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iWNMHM. lei Fortifications Captured by the Americans. iFTER DEMANDS SITRRENDER l<< Ijohh In Di-itd mii<) Woundril to tluv hiiii'i it'iins Over a i'lioiiMinil Oim L'oin i>iui\ Almost Swept Away by a jnrsl i ii<{ Slirll. ittbliliou to tlio ?|>luiulitl work uo linplisiiod by .Viliajia> Sampson, C S on BS jHliuftor, iu ? ocitiinuml of I bo laud before Santiago, t^ud ho far pro fcsso<! in t lio carrying out of bis pi u u m bv the reduction of t^je city that bo do Hided the immediate surrender of tbo JmiTI.-di forces. which isyexpeoted short I' l i ? 1 1* > 's Kill 1 le, n AKfcoouited Prostj Dispatch from ua, Friday, -I p. m., via I 'cut lonio, Saturday, July ?, says: Tho i ?Tl order for an advance was issued General Shaftor at dark last niuht. o clock hundreds uf fugles rang t iho reveille aud boioro the sun had th>) great lino wm complete. To extreme loft was General Dufliold, Thirty third Miohigan. hh ml having ronched tho Agua bridge l?y tram. Next to tho as ( Jeneral Kent's division, d a half front -seartiud hold as fuice. 'l'he cenfrl of the lino d by a cavalry division, which 1 General \\ heeler arrived at noon, commanded by General Suiuuer. io (.?onoral Voting s illness, Col. of tho Hough IlidorP, commaudod \\ 1ft; h consisted of tho First ?us, (he First Volunteers and tho h Hogulnrs aud one battalion of tho Ninth Regular Cavulrj', all dis ntod with tho exception of two >s on (he extreme right, under ra!s I awton and Chaffee, fully miles from the sea. Jt hud been, nged that General DuOiehl should ftko a feint of attacking Aguadores in er to di a-.v attontiou from tho main niont, aud at r? o,'oloc|i (General ton s troops moved forward, led a buttery of the First Artillery uu : command of Captain Allyn Capron. lir^t Bitot u iih III ed from the bat nt ii: ju by Captain Capron, whoso Captain Allyu lv. Capron. tho Hough Hidors wan killed tho balllp nl Hevilla. The shot was directed ?t Cnney, where the Spaniards wore in force ?nd it fell in the heart of tho towu. The firing con* tinned for 20 minutes without response, eantimo the cavalry .division had vyd forward on the main -Santiago trail, headed by alight batterv of tho .Second Ar'illef-y under Cunt. Grimes. Iho movement of this battery was a heart-breaking task, owing to the stoop ill. lender the musketry tiro of tho cavalrymen tho ?Spaniards in the little of 121 Pasu retreated. After tlxo enomy.iiad boon driven from 121 Paso, 121 shots were fired by Cupt. (Irimes and ( apt. Capron from that position into the enter fortifications of Sautiugo l/fcforo a res poll no carno. , When it did colli e, liowevor, it cnino with uiiexpect .v_ - . the shots being from throe ? aud five-inch ra- id -tiro rifien, evidently taken front Adniiial 'Oorvurn'o war ships, and mounted hehiud tho fortifications. Tho Spanish gnnuers ?.raked the hill onwlneh 121 Paso .stands niul which, meantime, ? had been made tho headquarters of General Sumner and tho Cuban gen 8 I'll Is, (iaicia, Castillo, Copoto and ^*Kab'- GuwnJioll Btruck a huge sugar store house (Aitho red corrugated roof of which stcjjdSlon Cubans viewing tho fight. Tho jffof fell and tho Cubans were wjiuidjM and three of them will die. \ Jo^^limont'of 200 Cubans went forward froiti. 121 Paso and then Col. . Wood with tho Tfoiigh Hitlers, tho First mid Tenth Cavalry, started down the hillsides, straight for the enemy's for tifications. Col. Wood's command bobn\od with great bravery, firing mffctiidy^aud deadly vollo^K, with tho enemy's hIioIIh screuohtng and bursting over their heads./ Twenty minutes of fearfully hot work silenced the i^i)aui^li|l>?itcrioH. to Iho loft General Law toil's " divW?ioTT. with ('bailee's men aud.Ca nroiVs battery wero fighting fiercely withlhe oneiny outronchod in aud about Caiiev. Tho. Spaniards contested every inch of ground bittorly, and fought with unexpected coolnoss and courago, lit tho irresistible onward movement f the Amorieaus slowly forced them ack upon aud boyond Canoy. About 11 o'clock Iho ternblo firo from Captain Capron 's cuus and tho muskets of the men broke the Spanish line aud a re be-ittv toward the lino of outer fortifications. * All this timo i Journal Sumoer had commanded tlje centro, owing to Gon eral Wheelor'n illness, hut about 11:80 General Whoolor started on. tfho two ] miles jOurnoy to tho frout in an atnbn r lance. About half way to th^ront he met ..a itiitubor of littoru hearing tho . wounded. Tho votoran,- under protest ?. by the "U'goon, immodiatolv ordered i lus bono, ami after, poroonallv assist c ing tii" wounded iuto tho ambulance, moun:o<l aud rode onward. The men . bur, st into frantic cheors, which follow - pd the general nit along tho lino. By noon, Although ntill vory ill, general Wheel or had established headquarters j cxtrome frpnt a n <] coptr* of the The hardest fighting Pf the day seems W havo been on the ritfkt flabk and casual tie* are reported -from advaaoa there wm moro than alfrther pointa on the line, J M z - - ?r. ? rinr i / drartial to i ?ei d?n\s occti f r e?i 1 with. ktMNti erf- 1 -ft*?eoti*rt*aftt/ or) rlMii^lArtsBd men In tteir f eosttn?o?s afitf Intense pbyai- 1 * ibiUai ' ' ' J iiln cov, Tho Spanish fought fttuhborn ly throughout, mid ti?o retrnp, though steady, was a 1 u u ! v uuil euilv oouduot ed. i hey Ci'ii 1 ostcd every inch of Hie Way and fought with nn^\|lfti;U>d Aill, their ofVieers handling the troops with ' bravery ind goon j" Iguieut* la o)4ohaigeoo Sun J nan Heights a bursting aboil aliiiost annihilated an t)it tiro com puny of our troops. UcrnniioMriint; With UiiMiiiijih. The military ballooua lived 1 ?y the bignal corps for tho pill I'UMt of obtain ing aeon i ate information of tin* locution of tho enemy ami tho character of tln<ii defences, proved of inestn?tnblo service in yesterday's engagement. 'I ho lul loou sent up yesterday floated ju^l o.vei tho tree tops and was easily Ktthlod along three miles ??l tho ijoad toward tho lilies of tho ouoin v./ 'Whoiiovoi it halted for tho purpir*i> of taking a photograph of tho forHfuiations below, the Spaniards seized. tho occusiou lor taking pop allots at tho mnl air monstor. At ono tiino tin* big balloon hung ovor San , J nan, not ovor .*?(><) yards from the enemy, and for fivo minutes tho Span' - iards below tried in vain to punctili o it. Spanish Ijo.ss Ilcuvy. The American army is not alouo tool ing tho olt'ect of tho threo days' a hoc It of aims. Potinite, positive informa tion is at hand, that Santiago lias been literally torn to pieces, and tluit in tho wreck anil ruin of demolished build ingft tho hipauish casualties numbered fully 1,000. This is a llUing olbot to any ipialms raised hy tho reports from flie American linos. 'I his in foi matiou tamo from ono of tho foreign consult* atatioued at Santiago, who ro ported lo l ho representative of his counti'V in Washington tho fearful havoe within the city wrought hy the American army and tho lloift The. bursting shells from our Hoot dono Hi* greatest damage msido of tho city. Ituihliuga wore riddled with rillo bIioI and mown down with tho lingo shells and aolid projectiles from the ships. IWoRt UOi'iOiiH iii all, tho S|>UiMnh Cimi niaudor, 4 Jeneral Linares, occupying a plaeo similar to that of i ionoial Shafter iu tho Aiuet'lean army, \mis seriously wounded. 'This last fact had hoou grudgingly admitted from Madrid. Sutiinlii) 's Untile. Four batteries of artillery, which were placed iu position this morning, began tho day with bombarding tho San .luaif quarter of Santiago ami tho Spanish position in front of our right. After a quarter i4f an hour'a shelling, (Jeneral Law ton's troops, wlu> hail boen re-enforced, pressed forward upon the enemy's loft llanU, pouring in an exceedingly hot tire, w hich was con tin (totl during the greater purl of tho afternoon. AMjfhl A I tar It." On the night of . I nly tho Spanish made a desperalo attack upon our It'll shortly before 10 o'clock. Tho assault was directed atlho position that had been carried by 4 Jen end Kent's men. 'J'be Spaniards left the trenches and charged across tho open, striking heavily upon < ioiioi a! WikotV'H Hrigado. They wore ro enforced by a heavy lite all along their lino of guns and bat teries and succeeded in driving some of our men from tho trenches, hut the heavy lire (he \inericaus in turn poured iu staggered tho Spaui^iTkno and sent it reeling back wui d/rritli heavy lo*;t>. Tho Americana had ad vanced from tho trenches lor tho ilrat timo aud while the Spaniards were in the open sonio of our (iatlinf-. on the extromo left did terrible execution. The casuallies among our men were not heavy. i Our l-osscs. Tho fighting has cost the Autoricau *riuy 1.700 men. j'iu's estimate is made by tho burgeons at division head quarters, after careful figuring hv Iho surgeons at tho hospitals. 'J im list of wounded, as initio up at tho division headquarters, is vei;y largo in propor tion to tin; list of those Killed outright Probably less than 10'?, all tohl, tit tho number of wounded have <1 led, tusking tho total number of jtl jnths in l ho neighborhood of Ifitijr^Tho ru.nuindcr of ihe wounded willyrobably recover. Madrid t^rVrtTly* I >is( ??r lu <). 'J'ha Madrid correspondent of The London Standard snys: "lbo official dispatch with reference to tho Ughting nt 'Santiago Iiiih cau.sed a pantful ron.su i ion/ Tho (Jlueeu "Megent has kcii t an expression ofbor a'ympathy to honorn Liuaros, wifo of (leu. Linares, v ho in residing in Madrid. 'i he urentosfr anxiety is felt by all classes. The press of all sections is angry because no proper measures have been taken to re-enforce General Linares. The Queen Hegeut is deeply concerned and has re quested her ministers to aoud her all dispatches, no matter at what hour they arrive. " i ? f.oiidon Comment. ?*b o editorials in tho Daily Ornphpj and TiniCH fairly repiesoiit t lie opinions of tho London nowspapere. There is no wot?i \ti blame, but mthor unstinted admiration for (Jenoial Sbaftcr's bravery; yet- all rum ark tlmf America finds Santiago a tougher task than she anticipated. Spain, it is suggested, might now sue for peace on honorable terms, but it is not- thought she is likely. ] to do ho. Klevra Persons Now t'ndcr Arrest. The following named persona have bean arreeted charged with being iin-. I plic^ed in the Lake City, B. (J., post master murder case: Alexander Kogers, Oecat1 Kelly, Marion (Hark, Edmund Rogera and Charles Leiner. Eleven persons sospeeted of complioity in Oils crime haft up to tU? lias been arreeted. Indorsed McKf nfeqf. Hons of the American Revolution President MeKin ley with , Made h? Part*. In rlew oftbe exUJUUkm of * wwricrfol f*n la-now^fM'Ing inrwlr in Purk fl la "to b*? roin|HAiu<r 'oflenre# sf nil ofwhW* are Ia He paifiirtt -?y>lis ms# otl?ltrau>d swwUana *H1wts. tUfome. Ckst*, rae*>ftsl>or??, Jttleft ; totiotr. TMs ex* , Flwiwy rtahrfnttrrf | Delayed to Give foreign Kesklenta 1 into to Leave, V. , WATSONX^VILL INVADF .SPAIN, ' ' \ Superiorly *? f Hie Anierleun -Y) ???? ship* over the Kii);lltll Adiulltt'jV ? Why t'urvcru IjoII Santiago Harbor. instructions were seat by tho Presi ; ? 1 w 1 1 1 to Admiral Sampson anil (lonorgl Shaffer to confer together concerning a joiut plan of attack upou Santiago. Upon the outcome of this conference i depends t iio line of notion for tho iin i mediate future. For the present, tho land homhardnieut byUouornl Safter's forces has boon deferred, as tho aituu tion lias bo completely changed b\ tlio annihilation of tho Spanish licet that it is manifestly tho part of wisdom for this land bombard ment to await the co operation and sun pert of a bombardment from Adiniial Sampson's fleet. The action of tho for eigu representatives at Sautiago lifts been au additional reason for deferring tho bombardment. Olio of tlenernl Shaffer's dispatches stated that those representatives had joined in a request to hiui to put oil' tho shelling of the city for another brief period, until their respective colonies could bo ru moved. Superiority of American Warships. Tho Washington correspondent of Tho Daily. Mail roporto an interview with a distinguished American officer, who is represented as di'iatiug uport iho imnionso superiority of American warship* Over British, ospeoialiy in armor and armnment. 'i'lio Daily Mail, cominonting editorially upon this startling statement says: "Wo ha^o verified the data aud are compelled to acknowledge the correctness of the statemeut. We kuowalso that, there is a distinct uneasinoss iu the liighor ranks of tho .British navy at the liudor ariuament of our ships. A (,'oni tosy to tlio Spanish Prisoners. | A graceful courtesy was oxtonded to j t ho captured Spanish admiral, Corvera, by the President. Through (lonornl (irooly, chief signal officer, permission was given to Cervern to comniunioito with his family iu Spain by cablo. Permission was also granted to other Spanish officers to utso tho cable to transmit personal messages to friends iu Spain. ! Arming tor Civil War. The Madrid correspondent of tho bomlou Daily Telegraph says: "Dis order is spreading amOJig the military; the crowds' iu the oily are gottiug riotous and everywhere] signs aro ap pai/nt that tho papulation is nrmiug for oivil war." Miynhal Martinet C'ampoH and tho capfaiu general of Madrid have held long consultations as to ways aud means of preserving order. " New ItecriiltliiK Stations. Recruiting officos for the Third lietri m,nnt of Volunteer Kngiuoerg are to bo established'^ Richmond, Va. ; Char lotte, N. C. ; savannah, (la.; Mobilo, Ala.; New Orlefctui, Austin, Tex.; Al buquerque, N. M. ; Nashville, Touu. ; Jjouisville, Ky. ; St. Louis, Mo., and I kittle I took. Ark. The rendezvous for the regimont will bo at .Jeflbrson Bar rack ?, Mo. Why ('crvcrii hoft. Admiral Cervera held a consultation with his officers boforo sailing out of the harbor of Santiago de On ha and by a small majority tho move was agroed upon. The minority said tho destruc tion of the ileet was sure un many o^ tho firemen had mutinied uud the iiosO moti iu the lieet were woru out by serving the 'guns ou the shore bat teries. Watson Will Invado Spain. The definite oflicial roport roacliiug Washington that the Bpauish fleet had entered the Hue/, Caual liua made no change in the plana of tho Navy T)e pnrtmeut an to Hondiug Conunodore ".Vat won 'h nquadrou to tho coaut of Spain. Secretary Long ?aid it would Hlurt at tho earliest t>o?fij>le moment. August I' Family Kscapes. The Spaoieh consul at Singapore wires the following message from Gen eral Augusti to the Madrid government : "Tho eituatlon is unchanged. My family ha* succeeded in rairaculounly escaping from Macabora in a boat nud haviug passed through the Amorictin vessols. all arrived safely at Mauifa. Ocneral Monet'* column is besieged and attacked at Macabora. ?, Warship* Leave Manila Thero is much comment at Madrid Over the news of the departure of the foreign warships from Manila at tho )iioiihoii\ of the arrival there of tho American re-enforcements. Only two German, two French and four British warships now remain at Man itn and people a?*e asking if international poli ,lica*bavo undergone a change, and if Americans are to be gfven a free hand in the' Philippine Islands. # , I -J 3 h after'" ite-Knforcemeata. Several transport# bare sailed from Po*fc Tampa within the last week, carrying Urge quantities of war mater ial. horaee, light artillery and about . 8,600 men to rw-snforoe General Sbafter jjlainntiiBL ? ? ? ? ? Determined tm right It Ov %. " The enbiMt eo?Mtl wCSr a abort ?** 'ImLm'Is' 1S.X j with eHunleke. while a eimgle aol I HliOUGMOU T I HE COUNTRY. V . -- ? I lie Suiilli. Pi* i.ontM in;l hatitol Jacob. t'nthor Mid son, wore diownodby the capsu.iug .>< a bout liurt i >t. Louis, Mo. I 'ol t y*oitO Otitis toil 1U0I1 M'OI'O left behind at Mobile s^ok. T?o of theiu died. t'hu health of (ho lf?, UOO troops at Tampa is lino. TJte hospital truiu t? there with nothing to do. The A i kausaa Hepublicuns nominated II. I'. Autefi for tiovernor. They put up a full ticket, with not a negro on it. A recruiting Htwtion has boon opened iu Atluuta, ( itt. , for tho enlistment of negroes for Col. Loo's immune rogi merit. \ / I n u collision between n work tiaifc and a bono engine noar t Jrovotown.t iu \ olovotv uogroos were *injut ed, ami ouo man \\ tin killed.' A party of Atlanta gentlemen visited Camp Thomas, at Chiokainauga, ami wo to very much shuck with tho spurn ? ltd appearance of tho soldicra as u | body The oou volt t ion of the ( loorgin 'l oat h oik A ssooial ion recently mot at In dtan Springs, near Atlanta, ami wan declared tu bo tho moat tjHoeosslul in tho history of tlio 01 u' ani/at ton. Leonard I'riuoo. a nouro youth, walked into tho residence of rntrolman | Wi hi tutor, at Atlanta, (?a , while that otlicor wua talking to a ft mini ami carried oil' tho policeman's Suuday coat. Tho following patents Itavo boon granted to North Cavoliuiaua: W. !'. II itHniaii, Hickory, rubber attuohmout for pencils; J. A. Poinmiug, Auhindor, steering >guido; II. Kruger, Lli/.aboth City, shiugle sawing maohiuo. Hon. I'eutou MoMillin was nomi nated for (Jovernor of Toiiiiohsoo, by tho Statu Democratic con volition, by acclamation. Tho platform culla for froo coinage at Hi to I, without waiting for tho consent, of nny other nation. Judge; S'.yeat, at. Brunswick, <bt. , has denied tho motion for a now trial made by tho attorneys for tho Cumber land Island Hotel Conipati3'. This case involves tho'ownership of #7f?f000 worth of pi oi'oi ty on Cumberland Island. At Chattanooga, Tcnii., Hebor Stow art, aged ir>, ami (Jeorgo Larks, aged 1& quarreled about prottv I.Vyeai -old ^ikrTt vt'HH, and the former drew a --4? n 0 lovoil vor and ahot Links thiqiii<h tho Itcai t. Ik 1 1 1 1 n <? him instantly. A terrible tragedy occurrod at Now bridge, throo miles from (!ainos villo, (la:, iu which l,,.iitc#l^l,'imll?y was shot ami killed by 1 1 our v Koaik. j Moth aro young whilo men of promt uenl f<m?ili( .> un.i tho tragody has ore ated a Nen:-r:t ion. Mr. C. II. Hryson, a traveling man who represents wholesale houstti in Philadelphia, was tried on tho chargo of cheating and ttwiudliug in .Indue Laiidrum'a court, Atlanta, <Sa Tho case was dismissed on tho grofl^d of iusuftloioiioy of ovidenco. During a liorce thumlerslorm a bolt, of lightning struck somewhere noar tliel (Hon Kock hotel, Ashoville, N. C. ,witli a Jennie crash. Kvorv light in the hoMulrv wan blown out by tho shock, ajld a ttiin, bine smoke, smelling strongly of eloctrlcity, pervaded tho 1/uilding. It S Tlio North. V 'II only l>ehrona, night fireman in .Slum's brewery. New York, whh killed l>y;u fall of coal through a slide. Captain Abercrombio, in charge ol Copper Hiver (iovermont survey, ?ug g?stn a relief expedition fur Alaska prospectors. * William J*!. Adams, of Philadelphia, was elected troasuror of the Coniuior end Travelers' National League, in :ien siou ut Now York. Miss Annie Forestor, n handKoino young woman of twonty-throo yearn, .fomuiitted suicide at ()akdale, a subur* ban pleasure resort of Cleveland, ( )hio# Mrs. .lames (laylor, of TCidyewood, N, J., one of a party of tourists, in su pposed to have been lost in thodrand Canyon of the Colorado. 'J wo aud a half billions Of insurance was i epresentdn at tho oonvontion of the International Accident Under writers at Nautasket, Mans. 'I he steamer Hrookline has readied I'oatun, Muss., with news that she passed the ubaudoned flchooner Francis C. Yarnall, bound for Philadelphia, oil llutteras. Adrian Miami, who raurdorod bin wife in tho reception room atHing .Sing, N. where Hhe had gouo to visit him, in to be put to death during the week commencing August ?. ^?Twenty persona were injured in a trolley car collision at Ma3on City, la. MlflcellAnfom. The Senate confirmed tho nomina tion of . las. 11. Ib aiich, of Virginia, to bo a major in tho Seventh Hegimeut of United .States. Volunteer Infantry. Two H.ritish (iuiaua stamps. dated |s:,o and worth originally two couta each, were Mold in Merlin not long ago for $V>00. A disastrous tire occurred at Kiasan, capit^of tlio government of that name, situated NO nfilea by rail southwo.it of Moscow, Hussia. Much of tho town, w.liich has a* population '^fxtmu- 30,000, has been destroyed and tno loss is es timated at several million roubles.' Tlio President haa issued a proclama tion ItfiaafHirg the blockade of Cuba to the southern coast from Cape Frances to Cajtf Cruz, inclusive, aud also block Tried to Hun the Blockade, But In Vain. ADMIRAL CERVFHA CAPTURES <\ iiic lira li l,iiss Olllt\ Olii> Killed lllld ()iii> \\ outidod. I I'Hhoiioi'h l a !\ I'll Many Killed and Wvumlctl . , * * ? i^Tiio Now York Herald linn roooivod tho follow^n^ details t?f tlio dosti notion ol A^niuil Coi vera a llCot Tin oo of "thtf Npnundi cruiaeta that woio hotllod up in Santiago luu hor it 11 ? t tlio two tor poiio hunt il om 1 1 overs* woio pouiulod into llolplt'KH It II I k S I ? %? tllO tMlUS of \ ll ll|ll il I Sani|iBou'? tlool. on Siimluv, <)ul.V "? u vuiu attempt (>> onoupo from tlio linr hor Tlio VO!iSOln WOIO beached to. save :is many of tlio lives of iho nuWituH I 'UshiMo, Villlllllll Col \ Ol U, Oil hoill d the Cris tobal Colon, hcudnd tlio ilool in mi al t *? 1 1 1 1 ?t tii n?)t aw ay al about D. iu oV.luok. Sl> lllllo WOIO tlio A UlOI'll'illlH o\ pCCt llli[ the dash tiiut tho tlu^ahip Now \ ork was cruising up tho coast U? tlio oust ami lotiiiuod only iu time to hee tlio finish uf iho ticlit, ami tiro a shot or two ill thu torpedo boat < lost royors. The Iowa, iuitiana, Oregon, Massa chusetts, Texas, Brookly and tho con vortoil yacht ( I loiioostcr, formerly tlio I'orsaii, formed in position to give hat tie as noon us the Colon whh aightod 1 oumliliK tlio wrock of tlio Morriinuc. The American vessels did not open tire at onee; they waited ssiitil Ccrvora'a ships w oro out of the rungo of ISIorro'a ?unn hoforo giving hatllo. ( !orvora headed to tho west, tho Colon in tho load, followed l?y tlio Yizcuya and tho ( >< pic 11 do and tho iloatroyorsi, all tiring rapidly. All of the Amor loan battleships open ? ed lire at ouoo and tho Spanish woro I noon in a hurricane of idiot and shell, AHMIKAIi CHItVUItA, but Colon kept ou bravely until, wlie i about toil miloK to tho westward ui' Mono Castle, Admiral Corvera turned his vessel to the shore and beached lipr. She wus blu/.iug iu a score of pi noon, but hor guns kopt at work and tha white Hag never allowed until she wiuj coin pi etoly disabled. The Otjneiido and Vizcaya wore op posed by tho Iowa, Texas and Indiana, and wont down to defeat wftli fearful HwiftnobH. covering only about half the distance inude by the Colon bot'oi'o their. captain# run them ashore. Their crowH fought with doM^nate,. bravery, but their coinage was no match to the courage of our men, added to their nil perb uutinory, 'J'lioir shells went wild, imt the Ainorican gun firo wan marked by merciless precision. The two eruis ei-H, both on fire, wore beuchod uot more than a quarter of a mile apart. The most dramatic feature of the bat tlo whs the content between the torpedo boat destroyers nud the (lloucester. The latter whh struck several times, and is tho only American veshol reported dam aged, At firnt the Gloucester fired up on them with hor six- pounders, but they ran past her and engaged the bat tleships. Finding the fire' too hot. thoy turned and attacked the (lloucos ter^.again until both destroyers were on fire and had to be beached. Their crew throw themselves iu Hitrf to nave their lives. .hint before thin, tho Now York oamo up uud assisted in giving tho finishing blow to the destroyers. There wan explosion after explosion from tho beached vesHols. Nouo of our oflleera or men were in jured, except on board the Brooklyn. Chief Yeoman Fllis was kill o< J. and one man wounded. Admiral -"ffervera, all commanding officers, exveptiuu three of the'< )quendo, about 70 om%r officers and 1,1100 men taken prisouors. About killed or drowned and I<tO wounded, the latter being cared for on ttie Ho I ace and Olivette. Wounded nt h'orl Mncoii. At Fori 31 neon, ill tiring the annual uational Fourth of July salute of forty nix guns, the eighth shot exploded prematurely, and seriously, if not fa tally, wounded Artilleryman Charles Rosier. His eyesight is destroyed, 4ud his face, aru?j and chest badly burned. Struck by L.lght/iliix. The excursion steWer Hurfity, jdy iug between Salem una Bnkor I?l*ud, M??*. , wM'ntruok by lightning on July 4. It if not known bow otnjr were on tho steamer, bnt it i? Midi there were oyer 80<J>. M.aoy, i woro m coed -byUxUeirma thwlnw.- ? batest rro?r BknfUor. - - Tho War l>epartaaoot rave out tho following: ''HowWfwwrtwo Fifth Army Corpo, Noor Stntwgo, imjj H-- Tonight j my tint* completely sorroMHl the town from tho hnjr>on tho north of -tho oh g ? !\?tl't? SI AI I-.S ( ONdlMCS#, 1*1 occil I ii^h ut Sviiuto ami 1 1 OH SO | 1moii< I ! a > Co J Jay '1 UK SKN ATK. .Ii ni: vMM'll. t 'oilsider atiou of tin) general deficiency lull \*as Concluded an<l tho measure pnssod \n amend J 1 1) (Mi t wilt attached to tho IjU) relating ti? t ho not t lenient of I 'aeillc railroads; an uiuoiutjntHit offered by Hut lor, of North Carolina, providiug torn tlsh < uli mo station ut North ( 'arolina and appropriating JMA.UoO for tho purpose; an amendment Hy Halo, of M aiue for tho purchase by con lemnation or oth el \s ino of not loss tlinu yt'O UOl'OB of Ittllit at not exceeding jJftO per aero tit I 'war 1 Harbor, Hawaiian Islands for a coaling and repair station. Tito lull aa passed cut i tod al>out jf.'.' 7, (>(10,000, the largest sum fait umI by any appi opriation meaa uro since tlio civil War Aftoi tltf PUH Ka^t) of the deficiency bill cousidera I ion of tltt) Hawaiian annexation rosolu tion was resumed. CatYery, Homoernt. of Louisiana, concluded fun speooh in opposition to annexation At .*? ;0."? p. in. the Senate went into executive sea moii aiitl at (> o'clock adjourned. .1 c n r: 80th. Tho Seuato cleared tho legislative decks for what may he tho Una! action upon the Hawaiian anuoxa lion rotftyiutlolis. Tho last of tho appro I >n at lou bills that has boon ponding in confcrouoe wiih disposed ? ? f , and was a law before midnight \t Hull p. m. the Senate went into executive session aiul at c. :?T adjourned. .Iri.v 1st. for noaily fix bourn tho Senate bad under discussion tho Ha waiian annexation resolutions The first formal speech in favor of tlio re.io lotion* xvtt?t made by l'ottus, Hemoorat, tif Alabama. His address was strong and pati iotic, Mallory, Democrat, of Klontla. presented a constitutional ar gument against the acquisition of tovri tory by joint resolution of Cougress. I I awlcy presented tho conference agree nicnt on the bill providing for the pun ish mont of persons who trespass upon or destroy harbor defonco works and fortifications of tho United States. Tho Senate then wqut into executive ses sion and at ft:'>0 p. in., adjournod. .IriiY ?i>. 1'ho Senate was devotod chielly to tho llawaiiau debate, Senator I'ottigrow, Silver Hoptildican, of South 1>akota, occupying live bourn. Tho fol lowing House bills were passed: Kixiug , tho pay of Volunteer soldiers from the date of enrolment for service; to change tho time for holding courts in tho lCast cm district of North Carolina. Also the Senato bill amending the laws re lating to American seamen for their protection and to promote commerce. The chief features of tho latter are the elimination of ail imprisonment pro visions in t he coastwise trade, includ ing Mexican and West Indian, the re duction of penalties in tho foi'oigti tiade; tho improving of the provision scales, and tho reduction of allotments to one month. Atft:2Hp. m. tho Sen ate adjourned to Monday. ,)i:?v 4t?i. ? lu tho Sonato Mr. Allen (Nob.) bo^an his speech in opposition to the Hawaiian annexation. At noon Senator Turpio (Intl.) road tho declara tion of independence. During the nes ftion a large number of pension bills wore passed. Tho Associated 1'ress tlisi atch convoying Admiral Sampson's cablegram tolling of tho capture of tho Spanish (loot was road by. the clerk. At the conclusion of tho good news all Senators and occupants of the galleries joined in applause which was prolonged. Tho chair rofraiuod fpr once from any effort to check m demonstration of ap proval in tho Senate chamber. At 4:6ft o'clock tho Senate went iuto executive session and at ft: 14 p. m , adjourned. Tho debate upon tho Hawaiian reso lutions was continued' in, the Sonato. Throe speeches were made. Hoar, of Massachusetts, in advocating annexa tion miido a notable appeal against any policy of gonoral territorial ex pansion as a sequence of war. Shortly before ft o'clock the Sonato wont into executive session and at ft: 14 p. in. ad journed. Til K IIOHSl'J." .1 vsk 5fi)Tii. '1 1)0 Hoiimo disposed of a number of monsuioH and iiinidoutitllv enjwyed a hpuiM'li from Mr. A Hon, of 'AiSG^Jb ihh 1 1 >i >i , which precipitated u po litical episode in which Mr. (Irosvenor, Republican, of(>hio, and Mr. Ibiiloy, of Texaa, figured ax the principal. The bill to add cheese and canned corn to tho army ration occasioned pro longed debate. The Heuate bill pro vidiug-for a Hecond Assistant. Secretary of War wan defeated by .a vo|o of AO to U2. The Houho adjourned o'clock. vJw,y I H'f. ? Today's session of the Houro wan of little legislative intercut. A fow private bi 1 1 h were pasaed and Homo conferenre reports of uiiuor iin portance wore adopted. .In.v 6th. ? The House devoted four hours to a debate on the Pacific rail* roads inane, brought out by the iSonato amendment to tho general deficiency bill. Tho partial conference report on tho^cuorul deficiency bill covering all itrntlM but thin, was adopted. Tho de bate huh led by Cannon, of Illinois, and J'owera, of Vermont, for; and M aguire, of California, uuaiuHt tho amendment. The House adjourned i>t ?1:07 p. in. * .k, ... A (iri'iit Itepqrl Krom l>e\vry. The Navy * I >cpartmont made public tlft following rublogi am Jiom Admiral l.)owoy : J long Kong, .hrty I. J'liree transports and tho Charleston arrived yeatorduy. Tho ("'harleston captured' Uuum, Ladiouo Inland*, on diino'JIst. N<? r?i?iHlattto. Brought the Hpauish oflicoi-M from tho garrison, aix officers and lifty-four men, to Manila. On June iilMh tho (Spanish vessel Leyte camoput of a rivar near Manilla and attvreAdered tome, having exhausted ammunition and food in repelling attacks try inaar goota. Sbe bad on board fllt;-two ofH cera and ninety-four men, itaval and military, (Signed) Dewey. " i? 0 Transport* Arrive at Manila. A ipetfftt dlspattff Trom^qgXfiai; July 4, aaye: The United States dis patch boat Zaftro, which left Car ite, Manila 1i arbor, on July f, baa arrived bare.Sba raporte tbat tba Auriaan troop* hl lbo traanertaCity' of Sidney, City of Peking pad Australia, eon voyed by tbP XJbwrlostoe, arrived at Carita on J una fOib, baling taken the 1/adrona . islands, on l&* way, and Uavia* lef* men ttaere. Tbo Span iab Gs varafer and ? I , rtttiar aJUlaTs ? n?H?iI iftie bfuu^lft iltlfttl CtM ubliad Stataa iraapa " todywmbark at Caviie ?? * iff. ?T.-? has Been in Litigation tver Since 18/4. 4TH GLORIOUSLY CHLtBHATE ? I' .11 nicr->' Institute at l< lorciiy-o- -Co I titration I m si l( ii ( o ?oo<t ^L'rops 111 Iv iisliaw -- A \ alituMc Wo I'll. | A i'hho of very loii); landing undone in which tin* Stato of South (,'uroliua wan ui taroHtoil wa< ti null v settled ttt ft Muotiiiy - ??i t ho sinking fund commis sion 1 1 0 1 4 1 lit ColllUlhiu I ho CHUO NVllrt one involving; a considerable sum and which linn boon in htl.UithiU HlUOtt 1874. .inim ( l?o\vlin>: wuM county treasurer of Iturnwoll, and w us appointed by ( hainbur lain when tioveruor of tho Stato. I In dolaulted and tliu Mtuto hftH tu'on I i i? tf to reootoi* um initoh of the anion ut a i possible, for tho last 24 war* hi C. II. IKiwinu:, u brother ol tho tiiniKiwor, wan one of his bonds-' iin'ii ami was the only one it appears from whom ui \ lining could be gainod. Miico Mi. S. ti. Maytleld has i ?<|n oKontud t ho hiiiUiu^ fund ooinmis sion in the hitfialatnro and while mauy thought tho ouho a forlorn one, Mr. Mhv il o 1 1 1 ban worked indefatigably until he lias broiiyhVlt to it successful conclusion. The ui&>o haa twine beeu before the Supreme A 'ourt and thd'Oom niianion i? very ^l^fd tliat it has utlait l oon settled. <' -J& V Co KdyrWit tonal Institute. The Month. Carolina Co-Kducatioual Institute w^J bo opijuud at Kd&'ensld, South Carolina, uudeVtho management of Mr, F N.gK. Hailey, formerly of Williston. Apout forty of Mr, lJailev's former pupilM/at Williston yvltji go with him to rM^ofJ'hl. Mr, Hailey will oo enpy at I'al^uold the new and haud hoiiio hott^ properly, which Iiiih boeu lciiBod to him by tlig owners on very:i liberal tonnii. Tho property mid the location hooiii to bo the very tyebt pOflsi blo for the purposes of a collet*... ? ???? Kiiniiera' Institute at Florouoe. Tho Florbuco County Farmers' insti tuto mot at tho court limine. There was a I a i |fo crowd present when tho mooting wan called to order by the Hon. J. E. I 'ot t i^rrdw, tho -president. The first lecture wan by f'rof. Charles M. Fur i:ihu. of CleuiHou Co11?ko. Prof., Fur nian described in a verv clever manner t ho umuotx, workings and methods of CloinWn College. 1'rof. F. 0. Hohiver, who ih a practical ebonmt, made at} ex ceedingly interesting talk ou commer cial fortilizors. ? -???- - - - " I Fourth ui Charleston. The Fourth of July wuh celebrated at Charleston with an on tbnmasi^'that bae not boeu equal I ud in half a century. Tho city wan full of excursionists from all over South Carolina and Ueorgia and their patriotism fairly hoiiod over wheuovor tho Huv or noldiers was seen. Tho shipping in tho harbor, including tho Spanish prizes Hita and Maria Do Ioioh, was profusely ?l?coratpd with hnuUut: aud many biiildiugu Wero gay ? Ct M* A Vul ii ii lil o lllntoi'lcal Work. Of exceeding intoreHt i?h a narative of colouiul Hettleuient aud valuable M an important historical work is the recently published "History of Bouth Carolina under the I'roprietury Gov ernment. lOlU 1 7 1 !i. " Tho author is I'M ward McCrudy, of the Charleston bar, vice-nr'efiidout of the Historical ?Society of ftouth Carolina. ?New Eng land Mngazino. -4?? The N'cw Masonic Hull. ilofuro many weeks Columbia will be ul>lo to boaat of one of lbs bandso'tiisst Masonic buildings in tho Houtb. The building >h to be of modern arohitec turo, three stories higb, aud wbtn completed will bo a great oruamont to Main street and a pride to the city.' ? - ? Colored Troops Wanted. \ recruiting ofllco baa been ettab lipbed in ( hurloaton to onlist tb? colored patriots who have been ? Spiling" to shod blood in freedom's caufe. \ ? ?? * An A lile Address. At tho recent commencement of the < 'hurlortton Higo Hcbool au address wm delivered bv Prof, Harrison Randolph, president of the Col I ego of Charleston, upon the subject, "The Higher Educa tion, its Aims and Purposes." It was a very ablu argument for ad vanoed tsach i?g. Charleston Wants Thcin. f Thy qnestiou. of tryiug to got ths Southern Confederate veterans to hold their rounioii in 1 8!?0 in Charleston is boing agitated by members of tha local lodge, . - -*??- ? . Oil' lor I'helr Annual C'rulfr.'*' Tho yachts Katrinka and the Titan ia of tho Carol lua Yacht Club, sst sail for North Kdisto, where the fleet will go on its annual oruike. The Orangeburg Hessrves, Captain W. W. Wannamaker, expect^ to battia lirst company mustered in undsr tkis second call. pp?rt?nbwr?*a Campaign. Spartanburg's campaign open* a ?o ota! and political picnic at 1 Springs.*-- . A Sudden > Mr. rord^Cox, a ^ w wa^l^^ T?n? Fowrtk'Vt ColmkM. ' - The Fourth plJnly I ??t hilarious* But All ant' BMsin? atfoi