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ENGAGEMENT OFF MOUA 18
EXPECTED SUNDAY-
Auxiliaries Hurried to Bes—Portugal
Government la Neutral-Traitor
Tries To Blow Up the Puritau-
WaSHINGTON, April 29 —A special
to the New York Evening Port from
Key Weal tays:
“Reports received here from the
blockading fleet today were to the eh
feet that the bombardment at Matan*
zas on Wednesday Was followed up
yesterday by a bombardment at Car
dense, east of Matansaa, on the north
coast of Cuba.
“At that station were the Monitor
Terror and the Gunboat Machias, and
shot from the shore batteries provoked
them to fire back.
"For two boors, tho reports say .Car
denas withstood the bombardment.
Then the anoient guns, which did no
damage to the ships, suddenly grew
silent.”'
It is entirely probable that th o' op
erations of the American fleet in Cu
ban waters in the matter of seising
Spanish vessels as prizes will be soon
completely eclipsed by the" perfor
mance of the ewilt-ocean greyhounds
recently bought by the government
from the American line.
These vessels, -St. Paul, St. Louis
and Harvard, have been fitted with
armor protection over all their ex
posed machinery and have already
received good batteries. It was the
intention of the department to con
siderably supplement these batteriee
at the navy yards. But owing proba
bly to the receipt of information from
abroad of the movements of some
very richly laden Spanish vessels tbe
department dots not consider that
time remains to complete the work in
the ordinary manner at the navy
yards, now overwhelmed with other
work, so the transformed liners are to
ba rushed to sea and it is rumored
that they will carry in their holds
some guns of heavy calibre which will
be mounted when they are in blue
water
No official statement can be secured
as to the destination of these splendid
auxiliary cruisers, but it is rumored
that they are to head directly for the
coast of Spain, where they will lie io
wait for tbe Spanish prizes.
Tbe house military affairs commit
tee has agreed to increase the number
of volunteers to be raised from tbe
United States at large from 3,000 to
to 13,000. This will allow tlie enlist
ment of 10,000 immunes.
Hurried preparations are being
made for the transportation of the
land forces now at Chickamauga to
either Tampa or New Orleans for em
barkation to Cuba. These oiderr are
now beipg issued, and iris expected
that General Miles will leave Wash
ington on Sunday to assume actual
command of the land forces.
Tbe Portuguese government has is
sued its neutrality decree in the war
between tbe United States and Spain,
and contains six articles:
1. Forbids the equipment of pri*»
vateera in Portuguese waters.
2 Forbids the entry of privateer* in
Portuguese waters
3. Permits belligerents to make a
abort stay at Portuguese ports.
4. Defines legitimate trade as re
gards belligerents and forbids trading
in goods which may be considered
contraband of war.
5. Warns Portuguese and foreigners
in Portugal against actions contrary to
tho security of the state.
& Refuses protection to any infrin
gers of the decree
It is announced that extraordinary
activity prevails in naval and military
circlea tbrougbouVFranee.
At Brest tlisre is commenf on
the fact that work al the arkeoai Con
tinues until eMate hour every night
and the workmen are employed all
day Sunday./
Large orjltrs for warmaterials of all
sorts have been placed and all the
coast Dotteries have been supplied
with provisions and munitions suffi
cient for several months \
Jt is also announced that fresh bat
teriei have been erected at Uabant;
that all tbe French warships recently
mobilised are kept jn fighting trim
and ready for sea at a moment’s no
tice, and that the reserves have been
notified to expect a call for active set-
Fice.
The entire Spanish fleet sailed from
St. Vincent, Cape Verde Island, this
morning in a weatrrly diractioo, pre*
sumably for Cuba. though they sailed
® under sealed orders
Dispatches received from Manila,
via Madrid, say tbe United States fleet
1 is expected to arrive at Manila on
Sunday.
The Spsinish fleet- has been
into two ri|oadro4is Two crniserV.tho
. Castilla and other vessels remain u»|i
the front »I Manila Ths. wnrinfoJ
1 Spanish vrkrshipe, unoer AAinlra!
Montejo, are patrolling wfrterri
’ coasts, awaiting the afri^ai'tM
’ American warships. -. Sy I
The Spanish fleet, iA appears, baa
_ been reinforced by a large apgUjary
t cruiser, aald to be capable of steaming-
20 knots sod armed as a warship, j I
r A Key West special says: “A aail-
I or on thtßbenUor Pari tan has been
. convicted of treason. '. He is Spaniard,
with a family in Mantaozas. He wo*
caught filing the look of a magazine
and was found guilty by a drumheac
’ courtmantial and Sentenced to b<
, shot.”
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Small Things Cause Big Wars. I
’ _ Some ws have been paused by vegi
little things. Tbe "teapot war” id
? China is a case in point. In 1650 tbe
emperor made war on the mountaineers
of tbe northwest corner of bis empire
’ and tbe conflict lasted 100 years and
cost over 500,000 lives. The cause of
b the trouble was tbe loss of a teapot
’ which wan stolen by tbe mountaineer*
_ from a member of tbe imperial family.
The war of the Span ioh succession
B was started by a quarrel between an
Englishman, p Frenchman and a
Spaniard at the Tuileries over a glass
8 of water, which the gentlemen were in
‘ search of for a lady. Their respective
countries took up their quarrel, and a
9 long war followed.
The last Turco-Russian war was tbe
outcome of a blow t/Om a blacksmith’s
1 hammer. The bltJw killed a Turkish
r tax collector and the blacksmith start
* ed an insurrection in Herzegovina
. which spread to Servia and involved
Russia. j
I A war between the Spaniards sod
the Moore in tbe thirteenth century
was caused by the stealing of a Span-
I iah lady’s petticoat by a Moor.
I The Franco-Prussian war started
I with a quarrel between two ambessa
, dors of the rival powers while they
! were drinking water at Baden-Baden.
Frederick the Great admitted that
, the seven years’ war was begun by him
r because be wanted to see bis name in
( the gazettes. This war, as Macauley
, said, spread into countries, where the
names of Prussia and of Frederick
were unknown, and caused bloodshed
, even*in tbe American colonies,
j Human nature is still very much
( the same, and the American people
, who once fought Great Britain because
. they qbjected to tbe preamble to an act
[ of parliament are liable at any time to
get their blood up when they bave a
I more serious provocation. We cannot
hope for permanent peace. There will
always be wars and rumors of wars,
r and sometimes great nations will go to
cutting throats about very~small mat
ters.
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' Naval Malitia Given Vessels.
Washington, April 29.—The seme
-1 tary of tbe navy has requested the
New Orleans naval militia to go to
‘ Port Royal, 8. C., and take the moni
tor Passaic from that port to New Or
' leans, where she will be manned by
the militia and stationed at tbe mouth
of the Mississippi to defend tbe river.
A similar request has been conferred
1 upon tbe South Carolina naval militia
’ to proceed to Wilmington, N. C.,
where the monitor Nantucket is now
under repair at a private ship yard
and take that craft to Port Beyal, 8,
r C , to replace tbe Passaic
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When Traveling
1 Whether on pleasure bent, or business,
- take on every trip a bottle of Syrup of Figs,
t as it acts most pleasantly and effectually
I on the kidneys, liver, and bowels, prevent
ing fevers, headaches, and other forms of
I sickness. For sale in 50 cent bottles by
9 all leading druggists. Manufactured by
j the California Kg Syrup Company only.
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a Cascareta Candy Cathartic, the most won-
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas-
M ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
n and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
- cure fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try a box
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GRUTIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AORNING, APRIL 30, 18#8.
eiBMASY WILL BS ■BUTBAL?
Austrian Emperor Helps Spain to
Strengthen Navy.
London, April 29.—The Berlin cor
respondent of the Standard says:
"I hear from a good source that Em
peror William, who is deeply interest
ed in the Cpbau question, has repeat
edly tnkeo oacariOD explain bis.
views as tn Cforrfiiny’s neutrality. Hie
majesty so airtbe tnrtre entniecf tn pure
sue hie prseeni fmffoy, as be pusssT
abeohttek proof that?the ifufied Slate*
afoot mot anno*
They are prepared to suffer defeat |
the Spaniards at first, but they I
will nut end the war nptii -Spain re*|
nouocee her sovereignty over Gobad
which can then* and not untß
grad mkHy bo rcetosid so 'thrift.”
The Vienna jjf Th#
Morifaig Pdctaays: .. t'Emper&r Wans
cfe Joseph privately contributed £2O,- ,
000 (8100,000) te the .national naval
eub*criplion in Bpsio, aod has further
shown bis sympathy by permitting a "
uqmbef 'i&wmp,Ht»u.gai , n v' officers
UFjoin the Spanish flkg. Tbe Arch- .
fluke Eugene has gonu tu Madrid to
stay with the queen regent during the.
critical period.
"Austria maintains tbe strictest neu
trality, but I am informed from the
beat sources that in tbe event of a rev
olution iu MadriUthe Austrian forces
will be at tbe disposal of the queen
regeot. Tbe emperor is determined
that her msjesty shall have the benefit
of bh fullest protection," -
Warned Lincoln of Anamination-
Just as vividly as if it ware yester
day do I remembar tbe night ou which
President Lincola was’shot. It should
be remembered that there were many
rumors current towards'lthe close of
tbe war of plots to assassinate Presi
dent Lincoln.
Among many others, Mr- Ward H.
Lamon was especially anxious oa bis
account. On the eve of hie departure "
for Richmond he urged upon Mr.
Usher, the the irtetior, to ■
persuade Mr. Lincoln to exercise ex
treme caution,and to go out as little as
possible while he was absent.
Mr. Usher went with him to see Mr.
Lincoln, and when about to leave be
asked him if he would make a prom
ise. He asked what it was, and said*
that he thought he could venture to
say he would.
He wanted Mr. Lincoln to promise
that he would not go out after night
while he was gone, particularly to tbe
theater.
Lincoln turned to Mr. Usher and
said: "Usher, this boy ia a monoma
niac on the subject ol my safety. I
can bear him or bear of him being
around, at all times of the night, to
prevent somebody from murdering me.
He_tbinks I shall be killed, and we
think he is going crazy.” _
He then added: “What does any
one want to assassinate me for? If
any one wants to do so, he can do it
any day or night, if he is ready to give
his life for mine. It is nonsense.”
Mr. Usher then eaid: "Mr. Lincoln,
it is well to listen and give heed to
Lamon He is thrown among people
that give him opportunities to know
more about such matters than we can
know.”
He then renewed bis request, stand
ing with bis hat in bis band, ready to
start.
"Well,” said Mr. Lincoln, "I promise
to do tbe best I can toward it.” He
then cordially shook bands and said,
“Goodby; God bless you.” That was
the last time be ever saw his friend.—
Washington Post.
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We, the undersigned, have known F, J.
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him perfectly honorable in all business
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Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
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1 Spanish Spies.
1 letter published in another col
umn from Dr. James L. Long, of Good
H|pe, Walton county, to Governor At
kmson, states that two Spanish spies
pa|acd through that vicioity going
Wf# h -
|onifl days ago Chief Williamß
learned that two men, evidently Span
iafflg, were in the city talking to the
naroea a good deal and asking them
awut tbe location of the powder mag
azine and the quantity of powder it
(MAtained.
f he chief became suspicious and or
deked his men to warn the two
stnnger* to leave tbe city at once.
The warning bad the desired effect, as
men left at once.—Columbus En-
.
Netice to Owners of Real Estate.
The City Assessors having completed
the assessments for the present year and
turned the books over to this office, parties
are hereby notified to examine the same
aad file application for reduction if they
smdesire. THOS. NALL,
April 29,1898. Clerk and Treas.
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and refreshing to the taste, and acts
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constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
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its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
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to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
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wishes to try it Do not acceptany
substitute.
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