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? ^ V*. lJewey* Breaks the Silence and V . , ? Dispels the Anxiety. ELEVEN SPANISH BOATS WENT DOWN-THREE HUNDRED SPAN IARDS KILLED AND FOUR HUNDRED WOUNDED, . - THE AMERICAN SQUADRON UNINJURED, ONLY A FEW WOUNDED. 'I'bo Story of Ilow tho IJig liattlo Was KoiiBlit--llo Has Taken t!io Fortifications and Landed Marines at Cavlte, and Holds Two Hun dred and Fifty Wounded Spaniards a? I,rlsoners-->Iaulll?4 !a at Ills Mcrt-y and Ho f)ocs Not Neod Anything at Present. Washington.? (Speoial,) ? Common l doro Dewey 'b official report reada as ! follows: Manila, via Hong Kong? Our Squad- I ron arrived at daybreak Bumlay, May J at. Wo immediately engaged the: enemy and doHtroyed tho following ; ships: ( 'misers: REINA CHRISTINA, ISLA DE CUJiA, CABTILLA, DON AN TON LO, DE ULTOA, DON JUAN, DE AUSTRIA. . < lun boats: GENERALLESO, MAR- j Ql'JS, DEL SUER, and the armed ! transport, ISLA DE MINDANO. Buffered the most of an3' of the Ameri can ships. Five of ton shots struck her, but none of her ollicoia or crew mum soriouslj' hurt. Oulv a fow slight injuries woro r.uf ferod by the Amorionn licet, the worst of which resulted from an explosion of atr munition on the deck of the I > n 1 1 i - inoie. The other shipsiofihe fleet were practioally unhurt. Ouo hundred and fifty Spaniards were killed and many were wounded. The cruisor Hsina Christina was t!io worst damaged of tho Spanish Khips and it is behoved that she w.tft sunk. The other ships of tho Spaniards wcro quickly riddled by tho Americans' lire. Two torpedo boats from Civile wr-ro quickly made to return to that place lwr MAP SHOWING THE SCENE OF COMMODORE DEWEY'S NAVAL' OPE RATIONS Tlio Amorican Squadron was unin jured. A fow men were slightly wounded. The only moans of tolegraphiug is through tho American, consul at Hong Kong. J shall coinmnnicato with him immediately. (Signed) Dbwky, Muiiillu at Dewoy'g Mercy. A pocdnd dispatch from Commodore Dewey announces that he has takqu the fortifications and has landed ma rines 14 Cavite. lie holds 250 wound ed Spaniards as prisoners, and that Manila is at his mercy. Dewey statdft positively that ho does not need auy thiug at present. Ilow the lluttlo Was Fought. [Copyright, 1898, l?y Assoclatod Press. J Hong Ijong. ?(By ('able) ? The order of ba^Me asf^umed by tho (Spanish was (with all tho\ small craft inside Cavite , harbor, behiud stonoand timber break waters, and the larger ships cruising off Cnvite and Manilu. No patrol was es tablished, nor Was any searoblight placed at the ontiifnee of the bay. Jf On Saturday night the American ** ehips crept inside tho bay without be ing seen until the McCulloch's funnel emittod u spark. Then a few shots wero exchanged withCorregidor Island, but the lleet never stopped or Blowed down until opposite tho oity, at dawn. ' The Spanish ships then opened fire, supported by the Cavite forts. The McCulloch remained at some distance and the enemy's sholls passed, but did not touch her. The cruiser Baltimore The Unfitness Situation. Bradfttreol's commercial report for the past week says in part: "Evidences accumulate that the corner haa finally boen turned in the trad* situation, and that circumstances which hava hither o been regarded as disquieting liave begun to give way to more cheerful conditions, or are begin ning to be recognized in m truer and more reasfctafbla light ' A new aenae of national etrength endH energy seems unquestionably to have J developed since the news of the Ameri can victory at Manila, and the business community generally, with fa# exeep- J tions, would appear to hare oome to 1 the conclusion that tha possible oflfceta of the present war have peen already discounted.-" .JC, Aa the News c omes Krom 8las?laL Lordon.? (By Cablet. )? A special dis patch from flhaughai, purports -that Japeaeee reports a# tho ightfag at Manila, rsceiied rim ttoi'lalmd of ?*?? ?? -?rt-i shelter. When the fleet wan gointr into Manila harbor, a sudden upheaval of thewateia I occurred a little distance in front of tlio leading ship, and Quickly following this a socond waterspout, denoted that the Spaniards had lirod a con pin oi mines or torpedoes, but their efforts to biow up the nhips wero unsuccess ful. The Cavite areennl explodod ?fid forty Spaniards wcro killed. The forl& inado a nominal resistance. The buttery Inn never capitulated and the Spaniards ashoro are still deiinnt. Long's lipply to Dewey. Washington? (Special. )? Formal nu nouncement of the brilliant nchiovo meut at Manila was made to the I'rosi dent by Secretary of tlio Navy Long. Hecretary Long, by direction of tiio President, sent the following reply to Do we j*: Washington, May 7, 1808. [tDewey, Manila: Tho President, ia the nnmo of tho American poople, thanks yon anil your officers a|d men for your splondid achievement and overwhelmiug victory. In recognition he hos appointed you acting admiral, and will recommend a rot? of thanks to 30 u by Cougross. LoN'G. Spanish Ijimh Still Grows. A London cablegram of the Dili soya all the Spanish vessels are destroyed with 2,000 men. Tho Spanish estimato gives their loss at 1,000 killed and wounded. In tho Heinn Marin Christ tina 200 men are believed to havo been killed or drowned. Dewey's forces at Manila. The force undor Commodore Dowoy at Manila was 1,755 oflicers and men. These wero divided as follows: Olyin pia, 400 officers and niou, Jialiiiuore, :K? officers and 850 nion; Concord, i;i otTt cera and ldO nieiji; Hostoo; 10 otiicei-H and 265 man: Petrtol, 10 officers and 122 man; Italeigb, 20 officeirfi and 202 men; McCuUoch, 10 officers and 120 men. 1 Ih> Ph 1 1 tppln C pedlt Ion. It ia said that 5.000 t Aops aoon to be sent to toe rhilippiW -Islands by Unele 8am. Ya addition to tho regular eoldiere, the Notional Guards of Cali fornia. Idaho, Oregon and Washington maj ba (loUilad. Thexo are plenty ?eaaela available for transportation. . T | A Charm to 8*v*. "Flihtloa Bob.'# Captain Barkadalo abd W. R. Terrill, of Yirgiaia, hare seat VFighting Bob" Etui, of the a Patrick county IWr illy moantod in gold, 1 lead the flfliter a -?C3? tui:si!u\s i n \ r wkxi' (h?\vn ! I^ist (jHho lioiii'', Destroyed li^ Dewey or u?o i >i* \ astatioii. \\ aahington (Spooial. As soju aa tho Navy 1 'epait nioiit had t.'ix) complete oiiiiMitl list of tiio Spanish bhipu de stroyed I <v ('oiuiuodoie Dewey, thuy tui POil tu tli* ii data show ing tho char net of of those ships, us it gavo ft full i idea of tho extent of tho dovafctat ion Caused by tho American ileal. Taking iu tho l(a>t order reported by Coiniuo dor?? Puwoy, tiio i.lups doatroyod aro as follow*: It in. i Christina, cruiser, hinylo ao.row, i>ar- ( que rff.'gM ! i ! j ?. wlifi oti't* funnel; displaeo lllont, tun.'; length 2KU f ? 1 *>t { beaill 4'h in"a!i uraugl.t K. fci.'t; aruiuiuent 1U Huutwria (I i.^>h and l ii.cli guns, two miohlno guns, ami flvo torpoilo tubes; complement, U70 men. ('alalia, built at OiidlK !?? |Hs? t tduglo j bnrqno rigged, one funnel, orui*ori j displacement, J tont<; length 2lt> feot, ar mament, tou Krti|ip nu ha ami four revolving 1 cannon, two torpedo tube*; complement, "H>0 mou. < Doh Autonlo do Ulloa, built at omoca in 1**7, Iron orulser, aingles.'rew. barque rigged, ?>n< funnel; displacement, 1,1 M tons; length, 2 10 rout | armament, ft Itonturia guns, oun machine gun, 2 torpedo tubes; complement, I T J inoa. Ida do Cuba, built flt Klawlck In 1890; slot" I cruiser, double aorow, two-iaastpil, wl tli military tops; b'liglh. 1H5 foot; displace ment, 1,010 ions; armament. 12 gun;'!, :ltor ptido tul<oi< ; Complement, lilt man. . tlom-ral l\v.-,v>n, built in (.'Hrllittgenn in iron gun-boaf , double aorew, ??-?*>? >oikm' ri'^n?.li length, J ~?s feet ; displacement, f>.'5 to s; armament, Hgim*, :i inu.diiue ({litis and ) t..>rpo''?> tul???t gun; complement i>s men. Marques del l?uero, built.at Lit Heyeno In 1S75, Iron gun-boat, double aerew; achoouer rlgge.l; displacement, 501 tons; armament, 3 K" ?> -, I inachiue; complement, D8 men. Tho Kl Correo Is anppo^od to bo tlio l.i t'auo, tb.it boiun tho uamo givon In tlio data <>f tlm Navy Dupai tinout, Kbo is an irnu ^un-bont of &'J5 tints, doublo j?oi't"kV, soboiuior rhry?'il, \vltli 8 gunn, it maoSiiio1 i?u tin and 1 torpoJo tubo| ootnplo monl, I'S men. \#!a^oo, iron cruiser, barque rigged, 210 foot I'm,-;, 1 , 1.3'.l tons lisplacoinont vyrmamont. 2 maoblio'guns; outnplomout, lTsiiion. I -.la d" .Mindanao, trausport, built in 1881; length, 37ti b i t; digplaooinont, 4,li?5 tons. 'J'lto navul byoka Ht tho I ?opartmont (lo not show a Spanish ship of tho muno of lsla Dulloa. Tho noaroat to that name is l>on Antonio do IJlloa. Ah tho latter i? in Coiumodoro Dowcy'n liat, it ih probable that in irnnsferrinK tho dispatch two names liavo been mado out of thi? length}' wingle name. l'AV SOLI>IKU8 lilOT. Privates <ipt $lo.CK> Now Instead of $i:i Per Month. . W Under tho now law just mado Uy Con gross, tho soldiers will bo boiler puiil (luring t It o war than they bavo boon I aid in tiniOs of pftaco. InsloWd of o I - t iii^C l;i l-or month tho private^ will bo paid &15.0U per month, aiul tho pay of othur ranks bus boeu'^iucrealed. Tho increase was just about 20 psr cent. of tho obi pay. Thirty-seven dollars por month is tho estimated amount of money which tho government will pay otd for cach pri valo. This includes tho oost of food, lodging, clothing modictd attention and pay. The onlistod strength and scalo of pay for thu dilYcront grades aro ok follows 011 present war footing: Coinpauy of Infantry ^-'Monthly V l>fty First Sergeant &8Q. 00 (Juartermastor Sergeant... 21.00 Sergeants 21.(10 oaoh Corporals iy. 00 each 'L'wo Musicians 15.00 each Ouo Artificer..., 18. (>0 Ono Wagorucr 10. HO Privates 15.00 each These men are supplied with uni forms and all othor necessary clothing, including shirts, drawers, undershirts, stockings, shoes, hats, caps, blaukolH, etc., and aro well fod. When all this is considered the scale of pay amounts to much moro than if first seems. At a reasonable estimafo of the' cost of tho articles furnished, together with tho pay, it will bo found that in tho lowest grade, that of a private, tho j money value of what tho volunteer re- j ceives is about S37f^or month, ranging I upward to I hat of 1'^hI Borgeaat, which j is more than 8">U. In addition to the | above, tho sbldior receives medical at tention free of charge, and when stck there is no loss of pay. In casodio is disabled physically while in tho service ho is entitled to bo ponsioned. The term of service is for two years, nuless sooner discharged. ? "" Di'slre a Sliurl War. There is a goneral desiro in Kill ope for a short war. Talk of intervention ie ronewedj To Strengthen Kort- Moproe. Tho Petersburg (Va. ) Iron Works have made a largo shipment of large iron bolts uud bands to Fort Monroo, to be used in strengthening tho fort. This company has a largo contract for furnishiug tho United Slates uovorn ment with projectiles, and in order that tho contract may bo tilled as soon as j possible, the company is working day j and night shifts. ^ Tlie Tobacco Tux Increase. Washington? (Special.)? An increase in tho tobacco tax from 12 to 10 centt por pound, and striking out tho rotro active feature, is tho latest plan ol the Senate Finance Committee. Large manufacturers favor au increase as an ofleet to tho concession to tho elimina tion of the retroactive clattao. Small dealers are opposing an lucroase. <;*!?. w?t<le In (Jommnm Major General Jamas F. ^n^non in command of the army w invatjon, by his right as senior officer, diapli s*fajor General W. R. Shatter, h< ffecein command. Pope's A4*lee t? tl leQeeen. - - A Rome special asserts thai the Pops has sent * telegram to iheOeee* Reg ent of Spain aarnaaily advising ap im mediate appeal to the European power* for mediation in the war with America. Hia^Hbiftteae it i s?td to hari promised hie anpffort and thai of the pewsea to obtAik an honorable aslaiiea of tho ^ngKgnyr- ? > Wise as4 Otherwise ;_MU^atisatilaaaatoeliataL#es?#iy ^The? iSdSSSaTbee is a stan's bona* J ! llllli Jill fORGtS. rr Elaborate Scheme Planned to Get tiio Men Together, ?' ? i when Ihey will be sent. ? Om North Carolina Itcy linen t Will j Ho Sent to I'hlfliiHt'i.itijgii, iinii M, Olio Itfttultlon tit' 1 ii I (i ii 1 1' \ . ! Washington -(Special. ) ? With a \ u \s to HystoniHtixing the great work of uiobilii&inu tho furoon and putting; tliom . in . ftorvice, tlto War Pepartmoet ha-< i planned a sohomo \\ hieh, it is believed, will very much hasten tho work of , getting tho meu together uud equipping ; thorn, whilo availing any congestion of 1 tho rail road tifl^HSJ suoh us is always I to bo appr ohondod io oasoa of war. lu ! stead of allowing all tho troops called ? for from a particular Stato to bo as | aemblod and hrokou in at thorendc/ j vovis, tho Department is inatruct I ing its mustering oil! i*or;s to com i ploto tho organization of regiment ? ;<.s ! rapidly as possible, and as soon as ? ono in organized to report tho hiv-l to -tho Dopartmout, when tho regiment j will ho ordered ut vneo to tho point so looted for concentration. In thi.* wu\ ; butuptiou. this thud division will con* ! j -i into tiio second re^ery^ to ho drawn ! u, <11 to: i>' ciiiorcouiyiita whenever I 1 ?>!? d, I it i-% potinfido that tho nfyn ih> \ ? , will ho i hI led upon to leave their 1 <> vn Slide-*, nnli1 tho plans yf the W'ai I >epai luienl mi.-nuit y. It may t > o icuiniked, by the way, that j of the ih.'t class will coniri tho \t5hi?'h ill ho sent in the Phil i i; l ino Ls'imdv tit'iii'i al M ilos has pro I o o- 1 ii -heme (dumping the boundaries ; i ? i t ho present I fopai t inon ts to facilitate j tho working out of thin plan and it is ii n luv 'i o > oci i tai\\ Vigor foi endorse ? juout. t he responses so far received J from tiio mustoring otlioors continue to , he \ cr> eucovuagiuii. i In nnswoi to ropeuted requests from ! nil sections of the country, for informa tion as to where the various organizu lio'is d( St ito ti v-'ps, which are being ; mustered int > tho f'nited States sei' ? vice aio to Ki sent, Secretary Alger torni-died the \ssociato Press with a 'itiitouioiii showing tho, .destination of i lu> \ o'nutoor troops. 9'he list is tutb je 'Mo correct ion. It Hvtll bo uotieod go:iei:idy speaking, three points j are i?> receive the initiator number of 'troops. I'he olli.oal list contains tho , following : , A mono the troops assigned to Wash 1 1 ? ^ I ? ? ii i.s ono regiment of Virginia in* | fan try. l -i i ivnp II Thomas, t'hiekamauga; j\ !t I '.iro* ma, one regiment of infiin ; ti y ; South < ' u o' ina, one hattalion of i infantry; Yn^iim, one regiment of in fan 1 1 y. i I'o I'liuipi. I'la. : (leorgiu, one regi j iin-iil of infantry. I io department commanders for count V1KW 0F tampa. ri.onii.^Ni, iHK IM 11:11 #tateh akmv en. NANKING FO It c'f; , 1 0 A D 1 K 11 * C< 1: N ^ 1 ' hHAFl'lin, ruKI AHATOHl' TO JiAl i the government will lie greatly relieved in the distribution of storos, which will bo called for only as fust as thoy are needed. The niou al8o will bo mnro amenable to discipline when quickly ! transferred to tlio concentration points outside of thoir owu States, ltisthoox pcctuliou that the first logiinonts or ganized will bo sent to Chattanooga, -thence to Cuba, via Mobile, Tampa, New Orleans ami Gttlveston, for expo | dition will lie dispatched from cnoli of these points. The Governor of a State will have no hand in tho designation of I tile roffimonts to go to pATlMlSTcoir ccnltaliou cauips; tno destination will ?dopoud upon the promptness with ! which tho volunteers aro organized and ready for transportation. Thoso troops will recoive Ihoir^quip j men I when they are organized, equip [ ped and concentrated. The govern j iueut will then bo toady to equip tho [ second contingent, namely, tho forces, about equal to another third of tho to 't nl call, which Will bo assigned to tho dofoncos of the coast and harbors, re placing tho regular Unitod Ststes troops withdrawn from thoso ports. When thoso are equipped tho govern ment will turn its attention to tho third class, comprising the last third of tho 1 '?}?*>, 000 volunteers called for. It is tho sincere hope of the War Depart ment that it will not be callod upon to fully equip theso troops before hostili ties at an end, but the work of prepara tion is proceeding on the coutrary as J'roopH for Dewey. Washington.? (Spooial. ) ? At the cab inet meeting on the Uth it was decided that .1,000 troops would bo sent to ro enforco Admiral Dewey on the City of I'ekin, and tho other transports. Tho Charleston will act as convoy. /tis not probable that Dewoy'a squadron will bombard Manila or ongago in any ac tive work against tho fortifications thcro except such as tho admiral may find necessary in order to retain con trol of point.:* now in his possession. The Spanish Armaria. The power of Spain was at its highost in lAi'-J when J'hiliplf, tho King, fitted out tho Armada to crush the English and French i'rotestants. It was an armed licet of l.lOships, 10, 31K? soldiers, 2,421 cannons and 8,400 officers when assembled in tho British channel and thought to bo invinciblp. But storms i\roso and shattered the ships, and tho English fleet, tinder the great Admiral Drake, pursued and ruined- it in 1580. Philip, who was a. Spaniard of Span iarda, first established, it he Spanish capital at Madrid in li)d0. After tho destruction of tho Armada, he said: "I sent my ships against men, not against billows. Thank God, I can raise another fleets. " But the power of Spain declined from thai day. Oca. Lm'i Pletsr* Veil, ? The bM^fal picture of Oen. Lee, after Mr surrender at Appomattox, which wae painted bj Oerbardar, tho artist, who is now enraged in the in1 terior decoration of the National I*i~ brar/ Uild.isf at - Washington, and whlsh *s? plased in I#ee Cs?p,rt fiiehmoad. Va.ysome months age bj a brother of QA Jfutsa Mayre. fell and m beaattfnl fleee of work, ieralaedat^W, . I dofcnco and reserve: Florida, otio rog : iment of infantry; Oeorgia, ouo rog i : mont of infant vy and two biUttorioa of ! light artillery; North Caro/ina, one ! battalion and 0110 regiment ?f infantry; ' Smith Carolinia, one regiment and one j battery of heavy artillory; Virginia, 1 ono regiment of infantry. KIKSr KXPKDITION. ? Ship IjOikI of Arm?, Ammunition unci Supplies fur Cubans. 0 ; Tampa, Fhi. --(Spcoinl. ) -The atoam ? tin: ( huvsje, ono of the Mai lory J.ine of : boats, chartered by the government for I tine as a transport, mailed for Cuba on : tiio ilth, loaded with arms, ammunition [ and nnpplies furnished by tliu United | States government fur tiio use of the i (.11 bun insurgents. A company of 100 ! U. S. troops from the Fit* a I Kegimout j of infantry accompanied tho expedition ] to aid m guarding the landing of the | valuable cargo on the consL^of Cuba, and will, if necessary, ponorrnto into the interior far onough to placo tho supplies in the hands of the insurg ents. Tho oxnoditiou was iiY charge of Captain J. II. Dorst, general mili tary aide, who has just returned from Cuba. Tho (tnsaio had on board hot ween 0,000 and 7,000 Springfield titles, about 200.000 rounds of ammunition nnd sev eral hundrctrtioxes of provisions, con sisting principally of oanndkl meats and hard tack. 1 I/Pl' (lets Ills Ortlej-s. Major Generals Fit/hugl Leo and i Joseph Wheeler have bop?-'ordorod to roport to Maj. (Jon. IjfOoko, at Cliicka mauga. ft is expected that these Southern generals will bo givon com mand of troops from Sonthorn anil Southwestern States, which will be sent to Chickamauga as soon an thoy are equipped nnd formed into regiments at the Ststo camps. w nr Itcvcmio Hill. Tho Senato finance committee has docidod to place a licouuo upon banks at the rate of 8100 a year, and brokers $?0. The rato of life insurance com panies has been increased fivefold, being 10 cents on every jflOO, and it ia estimated that this increase will add about 61,000,000 in revenue. Tho pro vision for an iufceritAnce tax and for a tux on bills of lading were both adopted, ps were the provisions f?r taxing all dealings in futures, includ ing bucket shop operations. Ivntclmitl Will Rsok the United Stat#*, Ji the Uuited States should decide to keep tho Philippine* Engltod will bock her. K?4 ?>?? R?H*f ??fni^ttte?. Tho American National Red Croat (telitft committee hma been orgtojAd, with Bishop Potter, of New York, as j chairmen, thoDnrpoao being to take in every auxiliary ofgtfiMtiuo in IF" eountry, whiek ot|uiM^QL. ntront to OT^antz?, for thepurpooe of| r?lteviog Buffering ettuwd bjr war, dis -ease or CTtataity *ae?d*?t wa ' | contributions front tits snstrj. wkalk' I 1 er in money or ^fUeeof nn/ ki#* inimfiiniwfiifl! i ! Thai is the Idea of Undo Syim at j Pivsont ? !1 HOOPS WILL CiO (0 CUBA ' l ImhIpiM of Ohlt'Uiiiii.iu^it - ( ho Span- ! I h 1 1 S<|ittt>l hi ii May <i?? through the Sue/. Canal ami Allacli . I ? . - ? I j \\ u.nIiiu^Ioii, jSjifv'ial. i I ho M.tMi) : t volitated ? oidri oil to l hu'luintuil^ti \\ ill j $;u tdruinht to lampa instead, Thin j | menus I In* imniod into invasion of (Ubi). l iou. Miles' stall' iiivoiu |Miiy i im hun i will consist of ( 'olonol M?h?, ^'olouol j M tchelor, Major Om^oiuI ? | >oi'lor ( h'eon- j I on I , Captain In SI obeu, l olonol till- ) Kioto, ( aptiuii Scott aw. I ( lout'ial Mile.- I ami Uotioinl I il/hn^h I .Oc?. ** I ft eon foronco i louoi'itl '.Mioandii. j I Motion t od (Jonernl Miles \>illi ilis j , patches from tlonernl (iouio/. of K'ont ] . importance, ^i\ in^ dolnds of tlio plan* I of tlio i lib uracil Is who will moot anil 00 operate immediately ill the invasion. I j (louoriil Miion imparted thoinforniiition I t?> tho I i ok id out n t once. StcaniiMH I 'niter Charter. Tho (,>ttfti let uiii8lov-< letionil Inn it t ready tfotton under charter twenty- j seven moiehaot steamem for llio trnns-j port of troops, ami roughly Bpenkin^, t Ii oho should entry about 'JO, 000 nion. | ( > t hoi H are heing procured iih nipiilly ua i poauihle. Tlio plan of tlio War Depart ment in to have tlioyo vessels assemble lit tlio ilirtoront (Jiilf portii ? Taiupa, j Mobile, New Orleans and < hilvoston to take ou troops which will I ?o rout 1 hero. Hunt l'|i t lio Spanish MUp*. It is thought Unit no enduring peuco can- l?o aec-iired until the Spann- \ uiivv liuu boon .l..?tr?.ye.l, a" U,i, .1 m?v ?l'l*?r? must make up their mnuJaJo K? H"?' r K" rk- r ; , nick ??"..go into <h? ! 'nt'iilo till uuiili ! Sun/. (.anal, and attack Dcwe.v at Ma ; a i h aaid that, contrary o the ;:^mon understanding, thoHuo* U-; in upon to the warships of helli^oHin j powers, ho Unit iflho Spanish cIioobo to | ake thin course Ihey 11 lol,K.|J t ofunypmHuiuu Meet fr o.n J-iJ ? ?f i ha Atlantic. It i? Hcareoly holio^cn, howevor, that the Spanish arc willing to lake the great rink of ox1=^o o r ?tt?oU their owu home porta tjy uie withdrawal of bo considerable a l,(Jrtlou of their naval strength aa would be quired to overmatch Daw***.? Spanlsh Trcm'lit'ry. 1 1 mill Koiik. -(i?y cable. )-l'riosts BiBtei'R -.1 ob.nl, of V'lvi'? 'r.Cc. formed in " procession, boaring crosses njnl petitiouodj Admiral Dowev no to nuiHHaoro tho'a ok and wounded asthoj ZZht Le would. Admiral n ewey replied that Americana would not .in rehivalidH. -The Spanish thanked j,, ' Ann.VicMU for their uuoxpoctod humanity. The rotdioncrfi oirorod lo runny hy informing Admiral Dowey that the nai'rowchanncl was safe, while as ft matter of fact tUocUuun. with torpedoes. Admiral Dewey cx ploded the iihuoh in the narrow chan nel. Want Spain to Sue tor Peace. Washington --(Special) Ah a result of the .Spaniah revorao at Manila, lent - in ir members of Uio diplomatic corps, representing boi\o of the moat inlluen. tial of the great pSweraof Europe, have unofficially cxchutiKO I views c >n the op portunciicaa of a movement, > >> the moat friendly spirit and in tho iu t er?i3t of peace, totnmb hi ?i"K "P?n Spain tho futility of furtl^V proaOcuting the war, and inducing her to nuo for puaco on the ha?iBof the lelinqmBhment of Cuba, the promi?oofa war indemnity, and the occupation of Manila by Ad miral Dewey until tho war iudemuity ?? paid. Over JI4, <><>(> Mustered In. Ucporta roceivcd at AdjutantOeneral ( orb'n fl oMco .ko? that :M.?M bovo been munlotoil iutti^tho volniiteor army of tho United States. Ilattcry CM.oImk to Fort Caswell. Uatter y <\ of tho Sixth Artillery, which is now at the agonal >n W?"h ington, will be stationed ftt I ort C ns* well, near Wilmington, N. t>. |,co anil Wlieder Keport lor Duly. < ionoiala I .eo, Wilson and NVhooler have reported to Chattanooga for duty under C.oneral llrooko, who will un doubtedly command ono of tho army i Here and There. n F Havemeyer, a son of tho sugar kinir killed hira.elf at his residence in Orleans baa a thoroughfare! Dewajr air? t. * Klavator la Aaf"?l?? Va?* The Georgia railroad wir*ko?M, ?*p*eity 130,00(^?hela of grain, oeeepied by W?tb?C ?A ^eeSw* b?* l>e*? barn Ti.t affirm drlgiB A*L 5^?.^iyriwil of fi?in |n'iiv?^ Hiwww* M?l*a for tk? <(M str -Si THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. Tlio 8on*h, Alabama Populists mot at !\'ohileau4 noininntod a full Mtntp tiokrt Tho J-'outhoru Jhiptist Convention mot at Norfolk.^TM . with nearly BOO aeloguton in atteutlnucp. Jmry \V?at and Kouhou Philips op.pu< ?it liut on ouch othor at a baptizing at Alny, Ton it. Doth men uoro kiliod. I ho annual convention of tho Mouth ern Cotton Spinnors' Association will )io hold in Charlotte, \. C.*' on May PvMli. Tlio Pickoua luillottd bust boou ?0 coptod by thorailroad commission and la ready for business. Tho lino runs from Kuftloy to Pickens Court House, H. C. Senator Pritchard, of North Carolina, has mado art anuoinonta with tho Prosi doni an?l Secretary of War to provide /or tho raising and equipping of uogro roKiuiouta in tho Southorn Statos. Itev. A. )>iaz, the nutivo Puptist missionary who did mo much work in Cuba, will volunteer an a burgeon and go with iho Amor loan army to iuvado en ha. 1 1 o will on lint with Georgia's troops. Tlio North The Ohio Sliito Senate has adopted i? resolution, which Buys Hun. Hauna attempted ti> bribe members of the Legislature to procuro hi:? oloction. 'Messrs. Oliver Hazard, Worry Bel mont and t*i\ ullu'i' prominent Now York em visited Secretary Long and of forad to proHout u tlrat cIurh l>attlo chip to the government. The police of Ohioogo nro Hearehiug for ( lahriol Kibiue and Theophile I'r/ilouski, who nro said to ho fugitives from St. Petersburg, Kussia. Kibiue is accused of embezzling $uoo,0(fo from u Russian c ?t ut? while he was employ od in the Russian Court, of Wards. Vrzilouski in charged with stoaliug 375,000 from tho Russian government in l Hit;. Both mon aro known to be iu tho United States. Rewurds of $15,000 are olleredjor thoir arrest. Miscellaneous. A California bootblack lays claim to WOO, 000 acres in tho State of Sonora, Mexico. The Holgian Uovornmont has offered a pri/.o of #10,000 to tho person whooau invent a Htinfaotory chemical to replace phosphorous in the making of lucifer matches. !t in oxpoctod at Dawson City, Yu kon Territory, that navigation of the Yukon river will bo begun about June Int. Within tho Annrctio cirelo there has novcr boon found a llowering plant. In the Arctic rogioiia there aro 70SJ diflor ent. species of (lowers. 'I ho late Charles A. I hum rocoivod ?10,000 for hiB "Iteminiscencos of the Civil War," now running in an Kastoru magazine * Spncial dispatohes from Madrid to London says the governmont would be content to cede Cuba to America, but would not pay indemnity, becuusa un able. A^lispotch from-Aihcntf-rnyjr th<rtwo mon who attempted to assassinate King Ooorgo of (Iredce nomo months ago, havo boon oxecutod. Tho Ameriosu women missionaries and tho husband of one of thorn tferq.. massacred in tho uprisings of natiVes of Sierra Leone. Brigadler-Oonoral J. F. Wade will command tho Uuitod States Army in tho Held in Cuba. ? 4. Two women, a baby and a inAu was killed by a cyclone at Moboetie; Texas. All tho county buildings were wrecked. Tho property Iobs ib #13,000. The Spanish oHicers at Havana, Cuba, are drilling every man they can press into service. Havana, says a British pea captain, will give ouk. spldiers all the lighting they want when they laud. The Inter-Stuto Commerce Coulmis- _ sion holds that tho passcngor rates on tho Charleston aud'Savaunah Kail road, in South Carolina, aro not uiilnwful. Hat tic lie[d Notes. Minister to Spain Stuart L Wood ford has arrived vn Washington from Madrid, Spain.- J The Peftartmqft of tho Gulf has or dered twd companies of the Twenty fifth Infantry (the negro rogiment) from Key West to Dry Tortugas. A Madrid paper hints at an invasion, of the United States. Well, an invading _ army will surely liud something nice and warm. Kussia has given tho Cramp j*ards? in I'liiladelphia, a contract to build a battleship of Um60 tous displacement and a cruiser of (1, 100 tons. . The harbor of Key West, Fla., is again empty, Rear Admiral Sampson'# fleet has sailed, and the situation is one of rene^ld expectancy. There is a strong impression prevailing that the next news from tho fleet will tell of im portant engagements, of the samoohar actor as tho Asiatio s<|uad*on's Manila victory. v As True a<t Gospel. Tho most important thing about char actor it is that is forever. Oho soul may have a decided influ ence upon another merely by means of its silont prosenco. Anger ventilated often hurries to wards forgiveness; anger concealed of ten hardens towards revenge. Beware of the Irian who sea ilea whan ho'* angry; he's dangerous. And b* ware also of tho man who look* glow* when he's glad; he's probably a humor ist. *J' Adversity exasperates funis, dsiaats towards, draws out the faalths ?lUww, wise and industrious, .puts tbs MSMitV to tn* aaoasait j of I awea the opulent and teduitriw: ^ .May lasvs Ipstspsl^ytHi^ "" . f"? Loadon^r- (By .t^SsJ^A cmrtSart U Bpaia