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I Vol. IX. No. 246.
I THEY wrought ruin.
1 VOBTIFICATIONB AT SANTIAGO
j WEBB DEMOLISHED.
| Vultures Circle Over the Field of Car
-1 nage-Gn n * Were Deserted Under
1 the Americans’ Fire.
I \Vashing toN > June 20—Reports
| genl here from Santiago giving detail
I accounts of the bombardment of that
1 place last Thursday, show that the
fl work of the American gunners was
fl more destructive than was at first
fl supposed*
fl The fortifications along th? crest of
OB the bills defending Santiago harbor
fl have been demolished, some of them
■ ' blyond repair.
fl : There are two spots on the hilltops,
1 one on each side of the harbor, which
■ show where the 200 pound charges of
U guncotton thrown from the Vesuvius
■ landed. The hilltops seem literally
I blown away, and not a vestige of foli*
B. age remains.
f After silencing the batteries and re-
I duoing the fortifications, the signal
t was given to cease firing, and the
American vessels moved out a short
distance from the harbor. ,
From the ships hundreds of troops
could be seen digging in the mounds
of earth piled up by the ex plosion of
projectiles from the heavy guns of
Sampson's fleet. They were looking
for the dead bodies of their comrades,
and their were fanned by the
winga of countless numbers olvultures,
giving evidence of the terrible fatality
among the Spanish soldiers.
From the flag pole on Morro castle
the ssffron flag of Spain floated at
half-mast for several hours. This
created some uneasiness among the
officers of the American squadron,
. and they think it was a notification of
the death of Lieutenant Hobeon and
Ilia brave men. If they have been
killed, they were murdered by the
Spaniards, as not a shot struck the
fortress during the bombardment.
Neither Admiral Sampson nor Com.
modore Schley believe these brave
Americana were killed, but think the
flags were half-masted because some
Spanish leader was killed by the heavy
fire of their guns.
Fifteen minutes work of the Vesu
vine demoralised tbe Spanish troops,
and officers could be seen with drawn
swords driving the gunners to their
posts.
It is believed that the 13-inch pro
jectile fired from the Texas, which was
reported to have exploded the powder
magazine in one of tbe western batter
les, went beyond tbe battery and blew
up ooK)f tbe ships in the harbor.
This was by far the most deadly and
destructive bombardment of tbe war
thus far, and scarcely a shot from tbe
big guns of tbe squadron went astray.
There were no casualties in tbe fleet,
although the ships held a fixed posi
tion as if inviting fire from the Span
iards.
One of the Mean Ones.
A worthy old Gentleman in the Coun
try, having employ’d an Attorney, of
whom he had a pretty good Opinion, to
do some Law Business for him in Lon
don, he was greatly surprised on his
coming to Tqwn, and demanding his
Bill of Law Charges, to find that it
amounted to at least three Times the
Sum he expected; the honest Attorney
assured him that there was no Article
in his Bill but what was fair and rea
sonable: Nay, said the Country Gentle
man, here is one of them I am sure
cannot be so, for you have set down
three Shillings and four Pence for go
ing to Southwark, when none of my
Business lay that Way; pray what ih
the Meaning of that Sir; Oh I Sir, said
he, that was for fetching the Chine and
Turkey from the Carriers, that you sent
me for a Present, out of the Country.—
“Joe Miller's Jest Book, ** 1789.
Consideration.
Clerk—l have been in your employ
now going on five years, and I am get
ting the same salary I started with.
Proprietor—l know it, but every time
that I've made up my mind to cut you
down or discharge you something has
reminded me of your wCto and little
ones at hom®, and se I jvfet couldn't do
it There, my man, you see I have a
heart as well as a head. —Chicago News.
The mushroom’s Jife is measured by
hours, but it flourishes long enough for
an insect to hang its egg on the edge of
the “umbrella” and for the egg to be
come an insect ready to colonize the
next “silver button’’ that pushes up.
Meerschaum is a silicate of magnesia
•od is to be found chiefly in Asia Minor,
Greece and Madrid.
_ .To Care Constipation Forever.
Caacaret. Candy Cathartic. 10c or So.
<*0.0.0. fail to fcure. drezsUts refund money.
NO EXCHANGE FOE HOBSON 3
He and His Brave Comrades Must
Remain in Morro Castle*
Washington, Juno 20—Secretary
Long received this morning the fol
lowing dispatch from Catnmander
Watson, commanding the blockading
fleet off Havana:
“Captain general says that the
Spanish government refuses to ex
change prisoners.’’
This relates to Lieut. Hobaon and
the crew of the Merrimac, and is the
outcome of the visit of Capt. Ludlow
to Havana.
Tbe refusal of tbe Spanish aulhori.
ties to exchange Lieut. Hobion and
his crew excites the utmost indigna
tion.
No doubt is felt that Hobson and
Iris men are being kept at Morro cas
tle for tbe purpose of giving that forti
fication immunity from attack, and
that they are being retained as priso
ners for the purpose of using them as
a Snreld of Safety of the Spaniards. It
i. not only that Hobson and bis men
are being used thus as a hostage, but
they must necessarily, while retained
as prisoners, be subjected to the danger
of disease and of privation and famine.
It is not legitimate warfare to retain
prisoners'Wben an exchange is possible
so that they shall suffer famine.
It is officially stated here that Cap
tain General Blanco has notified the
American blockading fleet that be will
hereafter recognize no flag of truce,
adding that every vessel within six
miles range will be fired upon, whether
flying the stars and stripes or a white
flag.
' A “Proud” Spaniard.
As the question of Spanish good
faith is prominent in the press these
days, this pertinent anecdote of tbe
civil war will be timely, says a
writer tn tbe Argonaut. It is told in
Bullock’s ‘Secret Service of the Con
federate States.” Capt. Bullock telle
of tbe exciting incidents concerning
the freeing of the Confederate ram
Storewall from tbe internalioftd com
plications attendant on her >OIOOBO
from the French shipyard wbero she
was built; how she was watched by
the agents of tbe federal government;
bow she was followed to Denmark,
whither she went under the Danish
flag; bow she was again followed to
Ferrol, Spain, by tbe United States
ships Niagara and Sacramento ; how
she eluded them there and sailed for
tbe coast of tbe United States with the
evident intent of attacking the federal
ships, for any one of which she was
more than a match, being then the
most formidable ironclad afloat.
But when the Stonewall,under com
mand oi Capt. Page, reached Havana
in May, 1895, Page learned of the sur
render of Gen. Lee, and soon after the
capture of Jefferson Davis. Page’s
funds were exhausted. The Confed
acy bad collapsed. The position was
perp’exing.
Capt. Page opened negotiations with
the Spanish authorities at Havana for
tbe surrender of ths ship to them, if
they would advance the money to pay
off the crew Capt. Page sent Lieut.
Carter to the captain general to make
tbe arrangements. Carter reported
that after five minutes’ conversation
the captain-general said : “You had
better make it $100,000.” Carter re
plied that bis orders were to ask $16,-
000. The captain-general then turn?
•d. to an official and bade him write a
document, and then, turning again to
Carter, said : “Shall we not make it
$50,000?” But Carter obeyed orders
and accepted only $16,000. '
It is quite evident that this high of
ficial, the captain general of Cuba, was
attempting to get tbe Confederate na
val officer to ask for SIOO,OOO to pay
off his crew, when he needed only
$16,000, tbe difference to be divided
ataong them. When the Confederate
obstinately refused tn accept either
SIOO,OOO or $50,000, but only the exact
sum needed, it is evident that the cap
tain-general concluded that tbe
Ametican was a fool and charged up
SIOO,OOO to the Spanish government,
and put $84,000 in his pocket. This
throws a- strong light on Spanish
financial honor.
The Modern Beauty ,
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plenty of exercise in tbe open air. Her
form glows with health and her face
blooms with its beauty. If her system
needs the cleansing action of a laxative
remedy, she uses the gentle and pleasant
Syrup of Figs. Made hr the California
Fig Syrup Company.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 81, 1898,
■ i
THE THIRD REGIMENT
Recruiting for the New Regiment Or
ganization Will Begin at Once.
The work of recruiting the Third
Georgia regiment, United States vol
unteers, called for by Governor Atkin-,
son in his proclamation of Saturday
wIH begin al once
The indications arc that the regi
ment will be recruited to the maxi
mum number without any trouble.
The response to the call will come
from all sides, and both milHary men
and civilians will enlist 'o tbe new
regiment.
Colonel John 8 Candler, who is to
command the regiment after it has
beefforgauizsd, and who will assist
the governor in its organization, has
formed no plans regarding tbe regi
ment. The usual methods of enlisting
men will be pursued, and Governor
Atkinson’s plan, which has been adop
ted by the war department, of exam
ining tbe recruits before they are mob
ilized, will be observed. It has been
clearly demonstrated that this plan is
the most inexpensive yet tried, and it
will bevpursued by tbe government.
It seems very -likely that a great
number of tbe members of tbe Fifth
Georgia regiment, Colonel Candler’s
old command in the state mililia, will
join the new regiment and go to war
with Colonel Candler. It is not prob*
able that any of tbe companies' will
enlist as a body, but it is certain that
a considerable number of the regi
ment wiH enlist.
The. members of tbe Fifth regiment
are warmly attached to Col. Candler,
and many of them have made known
tbsir intention of enlisting under him.
From what has been heard in different
portions of the state, there is no doubt
that the new regiment will be filled
with ease.
In speaking of tbe matter yesterday
Col. Candler stated that be anticipated
no trouble in obtaining men, and said
he believed tbe limit would be reached
in a very abort time
The medical examining board, con
sisting of Dr. J. B. 8. Holmes. Atlanta ,*
W. R. McCrary, Senoia, and Dr. R. B.
Barron, Macon, will begin work Tues
day morning and report to tbe gov
ernor tbe names of those who are best
qualified for service.
The recruits will come from all parts
of tbe state, and according to the plan,
observed before they are sent to the
place of mobilization.
When the full regiment ie recruited
the men will be mobilized, and_ they
and the officers who are to command
them will be mustered into the service
of tbe United States. There will be no
delay about the work of recruiting,
and it will begin immediately.—At
lanta Constitution.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, I
Lucas County, f
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm oi F. J.
Co.,doing business in the City
of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev
ery case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December, A.
( J-*—) A. W. GLEASON,
j seal. >■ Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimo
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Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Aa They See Ve From Enffland.
Here is one of the fairy tales about
American customs that find-credence in
England. It is from one of the leading so
ciety weeklies: “Tbe professional brides
maid is one of the latest transatlantic in
stitutions. Whether from
to incur expense or to receive tne cost of a
dress from the bride-’s family, the young
ladles who belong to the creme de la creme
of. Newt,York society are no longer avail
able for this purpose. Some say they are
not invariably up to the accepted standard
of* beauty. So it comes about that a good
ktdking, graceful girl may earn |BO and
all expense* for appearing at one of the
fashionable matrimonial oeremoniqs <
ffltakavem, The o&wday»4foir
foiled to'churrirW *M|ewer
1» Mired virgins to bear her company. An
exeeptlonally charming young lady can
command even a bigger
Me Os the most successful of these
ntoe acolytes is said to eipect at least
She has officiated on v 2oo occasions ana
saved 190,000, so that her own turn may
come very soon. ”
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Those WhaStay Behind*
She pinned a rose upon his blouss
And kissed him long and sweet,
The order rang, the ranks were formed
And moved adown the street.
For some must act and some must cheer,
And some with tears are blind— >
Which braver—those who haste away,
Or those who stay behind?
While Yankee tars on Yankee ships
Uphold Columbia's name, $
And boys in blue on land and sea
Her sovereignty proclaim,
Each shot strikes hearts whort tender
throbs
The gunner ne’er divined—
God aid the forces at the front,
God pity those behind.
And many a mother weeps and prays,
And many a lass Is wan,
And many a father dreams of days
When he was inarching on.
And many a one finds peaceful paths,
With duty stem combined—
Heigh 1 ho 1 there’s much for those who
fight j
There’s naught for those behind.
—Edwin L. Sabin.
Our MerAtnt Marine.
During the civil war considerable
bodies of troops were transported along
tbe coasts by sea; but there ware
plenty of ships to bs bad, because the
States bad not surrendered her
power upon tbe ocean.
Today, however, the American peo
ple hava practically no merchant mar
ine, and tbe consequence is that ships
for transporting tbe troops have been
“hired often from foreign owuers, tbe
government, in its serious exlrsmity,
being forced to pay such monstrous
prices as SOOO to SI,OOO a day for char
ters.
Hursafter it will be necessary to
have the means at any time to move
troops to and from tbs colonies in
the West and East Indies, and this
will require either that tbe United
Stales shall own a sufficient number
of troopships, or shall so encourage an
American merchant marine as that
charters can easily be secured.
If the Americans should fail to learp
some lessons of this sort, they will be
tbe most stupid people on the face of
the earth.—New Orleans Picayune.
HE EXCELLENCE Os STO OF FNS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
jto the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the Importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
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effects, please remember the name of
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