck straight into the jaws of sharks." The story of the chase of the Cristobal Colon is best described by Dr. Gabriel Cavaillery-Sause, who with his companion, Dr. Adolpho Niemere-Sauasere, were the surgeons on the ship that made such a gallant run for existence. "The Colon came out next to the last," said Dr. Sause. ';It was the plan of the battle that she should keep behind the heavier armored ships. She was hit only 'six times by big shells, and would have got away if the conformation of the shore line had been dif^F!-?rv 4-f\ /if T/.O /\? nm X ill; HiiU LO^Dll^D VI VVAlimuuvxv Schley in making for the great headland instead of following the Colon into the bay is what caught her. When the two ships came to close range at the point of the triangle, so to speak, the Brooklyn was more than a match for the poor Colon. The Oregon and Brooklyn got the range for each other and signalled it to and fro. Comparatively few men were killed on the \ ^ /-.!> PAAnne o e TO/\T* VUIULI. ?.y\J OVUIIVJ ao *t w v Wixi 1*1V n I on the Vizcaya and 3Iaria Teresa, when whole ranks of men were swept away by one explosion of a shell, were enacted. The Colon, was not sent ashore because she was mortally hit. but because she was mortally hit, but beget out.'' Verily, the chase of the Cristobal Colon by the Brooklyn and Oregon will remain for ages the most thrilling and trade naval race for life on record. rj u lvi u : ? i i.v.n i> r^xxr>. Gathering in the Stragglers. A cablegram from Hong Kong says Admiral Dewey at Manila has dispatched the Kaleigh and Concord to gather up 11 Spanish craft, which according to information sent him by Consul General Wilunian. are at various places in the Phlippine archipelago. Among these vessels are three gunboats at San Miguel. Luzon Island, and four at Port Royalist, J'alawar island. Four mcrchantment with cargoes of tobacro arc reported at Cagayan, Luzon. The , same dispatch reports that English traders at the coal mines at Batan, Luzon Island, have been imprisoned and subjected to il! treatment otherwise by the Spaniards i.here. -.ikwhuh ii?.i<i n^ STATE ALLIANCE! 1 i Annual Meeting Held in Columbia Last Week. THE DELEGATES PRESENT. President Wilborn's Address. Ap pointment of Committees. Other Eussiness of Interest to the Order T ransacted. The eleventh annual meeting of the Farmers' Allianee of South Carolina met in Columbia last Wednesday evenin? at half-past eight o'clock. After the opening preliminaries, Mr. J. C. Wilborn. president of the State Alii ancc delivered his address, wmcn was listened to with marked attention. At the conclusion of the address the president announced these appointments: Chaplain. J. R. Blake, Abbeville; steward. Yf. X. Elder, York; doorkeeper. J). A. Efird, Lexington: assistant doorkeeper, C. A. Plylcr, Lancaster; Sergeant at arms. A. P. Goodwyn, Laurens. A roll call showed the following delegates, many of the counties not being " j . represeufceu. Abbeville?J. II. Blake. Chester?S. T. McKeown. Dorchester?L. "W. "Westberry. Florence?J. T. Hutchinson. Horry?A. II. Dew. Lancaster?C. A. Plyler. Laurens?A. P. Goodwyn. Lexington?1). F. Efird. Newberry?S. P. Cratwell. Oconee?T.. Y. Chalmers. ?i?,, _ T c n? v/iau?i;uui JJ. Pickens?J. T. Boggs. Spartanburg?J. K. Keid. Union?A. C. Lyles. York?J. 11. Aslic. These committees were then appointed: Committee on credentials, J. L. Keitt. J. T. Boggs and A. R. Dew. Committee on publication, W. N, Elder S. P. Crotwell and S. T. McKeown. Col. J. A. Hoyt, the publisher of The Cotton Plant then addressed the convention in the interest of the paper and spoke of what it is doing and can be made to do. Messrs. Plyler, Evans ana jfuncan also spoice on tne suoject of the alliance organ. The discussion resulted in the passage of a motion that the president appoint a canvasser for each county for the Cotton Plant. The meeting then adjourned to Thursday morning. On reassembling Iliursday morning an election of officers was held with the following result; President?J. C. "Wilborn, York. Vice President?J. R. Blake, Abbeville. Secretary and Treasurer?J. TV. Rcid Spartanburg. The term of W. N. Elder as a mem-' ber of the executive committee had ex pircd, but lie was re-elected. A'delegate from South Carolina to the National Alliance was to have-been elcctcd, but this selection was left to the discretion of President Wilborn. The next session of the State Alliance will be held on the fourth "Wednesday in July, 1S99, and Columbia was chosen as the place of meeting, The scheme presented by Mr. Crotweli of Newberry, that the alliance take charge of selling all the cotton of its members, thinking that by so doing they would get better prices, was discussed at length. Mr. Crotwell's plan was that the alliance grade the cotton nnrl nonttt.ifl.fcfi snta -f'fir t.ViA farmer. the headquarters for the negotiating of sales to be in Columbia. A farmer could inform the alliance how manybales he had on hand, sending a sample, and then the alliance could negotiate its sale to cotton mills in the State or- elsewhere, being guided by prices offered. The alliance would simply act as the agent for the producer in placing his cotton to the highest bidder. After considerable talking had been done the alliance, did not adopt the plan definitely, but referred the whole matter to Manager D. P. Duncan and the directors of the Alliance exchange. They will investigate all the ins and outs of the new proposition and if they decide that such a plan would be to the advantage of the farmers it will be adopted, otherwise it will not. The fertilizer question was also discussed, and it, too, was referred to the exchange for action. After a resolution of thanks to the railroads for allowing reduced rates to the delegates, the convention adjourned. Just Heard of It. Brigadier General G. M. Randall, who has been stationed at Fort St. ATirVhaoL Alaska, arrived in Washincr ton Wednesday evening and was at the war department Thursday. He but recently learned that this government is at war with Spain. It had been nine months since he had received a letter or any sort of communication from the outside world, when on June 14 he heard of -Dewey's victory at Manila on May 1. ?His rank in the army was lieutenant colonel On May 4 he was confirmed by the senate as a brigadier general, but did not learn of this fact until June 27. As soon as he was notified of his protion he forwarded his acceptance. Coming to Washingoc rmif*Vlv ss lif? ermld in obedience I to orders, lie arrived only Wednesday night and qualified as brigadier general Thursday. In a Shark's Maw. John Cleary, one of the crew of the monitor Amphitrite, now on duty as it i l O j. Jjf TT a DiOCKaaer in iront 01 navana, writes to a friend that the crew spend considerable of their time fishing for sharks and have had more or less luck in that direction. A few days ago. he saysone was caught by the crew of the mon, itor, and was hauled on board and dissected. Among other articles found in the stomach of the shark was the sleeve of a United States sailor's jacket, with seven scrvicc stripes upon it. It is supposed that the sleeve" was worn by one of the victims of the battleship Maine, destroyed on the night ot Jt'eb- I ruarv 15, and that the sailor's ann had been blown off and swallowed by the shark. A Preacher Drowned. On Saturday the 23d instanr, the Rev. C. 0. Ililder, a Baptist minister of Loi'tis, X. C., was drowned in a small branch near Dacusville. He was on his way to Pic-kens and the cause of his death was due to a plank being ; ironc from the bottom of a bridge across . the branch, and as !ie ".vent through the < hole, lie came in contact with another plank which knocked him senseless. < The water being vcr> high, and he, ; being senseless, could not have saved < himself from drowning under any cir- i cumstances, unless help had arrived . immediately. He was walking when 1 he met with this fatal accident. He < l ^ i- J i ? was auOUL -?0 JUiira UiU UUU 1UU.VC3 a j wife and many relatives and friends to 1 mourn his death. 1 im*;Ziyi3x*s*di2n^zicai?KX%i&x CONDITION 0? CROPS. What the Observers All Over the State Says About It. A large majority <>(' the reports for the week, and covering the entire State except restricted areas in bpartanburg. Greenville, Pickens. Orangeburg: Florence. Dorchester and Barnwell counties where the rainfall was excessive, describe the weather during the past week as 'favorable on growing crops of all kinds. The humid heat, especially at night, together with numerous and well distributed showers stimulated rapid growth, while for the greater portion of the week the briirht sunshine dried the surface of the ground sufficiently to permit cultivation of grassy fields, and laying by of many fields of corn and cotton in fine condition, although some are yet in need of cultivation and will be laid by foul, as laying by is nearly finished on account of cotton being too large to plough or hoe. The mid summer condition of all the staple, as well as the minor, crops is very promising generally, and particularly so in the northern and western counties and over extensive regions in other portions of the State. Corn made noticeable imnrovement. and the greater portion of the crop is made, and to a large extent independent of subsequent weather conditions. The crop is promising?exceedingly fine in some localities?but will, as a whole, hardly be better or as good as an average one. In some counties corn is firing on light lands, while on wet bettorn lands it is turning yellow and has stopped growing. Practically all upland and most of bottom land corn has been laid by. Stubble corn doing nice ly. "With the exception of too mucli rain on light sandy soils that caused some rust and excessive shedding, cotton made satisfactory development during the week, although in places there is a tendency of the plants to grow too much to weed. In Bamberg and Hamp ton counties cotton is turning red. Many fields were cleaned of grass and weeds during the week, and although many grassy fields are still reported, the crop as a whole is well cultivated, and heavily fruited. -Open bolls are . . jt n _ ? _ r i. . notea in joarnwen county, duc ine crop as a whole is later than'last year. Laying by will soon be finished. Sqa island cotton is doing very "well. Cutting and caring tobacco is well under way, and the condition and quality of the jrop is reported very good. Preparations are being made for the first ''break" of the season at Florence on the 28th. Rice is growing well and is in a very promising condition. All danger from salt water is over in the tidal rice sections. In tlifi southern counties melons were small and inferior, but over the remainder of the State a large and fine crop is being marketed. Peaches are very fine and plentiful and of very good quality, but apples and pears are quite scarce and generally inferior. Grapes arc a full crop and are ripening, but in places excessive rotting is noted. Scuppernongs not yielding as well as usual. Sweet potatoes, pastures, gardens, sugar cane, and sorghum all making excellent growth. Forage crops doing well, and having well underway, but much damaged in Charleston county by the rains. SAVED EY THE CINCINNATI. Transport No. 21 Came Near Getting Under San Juan's Guns. Transport No. 21, the last of the big steamers to leave Charleston for Porto Rico, lost her way in the Porto Rican waters and came very near being destroyed by the big guns of San Juan. The transport No. 21 sailed Friday last with the Sixteenth Pennsylvania to join the Grand Duchess and the No. 30 with the two Wisconsin regiments off the coast of Porto Rico. The No. 21 sailed 24 hours after the two other no?/">? + TVi/1 nf fimo in the sailing of the two expeditions probably accounted for the separation of the vessels, and the great danger the 21 incurred in approaching too near the Porto llican coast. The No. 21 was rescued from her perilous position on last Tuesday night by the cruiser Cincinnati, and she was then placed on the way to meet the other vessels of the expedition. She came near getting under and being destroyed by the big 8-inch Krupp guns which defend Porto Rico. Her loss would have been a serious blow to the government. There were about 1,500 men on board, 1,200 horses and : mules, and great quntities of provisions and supplies for the army. In her car- ; go was a lot of supplies for the Second brigade, which were shipped at Newport . News. The First brigade, as well" as the ] Second brigade, would have been seriously handicapped if No. 21 had been J captured or destroyed. Express Stamp Issue. i Judge Tulley of the Chicago circuit , court Thursday ruled in favor of the shippers in the test case brought by < the Illinois Manufacturers' association, ' granting a writ of mandamus compelling ( the United States Express company to 5 accept for transportation packages for . shipment without the payment of 1 cent in excess of the regular rate. The J case will be appealed by the defen- 1 finnts The nnnrthpld it was not-with- 1 in the domain of the shipper to issue the bill, and the law expressly provides that the person issuing the receipt shall , affix the stamp. Three million dollars j annually is the estimated sum which the ] express companies will have to pay in j case the opinion is sustained by the ] higher courts, 1 Tried to Kill Himself. On Tuesdav evening last, at Chicka mauga Park, Ga.. W. W. Krider, regi- J mental color bearer of Company I, at- tempted to commit suicide by cutting ( his throat. He had been despondent J for three or four days, talking in a rambling way, and saying that he was going to be killed the following day. He was fall-in or with riant. Xewham. who was , trying to persuade him out of the notion ] of his being killed, when he stepped ; back a few paces, drew a razor from his ( pocket and cut his throat twice before ] he could be stopped. No arteries were < cut. however, and lie is now in the < camp hospital doing reasonably well. r with a fair chance of recovery. : Powder Works Blown Up. ( At 1.40 o'clock Wednesday morning J an explosion took place in tne nitroglycerine house of the Hercules Powder company at Pinole. Gal. No one was in the building at the time. Later a ^ crew was sent to clear away the debris c and extinguish the flames and at 4.15 1 o'clock, second explosion occurred, kill- ( ing five men and injuring many others, t It that three of the iniured \ will die. Some unknown miscreant 1 caused the first explosion. This fact k lias been definitely established by the i Snding of a piece of fuse, five feet long c under the mixing house. c r ' WANT TO HELP US. I The G overnor Gets Offers of Help From j All Sides. .Following self-explanatory letters have been received by the governor: Danville. Ills.. July 1G, 1893. Governor W. II. Ellerbe. Columbia. S. C.; Dear Sir: Anticipating another call, to be made by the president for volunteers for the United States army, 1 am pleased to say. that I now have v full and complete regiment, of good men, drawn from the State at large, duly organized anu offieered: all of whom desire to 20 into the service as earlv as possible. There are so many regiment on file ahead of mine here in Illinois, that the prospect of getting out soon, from this State is not good. Therefore I would take it as a great favor, if you can arrange to put my regiment into service from your State, at such, early date as you may be able to use us. "With great respect, I am. Yours very truly, Geo. B. Leonard. "Goshen, Ind., July 23, 1S9S. aTn flio (ini'PHinr r?f Srmt.li (larnlina. "Dear Mr:?I can furnish a company, battalion or regiment, if allowed to elect the two highest officers. There is no chance for a call from the governor of this state on the second call. Hoping you have a place for us, I am, '"Yours respectfully, "HarryS. Shilling." "Governor of South Carolina. "Dear Sir:?I seeb^ the papers that rt-p +1% A OA/?An/l /irt 11 _)UU tf.lt; 31IU1 U Ui lliuuciu vaix for troops. We have a regiment of twelve companies and one company of light artillery. We offer our services as a whole or as many companies as you want. If you want us write me. "Yours. "Byron N. Hubaard. "Sacramento. CaL". "Pottsville, Pa., July 24. 1898. "Adjutant General. "I saw in your newspaper your state is short of volunteers. I have a full company 01 good men who win go any place I go. So. if you need a company let me know at once. It will take me two or three days to get the men altogether. All I ask is free transportation from Pottsville to any place you wish me to come. I have at least thirty ex-members of the state guard. J? or my military record write Adjutant General Steway, Harrisburg, Pa.; Brigadier General F. J. Magee, Wrightsville, Pa., or John Owen, captain Co. A. Eighth regiment P. U. I., now at Camp Alger, Falls Church, Ya. "I remain yours, JOHN JD EE.TIG. In each case the gentlemen were thanked for their kind consideration and notified that as long as we thought we could fill up the Second regiment with South Carolina men we would not accept any from other states. The authorities believe that with a little more time, they can get up the regiment all right. SIXTEEN HUNDRED MEN FELL. Eighty-One Missing, Whose Bodies Have Not Been Found. * General Shafter's detailed report of the American casualties in the battle of Santiago has been received at the war department, and is now being prepared fov publication. The total number of casualties was 1.595. Kecapitulation, the American losses were: Killed 23 officers and 208 enlisted men; wounded, 80 officers and 1,203 men; missing 81 men. The mis;i:?g are supposed to be dead, as, so far ~s known, the Spanish forces took no prisoners. Tn f.Vio -firct ir\v Ar*>l Kent commanding, the casualties were as follows: First brigade,- consisting of the Sixth and Sixteenth infantry and the Seventyfirst New York; Killed 5 officers and 40 men; wounded 14 officers and 262 men; missing 50 men. Seconed brigade, consisting of the Second, Tenth and Twenty-first infantry: Killed, one officer and 17 men; wounded, 10 officers and 11 men; missing, three men. Third brigade, consisting of the Ninth, Thirteenth and Twenty-fourth infantry: Killed, 6 officers and30 men; wounded, 11 officers aud 186 men; missing 9 men. Second division. Maior General Law ton commanding: First brigade, consisting of the ; Eighth and Twenty-second infantry and the Second Massachusetts: Killed, one officer and 15 men; -wounded. 8 officers and 111 men. ( Second brigade, consisting of the { First, Fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry: Killed, two officers and 14 men; \ tvounded, five officers and 55 men; missing, one man. i Third brigade, consisting of the Sev- < 3nth, Twelfth and Seventeenth infantry;: Killed, two officers and 45 men; < ? ' nr* i -t 4 r? ivounuca, tnree omcers ana 1*0 men; , missing, one man. Cavalry division, Major General ( Wheeler commanding: First brigade, consisting of the Third, i sixth and Ninth cavalry: Killed, two ( )fficers and 9 men; wounded 12 officers ( md 113 men; missing four men. Second brigade, consisting of the ( First and Tenth cavalry and the Rough Riders: Killed, four officers and 30 ( men; wounded, 13 officers and 179 men; missing 8 men. ( A Gang of Bobbers. The arrest of five negroes near Mari2tta, Ga.. Thursday for robbbing a freight train on the Western and Atlantic railroad, has revealed the existence of a gang of outlaws which has been operating in the Kennesaw Mountain country for some time. Jeff Moreland, the leader of the gang, admits the last robbery, but the detectives are ;onfident that the other depredations >on Vio -FijsfAnofl nnnn his rvro'wd. The Western and Atlantic road is loser by several thousand dollars as a result )f their operation. , j Charges Cowardice. 1 The Fifth Illinois was ordered to remain at Chicamougau while the 160th [ndiana took' its place for Porto Rico 1 md has mutined. Eighty out of 1372 1 >nly responded to the assemoiy can Friday morning. The cooks refused to ret breakfast ready and the men refused :o do guard duty. Many left the camp. ^ riiey charge Colonel Culver with cow- j irdice. Many officers, including the ' japtains says they will resign. Culver ;ays the change was made for political easons. He Did Eight. At the campaign meeting at Yorkrille Wednesday Col. Schumpert incilentally said he had just heard that I lis 18-year old son of the First South Carolina Regiment at Chickamauga had >een humiliated because he refused to told the horse for a negro officer. He lad obeyed that grand instinct of ever}* " South Carolinian to refuse to be waitng man for any negro however high his J iffice. His remarks were loudly cheer :d. | ! T3S5 PASXS OASE. Prompt Action of the Court tm the Grand Jury's Presentment. The grand, jury of Greenville county, in the tiinil presentment for the term just ended, made the -following reference to the Parks case: "We have inquired into the lawless attack upon tlio dwelling house ot John Parks, a ' negro man living near Batcsvillle, in this county, whereby his family was put in great danger and his child seriously wounded. We can not too strongly condeinn the acts of those, who in order to redress real or supposed grievances thrust aside all restraints of law and thereby bring reproach upon the fair fame of their State and county. Realizing, as we do, that the strength of the law is the safety of the people, we shall at all times be ready to investigate thoroughly the acts of violence brought to our attention, rrom.such evidence as was obtainable we present as being concerned in the assault on Parks' Louse, Jesse Brown. Pink Morgan, Herbert Tucker. JRobert Tucker, Louis Morgan, Miles Grubbs and Josph Payne, who as we are iniormed, are citizens of Spartanburg county, and as witness to this outrage we furnish the names of Dora Parks, John Parks, G. \V. Durham, J. B. Durham. W. If. Durham and James McElrath." Judge Benet issued a bench warrant O ^ J A ^ * J!.i. ior me persons narneu iu uie indictment, all of whom has surrendered to the authorities. Quanta,nam o Surrenders. The first intimation Guantanomo had of the surrender of Santiago and terms thereof was on July 23. when Rear Admiral Sampson sent a letter to Gen. Parajo asking what number of rations should be sent to his garrison, as they had been surrendered on * the 17th. Gen. Parajo, being ignorant of the surrender, refused to credit the message and accept rations, and answered Admiral Sampson to that effect. Admiral Sampson then sent a copy of the terms of surrender, whereupon Gen. Parajo decided to inquire of Gen. Toral at Santiogo whether the news was true, and Lieut. Col. Rosell was sent to Santiago. He returned with his confirmation, and the surrender of Guantanamo took place Wednesday. Col. Rosell says the conditions of Guantanamo are awful, and the troops are literally starving. For the last eight days they have had no food. On mounting guard the soldiers were obliged to sit, being too weak to stand, and it was impossible to them build trenches, as they fell from exhaustion. There are 2,000 sick in Gruantanamo, suffering from diseases increased by hunger. Hiiton's. Iodoform Liniment is the "nee plus ultra" of all snob nrfinarations in re~ moving soreness, and quickly healing fresh cuts and wounds, no matter how ; bad. It will promptly heal old sores of long standing. Will' kill the poison from "Poison Ivy" or "Poison Oak" and cure "Dew Poison." Will counteract the poison from bites of snakes an stings of insects. It is a sure cure for sore throat Will cure any case of sore mouth, and is a superior remedy for all pains and aches. Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents a bottle. Great Distress at Eabana. A dispatch- from Key West says: xiuii^er is cutiiiuug uiuuv victima? nuu and poor, in Habana. Since the extended blockade has closed the ports of Sagua la Grande, Nipe and Batanabo, no provisions have entered the Cteban capital and Gen. Blanco's scanty store in the warehouses has been exhausted. Bread riots have already begun. Two brothers, bakers, were killed by a mob for defending two dozen loaves. Charity is dead, because the wealthy themselves are in need of assistance. Hard on the Men. At Seoul, Korea, there is a curfew IATIT mAw T+ in AVV 11 law 1U1 1HCU. XU 13 XVI CVC1J man to return to Ms home when the huge bronze bell of the city proclaims it to be the hour of sunset and the time for closing the gates. No man is allowed in the streets after that hour, under pain of flogging, but the women are allowed to go about and visit their friends. BARGAINS" SfCOM) HANI) MACHINERY GINS, GINS, GINS. Due 70 saw Lutnmus gin, feeder and condenser, good order, $1*0. One 40 saw YFinship gin at d condenser, good order, $5u. One 40 saw Winship gin feeder and condenser, good order, $0U. Jne 45 saw Wiostpp gin, f*ir order, $15. One 60 saw Van Winkle feeder, good order, S-20. J 3ne 80 saw Pratt gin, feeder and condenser, j good as new, iiOO. 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