The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 11, 1898, Image 6
tails of the Magoifi
cerrt Victory in the
Philippines.
THE SPANISH FOUGHT
WITH DESPERATE
BRAVERY.
Owing to the fact that the cable
between Hong Kong and the Philip?
pine Islande was not in working order,
having been cut, it is said, some dis
tance from the capital of tbe islands,
there baa been delay in obtaining a
detailed accourt of the battle, and
P the facts in the case were only avail
V abie when the United States gunboat
Hugh McCullough arrived at Hong
3 Hong
Dommodore Dewey's orders were
; to capture or destroy the Spanish
Heel, and never were inst ructions, ex
eeuted in so complete a fashion. At
I the end of seven hours there wa3 ab
{ so?ntely nothing left the Spanish fleet
. .feet a few relics.
The American commander had
$1 most skillfully arranged every detail
* of the action, and even the apparent?
ly most insignificant features were
carried ont with perfect punctuality
eudrailroad time table order.
At the end of the action Commo
I dore Dewey anchored his fleet in the
bay before Manila, and sent a mes?
sage to Governor General August i
announcing the inauguration of the
blockade, and adding that if a shot
? was fired against bis ships be would
. -destroy every battery about Manila
The position occupied by the
Spaniards, the support which their
/ ships received from tbe land bat?
teries, and the big guns they had
ashore gave them an enormous ad?
vantage. Therefore, when it is con
J sidered that the Spaniards lost over
< 690-men in killed and wounded, that
all their Retape, amounting to about
14, were destroyed,. and that their
- naval arsenal at Cavite was also de
strayed, with ita defenses, it will be?
come apparent that the victory of the
American commodore is one of the
most4omp?ete and wonderful achieve
meats in the history of naval war?
fare. V
Not a mau on board the American
fleet was kilted, not ? ship was dam?
aged to aoy extent, add only six men
were injured slightly on board the
Baltimore.
This great achievement ia quite as
much due to the generalship of Com?
modore Dewey as to the fact that the
American gunners, ships and guns
are superior to anything in the same
tine afloat anywhere. Credit must
also be given to the fullest extent to
the officers under Commodore Dewey
for, to a man. they seconded their
gallant commander in every way pos
sf ble and thus helped him earn the
laurels which are so justly his
When the squadron left Hong Kong
it touched first at a point in the Philip
pines near Bolino, as Commodore
Dewey wished the insurgents' agents
to disembark there, ascertain the
Strength and disposition of the insur?
gent forces, arrange to prevent need
: jess bloodshed and inform the insur
gents of his intention to change the
govermeut of the Philippine islands,
the commodore strongly objecting to
* giving the rebel? a chance to commit
excesses. The insurgent leaders, how?
ever, refused to disembark under any
consideration, and the American ships
coasted in search of the Spanish
but failed to find them Commodore
Dewey arrived at Su big bay, about
SO miles north of Manila . bay, on
Saturday. April 30. and sent the Bal?
timore and Concord to reconnoiter the
enemy. They found Spanish ships
at the entrance of the bay, and so
tbe commodore decided to to risk the
mines and proceed that same night
after dark into the bay of Manila,
which be did
T?e American fleet entered Manila
bay on Saturday night with the
greatest of ease. The Spaniards had
not established a patrol and there
were no searchlights at the entrance
of the bay. In fact, the American
ships would probably have passed
inside the bay without any challenge
had it not been that some sparks
flew up ftom the McCclloch's funnel.
Thereupon a few shots were exchang?
ed with the batteries on Corregidor
island, but the fleet did not slow
down and soon took op a position
Bear Cavite, awaiting dawn in order
to commence hostilities
The early hours of the morning re?
vealed the opposing ships to each
other, the Spanish flagship opening
fire. Her action. was followed by
some of the larger Spanish warships,
and then the Cavite forts opened np
and the smaller Spanish % vessels
brought their guns into play
The American squadron, which had
been led into the bay and throngh
the channel by the flagship Olympia,
did not reply, though the shells of
the Spaniards began to strike the wa?
ter around them. The ships moved
majestically coward. When nearing
Baker bay, a sudden upheaval oil
water a snort distance ahead of the
Olympia showed that the Spaniards
had exploded a mine or a torpedo
This was followed by a second and
similar explosion They wero both
utterly unsuccessful.
The American fleet was then draw
ing nearer and nearer to the Span?
iards, whose gunnery was very poor,
tbe shots from tbe Cavite batteries
and from the Spanish ships being
equally badly aimed, either failing
6hort or going wide of the mark.
When the American fleet entered
the bay, coming through the south
ern channel between Caballo and
Prile islets, the following was the
order : The flagship Olympia, Balti?
more, Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Pet?
rel and McCullough. wi,th the two
store ships, the Nanshan and Zaflro,
briuging up the rear, and in that
order they swept grandly before the
city and faced the enemy in column
line.
Though the Spaniards had opened
fire at 6,000 yards, the Americans re
served their fire until within 4,000
yards of the enemy, when the real
battle began.
The Rema Cristina, Castilla, Don
Antonio de Ulloa, Isla de Coba, Isla
de Luzon and the Mindanao were in
line of battle outside of Cavite at
that time, with four gunboats and the
torpedo boats inside the harbor.
The American ships then passed
backward and forwarded six times across
the front of the Spaniards; pouring io
apoo the latter a perfect hail. cf shot
and ^hell Every American shot
seemed to tell, while almost every
Spaoish shot missed the mark After
having thus seattered death aod de?
moralization among the Spanish fleet
and the Spaoish batteries, the Ameri?
can fleet retired for breakfast, aod in
oideotally a council of war was held on
board the Olympia.
By this time the Spanish ships were
in a desperate condition The flagship
Reina Cristina was riddled with shot
and shell, ooe of ber steam pipes bad
burst and she was believed to be on
fire. The Castilla was certainly on
Are. They were eventually burned to
the water's edge.
The Doo Antonia de Ulloa made a
magnificent show of desperate bravery.
Wheo her comma G der found she was
so toro by the American shells that he
could not keep her afloat, he nailed her
colors to the mast, and she went down
with all bands fighting to the last.
Her bull was completely riddled and
ber opper deck had been swept clean
by the awful fire of the American goos,
but the Spaniards, though their vessel
was sinking beneath them, continued
working the guns on ber lower deck
until she sack.
During the engagement a Spanish
torpedo boat crept along the shore and
round the.ohing, in ao attempt to at?
tack tbe American store ships, but she
was promptly discovered, and was
driven ashore and shot to pieces.
The Miodanao had io the meanwhile
been run ashore to save her from sink
tog and the Spanish small craft had
sought shelter from the steel storm be
hind the breakwater.
The battle, whioh was started at
about 5:30 am., and adjourned at 8:30
a. m., was resumed about noon, wheo
Commodore Dewey started in to pot
the finishing touches of bise glorious
work. There was not much fight left
io the Spaniards by that time, and at 2
p. m the Petrel and Concord had shot
the Cavite batteries into silence, leav?
ing tbsm heaps of ruins and floating
the white flag
The Spanish gunboats were then
scuttled, the arsenal was on fire, aod
the explosion of a Spanish magazine
caused further mortality amoog the
defenders of Spain on shore.
On the water the burning, sunken or.
destroyed Spanish vessels could be
seen, while only the cruiser Baltimore
bad suffered in any way from ibo fire
of the enemy. A shot whioh struck
ber exploded some ammuoitioo near
ooe of her guns, and slightly iojured
naif a dozen of the crew.
Several shots passed dangerously
close to Commodore Dewey, but little
or no damage was done on board the
flagship.
On the other hand, about ooe hun?
dred and fifty men are said to have
been killed on board the Reina Cris
tina, which wae totally destroyed. Ad?
miral Montejo, the Spanish command?
er, traosferred hts flag to the Isla de
Coba when his ship oacght fire, but the
latter was destroyed also in due course
of time.
The Reina Christina lost ber captain,
a lieutenant, her chaplain and mid?
shipman by one shot, whioh struck her
bridge. About one hundred men were
killed aod sixty wounded on board the
Castilla Indeed, some estimates place
tbe number of Spanish wounded during
the engagement at over a thousaod
men
The Olympia was struck five times
ahont ber upper works, and a whale
boat of the Raleigh was smashed.
Although the Krupp guns os the
Esplaode of Manila were fired continu?
ously during the engagement, Comuso
dore Dewey did not reply to them, and
; the battery afterward hoisted a white
flag in token of surreodor.
The terms of the capitulation were
still unsettled wheo the McCullough
left Manila, and it was said Commodore
Dewey feared rioting upon the part of
the insurgents if he attempted a bom
bardment of the remaioiog fortifications
at Manila
The forts m at the entrance of the bay
were dismantled on Wednesday, after
they had capita lated.
It is said the American commodore
ordered the cable to Ue cat because
the Spaoiards refused to permit bita to
use it pending the?complete surrender
of the oity.
It is said that the Spanish ships ri id
not get under uteara uctiS after the
alarm was given It ie said also thur
the Spanish commander informed the
governor general that it was advisable
to surreoded io the interest of human?
icy, as it was impossible to resist sac
cessfslly, but that be and his men were
willing enough to fight and die.
Even wheo the Spaoish flagship was
shot half away, her commander, though
wounded, refused lo leave the bridge
uotil the ship was barning and sinking,
her stern shattered by a ehell and her
steam pipe burst.
As yet there ara no ^arther details of
the fighting. After it was over. Com?
modore Dewey sent an ultimatum to
the city battery ordering ic to cease
firiog or he would bombard.
The Petrel chased a gunboat up the
River Pasig, and the Spaoish captain
oame in a boat to negotiate conditions of
surrender. The American captain re?
plied : "Unconditional surrender or
fight."
To this the Spaniard answered:
"We are willing to fight Piease al?
low us to send for ammunition, because
our store is exbosted."
On a proposal to the existing author?
ities to continue, temporarily under the
American flag,' pending the termination
of the war, the Spaniards delayed their
decision and kept wiring to Madrid.
The Americans requested the privilege
of using the wire, and when this was
refused they cut the cable
The Esmeralda, from Hong Kong,
arrived right in the middle of the bat
tie. During the adjournment for
breakfast an American cruiser was de?
tached to meet ber, as it was believed
she might be a Spaniard. When it
was fouod that the new arrival was a
British, vessel she was warned to keep
away. \
The Esmeralda, therefore, moved up
the bay 10 or 15 miles.
There are still two or three Spanish
gunboats about the Philippines, but no
resistance from them is probable. One
recently captured an American bark
Rioting in the Provinces
Continues and Spreads.
At Linares Yesterday There
was a Serious Outbreak.
Madrid, May 9 -The political sit
nation here is unchanged. The con
sultation between the Queen Regent
and Senor Gamazo, the Liberal leader
as well as her Majesty's conference
with Senor Montero Rios, the presi
dent of the Senate has been without
result. Everybody appears loath to
assume toe responsibilities of assum?
ing office under the existing condi?
tion of affairs
Port Mahon, the capital of the isl
and of Minorca, (Balearic Islands) is
being prepared for possible attack
upon the part of a United States
Squadron. It is said that torpedoes
are being planted in all ports and the
artillery on the Mola has been pre?
pared for service.
There was serious rioting at Lin?
ares, twenty three miles from Jaen,
yesterday. The mob assembled in
front of the town hall and, fin?ing
the door locked, tore ont the win?
dows swarmed into the building and
threw everything into the streets.
The civil guards Intervened and a
desperate struggle followed in the
passages of the building. The riot?
ers were finally driven out by the
civil guards who frequently fired into
the mob. Some of the rioters pro?
cured guns and returned the fire
Later the mob made another at?
tack on the town hall and drove out
the civil guards The rioters were
well supplied with ammunition and
kept up a galling fire, while shouts
of "Down with the taxes" were rais?
ed on all sides.
After forcing an entrance into
the town hall the rioters
pillaged the butting Subsequently
they captured the residence of the
tax collector by assault. They de?
molished everything in sight, stole
2,100 pestas and a box of jewels and
attempted to set fire to the house
Revised figures show that 12 men
were killed and 50 wounded.
The bodies of the killed and
wounded persons were allowed to lie
in the streets, the fusilade from the
town ball being so incessant that it
was impossible to rescue the wound?
ed.
The last reports received from
Linares said the fighting was contin?
uing and that, profiting in the confu?
sion, merchants and other3 were in?
troducing quantities of goods into
the town without paying the duties.
Serious disorders have occurred at
Brones. near Seville, at which place
the village priests have been stoned
to death
The disorder in the Spanish prov ince
is increasing. Riots have now bro?
ken out at Cadiz and Alicante, and thc
troubles are expected to spread to
parts of the country which have hith?
erto been quiet
Martial law has been proclained iu
the provinces of Albacte and Jaso.
With the prospect of two interna?
tional wars, outside of Central Amer?
ica, engaging simultaneouely the at
tention of the Western hemisphere,
and one of these involving the United
States, argument on this side of the
world may be said to be booming
It is now reported that Chile de?
mands of Argentina an immediate de?
cision, either for peace or war, upon
the boundary dispute For the
sake of her prestige iii South Amen"
can affairs, Argentina is likely to
make it war. Fortunately however,
these two nations will settle their
quarrel at a point so distant that
there is no danger of their fleets get?
ting mixed up with the little scrim
mage that is scheduled to take place
off Porto Rico.
TO REINFORCE DEWEY
State Troops and Regulars
i From "Tbe Slope."
Washington, May 7 -The details
for the proposed expedition to the Phil?
ippines under thc direction of th-; war
department have been advanced mate?
rially as a result of conference? held to?
day between Secretary Alger, Gen.
Miles and other officers of the army.
The expedition, which will carry in all
aboat 5,000 meo, wili start from Sau
Francisco as soon as arrangements can
be perfected. It is not yet finally de?
termined whether all the troops will go
at ODoe, although this is not thought to
be likely, nor bas the exact composi?
tion been fully decided upon
The statement was made this after?
noon that in addition to the regular sol?
diers the quotas of the national guard
from the States of California, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington will in ali
probablity be detailed to go, and an
order for their rendezvous at San Fran
cisco is expected very soon. Senator
Shoup's oompany of riflemen, which
was to join one of the three specially
authorized regiments of mounted men,
is mentioned as likely to be sent As
for the regular army7 troops there are
two regimens of cavalry, four compa
nies of the Fourteenth infantry and a
regiment of artillery readily accessible
to San Francisco The four companies
of infantry were stationed at Vancouver
barracks, but ir is ?aid have recently
been ordered to San Francisco ; 10 com?
panies of the Third artillery, are scat?
tered along the coast, but the greater
number are io California, the Fourth
cavalry is distributed among the posts
and forts in Washington, Califoroia,
Wyoming and Idaho and the Eighth
cavalry is in North and ??oath Dakota
Gen. Miles believes ii would be
advisable to have cavalry >ps accom?
pany the infantry and an..lery for the
reason that they would b3 extremely
valuable for pacrol duty. uTheir num?
ber, however, necessarily would be lim?
ited because of icc great amonnt of
room required for the transportation of
horses.
NO SUMMER PICNIC.
Uncle Sam to Pursue a Vig?
orous Policy in the Pacific.
Washington, May T- The Post
will print the following :
"All day yesterday, following the
receipt of the official advices from
Dewey, important conferences were
in progress at the White Honse, the
War and Navy Departments. As the
result of these conferences, plans
have been perfected for the retention
of the Philippines, the inmediate in?
vasion of Cuba and the occupation of
Porto Rico. Telegrams have been
sent in all directions advising mili?
tary and naval commanders of the
adoption of an aggressive policy, and
in six weeks the war ought to be at
an end. lu the meantime, Spain's
fleet on the Atlantic will be sent to
the bottom of the ocean It is to be
no silkeu glove that the United
States ia to stretch out over the Pa
ciflc. lt will be a hand of mail
Armed men are to be seor;, with guns
and bayonets and iig?t artillery, and
the expedition is to be nc summer
picnic The military governor of the
islands will probably be General
Henry C Merriam, a brave fighter
and a fine executive officer There
is to be no turning the isiands over
to a provisional or experimental gov
erument of the inhabitants, as will
be the case in Cuba. Such a step
would endanger the lives of Spam
?VJS as well as Europeans, and would
lose to the United States all the
fruits of Dewey's victory The flag
of the United States is to float over
the islands in fact as we i as name
There is to be a new power in the
Pacific, all the rest of the world to
the contrary notwithstanding "
Sherman's Treatment.
The disgraceful treatment Secretary
Sherman received at the bands of the
administration nae beeu fitly character?
ized by es Senator Iogalls RS the culmi?
nation of one of the^must cruel ^nd dis
creditable intrigues that ever dishonor?
ed a politioal party. For selfish aod
paltry personal ends, it turned a histor?
ical character into a puppe:; mide a
giant a catspaw of the pigntict, ; expos?
ed an international reputation to unfeel?
ing and unjustifiable reproval, and nub
jsoted the innocent and nelpie?* to hu?
miliation, from which by every sug?
gestion of honor and manhood they
bbouid have beeo sheltered and defend?
ed -Sparenburg Herald
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Wheat One DoUar and Ninety
Cents a Bushel.
Special to The Daily Item.
Chicago, May 9.-May wheat ad
vanced to $1 90 to day, and the high?
water mark has not been reached The
tendency is toward a sn'll higher
price, and $2 or $2.50 wheat ?B not
an improbability
- nilli . ? ? - -<BB?"
The Washington Post claims that j
the bands on the American iLgnhip i
played the Washington Po&t March
during the Manila engagement Thia
is important if true It lets in a
flood of light on the action of the
spanish Bailors in drowning them?
selves with their ships.-Augusta
Chronicle.
The Pocket Nerve
is Affecting France
Hostility to Americans Be
cause She Owns Spanish
Bonds and Railroads
New York. May 8.-GeD. Stewar
L. Woodford, United States minister t
Spaio, arrived on Li Tonraine tb:
afternoon. La Touraine also had 01
board an amber of the attache
of the Uoited States legatioi
at Madrid, ?Dclu?iog George Stan
ford Sickles, first secretary of the lega
tion ; Capt. T H Elise, Col. Kellogg
miliitary attache ; Capt L Dyer, na
val attache.
A reception committee from th<
Uoion League dub and U. S. Gram
Post, 327, G A. R., met Geo. Wood
ford at quarantine and accompanier!
bim to this city. Geo. Woodford de
dined to be interviewed by reporters
stating that be was still in the diplomat
ic service of the government and could
say absolutely nothiog f ir publicotion.
Mr. Sickies when informed thal
cable dispatches had stated that the
crain on which the members of the le
gatioo bad come from Madrid to Parie
had been attacked by a mob and that
stone? bad been thrown at the party,
said:h
"Well, some things were thrown al
the train but tbe demonstration
wa? not of a serious charac?
ter A oumber of students, not
a large number, had gathered at Yal
ladolid and cried. "Loog live Spain,''
and a few other partriotic cries. They
were not directed against us particular?
ly, I aseure you. but were the result
of a patriotic feeling oo their part.
A few windows io one of tbe cars next
to that ocoupied by the party were
brokeo, but none of us was injured,
none at all waa burt. While in Mad?
rid we'were treated with the utmost
oourte6y 11
J S. Highlands, another American
on the steamer, said be had gone
abroad to visit his soo at Madrid He
bad intended staying for about six
cnootbs but the anti-American demon?
strations bad beeo so great that he was
forced to leave that place within three
weeks after bis arrival, and bis son
was forced to See to Lisbon. Mr.
Highlands said' that the signs on the
offices of the American bouses had
been smashed and torn down.
W. G. Cannon of Denver, Col ,
who bas been traveling abroad, said
tba* io Paris the feeling is most bit
cerly aoti American Every persoo
who ia thought to be an American is
elbowed off the sidewalks, jostled by
the orowds and everything possible
done to show the antipathy of the
Frenoh. Petty annoyances are prac?
ticed, for instance the street oar will
not stop to take on Amerioo passen?
gers, rates of exchange in money in
most oases are exorbitant and small
purchases are not encouraged by
many of the shopkeepers except at
figures three or four times (he actual
value.
Bishop John L Spalding of Peoria,
stated that tbe feeling of the Frenoh
towards the Americans was intensely
hostile. He said that he understood
that one of the reasons for this was
that eight-tenths of the public debt of
Spaio was held by tho French people
and that the latter oouotry also ownc-d
nearly ail of toe railroads in operation
in Spain
Off to tho Front.
At 1:47 o'oloek this morning Mr N
G. Gonzales, editor of The State, bade
goodbye to thc members of the staff and
force and left for Tampa, Fla., via
the Florida Central and Peninsular
road Mr Goozales expeots upon bis
arrival at Tampa, to either get into
the regular army or elsejoio the Cuban
forces now being collected there to ao
compaoy or precede the American sol?
dier to Cuba -State. May 10.
Tbe prospective retirement of Sir
Julian Pauncefote, the present. British
Ambassador to Washington, will be
fiocerely regretted not only in official
circles but also by thc American public,
by whom be ban loog been regarded as
one of tbe ablest and most accomplish?
ed diplomats "ver accredited to this
govern meet. His official career as
Washington has been distinguished,
tactful and of constant helpfulness to
bis government and our own. while his
social and intellectual associations have
been worthy of the highest ideals of
English hospitality and culture Sir
Julian's retirement from diplomatic life
is merely in compliance with British
law, which fixes an age limit against
continuance in thc ranks, and will
doubtless bc followed by his elevation
to the peerage, an honor whioh he has
earned by a long period of faithful and
brilliant service to bis government.
No member of the diplomatic corps at
Washington is more heartily admired,
and there is none whoso departure
would bo more keenly deplored -N.
Y. Mail and Express.
In a let-er from Tho Mail and Ex
presa correspondent at Kcj West, un?
der dat?; of April '29, published in last
evening's i-sue. the tot.iil number of
Spanish pri^ooor.-* rakm with rnerohaot
prizes was given The crews of the
i^n vessels named a^^regage 266-a
men for everv man launched into etern
iry fro?) 'he Maine, and not a man to !
snare Bat here tbe parallel ends, j
Our v^nseaDce is not found in these I
266 It lie? beyond, with its begin- i
ning in thc China Sea and its conclu?
sion-let us hope-in the waters that
lap 'be shores of Cuba.-Mail and Ex?
press.
Tile Capture of French
Mail Steamei
And Taken to Key West Ali
the Result of Mistakes.
Key West, Fia, May 6-The
LaFayetre, of tbs French G?nerai
Trao8 Atlantic company's lice, a ves?
sel of 3,394 tons gross register, booed
from Corunna, Spain, on April 23. for
Havana, was captured yesterday eveo
iog off the latter port by the Uoited
States gunboat Annapolis, Commander
J J. Hunker, while trying to ron the
blockade, after having previously been
warned off. She has on board a large
number of passengers, and a valuable
general cargo, possibly containing con?
traband of wa.
The LaFayette which hails from St.
Nazaire, Fraoce, is a fine vessel of the
old type. She is over 344 feet long,
bas 44 feet beam and is over 28 feet
deep. She was built in 1864 at Green?
ock, of iron.
Her capture was effected shortly be?
fore suodown last night in the follow?
ing manner :
The LaFayette was heading for Ha?
vana and was boarded by an officer cf
the Annapolis aod warnedmot to enter
the port. She afterwards made an at?
tempt to do so and was captured, after
ao exciting chase. Thc Wilmington,
Newport and Morrill tock part in the
capture of the Frenchman.
After an examination of the LaFay?
ette^ papers bad been made, a prize
crew from the Aon a pol is was placed
on board and she was sent to Key
West, escorted by the Wilmington.
Previous to this step being taken,
Commander Hunker of the Annapolis,
the temporary flag officer, and Com?
mander C C Todd of the Wilmington
exchanged signals for over an hour
It is reported that the L?Fayette, in
addition to beiog a large French' mail
steamer is a Freneb naval reserve ves-'
sel, mounting gans and carrying a
crew sufficient to make her ready for
active service at 6bort notice. This,
it is said, adds considerably to the
case.
mm -
The Government Had Prom?
ised to Permit Her to Land
Certain Passengers and
Mail.
Washington, May 6.-Any inter?
national difficulty connected with the
seizure of the French steamer La?
Fayette has been removed by the
prompt release of the vessel immedi?
ately upon notice of ber capture reach?
ing the state department. The expla?
nation for this action on the part of the
administration is given in the state
meet which follows, and which was is?
sued from the White House to night :
"The LaFayette was released in pur?
suance of orders issued by the navy
department previous to her seizure,
but which had not beeo received by the
commanding officers of (he vessels teat
made the capture. Tbe facts are that
on April 29 the Freoch emba?sy made
an informal inquiry as to whether the
LaFayette, which left Sunt Ntzaire,
Fraoce. for Vera Crcz b? way cf Ha?
bana before ?he war was declared or in?
formation ot ibo blockade received,
would be allowed to land at Habana
cerraic pa-sengers, her mail bags and
the di*p*icb bag o? the consulate gen?
eral of France, and to take some Frencb
passengers on boaid. An assurance
was given that, if this privilege should
be granted, the steamer would be for?
bidden by tbe Freoch consul to land
good?.
"Tbe matter was duly considered,
and it was declared that without re?
gard (o the strict law of blockade, and
as an act of courtesy, the request of
the Frenoh government should be ac
ced?d to Orders were accordingly
seot on the second day of May. Wheo
information wos received cf the cap?
ture of the steamer and of her having
been brought to Key West, these orders
were communicated to theoaptors, with
instructions to release the steamer, aod
to see that the orders were duly deliv?
ered so tbnt they might be carried into
effect. Ni demand was made either by
or on behalf of the F.-eoob government
directly or iodi/eotly, for the steamer's
release.
"The Wilmington will escort the
j LaFaycrre to Habana to-nigbt *'
SPAIN'S PL?N IN OPERATION,
"one quick dash/' she says, "will end
it." Gae quick dash of your horses
in au emergency will end your car?
riage-if it isn't made of the best
materials, and by a reliable maker,
such as our haudsome and stylish
stock o? buggies, phaetons, traps,
runabouts and carriages are. Our as?
sortment is both handsome and relia?
ble Respectfully,
H. KARBY.