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Copy of President's Peace Proclamation Quickly Issued. EVACUATION OP SPAN ISB: WEST INDIES TO TAKE PLACE IM? MEDIATELY. Washington, Aagrast 12.-An offi? cial statement for press publication set? ting out the provisions of the peace protocol was read and approved at the cabinet session to-day. It was pre? pared by Secretary Day, tbe parp?se being to make it publia immediately &fter tbe required signatures bas been affixed to the protocol. It does not give tbe text of tbe document, but de? uils its. main points and provisions, which are as follows : MAIN PROVISIONS. 1. That Spain will relinquish all claim s of sovereignty over and title to Coba 2. That Porto Rico and other Span? ish islands in the West Indies and an island ia tbe Ladrones to be selected i by the United States, shall be ceded to j the latter. 3. That the United States will oc? cupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending tbe conclusion of a treaty of peaee which shall determine control, the disposition and government of the Philippines 4. That Cuba, Porto Rico and other Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated sod that commissioners, to be appoioted within 10 days, shall within 30 days from the signing of the protocol, meet at Habana and San Juan, respectively, to arrange and execute the details of the evacuation. 5. That the United States and Spain , will each appoint not more than five commissioners to negotiate and con- i dude a treaty of peaoe. The commie- j sicners are to meet a; Paris not later I than the 1st of October. 6. On the signing of the protocol, hostilities will be suspended aud notice to that effect will be given as soon as possible by each government to the - commanders of its m ii nary and naval forces. THE ORDERS TO CEASE HOS? TILITIES. As soon as the peaoe protocol was signed the President sent for Secretaries Alger and Long and Gen. Corbin; and by his direction orders to cesse hostil? ities forthwith were seat to Gens. Miles. Merritt and Shafter, to Admirals Dewey and Sampson and military com? manders generally. Tbe order sent to Gen. Merritt to saspend hostilities was as follows : Adjutant General's OS?ce. . Washington, August 12, 1898 Merritt, Manila : The .President directs all military operations against the enemy to be sus pended Peace negotiations are near? ing completion, a protocol having just been signed by representatives of the two countries. You will inform the commanders of the Spanish force* io the Philippines of these instruction?. Further orders will follow. Acknowl? edge receipt. By order of thc secretary of war. H C Corbin, Adjataot G?nerai. The order sent to Geo Miles and to Gen Shafter were identical wi'h the above save as to names. FURTHER ORDERS TO FOLLOW. As the order states, further instruc? tions will be sent to each geoerai Gen. Merritt will be directed to coo fer with the Spanish commandant at Ma? nila to curry out the terms of the pro? tocol and to oooupy Manila immediate? ly. Geo. Miles will put himself in communication with the chief authority io Porto Rico for the purpose of haviog .he Spanish forces turn over San Juan sod other points to him preparatory to evaeuaticn. Owing to conditions io Cuba, the orders to Gen. Shaffer, to be seBt hereafter, will be much different than those to other ?ener?is. The navy department is also preparing or? ders to all commanders on lines similar to the war department's order THE PEACE PROCLAMATION. The President bas issued the fol? lowing proclamation : By the President of the United States of America : A PROCLAMATION. Whereas by a protocol concluded and signed August 12, 1898, by William R Day, secretary of state of the United State, and his excellency. Jules Cambon, ambassador extraordi nary and plenipotentiary of the re public of France, at Washington, re? spectively, representing for this pur? pose the government of the United States and the government of Spain, the United States aud Spain have : formally agreed upon the terms ou i which negotiations for the establish- j ment of peace between the two countries shall be undertaken ; and Whereas it is in said protocol agreed upon its conclusion and sig? nature, hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and that notice to that effect shall be given as econ as possibfe by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces ; Now, therefore, I, William McKin? ley, President of the United States, do, in accordance with the stipula lion of the protocol, declare and pro claim on the part of tbe United States -I-, a suspension of hostilities, and do hereby command that orders be im mediately given through the proper channels to the commanders of the military and naval forces of the Uni ted States to abstain from all acts inconsistent with this proclama? tion. In witness whereof, ? have hereun? to set ray hand and caused the seal of th^Uaited States to be affixed Done at the city of Washington, this 12th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand and eight hundred and ninety eight, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-third. By the President Wiiliam McKinley William R Day, Secretary of State A copy of the proclamation has been cabled to our army and navy commanders Spain will cable her commanders like instructions Washington, August 12-In ac? cordance with the proclamation issued by the President suspending hostili? ties^ orders were issued this evening to the naval commanders at the sev? eral stations in the United States, Cuba and the Philippines, carrying into effect the directions of the proc? lamation The navy department not only transmitted the President's proc ! amation in full to the several com* mander-in-chief, but also directions as to the disposition of their vessels. The following orders are in that j sense self explanatory : BLOCKADE RAISED Navv Deoartment, Washington, D. C\ August 12, 1898. Sampson, Santiago : Suspend all hostilities. Blockade of Cuba and Porto Rico raised. How? ell ordered to assemble vessels at Key West Proceed with New York, Brooklyn, Indiana. Oregon, Iowa and Massa? chusetts to Tompkinsville Place monitors in safe harbors in Porto Rico. Watson transfers bis flag to Newark and will remain at Guantana? mo. Assemble all cruisers in safe harbors Order marines north in Resolute. (Signed) Allen, Acting Secretary. REMEY'S LETTER. Navy Department, Washington, D. D , August 12, 1898 Remey, Key West : ID accordance with the President's proclamation telegraphed you, sus pend immediately all hostilities Commence withdrawal of vessels from blockade. Order blockading vessels in Cuban waters to assemble at Key West Allen, Acting Secretary. TO B;E RAISED AT MANILA. The notification to Admiral Dewey was not made public, but Assistant Secretary Allen says that besides be? ing put in possession of the Presi dent's proclamation he was ordered to cease hostilities and raise the blockade of Manila. In compliance with the orders sent, Admiral Sampson and Commodore Remey will each send a vessel around the coast of Cuba to notify the block ading squadron that the blockade has been raised Admiral Schley being on the Brooklyn and included in the orders to that vessel, will come north with her --?mm*- ? i -? ? A SUGGESTION AS TO THE MISSING ROLLS To the Editor of The State I have now in hand, or in sight, all the confederate rolls exoept aboat six or eight. Allow me, through your columns, to suggest that the survivors of each company, the roll cf which is not in, meet at an early day at the oourt boase of the county in which the company was recruited, for the purpose of making up tbe rolls from memory where there are no written memoranda. This course has already been adopted with marked success, and has brought in valuable reports I ?ball be pleased to attend these meetings ac.d lend my aid I am now encouraged to feel that I shall seeure every missing roll by october 1st To this end I am working, planning aod j moving, aod I call upon every patriot? ic citizen to help where can be in the work of pottiog upon record the names of all our soldiery-men and officers alike-who did duty in the war be? tween the states. The county papers are requested to extend this suggestion. Respectfully yours, ?ho. P. Thomas j - - Garcia Suspends Operations, i New York, August 12 -A special I dispatch to the Evening World from Santiago de Cuba. August 11 ch. says : "Jack York of Pennsylvania, who has ; been serving with Garcia, the Cubao ! geoeral, has just arrived here. He ! reports that Garcia has suspended ope- i rations for 30 days and given bis men permission to go borne, with iostruc- ; tioos to report tc him at the end of the j period.'' Come and ?ee us before buying or trading. We can please JOB wita a Whitt- Randie. MADRID PAPERS AE IN MOURNING. "Spain, Without Colonies, Reduced to a Third Rate Power." Madrid, August 14, 10 a m - Pais to-day prints the text of t protocol signed by the United Stat and Spain with mourning borders a says : "Spain, without colonies, reduced to the role of a third n power. " El Impareiai says : "Peace will r bring to Spain even the rest she much needs after three j ears and half of war." El Nairon says bitterly : If Spa had at least been vanquished on after a furious and heroic strugg she could resign herself Peace wi the United States will be only a m mentary respite from our misfc tune." Madrid, August 14.-El Libei says the article in the protocol reli ing to the Philippines does not inc cate that anything good for Spa will be fixed upon, and the questi< will not be settled favorably for her Ei Globo (ministerial) pines f peace between Spain and the Unit< States, and says the communicatioi on eastern questions which Day ar Cambon have signed begin the fir chapter in a new history of Europe El Tiempo (Conservative) sayi "Peace ia an accomplished fact. Tl bitterness of defeat does not prevei us from seeing with satifaction tl end of the war.'* El Epoca says : "The peace is tl saddest imposed since the treaty i Utrecht,'' and expresses doubt "if government which has allowed itse to be dragged into a war will acqu itself well by negotiating peace " London, August 15.-The Madri correspondent of the Daily Ala says : "The comments of the pref on the protocol are a veritable funer; hymn on the destruction of the Spai ish colonial empire. Some days ag the desire for peace rr-^de the peopl closed their eyes to the price, but no^ upon reading the protocol, they rea ize that the cost is the loss of the en pire which Spain had conquered wit so much glory, and that Spain uo\ falls to the second rank among ns lions The public mind is slunne and there is general mourning. "Gen. Bianco telegraphs that Ha bana is greatly agitated by the new of the signing of the protocol, an< that much anxiety is manifested t learn the conditions which have no yet been published , Some uneasi ness is felt regarding the effect tba the text of the protocol may have oi the Spanish volunteers in Habana Many newspapers express grief an, despair that the men who brough disaster on Spain by lack of fore sight, organization and ability, shouh continue to govern the country " London, August 15-The Times Madrid correspondent telegraphing Sunday says : "The publication o the piotocol has not made much im pression because the contents wen already known. The only donbtfu point referred to tue time of the con vocation ?f the cortes. Although there is a strong cabinet dissensior on this point, some apprehending crisis, little importance r>eed be at? tached to it, because it is even un likely that itt the even? of one or twc ministers resigning, the course of thc peace negotiations will be seriously affected, because, ia the long ran, Segasta ie certain to have hie own way 'Meanwhile, he allows his col leagues to discuss the subject freely, and wisely keeps his own counsel. There is co doubt that the cortes will approve of peace, and the date of the convocation of the cortes can only affect personal party interest It is too soon to speak confidently of the impression the preliminary con? ditions of peace, when examined closely, will make on the Spanish people generally, but there is no doubt that the newe of termination of hostilities will be received by a great majority with satisfaction "During the last few weeks there has been a great change in public opinion. Though it was universally recognized from the beginning that in the long run America would prove herself stronger than Spain, it was generally expected that the bravery, dash and tenacity of the Spanish array and navy would in some meas? ure counterbalance the superiority of the United States in population and resources, and that, consequently, the conditions of peace woula not be very onerous This illusion was dis pelted by the destruction of Cervera's squadron, and gradaally the convic? tion spread that, as Spain was evi? dently incapable of defending herself, the sooner she made peace the better. "It may pretty safely be assumed, therefore, that the decision of the government will be generally ap? proved. Whether the government will subsequently be called to account for negligence in its preparation lor war and for the manner in which the campaign was conducted is another question "If the members of the local com? mission for evacuation have not yet been appointed, it is surely because the government wishes to appoint o? ricers and officials of the same rank as those to be appointed by the United States government, and at last night's cabinet council, it was decided to save time by appointing persons on the spot. "Already some people are begin? ning to console themselves with the idea that the loss of those two isl ands, though most painful to the Spanish national feeling, as consum mating the destruction of the great Spanish empire in the western bernis phere, is really not eo serious as is generally supposed. "El Imparcial, for example, says : 'After ali those who exploited the markets of the Antilles were only some manufacturers and merchants. In certain regions of the peninsula the exercise of sovereignty was util? ized by politicians to send their pro? teges as officials to these islands. The great mass of the nation derived directly very little advantage and had to bear the sacrifices necessary to maintain our domination.7 "Ideas of this kind, which are by no means confined to El Imparcial cr to tbe press generally, show that (as I have repeatedly pointed out,) the Spanish national character contains, with much that is medieval and to matic, a strong element of sound, practically common sense. "The Philippine question will be found much more difficult of solution, and already on one point all corape tent authorities here seem agreed, namely, that whatever solution may be adopted, there must be no joint sovereignty or joint protectorate or anything of that kind An attempt to combine Spanish and American methods of administration would in? evitably lead to disastrous complica? tions " El Nacional says: "We would rather lose the Philippines altogether than submit to American tutelage." The other papers discuss the prob ability of the abolition of the colonial office, declaring that the total loss of the Philippines would be "preferable to American partnership or control." Ei Imparcial, El Heraido and El Liberal find fault with clause IV be? cause it limits the action of the mix ed commissions to the West Indies, in reference to the details of evacua? tion, whereas mest Spaniards expect ed that most of them would be de cided upou before the sailing of the commissions A decree bas been issued granting the repatriated troops a three months' furlough The minister of war Lieut j Gen Correa, has issued circulars fix? ing rules for the disbandment of the forces returning from the West In? dies, who will hand over their arms and war stores on lauding at the ports of Vego, Corunna and Santander The soldiers and non-commissioned officers will return to their homes at the expense of the State, and the of ficer8 are to be placed in the reserves until the reorganization of the home army permits theiir being replaced on the active list. About 120,000 men and 6,000 officers are expected from the West Indies alone. Just Like Wheeler. Nashville, Tenn , Aug. ll.-Post? master A W. Wi-Us received a letter from Gen Joe Wheeler to day, dated Santiago de Cuba, July 27. 1898, in which Gen Wheeler says, referring to newspaper reports concerning Gen Shafter : "I think the criticisms upon Gen Shafter were -"very unjust He has had a hard task, and ha9 performed it successfully and well He is a man of more than ordinary brain power and administrative ability The crit? icism th^t he did not place himself on the firing line is ridiculous a3 on July 1 he was carrying on two fights at the same time-one at Caney arid one at San Juan He had some reserves, and had to place himself where ile could see both fights and manage the whole sffair, which he did efficiently. With very high regards. Truly your friend. Jos. Wheeler CROWDING THE SPAN? IARDS. Washington, August 14 -It is quite evident from a dispatch received by Geo Corbin to oight from Gen Shafter, that thc Spanish Transatlantic Com* pany, in transporting the Spanish pris oners from Santiago to Spain, is econo? mizing space in its ships. The dispatob from Shaffer which was i dated at Santiago, this evening reads: "Luzon sailed this afternoon for Spain with 2.056 soldiers, 4 priests, 16 women, 34 childreu and 137 officers; total 2.237." - - , -in- -qi?II - Pope's Physical Power is Passing. Rone, August 14 -The pope's ex rreme weakoess h.is produced great cociOiorioa, excitement aDd intrigues aiEOOg the mein bera ol tl;e Sacred col- j lege lr, is reported that France, Germucy and Austria, as being chiefly concerned j in the accession to ihe papacy, have ! ordered their representatives not to ?eave Home. Dr. Lapocni, the pope's physician, thick* there is no danger it the pope is able to pol' througn the hot weather. All the members of the family of the pup? have hurried to Rome. Bis holiness oe Friday insisted upon gerung up, but t-oon bad to be carried to bcd again in a state of partial col? I apse. lie does not suffer from any specific ifilicf;.on, but only from debility. i General Shaffer to Secretary Alger. A Letter Which Gives a Good Idea of What the Army of Invasion Has Had to Endure. Washington. August 15 -Secre? tary Alger to day received a letter from Gen Shafter, which is as fol? lows : Headquarters Fifth Army Corps, San? tiago de Cuba, August 4, 1398. Hon. R A. Alger, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. My Dear Gen Alger : Your kind letter of July 25th wis handed me yesterday by Maj Sniffen. I thank you and the President for the conS dence you express in my ability to ( handle the matters entrusted to me here. The number taken iii in ray com? mand is very great, as you will see, though not very much greater than those returned to duty ; and the death rate is not at present alarming, al? though it ie steadily on ?he increase, and the doctors tel! me that the fever, malarial and otherwise, is constantly presenting more virulent features Every possible effort is made to guard ships bringing supplies to the army, but it is almost impossible to enforce it, when ships must be unloaded, and men necessarily must come together in discharging and receiving cargo. The great trouble is that the people themselves seem to have no fear of infection, and, unless you have al gnard over every individual man, it is almost impossible to keep them from mingling The silver question has settled it self, and American silver is received the same as American paper The missing, I believe, have nearly all been accounted for. Not a single man was captured, and the only men now missing ara those who were killed in the thiok brush and whosc bodies have never been found The country has been scoured faithfully for bodies This was done a short time after the battle The camps now occupied are meas u-abiy good They certainly are on the best ground in the vicinity, and slight changes of location can be made. The difficulty of separating camps of an army of this size is on account of the great difficulty of sup? plying them with necessary food, es? pecially during the wet season, when half a dozen wagons over a road cut it iuto ruts two feet deep iu places. Pack trains are very good, and we have to us? them and do use them all the time. In fact, without them we could not get along, but the sickness among the teamsters and packers has been very ?reat-nearly every one of them, 1 suppose, 95 per cent, have I been sick, and, like the soldiers, they j do not recover their strength Supplies are abundant here of all articles of food and clothing. I can? not fully express my gratitude to j you for all the opportunities that you ! have given me and for the confidence j that you repose in me, as shown i more strongly than in any other way by leaving me unhampered in my operations against Santiago. I am very 6orry to see that some news papers are attempting to throw blame on your trying to run the campaign from Washington, and I suppose j some people believe it it is one of the things, however, that I don't suppose we^can help, although when? ever I have had an oppoitunity I have tried to make it plain that ? have been left to my own devices. I am very sincerely vours, Wm R. Shafter. Washington, Aug 15.-A cable message was received at the war de partment this morning from Gen. [ Shafter at Santiago de Cuba, saying that the last of the troops of his corps (the Fifth) will have left Santiago for the United States by Thursday, next and that he (Gen Shafter) will start for home next Saturday All that now remains to be transported is the Third division, commanded by Gen. Bates These troops will be em barked as rapidly as the transporta? tion facilities will permit. YELLOW ACK AGAIN. ! Jackson, Miss , August 12.-AD official leport having been received ?hat i one death bi.d occurred frcai jeilow fever at Franklin. La., Dr. John F I i Quoter, secretary o? 6tate board of! health, bas quarantined tba State of! Mississippi against che towu of Frank? lin 3od St Mary's parish, ic which ii if? frtcuated . No pas-^ugcrs, freight, t?s.ggage or expr?s?? ?iii le allowa io be brought fron; tba: pansa, j ? Washington, August 1G -Reports I from General Shafter, at Santiago, re- i ! ceived to-day, say that there have j j been twenty two deaths among the i ! American troops since the report ot'? yesterday. The Spanish dead are ; still being bumed The embaikaiion of the prisoners! I is beiug push-d with great activity, j ! This is rendered imperative by their i 1 horrible condition. The mortality is : j so great in the Spanish camp where j I disease in rampant tba' no longer atc ! the dead buried A funeral pile of 10 to 12 todies Is made, saturated with ? i kerosene and set fire to, cremating I I the bodies ic the open air. Death of the Rev. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, D. D. The Rev. Ch&ries Cotesworth Pinck? ney, D D", for oearly half a century assistant rector and rector of Gr^ce Chorcb. Charleston. S. C., died Friday night, August 12th, at the sommer res? idence of bis sister-?D-law, Mies Eliza? beth Pinckney Rutledge, at Flat Rock, N C. Dr. Pinckney was boro June 30, I 1812, and was consequently in his 86th year fie was the soo of the late Charles Cotesworth Pinckoey, of Eldo j rado Plantation, St. James Parish, San tee, and of Caroline Elliott, of St. Hel? ena's Parish, Beaufort. His grand? father was Gen. Thomas Pinckney, one j of the most distinguished of American diplomatists, who was the only brother of GeD. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, who has no descendants, bat lives as the author of the speech,, "Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute." The following extract ia from a lengthy sketch of Dr. Pinckney, pub? lished in the Charleston Sunday News: Dr. Pinckney'8 first sermon was to have been delivered in St.Philip's Chorch, bus that edifice being de stroved by fire on the night before hs was to preach the congragation assem? bled in tbe Sunday school room, which bad been saved, and the young minis? ter saw the smoke rising from the smouidering embers of the burned church while he preached from the text. Dr. Piockney's first charge was the parish church of Sc. James, Santee, where he lived for five years the qaiet, j happy life of the rector of a country ; parish, surrounded by a prosperous and iotelligect congregation, who appre i ciated him and made bis stay with them one of the pleasantest periods of his life Here he enjoyed rare opportuni? ties for theaght aod study. The rich planters of tho?c times prided them? selves upon their well stocked libraries, and there was not a book shelf io the parish that be was not urged to avail bimseif of. That ce availed himself of the opportunities thus presented to bim is evidenced by the wide scope of his information upon general topics. With tastes naturally turned toward literary subjects, be might, under different cir? cumstances, have taken a high stand io the world of letters, but lacking the spur of oeceasity be turned from the more rugged paths of production to the pleasanter ones of investigation and study and enriched bis own fertile mind, perhaps at the expense of the world. From the Santee Dr. Pinckney went to Greenville, and daring twelve years bad a number of parishes aod mis? sions in that part of the State. Three years after Grace Church was built be came to Charleston tc assist its rector, Dr. Speer, who theo ministered to a hundred communicants. Shortly be ! fore the war began Dr. Speer, who was a Northern man. went North, never j to return, and Dr. Pinckney carried on tbe work so successfully that when the war closed he was cbosee rector. , He refageed with hie? family to the up? country during the war, but was the first minister to return and open a church in the city after the fall of the Confederacy. Since that time he has been constantly occupied with the du ties of hts position until a few months ago, wben be Tas forced by failing health, due t .oat troubles, to leave the work io the hands of his assistant, the Rev. Mr. Goodwyn Ooe of the happiest and proudest events in the life of Dr Pinckney was the celebration of thc sixtieth anniver? sary of his first, sermon, wbich was cel? ebrated at Graoc Church on Sunday, February 17, 1895. The church was closely packed, not only by the mem? bers of bi? own congregation, but by toe members of other congregations throughout the city, and the closest in? terest was manifested in the remarkable and impressive occasion Ia the ohan cel where the Rr Rev Eilison Capers, Bishop of the Diooese of South Carolina the Re?. Jobn Johnson, D D , the Rev A. T Porter, D. D.. the Hev. W. H Campbell, D. D , the. Robert Wil? son, D. D . the Rftv. A G. Beeman, the Rev. T. P .Baker, the Rev G. Wbire, the Rev. Dr.Hoffman, of New York, the Rev Dr. L. Egbert, of Masseahusetts, and the Rev. Dr. Har? wood, of Connecticut Dr. Pinckney preached from tbe text that he had" chosen sixty years deforc io the little chapel of St Philip's The scene will long be remembered es one of the most impressive io the history of the city^ The Cost of the War. Washington, August lo.-Although the war with Spain lashed only 114 ?ays. it i? estimated 'bat it has cc<*t the govprnajeot PO far ?150.000,000, of which ?9\000,000 bas been aotuaily p?id our nf the treasury. The foti! ebarfd to the war department is ?65, 000,000; total charged tc; the navy department, ?32,700.000 The appropriations ruade by congress cn account of rb-? war aggregated about ?360,000,000 ?nd cover thc time to Jauuary 1, 1899. Madrid, August 15-5 p. m.-The Government bas received from Cap? tain general Bianco a dispatch tender? ing his resignation The reason giren by Gen Blanco for resigning is that he does not wi?h to superintend the evacj ation of Cuba The Government is also informed that Gen Auzusti, Governor General ol the Philippines, will leave Maoila for Spain by the first mail steamer, giving . hts command to the second in rank.