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I The Blockade Begun. # Sance's Fleet Guarding En trance to Charleston. * Charleston, Feb. 9.-This morning a gig came ashore from the United States" cruiser Marblehead, which is lying a few hundred feet off the south? ern warf The gig was in charge of R'-Past Assistant Surgeon A. R Weot wm worth of the cruiser, and it carried the H|. seamen who were injured on the ship during the passage down the coast Ambulances conveyed the wouoded men to the marine hospital of the city. The injured sailors were: John D. Ryan, blacksmith, right knee badly injured; John J. Hickey, plumber, scalp wound aod Dose injured ; Andrew, seaman, ouse fractured and severe wound in the head; H. C. Osborne, shipwright, ?small bone io the right leg broken ; Fred C. Potter, carpenter's mate, ankled sprained ; Herbert Lamar, a fireman B belonging to the transport Fern, is also io the hospital suffering from a wound in the leg. AH the injured men were ?-given the best medical attention aud ?placed in comfortable quarters They are doing well and will probably be able to rejoin their ships before the blockade is over. AH the vessels are busy gettiog to rights aod it is oot probable that aoy r attempt at manoenvreing will be made ??fi before to-morrrw or later. WHERE THE SHIPS ARK ANCHORED. All efforts made by oewspaper cor respondents to board the warship off Charleston bar to-day were futile The Fern came up to the city fer mail and provisions and the Marblebead was lying off the battery, but the other ships were strung out to sea beyond the N jetties for a distance of eight mites; the cruiser Columbia, which is farthest oat,* ia from 16 to 18 miles from the city. Early this morn? ing some signaling was done from the fiigship New York and in consequence the ships began to move from the north to the south of the harbor. The bat? tleship Maine anchored a little to the sooth of the lightship, which stands just six miles out, from Fort Sumter Tba Fern lies behind the Maine, the New York is half a mile further south. Half way across the malo ohannel is the monitor AmP?itrite and beyond her and oat to sea is the Colombia. It is .apposed here that the ships have taken those stations with a view to effectually guarding the sooth entrance to the har? bor and that futore arrivals, the lodi ana aod Massachusetts, for instance, will be placed to the north. The Dol? phin was nowhere io evidence to-day, and it is believed th?t she has sailed south, possibly to relieve the Newark at the mooth of the St. John's river Toe battleships Iodiana and M*ssa coasetts are expected to arrive off the bar tomorrow morning It is known 'that the Vesuvius bas been ordered away from League Island and as she is to be the blockade runner, it u thoaght that she will come down the coast under her own orders, after all the big ships are in position aod try to roo toto the harbor undetected This is supposition, but it is at least proba bile. Every effort has been made by press representatives to get some detailed statement of the injuries done the ships daring, the storm, bat it has been of no avail. The Marblebead, Wfeen up to the oity, gav- little pvidenee of injury ; her superstructure was battered some? what, bat as one stood upon ber deck, she looked little the worse for wear At a meeting of the oity council of Charleston held tonight an invitation was extended to the governor of South Carolior and the general assembly to visit the city OD the 18tb, when Secre tary Herbert aod Admiral Bunce aod the offiaers of the fleet are to bo enter tai oed" by the citizens ard commercial bodies. A special trau is t.i^ed at the disposal of the governor hy the Sooth Carolina and Georgia railroad This will be utilized io bringing the visitors to Charleston from Columbia. Oa Thursday, the eighteenth, a public dinner will be given by the chamber of commerce and among the guests will be Secretary Herbert of th? navy, Admiral Bunce and other distinguished guests. A public recep tioB will be held by Mayor Smyth and at night a ball will be given the visit? ors. Ali About the Blockading Fleet. An Accident on The Maine Searchlights Brighten the Sea-Plan of Enter? tainment, CHARLESTON, Feb. 10.-A serious accident occurred on board thc bat tleship Maine yesterday but it was kept quiet until to-day. This was rendered possible by the fact that the ships are some 16 miles away from the city and out at sea. While a crew consisting; of First Sergeant Wagner and Privates Zenman and Hardin were loading a 1-pound gun of the Maine's secondary battery with a cartridge ?be cartridge ex? ploded, injuring First Sergeant Wag? ner on the right hand, tearing the flesh from the bones. Part of the shell struck Hardin in the leg and has not yet been extracted. The men are painfully rather than serious? ly hort. Zenman was injured about the face It is, of coarse, impossible to ob tain definite information regarding Admiral Buneep plans, but it is gen erally believed here to day that the dispatch brat Dolphin is now en? gaged in an attempt to run into Charleston harbor undetected by the fleet. Tbe Dolphin sailed southward Monday evening, and it is said that Lieutenant Commander Clover, who j is in charge of her, was instructed j by the admiral to make the attempt to run the blockade. The search lights of the squadron were kept flashing across the sea until late last night, but the Dolphin did not put in an appearance The ships held their positions of yesterday all day, the men on the various vessels engaging for several hours in exercising their secondary batteries Towards nighfall signals were hoisted by the flagship, and in re sponse to them the Araphitrite, Marblehead and Columbia moved further out to sea and to the south ward. The stretch of water covered by the battleships is thus extended for a distance of more than 10 miles. From the steeple of St Michael's church to-night the flash lights of the .warships may be observed as they cast great paths of light up and down the coast and out to sea. lt is sup? posed that the fleet is engaged in an effort to detect the Dolphin. Neither the Indiana nor the Mas sacba8ett8 joined the fleet to-day, though it is said both vessels are ex? pected to coal at Port Royal to mor? row. The Newark, which has been engaged on police duty at the mouth of the St John's river for some days, is now coaling at the same place. This has given rise to the rumor that the Newark will join the fleet off Charleston to morrow Mayor Smyth and a committee of reception and entertainment visited Admiral Bunce on the flagship New York at noon to day and extended the privileges of the city to the fleet. The admiral, his staff, and the senior fleet officers were invited to attend a banquet of the chamber of commerce to morrow to meet Secretary Her? bert ; also to attend a reception to Secretary Herbert on that day and a ball on the 19th instant Admiral Bunce expressed his gratification at the attentions shown, and said he would endeavor to accept the invita tion. All the ships in the locality that can enter the harbor will do so be fore the secretary's arrival, and it will be made convenient for the offi cers to accept the hospitalities ten dered. The admiral would not say much of the details of the blockade, bat said he anticipated a most in? structive and valuable season here. TARS AT THE GUNS. Practicing With Secondary Batteries Off Charleston. THE BLOCKADE FLKBT. Charleston. Feb H.-The flood gates of heaven were opened upon Admiral Bunce's fleet and since early this morning the crews of all the warships have b-en making gallant but only partially successful attempts to secure their batteries in a down pour of rain The storm was fortu nately accompanied by comparative? ly little win*!, but the rain came down in sheets, flooding every unpro? tected spot on shipboard The guns have kept going bravely, however The manoeuvres last night consisted in searchlight work until 8 30 o'clock, coupled with considerable gun practice. Daring the early night the Maine launched a torpedo very successfully After 9 o'clock the battleships returned to their po? sition which they occupied Tuesday and watches for the night were set, while everything was on ike alert looking for a possible blockade run? ner, lt was known beyond question that the Vesuvius, who is to perform that service, had not arrived off the Carolina coast To night it may be different The Vesuvius is undoubt? edly to make an attempt to enter the harbor and the longer the effort is postponed, the more vigilant become the blockading ships. Nothing of much consequence has been done on or by the fleet during the day. About noon the Amphi trite came up to the city and anchored off the custom house pier, where she still lies An officer from the New York came up to town yesterday and made contracts for coal lor all the I fleet and the Amphitrite wilt be the . first one to have her bunker's filled, j The New York, Maine and M ar bl e ! head lay within a cable's length of ! one another to day until nearly dark, j and then they resumed their position I of last night. During the day they placed targets for exercise with their secondary batteries and they wiil ? practice with these to night willi the j aid of their searchlights This same j work was done la3t night, and it is ! paid that during the practice then a j seaman on the Maine was injured, ! but the name is not given and the re? port is not fully substantiated There is no longer a doub' that the fleet is now actually engaged in its blockade work. The Vesuvius is looked for hourly and from unofficial sources on shipboard it is learned that the Dolphin may return to Charleston from Jacksonville as a blockader, lather the Indiana nor Massachu setts had joined the fleet late this afternoon, though both are due here. Captain Chester of the Newark ar? rived in the city with his family dur? ing the day and it is supposed that hie ship that has been coaling at Port Royal will join him to-morrow. PURITAN AND TERROR COMING. Washington. Feb ll.-Two more vessels are ordered to join Admiral Bunce's squadron off Charleston, the armored coast defense ship Puritan, which is ready to sail st once and the Terror, which will follow in a few days. Triumph of the Short Skirt. The wet weather recently, and the habit, of a number of our young wo? men of wearing their bicycle puits when shopping, have furnished an object lessoo to the observing that must have ita weight io creating cus? tom, or if the ladies prefer the word, the fashion. On Broad street we noticed a lady clad in the orthodox length- and num? ber of skirts which she bad gathered up in ber left hand at some point io the back and swished around to her left side. *The bottom edge of her shirt, which nominally would have swept the pavement ia the rear, but. which were now exposed yo view on her left side, were wet and muddy. In her right hand she carried an um? brella, and as she passed along with her weight of skirts elevated in ber left hand, cu'ious persons would glance down on ber left side to deter? mine the blight of the elevation. Walkin along just in froot of her was a young woman elad in a jaunty bicycle suit Her shoes extended into leggings, and her skirt clear of of the ground, all round, reached to the point of the ordinary shoe top. Her um? brella wa? gracefully carried io her left hand, while her right was free, atd neatly shod and snugly and sensibly clad, she passed on undisturbed by the weather The contrast between the two, though they were from the same social station, was conspicuous and con? vincing The triumph of the short j skirt w; 8 complete. The young worn; n io the bicycle -;irt looked as much bet- i ter than ber neighbor as does the bare? headed girl than the young woman with the theatre hat -Augusta Chrooicle. Tillman Confesses. His Bill is to Force Monopoly Liquor on his People. Washington, Feb. 10.-Befere the senate left its chamber to-day to par? ticipate with the house of representa? tives ii: the solemn formality of count? ing the electoral votes for President ot the United States, the only mat? ter which came up for consideration was Mr Tillman's bill "amplifying and classifying" the existing law as to the right of State authorities to neize any intoxicating liquors brought into the State. Mr. Tillman explained that its purpose was to give to every State and territory the right to coutrol the liquor trafiBc within its own borders in its own way without interference from the Federal judiciary or any out side source It was, he said, to am? plify and classify existing* law. Mr. Sewall (Rep.) of New Jersey characterized the bill a9 an interfer? ence with interstate commerce. Mr. Mills (Dem ) of Texas also opposed it on the same grounds He regard? ed it as a very dangerous etep back? wards in the policy of the govern? ment, and one which might as viii be applied hereafter to woolen goc ds. iron and steel as now to liquor Mr. Nest (Dem.) of Missouri said that he alBo would be compelled to vote against the bill as going a step in advance of any legislation ever had in this county in restriction of the right of congress to regulate com? merce among the States The effect of the impending bill, he said, was to confine every resident of the State of South Carolina to the use of liquor difitilled in that State and so to create a monopoly .'I confess that," said Mr. Till? man "Then that is a principle which I shall not endorse," Mr Vest ex? claimed The Vice President interrupted the discussion at 10 minutes before 1 o'clock and directed the sergeant-at arm8 to proceed to execute the order of the senate relative to the joint ses? sion of the senate and house of rep presentative8 for the purpose of opening and counting the votes of electors for President and Vice Presi? dent of the United States. L-'xiogton, Va., Feb. ll -The board of trustees of the Washington and L'e university at a called meeting ht-id hero to day unanimously elected Postmaster General William L Wilson president of that institution. He will formally assume thc duties of the posi? tion at the opening of thc next session in September. He had been selected at a previous mooring and the present meeting was to ra ti fy his acceptance. His selection is hailed with delight by all here --^r^> ->..>. - Lamp shades when nr;isticai!v made efl crepe tissue arc thirds of beauty. If you want to make shades to beautify vour horner, i-i. G. Osteen ? Co. can supply the materials. A large stock of crepe tissue in ten foot rolls ust received. THE STEEL POOL SMASH. PHILADELPHIA, Feb lt) -The dis solution of the steel r*il pool was the dominant theme of discusssion in the iron and steel trade to day. Luther S. Bent, chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Steel company, said this afternoon that the first re suit o? the break in prices had been to abnormally increase business, and that orders for nerly 20,000 tons of steel rails at the $20 rate had been received by eastern companies since Friday last, the contracts being di vided between the Peensylvania Steel company and the Lackawana, Cambria and Bethlehem companies. The contracts, Mr. Bent believed, would not have been executed be fore June cr July if the cut had not taken place Asked whether he thought the cut would extend beyond the 32O basis. Mr. Bent said : "That is a question that will largely depend upon the attitude assumed to day by the illinois Steel company. If it fails to adjust matters it will not sur? prise me if rates further declined " --.?..-?MM Alleged Lynching In Saluda. AUGUSTA, GA , Feb 10 -A special to the Chronicle from Saluda, S. C , says the first outrage committed io that couoty took place Sunday afternoon about five miles from town The negro was captured, but be bas never reached the jail, and these who are sup? posed to know most are saying noth? ing Saluda is one of the new counties .recently organized. Nearly 34 Miles an Hour. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -Torpedo boat No. 6 surpassed all speed records io the Aaiericau navy to day on her official trial uear Newport. Commo? dore Dewey, chairman of 'he trial board, telegraphed the navy depart? ment as follows : "Made satisfactory speed trial Five runs over 12 mile course gave average approximate speed 28 3-4"knots " Cinco Cigars are made by a firm with 47 years' experience and a reputation for first class good-? only. Soid in Sumter exclusive y by H. G. ?steen & Co Something to Depend on Mr. Jame? .'ones, of the drug finn of Jones ? 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