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mm. an -c. '. ?. TU SOMTER WATCHMAN, Jt*t*r>U?h?d April, 1850. 14Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's.' THE TRUE SOUTH RON, K*tabli?hed Jane. 13*9 Consolidated in?. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15,1898. New Series-Vol. XYII. No. 46 Published Svexy Wednw?ay, -BT f i<; SUMTER, S. C. TSRIB: $1 50 per annum-is advance. AOTBKIISIIIlt: On?? Square first iosertion..................$l 00 "By^rv sabseqnent insertion^...... ......... 50 Con tracts fer three ' montas, or longer wil be made at reduced raies. vAH communications which scbserve private interests will be charged foras ad ver tiemeots. Obituaries aad tributes of respects will be tfiorgedfor. BATTLE AT CAIMANERA. f??e Fortifications Bombard ed ?f Five United States Warships. Cape Haytien, Hayti, June 8-Il ^ is reported here that a great battle -.: sat taken place at Caimanera, in the : ; the Bay of Guantanamo. At half past 5 yesterday morning, Tuesday, ihre ships of the American squadron g opened a heavy bombardment of the fortifications of the town. There was a perfect bail of bombs in the bay, Istriking and demolishing mapy houses I beyond the fortification s. On the Spanish side, the artillery replied vigorously, maintaining for some time' a stoat resistance The ure from the warships, however, nev? er slackened for an instant. It was w regular and carefully directed and a great majority of the shots proved effective. The Spaniards were forced to abandon their positions OD tbe shore and retreat to the town of Cai manera proper It is supposed that later they Sed from that position also, with the inhabitants. \ ; Information has reached here that the Spanish at Santiago and Caima uer* sro preparing for a final, des perate struggle, ?i)d are determined to resist the assaults of the Ameri? cans to the last extremity The Commander of the district is? sued orders yesterday to bora Cai? manera before yielding it into the K hands of the Americans. The latter, forced the* entrance ~*f the Bay of Guantanamo, and, according to the latest advices from Caimanera, it was feared that the Americans. would make an effort to land force? theie this (Wednesday) afternoon Mea *' eoree to prevent this, if possible, have been taken by . the Spaniards The American fleet / was still main? taining its position Cable communication with Cuba, which has been interrupted for many hours, was partially. lestored this , ' afternoon, but it is still difficult and precarious The report of the bom? bardment at Caimanera came by cable. The bombardment destroyed a little ho use which sheltered the shore connection of the French cable at Caimanera, though whether by the ? explosion of bombs from the water or by explosives used by a party sent for that purpose, is not known. The cables uniting the main cable with the office at Caimanera and the town of Caimanera with Santiago were cot, thus accounting for the prolonged absence of Intelligence here as to operations iff that vicinity. It is also believed that the cable at Santi? ago is cut, as no direct news from Santiago his been received at Cape Hay tien since Monday at midnight. mmm l\l - ? Lieut. Whitney Returns. New York, Juoe 8 -Lieut Henry H Whitney, Fourth United States Ar? tillery, who bas twiee penetrated into the very heart of Spanish territory, osee io Cuba and lastly in Porto Rico, arrived here today on the British teamer Arclaorose from Porto Rico Through bim tbe war department will soon be to posses-io o of important and accurate information concerning the military strength and defenses <<f the islands The Porto Rican mission was under? taken under orders from tbe depart? ment to travel through the most strongly fortified places and headquar? ters of military bodies and observe their strength and tbs preparations the commanders had made to resist occupa? tion by tbe American troops Lieut. Whitney made tho journey with great expedition. He found 5,000 volunteer troops and 4,000 regulars in sod about Ponce. The soldiers were sickly, however, aod dib coo ten >rd for lack of pay. Food be found fco be alarmingly scarce sod that fact, oombtoed with tbe American sentiment pervading tbe towns, inclined bim to the belief, that if the United States troops did not in? vest the island within a mooth tb ? in? habit so f s would taro upon the {Span? iards aod drive theo oat. I Army Sails From Tampa. TWENTY-SEVEN THOU? SAND MEN TO INVADE CUBA. London, Jane 9 -Tbe Washington correspondent of the Daily Chronicle, with the approval of General Greely cables the following : The army sailed from Tampa at noon to day (Wednesday). The force numbers 27,000 men, composed of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engi? neers and a signal corps The infantry consists of twenty seven regiments, sixteen regulars and eleven volunteers as follows: Of the regalar regiments, the First, Second. Fourth, Sixth. Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thir? teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty first. Twenty second, Twen? ty fourth and Twenty fifth Of the volunteer regiments, there were the Seventy first New York, Thirty second Michigan, First and Fifth Ohio, Second New Tock, First District of Columbia, Fifth Maryland. One Hundred and Fifty Seventh Pennsylvania and the Third Pennsyl? vania. The total infantry force is 2I.800 men In addition there are a battalion of engineers, a detachment of the signal corps, five squadrons of cavalry,, foor batteries of ligh: artil? lery and two batteries of heavy artil? lery Geoeral Shatter is in ch ef com? mand of the force, which is convoy? ed by the battleship Indiana, and the gunboat Helena, with the training ship Bancroft as general S haft er's heeling home The transports are doe at Santiago Friday night or Saturday morning, and a landing will be attempted on Saturday. This should be accom? plished without difficult? and no doubt by Sunday or Monday, at the latest, the Stars and Stripes will float over Santiago de Cuba Pitiable Plight of Spaniards. Between the Devil and tbe Deep Sea in The Philip? pines. Madrid, June 8,4 p m -The fol? lowing communication from Captain General Augusti, dated at Manila, June 3, has been published : The situation is very grave. Aguinaldo has succeeded in stirring op the country, and the telejrrap^ lines and railway-are being cot I am without communication with the provisoes. The province of Cavit? has completely ? rebelled, and the towns and villages are occupied by numerous bands. ''A Spanish column defends the Zapote line to prevent the enemy from invading the province of Manila, bot the foe bas entered through Bulacan, Lagina and'Moron, so that Manila will thoa be attacked by land aod sea. "I am striving to raise the courage of the inhabitants and will exhaust every means of resistance ; bat I distrust the natives and the volun? teers, because there have already been many desertions, Bacoor and Imus have already been seized by the enemy. The insurrection has reached great proportions, and if I cannot count upon the support of the coun? try, the forces st my disposal will not suffice to hold the ground against two enemies." General Correa, minister of war, and Captain Aunon, minister of marine, have gone to the palace to confer with the Qaeen Regent as to General Augosti's communication lt is reported that the Spaniards at Manila have already been compelled to take refuge in the fortified part of the town. A dispatch from the commander of the island of Yizayas says that offi? cials sent Cwo gunboats to the island of Luzon with instructions to try to communicate with Manila, but, be adds, they were compelled to return unsuccessful The government, it is added, replied, instructing the com? mander of the island of Yizayas to re? store communication with Manila at all costs General Correa declined to furnish the text of the dispatches for publica? tion, on the ground that it would be prejudicial to the country's interests; but a member of the government, whose name cannot be used, admitted that the dispatch of Spanish troops to the Philippine Islands could not change the situation He added : '.We could send 6,000 troops; but if the natives are against us, such a force would be inadequate If they were with us, it would not be necee sary to send troops to the Phillippine Islands " Good 8cwiog' machine from $10 op a ! Randie's. j TBE CANNON TO BE USED. New York, June 8-The siege guns that are going to Goba with the array of invasion have nearly all come from small nerta not a part of the regular coat iefense plan, but open to attack from the sea, and from many cities of considerable import? ance, say s the Washington corres pondent of The Tribune The plan of mounting these guns was carried out by General Wilson, chief of en? gineers, who managed before the war began to get together a number of converted old rifles and smooth bores and place them in position for the defenses of such ports as Port Royal, Miami, Jupiter Inlet, St. Augustine and several nf the smaller towns along the Gulf coast. These guns gave a fair defense, the general says, and would have kept at distance aoy light draught ships entering the ports where they were mounted. Senator Til1 mar. was one of the most persistent advocates of sending guns ta these iiittle coast towns, and succeeded In getting the mouth of the Gape Fear river well protected. Otber southern senators presented strong arguments and used such per suasion for defending ports io their States that soon sll the Beige goos available were mounted oo improvis? ed emplacements. AU this wss accomplished at con? siderable outlay of money Lately orders came to ship every field gun to Tampa and other ports w^ere troops are to embark for Goba,, and the Work of removing the pieces wss begun. Senators are now protesting against their removal, bot they have been assured that with Cervera in Santiago bay and the Cadiz fleet too decrepit to cross the ocean, tbe most exposed port need have no fear from Spanish bombardment. If soy of the enemy attack these ports the war offi? cials say that the old smooth bores will keep off any ships thst could get close enough io shore to operate their goos successfully. ? ia? * m i mm Meo of the Merrimac. Washington, Jone 8.-The Presi? dent has direct?d Admiral Sampson to forward a detailed report of the gallant action of Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson at Santiago, and as soon as that. is received will send a special message to Congress recognizing the j heroism displayed not only by Hobson, but by the men who accompanied him on the Merrimac. Tbe order for a full ; report is already on the way, the Presi j dent feeling it beet to wait official ad? vices before taking the aotion he now contemplates Whit will be reoom j mended for Hobson and his crew is j cot certain now, but there will prob? ably be- a reoom?en dat ion for a vote of thanks, specifically naming Hobson, though not naming the men. Medals of honor, it is expected by those who have talked w th the President on the subject, will be struck off for the little band of men. aod promotion of some sort is tn store ?or all of theo. It will take some da?s for Admiral Sampson to get bis report here, but probably some time next week a message signal? ising the Merrimac incident will be sent to Congress. The Real Crisis of the War. Tbe real crt tis of the present war will not be found in any of 'its battles or military morements, but it will ap? pear after tbe fighting bas all been done and the diploatats of Europe aod Amer? ica sit down to argue upon tbe terms of peace Tbat crisis may be near at band, and it will without question be fraught with greater danger to this re public than bas atty otber epoch, save one. in its history - Cincionatti Com? mercial-G as et te -Vie were beginning to receive de? tailed accounts of the battle of tbe Al? bara from the opeoial correspondents at the front. One of them tells a capital story tbat bas the real ring of dry Scotch humor about it. He was walk? ing softly about the camp so as not to disturb tbe sleepers on the night before the fight, wben he overheard a sent? imental Seafoctrcb Highlander tay to a comrade : "Ab, Tam, bow many thou? sands there are at home across the sea thinking o' os the nicht." "Right, Sandy/' replied bis obum; "and bow many millions there are that don't caread-. Go to sleep, yon fool." And silence again fell upon that corner of the square. Admiral Dewey is one of tbe most economic^ I men in the service of the govern men- The cable tolls from Manila are so high that he deems it im? prudent to report oftener than once a fortnight, and sven at this his messages are confined to a simple statement that be is well and in complete control of the situation His style of correspon? dence not only saves expense, but tends to discourage any attempt at familiarity on the part of tbe board of strategy. St. Louis Glob? Democrat. THE WAR REVENUE BILL Five Democrats Voted to Adopt tbe Report of the Conference Committee. Washington, June 9.-The con? ferees on the war revenue bill eon oloded their work at noon to day and the report was submitted to the house this afternoon. It provides that the act shall t ake effect on the day succeeding the date of its pass? age except as otherwise specially provided for. Washington, June 9 -After five I hours devoted to the consideration of the bill to enable volunteer soldiers to vote in congressional elections, the i conference report upon the wsr reve? nue bill was presented to ?be house to dey. Consideration was interrupt? ed by a recess to 8 o'clock this even? ing, at which hour the report was taken up again and after three hours' debate, involving a wide range of subjects sud some sensational fea? tures, it was adopted-154 to 107. The Republicans who votad against the adoption of the conference re? port OD the war revenue bill are : Messrs. Brewster, Henry of Connect? icut, Hill, LUtaurer McIntyre - The Democrats who voted for the report were Cummings, Drigge, Fitz? gerald, McAleer and McClellan. The election measure will be dis? posed of to morrow immediately after the meeting of the house Tonight Mr Pierce (Dem.) of Tennessee made a vigorous attack upon the prosecution of the war and the alleged unwarranted delay in sending relief to the Cubans. A sensational feature was the clash be? tween Mr. Grosvenor (Rep.) of Ohio sod Mr. Swanson (Dem.) of Virginia, growing oot of the former's attack upon the latter's speech in criticism of the revenue bill. The boose adjourned at ll 35 p. m The tobacco schedule is as follows : In lieu of the tax now imposed by law, a tsx of 12 cents per pound on all tobacco and snuff, however pre? pared, manufactur?e! and sold, or re? moved for consumption or sale ; upon cigars and cigarettes manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or sale, the following taxes to be paid by the manufacturer, $3.60 per thousand on cigars; weighing more than three pounds per thousand ; $1 per thousand on cigars weighing not more than three pounds per thou sand ; $3 60 per thousand on ciga? rettes weighing more than three pounds per thousand, and $1 50 per thousand on cigarettes weighing not more than theree pounds per thou sand ; provided, that in lieu of the two, three and four ounce packages of tobacco and sn nf: now authorized by law there may be packages there? of containing one and two-third ounces, one and one half ounces, one three and one-third ounces, respect ?very, and in addition to packages now authorized by law there may be packages containing one ounce of smoking tobacco. The compromise proviso in regard to the taxation of the stock on hand ts as follows : There shall be assess ed and collected with the exceptions hereinafter in this section provided for upon all the articles enumerated in this section which were manufac tured, imported and removed from factory or custom house before the passage of this act bearing stamps affixed to such articles for the pay? ment of the taxes thereon and can? celed subsequently ito April 14,1898, and which articles were at the time of the passage of this action held and intended for the same by any person, a tax equal to one half the difference between the tax already paid on such articles at the time of removal from the factory or custom bouse and the tax levied in this act upon articles. Dealers having on band lees than#l,000 pounds of man ufactured tobacco and 20,000 cigars or cigarettes on the day succeeding the date of the passage of the bill are relieved from the necessity of making returns and thus relieved from the necessity cf paying the tax For the expenses connected with the assessment and collection of the tobacco taxes there is appropriated $100.000 The commissioner of in? ternal revenue is authorized to em? ploy internal revenue agents in ad? dition to the number now authorized Dealers in leaf tobacco whose an nual sales do not exceed 50,000 pounds each, $6. Those whose an? nual sales exceed 50,000 and not 100.000 pounds, $12. and if their an? nual sales exceed 100,000 pounds, $24. Dealers in other tobaccos whose annual eales exceed 50.000 pounds, $12 Those selling their i own products at the place of manu? facture are exempted from this tax \ Manufacturers of tobacco whose an- i nual sales do not exceed 50,000 i pounds, $6; manufacturers whose THE CONFEDERACY RECOGNIZED, TO ALL INTENTS AND PUEPOSES Washington, May 31.-An opinion was rendered in the United States Supreme Court io the case of Mary Anne G-. Baldy TS. Joho H. Hunter, administrator, affirming the validity of an investment in Confederate bonds during the civil war In rendering the opinion Jnstice Harlan said: "The transactions between persons actually residing within the territory dominated by the Government of the Confederate States were not invalid for the. reason only that they occurred under the sanction of the laws of that Government, or any local government recognizing its authority. The preservation of order, the main? tenance of police regulations, the prosecution of crimes, the protection of property, the enforcement of con? tracts, the celebration of marriages, the settlement of estates, the transfer and desr t of property ajad similar or kindred subjects were, during the war, under the control of the local governments constituting the socall ed Confederate States. What occur? red or was done in respect of such matters under the authority of the laws of tb* looa) de facto governments should not be disregarded or held invalid merely because the govern? ments were organized in hostility to the union, established by the national Constitution, because the existence of thc war did act relieve those with in the insurrectionary Unes from the necessity of civil obedience nor des? troy the bonds of society." The case came to this Court on a writ of error from the Court of Georgia, and the opinion of that Court was affirmed. . Getting Ready For Next Campaign. Tbe State D?mocratie executive com? mittee will meet to-nigbt at 8:30 o'clock in the office of the secretary of state. This meeting will be presided over by Coi. Wilie Jones, chairman of the com? mittee, sod will briog together a Dum? ber of prominent meo from the differ? ent parts of the State. It will be an important meeting, as matters of interest to the people will be discussed aod acted upon- First of all, the whole plan of the coming State campaign will have to be agreed oo, aod a schedule adopted for the meet? ings at which the candidates will ad? dress the people This is likely to evoke considerable discussion. Theo the roles for the State primary elec tioo will bavs to be looked after aod the assessments for the varions candi? dates wilt oome before tbe committee for action and decision. In short, there is much to be attended to at this meet? ing, aod it is quite likely that the ses? sion will be a long ooe The political situation oo account of the war goiog oo, hts been altogether side-tracked lately, bot after tb? execu? tive oommittee has acted aod puts the machinery of the campaign io motion, polities will have Us inning aod will get its share of atteotioo.-Tbe State, Jane 2. Big Drop in Flour. New York. Jane 2 -The Herald says: Coincident with another tharp break io wheat yesterday (Wednesday) there was a big drop io all grades of flour, ranging from 50 to 75 cents on fancy patents and 25 cents on the cheaper grades of Sour. There bas been a gradual slipping away io the price of flour during the last week until yesterday the quotations were from $1 to $1 50 below the bigest price touched oo tne great boom io wheat, engineered by Leiter. As a result o? the weakness there was very little demand for flour and the majority of dealers are holding off io hopes of getting in on the bottom. Greenville. S C. June 2.- W. W. Ball, editor of the Greenville News, will sever bis confection with the pa? per on Saturday, the 4th of this month A. B. Williams, the former editor, will return to Greenville and assume editorial charge. Mr. Wil? liams will be io Greenville io a few days. A coach load of young oaval cadets passed through Columbia yesterday oo their way to Key West, where they will be assigned to the battle ships aod cruisers in the waters around Key Weet. The senior class was giveo its diplomas some time ago, aod now the members ii the junior class have been giveo a chance to go to the front. The fifty )dd meo sent out from Annapolis will De distributed among the vessels, bot Poor of the oadets goiog to each of the ?oats. ment imposing a stamp taz oo all sp?c? ulative sales on stock and produce ex? changes. The senate accepts the house exemp? tion of receipts from etarop taxes. The senate recedes from its amend? ment imspoing stamp taxes on articles sold under a trademark or any name or designation not open to general use. Purpose of The Bombardment Was to Clear the Way, so Admiral Sampson Has Officially Stated. On board /the Associated Press dis? patch boat Dauntless, off Santiago de Coba, Wednesday night, June 8, via Kingston, Jamaica, Thursday, June 9, 7:30 a m -Communication be? tween the island of Coba and the outer world was severed yesterday. The Kingston Santiago cable was cut on Monday, aod the Marblehead, Yaokee and St Louis cut the Hay tien cable, running into Guatanamo bay, yesterday. The ends were buoyed and Bear Admiral Sampson can establish communication with Washington direct. The Marblehead also engaged and drove a Spanien gunboat ioto Guatanamo harbor and shelled and reduced the antiquated fortifications. The insurgents co? operated on the land side. The place is being held until troops arrive, lt is contemplated to estab? lish a general base here Communication between the insur? gents aod the fleet is constant. The Cubans are active, and arms, ammuni? tion and supplies for them were land ed by the Suwanee yesterday In great quantities The insurgents aod Spaniards fight daily. The Marblehead. on Monday, when the insurgents bad pressed forward west of Santiago, shelled the Span? iards, who fled to the mountains, checkering the path followed in their retreat with dead and wounded Santiago de Cuba is on the verge of starvation. All the food has been seized for the army and navy and the troops and sailors are on half rations. Rear Admiral Sampson bas official? ly declared that the purpose of the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba was to clear the way for the troops. The object has beeo attaioed. The admiral bas personally com? mended Eosigo Faimer for approach . ing within 150 yards of the Spanish batteries at Dight and learning that the Spaniards were remounting gone. The American naval commander ts anxious to bring about the exchange of Lieut Hobson aod his gallant companions of the Merrimac. The admiral sent the Vixen with a flag of truce to the entrance of the harbor yesterday, offering to ex? change for the lieutenant and his party some prisoners taken from a prize crew by the Marblehead off Cienfuegos Admiral Cervera con? sidered the matter all night and sent word to day jthat he is powerless to act He referred the matter to the military governor aod the latter in return referred it to Captain Blanco. A long delay is probable. Wisdom to-day menos comfort tomorrow. To prove it boy a "White" apd nae it. Madrid, JoBe 10-Serious riots are again breaking out in the prov? ides, aod large detachments of civil guards aod regular troops bave beeo called out to qoell the1 rioters aod pre? fect life aod property: The "White" is tbe'prideo^ home. ? If jon are after comfort io sewing you will get it, if you buy the ""White " ' ? ? BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. The best Salve in the -world for Oat? Brui ?ese, Sores, Ulcers.Salt' Rheum, Fever, Sore Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and .positively care Pilet or no pay required. Jt is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, pr pjoney relunded price 25 cents per bos. J?or sa/e by Dr J. P W. O-Lorone. Royal makes the food pare, wholesome and delicto ts. POWDER Absolutely Puro KMM. BUCTtt POWDER CO., NEW VOR*.