The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 17, 1898, Image 1
; ' "vol!liii. winnsboro. s. c., Wednesday, august it i898. ^ no. 2.
I PEACE IN SIGHT, j
B$ The United States and Spain Have
I Come to an Understanding.
A PROTOCOL AGREED UPON,
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(Embodying Proposed Terms For
the Negotiation of a Treaty
of Peace Between the
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T y A dispatch from Washington says the j
mh -preliminary negotiations looking toward
the continuation of peace advanced a :
long step Wednesday wheu the secretary I
of state and the French ambassador !
agreed upon the terms upou which future
negotiation for a treaty are to be conduc?
ted and reduced these to the form of a
protocol. This protocol, it is true, is
is yet to be submitted to the Span- j
t ish government before the formal sig- |
natures are affixed, but the administration
view as to the progress made was
I-] set out in Secretary l)ay's sentence: "It
L.| is expected that this protocol will be
executed."
As to the character of this protocol it
K can "be stated or authority that our
RP^ terms are in all practical points those
out in the abstract of the President's '
conditions published from the White !
House a week ago. From this fact it
is deduced that the extra conditions or !
qualifications sought to be imposed by
the Spanish government were abandon
ked at least in large Dart bv the French !
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NO MORE FIGHTING.
This deduction is supported by the
circumstances that in the early morning,
and before the conference between
Secretary Day and M. Cauibon which
resulted in an agreement, there was a
prevalent impression, based upon the
utterances of public men who talked
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answer was unsatisfactory and that the
negotiations looked as if they might terminate
suddenly. As this situation
changed so suddenly after the conferene
^ . it may be fairly assumed that the ambassador
abandoned the conditions
which the President was reported to
f have regarded as unsatisfactory.
Tt. is known that the nrotocol car- I
ries with and in itself provision for the
I cessation of hostilities. On this point
the naval contingent is urgent that our
government adopt the Napoleonic policy
of refusing to enter into an armstice
without acquiring some substantial
pledge to secure the consummation of
peace. What they particularly desire |
is that our government shall demand as
a condition of a cessation of hostilities,
the surrender to the /United States'
military forces of Morro castle at the
entrance of Habana harbor and some
such points of vantage at the otheT important
ports in the territory soon to
? fall under our control.
hu MAKES A STATEMENT.
T The answer of Spain to the terms of
f peace not being entirely satisfactory to
-v. the government, there was some apprehension
early in the day that negotiaflwns
might be broken off or further defrayed.
A conference between the
French ambassador and Secretary Day
at the state department during the
morning, however, seemed to relieve
the situation, as this was followed
promptly by a call of the secretary on
the President, with whom he remained
some time.
After his talk with the President the
secretary said: "We have agreed upon
a protocol embodying proposed terms
for the negotiation of a treaty of i)eace,
including the evacuation of Cuba ana
Porto Rico and it is expected that this
protocol will be expected."'
?3 This was the first admission that the
2jp two governments at last had practicallycome
together on the basis of peace. It
was intimated that what remained to
be accomplished was purely formal in
character and no doubt was entertained
that the signatures required would be
* attached in due time.
- THE PROTOCOL SIGNED.
A dispatch dated Madrid August 11,
ten o'clock p. m., says the government
a has received the protocol and the cabimZl/
net council rose at 9:40 p.m.. having
approved it. The government wired J
M. Cambon Thursday empowering him
to sign the preliminaries of peace.
Thursday in Madrid was diplomatically
one of the busiest since the outbreak
of the war. There were no fewer than
* two cabinet councils, in addition to val
rious diplomatic conferences. Th mgh
the text of the protocol was hot received
until Thursday evening, was well
H; advanced, the government had been
jr made fully acquainted with its contents
through Paris. The matter was
practically settled at the cabinet meetiug
Thursday afternoon and the receipt
vof the actual document, therefore, only
required a meeting of the cabinet for a
formal acceptance. Ministers adhere to
. the statement' that the protocol contains
no modification of the original
terms. Duke Almodevar dc l\io, min'
ister of foreign affairs assures the cor^
respondent of the Associated Press that
the negotiations for the peace treaty
will take place in Paris, but he says the
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commissioners nave noi yet oeen uppointed.
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
The Associated Press bulletin from
Madrid announcing that the Spanish
Jftbinet had approved the peace protocol
"Slid that the French ambassador would
receive instructions to sign it was very
gratifying to the President. Botk the
United States and Spanish governments |
will begin carrying out the provisions :
of the protocol. The first will be the j
cessation of hostilities followed imme- !
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Gen. Merritt and the United States
j* troops under his command, the occupa>
* tion of San Juan in Porto Rico by Gen.
Miles and the "evacuation of that island
by the Spanish forces. It is believed
that there will be delay in the evacuation
of Habana. Matanza and other
Spanish strongholds in Cuba, as some
aimcuiues are auuciuaieu in arraugi.js i
for a proper form of government of i
Cuba and because there is no desire to ;
(9 hurry American troops into the island
at the present time, the preference
being to await for cooler weather. It i
is not believed by members of the adArt
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complete its work in time to cause an
> extra session of congress to consider
FV legislation which the treaty will necessitate.
although there is a prospect
that an extra session of the senate
might be called in November to consider
the treaty of peace.
COAMO CAPTURED.
Dashing Encounter Forced by the
Americans Under Gen. Wilson.
The United States troops under Gen.
Wilson captured the town of Coumo in
Porto Rico ou last Tuesday week with
a loss of only seven men wounded, all
of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment.
Ooe of our wounded will die.
The Spanish are known to have lost
their commander, Maj. Vellescas; Capt.
Ecante, Capt. Lcpez and nine privates,
all killed, and to have 35 wounded.
The Americans captured 13 prisoners,
practically the whole force of Spaniards
except the cavalry. The capture of the
town and srarrison was neatly planned
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teenth Pennsylvania volunteers moved
to a point at the north of the town
Tuesday night and by forced marches
of eight miles across the mountains arrived
at the rear of the town about 7
o'clock Wednesday morning, just in
time to cut off the enemy's retreat.
_ At daylight the Third Wisconsin and
Troop U (.-New lork) moved Dy cne
right flank, and artillery, supported by
the Second "Wisconsin, advanced in the
center. Xhe Fourth cavalry took up a
position from which it could gallop to
the iield and sweep the valley into the
town. At 7 o'clock tire was opened
upon the blockhouse, which was hammered
with shell and shrapnel The
"Spaniards replied with a few shots from
their Mausers and then fled. The
.blockhouse was soon ablaze, and the
artillery fire in front ceased at 7:40
o'clock.
Almost immediately volley firing was
heard in the rear of the town, xne
-Spaniards in seeking to escape, ran
straight into CoL Ruling's regiments,
posted on the hills commanding the
road. The enemy sought protection in
trenches, but they could not withstand
the deadly fire. With their commander
and two captains killed they were compelled
to surrender.
A troop of 50 Spanish cavalry escaped
through the mountains, our cavalry
being unable to pursue them. The
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opamaras naa aestruyea cue swuc
bridge cross the river Coamo leading
into the town, but it was evident that
they were not prepared to make a
strong resistance, as no artillery was
posted there. The natives received the
Americans with delight. Gen. Wilson
immediately after taking the town
pushed the Wisconsin troops a mile out
beyond, where they will camp for the
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A WIFE'S CRIME.
Followed by Her Suicide and a Wholesale
Lynching.
Five negroes are hanging from the
limbs of trees near the railroad track
and the widow of John T. Orr is dead
in her cell. This is the tragic de
nouncement of the assassination, of
John T. Orr, a wealthy merchant at
Clarendon, Ark., a few nights ago.
The wife died from a dose of poison,
self-administered, while the negroes,
her associates ip crime, were strung up
by a mob of citizens. The report of
the lynching was received at an early
hour Wednesday morning, after telegraphic
communication was suspended
for the night, and only the authentic details
of the affair come from a railroad
telegraph operator at Clarendon, who
saw the lynching. Four bodies, two
mmon anrJ f.-crn men are Tiancnntr frrvm
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the limb of a tree not far from his office
and a few paces away, dangles the body
of another negro woman, former cook in
the Orr household. Miss Morris, the
Jewess implicated in the assassination,
was not hanged, she having disappeared
last night. Last Saturday night week,
John T. Orr was assassinated while
making a glass of lemonade. He had
just returned from Christ church, where
his wife was organist. The affair was
shrouded in mystery until Miss Morris
told somebody that she knew who fired
the shot. A coroner's inquest resulted
in the arrest * of the five negroes and
Mrs. Orr, and a warrant for the arrest
of Miss Morris. It was charged that
the wife had hired the negroes to do the
murder. Orr's life was insured for
?5.000, and it developed at the inquest
that Orr and his wife lived unhappily.
Mr. Orr was formerly a theatrical man.
In 1890 the couple eloped to a summer
resort in Wisconsin and were married.
Later they settled in Clarendon, where
Orr prospered in business. He was
considered wealthy at the time of his
death. ;
BLANCO GT7ES IT UP.
He Says That Foreign Powers Forced
Spain to Sne For Peace.
News has just reach "Washington
of a recent proclamation of amnesty,
in which General Blanco has made
known to the Spanish people of Cuba
that Spain had, through the intervention
of foreign powers, been forced to
the disgraceful issue of suing for peace,
and that there would be no more war
and no further use for soldiers. He
offered a pardon to all Cuban political
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in Havana. In explaining Spain's defeat
in liis proclamation, Blanco informs
his credulous readers that Spain,
having suffered so much in the present
war. could not resist the interference
of the foreign powers and go to war
with all countries at once, so she was
compelled to acccae to their dictation
and sue for peace. Havana, he says,
will be given over to Americans and
Cubans, and the Spaniards will be
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iorcea 10 evacuate. ne assures uie
soldiers and all Spanish residents who
wish to return to Spain or to go to
other Spanish possessions, that free
transportation will be given them by
their mother country to their destination,
and they will be protected from
interference on the part of either Cubans
or Americans. He suggests that
the Cubans be forgiven and no longer
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kind feeling be cherished.
Killed "With Her Victims.
Three men dead and a woman dying
is the net result of a shooting affray at
Central City. S. D.. Thursday. Judge
J. P. Giddings. Ed Shannon and Jack
Wear are the men and Mrs. Ed Shan- i
non is the woman. The woman is still I
alive but cannot recover. All the par- i
tifts are pioneers and well to do. Gid- |
dings has had many political offices, j
Intimacy between Giddings and Mrs. J
Shannon is given as the cause of the !
tragedy. Wear tried to separate Shan- I
non and Giddings and was shot.
PEACE DECLARED.
The War Between the United
States and SDain Ended.
A PEACE PROCLAMATION.
The Terms Upon Which Peace is
Made. Spain to Give Up
Cuba and Other West
Indian Islands.
With simplicity in keeping with reDublican
institutions, the war which
has raged between Spain and the United
States for a peribd of three months
and twenty-two days was quietly
terminated at 23 minutes past 4
o'clock Friday afternoon when Secretary
Day for the United States, and M.
Cauabon for Spain, in the presence of
President McKinley, signed a protocol
which will form the basis of a definite
treaty of peace.
An official statement for press publication
setting out the provisions of the
Drntocol was read and annroved
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at the cabinet session Friday. It was
prepared by Secretary Day. the purpose
being to make it public immediately
after the required signatures had been
affixed to the protocol. It does not
give the text of the document, but details
its main points and provisions,
which are as follows:
MAIN PROVISIONS.
1. That Spain will relinquish all
claims of sovereignty over and title to
Cuba.
:a That rorto .tuco ana otner Spanish
islands in the "West Indies and an
island in the Ladrones to be selected by
the United States shall be ceded to the
latter.
3. That the United States will occupy
and hold the city, bay and harbor of
Manila, pending the conclusion of a
treaty of peace which shall determine
the control, disposition and government
of the Philippines.
4. That Cuba, Porto Rica and other
Spanish islands in the West Indies
shall be immediately evacuated and that
commissioners, to be appointed within
10 days, shall within ^0 days from the
signing of the protocol, meet at Habana
and San Juan, respectively, to arrange
and execute the details of the evacuation.
5. That the United States and Spain
will each appoint not more than five
commissioners to negotiate and conclude
a treaty of peace. The commissioners
are to meet at Paris not later than the
1st of October.
6. On the signing of the protocol,
hostilities will be suspended and notice
to that effect will be given as soon as
possible by each government to the
commanders of its military and naval
forces.
THE PEACE PROCLAMATION,
The President has issued the following
proclamation:
By the President of the United States
of America:
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas by a protocol concluded and
signed August 12, 1898, by William R.
Day, Secretary of State of the United
States, and his excellency, Jules Cambon,
ambassador extraordinary and
plenipotentiary of the Republic of
France, at Washington, respectively,
representing for this purpose the government
of the United States and the
government of Spain, the United States
and Spain have formally agreed upon
the terms on which negotiations for the
establishment of peace between the two
countries shall be undertaken; and
Whereas it is in said protocol agreed
upon its conclusion and signature, hostilities
between the two countries shall
be suspended, and that notice to that
effect shall be given as soon as possible
by each government to the commanders
of its military and naval forces:
Now, therefore, I, William McKinley
President of the United States, do,
m accordance witn tne stipulation 01 tne
protocol, declare and pioclaim on the
part of the United States a suspension
of hostilities, and do hereby command
that orders be immediately given
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commanders of the military and naval
forces of the United States to abstain
from all acts inconsistent with this proclamation.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this
12th day of August, in the year of our
lord one thousand and eight hundred
and ninety-eight, and of the independent
nf flip TTrtifpr) Shifts t.lift rme
hundred and twenty-third.
By the president. y
William Mckinley,
William R. Day,
Secretary of State.
A copy of the proclamation has been
cabled to our army and navy commanders.
Spain will cable her commanders
like instructions.
orders to stop fighting.
As soon as the peace protocol was
signed the President sent lor Secretaries
Alger and Long and Gen. Corbin. and
by his direction orders to cease hostilities
forthwith were sent to Gens. Miles,
and Shafter, to Admirals Dewey and
Sampson and military commanders
generally. The order states further instructions
will he sent to each general.
Gen. Merritt will be directed to confer
with the Spanish commandant at
Manila to carry out the terms of the
protocol and to occupy Manila immediately.
Gen. Miles will put himself in
communication with the chief authority
in Porto Rico for the purpose of having
the Spanish forces turn over San
Juan and" other points to him preparatory
to evacuation. Owing to
condition in Cuba, the order to
Gen. Shafter, to be sent hereafter
will be much different than those
to other generals;. The navy department
is also preparing orders to all commanders
on lines'similar to the war department's
order.
TU.nCKATVE RAISED.
Navy Department. Washington. D. C.,
August 12, 1898.
Sampson, Santiago:
Suspend all hostilities. Blockade of
Cuba and Porto Kico raised. Howell
ordered to assemble vessels at Key
West.
Proceed with New York. Brooklyn,
Indiana, Oregon, Iowa and Massachusetts
tn Tnmnlcinsville. Place monitors
in safe harbors in Porto Rico. Watson
transfers his flag to Newark and will remain
at Gruantanamo. Assemble all
cruisers in safe harbors. Order may
rines north in Resolute.
(Signed.) Allen,
Acting Secretary.
! Navy Department. Washington. Aug.
| 12, 1898.
i Kemey. Key West:
i Tn wit.h President's
' proclamation telegraphed you. suspend
j immediately all hostilities. Commence
I withdrawal of vessels from blockade.
| Order blockading vessels in Cuban
j waters to assemble at Key West.
Allen. Acting Secretary.
The notification to Admiral Dewey
was not made public, but Assistant
Secretary Allen says that besides being
put in possession of the President's
tuwlnmnrinn hrt was nrrlprfd to rtftase
hostilities and raise the blockade of
Manila.
In compliance with the orders sent
Admiral Sampson and Commodore Heme}"
will each send a vessel around the
coast of Cuba to notify the blockading
squadron that the blockade has been
raised. Admiral Schley being on the
Brooklyn and included in the orders to
that vessel, will come north with her.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
I
Plans for the Temporary Government
of Porto Rico and Cuba.
Plans for the temporary government
of Cuba and the territory which will be
acquired from Spain as a result of the
war are now under serious consideration
by the President and the members of
the cabinet. Porto Ricoas an actual
acquisition to the territory of the United
States will hfi ltlaftfttl in charsre of a
military governor, who will exercise a
supervisory control of all the functions
of government, under the direction of
the President, until congress shall determine
upon a permanent form of
government for the island. Upon congress
alone will devolve the responsibility
and duty of determining the characI
r\f flip nolif-iVrtl rplfit.inns wlnV-h Prvrtn
Rico shall permanently bear to the
United States. These are reasons for
the belief that' the President himself
favors a colonial form of government
and this view is shared by members of
the cabinet. Canada is cited as having
a model colonial government which is
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people and to the mother country. This
system, however, it is believed can be
put into operation only after the lapse
of a considerable period of time, and
after the people have demonstrated satisfactorily
their ability to govern themselves
intelligently in all local matters.
Upon the evacuation of Cuba it is be
lieved to he the intention of the president
to establish for the whole island a
temporary military government similar
to that now in operation in Santiago.
"VYhen order has been fully restored and
the people have settled down to their
peaceful occupations it is believed to
be the view of the President that a convention
of representatives of the people
should be called to" vote upon the
question of form of government for the
island. The presence of the army of
the United States would be a guarantee;
that every citizen who would subscribe
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TO an oatn Dinumg unuseii w suppurii
whatever fonn of government should
be agreed upon, should have the unquestioned
right to vote for whomsoever
he pleased to represent him at this convention.
The action of this body, however,
would have to be submitted to the
United States for approval or disapproval.
It is pointed out that this convention
of representatives of the whole people
in the free exercise of their choice
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mignt express a wisn to oecome a colonial
dependency of the United States or
might favor a republican form of government
or possibly a majority might
ask to be annexed to the United States.
5n any of these contingencies, it is believed
that their wishes would be met
by the approval of the President and
his advisors.
The Cotton Crop.
The cotton crop report of the departyn
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says taking the entire cotton producing
region as a unit, the condition of the
crop on August 1st, was exactly the
same as on July 1st, namely, 91.2.
This is 4.3 points higher than on August
1, 1897. 11.1 points, higher than
on August 1, 1896, and 5.8 points
higher than the August average for the
last ten years. During J uly there was
an improvement of one point in Georgia,
three points in North Carolina,
four points in Alabama, five points in
Tnnnacooo oind Triflian TVnTit.nrv an<^ SIX
points in Oklahoma. On the other
hand, there was a decline of one point
in Texas and South Carolina and of six
points in Mississippi. The average for
the States are as follows: Virginia, 94:
North Carolina, 90: South Carolina, 89;
Louisiana, 90; Texas, 91; Arkansas,
93; Georgia, 91; Florida, 87; Alabama,
95; Mississippi, 88; Tennessee, 97;
Missouri, 90; Oklahoma, 9S: Indian
Territory, 94.
Seventeen Deserters.
No less than seventeen men have deserted
from the Frist South Carolina
Regiment, which is now stationed at
Jacksonville. Fla. The deserters are:
J. P. Bowers. Co. A, July 12; Herbert
Ross, Robert Arledge, Co. B, July 10;
S. L. Henderson, Zach Henderson, Co.
B, Julv 15; F. J. Clapp, Co. B, July
22; J. W. Rodgers, Co. C, July 15;
Marion Moneyham, July 20; James TV.
Shehan, Co. E, June 27; James C.
Fowler, Co. E, June 27; T. A. Phillips
Co. H, July 24; S. W. Patterson, Co.
j H, July 10; T. S. Lee, Co. I. July 19;
j J. T. MaeDona'id, William Myers and
S. J. Sharp. Co. K, July 12 and 18;
j Coke Smith, Co. C, July 0.
What Drink Did.
Policeman H. C. Hawley of the Tenderloin
station, New York, while in a
j fit of drunken rage Thursday, shot his
j wife, mother, Mary and his 4-year-old
J son and 6-year-old daughter. He then
j shot himself in the head. He was taken
! to Bellevue hospital, where he died
i soon afterward. The others were taken
j to the New York hospital, where later
j they died. The only explanation of
| the crime was a statement by Hawley's
! wife before she lost consciousness to
I the effect that '"drink has caused all
j this."
Hobson's Father.
President McKinley Thursday apI
pointed Judge J. M. Hobson, father of
i Lieut. Hobson of Merrimac fame, post'
master at Greensboro. Ala. Mr. HobJ
son is a Democrat, and the nomination
! was made at the earnest request of his
I Republican fellow-townsmen as a mark
j of good feeling.
|OUR OLD SOLDIERS."
The South Carolina Regiments in
the Civil War.
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Battlefields on Which the Troops
from this State Made Names
for Themselves and
Their State.
There is poetry in our past, there is
deathless honor to South Carolina's
gallant sons, but iu writing a short account
of the troops sent by our State to
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ugjitior Jier ireeuum, mere is space lor
little more than bare facts, and a list of
names whose glory furnishes all the
beauty of my theme.
For much of my information I am
indebted to our own brave soldier, Col.
J. N. Brown, who not only bore the
sufferings and privations of the Confederate
camp, but won Confederate
laurels as well, having been promoted
to the rank of general.
To the call for troops to defend the
South this State promptly responded by
raising 65,000 troops; 20,000 of these
were otuie i-ruups, ur reserves, pnueipally
old men and boys, verifying hgr
unparalleled patriotism, robbed the cradle
and the grave.
The first gun fired in that immortal
struggle was not at Fort Sumter, April
12th, 1SG1, "but three months earlier,
from Morris Island. January 9th, 1861,
by South Carolina cadets, commanded
by Major Stevens. It was discharged
at the ''Star ot the "West," a steamer
carrying supplies to Fort Sumter.
The Fourth llegiment of South Caro
l^na volunteers sent out April i*.!oojl,
was composed of soldiers from Anderson,
Oconee, Pickens and Greenville.
Its officers were Col. J. B. E. Sloan,
Lieut. Col. C. S, Mattison, Major J. II.
Whitner, Adjt. S. M. Wilkes.
There was little lighting on South
Carolina soil; our soldiers met the foe
on the battlefields of Virginia and Tennessee
and by the courage and patriotism
they displayed, proved the spirit
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01 n iu wiio sun a vitai sparh., auu UULL
the chivalry of the South could produce
the finest soldiers, as well as the finest
gentleman, the world had ever produced.
The first important battle was Big
Bethel, June 10th, 3861. The South
Carolinians who participated in this
battle were commanded by Gen. D. H.
Hill. On July 21st, 1861, took place
the battle of Bull Run, or the'First
Manassas. In this fight were Generals
Hampton; Kershaw, Bonham, Butler
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U>UU JL/tC TTXVU CJU.VAX Will llrnUULJ.
It was there Gen. Jackson was given
his soubriquet. Gen. Bee in rallying
his forces became impatient, and exclaimed:
"Men look at Jackson's brigade,
itstands like a stone wall." The
name passed from the command to the
commander^ and has become immortal.
The next important battle in which
our sdld'fers engaged was on October 2d,
1861, at Leesburg, Gen. N. G. Evans
in /i/-vmnr>or>^ nf flio Srvnfli riomlirin
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troops.
In 1862 our men participated in the
following battles: Williamsburg, Seven
Pines, Gaines' Mill, Fraser's Farm,
Mechanicsville, Savage's Station, Malvern
Hill, Cedar Mountain, Second
Manassas. Ox Hill, South Mountain,
Harper's Ferry. Antietam, Sharpsburg,
Fredericksburg, Shiloh and Murfreesboro.
In 1863 occurred the following battles,
in which the 10th, 16th, 19th and
24th regiments took part:
Chancellorsville, Resaca, New Hope,
Harrison's Mountain. Gettysburg, Mills
Valley, Chickamauga, Richmond. Perrvsville.
In the battle of Missionary
Ridge they did not participate, because
they had made an unsuccessful attack
on Knoxville, November 25th, and
then returned through East Tennessee
to Virginia.
In 1864 took place the battles of the
Wilderness, Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor,
Dandridge, Fort Harrison and
Richmond.
Gen. Crist was killed at Franklin.
November 30lli, and was succeeded by
Col. Ellison Capers.
Probably the hardest fighting of the
war was at Spottsylvania Court House
May 12th, 1864, in the Bloody Angle.
That battle lasted, without interruption,
for 18 hours, and at Murf ressboro,
when the fighting began on the last
day of 1862, and lasted two days. The
following is a list of Confederate generals
from South Carolina.
Lieutenant Generals: K. H. Ander
son commanded a division composed of
the brigades of Armstcad, Mahon,
Martin and Wright.
Wade Hampton cavalry brigades of
Butler, Gordon. Kosser and Young.
Stephen D. Lee was appointed June
23d, 1864.
Major Generals: M. C. Butler. M.
W. Gary, Benjamin Iluger. J. B. Kershaw.
Brigadier Generals: Barnard E Bee.
Milledge L. Bonham, John Bratton,
Ellison Capers, James Chestnut. James
(Jonnor, J hos. r. urayton, ?Jonn i>unnovant,
Stephen Elliott. F. G. Evans,
States Rights Gist, Maxcy Gregg, Johnson
Hagood. Micah Jenkins, John D.
Kennedy, Tlios. Muldrop Logan. Arthur
M. Manigault, Samuel McGowan.
Abner Perrin. Pettigrew J. Johnson.
John S. Preston, Roswell Ripley, Clement
H. Stevens, J. II. Grapin, J. B.
Yillepigne, W. II. Wallace.
The following,though appointed from
other States, are:
Lieutenant General: James Longstreet.
Major Generals: E. M. Law, P. M.
B. Young.
Brigadier Generals: Hamilton P.
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!>ee, rincKney v. nowies. ?james v^antey.
Jack C. Deas, Samuel W. Ferguson,
A. H. Gladden. 1). C. Govan. A.
R. Lawton. L. Sullivan Ross. Reuben
R. Ross. Lewis T. Wigfall.
"Many of these men are now dead:
for others the shadows are lengthening
and the sun is going down."
A Generous Offer.
Tl.<3 TTr.;t^ ],oo
| ly offered to parole the 1.300 Spanish
i naval prisoners taken at the destruction
of Admiral Cervera's fleet whenever
Spain is ready to repatriate them. The
offer of this government was made regardless
of the approaching culmination
of peace negotiations, and simply
i with a view of sending home a large
j number of national guests who had con
siderably overstayed their welcome and
become burdens upon the hosts.
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A PEHILOTJS VOYAGE.
A Transport Loaded "With Soldiers Endangered
by Fire.
A dispatch to The World from Manila
Bay, August 10 via Hong Koug says:
"The third Phillippine expeditions
here 22 days out from Honlulu. Never
did an expedition encounter more dangers
or endure more perils. On the
voyage six men aud one officer died,
and fifty more were taken sick. Typhoid
and meningitis played havoc with
the transports. Two firemen went insane
and leaped overboard. But fire
was the worst peril of all. The fleet of"
transports and their convoy, the monitor
Monterey, were three days out from
-wIiati rlicfnvorfd nhrcird
the traasport Morgan City. One of the
crew reported to Captain Dillon that
there was a bluze in the coal bunkers.
At midnight when all the troops were
asleep Captain Dillon assembled the
crew and told them the news. Everyman
was pledged to secrecy. To let the
soldiers know that they were over a
raging fire would be to precipitate a
panic. Silently the men coupled on
the hose and the steam nines. Then
they began battling the flames in the
hold. Next morning the fire was as fierce
as ever. Night and day the heroic
crew fought the fire, but with little
success. And still the troops aboard
did not know that a fire was burning
beneath their feet. The Morgan City
fell off in speed, and he whole fleet was
delayed. Captain Dillon did not signal
the flagship. He kept his men at
work fighting the flames in the bunkers,
while the troops went about on deck,
all unconscious of their peril.' The
t t .
Dunsers were suu uurniug wneu tiie
Morgan City arrived here. Then for
tlie first time the troops learned their
danger. The flames were extinguished
after the ship had be "'a in port a few
hours. On board the Morgan City were
six hundred men of the Idaho volunteers
and a detachment of Nebraska volunteers.
The next most interesting incident
of the voyage was the sight of
the active volcano Farcalon de Pajaros.
The ships passed it on the night of
July 23d, when it was in full operation.
A column of flame mounted far into the
air and illuminated the sea. The men
crowded the rails and enjoyed the spectacle
until it sank beneath the horizon,
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the cloudy
A LETTER FROM DEWEY.
He Tells that in this Country Sectionalism
Can No Longer Exist.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia
has received the following letter from
Admiral Dewey:
Jblagship Ulympia, on (Javite, rhiuppine
Islands, June 17.
My Dear Sir: I have just learned
from the last papers nhat I am indebted
to you for the introduction in the house
of representatives of the resolutions extending
to me the thanks of congress
for the_.naval engagement /of Manila
bay May 1st.
I need hardly tell you that I am
most sincerely grateful to you as the
author of the resolution, bringing, as
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it aoes, tne nignest nonor mat can
come to an American naval officer in
his professional career. But it is a
great pleasure to acknowledge my debt
of gratitude and to thank you in unstinted
measure for the part you took
in obtaining for me that greatest distinction.
*It is a source of additional pleasure
to me, a Vermonter, that the mover of
the resolutions was not a man from the
north, but one from the far south. This
is one of the good signs of the times.
In the hour of danger there is no south,
no north, but one united country. May
we never hear sectionalism again.
There are no lines drawn in the navy.
I need not say it may interest you to
know that my flag lieutenant, Lieut.
Brumby, is a Georgian by birth and
appointment. Again thanking you
liiurit cordially, I remain,
Very gratefully and sincerely,
George Dewey.
What He Was Looking For.
A tramp applied for food at the house
of a suburban agriculturist recentlyj
and while he was eating the rations that
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nau Deen iurnisnea at ms solicitation,
lie was asked:
"Why do you not go to work?".
"I have looked long for a place that
would suit me," he replied, ''but have
never found it."
"Is there not plenty of work at
farming?" askod the interrogator.
"Oh, yes," said the tramp, "plenty
of it; but you see, sir, I want to find a
vineyard where a man who goes in at
the eleventh hour is the first to come
out and draw a full day's wages, In
the olden times they dealt fairly by a
man. That is the New Testament treatment,
and that is what I am looking
for.
At the close of liis meal he started
again in pursuit of that coveted agricultural
opportunity.
Pure Water Needed.
' There is a good deal of typhoid
fever. " says the New York Times, i;in
the camps of tiie volunteers. Even
laymen know that typhoid fever is a
question of providing pure water and
Keeping it pure. This is so well rec*
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ognizea oyuie meuic.u proieusiun uui
expert sanitarians rank typhoid as
among the most surely preventable
diseases." There is a good deal of the
fever outside the camps every year.
Communities which are disposed to
attribute its presence to a '"mysterious
dispensation" of any kind should, by
all means, try the experiment of "providing
pure water and keeping it pure."
Garcia Takes Gribara.
Lieut. Col. Jane of Gen. Calixto
Garcia's staff, has just arrived at Santiago
from the front with dispatches announcing
the occupation of Gibara on
the north coast of the province of San
tiago de tuba by tren. Uarcia s troops.
Gibara was evacuated by the Spaniards.
They left a thousand sick and wounded
who are being taken care of by the Cuban
commander. Gen. Garcia with
8,(J00 troops is besieging Holguin. now
occupied by the Spanish general. Lugue,
whose surrender has been demanded.
He is Sensible.
Judge Richardson shows good sense
in withdrawing from the race for Congress
in the eighth Alabama district.
?resli Irom the iront at Santiago lien.
Wheeler is.invincible.
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THE SECOND REGIMENT.
: Gen. M. C. Butler Calls on the People to
Fill It Quickly.
I The following letter from Gen. M. C|
Butler, the Gallant South Carolinian,
I who is in the field as a major general.
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| was recciveu uy uie cuiuuei 01 cue oeuj
ond regiment yesterday. -It is very
j much to the point:
Headquarters First Division. Second
Army-Corps,
Camp Alger. Ya., Aug. 8th, 1898.
Col. Wilie Jones, Columbia, S. C.
My Dear Sir: Replying to your recent
letter. I beg to say a camp next to
the Third Virginia and First Connecticut
is awaiting your regiment, which
will complete the brigade. I crust it
i will not be occupied by another regi!
ment, or that other orders may not be
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i issued oei ore yours reacncs uixs camp,
i What is the matter that your regiment
; is not recruited to its full quota?
Heretofore South Carolina has always
responded promptly to calls made
upon her for troops, and it is rather
mortifying to those who feel a pride ir.
her past history to find her a laggard
when almost every other State has com^
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must be something wrong somewhere.
In after years it will not sound well to
have this State, with such a splendid
fighting record, put down among those
who failed to furnish her share of troops
in obedience to a call made by the properly
constituted authorities. Her people
cannot vindicate themselves by
claiming that there is no occasion for
their services. Congress must have
had good grounds for authorizing the
enlishment and organization of an army,
and it is not for us to question its wisdom
or propriety. Our duty is to sup
ply our proportion of men "for the common
defence and general welfare" as
enjoined by the constitution. Nor will
it excuse us by saying "the fighting is
over" and there is no longer need for
our services. None of us can forsee
how many troops will be required to
garrison for a time at least the territory
acquired by right of conquest, and indemnity
for expenditures and sarifices
made for national purposes.
South Carolina's full quota may not
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this instance.
I have no greater interest in -the
honor and character of the State, no
greater reason to cherish a laudable
State pride than any other of her citizens,
but it is not pleasant to have the
people of other States offering to make
up our quota. It is a reflection upon
our patriotism and good faith. It does
not comport with the pride we Have always
justly felt in the pluck and patriotism
of our people to have them fail now
in the full measure of their duty.
I trust you will yet complete your
enlistments and report with your regiment
at an early day, and relieve the
fair escutcheon of the State from the
stigma which is being placed upon it.
The regiment ought to be promptly filled
to'the maximum if is serves but one
month.
If it shottM be my fortune, to be or- .
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tiori, it would be very gratifying to have
at least oue regiment from my own
State to accompany the splendid body
of soldiers now constituting my division
from the States of Pennsylvania, New
York, Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois. Massachusetts,
Connecticut and Virginia.
I have been devoting myself to their
discipline, equipment and organization,
and have no fears as to their conduct,
but you can readily understand why I
would feel a pride in having a body of
South Carolinians near me to share
whatever may await us.
Let me hear fully from you.
Very truly yours, etc.
M. C. Butler.
Two Thouth and Pigth.
An exchange has a comical story
about a man who had a peculiar lisp,
and had bought some swine, applied to
a neighbor for the loan of ' a pigpen,'
when the following conversation ensued:
"Mithcth Young, I have bought two
throwth and pigth, and want to put
them in your pen till tomorrow."
"Why Mr. Fisher, my pen will not
hold a twentieth oart of them: what in
the world arc you going to do with two
thousand pigs?"
"Understand me, madam; I don't
thay two tbouthand pigth. but two
thowth and pigth/'
"I hear you! Two thousand pigs for
one family? The man is certainly
crazy-"
"Mitheth Young, I tell you again I
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two thowth and two pigth."
"Oh?oh?Mr. Fisher, that's what
you mean. Certainly my pen is at your
service neighbor.
Time to Stop This.
Sheriff lillis, of Bartow. Fla., went
to Lakeland, Fla., Monday for a negro
charged with selling liquor. He arrtcted
his man. handcuffed him and had
him on the car. "While waiting for the
train to pull out 25 or 30 of the Tenth
cavalry (a negro regiment) walked into
the car and demanded that the sheriff
release his prisoner. This Sheriff Tillis
refused to do, when up went their
revolvers and in a moment Sheriff Tillis
was looking down 25 or 30 revolver
barrels. The soldiers advanced and
took the prisoner from the sheriff and
walked off with him.
Want His Son Shot.
It is learned from the statement of a
chaplain at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga.
that a letter has been received by
the officers of a certaiu regiment from
the father of a deserter urging that the
boy be caught and shot. The boy. it
seems, had run away from home to enter
the army, and after enlisting he deserted.
The parents were communica
ted with. and the father of the boy
wrote the commanding officer thai he
could see no other way of removing the
stain from the family name and the
disgrace from the army than by catching
the deserter and shooting him.
No More for Porto Rico.
Orders were received at Tampa, Fla..
I Wednesday afternoon to the effect that
| no more troops needed at Porto Rico.
! The Fifth infantry was - already on
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had to be unloaded. This also stops I
: the trip contemplated by Gen. Coppin- J
' gerand his staff, as they were to go on
! this trip. Two batteries of heavy ar;
tillery were also being loaded for the
! trip and operations were stopped.
| ANOTHER BATTLE." -fl
tight Hundred Spaniards Fiercely
A+tank th#* AmArir.flns.
MANY SPANIARDS KILLED.
The Fight Lasted Two Hours.
The Enemy Attempt to Retake
a Light House. Good
Wnrfc of the Fleet.
There was a two hours fight at Cape
San Juan, Porto Rico, on Wednesday-. (
Eight hundred Spaniards attempted to
retake the lighthouse which was guarded
by forty of our sailors, commanded
by Lieut. Atwater, Assistant Engineer
Jenkins, Ensign Bronson and Gunner
Campbell. The Spaniards were driven
back by shells from the Amphitrite, ^-^111
Cincinnati and Leyden. The refugees
report one hundred Spaniards killed.
W. H. Berdeman of the Amphitrite,.a
second-class man at the naval academy
was seriously wounded. The Spanish
advance began from Rio Grande, whither
the Spaniards had retreated after the
first landing of troops at Cape San
Juan. They marched throkxgh Luquillo
and pulled down the American flag
at Fargado and replaced the Spanish
flag. The terrified refugees were warned
by the lighthouse force that the
Spanish were coming. Sixty women
and children were in an outbuilding of
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Spaniards opened with a machine gun
at a distance of three hundred yards.
The Leyden, Ensign Crosby commanding,
rushed within one hundred yards
of the shore and poured one pounders
into the Spaniards. Capt. Barclay of
the Anrnhitrite nsed his six nounder '^?1
and the Cincinnati her five inch guns.
The ships landed 250 men during the
fight and was reinforced by the light
house machine gun. Ensign Crosby
took the refugees off at daybreak and
has gone to Ponce. Our flag is still on
the light house, but the forces have
been withdrawn. The Amphitrite's ;
guns cover the light house and are
ready to annihilate it if our flag is
hauled down. ij|j|||gw
An Overdose of Morphine. /:
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j-/x. WJ* \jai\jL VT ^11 x a jvuu^ jpuj ^wjj
sician living in York County, died f
Thursday morning from the effects of
an overdose of morphine administered ;
by himself. Dr. Fewell late Wednes-j
day afternoon complained of feeling /
very badly, and spoke to his wife of it, /
saying that he had taken some medicine
before he left town, bnt that it
hadn't relieved his pain, and that he
would take some morphine for it
Pouring out some in his .hand, he swal- _ _
lowed it. In a.short time lie realized
that he had taken too much, and sent t ^11 M
for his father, who is also, a physician.
His father gave him strong coffee and
did everything that could be done, as
did otlier physicians who were called,
but by. 9 o'clock he was in a stupor.
from which he was never awakened,
breathing his last at 5 o'clock, Thursday
. Fooling Them.
It was recently published in a Mani- la
paper that Germany is combining
with Russia to prevent the capture^ of
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Dewey and General Merritt will refrain
from attacking the city; that the An er- ir|?S|
ican resources are exhaused; that Admiral
Cervera on issuing from Santiago
harbor was victorious and captured Ad-.
miral Sampson, afterward bombarding
American ports;x that the Cherokees
and the negroes in the United States
hare rebelled; that President McKinley ,
has been mobbed; that Admiral Cama- '
ra is at Singapore; that he is going to '
land in the south Philippines; that the
allied Spanish fleets will annihilate
Admiral Dewey and finally,' that the
climate is decimating the American
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.a. J.rHui JXciu. up.
The incoming Omaha flyer, on the
Birmingham road, was held up at Dug
Hill, two miles north of St. Joseph,
Mo., at 9 o'clock Thursday night by
five or six well armed men. After securing
possession of the express car,
the robbers rolled the Adams Express
company's small safe out of the car
door into a wagon and endeavored to
haul it away. They abandoned their
task, however, and soon dumped the
sate out upoa tne nignway. It is stated
by railroad officials that the robbers secured
$18,280 from the safe which
they took from the Adams Express
company's car.
Tillman at Leesville.
At the invitation of the p^Ophr-of^
Loosville Senator Tillman delivered an
address t.bfrA Inst Thnrsdav TTP
a vigorous defense of the dispensary ;,|||
lave and regarded it as the best solution \ "-::M
of the liquor problem that could be devised.
He thought it was so firmly entrenched
in the hearts of the people
that it would never be removed. Senator
Tillman also spoke in behalf of
higher education and made a "strong ,
plea for Clemson college. He was in
favor of all State institutions and esnff.iallv
thp CJlemsrm AfTiMiltrn-ml Pnl
Berrier Has Skipped;
Joseph F. Berrier. a member of the
Richland Volunteers, left Columbia between
two suns last week with $75 of
the company's money, which he had
collected to defray the expenses of the
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rier has been a flagman on the Southern
railway, bat lately he has been out
of work, having for some reason lost
his position. Up to this time he has
borne a good reputation, and his friends
are greatly surprised at his present conduct.
A Fast Boat
A dispatch from San Francisco says -^?
the torpedo boat destroyer Fafrragut,
which had her builders' trial Thursday
proves to be a wonder and her constructors
expect that her official test will ';J|
show her to be the fastest craft of her
type in the world. If she does not
make a speed of 32 knots her builders
will be disappointed.
Promoted.
Gen. Barkely, commanding the brigade.
of which the First Regiment
form a part; has appointed Maj. Julius :
II. Mood, M. ]3.. brigade surgeon;
Lieut. C. Browning Smith, Co. I, aidede-camp:
Lieut. I. H. Moses. Jr., brirro/I/%
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