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T11K PROCLAMATION ISSl'RI).
(iovernor Culls For Sixteen Co;nrL'
panics ot Intantry Ami One
Ilattory of lloavy Artillery.
From Uiiilv H"mir.l.
At 1:50 o'clock this afternoon
at hie oflice in the presence of
a number of military men (J overr
nor Ellorbe signed a proclamation
calling for one battery of heavy
artillery from the fourth brigade,
nilie companies of infantry from
the second brigade, one cnmjjany
of infantry from tlio first brigade
and three companies each from
tho third and fifth regiments.
It was stated that the gov* rr.or
would appoint the colonel at the
recommendation oi tho companies
thus selected, but when rjoostioned
abont this repert.ho m
.L most emphatically that ! .1
fdo no such tiling; v
a vital matter and itc.r in \?? . M
. maUo the appointment iiiru ic t;.
'i'he governor v. ill app !?h. t'.ie
colonel's si a flu but v, ill leav* tup
selection of the capt.ii n kikI the
I- !u utenants to the :
? Who the colonel or his 1
will be is cltogeMuu* prob'-tm-t".
ical. (tov'-rnor 1*3! 1 - r.l? '11 t
no appointment until t Ii-l
li.ivo been mnbulizod, ami ho'will
begin from 11jt* ground up.
'1'Ik< point oi mobilization has not
been determined upon. lr f* null
rriti-o 11> >wever, i h it iue ^over4*^
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W eorresptftpl.ng with \V -u
on t!f matter. The troops w*''i
* u.iiif ?'> Columbia iut-.s
-y i -t : b ' potion here.
j-oll >v> in.: C ? copy of tn? p jo
Jatnatioo issued this inorni;"fr:
Columbia, S;<\, April, i'V ! '.
f v in obedience to the proclamation
ot Ibu i'resident ol' the
l uiied States for volunti -rs )Ti
lb a service in the \ niton '
and liic Secretary of War nnving
fixed too quota of South Carolina
at ono regiment and one bat'iiion
of infantry and nr.o battery of
heavy artillery, and direct (1 that
the present state militia'shall be
used as far as possible, now,
therefore, I, W. II. Ellerbe, Governor
and CommamJer-in-Chief
of tlie state militia, ?!>ri hereby call
upon tho following comniaivds to
furnish their respective quotas ahereinafter
designato'd : .
General Edward ^nderson, eo're
k manding tho fourth brigade,' one
? battery of heavy artillery. }
^ Gen. II. N. lijehbourg, comi
tnanding tho second brigade, niije
f companies of infantry, tliren from
J* each of his regiments, to wit:
First regiment,. Col. lv. M. (fluffy,
three companies: second regiment,
Col, Wyhe Jones, three
companies; fourth regiment, Col.
Col. L"). A^-Ai;Id',.three eompanie-.
General Joapfdf* I.. Stoppelbein,
commanding brigade of
calvary, one. company of infantry.
Col. J G. Wa^dlnw, commanding
tliird regiment >!' infantry,
three companies. - *
?<;o). .). ('. Ho v d, i imantling
fifth ^efcwhont ol id...i.ry, 1111; e
compamus. . t
A company of infantry shall
' consist. of not less than oi^htyfonr
non-commissioned >..fleers.
Company commanders will report
direct to their rcspe?ti\o
regimental commanders, except
fthe company from the fir-thug,
adeof calvary, who will report
^direct to General ^topp>elbeiu.
W.H.Ellp^
) Governor.
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LAX CAST I
HELD FOR MURDER.
Vi ANTED TO YOLl'NTKKIi TO
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j Subpart, Thought <o be ?he Slayer
ol" Balk at Chester Landed
llaro by H. 15. Howie.
One of the prospective young;
| Zou: ivcs of this city is in more
I soi'ions trouble than lie anticipated
from going to wait ' Ho was
before Magistrate Smith yesterday
} afternoon on a charge of murder
j :uul is now languishing in the
! Richland county jail awaiting an
interview with t Iio sltcrill'of Chester
county
The nam- of the young -pec!
I., Mipposed to lie Nathan UJ>- ;
church, who is wanted in Chester
| county lor the child,lag to death j
?t it :-v i t I?"1 !c, which oceuredj
liiv IStii of last month. Tii > niur-;
der was the outcome of a -uum ?,
I between the two rit a opt ton mill
in Che.-'.or coipity wkero both.
were enipoj'ed as operatives. I'p
, church imuu .>aie!\ escaped-and
Hoik lineer-M two (lavs and di -d
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I from the result of wounds received [
ion the body and head. Thetlccd.
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: ;p to haw- been done with!
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dim y provocation and that I'p-j
ohiucii-j.-- aim itccrtam to receive i
a conviction i 111 o::h ivi unmen-j
<! a t/.ti fr n I..'. . >
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N't iiv'ii tiit) Stir]? f t W',1'1 brolly lit
> bolero iho mug:-irate he was i
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visiibiv nervous ami rippo; \ to j
j I > rut Iter slow- wit { t. * \ f !r ;
' sallow eotnp'e :? ?>*. -?::?l is-a ly pieal
cplton mill operative. Thy dis-,
{ingwishin'g marl. he bears is a.
Ibooked left eyo. Tie denies being
the man wanted ami says liej
j knows nol.him. of the clubbing.
| lie says he came here a lew days j
ago from Spartanburg to enlist j
j with the Zouaves to go lo Cuba, |
j but was tohl when he attended aj
| meeting of the company and sig- j
'nilied his willingness to go, toj
wait a day or so until arrangements
could bo completed.
The arrest was made Tuesday
night by ex-Dispensary Constable
! II. 11. Howie who has been looking
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joui tor l pcnurcn sever:*.J (lavs.
Mr. Howie was expecting l*p
church to beat his way to Columbia
awl Omd been watching the'
box cars at the Union sheil sev-1
oral days. Tuesday nij;ht, after
in lenprthy searcli anions the'
I "erupt ieV' with a lantern,ho found
j his man crouched in a closed j
freight ear and drv.rrred him forth'
' an 1 locked,him up.
Mr. Howie telegraphed a <lc
senption to the t herder shcrifl'
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;ii! i i iciiru : if| .v ii: n ii :U1U".
. (lie niaii wanted. The sh riiV i-;
t'\pocU*.I to arrive a r In- man;
!his nltprnoon.
. atb or Oil In, CITY OK Tor.nO . Lri'A#
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K ii a Kit J. Oiikkrv makm oniH thai b? Is ttoo I
i ntor i>:iriii< r of t llrm ol r' .1 Ciikmcy & |
I t'n , doUlif )? . less in I lie I i; of Toliilo, ( olltl- !
i iy ii ii * I tstate ttfo i i. '.:i! I i ;iriii will
l>.iv iho mini oi ON'K lll'NI>)?KI> IMH.I.AKS
i for ewMl lilld nv<- V ease Of C'ATAKKII that Callnot
bo curiiit liy IIAM/s C'ATAIIHtl Cl.'lii:
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! Sworn fo bpforo mo niul miiiflcrtbcd in my
| prt *i noo, IIiIm tiiti iluy of December, A. I> I |
J JI..T ' a. w. ?rat a son,
I .J j Notary Public.
illull's Catarrh Cure i* taken Internally, and j
ni t < directly oil tin- b oon .mil iimcotiH sur'.n'c.s
of tin: nyiilem. Snnd for toMtlmonluln. free
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Sold bv DrUffKlstH, 7.->c.
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with drowsiness yet cannot sleep. H
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as at night. You have no nerve 9
power. Your food docs you but 3
little good. tq
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powders, cannot cure you; but rg
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B Recovery*
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NOUK WAi! NEWS.
Spanish Meet N earing tlio
\ merican roast.?Iiist of
(touts Cap/urod to
Dato.
Washington. 1). 0., April 27.?:
The administration is positively ,
iniormed that the Spanish squad- j
ron is near America.
A war council i> discussing the
..r a: . >'
.m.inuilllHY HI UI>J?;tirIII 11JJJ l^CIUOV
aetainst this licet and calling two
cruisers iroin Sampson to protect
tho coast.
IN TI1K KAST.
Madrid, April 27.?'.' he government
was officially informed that
its llect sailed today to meet the i
United States Asiatic squadron.'
An onm^cinent oil'tho Philippine
isiands is expected at any j
moment.
I'-H-K K-\V ! !
Havana, April 27.?Three
Spanish ships, ono a transport
with , hrec millions of Spanish.
til
! '"< sij''ci o*U"i im running
tno l.'or . ido.
: uk I'Kizi:.
Kcv \\ <*st, April-7.?The prize
court mot In lay.
Tlif Detroit loivetl in a prize this ,
afternoon with $!?0,()h<) of Spanish '
gold aboard. J
I.kk's ai'i'oi^ :MKNT.
Washington, I). C., April 27.? J
Kitzlmgh boo is to bo made a Ma-!
jor (lenernl. .Miles is in conference t
with the Cuban lenders planning
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APRIL 30,
fho invasion of Cuba.
Key West, April 27.?banc
fort of Mntanzas tired on American
torpedo boat destroyer three
I times, all the shots going wild.
The ships of Sampson's lleet
frequently slip into the' Cuban |
port.
COAL OAP'IVKEI).
Washington, 1). C., April 27.?
The government is informed that
an American steamer and 1,040
Ions ot coal were captured by the
Spanish in the Pacific near Manila.
ONLY A UK PORT. I
London, April 27.?It is reported
from Madrid that the Spanish
fleet. has been at .sea for some '
davs and the news of the bombardment
of America coast towns
?s expected at the Spanish capital
before long* It is confidently
looked for.
This fleet left Cadiz severaldays
ago and the world apparent- i
ly lost sight, of the ships from the ;
very day they sailed. I
Key West, April L'7.?The cap.
iuro of be Spanisli auxiliary I
cruiser Panama, by the lighthouse
tender Mangrove was the nerviej,
and most thrilling event of fh<
war.
The P mama is a steel shin v.
two fourteen pounders and a
crew of 72 men. Though an aux- 1
iliary cruiser or the Spanish navy,
she offered riot the slightest .
sirytence after the lit tie Mangrove
.? A- I A.1 Al.-V. 1 '
hi 1**1 ut iii?r inrtura vinio :t:ni oj
t'> command t'i" 'Si i L-' '
f II
to surrender on a threat ot scnd-j
inpa. ball through her side. . !
Wh n th" IManprove, with the'
L?ip prize, ciitn - uf *.o the Iuditfnaj
the crow of the 1 ?.i11 *v hip cheer-1:
ed for an hour, and in the shi^
of the licet last th > ureal- 1
est enthusiasm prevailed/ <
Thirty miles out.from Iv. v West '
yesterday I passed the irunbont <
Newport with two Spanish prizes J
in tow, one, the ['ironed, a large j
coasting schooner, and the otiier, ;
the l'eutieor a sloop.
PUIZ11S CAPTUKKI).
The following is a list of boats
captured from the Spanish: ;
Steamer, Buena Ventura, l
value |300,000
Steamer, Pedro, 160,000 1
.Schooner, Mathilde, 15,000
Steamer, Miguel .lover, 000,000
Steamer, Catalina, 835,000 <
Steamer, saturn ina, 125,000
Schooner, Candida, , 7,000 1
Schooner, Solia,.. 12,000 (
Auxiliary Cruiser Panama, . 500,OoO
Schooner, Pirenes, 25,000
Sloop, I'quete, 20,0e0
Total, to date, April 27 $2,880,000 '
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"A word to the wise is sulheient"
and a word from the wise
should he sufficient, but yoti ask
who are the the v- i ? Those who 1
know. T > oft repented expori- 1
encoot truat-worthv persons mayr
ho taken for uowh-d x Mr. W.ji
M. Terry says Chamberlain's! j
Oobgh R itnedj gives better satis* h
faction than any other in the V
market. He lias he n i.> the drug
busings at Klkton, . Kv., for
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i>nim yi'iii > , il-is I IiillUlICil." ,
of* bottles of tlii= remodv "find j1
nearly all other < ni^li medicines |
manufactured, which shows con-]
eltisivcly that (' imberlnin's is i
the most satisfactory to the y?- o-:
pie, and is the best. For sale by !
I. F. Markov & Co.. and B. C|
1 lough & Co. I
It is .a jjreat leap from the old fash- i
ioued doses of hlue-uias< and nauseous '
physios to the pleasant little pills
known as DeWitt's Little Karly Risers,
They cure constipation, sirk headache
and biliousness. Crawford llros.
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NO, 7.
CASTOR 3 A.
For Infants and Children.
The Kind Ycu Have Always Bought
Signature of
mmm foists
BOMBARDED.
NEW YORK, PURITAN AND ,
CINCINNATI ENGAGED.
GREAT DAMAGE WROUGHT
TO SPANISH FORTIFICATIONS. <
hplondid iWnrkmanship of A merican
Gunners Exhibited, Shells,
Vlowing Through-1 ho Works.
On hoard 'he Flagship New
York, off Mantanzus, Aj : :1 *27. 2
[). i i.? lii* X< York,* Puritan
ind Cii.eii.ndi'i bombarded the
forts .a .li.: iniatii of ^Iranlaozr.s
harbor this altornoon. There."
w^re no casualties on out* side,
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1 hi i ii is believed I hat''he hail of
iron which poured in the forts
mi <1 .have caused loss of life to
tlaySpaniards, though nothing is
kn i\vti definitely. The off jrn genu
i*.< "need at 12:57 and
(! at 1:1". The oliieet. of the
:tacl: w:t* 1 prevent the com- ?
/icti n (ft r: .vthworks ;t Punla
Gorda. A'battery on the east- ?
w : ' arm of the bay opened fire
a The I ig hie, and this was also
Jiclled. About 12 8-inch shellsw?
re fired fr :n the easU*rn forts,
all fell -her'. About five or
six shells were fired from the halflnnleted
battorv. Two of these
whizzed over t! - N >\v York and'
n.o foil hort. -The ships left tlio
!?ay .'"or tho open the object
)f discovering t!ie^wheroabouts of
he batteries having been accompli:-hod.
In the neighborhood of
.100 shots v. > re put on land from
he three ships at^a range ohlroin
1,000 to 7,000 yards.'" /
Hear Admiral Sampson, when
ished if he was satisfied with the
result said: "Yes, I am. I expected
to ho."
The half completed Spanish
jarthworks and hatlorv w< re an
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[Kirently all plowed up lv tho
shells.
All the ships engaged showed
weellenl marksmanship throughout
the engagement, and when
they were firing at the shortest
rang?4, nearly every shell took
ifteet.
The forts which were bombarded
were on a low lying point and
wore eonsid wed merely earth- d
works. They <lid not make a good % *
lar ef,yet when the 1 '"re |
[ind at short range. , Jjy ..f m
tin forts could lie see' .mr ii\
the air at every shot. 0
The flagship retained to Hainan.
the Puritan infl Cincinnati
were loft on M mtanzas station.
Will he Neutral.
Most of the powers have issued *
neutrality proclamalions, including
Ilnssia, < Jreat l'ritian, Franco ^
and Italy.
Germany and Austria have no<^
yet done so, bjit t hey are expected
lo do' so at. distant day, notwithstanding
Austria's sympathy
for Spairi.
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