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; ' "vol!liii. winnsboro. s. c., Wednesday, august it i898. ^ no. 2. I PEACE IN SIGHT, j B$ The United States and Spain Have I Come to an Understanding. A PROTOCOL AGREED UPON, I.-. I (Embodying Proposed Terms For the Negotiation of a Treaty of Peace Between the .. . i ^ v Two Nations. ?" m T y A dispatch from Washington says the j mh -preliminary negotiations looking toward the continuation of peace advanced a : long step Wednesday wheu the secretary I of state and the French ambassador ! agreed upon the terms upou which future negotiation for a treaty are to be conduc? ted and reduced these to the form of a protocol. This protocol, it is true, is is yet to be submitted to the Span- j t ish government before the formal sig- | natures are affixed, but the administration view as to the progress made was I-] set out in Secretary l)ay's sentence: "It L.| is expected that this protocol will be executed." As to the character of this protocol it K can "be stated or authority that our RP^ terms are in all practical points those out in the abstract of the President's ' conditions published from the White ! House a week ago. From this fact it is deduced that the extra conditions or ! qualifications sought to be imposed by the Spanish government were abandon ked at least in large Dart bv the French ! r~ aui muomuvi NO MORE FIGHTING. This deduction is supported by the circumstances that in the early morning, and before the conference between Secretary Day and M. Cauibon which resulted in an agreement, there was a prevalent impression, based upon the utterances of public men who talked ?:xL it. -n i O witu. tne -rresiueui,, mat iuu upauisu answer was unsatisfactory and that the negotiations looked as if they might terminate suddenly. As this situation changed so suddenly after the conferene ^ . it may be fairly assumed that the ambassador abandoned the conditions which the President was reported to f have regarded as unsatisfactory. Tt. is known that the nrotocol car- I ries with and in itself provision for the I cessation of hostilities. On this point the naval contingent is urgent that our government adopt the Napoleonic policy of refusing to enter into an armstice without acquiring some substantial pledge to secure the consummation of peace. What they particularly desire | is that our government shall demand as a condition of a cessation of hostilities, the surrender to the /United States' military forces of Morro castle at the entrance of Habana harbor and some such points of vantage at the otheT important ports in the territory soon to ? fall under our control. hu MAKES A STATEMENT. T The answer of Spain to the terms of f peace not being entirely satisfactory to -v. the government, there was some apprehension early in the day that negotiaflwns might be broken off or further defrayed. A conference between the French ambassador and Secretary Day at the state department during the morning, however, seemed to relieve the situation, as this was followed promptly by a call of the secretary on the President, with whom he remained some time. After his talk with the President the secretary said: "We have agreed upon a protocol embodying proposed terms for the negotiation of a treaty of i)eace, including the evacuation of Cuba ana Porto Rico and it is expected that this protocol will be expected."' ?3 This was the first admission that the 2jp two governments at last had practicallycome together on the basis of peace. It was intimated that what remained to be accomplished was purely formal in character and no doubt was entertained that the signatures required would be * attached in due time. - THE PROTOCOL SIGNED. A dispatch dated Madrid August 11, ten o'clock p. m., says the government a has received the protocol and the cabimZl/ net council rose at 9:40 p.m.. having approved it. The government wired J M. Cambon Thursday empowering him to sign the preliminaries of peace. Thursday in Madrid was diplomatically one of the busiest since the outbreak of the war. There were no fewer than * two cabinet councils, in addition to val rious diplomatic conferences. Th mgh the text of the protocol was hot received until Thursday evening, was well H; advanced, the government had been jr made fully acquainted with its contents through Paris. The matter was practically settled at the cabinet meetiug Thursday afternoon and the receipt vof the actual document, therefore, only required a meeting of the cabinet for a formal acceptance. Ministers adhere to . the statement' that the protocol contains no modification of the original terms. Duke Almodevar dc l\io, min' ister of foreign affairs assures the cor^ respondent of the Associated Press that the negotiations for the peace treaty will take place in Paris, but he says the * - - ' X __.L 1 __ commissioners nave noi yet oeen uppointed. THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON. The Associated Press bulletin from Madrid announcing that the Spanish Jftbinet had approved the peace protocol "Slid that the French ambassador would receive instructions to sign it was very gratifying to the President. Botk the United States and Spanish governments | will begin carrying out the provisions : of the protocol. The first will be the j cessation of hostilities followed imme- ! ^ * k ^ /\-P ATomlo K\* i IUUltClJl VJ kUC UbUUpilliVU UJ Viiuiuu, K/VT Gen. Merritt and the United States j* troops under his command, the occupa> * tion of San Juan in Porto Rico by Gen. Miles and the "evacuation of that island by the Spanish forces. It is believed that there will be delay in the evacuation of Habana. Matanza and other Spanish strongholds in Cuba, as some aimcuiues are auuciuaieu in arraugi.js i for a proper form of government of i Cuba and because there is no desire to ; (9 hurry American troops into the island at the present time, the preference being to await for cooler weather. It i is not believed by members of the adArt flirt T>-? WOT A>1 r.o Y> JlilLJ lUiuii wuau UIV/ vuu : complete its work in time to cause an > extra session of congress to consider FV legislation which the treaty will necessitate. although there is a prospect that an extra session of the senate might be called in November to consider the treaty of peace. COAMO CAPTURED. Dashing Encounter Forced by the Americans Under Gen. Wilson. The United States troops under Gen. Wilson captured the town of Coumo in Porto Rico ou last Tuesday week with a loss of only seven men wounded, all of the Sixteenth Pennsylvania regiment. Ooe of our wounded will die. The Spanish are known to have lost their commander, Maj. Vellescas; Capt. Ecante, Capt. Lcpez and nine privates, all killed, and to have 35 wounded. The Americans captured 13 prisoners, practically the whole force of Spaniards except the cavalry. The capture of the town and srarrison was neatly planned TT Tim f^lY- I auu VAVVUWU. ?--? teenth Pennsylvania volunteers moved to a point at the north of the town Tuesday night and by forced marches of eight miles across the mountains arrived at the rear of the town about 7 o'clock Wednesday morning, just in time to cut off the enemy's retreat. _ At daylight the Third Wisconsin and Troop U (.-New lork) moved Dy cne right flank, and artillery, supported by the Second "Wisconsin, advanced in the center. Xhe Fourth cavalry took up a position from which it could gallop to the iield and sweep the valley into the town. At 7 o'clock tire was opened upon the blockhouse, which was hammered with shell and shrapnel The "Spaniards replied with a few shots from their Mausers and then fled. The .blockhouse was soon ablaze, and the artillery fire in front ceased at 7:40 o'clock. Almost immediately volley firing was heard in the rear of the town, xne -Spaniards in seeking to escape, ran straight into CoL Ruling's regiments, posted on the hills commanding the road. The enemy sought protection in trenches, but they could not withstand the deadly fire. With their commander and two captains killed they were compelled to surrender. A troop of 50 Spanish cavalry escaped through the mountains, our cavalry being unable to pursue them. The r* i v . J J ? j ^ opamaras naa aestruyea cue swuc bridge cross the river Coamo leading into the town, but it was evident that they were not prepared to make a strong resistance, as no artillery was posted there. The natives received the Americans with delight. Gen. Wilson immediately after taking the town pushed the Wisconsin troops a mile out beyond, where they will camp for the nio-Kf A WIFE'S CRIME. Followed by Her Suicide and a Wholesale Lynching. Five negroes are hanging from the limbs of trees near the railroad track and the widow of John T. Orr is dead in her cell. This is the tragic de nouncement of the assassination, of John T. Orr, a wealthy merchant at Clarendon, Ark., a few nights ago. The wife died from a dose of poison, self-administered, while the negroes, her associates ip crime, were strung up by a mob of citizens. The report of the lynching was received at an early hour Wednesday morning, after telegraphic communication was suspended for the night, and only the authentic details of the affair come from a railroad telegraph operator at Clarendon, who saw the lynching. Four bodies, two mmon anrJ f.-crn men are Tiancnntr frrvm ?>^ ? 7 ??0 0 the limb of a tree not far from his office and a few paces away, dangles the body of another negro woman, former cook in the Orr household. Miss Morris, the Jewess implicated in the assassination, was not hanged, she having disappeared last night. Last Saturday night week, John T. Orr was assassinated while making a glass of lemonade. He had just returned from Christ church, where his wife was organist. The affair was shrouded in mystery until Miss Morris told somebody that she knew who fired the shot. A coroner's inquest resulted in the arrest * of the five negroes and Mrs. Orr, and a warrant for the arrest of Miss Morris. It was charged that the wife had hired the negroes to do the murder. Orr's life was insured for ?5.000, and it developed at the inquest that Orr and his wife lived unhappily. Mr. Orr was formerly a theatrical man. In 1890 the couple eloped to a summer resort in Wisconsin and were married. Later they settled in Clarendon, where Orr prospered in business. He was considered wealthy at the time of his death. ; BLANCO GT7ES IT UP. He Says That Foreign Powers Forced Spain to Sne For Peace. News has just reach "Washington of a recent proclamation of amnesty, in which General Blanco has made known to the Spanish people of Cuba that Spain had, through the intervention of foreign powers, been forced to the disgraceful issue of suing for peace, and that there would be no more war and no further use for soldiers. He offered a pardon to all Cuban political nn/1 AVAV 1 ^0 Trnrn rnlnocor] I'l I.lUiJ^L ^3 , UIX\JL VIVA JIVV HVIV ivivuovv* in Havana. In explaining Spain's defeat in liis proclamation, Blanco informs his credulous readers that Spain, having suffered so much in the present war. could not resist the interference of the foreign powers and go to war with all countries at once, so she was compelled to acccae to their dictation and sue for peace. Havana, he says, will be given over to Americans and Cubans, and the Spaniards will be r i - i.. TT _ iorcea 10 evacuate. ne assures uie soldiers and all Spanish residents who wish to return to Spain or to go to other Spanish possessions, that free transportation will be given them by their mother country to their destination, and they will be protected from interference on the part of either Cubans or Americans. He suggests that the Cubans be forgiven and no longer A tW rtr\ nri- ! kind feeling be cherished. Killed "With Her Victims. Three men dead and a woman dying is the net result of a shooting affray at Central City. S. D.. Thursday. Judge J. P. Giddings. Ed Shannon and Jack Wear are the men and Mrs. Ed Shan- i non is the woman. The woman is still I alive but cannot recover. All the par- i tifts are pioneers and well to do. Gid- | dings has had many political offices, j Intimacy between Giddings and Mrs. J Shannon is given as the cause of the ! tragedy. Wear tried to separate Shan- I non and Giddings and was shot. PEACE DECLARED. The War Between the United States and SDain Ended. A PEACE PROCLAMATION. The Terms Upon Which Peace is Made. Spain to Give Up Cuba and Other West Indian Islands. With simplicity in keeping with reDublican institutions, the war which has raged between Spain and the United States for a peribd of three months and twenty-two days was quietly terminated at 23 minutes past 4 o'clock Friday afternoon when Secretary Day for the United States, and M. Cauabon for Spain, in the presence of President McKinley, signed a protocol which will form the basis of a definite treaty of peace. An official statement for press publication setting out the provisions of the Drntocol was read and annroved 1 X - - - A * at the cabinet session Friday. It was prepared by Secretary Day. the purpose being to make it public immediately after the required signatures had been affixed to the protocol. It does not give the text of the document, but details its main points and provisions, which are as follows: MAIN PROVISIONS. 1. That Spain will relinquish all claims of sovereignty over and title to Cuba. :a That rorto .tuco ana otner Spanish islands in the "West Indies and an island in the Ladrones to be selected by the United States shall be ceded to the latter. 3. That the United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines. 4. That Cuba, Porto Rica and other Spanish islands in the West Indies shall be immediately evacuated and that commissioners, to be appointed within 10 days, shall within ^0 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 conclude a treaty of peace. The commissioners are to meet at Paris not later than the 1st of October. 6. On the signing of the protocol, hostilities will be suspended and notice to that effect will be given as soon as possible by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. THE PEACE PROCLAMATION, The President has issued the following 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 States, and his excellency, Jules Cambon, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of France, at Washington, respectively, representing for this purpose the government of the United States and the government of Spain, the United States and Spain have formally agreed upon the terms on which negotiations for the establishment of peace between the two countries shall be undertaken; and Whereas it is in said protocol agreed upon its conclusion and signature, hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and that notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each government to the commanders of its military and naval forces: Now, therefore, I, William McKinley President of the United States, do, m accordance witn tne stipulation 01 tne protocol, declare and pioclaim on the part of the United States a suspension of hostilities, and do hereby command that orders be immediately given rvi?Ar\Ai? />V?onr?nla fn f.ViA t-Ll-J. KJ UII UlXts VUCvuuvik) vu viiv commanders of the military and naval forces of the United States to abstain from all acts inconsistent with this proclamation. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United 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 independent nf flip TTrtifpr) Shifts t.lift rme hundred and twenty-third. By the president. y William 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. orders to stop fighting. As soon as the peace protocol was signed the President sent lor Secretaries Alger and Long and Gen. Corbin. and by his direction orders to cease hostilities forthwith were sent to Gens. Miles, and Shafter, to Admirals Dewey and Sampson and military commanders generally. The order states further instructions will he sent to each general. Gen. Merritt will be directed to confer with the Spanish commandant at Manila to carry out the terms of the protocol and to occupy Manila immediately. Gen. Miles will put himself in communication with the chief authority in Porto Rico for the purpose of having the Spanish forces turn over San Juan and" other points to him preparatory to evacuation. Owing to condition in Cuba, the order to Gen. Shafter, to be sent hereafter will be much different than those to other generals;. The navy department is also preparing orders to all commanders on lines'similar to the war department's order. TU.nCKATVE RAISED. Navy Department. Washington. D. C., August 12, 1898. Sampson, Santiago: Suspend all hostilities. Blockade of Cuba and Porto Kico raised. Howell ordered to assemble vessels at Key West. Proceed with New York. Brooklyn, Indiana, Oregon, Iowa and Massachusetts tn Tnmnlcinsville. Place monitors in safe harbors in Porto Rico. Watson transfers his flag to Newark and will remain at Gruantanamo. Assemble all cruisers in safe harbors. Order may rines north in Resolute. (Signed.) Allen, Acting Secretary. ! Navy Department. Washington. Aug. | 12, 1898. i Kemey. Key West: i Tn wit.h President's ' proclamation telegraphed you. suspend j immediately all hostilities. Commence I withdrawal of vessels from blockade. | Order blockading vessels in Cuban j waters to assemble at Key West. Allen. Acting Secretary. The notification to Admiral Dewey was not made public, but Assistant Secretary Allen says that besides being put in possession of the President's tuwlnmnrinn hrt was nrrlprfd to rtftase hostilities and raise the blockade of Manila. In compliance with the orders sent Admiral Sampson and Commodore Heme}" will each send a vessel around the coast of Cuba to notify the blockading 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. OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. I Plans for the Temporary Government of Porto Rico and Cuba. Plans for the temporary government of Cuba and the territory which will be acquired from Spain as a result of the war are now under serious consideration by the President and the members of the cabinet. Porto Ricoas an actual acquisition to the territory of the United States will hfi ltlaftfttl in charsre of a military governor, who will exercise a supervisory control of all the functions of government, under the direction of the President, until congress shall determine upon a permanent form of government for the island. Upon congress alone will devolve the responsibility and duty of determining the characI r\f flip nolif-iVrtl rplfit.inns wlnV-h Prvrtn Rico shall permanently bear to the United States. These are reasons for the belief that' the President himself favors a colonial form of government and this view is shared by members of the cabinet. Canada is cited as having a model colonial government which is coficPo/>famt oliL-n o A"f it.c U1J1UV VV1 J MA4.AV wv U* v* * vw people and to the mother country. This system, however, it is believed can be put into operation only after the lapse of a considerable period of time, and after the people have demonstrated satisfactorily their ability to govern themselves intelligently in all local matters. Upon the evacuation of Cuba it is be lieved to he the intention of the president to establish for the whole island a temporary military government similar to that now in operation in Santiago. "VYhen order has been fully restored and the people have settled down to their peaceful occupations it is believed to be the view of the President that a convention of representatives of the people should be called to" vote upon the question of form of government for the island. The presence of the army of the United States would be a guarantee; that every citizen who would subscribe i . - i-i- v: ir i.- L TO an oatn Dinumg unuseii w suppurii whatever fonn of government should be agreed upon, should have the unquestioned right to vote for whomsoever he pleased to represent him at this convention. The action of this body, however, would have to be submitted to the United States for approval or disapproval. It is pointed out that this convention of representatives of the whole people in the free exercise of their choice 1 i- - x. 1 mignt express a wisn to oecome a colonial dependency of the United States or might favor a republican form of government or possibly a majority might ask to be annexed to the United States. 5n any of these contingencies, it is believed that their wishes would be met by the approval of the President and his advisors. The Cotton Crop. The cotton crop report of the departyn i aona/1 "XKT lli^ULf Ui a^liVUlUVllO IJtJ VA II vuuvk-w?j says taking the entire cotton producing region as a unit, the condition of the crop on August 1st, was exactly the same as on July 1st, namely, 91.2. This is 4.3 points higher than on August 1, 1897. 11.1 points, higher than on August 1, 1896, and 5.8 points higher than the August average for the last ten years. During J uly there was an improvement of one point in Georgia, three points in North Carolina, four points in Alabama, five points in Tnnnacooo oind Triflian TVnTit.nrv an<^ SIX points in Oklahoma. On the other hand, there was a decline of one point in Texas and South Carolina and of six points in Mississippi. The average for the States are as follows: Virginia, 94: North Carolina, 90: South Carolina, 89; Louisiana, 90; Texas, 91; Arkansas, 93; Georgia, 91; Florida, 87; Alabama, 95; Mississippi, 88; Tennessee, 97; Missouri, 90; Oklahoma, 9S: Indian Territory, 94. Seventeen Deserters. No less than seventeen men have deserted from the Frist South Carolina Regiment, which is now stationed at Jacksonville. Fla. The deserters are: J. P. Bowers. Co. A, July 12; Herbert Ross, Robert Arledge, Co. B, July 10; S. L. Henderson, Zach Henderson, Co. B, Julv 15; F. J. Clapp, Co. B, July 22; J. W. Rodgers, Co. C, July 15; Marion Moneyham, July 20; James TV. Shehan, Co. E, June 27; James C. Fowler, Co. E, June 27; T. A. Phillips Co. H, July 24; S. W. Patterson, Co. j H, July 10; T. S. Lee, Co. I. July 19; j J. T. MaeDona'id, William Myers and S. J. Sharp. Co. K, July 12 and 18; j Coke Smith, Co. C, July 0. What Drink Did. Policeman H. C. Hawley of the Tenderloin station, New York, while in a j fit of drunken rage Thursday, shot his j wife, mother, Mary and his 4-year-old J son and 6-year-old daughter. He then j shot himself in the head. He was taken ! to Bellevue hospital, where he died i soon afterward. The others were taken j to the New York hospital, where later j they died. The only explanation of | the crime was a statement by Hawley's ! wife before she lost consciousness to I the effect that '"drink has caused all j this." Hobson's Father. President McKinley Thursday apI pointed Judge J. M. Hobson, father of i Lieut. Hobson of Merrimac fame, post' master at Greensboro. Ala. Mr. HobJ son is a Democrat, and the nomination ! was made at the earnest request of his I Republican fellow-townsmen as a mark j of good feeling. |OUR OLD SOLDIERS." The South Carolina Regiments in the Civil War. tmfv mn r.nnn ccouirr i i iu i u/i b/ w vt/ v^.1 \ r i wi-i Battlefields on Which the Troops from this State Made Names for Themselves and Their State. There is poetry in our past, there is deathless honor to South Carolina's gallant sons, but iu writing a short account of the troops sent by our State to ? -"Li. i? _ i i? j i.i i?_? ugjitior Jier ireeuum, mere is space lor little more than bare facts, and a list of names whose glory furnishes all the beauty of my theme. For much of my information I am indebted to our own brave soldier, Col. J. N. Brown, who not only bore the sufferings and privations of the Confederate camp, but won Confederate laurels as well, having been promoted to the rank of general. To the call for troops to defend the South this State promptly responded by raising 65,000 troops; 20,000 of these were otuie i-ruups, ur reserves, pnueipally old men and boys, verifying hgr unparalleled patriotism, robbed the cradle and the grave. The first gun fired in that immortal struggle was not at Fort Sumter, April 12th, 1SG1, "but three months earlier, from Morris Island. January 9th, 1861, by South Carolina cadets, commanded by Major Stevens. It was discharged at the ''Star ot the "West," a steamer carrying supplies to Fort Sumter. The Fourth llegiment of South Caro l^na volunteers sent out April i*.!oojl, was composed of soldiers from Anderson, Oconee, Pickens and Greenville. Its officers were Col. J. B. E. Sloan, Lieut. Col. C. S, Mattison, Major J. II. Whitner, Adjt. S. M. Wilkes. There was little lighting on South Carolina soil; our soldiers met the foe on the battlefields of Virginia and Tennessee and by the courage and patriotism they displayed, proved the spirit -c 1 _.:ii . "...i 1. 3 01 n iu wiio sun a vitai sparh., auu UULL the chivalry of the South could produce the finest soldiers, as well as the finest gentleman, the world had ever produced. The first important battle was Big Bethel, June 10th, 3861. The South Carolinians who participated in this battle were commanded by Gen. D. H. Hill. On July 21st, 1861, took place the battle of Bull Run, or the'First Manassas. In this fight were Generals Hampton; Kershaw, Bonham, Butler PftA TTTI f Vl fkmi* AAWTWOn^C U>UU JL/tC TTXVU CJU.VAX Will llrnUULJ. It was there Gen. Jackson was given his soubriquet. Gen. Bee in rallying his forces became impatient, and exclaimed: "Men look at Jackson's brigade, itstands like a stone wall." The name passed from the command to the commander^ and has become immortal. The next important battle in which our sdld'fers engaged was on October 2d, 1861, at Leesburg, Gen. N. G. Evans in /i/-vmnr>or>^ nf flio Srvnfli riomlirin AU WiyUlUUUVi V* WilV WVUWM troops. In 1862 our men participated in the following battles: Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gaines' Mill, Fraser's Farm, Mechanicsville, Savage's Station, Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas. Ox Hill, South Mountain, Harper's Ferry. Antietam, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Shiloh and Murfreesboro. In 1863 occurred the following battles, in which the 10th, 16th, 19th and 24th regiments took part: Chancellorsville, Resaca, New Hope, Harrison's Mountain. Gettysburg, Mills Valley, Chickamauga, Richmond. Perrvsville. In the battle of Missionary Ridge they did not participate, because they had made an unsuccessful attack on Knoxville, November 25th, and then returned through East Tennessee to Virginia. In 1864 took place the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania. Cold Harbor, Dandridge, Fort Harrison and Richmond. Gen. Crist was killed at Franklin. November 30lli, and was succeeded by Col. Ellison Capers. Probably the hardest fighting of the war was at Spottsylvania Court House May 12th, 1864, in the Bloody Angle. That battle lasted, without interruption, for 18 hours, and at Murf ressboro, when the fighting began on the last day of 1862, and lasted two days. The following is a list of Confederate generals from South Carolina. Lieutenant Generals: K. H. Ander son commanded a division composed of the brigades of Armstcad, Mahon, Martin and Wright. Wade Hampton cavalry brigades of Butler, Gordon. Kosser and Young. Stephen D. Lee was appointed June 23d, 1864. Major Generals: M. C. Butler. M. W. Gary, Benjamin Iluger. J. B. Kershaw. Brigadier Generals: Barnard E Bee. Milledge L. Bonham, John Bratton, Ellison Capers, James Chestnut. James (Jonnor, J hos. r. urayton, ?Jonn i>unnovant, Stephen Elliott. F. G. Evans, States Rights Gist, Maxcy Gregg, Johnson Hagood. Micah Jenkins, John D. Kennedy, Tlios. Muldrop Logan. Arthur M. Manigault, Samuel McGowan. Abner Perrin. Pettigrew J. Johnson. John S. Preston, Roswell Ripley, Clement H. Stevens, J. II. Grapin, J. B. Yillepigne, W. II. Wallace. The following,though appointed from other States, are: Lieutenant General: James Longstreet. Major Generals: E. M. Law, P. M. B. Young. Brigadier Generals: Hamilton P. T1 1V_ 1 "I"V T? 1 _ _ T /I !>ee, rincKney v. nowies. ?james v^antey. Jack C. Deas, Samuel W. Ferguson, A. H. Gladden. 1). C. Govan. A. R. Lawton. L. Sullivan Ross. Reuben R. Ross. Lewis T. Wigfall. "Many of these men are now dead: for others the shadows are lengthening and the sun is going down." A Generous Offer. Tl.<3 TTr.;t^ ],oo | ly offered to parole the 1.300 Spanish i naval prisoners taken at the destruction of Admiral Cervera's fleet whenever Spain is ready to repatriate them. The offer of this government was made regardless of the approaching culmination of peace negotiations, and simply i with a view of sending home a large j number of national guests who had con siderably overstayed their welcome and become burdens upon the hosts. ' -' . ' -v 0i'?7-rP'Z''Z'i A PEHILOTJS VOYAGE. A Transport Loaded "With Soldiers Endangered by Fire. A dispatch to The World from Manila Bay, August 10 via Hong Koug says: "The third Phillippine expeditions here 22 days out from Honlulu. Never did an expedition encounter more dangers or endure more perils. On the voyage six men aud one officer died, and fifty more were taken sick. Typhoid and meningitis played havoc with the transports. Two firemen went insane and leaped overboard. But fire was the worst peril of all. The fleet of" transports and their convoy, the monitor Monterey, were three days out from -wIiati rlicfnvorfd nhrcird the traasport Morgan City. One of the crew reported to Captain Dillon that there was a bluze in the coal bunkers. At midnight when all the troops were asleep Captain Dillon assembled the crew and told them the news. Everyman was pledged to secrecy. To let the soldiers know that they were over a raging fire would be to precipitate a panic. Silently the men coupled on the hose and the steam nines. Then they began battling the flames in the hold. Next morning the fire was as fierce as ever. Night and day the heroic crew fought the fire, but with little success. And still the troops aboard did not know that a fire was burning beneath their feet. The Morgan City fell off in speed, and he whole fleet was delayed. Captain Dillon did not signal the flagship. He kept his men at work fighting the flames in the bunkers, while the troops went about on deck, all unconscious of their peril.' The t t . Dunsers were suu uurniug wneu tiie Morgan City arrived here. Then for tlie first time the troops learned their danger. The flames were extinguished after the ship had be "'a in port a few hours. On board the Morgan City were six hundred men of the Idaho volunteers and a detachment of Nebraska volunteers. The next most interesting incident of the voyage was the sight of the active volcano Farcalon de Pajaros. The ships passed it on the night of July 23d, when it was in full operation. A column of flame mounted far into the air and illuminated the sea. The men crowded the rails and enjoyed the spectacle until it sank beneath the horizon, 1 AOT-I * ? rr /\*\TTT rt nillim fl o v>>/\ roiwATA/] l r> xvjaviiiu, uiiij o, piiiai ui uauiv; luuiui^u iu the cloudy A LETTER FROM DEWEY. He Tells that in this Country Sectionalism Can No Longer Exist. Congressman Livingston of Georgia has received the following letter from Admiral Dewey: Jblagship Ulympia, on (Javite, rhiuppine Islands, June 17. My Dear Sir: I have just learned from the last papers nhat I am indebted to you for the introduction in the house of representatives of the resolutions extending to me the thanks of congress for the_.naval engagement /of Manila bay May 1st. I need hardly tell you that I am most sincerely grateful to you as the author of the resolution, bringing, as .T ,1 1-1 ,1 J 1 A it aoes, tne nignest nonor mat can come to an American naval officer in his professional career. But it is a great pleasure to acknowledge my debt of gratitude and to thank you in unstinted measure for the part you took in obtaining for me that greatest distinction. *It is a source of additional pleasure to me, a Vermonter, that the mover of the resolutions was not a man from the north, but one from the far south. This is one of the good signs of the times. In the hour of danger there is no south, no north, but one united country. May we never hear sectionalism again. There are no lines drawn in the navy. I need not say it may interest you to know that my flag lieutenant, Lieut. Brumby, is a Georgian by birth and appointment. Again thanking you liiurit cordially, I remain, Very gratefully and sincerely, George Dewey. What He Was Looking For. A tramp applied for food at the house of a suburban agriculturist recentlyj and while he was eating the rations that 1 11 O * 1- _ J _ A. 1 * _ _ - 1 * _ nau Deen iurnisnea at ms solicitation, lie was asked: "Why do you not go to work?". "I have looked long for a place that would suit me," he replied, ''but have never found it." "Is there not plenty of work at farming?" askod the interrogator. "Oh, yes," said the tramp, "plenty of it; but you see, sir, I want to find a vineyard where a man who goes in at the eleventh hour is the first to come out and draw a full day's wages, In the olden times they dealt fairly by a man. That is the New Testament treatment, and that is what I am looking for. At the close of liis meal he started again in pursuit of that coveted agricultural opportunity. Pure Water Needed. ' There is a good deal of typhoid fever. " says the New York Times, i;in the camps of tiie volunteers. Even laymen know that typhoid fever is a question of providing pure water and Keeping it pure. This is so well rec* 1 i. -ii-. 1 r l 2 : xi. -x ognizea oyuie meuic.u proieusiun uui expert sanitarians rank typhoid as among the most surely preventable diseases." There is a good deal of the fever outside the camps every year. Communities which are disposed to attribute its presence to a '"mysterious dispensation" of any kind should, by all means, try the experiment of "providing pure water and keeping it pure." Garcia Takes Gribara. Lieut. Col. Jane of Gen. Calixto Garcia's staff, has just arrived at Santiago from the front with dispatches announcing the occupation of Gibara on the north coast of the province of San tiago de tuba by tren. Uarcia s troops. Gibara was evacuated by the Spaniards. They left a thousand sick and wounded who are being taken care of by the Cuban commander. Gen. Garcia with 8,(J00 troops is besieging Holguin. now occupied by the Spanish general. Lugue, whose surrender has been demanded. He is Sensible. Judge Richardson shows good sense in withdrawing from the race for Congress in the eighth Alabama district. ?resli Irom the iront at Santiago lien. Wheeler is.invincible. t / I ^ .. % : .. : THE SECOND REGIMENT. : Gen. M. C. Butler Calls on the People to Fill It Quickly. I The following letter from Gen. M. C| Butler, the Gallant South Carolinian, I who is in the field as a major general. . ? J i.? -.1. - - -1 i . e ITL ^ o ' | was recciveu uy uie cuiuuei 01 cue oeuj ond regiment yesterday. -It is very j much to the point: Headquarters First Division. Second Army-Corps, Camp Alger. Ya., Aug. 8th, 1898. Col. Wilie Jones, Columbia, S. C. My Dear Sir: Replying to your recent letter. I beg to say a camp next to the Third Virginia and First Connecticut is awaiting your regiment, which will complete the brigade. I crust it i will not be occupied by another regi! ment, or that other orders may not be 1 i * a __._i___j.l-i_ i issued oei ore yours reacncs uixs camp, i What is the matter that your regiment ; is not recruited to its full quota? Heretofore South Carolina has always responded promptly to calls made upon her for troops, and it is rather mortifying to those who feel a pride ir. her past history to find her a laggard when almost every other State has com^ Pnrnrorr? tvi+Ti alflf-ritv rTTl/>rr> must be something wrong somewhere. In after years it will not sound well to have this State, with such a splendid fighting record, put down among those who failed to furnish her share of troops in obedience to a call made by the properly constituted authorities. Her people cannot vindicate themselves by claiming that there is no occasion for their services. Congress must have had good grounds for authorizing the enlishment and organization of an army, and it is not for us to question its wisdom or propriety. Our duty is to sup ply our proportion of men "for the common defence and general welfare" 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. None of us can forsee how many troops will be required to garrison for a time at least the territory acquired by right of conquest, and indemnity for expenditures and sarifices made for national purposes. South Carolina's full quota may not VfcTlf oV?A l'c rtrtf CTO IT) this instance. I have no greater interest in -the honor and character of the State, no greater reason to cherish a laudable State pride than any other of her citizens, but it is not pleasant to have the people of other States offering to make up our quota. It is a reflection upon our patriotism and good faith. It does not comport with the pride we Have always justly felt in the pluck and patriotism of our people to have them fail now in the full measure of their duty. I trust you will yet complete your enlistments and report with your regiment 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 is serves but one month. If it shottM be my fortune, to be or- . j j 1a /inlta ttt* ill a tt UttJTCU. tu VUrUtL Y> 1L11 VJLLO akJJJLJ Vi WVttJ/ar tiori, it would be very gratifying to have at least oue regiment from my own State to accompany the splendid body of soldiers now constituting my division from the States of Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, New Jersey, Illinois. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Virginia. I have been devoting myself to their discipline, equipment and organization, and have no fears as to their conduct, but you can readily understand why I would feel a pride in having a body of South Carolinians near me to share whatever may await us. Let me hear fully from you. Very truly yours, etc. M. C. Butler. Two Thouth and Pigth. An exchange has a comical story about a man who had a peculiar lisp, and had bought some swine, applied to a neighbor for the loan of ' a pigpen,' when the following conversation ensued: "Mithcth Young, I have bought two throwth and pigth, and want to put them in your pen till tomorrow." "Why Mr. Fisher, my pen will not hold a twentieth oart of them: what in the world arc you going to do with two thousand pigs?" "Understand me, madam; I don't thay two tbouthand pigth. but two thowth and pigth/' "I hear you! Two thousand pigs for one family? The man is certainly crazy-" "Mitheth Young, I tell you again I J?'j. ?-? i~. *1, j ?r..+v. 'k-.i* uuil L XllCit.II fcWU tUUUUUiillU J/lgUXl. UUl two thowth and two pigth." "Oh?oh?Mr. Fisher, that's what you mean. Certainly my pen is at your service neighbor. Time to Stop This. Sheriff lillis, of Bartow. Fla., went to Lakeland, Fla., Monday for a negro charged with selling liquor. He arrtcted his man. handcuffed him and had him on the car. "While waiting for the train to pull out 25 or 30 of the Tenth cavalry (a negro regiment) walked into the car and demanded that the sheriff release his prisoner. This Sheriff Tillis refused to do, when up went their revolvers and in a moment Sheriff Tillis was looking down 25 or 30 revolver barrels. The soldiers advanced and took the prisoner from the sheriff and walked off with him. Want His Son Shot. It is learned from the statement of a chaplain at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga. that a letter has been received by the officers of a certaiu regiment from the father of a deserter urging that the boy be caught and shot. The boy. it seems, had run away from home to enter the army, and after enlisting he deserted. The parents were communica ted with. and the father of the boy wrote the commanding officer thai he could see no other way of removing the stain from the family name and the disgrace from the army than by catching the deserter and shooting him. No More for Porto Rico. Orders were received at Tampa, Fla.. I Wednesday afternoon to the effect that | no more troops needed at Porto Rico. ! The Fifth infantry was - already on V\Aorr1 f 4 /-v coil r? r> A VA tuu Kjuiii tiauu x^.auj tv oaix. aiiu J had to be unloaded. This also stops I : the trip contemplated by Gen. Coppin- J ' gerand his staff, as they were to go on ! this trip. Two batteries of heavy ar; tillery were also being loaded for the ! trip and operations were stopped. | ANOTHER BATTLE." -fl tight Hundred Spaniards Fiercely A+tank th#* AmArir.flns. MANY SPANIARDS KILLED. The Fight Lasted Two Hours. The Enemy Attempt to Retake a Light House. Good Wnrfc of the Fleet. There was a two hours fight at Cape San Juan, Porto Rico, on Wednesday-. ( Eight hundred Spaniards attempted to retake the lighthouse which was guarded by forty of our sailors, commanded by Lieut. Atwater, Assistant Engineer Jenkins, Ensign Bronson and Gunner Campbell. The Spaniards were driven back by shells from the Amphitrite, ^-^111 Cincinnati and Leyden. The refugees report one hundred Spaniards killed. W. H. Berdeman of the Amphitrite,.a second-class man at the naval academy was seriously wounded. The Spanish advance began from Rio Grande, whither the Spaniards had retreated after the first landing of troops at Cape San Juan. They marched throkxgh Luquillo and pulled down the American flag at Fargado and replaced the Spanish flag. The terrified refugees were warned by the lighthouse force that the Spanish were coming. Sixty women and children were in an outbuilding of fU a -n w w a -fi/ylif fPl%a 011C 11511014UIADO UUUU5 UUC U?UV. J. lie Spaniards opened with a machine gun at a distance of three hundred yards. The Leyden, Ensign Crosby commanding, rushed within one hundred yards of the shore and poured one pounders into the Spaniards. Capt. Barclay of the Anrnhitrite nsed his six nounder '^?1 and the Cincinnati her five inch guns. The ships landed 250 men during the fight and was reinforced by the light house machine gun. Ensign Crosby took the refugees off at daybreak and has gone to Ponce. Our flag is still on the light house, but the forces have been withdrawn. The Amphitrite's ; guns cover the light house and are ready to annihilate it if our flag is hauled down. ij|j|||gw An Overdose of Morphine. /: o tTAnnff nliTT- y' j-/x. WJ* \jai\jL VT ^11 x a jvuu^ jpuj ^wjj sician living in York County, died f Thursday morning from the effects of an overdose of morphine administered ; by himself. Dr. Fewell late Wednes-j day afternoon complained of feeling / very badly, and spoke to his wife of it, / saying that he had taken some medicine before he left town, bnt that it hadn't relieved his pain, and that he would take some morphine for it Pouring out some in his .hand, he swal- _ _ lowed it. In a.short time lie realized that he had taken too much, and sent t ^11 M for his father, who is also, a physician. His father gave him strong coffee and did everything that could be done, as did otlier physicians who were called, but by. 9 o'clock he was in a stupor. from which he was never awakened, breathing his last at 5 o'clock, Thursday . Fooling Them. It was recently published in a Mani- la paper that Germany is combining with Russia to prevent the capture^ of ^iauAiu. anu. uiai, ^.VUUXIQI . // -QRgg Dewey and General Merritt will refrain from attacking the city; that the An er- ir|?S| ican resources are exhaused; that Admiral Cervera on issuing from Santiago harbor was victorious and captured Ad-. miral Sampson, afterward bombarding American ports;x that the Cherokees and the negroes in the United States hare rebelled; that President McKinley , has been mobbed; that Admiral Cama- ' ra is at Singapore; that he is going to ' land in the south Philippines; that the allied Spanish fleets will annihilate Admiral Dewey and finally,' that the climate is decimating the American i m TT.ia tt_ .a. J.rHui JXciu. up. The incoming Omaha flyer, on the Birmingham road, was held up at Dug Hill, two miles north of St. Joseph, Mo., at 9 o'clock Thursday night by five or six well armed men. After securing possession of the express car, the robbers rolled the Adams Express company's small safe out of the car door into a wagon and endeavored to haul it away. They abandoned their task, however, and soon dumped the sate out upoa tne nignway. It is stated by railroad officials that the robbers secured $18,280 from the safe which they took from the Adams Express company's car. Tillman at Leesville. At the invitation of the p^Ophr-of^ Loosville Senator Tillman delivered an address t.bfrA Inst Thnrsdav TTP a vigorous defense of the dispensary ;,||| lave and regarded it as the best solution \ "-::M of the liquor problem that could be devised. He thought it was so firmly entrenched in the hearts of the people that it would never be removed. Senator Tillman also spoke in behalf of higher education and made a "strong , plea for Clemson college. He was in favor of all State institutions and esnff.iallv thp CJlemsrm AfTiMiltrn-ml Pnl Berrier Has Skipped; Joseph F. Berrier. a member of the Richland Volunteers, left Columbia between two suns last week with $75 of the company's money, which he had collected to defray the expenses of the n n r? o 1 /\f f U a /?Am rvontr auuuai vi bug wuij/auj JJCI rier has been a flagman on the Southern railway, bat lately he has been out of work, having for some reason lost his position. Up to this time he has borne a good reputation, and his friends are greatly surprised at his present conduct. A Fast Boat A dispatch from San Francisco says -^? the torpedo boat destroyer Fafrragut, which had her builders' trial Thursday proves to be a wonder and her constructors expect that her official test will ';J| show her to be the fastest craft of her type in the world. If she does not make a speed of 32 knots her builders will be disappointed. Promoted. Gen. Barkely, commanding the brigade. of which the First Regiment form a part; has appointed Maj. Julius : II. Mood, M. ]3.. brigade surgeon; Lieut. C. Browning Smith, Co. I, aidede-camp: Lieut. I. H. Moses. Jr., brirro/I/% + - iau