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, tw-7V . i-. Aa- SO Vi 7 L - '$ U~~ I __ _ _ _ - ----- - - ; A jT'; (I\I.i~ O 7 ARE S(FF Al !ACO 1 B,.U UpOxeur aUpnl' S::p N I ed 1u the Bvd by t% V24ace -r U'c e Sam'# 'Sailtre Le- '1)p la mt D:;ven Fack. The daing att, Pyt ot the Sianiar de to blow up one of ite American war shirs ctf the harbor of Sabtriago de Cuba or e nid t 1it we ts the rtI instarce of its kind since the begin ning of the wsr. It i'us'rat;d how hard it is to hit a sn aIl cb-st nin t. Shortly af.er 1' tue New Ur lears tlashedi her private egual. Ii was answered by the 1gship, : -i. sa a few secords colored I' a s rg up into the darknes.s fron i' e New Or leans' deck. They s d tbat the enemy was in sigh. A l&r she burned aniothe- cclored liebt This meant that a hestile torpedo bo-t wasa oproachiog. alhhcu2h later. Cap ain Folgtr, 'f te New Orlears, was not certain whethbr this was cor rect. Instantly the semi circle of blockading ships lal-hed night sij. nals. For six or seven miks, east and westof the bambir, tLey twinkled brihiantl." in the dark ness snd tLe. wentout. Simultane.usly 1h-s& fire shct from the New Orleans' side. The New Orleans kept her brihliant searchlights plying in all directiors. and other ships near her did the same. On the decks of the New York the marines were crouched down, peering into the darkness, with their rifles on their knees, watching for the sailors' most dreaded en my-the torpedo boat. The lockouts were in every conceivable spot and guns were traan ed inthe diriction wheie thk New 0. leans seemed to be firing. Every now and again sparks and red fire 11 sw up in the distance, marking the explosion of shells. Many persons then thought they were explodirg on a torpedo boat but today it is believed that they found their mark on shore. The moon, which had been hidden behind the clouds. came out at about 11 o'clock. The New York was then steaming at full speed toward the shore to bead off, if possible, the re treat of the enemy into the harbor. The evolutions had to be carried on with great care, to avoid getting in line of fire from the other American ships. The searchlights played fre quently and private signals burned brightly. A aim object, like a small boat enveloped in smoke, was seen cn the port hand from the signal briege, and Ensign Mustin reported to Um tai Chacawick: -A torpedo boat o: e point forward on the pe-r. ta.u, sir; headed this way." Captain Chadwick, with Rear Ad miral Sampson, was on the forward bridge. Before a shot was Bred from the fl gship this curious, lurking ob ject disappeared. It must have been two or three miles away frcm the New York and the same distance from the New Orleans. The Oregon, grim and big, crcssed the New York's boat in the direcion the tcrredo boat was reported. The boat was still headed for shore. When a mile away and close to Morro Castla an object was seen against the cliffs. It was thcught to be a torpedo boat, and the New York's for ward 8 inch guns bellowed out, making a hideous noise in the quiaL nig ht. Oa c hore a few sparks close to a dark obi jc; suo wv ed where the shells struck.. The 4 inch and 6 pounder guns iol lowed suit, and fcr a few mnu~ues a sharu fire was kept up. The boom of the Oregon's big guns was t wice heard to the eastward. "Cease niring" was then sounded. The searchlights failed to reveal the preseiice of the enemy, and nothinig but the bare coast eculd be seen. After a careful search, the New Ycrk steamed back to her station and the men went back to their ham mccks. There had been no firing from the forts, Captain Folr reported that he hsd sighted a small steamer, per haps a gunboat that she had failed to answer the private signal, and that he had fiied on her. He believed she had escapzd along the beach, or had been destroyed he could not tell which. That ended the night attack arnd the first experience nere with torpedo boats in naval w arfare. It was not until the Porter, this afternoon, fcurd the torpedoes, that the danger of last nigha affar was fully realized. The Porter was steam ing two miles from shore and well to the Eastward of Mcrro Castle, when two torpedces were seen i >ating on the water. Eesign Gillis j .mped overboard and swam around trem. He tried to unscrew the war nose, but the torpedo itself turned tco easily in the water. He returned to the Porter, and Commander Fremont finally got one of the torpedoes safely on board. The other sunk as he was getting it in. Commander Fremont tuen brought the torpedo alongside the Ne w York. It was a 14 inch Whitehead of modern make, and w'oih about 13 5c0. It was in perfect cor dition, and had any of our ships struct it while it i Attd .t would have exploded and perhap; suc k the ship, rnerfure the find was not only valuable, but mcst fortuuate. A curicus fact is that the to pido which sur k had an < xnrcite beau on and had no war nose, and wcnid not have e xploded. This either meat s that the Spaniards are terribly ia norant or c areless about torpedo~s. Precautions against night torpedo attack have b'een a distin guishing feature of Admiral Samp sor's policy ever sir ce the commence ment of the war, and last night proved the tilizacy *cf the arrangements. Everything moved as smoothly as if in the case af aday engagement, In spite of the diffizulty experienced in seeing the enemy, bad a torpedo boat come any where Lesr the effecuive range of fire, it w cuid undoubtediy have been shot to pieces. It is pessible that.there were two tor pedo boats Thursday night althoug b cnly one is believe to have approachecd anywhere near our ships. A R staut'c arriag -. Miss E rar gelirse Caineres, w hose rt mantic escape frcm a Spns pri son in Havat a several months ago, is r(called, was married at Baltimore Thursday to Carlos E Carbonell, whc assisted in her rescue. Tne e ireaxony took place at the Hotel Rennert at iroon. The happy couple 1aft fot Washington sn hour later. BloodJ R tot ?n 7sa~pa. A special a from Savannah, Gas says: In a private ieue~r :ecIm d is Savannah f rom a soldie r at Tampa 11 is stated that dur irg a ric t a Tam pa or Monday nigt four men 'itre ka ma sevri wounded. n Ar suarprised a-e Eerea:d and -:c rcez>.derta'. News. ha j vec'd the Cuban Jta iU New York of a victory ;sciend b tlhe Cuban forcesovera i .v -'ie panis2 army at Jig ui, tovdt i c of Santiazo, on May 2 L was one of the most deciire S l rch the patriots have galied : r O-iths, and the mcst i portr'i- o ne since war was declare d y e U ied States a; a'nst Spain. A ce lumn of Spanish soldiers 1,360 Strong, acting under orders from .ia vara to abandou the interior towns ard advat&ce twar3 the coast, eva"a :eU the town of La Piedra, after hav n g destroyed taeir forts to prevent the~n Irom falling into the bouds of the inturgent, and camped at Jiguari, where tney expected to remain await. ir g further orders. They were also jeined there by a detschzment of 30O Spanish soldiers from Santa Thta, and the two forces were unite d in camp at Jiguani. The Spaniards were surprised on the mornirg of May 22 by being attacked by a division of the first corpt belong ing to Gereral Calixto Garcia's com andrj,. ur der the leadership of Colonel Jose J i us Rabi. With him aho were Col. L-ra, cormmanding the first cay slry, and Co. Montaire of the infan :rv reinment kausa Libre " The Cu ,ans alogether numbered a little more than 1,000 men, while th- Span iards had fully twice that number. The Cubans advanced in good order, being well equipped with arms and ammunition, and tcok the enemy com pletely by surprise. At the start the Spaniards scattered, but afterward made an effort to rally their forces. Taey orly succeeded in being able to retreat in reular order .o the ,vil jage of Palma. There they w. re reinfrced by sev eral Lundred men from Aguacote and Arroya Bianco, and turned upon the Cubans, and the battle was renewed with fury. The ESpaniards were be ginning to recover some of the ground which they had lost, when, at a most opporture moament, the Cuban Yegi ment "Aguilera" came up ;from Gen. Garcia's command and attacked the enemy in the rear. Simultaneously with tnis the regiment "Santiago" at tacked them-upon the left .link, so that the Spaniards were forced to I fight, hemmed in on both sides. The Cubans succeded in making several advantageous pcsitions which tney maintained throughout the fight ing. In their flight from their camp at Jiguani the Spaniards were forced to leave behind much of their ammu nition and supplies, so that they were :o a considerable extent handicapped in fighting, while, on the other hand, the Cubans seemed to be well equip ped and on the aggressive. A' ter six hours hard fighting at Pal ma, which is only a short distance from Jigaani, the Saniards raised a il ig of truoe and expressed themselves as being willing to sarrender. Terms were speedily arranged, and the Cu bans took as prisoners one Spanisb colonel. seven captains and several other ofTicers, besides 103 soldiers. The Spa-ish loss amounted to 76 dead, be sides a large number who were wound ed. Including in the Spanish losses were 13 c ili ers. The Cubans sustained a heavy loss, but it was considterably smaller than that of the S.>aniards. Ir is reported that :here were -15 killed, including di~e ttli~ers of lesser rank, arnd ab~ut 60 wounded. Atter ifne battle, which was one of the bitterest of the war, the-Cubans reurned to Jiguani. There they re covered a large qgaantity of arms and ammunitionl froum the deserted Span sh camp, together with provisions and supply wagons, which the enemy had been compelled to leave behind. l'hese we-e much needed., and were sent to the b;:..'-iaarters of General aarcio'- camp at Bayamno. The people of the two towns of Ji guani and Santa Rita came out to greet the vic'.orious Cuban army, and tere was great rejoicing among .the mhabitants, who had boicra that time been forced to conceal their sympa thies while the towns were occupied by Spanish soldiers. General Jesus R Abi at once set to work organizing a civil government for the to wns, acting un der the orders of General Garcia in a prcclamation which he issued two days after the battle. RE WARD FOR CONVICTS. Two Have Eec pea--IIty Dollaia Each for Tnelr captnre. Colonel Neal, Superintendent of the penitentiary, issued the following no tice Wednesday: We will pay a reward of $50 each for the capture and delivery at this office of Harvey Lackey and Bill Yeargan, who escaped from W. Holmes Hardin, Jr., camp in Chester county ; June 4th, 1898. No. 14.508 Harvey Lackey was tried and convicted of burglary and larceny at the February term of the court in Laurens county in 1898 and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. He is 22 years old, six feet two and one balf inches high, black hair, dark brown eyes and complexion mulhtte. . A. and star in India ink on right arm above wrist; scar on right shoul der blade and scar back of left wrist. No 14,508-Billy Yeargan was tried and convicted of manslaughter at the February term of court in Laurens counlv in 1893 and senterncad to five years in the penitentiary. He is 23 years old, 5 feet 11 inches high, black lair, dark brown eyes and complex ion, t wo scars on right side of body and scars on left arm from vaccina tion. W. A. NEA L, Sopt. S. C. Penitentiary. The ',xtn Acreage. Messrs. Litbam, Alexander & Co., one of the most reliable cotton firms in New Yor k, has sent us a copy of their latest cotton circular, wnich giv'es somne interesting figures as to the ccton screage. It shows that the acrege in 1898 is 22.736,000 as com pared with 24,091,050 in 1897. Every State shows a decrease, the per cent. mn this State being five; Alabama, four; Aran as, seven; Fiorida, five; Geor gia, six; Louisiana, three; Mississippi, tree; North Carolmna, seven: Tennes see, eight; Texas, six. Some of this re duction in acreage is no doubt due to the agitation on the subject last winter, but Latham, Alexanaer & Co. explain it thus: "'Our correspondents reports that tne reduction in acreage as :;ee brought about by the lower ::ces of cottoin, reluctance of com mison mieretaas to mase as liberai dvrcsto the plamters as last year, in tme* face of war, and the increase in !acrage in icoacco, wheat and cmr, on account of the high prices of these e nmndities. A PES1PEIIAE I3A'i ill BETWEEN T / -' ' SPAP ACS NEAR EANi 00 'h t e:1 illur0 U< uj ;);m) Fjjh! :g :n! Eab r , f Gas tirarr o -var A me? t-r 1 1d ((1'&Ld 0aR ulbd-' hI -pLith Las UeKiutwa. The inv ion of Ca y the Amer icai 'o:-ces bega-I Fridiy. Six hundred marines have piucbed their tents about the moki ruits of the outer forti:.cations of Guanta:n amo, and the Stars atd Stripes for L' drst time ilat froml a Spanis, 1igstaif in Cuba. To Capt. Clark and the ba:t'eship Gregon belong the honor of ceCom p~ishing the irst successful landing of the war. Forty marines from the battleship wer-t ashore Saturday morning aua occupied the left entrance of the bsy until the troopship Panther arrivtd with 61-2 marines. These, under command of LCu.cn ant Colonel R. W. Uuntington, ar rived at 3 o'clock and, within half an hour, they had burned the buildings of the Spanish camp and had set Iire t> the miserable little village which crouched on the brach under the hill topL of Guantanamo. The whole operatinu of slencing the guns and landing the forces was 'as easy as placing a Sunday tcho.,l picnic. The Marblehead, backed irv the Vixen and Dolphin, apened tire on tut earthworks Friday. The store to the right of the entrance was lined with guns and rdll- piis, Out the Spaniards stampt ded a lte r lirlag a fe w shots. The city of Guantanamo lies fLur mi:es up tne bay, and a little Spauisn gunb.at came down to help the shore oAtteries, bat she stayed jusIt ,Lrz enough to turn around. Namerous saots were fired by the Spaniards, but not one landed, aL d no Americans were injured. The main fort lies within the city limi.s, and is still to be reduced, but it' is not a difficult position, and tne American officers say they can take it in 15 minules when desired. Tae Marblehead, Vixen, D)lphin and two colliers have been off the en trance of the harbor f or several days, and Satureday morniug they sailed into the channel. A mile furtner up they opened firing, sending 5U shots at the forltiiations on the lefL. Tne hiis on the right of the entrance were de serted. Tnere are no defenses on the right side of the harbor. No attempt was made to land until the Oregon steamed in early Friday morning. Captain Clark immediate ly sent 40 marines ashore, and 20 from the Marblehead followed. They found evidence of a hasty d parture by the Spaniards. Watches, hammocks and amtruai tion were scattered about t:,u eartn works, and aSpanish flag was ;ound in one of the rifle-pits. The little detachment of marines held the place until the Panteer ar rived, when they wier recailtd aud the worx of disembarkation brgan. Tne first boatload had scarcely l.aAd ed when the village burst into li ames. Company B, undaer Lieutenant H ail, was the firSt as llre, aid, wIanoa tue loss of a moment, ine column started up the steep, rocky hilside to the eartaworks. For an hour a brown column of marines filed up the nar row path, eventually taking up a yo st at the top of tne ili. Ae.s son as tne A:rican 11ag was swung out~ to the bretze Iroms tne flagstatf of the captured Spanisn camp, the Oregon steamed away to rej21a tne fleet off' Sautiago. Tne marines wil hold the posi.ion until tue arnival of mue expected troops in the meanttme, scuuting in the vi cinity, witn tne AMarolenead, Viaen and .uolphin? lying oy to prete:, them. 1l ar Adairai camrpson now nas a aroor and a base of supplies on tne soutn side of tne islana, and troops can be landed at wilL. T'ne troopship Panther reach id the fleet relf Santiago early .lriday. On her way over, the Yoseasite tired a dczen shelas into the Port of Baquiri, but received no response. Guantanamo is but 40 miles east of Santiago, and is a splendid location for a base of supplies for the b'ccaing squadron. It is understood that the island of Cu ba is entirely cat otf' from cable communication with the outside world R~eport here has it that the cableship O.tria ,cut the cable running fromn (uantanamo to the Mole St. Nicholas, Hay ti. Sne was interrupted in the work by shells from the shore, but the Mar ble head sent several sheils at the soldiers and scattered them. DETA!S OF THE BArTrLE. Which Luet d Uatil Si. Odl ck Sanday Morning. Lieut. Qol. R- W. Huntington's cat talion of marines, which landed from the tr'ansport Panther on Friday and encamped on the hilt guarding aban doned cable station at the entrance to the outer harbor of Guantanamno, has been engaged in beating cif a bush at tack by Soanisa guerillas and regua lars since 3 o'clock Satuday ofternoon. The fighting was almost continuous for thirteen hours, ur t:16 o'clock Sun - day morning, when reinforcements were lard Irom the Marblehead. Four of our men were kill d and one wounded. The advance picketr, ui. der Lieutenants N.,ville at d Shaw, are unaccounted for. 'Amcng the killed is "Assistint Sur geon John Blair G.bbs, son of Major Gibbs, of the regular army. who fell in tae Cus:er mesise:e. His honme was at Richmond, Va.. tut he had been practicing in New York, and he entered the service since the war be gun. He was a very popular otlicer. The otners killed are: Sergeant Charles H. Smith, of Small wood. Private WLliam Danphy, of Glca cester, Mass. P'rivate James McCoh an, of S'.one htm, Man . Corporai Glass vas aiden'ally wuaded in the hea d. The Spanish loss is uckno -vu, but it was probably censidlerable. Tue splashes c f olood c u-id at dayiit at the positionl the Spaniards occupied indicate fatilities, but their comrades. carried cotf the killed anid wour-de.. IThe engagement bey'n wita demi orv firing at the pickets, a thousa yards inland from the cm. an Spicer's company was - d-ggur dty and was driveni, era ~ingon the camp and rapan ' enmy at 5 o'einek is a' deep rvi.e and d figa hitls. 1ige afees.e:ry heavy witm a intekci gr The sky was lakzted ' and wneni thhu a s b.o .ving seav-ar. . f'I:c a and impenetrable. T. spatiss su - ..' - canceakd in the chapprei cove-, I d the advaniage, tue Americars On nc ridge furnis.-;iag iin-e -arngs &M the say ad th11 wlite "at Th Spaniards fought froan coiver na night, discoVerable 0nly by l h, which thie mai rines !i -,d repEattrs scrdd .se cakr. a barrt!. The Marblehead aLar.ch a Col! m2a chine gun in her b a -v, ut-(d ua tne b y erladirg the Spar.i rds, and ;t is thought that san.e were T The mari: es trailtd mut bbloo d .o the -an r's (tdge and tLere lcst ih. Snai s are numerous in' the v.cinity. The ships threw their searchllights ashcre, tne powerful elec.ric eves sweeping the dctp tropic foliaige :kid dicossug occasionafly sik. p.:r ties of Spaiar-s. It all rescmbled a trAn:forma'ion Ecene at the harbir. Each discovery of the enemy was greeted by .iLe c-acks cf ta-b-nte .re along the edge of toe emp ridge or by tue long roll of th laaches -a cuinegun, seamm tr) ee ' m a 1' aeu stream?. Snortlv after midaight ca. th main attack. The Spauiarcs made gallant charge up the soutwc-t sope but were m.t by repeated vo,' evs fri the main body, an b-oke bzfh re they were one-third of the way up tue bat they came so close t!at ' tLere was airr ust a hand t > hnao s. r gie. The cliers used t .ri re. 'hree Spamards got througt formation to the edge o ii -: ca p. Col. Jose Compina, tne Caoaa oa e, discharged his revilver, and Lty, turning and irading th amselves wita out support, ran helter skelter dana the reverse side of the hill. It was during this assault that As sistant Surgeon Giobs was iilled. He was shot in the head in front of 1i:s own tent, the arthest paint of attac:. He fell into the arms of Parvate Su: van and both dropped. A seoii ba let threw dust in tueir faces. Sarn-ee Gibbs lived 10 minutes, bat did no:. regain consciousness. The surgeas of the hospital corps then reanoved Lheir quarters to the trencaes auou tae ola Spanish steckade north of te camo. Tne attacks were c:atinuea u: intervals throughout the res:. cI Le night, wit iiBr~u:g frim smai sqas.s i various hireeious. To sera morni::g the il:e sckeaed. :is tie fa"o as the east pa.1A, tie mir uasn on their gun, wer ao.. were actually asleep, as iney "a a no res; for i no-rs and ured ae r cold no 10.nger S:a t as-.n. it A10 attack cacIe TLree ne v 1 - u 1 iu i4s whiic2 couid no: 0 us cai- a n:.gii, fo: fe r o .i ~tua u ov iards a'ter davlight . .y dov in" the L.astses li1 prairie dos in'. ca: th'e graiy d.s n. s te c2rr..: di:-n o: the Associate Press taiLet wiu Maj;r Co.:rrel, who . i eaarge o: tne empasts, wo d ca.. o L eut enant Co.lonoel Huatn;> o: arta Mj.r CozeI gave nigprase t:t. nerve and steauicess of otli.:ers and men, especialy tae you ag oues, asta engag een w.:i b.apiisan of tie iar a larg~e matpri~y. .ne men were in2 daraness ~and in a strange land, bu.. ,.hey stood to sneir post~s sit~i courage andt forti'tztde andt ;:ra Vas not symp t~ of panic, hutd Tne marines, thioarh ehutd were eager for mnre tiilting, pro mis ing to inulict heavy punishmsent. Thev conpl'neated the caring of ie Span iar. with characteri:tic ca-up prof an it'. Sunday the amplest pr( au tion ihave been taken, and as tne Dauntless was leaving, reinforcements werei landing from tne Mar benead. A storxny ti ne was expected. Estimates vary as to the attackin g fcrce, sonme saymng 2:U andI the ligures running as hign as 1.003. Cotonel Canapina, the La ban guide, said the Spaniares were mcstly irregulars, bat Lne reports of the dis::nar e of Mauser ritlbs would indicate taat they were regulars, as miost t f the gue rrilss carry Remagtons. ThL'e guerrilias, as arule, have more dash an J c:u:age than the regula:s. T2ne ne w campaign uniforms prove satisfactory aad are almost iuivisrlble at a distance of 2hJ y ears. The Lse gui~s caused seveiral accdeuts in dra v ng car t i iges. Despite the Iosof the mea, who are keenly regretted, the marines rij jice that they have been engaged in ineir tirst fizht on Cuban soi. Tney sailed from New York the day war was de clared and expe:ted t> land with in a week at IHbana. Sirce3 thea, until they landed on tze shcre o: Gaantanamo bay, they have been cocped up on the iPanthier and they had begun to fear th?at the truops wculd oeat them after alP. Uolo by the Marblehe::. The navy department Friday posted the follo Riog bulnletin: --Ua J3 7. A lmiral $am~pson ordered 2eIa l nead, Commnander Memaii, arad rhe Yanaee, Commander iB:O.vflson, to take possession of th.e outer Oay & Guantanamo. These vesses eniw.red the 2ailsir at daylighnt on tue 7., driving a Spanish gunboat inlto the in aer harbor, and took passasilon of the iontr bay, wt-icu is no -v rsell of tie Mar blehead.' A special fromk Kigston. Ja, rep r.. .hat ie Sanirs" cruise \ ':s -al .uetred oa-t desrayer Far u re aty da:n:ged cur..ng te oa- ar sda il :.. h rna n i K..)- A. 1.1. n C r -. HSnn in L e bo.T enro chaar~ 1esdin . ' r was emnc.L.y .oc -iw e th ; i'ed Stts coier 0i ' kc c SL e-i traLc. '>r o : to e torpEdo boa Sdearoyers 1o at ad I'uton, "re uc lZer o an is t,) Saia. s grand rsult was accomplished tirough thae heroism of Leutenant I cnmcnd Ioison, assistaut naval constructor, and Daniel Mont3gue, ( r-eCharett. T. T. Marpiy, Oicar D'gmaa Jon P. mJiips , Johu Kelly anu 11. Clusen. Tl. lauter. a cox swamu on tne Nt vYoh, tock pirt ia a e.oidition 'agaist orders. They t- ail capturd by the Spaniards; "1-.h Soanish adniral is recogni 1 b hir bravery sent word to the Aleric-n admiral under a ibg of ce that- he was willia- to exchinge e prisnersand sssaring the Ameri can comnan.der that thtv would be treated with the grea'.est IT1ness. M\I ney a-d provisions have beea sent to hen and the rten1sary steps are Z;ring k t > n a bat6', their cx c 'aru a ge.a~~rt ru *ih N-w Y r. He has serv -o:r years in the yc is 29 years a:z. a n hi h-n yn is in Ur:o in. GeOrge Charete s a ganner's mate Sth irst class on board tae N Y rk- He has served fourteen years In th e navy, is 31 years old and re sd at Lowel', Miss. JT. Murp is a e c wain of the [o a. OUcar D:rgm. is a coxsvain of the erina- a nd-1 is aout 21 years old. John T. Phillps ii a machinist of :st class. blong to ti Mrri e. I~is ears of age, and 1is 1, 'Le Is in BA t.S01 John Kelly :s s water iender, aboat sears of Age. Ii's home is near t-os1 3 o , V,, c 1,L and. H. C lausen, wh liop on board hid . Merrimac wiho-ut permission, in .e :.k part in ,he expedition, is ac7x.3 an -aCIL tile Nz!w, YorkA. T - zr~n- taat protects men sua i Liunn RicS b p r us ci . :- A bL u.l t'\ fL~ r - - .t :i: h . h .rin ci . . a" : or a c e .nti a ao hanrbrh mha re I:= wrk e r 21 leno d latia~ To stond wan tae 135.0 ttpeann La : iaer T:iles I. rae tainsfori 2a s.ador d tm cre to paln o tian ci adci time T:ra ofport e th e a:' s cel:ns suof3r Jtos fothe rly ctsie r: thae. ws pmrpsie t, sa utnruy usacn ce~v a cta ay freanga Am r iannpwrs searlyhemtedt O8:C1:.Th orpe were lad to ge st' o ta the hmk ervcca gesrio. I pasaadonlfo to rteasos. The first was: th nes chatathe adiz'' ileee as perhap an.eo Santias The seoad wa te uoseo time at nd the j;e. ati cane of~ 0'he Amtian saiors.sle h rb 'be in.-a lutear hoidecided.she chiad dos a vessl adiras ul:y fnid 3.oe the puros blcu t'ery usls t as a trnortteMrinas'elv uniack craf c~antinutlly breaki of coal Te o iar were gla to getUk oLe wathA 106lu fmieadsn cer whr ter cas a sh-r turn . o .ept e nonor P: endJ{fl ngthat expdiCtio: was denied t'em. 1:-sides Lim a taani to stand at and t> k ep up stea~m .neal h L n hrtday a'ternoon *d ina nght the gr.aer art o' th ca1 eainn 'a the Meria was aced on bard .he asps. Craaldi J. M.. ,il- Esidn . e. Crank and the cre.v on n3 y is an on board. U;v r'es ee simpie. Hewst r inoth nnei to a crtam0 pon, i.ft . therin ac was not saac mn the meantime, then blow up the shp and take the chadcs o ecape. W'en Lieut. Uobson and the seven bade their comnrades good by those who s'ayed behiad and those who went on never expected to see each other again And the four thousand envied the eih., who joked abC.t their good fortuar'. asz m31 o ardmo s Te Start was made at j3 A. M. Fri day mor::ing. Tae Merri-nac lum oerad along under her owa steamn. Ine meig American warships drew nearer to protect the collier from the Spanish tire as best they could. Whery light was iden, and the collier mnoved along. Sac slipped by tne souts guarding the entrance to the harbor. It was 4 A\. M. when she entered the channel. Tnea the guns of Fort Morro dis covered the Merrimac ploughing ahead, bent on proceediag as ?ar as possiAle beforc she sauk, fearful o running aground before ae advanta gecu X plac was reached. Ta guns Troi e3.capa fort and from the atte rics along shore opened ire. The gunners had the range to a foot. it was fair for themn to sujpose thlat the Merrimac w:s a bi warship and that she was leading tee way far the others, that the whole llect was try ing to forcean entrance to the harbr. If Lhey sank her no other ship could pass. The :h fell upa ths c>iier like raine.n a tropical str2.. Sap had a path of 150 feet wide. She must keep is t:. 02either ziie, be.'ora and be hind, the great gus boomed and roare.i. As the coler mioed along the aiaa tercedes, the Spanlsh a ship,gunboats and torped> boats opena ed tira upon her. The Merrimac was no watsaip witha protected sides, w:ta grear. guas-no: ;tung ship. She was but a merzh aT:anf taat had been cnademned. who;e :air theil eai& no more stop .he g:eat prljediztes that so maa ind the men ebn.tr could not night back. hey.in had no orais. They could Tno the exhlara .tia and eacite u-nn na 'nw. . -' T c hiad ny hind th crai oua b52; a b'. :.ina. As wrtillc~-r 7- a la .-h 6 brdg a d od Lcaut. Hobd soa Ns an aa his beather ttri -as ould cate a gi.pse o:.'ts i.g a-e by rma c a: nouraiga eo..Taey knew he W's g:nCAsliag his aias ansuy ad conlly as ne m~i hs cal ai:. over Lhis draw ia_ taal a na)vy vard. a ,x n-, mo re o bac. ..aker had 'n a iera. Tacy a he e a r a ta aaCs taa: x tn .; Map . v C shi no noe va eurth coaid sav' *aeui. Taere w~ls lof ty, sablima conrage in the troe-hj.. of the .Xfrriac that Tue saig was appro'ang- the urst aed of tpdoes, thosae submarine :Qians illied with the most powerful exj >sives, each one of whimcb. could bionr the Merrianac to atomns. There was no inspiration of proba ble victory to exhilarate these men such as Farragut felt at Mobile. If they were blo wn up their death would show the exact position and power of the mines and the huik would blockr the channel. Bat the Merrimac passed over the tirst bed of mines. Tne ship did not rise up under themn. The~ Merrimac moved further in to ward the city. Tue lire of the Spaniarls gre w hot ter and hotter. Tnere could not have been a better target. The Marri-nac is ~33 feet long and she stood high out of the water because she was nearly e:r ply. She was riddled like a sieve. Inc whole Spanisa fire was concen trated a >>n her. Still she sailed on. The:e were American sailors aboard that shi?. The water hissed and baii edi with the lashing of shot. The ves sel was amass of spinters. Tne man at the 'wacei was injured. Auotraer sprang to take his place. Tuere is a cartama tura in the chan nel where Lila:. I~bson nad deter mined to sink~ her should fortune fa vor la;-a pia::e where it is narrow-* est and navigation mnost ditiicuit Nearer a:.d seare~r the ship drew to i t.I Lie-. HoJou 'swalttog Th menI s-ra ce tmu i ears for. c o-er. It] carn a' ast 0h orde.r man 'maked thec et d ': cia enrie, to let' g.ite ancaor. odr to a~vrid boa . Tn ciJ inta aerina-,a a aa machneI of re tpue, o ar-a' geas to bio r Eacon nad a s exaiiationofit.I faen he se t'"e ecc mfachi'ne to aosn- Harryin~g on d ck again hae TIy pail awa fr uae Merri ::nc w:iietheto m .: he Os i :srainced abt)2te. e the wer- well clear ofth 29t:topd exid. The M anee ue: n.: -e recz * . . .The -car-ci guns, the shriek an r more dreadful. T e errimac ,as war tie end of her last : ge.A cad be measured in feet. for the Rein n.c o. ra the Sponisa ccaed iir N o-y welcm:d the gallani r.. 1 7 M~ Iraer C'.r Iade 1:ai set:: T~hc e to ?amia Sampson r o the fate of his cicer and :;I::. For Admiral Cervora sent a flag o e to Lhe American commander, g Li that the Merrimac was suk in the channel and that Leut. Hr bSo Sn his men had escaped from e ar d were on board the Reina -r-edes, held as prisoners of w.r. o are sligtly wounded. _dairai Cervera said he sent the Ila- of truce in recognition of the bra.ery of Lieut. Hobson and the e d, while they are held as prisoners. they will be treattd with cfnideration. iaEre was then great rej xcing on t.merican shins and wonder over the miraciocus scape of Lieut. I Hob A DRi.ACFUL ACGIDENT. . wo 1 lied ')atright and Three In j u ed by Explosion. A terribly distressing accident oc curred at St. John's Bluff, Fia., Fri. day morning at about 9 o'clock, in which J. J. O'Rurke and El Hous ton, two well known young citizens of Jacksonville, were instantly killed and Lieut. Harts of the United States engineering corps was seriously in jared, and a stenographer named Barnham and a negro were also pain fully hurt. Fir several weeks Lieut. Harts has been engaged in laying mines in the river at 8:. John's Bluff. He has been assis.ed in this work by J. J. O'Rurke, who for a number of years has been line foreman of the Western Union Telegraph company. Tnis morning Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Hous ton were near the cable house on the bluir and were testing a torpedo. l eut. [Uarts was about 15 feet away and the steuorapher and negro were a few yards distant. Mr. Q'Rourke h ad the testing wires in his hands and Mr. Houston was bending over the deadly explosive. By some unac countable reason Mr. Ot'urke coan nected the b.tiery wire with the fir in. plug, instead of the testing plug, and in a moment a terrible explosion took plac3. Mr. Houston was blown to atoms, the only part of his body being recovered was a.leg. Mr. O'Rxurke was instantly killei, bat was not very badly mutilated, and L-eut. Harts was struck in the small of the back and in the head with piec, of the shell. The Stenographer and negro were also strac by flying picces of the torpedo. By a strange coincidence Mr. O'R~urke's father was killed by the premature explosion of a shell. After tue war le was digging around at Fort Sumter wnen his p:ck strack a shell lying embedded in tie earth, and er Ploded, killing him instantly. ON C K AM.AU3A FIELD. rns F.s: Reaie..t of douth C*rona VjtDeerr. U. S. A. A specal dispatch to the Colu:nbia ikgis~er says Go!. Alston's battalion o.mved at the jlite station in the central part of Camnp Tnomnas Tuesday abou; noon, the o:ier battalions with in snort in terrils, except CoL. Ti ma's, whKich was delayed six hours at Coattan noga. As the battalions arrived, they were at onze marched foar miles eastward to the camo re ccntly used by the First Iulinois r-egi metbfr evn for Tampa. Duing the mcarcn the boys su~aredi ter:rily fromn the dusty roads, but the idness of the KFia Pennsylvania andi i veliii 'Itnernaaregiments will ner e forgotten by the Snuth Caro ilmtans.- E rery accommnodation at all pnsssiole was rendiered the tired and porn-out soldiers from the Palmetto 'The regimnent is hapopily situated in a forast of oak trees. J.nere is an ar :tesian well j ast in front of the camnp, and three springs within t wo hundred yards, yielding the purest freestone water. Another weli is being sunk within the camnp. Bathing facilities are good. Chietamauga cre LI ows in sight of the camp. T.nis m ountain stream, with its sandy bottom is con sidered a luxury by :ne boys. Tnose that were sick stood the trip well and are rapidly convalescing. .None of the usual military duties were engaged in today. Every one was busy perfecting camp arrangements. Alinough the Soutn Carolina regiment was not ordered until late to Unicka mauga, it was honored by being plac ed in tne first b:igade of the firs: di vision of first army corps. The other regiments of tne brigade are the L'.veif ti Minnesota and the Fifth Pennsylvania. EMORY A. HoLLER. A lever Aarer:... Tae Kansas City Journal says: "A tI ur merchant at Edgar let the story get out that while he was stooping jver his Il our bin a $10J diamond ring nad slipped otf his finger into the tisur. .th appeared to be greatly ex ercised over the loss, got a notice in the local paper, but finally announc ed wvii asighi that he would haye to niye it up; ina. the ring was in the dloursomjewhiere: that ne supposedit would tu up in a sack of flour, but ne had no id:a what one. WVell, you >ught to have seen the boom that zuleess man had in the ilour trade. F'or the next week he had to hire ex .ra help to till sacks out of that bin. ihe man who never bought a sack ron im be ore cam~e in and laid in a .itrs suiippy. And tie smnooth nerchant wvaistled softly as he iflled .he sacks and winked the other eye." A Oljtery. Great excitement prevails on Blue Stone river, West Virginia. on ac count of the mysterious poisoning of the fish in that stream. As a result, :3 men are dead from eating some tish caught from the river. Lu:e 'reports say that a number of persoos and cat rie have died fro:n th? effects of drink ing~ the wvater. The ish have been dying in large na-mbers and. are being -:se asore. Itis not thoughit that 1ere is onelet in the stream. The unen f n ose washed ashore is ui nearable. The people are d, sudn will no: use the n he wells that are near the het:2 poi-on camne from .:niists of is a mystery. - :a: ti~e poison is due to -n erai zsbaoce in the wrater, THE ARR1Y SAILS. A FORCE OF TWENTY-SEVEN THOUS ANO D MIN TO INVADE CUBA. Gereral :a2 oMInd-Eauttago Mt be raken a. O--The Grand Army Now o Cnb a so--Perone o2 the Er. The first Uaite Sa s armny for the invasion of Caba sailed from Tampa, Fla., last Wednesday, uuder command of Gen. Snatter. T.e force numbers 27,000 men. compcsed of infantry, cavalry, &rtaliery, engineers and a sig nal corps. The infantry consists of twenty -seven regiments, sixteen regu lars and eleven volunteers, as follows: Of the regular regiments, tne First, Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thr teenth, Sixteenth,.Seventeenth, Twen ty-first, T wenty- second, T wenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth. Of the volunteer regimer .s, there were the Seventy-iirst New York. Thirty-second Michigan. First and Fifth ():io, Second New York, First District of Columbia, Fifth.Maryland, One Hundred and Fifth-seventh Penn sylvania and the Third Pennsylvania. 'tie total infantry force is 21,600 men. la addition, there are a battalion of engineers, a detachment of the signal corp3, five squadrons of cavalry, four batteries of light artillery and two bat teries of heavy artillery. General Shafter's order was as fol lows: Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, Tampa, Fla., May 31, 189S. General Order No. 5: Tne following troops will hold them selves in readiness to move immediat - ly on board transports upon notitie - Lion from these headquarters: 1. The Fifth army corps. 2. The battalion of engineers. 3. The detachment of the signal corps. 4. Five sqIadrons ofcyalry, tobe selected by the commandg general of the cavalry division, in accordance with instructions previously given. .5. F"our batteries of light artillery, to be commanded by a major to ba se lected by tie commanding odi:er of the light artillery brigade. 6. .wo batteies of heavy artillery, to be selectel by the commanding of - car of the siega artillery battalion, with eight siege guns and eight field mortars. 7. The batteries of e-gineers, the in fantry and cavalry will be supplied with 590 pounds of ammunition per man. S. All troops will carry, in addition the fourteen days' field rations now on hand, ten diys' travel rations. 9. The minimum allowance of tent age and baggage as prescribed in Gen eral Orders 51, A. G. 0., currant series, will be taken. 10. In addition to herations spc fled in paragrap a 8 of this order, the cbief commissary will provide sixty days field rations for the entire com mand. 11. All recruits and extra baggage, the latter to be stored, carefully piled and covered, will be left in camp in charge of a commissioned officer to be selected by the regimental command er. Where there are no recuits avail able, the necessary guard only will be left. 12. Travel rations will be drawn at once by the several commands, as in dicated in paragrapn 8.. By command of Major General Shafter. - E. J. Mc~iernand, Assistant A ijutant General. The Fifth army corps includes only t wo volunteer regiments, the Seventy first New York and the Second Massa chusetts. In the corps are about 12, 000 men. In the other branches of the servic e the numnbar of men ordered to go is about 3.000. The whole of the first invaling force is therefore about 15,0 JO. Cn Saturday night General Shafter issued an order ;ransfeiug to his corps all the volunatee: troops in Tam pa and vicinity, ex::ept the Georgia and Florida regiments, to his5 com mand, taking thereby many regiments properly belonging to General Lee's corps. This was done, of course, to strengthen the invaling force. Fol lowing is a copy of General Saafter's order: Healquarters Fifth Army Coros, Tampa, Fla., June 4, 1893. General Or-de:- No. 11. A provisional division, Brig. Gan, Simon Szyder, Uni.:sd Sates Volun Leers, commanding is hereby organizedi as follows and assignel temporarily to the Fift army corps: FIRST BRIGADE. Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry, United States Volunteers, commanding. Thirty-secon Michigan Volunteer. Tnird Onio \ olunteer infantry. Fif th Onio Volunteer infantry. SECOND BRIGADE, Brigadier General L. H. Carpenter, U3. 5. Volunteers, commanding. Second New York Volunteer infan try. First District of Columbia volunteer infantry. Fifth Maryland volunteer infantry. THII BRIGADE. Brigadier Gencral R. H. Hall, U. S. volunteers, comnmanding. First Uhio volunteer infantry. One Hundred and Fif th seventh In diana volunteer infantry. Third Pennsylvania volunteer infan try. By commnand Mtaj or General Shafter, E. J. Mc~lernand, Assistant Adjutant General. Tais additiou 10 the Fifth army corps increased the invading force from about 15,uJd to nearly 25,000. Giant 1-owder in ooal. While unloading a carload of coal for the Shadley Tarea:1 company in Holyoke Fridaiy, a shoveler dis'covered a can of giant powder in the coal. The can contained abou: five pounds of the explosive, enough to cause a disastrous explosion it it had been snoveled into the fire under a steam :oiler. MIsery in Sp~ain. Countess Casa Valencia wife of the former Spanish ambassador to Great Britain who started a Spanish fund in London which only realired a thous and pcunds $5,000. has received trom Madrid a dispatch des::ribing the shccking misery of the Spanish sick and wounded. cargo or Arms e~ze . The police have sezed a cargo of arms on board the British steamer TsLig, ownedl by Tsang Sam Yung, of Uong Ko::g. It is supposed the arms -vere destined for the insu.rgents of the Phiilippine Islands. They were seized onder tu n'ritralit law.