The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 08, 1898, Image 1
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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. "
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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 ??
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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. <'
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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*...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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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