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xil.4 THE CAMPAIGN OPENS. THE FIRST MEETING HELD AT OR ANGEBURG THURSDAY. One of the Qaillert and Mot 0 derly Po-. litical Meetings Ever Held in -.o:th r'r o011a--Each ofthesardidattsExpresad HIS Viewg. The bombardment of Santiazo prob ably required the services -f more Yj inch guns than did that of Orange burg, which cccurred Thursday, "ut it was not a marker in point of dara tion and rapid-firing to that c f the lt ter. For four hours the political g uns (this term is 14 carats fine ard stri.Ily original) of South Carolina's devoted and daring asnirants for cflicial knight hood shelled'the woods, but despite a terriffic bombardment the fair city is unharmed, ard its citizens are still dispensing hospitality and gooad cheer to their well-meaning captors. No "Hobson's choice," in its anciant meaning, holds us here. To one who has had the fortune to portray three successive so called Till mancampaigns, with all theirepithet ical hurly-burly. the initial meeting of the campaign of 1898 comes as a mild tonic, without the bracing and excit ing features of its i redEcessors. A small and rathEr irresponsive audi ence of tetween 1CO and 200 persons sat for four hours beneath the fusilade of more than a Ecore of candidates. OTHER COUNTIES. ATTENTION. A speaker's stand, the admirable ar. rangement of which is worthy of par ticular comment, was erected under the spreading oaks of the Colored State college, and on it were gather ed the candidates, 29 in number, but up to the hour scheduled to the be ginning of the meeting they outnum bered the auditors, and it was 11:30 when the speaking began. The cen tre of interest during the morning was the Orangeburg hotel, where the cand-dates chaffed each other in friendly rivalry and plumed their wings for their initial fight. The feature of the meeting was the positive announcement that C. C. Featherstone would enter the guber natorial contest instead of opposing Major McSweeney for the lieutenant governorship, leaving the latter with out opposition. All rumors to the Effect that the Hon. George D. Tillman would not make the race were effectually silenc ed when he appeared on the scene, cocked and primed for the con flict. Meeting was callied to oider by Dr. Lowman, county chairman, who stat ed that the gubernatorial candidates would be limited in their seeches to 15 minutes and the others to 5 minutes. He then introduced GOVERNOR ELTRBE. There was not a sound as the gover nor advanced, and from the tomb like silence that prevailed in the crowd for the next 15 minutes a Qiak er meeting without the amets was predicted. Governor Eilerbe said he had been incffice only 17 months but during that time he had been abused and mis represented by politicians who can vassed the State while he was in his office at the state house with his hands tied and his lips sealed, but now, said he, I thank God I am here to invite one and all to come ard put up or shut up. I have been charged with being a political trickster. I deny that I ha'veever made a political deal and I invite any one to show the proof. Governor Ellerbe asked fcr re elec tion on his merits, He would not ac cept it simply because of the honored custom of giving the governor a sec ond term- Commenting on the State institions he said the penitentiary had been well managed, having paid into the State $10,000. The management of the asylum was all that could be de sired. The colleges were in a flourish ing corndition, 'with the exception of the CitadeL The rebellion there had been unfortunate, but it should not hurt this grand institution. He had tried to give the people a plain, business-like, honest and eco nomical administration. He had ob stacles greater in many respects than his predecessors. During his term the State had been dominated oy the orig inal package people. He, however, had more liquor seized than any of his predecessors, and at less exnense. The dispensary was the best solution of the liquor question. In 1892 he had vot ed for prohibition because he consid ered it more preferrable than open barrooms, but the dispensary system has decreased drunkenness in the State and would be far more potent in that respect than prohibition, and half a loaf was better than no bi ead. Governor Ellerbe advocated bien nial sessions of the general assembly. Each session cost South Carolina about $50,000, and as far as the general good was concerned scme cf them were not worth $2.50 to the State. The governor took his seat amid applause. "YOUR UNCLE GoORGE." Col. George Tillman was introduced to the tune of "hurrah for Tillman," "if he is any kin to Ben he's all right," together -with considerable general applause. After an eloquent reference to Crangeburg's dead hi eroes he put the crowd in a gccd humor by declaring that the time allotted him for making a speech was not even suf ficient to allow him to pay them a fe w comipliments. He could only hop, skip and jumop over a few ieadmg~ questions. His remarks were spioy and pungent and seemed to interest the crowa immensely. Ilam, said he, for try ing to keep your money in your pockets and noL taking it all for taxes. Taxes are too high. I object to having three colleges where the courses are reduplicated, and where free tuition is given in competition with private and denomi national institutions. He dealt vigorously -with thle dis pensary quesuion, ricdling it merci lessly. This moral institution had been in operation for five y ears and he challenged the authorities to show where it had paid the State. Why has no other State adopted it? We are alone in our gkcry -a bicody record of oppression, crime snd su culation. It never starte~d ini Sweden, tLu. vas invented by somfe Si.uch Caroia So lon in order to organize a policei ring, which w~as in rful b)Isat waii 4u0 or 500 drones. Men and wonier, tooC, vii drimk whiskey in :pae of maa or devil, znd all resoluiionas, cut from the Jere miah oi uie Prchit i ionis's one would think that this w orld wa-i go:Lg to the devil at a 2 A0 gait. All philosopLers sa7 th-at we should tax that wdia :re people wi? al &y for most readily. At majority of the na tions or t ie tanui colClc i.mor:: than stimulants, and should we be fools enough to let go this great sourc3 for the benefit of politicians and drones? Col. Tillman touched up Governor El!erbe for his "lack of judgment and backbone" in not fighting the abuses cf the oispensary a- d the State col leges. We used to pay $45,000 for the support of S:te colleges and now we are now paying $177.1P00 therefor, and that is the cause of $100,000 descit in the State treasury last year and tbe reason for increasing taxes one half mill. He was taking away the privil ege tax from Clemson colleze and di viding the Federal fund of $30,000 be tween Clemson and Winthrop, giving them the same strength as the South Carolina college. This tax was the greatest disgrace upon the administra tion that has ever stained the reputa tion of South Carolina-as disgrace ful as the despot of Persia when he as signs some revenue of a certain city to some favorite courtier or mistress. The college collects this tax when it suits, in deference to pets and favor ites. Some 'nen get all the guano they want without paying anything.. He wanted to be governor on ac count of the honor attached to it. It is honor that makes statesmen and makes men deserve the confidence of the people. He finished amid applause and offers to extend his time. COL R B. WATSON was the next speaker and gubernato rial candidate. He was 2reeted with slight hand clapping. He was 56 years of age before he ever asked for an office. He went to the legislature to do something for the public schools. He had never left the battlefield or been furloughed except when pierced by a Yankee bullet. He has always been a Democrat an d had never re tained a Radical negro in his service. He declared that Governor Ellerbe had &.ttempted to ride t vo horses and had fallen in the mud. He scored him for having been weak-kneed on the dispensary question in times past. Col. Watson said he was a temper ance man, but did not believe in coer cion. The way to defeat the wbiskey monster was to stoo drinking whis key. Take care of the home ana the nation will take care of itself. Pat the Bible on every table and whiskey will have small chance. He said he favored higher educa tion, but complained that students were taken away from the schools too soon, and that much of the work be ing done by the colleges should he done by the public schools. "GWALT" TO THE FRONT. The introduction of the Rev. G. Walt. Whitman as a candidate for governor was greeted by a round of laughter and good-humored applause. As usual he made a vigorous, talk right out in meeting speech which had the amused attention of the crowd from start to finish. Mr. Whitman said he *had an utter contempt for the opinions of the poli ticians, and that he relied on the masses to elect him. He declared that of the edu :ational institutions of the State the Citadel did more than all others. He was in favor of throwing open all the State colleges to all its citizens. He favored the dispensary, but not the administration thereof. We have ab solutely no administration, he declar ed. "We have had an administration administered by the politicians and by the United States governmen:. How ever, I am not going to kick the corpse." He vigorously combatted the "ani. malculae politicians" who termed him a crank, saying that where he was best known he was given the most credit for having common sense. Un like some of his competitors he could not ride two horses at once, but he did ride a bicycle, and on it he was riding right into the hearts and homes of the people along the campaign routes. The women encouraged him, "and yet these miserable politiciana,"'said he shaking his fineer and glancing at the aforesaid politicians, "try make you think I have no chanco." He declared Watson has a weak backbone and pounded Ellerbe in the same strain. .SENAToR E. L. ARCHER made a vigorous speech denying that he had changed front on the educa tional question. He favored higher education for all, but the manner in which it was administered made it class legislation. He made an elabo rate review of the history of education in South Carolina and distributed cir - culars anent it. He was for economy in public affairs. He believed in tem perance, but if the churches, with their laws against drinking .whiskey, could not prevent drunkenness, he could not be expected to compromise his common sense by advocating a prohibition law when the best people do not keep such a law. SOLICITR 0. L. SCHUMhPERT was the sixth candidate for the gover norship to be announced. He was cheered and made a fine impression, his splendid voice captivating his hearers. He bluntly remarked thut he was here simply because he wanted votes. He advocated education from the lowest to the hii hest point neces ary to fit a citizen for any position in the gift of the~ people. He hoped that the State institutions would be elimi naed fr om politics, 3o that this ques tion could not longer serve as the stcck in trade of politicians to stir up the passions of the people. He was not a prohibitionist, but he was open to conviction. He believed in local option with high license. THlE PROHIBITIO)N CHAMINON then appeared in the person of Mr. C. C. Featherstone, who announced that athe candidate suggested by the pro hibition convention had withdrawn, he had decided to withdraw his candi dacy for the litutenant governorship and to hold aloft the banner of prohi bition at the head of the column. Mr. Fhathe rstone made an eloquent argument from a prohibition stand - point, illustrating it w ith figures and printed statements. Mr. Featherstcne said that no law o .e a perfectly and entirely en forced, but this was no reason why the whiskey evil should be encouraged, The fault he found with the dispensary was that it sold whiskey as a beverage and encouraged its sale by the adver tisement that the whiskey was chemi c.Jly pure. It was the duty of the peple to head cfan evil. Three mil lion dollars were spent yearly in South Carolina for whiskey. If this money coud be applied to education the State would be many times better off and critue anid misery w~uld be avert ed. - A SGrE W1I ER .r :eKaon theu loomed up when te cuea1! annou:.cd Maj-r M. B3. McSween-ey, the peasin g:nd detonair as the ornly caLUdUe Wor the lieuten ant governorship. Hie cutL his re maras very short, saying thet he had as president of the senate lab red to be fair and imnpa-tial a nd heappnreia ed the compliment cotanmJ 11 ei fact that he was unopposcd for rEelkc tior. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE there appeared three candidates, head ed by Col. D H. Tompkins, the i-i cumbe. Many of the coloneis friends had been yearning to see him on the stump, bat they soon ascer taired that he was a platform foeman worthy of anybcdy's steel, He de clared that the duties of his cffice would be the same no matter what political or economic views obtained. His opponents could not attack his business qualifications, so they were hopeful that they could beat him on the third term issue. He cited the names of Sims, Thompsoo, Richard son, Bates and Mayfield who had held office for that period. Mr. R. B. Cooper of Colleton, of the State board of control, came next. He believed in rotation and showed that his exnerience qualified him for the office. Sheriff D. J. Brabham of Manning, made a taking speecb, promising if he should be electea secretary of state for two terms he would get out and then take the governorship. FOR COMPTROLLER GENERAL two candidates appeared, Comptroller Derham taking the lead. Be avowed that be was a business man and that his experience as clerk in the c flice and also as chief pEcaliarly fitted him for taking charge. Mr. L. P. Epton of Spartanburg who held this office for a short time under Governor Etlerbe's appointment, like wise urged his fitness for the c fli ze on the ground of experience, both as comptroller general and as auditor of Spartanburg county. "HERE IS UNCLE SAM." was the cry when the Dr. W. H. Tim merman appeared for reelection as State treasurer. "You've eot the j!b.' shouted another. Dr. Timmerman made a neat speech, saying that he would bring to the discharge of his duties the same faithfulness and assid uity that had al ways characterized his fforts. FOR ADJUTANT GENERAL Gen. Watts led off for the ad jatant generalatip. He said that when war wal declared against Spain he at once offered his services to Gov. Ellerbe in any capacity and until recently he thoruughly expected an appointment. He was turned down, however, on the ground that he could do the State more good as adjutant general in perfecting the organization of the troops. He re ferred to his administration of the of fice as having been acceptable and that his re election was desired by the mil itia. Col. J. W. Floyd, the one-armed ex-Confederate, spoke next. His speech was eloquent and he looked the impersonation of the war orator as he glowed under the forvor of his im magination. He declared there was too much red tape about the military. More business was needed, and if elected he would see that the ante bellum prestige of the Scuth Carolina militia was restored. Major E. M. BlytLe of Greenv'lle also offered for this cilic?. Mr. Blythe is a graduate of the Citadel and had continuous military experi euce for years. He recognized the beneficial influence of his Citadel training as affecting everything he had since undertaken. He said he had likewise ctfered his services for the war to Gov. Ellerbe. THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT brought out four candidates. Supt. May field spoke first, stating that he was opposed to compulsory education and that no man with such views could be elected. He recounted his services as having been in line with that required by the needs of the school system. Mr. J. J. McMahan, the only candi date from the capital, came ne xt. He delivered a well rounded speech on the line that the school system badly needed attention and improvement. Senator W. A. Brown of Marion spoke as a candidate for this office. He said there were 200,000 children holding up theirhands in mute plead ing for the light of education and the State should see to it that they were schooled. If elected he hoped to ele vate the office of superintendent of education. Col. James H. Rica of Ninety-Six was announced as a candidate for this office, which he filled before, but he was not present. THE ATTORNEY GENERALSHIP. Cok. Geo. S. Mower of New nerry was announced as a candidate for at torney general but did not appear. Solicitor G. Duncan Bellinger was greeten with applause and cries of "Here's the Broxton Bridge man." He addressed the audience as "gentle men of the jury" until reminded by the resultant laughter that he was not in a court room. He made an excel lent speech and declared that he would always do his duty whether it made him unpopular or not. SEVEN AFTER ONE. The desirability of a cosy seat en the railroad commission was made evident by the appearance of seven candidates for the one vacancy, Commissioner Thomas led off illustrating his ideas by a large map showing the pecuniary condition of the railroads of the State, being taken from the records. The government made certain require ments of its soldiers and this office likewise demanded certain necessary qualifications which as a civil engi neer and as commissioner for six years he had acquired. Mr. T. N.- Berry of Chester, in a few strong words, announced that he sought the office as a business man and that if elected he would treat all interests fairly. The R ev. J. A. Sligh of Newberry, an ex commissioner, made a vigorous appeal for re- election. He told the "priming" joke to the great amuse ment of the crowd. Mr. C. W. Garris of Colieton had a good reception from nis neigh bors o f Orangeburg county. He felt sure that he was qualified for the position without having a cardload of maps. Gen. J. Walter Gary of Greenville thought that the people generally did not realize the importanca ci the rGli de of railroad commissioner. It was pas sible for thiis clice to ehlct savings to the State tthat would resu lt in decrease d taxation, and if elected be would make such his e %ort. Major B3arney iU. Eicas K-iLwed in a maiden effort that oldin oat-: veelop great stump prowess. Hla lirs:. trian ing after leatving college was la I.-ai: road oflice, and Lie knew w:'s was air tO the roat s as vweil as nLtws due to the people. Hie declare. tz-. the statements cont-c,ined mi anu reports of the comamission eu 10 be relied on. If elected he would . o his duty and never try to deceive- tue a NaiNrom) O PAGF. FUlIZ. CAROLINA'S 1IIER0& EXP..O: OF L'EUT. V!CTOR 3ELJ; OF THE SUWANEE. Cn an tl%' cost-Mett (-o-Mk. 11o1tenl the FUxy. Uodged~ n thal)it atrl C*pInd! Two Spanti skZop ach-i-ufl:i-s or Expeditior. South Carolina hasi, con,e to the front in the war and has a hero whose deed was evidently as daring as Hob son's at Santiago although it was done in secret, on an obscure part of the Cuban coast and in the darkness of Nav Lieut. Victr Blue, of Mar ion county, whose father was a mem ber of the historic Wallace House of the legislature of 1S76, and who is at tached to the little war vessel Suwa nee, carried an unarmed cutter with a crew of twelve men forty-five miles, communicated with the insurgent forces under General Gomcz and on his return not only escaped Spanish gun boats but captured two spanish yachis and destroyed an important signal station. It is possible that he may have had the honcr of being the first to hoist a United Sta'es flag in Cuba. The newspaper correspondents have missed Lieutenant Blue's feat but it will inevitably figure in the cilicial reports. The only account that has been received of it is from a letter written by him to a friend in Marion arnd printed in the Columbia Slate of Wednesday. It gives interesting de 4ails of humors ar d incidents G f s ctual se rvice. Lieut. Blue in his letter, dated June 2-, says: "This part of the coast is dotted with thcusands of little islands called cays, and a large, deepwater bay separates the cays from the main land of Cuba. It was in these very cavs that the Spanish pirates of form er times used to escape tarough the tortuous and narrow channels and hide their stolen treasure in the many caves that are found in the islands. While having the experience which I will shortly relate I was forcibly re minded of the piratical adventures which I delighted in read i 3g when I was a boy. "It was necessary !'or us to cjwamu nicate with the insurgent general in chief Gomez, whose army was on the main land. The Spanish gunboats had free a&cess to the deep water bay between the main land and the cays and as our ship could not eniter this bay on account of the shoal water in the cays, the Spaniards could patrol this bay and thereby prevent our hav ing communication with Gomez. I undertook the task of running through the Spanish lines with an armed bcat crew in order to reach Gomez's army. The boat crew, consisting of myself in command and twelve men, left the ship a little befoie sundown on the 21st instant, at Santa Maria cay,which is eight miles eastward of Frances. Senor Jova, a Cuban commissioner, and Cuban pilot were included in my crew of twelve men. As we left tie Suwance on our jcurney of 30 miles the crew of the ship manned the rig ging and gave us three cheers. Many men had volunteered for this expedi tion: but I made a judicious selection. because I wanted none but the best. After I told the men that I would dispense with oilictal etiquette, they spun their yarns and craicked their jokes with one another to their heart's content. When one of them counted noses and Eaid tbat there were 13 in the boat. I realized for the first time that this had not occurred to me when fitting cut the expedition. I also realized that it was the 31st of the month, another combination, but knowing the saperstition of sailors, I said nothing. After the remark~ was made there was silence for a minute when one, true to his colors, spoke out that there are 13 stripes on our flag, and what ::ould be a better em blem of prosperity and good fortune. "We finally reached Gomez" out posts at 1:20 a. in., after having ex changed a great many private recog nition signals (each party wishing to make sure that the o.her was not an enemy) and were received with open arms. It was a weird sight, but one which caused enthusiastic applause when I stepped ashore and planted the American flag on the mainland of Cuba. It was an enthusiastic sight to see our sailors mingle with the Cuban soldiers, in waiving their hats and, giving hearty cheers for the stars and stripes as it iloated in the glare of the camp fires that lighted the dark forest. I remained at the camp only about half an hour, as I deemed it to be of the greatest importance to get across the bay again and into the key (cavs) before the break of day. When we had been sailing for about an hour one of the men sang out. "A light over the port bow, sir." Eyeryone involuntari ly grasped his rifle. it was only a mo ment before my worst fears were con firmed ;almcst in our path was a Span ish gunboat. If we were taken it w ould mean the cruelist kin d of death to the Cuban patriots that were with us and months in Spanish dungeons for our selves. We could not hope for iuc cess in coping with a sesseI, one s::ot from which would shatter our frail craft into a thousand pieces. One Cuban remar ked that there was noth ing kit to do but turn and run for Gomez's camp. I wavered for an in sant between two opinions. To go back meant at least a day's delay in getting important information to our nips outside, without making us safe from attack. I thought of the old say ing that one mig ht as well be ecoked for a goose as a gander, had every car manned in addition to our sails, chbang ed the course a few points so as not to pass too near the stranger, aind our cutt-:r wvent througas the water like a thing of life. T be moon had set andi the nmght was dark, other sise escape would have been imupossible. T::e gunboat just happened to be e:Chia ing sigr~ais witn some signsal r~i or we would n~ot have seen her a::u would have run righat imto he ?3 abou? our expedition anhdn a ed by~ means' u h he-lorp t gunbt .to be ai th uu) fo u iWm-d themd pa ery o ' - ep ou thog he.-m within six miles of oai &es'a9.On. s I was searchi7 cver- slan d with myWs I swt esa wh-.e si b ots On the opposite i of~ Che c'~is d r-i us. As we nove, I concd.d they td ncl :en us. s bU as 1o pSS cut so near Franc:. B theyresced wt'r, the .s. We rounde:l the island and attacka! Cnd ca pturcd both vcssels insidE of ten minutes. It was the most complele surprise I ever saw. The vessels rere anchored very near the shore, which allo.ved the Spaniards a chance to escape. Amidst a hail of lead from our gurs, they lowered their b3ats, pulled ashore and went helter skelter through the wocds. It was a sight to see them run. After it was all cvEr, I laughed until I got a pain in my side about a big, fat Spaniard who was left alone on one of the ves sels without a boat to get ashore in. He jumped overboard and I am al mcst tempted to say that he was going so fast that he ran on top of the water, not having time to sink. When he got to land, there was no doubt at all about his flying. I never saw a fat man go so fast inmy life before. We ran alongside the nearest vessel and I sent a few men on board to cut her adrif t from her moorings and get her under wy and out to sea at once; while I with- the others went to the other vessel, which was lying within 50 yards of the shore hoisted her an chor and took her in tow until we.got away some distance from the land, for I did not know but at any moment we might receive a volley from a whole regiment lyivg in the woods close by. 'IF.r us everythirg was favorable -the wind and tide were exactly in the right direction-and within a few minutes we were sailing gaily out to sea wnLn1 our pr.zes It was a blood less victory for us, as the Spaniards did not take time to turn and fire a shot. The ctflcer in command even left his sword, whica I now have as a trophy. Of the two swords captured, I gave one to Capta:n Dl hanty of our ship. We got a lot o- highly prized trophies nct to ment~an two Spanish flags. 'You should have seen us when we returned to the ship; com-parative ly speaking, a little miaget of a boat bringing in two large sloors. As we aDproached the ship we could see everybody lined up at the rail and wondering what it all meant. Three hearty cheers greeted us as we came alongside and many were the con gratulations we received when we got on board. "I do not know what injury we did the Spaniards. Some of them might have been wounded, but I do not think any of them were killed outright. The fat man got out all right, for the men shooting at him were laughing so hard they could not take good aim. With the capture of these vessels we got the whole heilo graph signal outfit that the enemy had at C1.y Frances and I suilciently avenged r their having put the gun boat on my trail the nignt before. As soon as I get to Key West again I will send my sword (the trophy ) nome to be kept for L? ; i. -s a valuabie squvenir to have. 0 the veseis we cap ured one was given to the Cubans and the other was sunki t prevent its falling into the hand of the euemy again. We had other work to perform and did not ave time to take the vessels to the United States. Had the latter been done I would have received a large amount of priza money, but I was amply repaid in having the honor of capturing them and in getting a swor d as a trophy. If the spanish offcer had had the courage to stand and fght untii he was compelled to surrender, he would have got his s7'ord back. It is said that I am the first to plant the American tlag on the main land of Cuba, but I will not claim this crdit as I am not sure of it. O.her c lisrs, I kno w, have planted it on Cuban soil, but it is said tney planted it on adjacent islandr. However, I will not dispute their claims. The Cubans give me the credit. "On the expedition I gained some valuable information which I think will materially help our cause. "Yours, "VICTOR." H e surrende:ed. Une day last week a half-starved and ragged Spanish soldier crawled into the American camp near Santia go and gave himself up. He said he expected to be shot, but he would gladly die if they would only give im food and water. He had had neither for 4S hours. He reported that there were 2,000 Spanish soldiers, half starved, who wanted to give temselves up, bat that they be lieved they would be killed by the Amricans as soon as they were once in captivity. The Spaniard was given a good dinner and some clothing and was then taken on boasd the Marble head. He declared that he would gladly go back and report to his com mander, but they would certainly shoot h:mi. lie is now held as a pris oner on thin Marblehead. or deredtohjin L~e A dispatch from Cnicamauga to the Columbia State says the wish of the South Carolinians has been grati ted. Our regiment will be ordered to join Gen. Lee. Tnursday morning Col. Alston received a telegram from Sen at:i Tillman saying that Adjutant General Corbin had telegraphed in structions that this regiment be equipp et iomediately as it wouldi be order..d to~in Gen. Lee at Jacksonvi!!e. The oihliers think it will require possibly 10) days or two week1s to equip the boys. Ti' e soldiers have boc m at ta eudL a Unitkanjaiua butL c: witi cm aiiuers. i so uoa fou lve- we' ch i ta tx uh:sol n tebe i; (An-a Augusti. SLAi 1N( SPANIARI)S. TE!Rit! FiGT11NG A ROUND THE HARBOR CF GUANTANAMO. One li :r dred spnls Nodi ik i Two n 21 del e d S u Qe 1i ';0nd EI;1|;btIen Ta e PW.Aer O N Iard'e, ' e ili LdTThou.atd R ui;JIS of Anmmu-'S The U'ied Stales marines under Lieu: . R abert W. Huntington at GuarmL mno, Cuba. made their first aggressive movement against the Spanish guzerrillas Wednesday and completely routed the enemy. The force of marines was under "ap tain Elliott and the co-operating Ca bans were under Col. Laborda. The combined forces razed a Spanish camp about five miles from the American 1osition, destroyed the only well in L u vicinity and killed about forty Spaniards. One American marine was slightly wounded. Two Cubans were kilied and four wi'unded. It is impossible to estimate the num ber of Spaniards engaged, owing to their guerrilla methods of fighting, but it is believed there were at least four hnndred. The marines behaved splendidly, their marksmenship being excellent, even under the severe fire of the en emny. Tne captured camp lies about five miles southeast of the rifles pits of the marines, and was an important base for the enemy, as it contained the o 'y well within six or seven miles. L eut. Col. lHuntington decided on the attack early in the day. and at about 8 o'clock the force started across the line. Thle march up and down the s.eep hillsides under the glaring tropical sun v as a severe test or endu rance for the marines, and b.:fore the battleground was reached twenty-two men had received medic&l attention. All were able, however, to reach the position before tk e fighting ceasea. The naries were compelled to march in single fie, following the mountain trail. Meanwhile the Cubans darted backward and forward. to right and left, on the scout. It was noon when, from a hilltop, the Americans caught sight of the Spanish camp lying on a ridge below them. It consisted of one large house, the cifizer's quarters, surrounded by numerous -shacks" and huts, all ciustering about the pre cious well. The Americans began a cautious advance and were within two hun dredyardsof the enemy before the crack of a rifle from the Spanish line announced that the Spaniards had dis covered them. The trcops quickly moved into line of battle, with tht Cabans on the lef t lark. The enemy's bullets were whirning vic:ously over the Americans but the marines settled down to their work as unconcernedly as though at target practice. Very few Spaniards were la sight. They were lying bh ind the huts and in the brush, but the puffs of smoke revealed their positions and enabled theA nericans to do effective work. For twenty minutes both sid3s main tained a terr c fire. The Spanish shots were generally wild and spas. modic, whue the Americans coolly fired away, aiming carefully and shooting to kill. For the most part, the American firing was done individ ualiy, but at times the cifirers could direct firing by squads, always with telling effect. It was beginning to look as though a bayc net charge down the slope would be necessary to dislodge the eeywhe suddenly ihe latter be gan toreaK for a thicket a hundred yards further on. Little groups could be seen fleeing from the camp, separa ting, darting through the brush and zigzaging to escape the bullets. It was then the American fire b: came most deadly. Maa after man could be seen to fall ina vain rush for shelter; and the fire from the Spanish be came scattsring and almosi ceased. Two Cubana lay daad and foui wounded, and Private Walker, oi Company D. had to limp to the rea2 with a slight wound in his ankle. The easy victory put the command in high spirits. The little back Cuban warriors waved their machetes and howled curses at the Spanish in savage fashion. Their firing had been wild throughout, but they all displayed the utmost contempt for the Spanist bullet apparently being absolutely withou1 fear. As the enemy began breaking from the camp, Dolphin, which lay out at sea, was signalled, and began pitching shells towards the thicket for which the Spaniard 3 were making. Mean while Lieut. Magill was seen coming, with forty men as r,:.nforcements, and Captain Mahony was on the way with a hundred more, but before either could reach the scene the trouble was over. As the Spanish retreated, the Amer icans moved1 slowly forward, tiring as they went, and by the time the camp was reached, the enemy had all got away, taking their wounded and pro 'ably many of their dead. Fifteen bodies were found scattered through the brush, but the Americans were unable to examine the spot where their firing had been most deadly. No time was lost in burning the build ings and filling the well with earts and stones. The Dolphiin lauded wat r and am munition, as an attack w s expec ed on the' retura maoi'., but no:.e ras md . lieuntly te SC a::&iards we re too hooghly ba'en to atempt far ner 'istng. T e marn:- di-i noCt :ec e nerii cT:Vad.~ ere thor o 'hy exhasted. A s'cial dismich o the Nw Yo \rk or.al . ys tla th silies cap'tured a us~s. M:2rra I ai.d le Lth us dc.U to the patriotic armyv. Ie :s a dine.~ caus~e of deser-tu wao' C~ POWER UF SP/dN GiUryihN& Gen. Penar a :ncd a Thonr:.S S'da :s - ender a 6:a.rtn Ctu.. Sca ns poe r is rumb zr C and a thousand Spanish so'dis have surrendered st anta U ; Guan ad L!a M Pamnang, Cand in I cae bardly anybody was V ld L is reported that Rear Adnam' Dewey is unable to restrain the insur gents, but their conduct is satisiactory. There is no necessity for interference, as no excesses whatever have been committed. This is partly due to the merely nominal aistance furnished the insurgents. There was desultory firing Friday in every quarter on the outskirts of the town, with no material result, al though there were several artillery at tacks and one c xolcsion which killed six Spaniards and wounded many oth. rs. The ammunitions of the Span iards :s utterly untrust worthy, because it is old, rotten and has never been tested. The Spaniards are impotent with rage, bewilderment and despair. The ca:es Friday night are cruwded with oWhcers, with their hands in their pockets, gaping vacantly, while an intermittent fusilade is audible in all directions. Cartloads of focd have ben stored inside the walled citadel, with the in tention of standing a siege and defying the Amerlcan warships. But the idea is ridiculously preposterous, for the citadel, so called, is totally untenable against the fire of a modern fleet of warships. There was a concerted attack Friday evening in every direction. The Spaniards were informed of the in surgents' intention to capture two magazines outside the fortifications at Malate a. d Santa Mesa, southward and westwar d of the city. Therefore, they concentrated their forces for a supreme effort in their defenc3 and bombarded the jungle all night long. In the meantime, the insurgents cap tured Malabon and Caloecan, in the northern suburbs. The Spaniards were thus outw tted, cutgeneralled and harrassed to death. During the previous night, owing to a misunderstanding, a squad of Spanish artillerymen stampeded from Malate into Manila, causing immense consternation, it being believei that the insurgenis were storming the city. A Spanish cfliccr commanding an outpCst at San Juan lef t his men in charge of a sergeant, came to town and was found helplessly drunk. It is reported that he was sentencad to deatn. HERO1SM REWARDE0. Subs:an:!%1 Recogz!tion for the Gallant Men cZ the Merrlimac. Suionwasialrecognition has ben givenoythe nay ideparment to the memn of ale bers of the crewtook the errimaog into the entranc of Sin tiago. harbor and su nk haer! across th e: channel unc er thea very muzzle, of the liSpanish prs. Wednesday evening official recog irtion was taken of their valoi when Seretary Long igned the ordeat s to dmirerl mpson directing tle po motion of all the members of the crew Lieut. Hobson's reward will come later tnrmen s fo sstil Dline inagunmaterin bt awmen they returntaain from their month toi men30 a folaows George Charette, gunner's maie, to be a gunnaer, from $50 a month toSi, 300 a year. Rudolph Clausen, Osborne Deignan and - Murphy, corswains, to be chief Iboatswain's mates, ana lucrease o. $NJ a month. George F. Phailips, machinist, to be chief machinist, from $410 a month to $70 a month. Francis Kelly, water tender, to be chief machinist, f rom $37 a month to $70 per month. in addition to the promotions, steps have already been taken toward the presentation of medals to Construc tor Hobson and the members of his gal lant crew. What new honors await Hobson. who planned and executed the brilliant coup, have not as yet been disclosed. SECOND CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS. south Carola4 Qaota is Twvo Mo~re Blat talions of Infantry, Adjaitant General Corbcin Friday night made public the number of ad ditional regimen ts, battaliongs, com panies or batteries required from each State under the second call of the IPresident for volu-iteers. The or ganizations from each State-the num ber of which is herewith given-will be in addition to the number of men eral States to fill the maximum of l10; men to a company, the organizations now in the fied. Cf the 75,CJ0 men required under Ithe President's second call, 43,000 will be needed to recruit the existing vol unteer regiments up to the maximum s~rength. Under the second call the various States and Territories will fur nish, as organizitious, 22 regiments of inaty ix regiments and tnree cam pientsfianr in unattached or ~gauintioas, 11 light batteries ad three heavy b~v;teries. According to the statemnent made by Adjutant G-en. Gorbi&, ne- crym:z :>cs wil be ap Thej cuan*i dolera. raisedthe Cub.an insurai u :r::veal notches in the esi.im.io o. theAmericans. The insure'. t - theyv show splenid bWi:3 as -tefor~~f the do aniamarama dp S AMER AN ARINES REPELLING A..' y !E=SSANT ATTACKS. wery Mclh E:!:a tea fat DeterminedtO T o 5 r 1,Ar t Von 1-7til asInforced by .:a:t y'. I 'Ickat Dut y L!ke Flip 1i:g COLS --1th De th. A disp-ch d-ued at Guantanamo, acba, Ju 'e 15, says after several nights of h.. -d fighting the American flag still 11a on Caban soil over.the encampment of the marine battalion, and our boys say they will keep it there until the belate. troops arrive, if it takes till winter. Thus far, the marines have had the best of the fighting, but the situation is grave, and they are exhausted with repelling almost incessant attacks. They have little chanca to rest or sleep, and the time of the arrival of of the relieving troops is uncertain. Were it not for the protecting guns of the fleet, the gallant little band would be annihilated by the Spanish troops, in overpowering numbers, from San tiago de Cuba. Asit is, they probably can hold their position, but they can not move for ward until reinforced by troops. What first, with the white tents on a bold eminence against the tropical buckground looked like a holiday camp, is no grim reality. The tents have been struck and rolled into breatworks, supplemented by trenches around the crest of the hill. The spot is lamentably exposed, while sur rounding it on all sides is heavy brush. The least movement in the camp is the signal for instant target practica upon the part of the Spanish sharpshooters, whose rifles carry much further than ours though their owners rarely hit anything they aim at. It is impossible to accuraiely estimate the Spanish attacking force, but it is numerous enough. About two-thirds of this force surrounds the camp nightly with a deadly ring, and the spatting of the Mausers makes things quite lively, for Spaniards are daring enough to crawl up and take a pop shot at the marines from the bushes about 30 yards from camp. At night the besiegers fight like Indians, and our old Apache fighters will feel in their element. Every yard of chappa ral is an ambuscade, and picket duty is lipping coins with death. AnLer the first attack on Saturday night, Colonel Huntington decided that another attempt would be made on Sunday night, and he caused en trenchments to be thrown up on all aides of the camp, and in the trenches the main part of the battalion Sunday night waited for the attack that the colonel was cartain would come. It arrived within a short time aftar dark, land from that time until daybreak the fring was incessant and at times very heavy. On the American side two men were killed and four injured. The dead are: Sergeant Major Henry Goode, of the marines, shot through the right breast. Private Tauman, wounded and fell off the cliff and was instantly killed. The injured are: Privatc Wallace, fell tJ the cliff and sustained a fracture of the leg. . Private blartin, shot through the left leg. Private Roxbury, shot through the arm. The above are all privates belong ing to Company D. Private Burke, shot through the arm. The first attackr of the Spaniards was made at 8 o'clock, and the last shot was fired by them at about 3 o'clock in the morning. Daring the night the Spaniards at tacked the camp of marines on shore, sand the Marblehead, believing the Americans had been driven out, threw several shells into the place. The attack, however, was repulsed by the small detachment of marines in camp without trouble. The shells of the Marblehead struck among the marines. The fight was the first of the war in which the Cubans co-operated with the American forces, and their co operation was not a glittering success. At one time during the afternoon, whenever the marines were firing on a small detachment of Spaniards that made their appearance a short distanqe from the camp, the Cubans began firing without orders and sent a vol ley right among the Americans. There were sveral very narrow escapes but no one was injured. Lieutenant Neville of Company D was sent out on scout duty, and, as on the day previous, he attacked a small stone fort. A hot fight followed and the Spaniards were driven off with loss. It was during this fight that Wallace and Tauman fell over the cliff. Fifteen dead Spaniards, in cluding one lieutenaint, was found in the fort. During the attach. several shots struck the ships in the harbor, one penetrating the pilot house of the Associated Psess dispatch boatDandy. No one was injured on board of her. The Dolphin this morning located the Suanish water station ontlie ocean side of the harbor entrance, which supplied the water for the attacking force. The well was situated in a blockhouse wind-mill, having a small garrison. It was shelled at two thousand yards. Excellent practice Iwas made, the station was wrecked, and cannister followed the retiring spaniards up the steep ravine. Each shell disclosing the spot where it alightied by raising a cloud dust. They ':ere all well placed. T e ri' al ofrte fieet to complete h 2 en o t astown and its re .e. l Ao'nday after ecretry of the Ger sy w MaonCount von ey a emerging from the a y.hs~iay evening~a stranger ';7r um oi fromi a revolver at a .Geo i e bulets entered the weear' ack. be 2:e wound is not danerus His asala aan :.lish mu 'a rr::sted ane iiring at and issing s pol ian. lie refuses to urn'i anyv epa.ica: of his con Jact. he ma ' nae is John Todd. ue is 2upo'~.2 t.o e musane. '- .1 .n pecial to the C : "Membersof a a Carolna regiment, 'a ereen route to sucin all along the cd. At Kingston s'sed a young lady su e iue :r: v:as in mxion. There