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SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17. 1898.
New Series-Yoi. XVIII. No. 3
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OUR FAIR RECORD.
Maj. Gen. M. C. Butler Calls
on the People to Fill the
Second Regiment
Quickly.
The following letter from Gen M.
^. C. Butler, the gallant Sooth Caroli
B?&E, who is in the field a? a major
general, was received bj the colonel
of the Second regiment yesterday.
It is v: y mach to the point :
Headquarters First Division,
Second Army Corps,
Camp Alger, Va., August 8, '98.
Col. Wilie Jones, Columbia, S. C
My Dear Sir : Replying to your
recent letter, I beg to say a camp
Dext to the Third Virginia and First
Connecticut is awaiting your regi?
ment, which will complete the bri?
gade. I trust it wiil not be occupied
by another regiment, or that other |
orders- may not be issed before yours
reaches this camp.
What it* the matter that youl reg?
ment i* not recruited to its full quota?
Heretofore South Carolina has al?
ways responded promptly to calls
made upon her for troops, and it is
". rather mortifying to those who feel a
pride io her past history to find her
a laggard when almost every other
State has come forward with isoch
Alacrity. There must be something
wrong somewhere. In after years it
will not sound well to have this Slate,
with SQch a splendid fighting record,
pot down among those who failed to
famish her share of troops in obedi?
ence at a call made by the properly
constituted authorities Her people
cannot vindicate themselves by claim j
ing that there is no occasion for their'
services Congress must have had
goori,grounds for authorizing the en?
listment and organization of an army,
and it is not for ns to question its
wisdom or propriety Our duty is io
supply our proportion of men "for
the common defence and general wel?
fare'' as enjoined by the constitution.
Nor will it excuse us by saying "the
fighting is. over" and there is no
longer need for our services Noue
of us can foresee how many troops
will be required to garrison for a time
at least the territory acquired by right
of conquest, and indemnity for ex
peoditore6 and sacrifices made for na
..ional purposes
South Caro'i tia's ful i quota may not
be needed, but she is not the judge
in this instance.
I have no greater interest in the
honor and character of the State, no
greater reason to cherish a iaudable
State pride than any other of her cit
izens, but it is not pleasant to have
;he people of other States offering to
make up cur quota. It is a reflection
upon our patriotism and good faith.
lt doss not comport with the pride we
have always justly ft It in the pluck
sod patriotism of our people to have
them fail now in the full measure of
iheir duty.
I trust you will yet complete your
enlistments and report with your regi
ment at an early day, and relieve the
fair escutcheon of the State from the
stigma which is being placed upon it.
The regiment ought to be promptly
filled to the maximum if it serves but
one month
If it sbouid be my fortone to be
ordered to Cuba with the army of oc?
cupation, it would be very gratifying
to have at least one regiment from my
own State to accompany the splendid
body of soldiers now constituting my
division from the State of Pennsyl?
vania, New York, Ohio, New Jersey,
Illinois, Massachusetts, Connecticut
and Virginia I have been devotiog
myseif to their discipline, equipment
and organization, and have no fears
as to their conduct, but you can read?
ily understand why I would feel a
pride in having a body of South Car?
olinians near me to share whatever
ra ay await us
Let roe hear fully from you
Very truly yours, etc ,
M C Butler.
Disaster in Tai Pen, Formosa.
Yokohama. Au#U6t 10.-Violent
storms and floods, it is announced in
advices just received here from the
Island of Formosa, have resulted in
the Joss of hundreds of lives at Tai
Pen. that island. Great damage was
done to property there.
Americans Disgusted
With Aguinaldo.
His Power is Weakening and
He bas Steamers in Readi?
ness to Flee if Nec?
essary.
Cavit?, Manila Bay, August 3,. via
Hong Kong, August 9 (delayed in
transmission) -The Americans are
disgusted with s the conduct of Agui?
naldo, the insurgent leader, whose
power is weakening, owing to the
fact that the Filipinos are realizing
the unsubstantially of his promises.
Two insurgent steamers are now in
Manila bay, provisioning, in order to
insure Aguinaldo's escape, if neces?
sary.
The American field hospital work?
ed splendidly, under a galling fire, at
the battle of Malate, and the remark
able courage and steadiness of all
ranks, regulars and volunteers, caused
Gen Green to officially thank the
troops
The Spaniards used Mauser and
Remington rifles with brass coated
bullets
The Uncas Expedition Suc?
cessful.
i Key West, Fla , August 10 -The
tug Uncas, commauded by Lieut. R
Brainerd, reached here this morning
after an exciting fortnight of block?
ade duty on the north Cuban coast
On this trip the Uncas put ashore
all her expedition for Gomez and had
a dangerous fire in her hold, just
above the magazine In spite of all
this, she looked none the worse when
she steamed into Key West harbor
to day for more coal and provisions
When the Uncas left here two
weeks ago she carried Capt. Sable of
Gomez's staff, with six other Cubans
and 500 Remington carbines and am?
munition for the insurgent command
er's forces The next morning an
overturned cookstove in the forcastle
started a fire. The Uncas was then
only two or three miles off Havana,
almost in range of the enemy's guns.
After extinguishing the fire by chop
ping away the woodwork, the tag
proceeded to Cay Confites, near Cai
barien, where she put her little Cuban
party ashore without encountering a
Spaniard.
It was while lying off Matanzas a
day or two ago the Uncas was fired
upon She was within two miles of
the shore, wheu, without any warn?
ing, the sand battery of 6 inch guns,
began to throw shells at her. Fully
20 of the missiles fell around the tug
within- a radius of a hundred yards
before she could get out of range
As she steamed away' the Uncas re?
turned the fire with her three forward
and aft six pounders
- - - -
? Mission to Cuba
Key West, August 10.-Vice Pres?
ident Capote, of the Cuban Provision?
al Government,accompanied by Senor
Portillo, his attache, and Senor Gon?
zales Lunuea, of the Junta, arrived
here to-day on the Mascotte They
come from Washington, with author?
ity from the navy department to pro?
ceed to Cuba on an American war
ship as soon as possible, in order to
confer with the other leaders at the
seat of the Cuban Provisional Gov?
ernment on the coming elections coin?
cident with the restoration of peace.
American Troops in Porto
Rico.
Ponce, leland of Porto Rico, August
8, evening (delayed is transmission )
-Geo. Heury. with the Sixth Illinois
and the Sixth Massachusetts, will move
to-morrow by way of Adjunta on Are
cibo, which is about 20 m ties north of
Adjunta as the crow S?es. A short
stretch of road that troop* will have
to follow is io a very bad coocition
Practically all our troops will then
be in motion, in four column?, towards
the capital of this island, Sac Juan.
Gen. Schwann is at Yanco, Gen. Wil?
son is near Coamo and Gen Brooke
is at Gnayama.
The Porto Ricans enlisted ry G^o
Stone have been engaged with a Email
Spanish outpost between Acjaota a?d
Uiuada on the road to Arecibc. A
skirmish tock place last tight and
during the exchange of shots uce
Spanish officer was killed
Maj. Gen. Miles, wirb several troops
of cavalry, expects to iuiiow Geo.
Henry in a day or two. If peace is
promptly declared, Geo Miles wii! be
the 6rsc to enter San J?an, going
there by the railroad from Afctcito to
the porto Rican capital
In view of the news received here
about the progress of the peace cego
dations all tb** American army officers
appear to be of the opinion that there
will be oo more fighting.
"WE HAYE AGREED
I UPON A PROTOCOL,"
-
j "Embodying Proposed Terms
for Negotiation of a Treaty
of Peace."
Washington, August 10 -The pre
liminary negotiations looking toward
the confirmation of peace advanced
a long step to day when the secretary
of state and the French ambassador
agreed upon the terms upon which
future negotiations for a treaty are to
be conducted and reduced these to
the form of a protocol This proto?
col, it is true, is yet to be signed and
is yet to be submitted to the Spanish
government before the formal signa?
tures are affixed, but the administra?
tion view as to the progress made to?
day was set out in Secretary Day's
sentence : "lt is expected that this
protocol will be executed."
There is always the possibility in
dealing with the Spanish government
that it may recede at the last moment
from an implied agreement, but it is
scarcely probable that it would be
willing to invoke the French ambas?
sador in the difficulties that would
follow what to the world would seem
to be a repudiation of his benevolent
efforts in behalf of Spain.
MAY BE 48 HOURS BEFORE IT
LS SIGNED.
There must be delay-possibly
from 24 to 48 hours-before the next
step can be taken and the protocol
made binding upon both the United
States and Spain by the attachment
of the signature of the plenipoten?
tiaries, Secretary Day for the United
States and M Cambon for Spain
The delay wiil be largely attributable
to physical causes The protocol is
long ; it must be translated and turn?
ed back aud forth into code and sim?
ple language no less than five times
before it reaches Madrid through the
French foreign office This work
was not begun until late this after
noon after it had consumed the best
energies of Assistant Secretary Adoo,
of the state department, and M Tbie
baut, secretary of the French embas?
sy, in the preparation in formal shape
of the two copies of the protocol,
one in English and one in French.
These were prepared very carefully
and idiomatic variance in the two
languages necessitating the greatest
caution in order that the identical
character of the two copies should
be preserved. The length of the
protocol imposed a great amount of la?
bor upon the cipher clerks, or who?
ever is charged with the work of
rendering the original into cipher, so
that altogether it is apparent the con
sumption of time involved in purely
mechanical functions will be so con?
siderable as to make the rendition of
a very early answer improbable.
As to the character of the protocol
it can be stated on authority that our
terms are in all practical points those
set out in the abstract of the Presi?
dent's conditions published from the
White House a week ago. From this
fact it is deduced that the extra con?
dition or qualifications sought to be
imposed by the Spanish government
were abandoned at least in large part
by the French ambassador.
This deduction is supported by the
circumstances that in the early morn?
ing, and before the conference be?
tween Secretary Day and M. Cambon
which resulted in an agreement, there
was a prevalent impression, based
upon the utterances of public men
who had talked with the President,
that the Spanish an&wer was unsatis?
factory and that the negotiations look?
ed ae if they might terminate sudden?
ly. As this situation changed so sud?
denly after the conference it may be
fairly assumed that the ambassador
abandoned the conditions which the
President was reputed to have re
garded as unsatisfactory. It is be?
lieved that the protocol carries with
and in itseif provision for the cessa?
tion of hostilities. On this point the
naval contingent is urgent that our
government adopt the Napoleonic
policy of refusing to enter into an ar
mistice without acquiring some sub
Ptannal pledge to secure the consum?
mation of peace What they partic?
ularly desire is that our government
shall demand as a condition of a ces?
sation of hostilities, the surrender to
the United States military forces of
Morro Castle at the entrance of Ha?
vana harbor and some such points of
vantage at the other important ports
in the territory soon to fall under our
control
This ts, we believe, the first war of
history between civilized nations in
which one combatant has failed to
have one prisoner at the close. The
only capture the Spaniards made was
that of Hobson and his seven men
and we recaptured them at Santingo.
The Spanish prisoners we have will
be released and sent home-if they
want to go home-without even a
solitary American to be exchanged
for them.
PEACE MEASURES
DISCUSSED IN MADRID
AND WASHINGTON.
Madrid, Aug. ll -TD official circles
here the reply of the United States to
Spaio io the matter of peace negotia?
tions is regarded as unsatisfactory.
Madrid, Aug. ll. 10 p. m.-The
government bas received the protocol
and the cabinet council rose at 9 40 p
m. haviog approved it.
The goveromeot will wire M. Cam
boo to-night empowering bim to sigo
the preliminaries ot peace.
Madrid, Aog. ll, ll p m.-The
press considers peace a foregone con?
clusion aod echoes the general impa?
tience to see a termination of hostilities
and to koow the programme for the
peace commission, at which it is be?
lieved either Seoor Moret or Duke
Almodevar de Rio wili preside. It is
believed that the negotiations will ex?
tend into the second half of September.
Madrid, Aug. ll, 10.30 p. m.-The
day bas been diplomatically one of the
busiest since the outbreak of the war.
There have been no fewer than two
cabinet councils, in addition to various
diplomatic oooferenoes.
Though the text of the protoool was
not received until the evening was
well advanced, the government bad
been made fully acquainted with its
contents through P?ris.
The matter was practically settled,
as already cabled, at the cabioet meet- j
ing this afternoon and the receipt of
the actual document, therefore, only re?
quired a meeting of the cabioet for a
formal acceptance. Ministers adhere
to the statement that the protocol con?
tains no modification of tbe original
terms
They expect it will be signed at
Wasbingtoo tomorrow (Friday) aod
that a suspension of hostilities will be
announced.
Duke Almodevar de Rio, minister of
foreign affairs assures tho corresponden;
of the Associated Press that tbe nego?
tiations for the peace treaty will take
place in Paris, bot be says the com?
missioners have not yet beeo appointed
The terms of tbe protocol will not
be published, uotil the instrument has
beeo 8igoed.
Washington, August ll.-The As?
sociated Press bulletin from Madrid
announcing that the Spanish cabinet
had approved the peace protocol and
that the French ambassador would re?
ceive instructions to sigo it was very
gratifying to the administration, but
it was expected that such would be
the course of the Spanish government.
It is confidently expected that the
signatures will be affixed to this doc
ument to morrow and immediately
thereafter both governments will be?
gin carrying out its provisions.
The first will be the cessation of
hostilities followed immediately by
the occupation of Manila by Gen
Merritt and the United States troops
under his command, the occupation
of San Juan in Porto Rico by Gen.
Miles and the evacuation of that i?l
and by the Spanish forces. It is be?
lieved that there will be delay in the
evacuation of Havana, Matanzas and
other Spanish strongholds in Cuba, as
some difficulties are anticipated in ar?
ranging for a proper form of govern?
ment of Cuba and because there is uo
desire to hurry American troops into
the island at the present time, the
preference being to await for cooler
weather.
The near approach to the signing
of the protocol has required the dis?
cussion of the personnel of the peace
commission There is good authori?
ty for the statement that Secretary
Day will be at the head of the com?
mission and that two United States
senators wili be members of it. Sen?
ator Allison, of Iowa, and Senator
Gorman, of Matyland, have been
prominently mentioned for places on
the commission, and it is shown that
they have been under consideration
by the President.
It is not believed by members of
the administration that the commis?
sion can complete its work in time to
canse an extra session of congress to
consider legislation which the treaty
will necessitate, although there is a
prospect thar an extra session of the
senate might be called iu November
to cousider the treaty of peace.
Up to the hour of midnight the
President had received no official
communication as to the action
of the Spanish government,
but it was stated by those who saw
him to night that he W-J6 very ex?
pectant that this was the last day of
the war.
The French embassy has yet re?
ceived no communication from Mad?
rid authorizing M. Carabon to sign
the protocol, but the secretaries of
the embassy left ordere on retiring to
be called if any message was received
and it will be immediately translated.
The "White" runs light. The "White"
sews right.
Operations in Porto Rico.
Official Reports From Gens, j
Mileg, Schwan and Wilson.
THE CAPTURE OP COAMO RE?
GARDED AS VERY IMPORT?
ANT.
Washington, August ll.- The war
department has received two dispatches
from Gen. Miles under date of Ponce,
August 10, as follows :
Secretary of War, Washington :
The following is a list of woaoded
in the Sizteeoth Pennsylvania in the
skirmishes beyond Coamo August 9th :
Corporal Barnes, Co. E, left side ;
Private C C. Frank, Co. C. right side ;
Private George Willock, Co. C, right
side ; Private L. Ubold, Co E, right
elbow ; Private E. V. Jolly, Cc. E,
left arm. Miles.
TN COMMUNICATION WITH GEN.
BROOKE.
Secretary of War, Washington :
Have established telegraphic commu?
nication with Geo. Brooke, who reports
that in a skirmish on the 8th with the
enemy about three miles north of
Guayama. Gen. Haines forced the
enemy to retreat. The following men
of the Fourth Ohio were woaoded
none killed : Capt. Edward Q. Thomp?
son, Co. K, in right breast ; Private
Samuel J. Jones, right kcee; Private
Noble W. Haniacker. Co C, io ankle ;
Private Harry S Haines, Co. C, in
right foot ; Private William Jedding?
en. Co. A, in right hip.
Miles.
A dispatch received to-day from Gen.
Shaffer at Santiago reports thc death
this morning of Lieut. William G.
Elliott, Twelfth infantry.
Another dispatch from Gen. Miles
transmitted the following message be
bad received from Geo. Schwan :
' Camp Near Hormigueros. August 10.
Advance guard, inoludiog cavalry of
this command, while reconnoitering
northwest of Rosario river, near Hormi?
gueros, developed strong Spanish force
which lay concealed in bills north of
Mayaguez. In general engagement
that followed Lieut Byron, Eighth
cavalry, my aide-de-camp, was wound?
ed in foot aod Private Fernberger, Co.
Dr Eleventh infantry, aod another pri?
vate were killed and 14 enlisted men
were wounded. It is reported that the
most, if not the entire, Spanish gar?
rison of Mayaguez and surrounding
country, oonsistiog of 1,000 regulars
and 20 volunteers, took part in the
engagement. We drove enemy from
his.position aod it is believed iofiicted
heavy loss. A wounded Spanish lieu
tenant was found in the field and
brought into our lines Conduct of
officers and men were beyond all praise.
I propose to continue my march on
Mayaguez at early hour to morrow.
THIS FROM'GEN WILSON.
Liter ia the day the followiog delay?
ed telegram was made public :
Ponce, August 9.
Secretary of War, Washington :
The following received from Gen.
Wilson : "Ge?. Ernst's brigade cap
tured Coamo at 8:30 this morning.
: The Sixteenth Pennsylvania, Col.
Haliog's, commanding, led by Lieut.
Coi. Biddle of my staff, having made
a turning movement through the encu??
talos skirting the Abonito road, half a
mile beyond town, captured the entire
garrison of Coamo, about 150 men.
Spanish Commander Illeroa and Capt
Lopez killed. Our loss reported sis
wounded and only one severely. Men
and officers behaved excellently."
Col. Huiiogs and Col. Biddle are es?
pecially to oe commended This is a
very important capture and well exe?
cuted. Names of wounded as soon as
received.
(Sigoed) Miles.
TOWN ON WESTERN END
TAKEN.
Washington, August 12.-At 1
o'clock this morning tbe war depart?
ment posted the following :
|Pooce, August ll, 1898.
Secretary of War, Washington, D. C.
Following from Schwan : "Imme?
diately after repulse yesterday, Spanish
troops joined by what were left in
Mayaguez moved io diremioo of Lares.
Have sent scouts in that direction
My command entered Mayaguez at 9
o'clock this moroiug-Schwan "
Miles.
No More Porto Rico Picnics.
Tampa, August 10.-Orders were
received bore this afternoon to the ef
feot that no more troops were needed
at Porto Rico and none were to be sent
from here. The 5th infantry wae
already on board the Santiago ready to
sail and bad to unload. They are to
remain here until further orders, j
This also stops the voyage contem-1
plated by Gen. Coppioger and bis staff, j
as they were to go on this trip. Two
batteries of heavy artillery were aliso
being loaded for the trip and operations
were stopped.
The A. C. L.'s New Line Con?
tracted For
The Florence correspondent of the
News and Courier says :
The '.tlautic Coast Line Company,
which has built a number of small
roads in the eastern part of the State,
and which has recently gained access
to upper Carolina by the purchase of
the Charleston and Western Carolina
Railway, is now preparing to build
the connecting link between Den?
mark, on the Manchester and Augus?
ta division of that system and Mar?
tin's on the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railway. The route has al?
ready been mapped out by the Coast
Line's engineering corps and the
stakes placed
Your correspondent is reliably in?
formed that the contract for the
grading of the roadbed has been let,
and the work is to be completed
within six months. The distance
from Denmark and Martin's is only
thirty miles ; from Martin's to Augus?
ta is forty-one miles over the Charles?
ton and Western Carolina; from Den?
mark to Augusta over the South Car
olin? and Georgia it is fifty-seven
miles. Hence the distance is about
the same. As soon as the roadbed is
graded the Coast Line will have the
track laid This connecting link will
give the Coast Line a direct route
and trackage into Augusta, instead of
Connecting at Denmark with the
South Carolina and Georgia Road.
Once they reach Augusta the exten?
sion of the Coast Line into Georgia,
and possibly into Florida, will be au
established fact, besides having a di?
rect route and connections into the
Piedmont section of this State.
Senor Sagasta.
Dr. J. M. Buckiey, of the New
Christian Advocate, one of the ablest
editors in the country, who has trav?
eled much and to good purpose, thus
speaks of the Spanish premier :
"Some of the papers speak dispar?
agingly of Senor Sagasta's ability,
describe him as a mere political
trickster, and some stigmatize him as
a coward. They are all ignorant of
the history of Spain. Sagasta is suit?
able bf comparison, in some cases to
his advantage, with many of the great
English, French, German and Amer?
ican statesmen. No orator or maga?
zine writer needs a better subject
upon which to exhibit all the ability
he possesses than Sagasta's long
political life will furnish. He is a
mixtnre of Lord Beaconsfield and
Lord Palmerston. The Madrid cor?
respondent of the London Times
w rites :
" 'In the course of his long politi?
cal life Sagasia has lived under all
kinds of governments-from repress?
ive absolutism to anarchical republi?
canism, and he has taken an active
part in more than one revolution No
other man is more capable of gaug?
ing accurately the real importance of
any current of public opinion, and of
weighing accurately internal against
external dangers ' "
Sampson and Scaley.
Washington. August 10 -The Pres?
ident baa determined to recommend to
Congress that Acting Rear Admiral
Sampson he advaoced eight numbers
and Commodore Schiey ?ix numbers
This will result in making each a rear
admiral, but with Commodore ?chley
ranking immediately below Admiral
Sampson.
Capt. Clarke, of the Oregoo, will be
recommended for an advance of six
numbers in the captain'?? grade, and
Lieut Commander Wainwright will go
up eight numbers. Other promotions
throughout the fleet will be recommend
ed.
Shanghai, August 12 -A dispatch
from Pekin dated to day says that aa
imperial edict has finally issued sanc?
tioning the Belgian loan for the con?
struction of the railway line from
Pekin to Han Kau, despite the pro?
test of Sir Claude MacDonald, the
British minister.
To see is to trv, to try is to buy the
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