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THE on USE IS Army and Navy Register Publishes This Information WHICH SHOW THE CAUSE ? J. V" w _ ? t '? "?* .Of the War Preparations Made Dur ing the Past Few Davs J B! THE HIED SEflTES Blda for Shot and Shell Oponod -Tor pedoes for Key Wcst--The Now War Mup Mnde l/p--North On?olt:iu In la tho Division of the Kant, and South Carolina in the Gulf Division. Missouri and Texas Departments Abolished. The Army and Navy Register, in its iHsue of the 12th, nays: "The Reg ister is iu possession of information, tho correctness of whioh it has no rea Hon to question, that certain evidence, gathered by the court of inquiry at Havana, bus (ooiuo in a somi-official form to the President from two promi nent meiuborfl of the board/ The in formation ha* boon in the hands of the President Bince Sumtpy anil has served for tho occasion of the uuusuaPactivity during tho present wock. "The information is that the Maine wns dostroyod by a government sttbma rino mine, planted in Havana harbor and deliberately exploded. More than this, it appears that the Maino was pur pobely moored iu the vicinity of the mine, and that the explosion occurred at a moment when the ship had been opportunely carried by wind .aud tide directly over tho mine. Tbese facts have been hinted at and written about in dispatches from Havana and Ma drid, aud among tho varied statements made the actual conditions have been touched upon, but nothing authorita tive lias been permitted to escape from the court?1 "That body is understood to have completed its work, but nothing is like ly to be officially promulgated in regard to its findings for a week or more. There is obvious reason forsuoh aotion, " the objects of which cannot be defeated by indepsndent newspaper statements. There can be but one outoome of such a report, aud preparations for the inev itable results are being industriously and indefatigably proseouted. The *?ork of the week shows that the gov ernment at Washington appreciated the situation aud will be ready to mee^ what has now ceased to be a mere emergenoy. " \ ORDKRKD KA8T. Nearly All the Regular Army to Be Brought to the Atlantic. Washington ? (Speoial). ? - Substan tially the whole regular army of the United States will be brought to the eastern feeaboard with all possible speed. Cavalry, artillery and In fantry will be moved to forts in the At . Ian tic and U ulf States. Only sufficient troops will be left in the West to pre vent any possible Indian uprising. Orders to mobilize the twenty-four thousand trained soldiers are in pre* paration and will be issued by the War Department as soon aa the plans jr for transportation of the troops can be I made. This action .of the authorities fur nishes conoKisiVe evidenoe that the gov ern ment hfcto advanced beyond the stage of preparing for trouble as a precaution ary measure. It now anticipates trouble and expects it. The annual appropria tion for transportation is wholly insuffi cient to iiiotre this great body. It has been determined therefore to draw upon the fifty millions defence fund for this pjurpose. It haa been decided that Gen. Merritt will command any military forces sent to Cuba by the United States. Rldi for SJiot and Shell. T^i War Department at onoe will open bids for one of the largest ortot of efcot end ehell for hetrj oelibregaMP ever given, including armor- pier oing projeettlee, and deok-piereing and tor I ware, Maryland, District of Columbia, j West Virginia, Virginia and North I'w ' o!iu?, with headquarters at Governor'# Island, New York. I 9. A department is hereby established 1 to be kuown as the Department of the ! Lake#, to consist of the States of Wig ; oonain, Michigan, Illinois, Indiaua, Ohio, Kentucky and Teunesse, with headquartera at Chicago. III. 8. The Department of Dakota will embrace the States of Minnesota, North Dakota, Houth Dakota, Montaua and no inuoh of Wyoming and Idaho ae is em braoed in the \ellowHtone National Park, with headquartera at St. Paul, Minn. 4. The Department of the CoI\p*bia will embrace the State of Washington, Oregon, Idaho (except so much oPMlie latter as ih embraced hit ho Yellowstone National Park) and tho territory of Alaska, withhoadquarter s ut Vancouver Barracka, Washington. 5. The Department of California will embrace the Slates of California aud Nevada, with headquartera at Hau Fran cisco, Cal, ' 0. Tho Department of the Colorado will embrace the Statosof Washington, (except so much thereof bh is em braced in the Yellowstone Natioual Park), vpolorado and Utah and the Territories of Atizoua and New Moxi oo, with headquarters at Deuver, Col. 7. The Department of tho Flatto will embrace tho States of Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, the Indian Territory ami the Territory of Oklahoma, with headquartera at Omaha, Nob. 8. A department is hereby estab lished to bo known as tho Department of the Gulf, to consist of tho States of Houth Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana aud Texan, with . headquarters ut Atlanta. Tho Departments of the Missouri aud Texas are hereby abolished. Tho rec ords of the Departmoutof tho Missouri will be transferred to the Department of the Lakos, aud those of tho Depart ment of Texas to the Department of the Gulf. Major General John It. "Brooke is as signed to the command of the Depart ment of tho Lakes, and Brigadier Gen eral William M. Graham to tho com mand of the Department of the Gulf. Tho officers of the several stall' depart ments now on duty in tho Departments of Missouri and oi Texas are ashignod ^o like duties iu the Departments of tho Lakes aud of tho Gulf, respec tively. The transfer required uudor these or ders is necessary for the public sorvico. 11.., A. Amjkk, Secretary of War. By command of Major General Miles: 11. C. Cokbin", Adjutaut (.ion oral. Talked l'ence. On the 12th the now Spanish onvov Don Luis Polo y Bernabe in presenting his address aud his credentials to the Prosideat expressed the hope that he would be able to cement more closely the friendly feeliug between the two oountries. President McKinley replied, saving ho would do all in his power to "draw the two oouutrios inoie closely together on a friendly footing. ?' Ordered From Fort Riley. Orders received at Fort lliley, near Junction City, Kan. , dirocted the send ing of throe batteries of artillery to the South. Battery B, of the Fourth Ar tillery, Captain Anderson, command ing, will go to ,Fort Monroe, Va. ; Bat tery F, also 6( the Fourth, Captain Taylor, goes to Savannah, Ua., aud Battery F, of the Fifth, Captain ltiley, to New Orleans. Torpedoes for Key West lliirbor. The steamer City ot Key W est, N from Miami, Las just lauded two car-load# of torpedoed and torpedo buoys at Key Went, Flk. These will be laid in this harbor. Strength of the Spnnlsh Navy. , The Liberal gives tho following an the i resent streugth of tl\a Spanish navy: Protected snips 17, unprotected iiO, gunboats MO, torpedo boat destroy ers 14, torpedo boats 14, transports 25. ? Loan of $00,000,000. The American Embassy iu Loudon lias received information thatBpain has raised sixty millions for the purchase of warships and that this amount was se cured from a London bank. Plenty of Ships Available. The latest from Washington says an office will be opened at 2(> Couutlandt street, New. York, at which owners and %gents for ships will be invited to make their proposals for turning over to the navy such vessels as are of value for war purposes. The naval officials say there will be no difficulty experienced in obtaiuing all the vessels th?t are de sired as there are hundreds available. Finishing Up '.'unnon. At the Washington gun factory there are now in varied stages of construction no less than 15J guns of formidable character, on whioh work is being done night and day, with a view to Iheir. early completion. No new guns are be ing started, but the entire efforts of the factories are devoted to Hnishing those now under way. A naval offioer said there would be enough of them when finished to constitute a fair armament for probably 80 more auxiliary cruisers, ^should so uurge a fleet be found neces* nary to supplement the regular war ?hip*. Perfective Plans to Moove Troops. XU government is perfecting its plans for the movement of troops to the eos?rd*faieii, orders for which have been leaned bv Ilia War Department ami published. A conference was hatd - Waehingtop by repre eefit*tiv*? of the fotfoitifl* railroads, to arrange far the t&anapo/fctriju of light aaiifLaawnian afi<l VilMi AAAnWl?ass?a?t4ni Tba Attwsfk) Ooaat LiH.HfeBwIfceii ? ? ? ?? j- ? ? ? I ; report offera of huinti Ada beyond their oetids. f pain Will Not Provoke War. j Madrid? (By ( 'able) the view held 1 in official circles ia that Spain will not provoke war, becaimo if nIio did, alio would find liorttelf isolated, but if . America givee the provocation, Spam will not be alone in Die struggle. The general opinion in that in the event of war, Spain will not ueed to attack i American territory, it will auftloe her to pursue a war of privateering. At Auierica'a commerce in seven fold . greater than Spain'*, American inter | enta would suffer moat. War would be iuadhe?H, benefiting neither nation, and good seuse, therefore, ponnnele j peace, Working Day and Night. At Wilmington, l>el., the powder worka of the E. I. Dupolii- DeNemoura | Company ih now workiug day and night ! on a government order for hexagonal { powder for the big RUlf*. In addition ! tome o i the buiidiuga arebeiugeu | larged and additional machinery in ; being put in. The daily capacity of the ! works in said to be 10 tona of liexa j gonal powder. SNAP SHOTS AT THE NEWS. i'lifi Houth. i Georgia will bo represented at tho | Omaha Exposition. A military signal corps is to bo or i ganized in West Virginia. j Nat Butler took the honors in ?ho ! profoHBional bicycle racea at Jackson ville, Fla., on tlieUth. J New port News, Ya , ifl to bnve tho largest dry dock in tho world. It is to bo UOOxOO foot. / j At Augusta, (ia. , Miss Nina El ! dridgo, a young woman of good family j marrioa nn old Chinaman of Til), named Li Choy. Kentucky haa found n supposed rival to tho old famous Mammoth Cave. It ia called the (qpfern Cave, u curious collocation considering tho moaning of words. , Alabama Republicans mot at Calera and leaiinated Aldrich for ro-oleotiou to Congress; ro-affirmod the St. Louis platform; endorsed MoKinloy and do clarod for Cuban independence. C laude Lawrence, treasijyor of the Atlanta ((ia. ) Soda Contfmny, com mitted suicide by taking iixt}' grains ofmorphino. Nothing is known na to the cause. His bcpgUs are correct. At Meridiau,- Miss., J K. Boyals, his wifo and tho hitter's sister wore poisoned by a servant, a 12-yeav-old negro boy; Royals and tho young lady are at the point of death. Near Talbotton, Go. , W. S. Brown, a prominent planter, shot and killed .J. 11. Miller. Brown is held by tho qor ?ner for murder. The cause of tho trug edy is kopt u secrot. , Tho Supren}fe-<)ourt of Tenneftaeo has decided tl/at tKe State law requir ing railroad companies to provide sep arate coaches for white aud colored passengers was constitutional. At Blacksburg, H. C. , will Hum phries. white, in a quarrel over a gamo of cards, was shot and fatally wounded by Emanuol Eurle, colorod. The negro fled, but was captured. Humpries chances are against him. The North. The death penalty for larceny of over $100 is to be imposed iu Alaska. William O. Hutchius, of Provideuco, R. I., one of the beat known manufac turing jewelers in the East, was shot and killed by a burglar. John Wnnainakorhas consented to bo the caudidato for tho Business Repub lican League for Governor. ^ Two hundred thousand Massachu setts wheelmen havo asked the Legis lature to make railroads carry bicycles free. Chief of Police McCullagh. of ike w York, lias issued renewed orders tb the captains to close gambling rouses, policy ehops and poolrooms. / Edward B. Coombs, formerly a oor oner of Brooklyn, N. Y. , is'w trial on (the charge of manufacturing mysterious cases of death for the sake of feest^-* Charles Reich and Thomas Flaherty, painters, were killed by the breaking of a rope on a platform at the eighth story of a building in New York. Five students have been dismissed from the State Univonsity.at Columbus, O. , and twenty-two supended, as the outcome of a rccent riotous outbreak. Mrs. Wilmerding. great-granddaugh ter of Commodoro Vanderbilt and wife of ".Jaok" Wilmerding, of New York, ia a paretio patient in Bloom ingdale Asylum. Geo. B. Erb, formerly of Sherman town, Pa. , who thought he had divine power and could Hy, tried it and is at the Eastern District Hospital, Brook - lyn, N. Y., suffering from internal in juries and a broken leg. Iloy Gehrig, of Milton, Pa., shot, and perhaps fatally. Will B. Davis, of St. Ol cur, Pa., at Millersville and then killed himself. They were both in love with the same girl, and he left a noU saying it was a double Buicide. At Kansas City, Mo., horse meat was served at the annual banquet of tho Kansas City Voterinary College. Though the spread was elaborate, not a morsel of meat other than the flesh of tho horse was served. From soup to roast it was all. horse. The students and faculty who gathered around the board made merry and insisted that it was appetising. Win. Heath, manager of the Cen tral Eleetrio Express Company, of St. Louis, Ho., was found dying in Forest Park, from a bullet wound in the bead. It was evidently a case of suicide. The yonng man was taken to, the city hos pital. where he ' died. Heiiardatiie of Penrjr-rfik Heath. Assistant Pbst - - Mis. Cobbcii, of Nfw York," iwt rrtUovMi her pocket book con tain# ? $10 Mil, waiting too long fot expert opinions a* to whether 1 1 she ; should reeort to murder she would loso both the money aod the goat. Her sit uation offers something of a familiar object Mam Id bumao affairs. ^ t txpeet you to tittle s^ai that fum owe met HIE ARE READY FOR tl.| Long Says Wo Can Obtain All the' i Ships Wo Want, t WE GET THE "AMAZONAS." I Proctor Krports That Autonomy In Cuba Ihiv Fuilure -Preparation* for ' Defence Going Forward ltuptilly. Washington. ? (Spooial. )-"We two prepared for war, " says lion. John 1>. j Long, seoretury of tho navy. "I am warranted iu Haying that wo can obtain alt tho warships we want. " Ho addod, "Several war vossels can t bocoino ours at an hour's notico. Wo' have concluded our plans for trans forming merchant vesbolb into armored ships, but wo will uot tnko possession of them until tho necessity for them arises. Wo are fully prepared for wiv. " The United State1* has bought ilio battleship "Amazonas," which wdl be transferred and placed under tho American tlag as soon as arraugomonts [ can bo completed for turning her over i to an American crew. Spain has bought tho Chilian battto ship "O'lIiggiuB, " and tho Spanish t flag will be hoisted over her within u j few daj's, when she leaves tho Tyne. This is statod on authority. Senator l'roctor tnndo a report to tho President on tho 14th deolaring that autonomy in Cuba iB a failuro aud that tho Maine was dostroyed by design. Ho called at tho war department. The developments in tho Cuban situ ation have boon confined during the ? past fow days to tho continuation of ac- ? tivo preparations made by tho war aud navy departments, propai iug for a pos sible oonflict with Spain. Diplomatic negotiations with Spain have been practically suspended since the Maine was blown up aud with re* J (iUMN IN l i\l!M KUS' IIAM**. 100,000,000 lltishcU ol'WhOHt, 7H.I, 000,000 < urn, 272,000,000 Oats. I ho consolidate! return* of t ho ?iif f orout crop ropoi OiiK agencies of tho dopat tmout of agriculture made up to Maroh 1 show tho wheat rosorvoa in fulmars' hand* on that date to havo boou tho equivalent of 00. 0 per cout. of la^t year's crop, or about 101,000,000 bushels. Tliia is :?;:,000,000 bushels iu excess of tho farm reserve reported one year ago, hut the result of tho special whoat investigation made to the depart luout last fall would indicate that the crop ot 1M!M) was larger than tho depart ment had reason to believe at the time. The proportion of the erop of I S ; ? 7 shipped beyond country liuos is 50.7 per cent. The corn in farmora' hands as oati matod uggroiiate* rS't,000,000 bushels or II. 1 per cent, of lant year's crop, as against 1, hl l.U'iO.oOi) husiielsor .M.oper cent, on h&fid on Maroh I, ISil?, and l,0T0,0oo,000 oushola or *10.8 per ecu I. on .March 1st, is. Ml. The proportion of I he total crop shipped out of the country where crown is estimated VI. i i per cent, or about 1 1 v?, 000,000 bushels. The pro portion of tho total crop merchantable is estimated at Nil. s per cent. < >f oatn there are eatiuiHted to bo about v??, 000, 000 bushels, or its. o por cent, still in fanuerH' hands, as com pared with U 1:1,000, 000 bushels, or 110 per cent, on March 1, ISO?. The pro portion of this crop shippod boyoml oouuty lines is estimated at 00. 0 per cout. ? i?Mm >1 ? I The Kiiciiij 'h ShlpM}C.'oi|>liig. A special dispatch froi>l('adi7, Spain, atiuounces that tho Spanish squadron has Railed from that port. It iH under stood lhat the Spanish warships are go iug/to l'orto Kic.a, whore they will wait tho orders of Captain-General lilanoho. Enthusiastic crowds of people gathorod to bid farewell to the war vobhoIs. UNITED STATES CRUISER COLUMBIA. (She Is known as a commerce destroyer, her mission being to prey upon nn enemy' ' ineroantilo marine rathor than to liavo i\ place In I lio fighting line. She lias triplo \ serows and only the very fleetest of tlio ocean greyhounds can escape her. The j Columbia has lust boon ordored In commission.') gard to the general question, Cubau freedom, have not been renewed. The President was hopeful a fow months ago that by thin time negotia tions would ho brought to a head. The blowing up of the Maine interrupted these diplomatic negotiations. UnlesB tho report of the naval board of inquiry is hastened it will be imprac ticable for the President to bring tho controversy to au end during the pres ent session of Congress. Both branched nro rushing through nrsessary legisla tion for tho purpose of early adjourn ment. They will lot tho President sot tlo tho Cuban question. Tho Schaghticoke Powder Company has received a rush order for a hundred tons of powder from tho government. The works are tho largest for the man ufacture of powder in this country. A big consignment of shells for sub marine mining has arrived at Key West, Flo. Tho Vork of transferring three hun dred Artillery qieti ordered t?* Sandy / Hook ( began on the 14tli. / Preparations were comtpeuc ed_pKrly at Ports Hamilton and Wades worth. Dozous of eight, ton and twelve inch steel rifles are at Bandy Boole ready for mounting. When engineers are through the fortification will be among the strongest in the world. All tho Women and children under 10 years of a/e have been ordered from the J lookjT A hundred masons, carpenters, and other machines are working on the ad ditional quarters for the artillery. I'atal Fire In New York. In a fire at New York in a Bowery lodging house, five men wer?burned to death, and twenty thrillingly res cued. I>ryiwi Talks In Atlanta. Hon. Win. J. Bryan spoke at Atlanta, C?a. , iu tho auditorium to 10,0<>0 people. His address whs along his usual line of argument. l)l*tiiii;ul*licd Men T>oad. fionerul William S. Rosecrans died near Hedondo, Cal. , on the 11th, pass ing awqy peacefully in tho presence of his son and daughter, Carl and Anna Rosecrans, and several friends of tho family. Rosecrans had a fine record in the civil war. He served as minis ter to Mexico and was in Congress. Gen. William O. Mackey Davis died at Alexandria, Va., aged 85. He was 1 born ai Portsmouth, and was a member j of the eeoeasioa convention, voting againstseoewion. m For the Oeed of tke Order. Railroad employee' organizations are holding a anion conference at Chatta nooga* Tenn., to tptead their order* in tueBoulb. " . , Ittrthqvake Pestreje AmTvaIm. A special fo tho Chicago Record from ssvtt&GMESst: capital of Amboisafaland, oae of the Malacca groap. Late is Jannarr, ac cord iag to meager details received atl ton^ a tr i*h tf nleertfeq aeke co 52Sp*T}2: JSfJSSf the earth aad maay hoaees were aval liWItt D9VOf9 M#!JVnUMW 9V1IV Iff |,,I| kl|UJ 2S f2S2e2? Wfli{iwfc ^#1 ww9g9m HltYAN ANI> M'KIMiKY. Their Homes to Bo Itcprortnced Omulin Imposition. Senator J, M. Thurston, chairman of tho Senato committee on Expositions, recently suggested that the MoKinley home at Canton be reproduced as tho I Ohio State building on tlie ground** ; of the trans-Mississippi exposition ; at Omaha. , Tho board of man* ? agerw approved tlio idoa. Tho build ' ing when constructed will bo used ua a placo of rccot'tiou for Ohioiana and it in proposed to exhibit there in many mementos of tho lato cam paign, avoiding, as far as possible, I anything savoring of partisiausliip. Noting the action of tho board of man agers, the friends of William Jennings .Bryan lost no time iu putting a pro position looking to tho reproduction of the Bryan homestead at Lincoln. The board of managers have unanimously .voted authority to the buildings and ftfyunds department to allow tho spaco fat such building, making a proviso, ah was done in tho MoKinley boino /stead, tliAt the exhibit** bo non-compe (titive and not for hale. \ ItA'urd for Lynchers. ' Xioveivftor Atkinson, of West Virginia, has offered a reward of 3250 for tho ar rest and oonviction of tho lynchers who hanged a ne?ro named Itailoy at Brain well, in that State about a^inonth ago. Millionaire Joel Killed Woolf Joel, tbe Houth African mil lionaire, nephew of Harney Uarnato, was shot and instautly killed by a man named 1'eldtbeim. Tho murderer was arrested. .Ml ii I iiK Millionaire Dead. F, . C. Bassick,~who located a famous Colorado sitvor mine, and by It bccaine a millionaire, fii<*1 at J >?nver. -V- V A UaiihHH l<Hvv VhII?I, In the United States Supremo Court at Wasliinuton, an opiuion has been handed down' by Justice Harlan, in tbe case of the Missouri, Kansas A' Texas Kail road Company va Charles Haber, affirming tho constitutionality and validity of the State laws of Kansa*, prohibiting the transportation in the State of cattle affected with Texas fever end providing for a civil action for damages in case of the infraction of the law; ^ ? .. . . .. Whiskey cSSSK Hi* Ueiuh. J. L. Price, a tobacco drummer, from Reiderilla. N. C.t was found dead in bed at Roanoke, Ala. The ooroner'e jury found thai ha earn* to hia death from strangulation, canted by over- u?e of whtakey. The /www were e?nt home. ^ To Celebrate Jettenoa*a IHrtfcday. " " Ta Wtiiiftl Aeeociaiton of Demo* cratio Clnbe will oelebrtie the one hun dred and fiftieth birthday Maimer/ of Thoaaaa Jeffereoa *t Waahington, V. a, Wadaeeday, April%Uth, J?jr ? subscription diaaer nadar tkJfwaapisee of the naiilH?<( ttr ??# eiattoa. . ? - ^ PUS FOR WlffB. ?v ?? The War Department Orders to Go Into Effect at Once. ALL FORTS TO BE MANNED. Hattcry I, 8econ<l lArtlllory, (loon to Kort rnswvll, n( the Mouth of (ho Cape Koar Ktver. Ordora woro issued at tl?e W?r Pe partmont on tho lllh, for manning (ho newly established fortifications on (ho Atlantic coast, from Huston Juwu to Galveston, on the Gulf. Thoy inoludo tho organization of tho two now artillory i egiments, N oft. ti and ?, authorized by a recent act of Congross. 1 ho Sixth Kegimont will havo its headquarters at Fort Slocuni, N. , and tho Sovonth Kegiuiout ita hoadquartors at Fort Mo* Homy, Mil. The now fortitloationa on Long' Island I load, at tho entrance to tho harbor of ltoston, will ho guarded t>3' a battery of tho Second Artillery, now at Fort Adams, K I. 1' or tho operation of the bijj mitia on Sandy Hook, New York harbor, two battorios, now at Fort Slocuni, one at Fori Hamil ton aiul another at. Fort Wadsworth, will l>e utilized. ltisoxpeotod that the Handy J look garrison will ho established at 01100. Fort Monroe, Va. , ?a probably tho strongest and boat equipped station ou tho Atlantic coast, and tho garriaon thero will bo called upon to man other forttlcaiious, but not to an extent that would weaken ita own oflicioucy. One bnttory offho First Artillery at Fort Monroe will bo transferred to l' ort Morgan, Ala. , which, in conjunction with Fort Gaines, commanda the on - trance to .Mobile bay. Another battery of the Lr i i k t Artillery will bo sent to Ty beo I aland, (ia. , for tho protection of tho mouth of tho Savannah river. Tho garriaon headquarters band, and one battery of tho First Artillery, sta tioned at :->t. Fi aneia barraoka, St. Au gustine, Fla. , will bo transferred to duly at iSullivan'a island, Charleston harbor. Tho garriaon at St.. Francis barraoka will bo abandoned, Hattory I., of the Second Artillory, will ho as signed to duty at Fort Caswell, oppo Hite Smith's Island, near Wilmington, N. For tbo better protection of tho na tional capital, one battorv of tho Fourth Artillery, at Fort Monroe, has been ordered to Shoridan Pointy \ a. This fort is nearly opposite Fort Wash ington and in oonneotion with it. com manda the approach to Washington by water. The battorios of tho Fourth Ar tillery, stationed at Fort MoHenry, near Baltimore, will be distributed be tween Fort Delaware and Fort Mott, N. J., thus providiug forthoprotootion of Philadelphia, Trenton, Cauiden and other oities in that vicinity. ^ ^ Fort St. Phillip, on the Mississippi river, just below Now Orleans, will bo garrisoned by a battory of the J1 irst Artillery, now at Jackson Barracks. N. J. Tho other battery at Jackson bar raoka has been assigned to duty at Fort Poiut, habor of Galveston, Tex, All tho movemonts indicated above are to bo made without delay, and are the results of the recent tour of inspection of General Merritt. A New War Onlcr, Hoping for and oxpectirfg the best, yet prepared for the worst, about repre Houta tho situation in tho War and Navy Departments these days. The officials still profess conlidonce that thero is to be a peaceful outcome of the present threatening difllcnlties, but meanwhile proparo with Rorcnity.to moot thoir duty if events should shapo themsolvea otherwise. The most important and significant developments of tho past few days wero thedecisiou of the House naval committee to place in tho naval appropriation bill a provision f r three new battleuhips and A Conclusion on the part of (he Secreta# of War to wsue an order creating a new military de partment, including within its confines that part of tho country which would be in all likelihood neareot to the field of hostilities in case it should come to that. The order will create a commo tion in the South. Tho present De partment of Texas is abolished and the headquarters, which havo been at San Antonio, Texas, for so many years, are abandon doned. f n place of the old department is created a new one, the Department of the South, General Graham, at pres ent commander of nie Department Of Texan, will oonimaud the new depart ment. This department will include the Rtatea of South Caroliua, Georgia, Flor ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. All of these States, save the last, are at present attached to the Department of tho Fast under com* mand of the GeiMral Merritt, of New York It is said at the department that General Merrctt is fully compensated for the strength of the command which pa^es away irom htm by tlio addition to his forces of the two regiment* of artillery uow recruiting. Headquarters for the new Department of tho South will bo at Atlanta, Ga , choson bccauso of ita lino f.tmlegical value, from ita oxcellent railroad connections. At pres ent the govorument ha* no accommo dations in Atlanta for the headquart re of the department, so it will be obligod to hire the most available buildings. Straining Kvery Nerve. For the first time, the officials of the AVer Department adulitted that they were strain i ok every nerve to improve that part of the. defences of thecotrntry co u fined to their care. It is without question the moet nnusnal mark of eon fldence in an executive officer to em power him to give order* withowt limttJ for >he pnrchaae of war material, yet thia ia what the President and. Beefca^ ? tarv Alger have done intheoas*of (JsMia) Flagler, Chief of Ordmcfc And the officer has not shown noy de position to shirk hla lat^e reipowibil itr, but has I net meted every ooaeen* capable of wppl yiag ?rar materiel? aeeh aa rapid-fire guna* iSl skeli ud aaamaaitieo, to go to rat it Ml capacity. ^ : Prejeeie far tha 232 I , to tUo President which rec.mel tho ftp* proval iit a gcuojftl way of loading uiou whoso oouusols huvo vci/ht with tho iidnmiistratioc, ami there is reason to believe it la the subject of ?Ul?liou? re (lection of tho cabinet. 1 lie proposed plan givon to Culm all tho rights privi leges and immunities enjoyed by Cana da, Spain reAorviug to horaolf onlysuoh ritfhts an England exercise* over hor colonies. I hreeXew ftnttleslilps. Three now battleships, of thostaunch est type afloat, have been authorized I ?y tho house committee on naval affairs, and a provision for their construction inserted in tho naval appropriation bill. At tho same time, tho eominittoo agreed on a maximum price of $400 t?*r ton for armor plate for our vosselB, increased the force of naval marines by -I ?U men, and put matters in fair shape for a de cision on tho location of dry ?trwUn. probably four in number, capable of accommodating the largest sized war vessels. A Sensation In MaOrltl. Tho nendintrof tho oruisor .Montgom ery to Havana, and tho appropriation of $5o, 000, 000, has causod a sensation in Madrid, Spain. Spain W 1 1 1 < latin Accident. The proHtdent of tho Spanish court of inquiry into the Maino disaster says the destruction was duo to an uccideut which could not possibly havo been foreseen. is It Pence or War? It is bolioved at Washington, but nothing official, as yet, has been giveu out, that tho court of inquiry's report is near, and that war or peauo will bo simultaneously settled with tho re ? ) o; t. POLLOCK'S PLATFORM. He Ihkiim An Adilrcss to tho I)eni< oeruey <>f the i>th District. Tho lion. W. P. Pollock, of Cheraw, who in ono of the ton or moro candidates for Dr. Strait's placo in Congress, hue issued the following platform.*' To the Democracy of Iho Fifth Con gressional District: Jiolieving in rota tion in oflice, not only in rospoot to nion, but also in respect to the different sections which aro represented by any officer, <u? V believing that Chesterfield county, ynicli has never had a native born representative in Congress, is en titled to ^fcome consideration at the hands of the other couuties iu this dis trict, 1 hereby announce myself a can didate for Congroaa from the 6th Con gressional district, subject to the Dem ocratic primary. I shall stand upon my record made in the General Assem bly of South Carolina during the past four sessions of that body, and hereby declare my allegiance to tho priuoiplea set forth in the Democratic platform as adopted at Chicago in 181)0. \ I favor the free and unlimiteu^eoin age of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 ; the repeal of the prohibitive tax of 10 per cent, on theisaae of State banks; au amendment to the Constitution of the United Btatea permitting the aa sesment and collection of an income tax ; the reatriotion of the tariff no that it will only provide auffioient revenue for the economic administration of tho government; the curtailment of the extravagant and ottVageous afipropri* tions for pensions and for rivers And*7 harbors, and the destruction of the abameful and rtiinous system of gamb* ling iu futurea, by whioh the affeet of the lew of supply and demand on the prioe of ootton and other agricultural products has been destroyed, and by ? which the gamblers of Wall atreei have been enabled to fix the price whiob the toiling receive as oompenaation tar their Tabor to a large extent, 1NSA31? OF JlllK STATE. The Sargent Number of Put lent* la tlio Hospital In. Its History. The care of the iusane of the Stat* ban become a serious problem. The number of patient* have asaum&d alarming proportions. To such an ex tent icrthis true that'that the board of regents met on the 10th, s^ja the Go luinbia State, and gave the Shatter their . most careful consideration. As a re* suit of their deliberations thev appoint ed two committees to study i Jans to re lieve the situation by reducing the number under treatment r Q During the past month 680 persons were oared for. this is the largest number in the hibtory of the hos pital for the insane. Thirty-four new ones have applied for admission. Thirtyf One patients were discharged on trial. The regents decided that the institu tion is becoming so crowded that to ac comodate receut-and incurable caseSfor whom applications sre being made it will be neoessary to soud ? 1 chronic and harmless cases to the poor houses of their respective counties. A commit tee consisting of Mr. Iredell Jones and Superintendent Babcock was appointed to investigate the subject aAd repevt'tO' tho regents in order that the matter may be laid before- Governor EHerbe to be transmitted by him to the Best General Assembly. The question of admitting insane criminals is a vital oneand-I>r. Taylor,, as chairman, was appoiuted to prepene a special report. He is- to confer witn the superintendent and directors of the penitentiary in order to have recom mendations for legislation whfeh will have insane criminals placed in the penitentiary, where in the opinio* of the regeate, they properly belong. * ? ' mm " r*~ ' PORT BQVAL DRY DOCK. It^ll Sow ?e Available ? 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