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ing the preaent week. Thia >a the
opinion of members of the cabinet at
•xpreraed on leaving the white houae
after the cabinet meeting. Secretary
Long and Alger have been kept in
conetant communication with General
Shafter and Admiral Bampaon upon
the situation, and the conclueion bee
Deen reached that K would not be ad
visable to attempt to carry the city cf
Santiago by storm with our preaent
forceo.
General Shafter in a diepatch re
ceived last night confirmed the report
that General Panda* with about 6,000
Spaniards bad arrived in the city and
* wore already distributed among the
fortifications Thio reinforcement
makes the Spanish forces defending
the city froth 16,000 to 18,000.
The very great advantage of being
intrenched adds materially to their
strength, and in the opinion of milia
tary mon, makes their effective fight
ing force from a third to a half greater
than our own.
General Shafter in bis dispatch
states that the excessive heat and rains
of the last two weeks have contributed
nearly as ranch as the Spanish bullets
to the ineffectiveness of our army.
Under these circumstances it is his
opinion that it would be unwise uow
to attempt to carry the city by assault,
_ This view is shared by the officials
here and also, it is understood, by
Admiral Sampson, in command of the
fleet. >
Orders were also given looking to
tbe immediate dispatch of the troop
ships from Tampa with reinforcements
lor Shafter, and others now off Santi
ago will be brought here at the earliest
possible moment to aid in the trans
portation of reinforcements. At least
15,000 will be sent forward as rapidly
as transportation can be provided.
Thue augmented, there seems to be no
doubt that the forces under General
Shafter will be able to storm and take
the city without delay.
There >sa great deal of feeling at tbe
war department today in regard to tbe
action of the Cubans and their seem
ing failure in stopping General Pando
witb bis reinforcements from entering
Santiago
It is tbe general opinion among tbe
officers that the Cubans hereafter
must be left out of all calculations, for
the reports at the war department re
ceived during the last few days show
that they cannot bo depended upon to
take orders and fulfill them Had
they obeyed the instructions and stop
ped General Pando’s advance at Santi
ago, the bombardment could have
gone on today and tbe city would
have fallen. But General Linares be
ing so strongly reinforced bis army
now outnumbers the American and
the bombardment has been postponed.
Another question discussed at the
cabinet meeting today was the dispo
sition of the prisoners taken by Ad
miral Sampson and his fleet Sunday.
It was decided that while tbe minor
officers and seamen from the Spanish
fleet shall be sent to the United States
to be confined in military prisons, that
Admiral Cervera and bis staff will be
kept on board one of the vessels in the
vicinity of Santiago until tbe fate of
Lieutenant Hobson and his crew is
decided.
Although 1,300 prisoners under Ad
miral Sampson are naval prisoners,
they will be turned over to tbe war
department for confinement. It is
now supposed they will be sent to At
lanta and eared tor at Pt. McPherson.
Il was proposed to build a stockade at
that place, and this plan may now be
carried out. The prisoners will be
brought to the United States by the
auxiliary cruisers.
Upwards of 4,000 men are now on
their way to reinforce General Shafter
in bls operations in Santiago province
A moat important contingent is six
batteries of light artillery, consisting
of 24 officers and 628 men, which left
Tampa yesterday. They were made
up of two companiee each from the
Third, Fourth and Fifth artillery reg
iments.
Ou -June 30th the First Illinois
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On June 29 a vessel left with
men aboard comprising recruits to fill
a number of the existing regiments
now in Cuba tn their maximum
strength provided by law The vessels
are to assemble at Key West, where a
naval convoy will escort them to Bhaf
ter’s relief.
Among the wounded, according to
the latest report from General Shafter,
is Major R. E. L Spence, who has just
been appointed major in the Third
Georgia regiment.
He is second lieutenant in the Six
teenth infantry at present, but orders
have been issued for him to proceed
at onoe to Atlanta and report to Gov
ernor Atkinson to assume his new
command.
It is not known how serious are his
wounds and none of the details of the
engagement in which be was disabled
have been received.
Miles May Miss It
Unless General Miles emerges from
that bathtub p. d. q. and hies himself
to tbe front be is liable to miss tbe
goal of his ambition.
It is tacitly understood at Washing
ton that tbe general who makes the
best record in the Spanish War io to be
made lieutenant general of tbe army.
Miles has been trying to secure the
coveted honor, as he io tbe senior
major general. He failed The honor
is not to be conferred by seniority, but
as a reward of merit for distinguished
services. Thio is as it should be. No
man has yet held this exalted rank
except as a recognition of splendid
service. And Miles does net appear
to be doing very much in the present
war. While ho remains in Washing
ton contemplating something or other
General Shafter and General Wheeler
are down in Cuba making history and
putting an end to Spanish rule on this
continent. AC the present rate of
progress tbe war may bo over before
Miles and his bathtub get to the front.
Then it may be Lieutenant General
Wheeler or Lieutenant General Shaf
ter. And the man who put Jeff Davis
in chains will got his deserts at last,—
Macen News.
Barnesville Chautauqua.
As quite a number of our. citizens
expect to attend the cbautauqua at
Barnesville this week, we publish tbe
following program, showing the at
tractions offered each day:
Wednesday, Georgia Day, July 6—10:80
a. m. Short addresses, Gov. W. Y. At
kinson, Hon. Allen D. Candler, Hon. R.
L. Berner, Hon. G. R. Glenn; 4:80 p.m.
Address by Prot. P. D. Pollock and Prof.
Rufus W. Smith; Bp. m., Concert by Fifth
Regiment Band and Kentucky Colonels.
Thursday, July 7—10:80 a. m., Lecture
by Prof. L. B. Evans, and Fifth Regiment
Band; 4:80 p. m., Recital, Prof. Bhonert/>f
New York, America’s greatest pianist, as
sisted by local talent; Bp. m., Lecture by
Rev. Thomas Dixon, of New York.
Friday, July 8—10:80 a. m., Lecture by
Bev. Thomas Dixon; Bp. m., Grand con,
cert by Fifth Regiment Band, assisted by
Shonert, Miss Lovelace, Miss Lockhart,
Mrs. Cochrane and chorus of 100 voices.
Saturday, July 9—lo-J0 a. m., Lecture
by Maj. A. W. Hawks, of Baltimore, the
fhnniest map in America; Bp. m„ Suni
taro, the Japanese wonder worker, Prof.
Shonert, Miss Lovelace, Miss Lockhart.
Catarrh Cannot be Cured.
By LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure it you must take in
ternal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Ca
tarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It
was prescribed by one of the best physi
cians in this country for years, and to a
regular prescription. It to composed of
the best tonics known, combined with the
beet blood purifienhacting directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina
tion of the two ingredients is what pro
duces such wonderfol results in curing
Cartarrh. Send for testimonials, free. -
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props.,Toledo, O.
Sold by druggist, price 75c.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Confederate Veterans.
It is desired that every veteran who
intends to go witb Spalding County
Camp to the Reunion at Atlanta on
the 20th, will furnish bis name to the
following committee by tbe 16th:
T. W. Thubman,
T. P. McDowell,
A. W. Blakx,
Wm. R. Hanleiter,
To Cure Cousttpatiou Forerea.
I Take Cuscareta Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
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GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1888.
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New Yobk, July s—Tbe New York
Herald, from its correspondent at San
liago, baa received the following de
tails of the destruction es Admiral
Cerrera’a fleet:
Three of the Span’sb cruisers that
were bottled up in Santiago harbor
•nu two torpeao ooat destroyers were
pounded into helpless hulks by tbe
guns of Admiral Sampson’s fleet on
Sunday in a vain attempt to escape
from the harbor The vessels were
beached in a last effort to save as
many of the lives of the crews as pos
sible.
Admiral Cervera, on board tbe Cris
tobal Colon, beaded bis fleet in the at
tempt to get away at about 9:30
o’clock. So little were the Americans
expecting Cervera’s ships that tbe
flagship New York was cruising up the
coast to the east and returned only in
time to see the finish of the fight and
to fire a shot or twe at the torpedo
boat era.
The lowa, Indiana, Oregon, Manas
chusetts, Texas, Brooklyn and tbe con
verted yacht Gloucester, formerly the
Corsair, formed in position to give bat
tle as soon as tbe Colon was sighted
rounding the wreck of the Merrimac.
The American vessels did not open fire
at once; they wailed until Cervera’#
ships were out of tbe range of Mono’s
guns before giving battle. Cervera
headed to tbe west, the Colon in tbe
lead, followed by the Vizcaya and
Oquendo and the destroyers, all firing
rapidly.
All of tbe American battleships
opened fire at onee and the Spanish
were soon in a hurricane of shot and
shell, but the Colon kept on bravely
till, when about ten miles from the
westward of Morro castle, Admiral
Cervera turned bis vessel to the shore
and beached her. She was blazing in
a score of places, but her guns kept at
work, and tbe white flag never showed
until she was completely disabled.
The Oquendo and Vizcaya were opt
posite tbe lowa, Texas and Indiana*
and went down to defeat with fearful
swiftness, covering only halt the dis
tance made by the Colon before their
captains ran them ashore.
The crews fought with desperate
bravery, but their courage was no
match for the courage of our men, ad
ded to their superb gunnery. The
Spanish shell went wild for the most
part, but the American gun fire was
marked by merciless precision. The
two cruisers,both on fire, were beached
not more than one quarter of a mile
apart.
Tbe most dramatic feature of the
battle was the contest between the
torpedo boat destroyers and tbe Glous
cester. The latter was struck several
times and is the only American ves
sel reported damaged At the first
the Gloucester fired upon them with
her six-pounders, but they ran past
her and engaged the battleships. Find
ing the fire too hot, they turned and
attacked tbe Gloucester again, until
both destroyers were afire and bad to
be beached. Their crews threw them
selves into tbe serf to save their lives.
Just before this tbe New York came
up and assisted in giving tbe finishing
blow to the destroyers.
There was explosion after explosion
from tbe beached vessels. It was at
first reported that Admiral Cervera
was dead but this was afterwards de
nied.
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T.B. Rice, a prominent druggist of
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eight years, and have never known of a
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always malm permanent customers. < We
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"A whole guide-book devoted simply
to the Hermitage could give no sort of
idea ot the barbaric splendor of its be
longings,” writes Lilian Bell, of the fa
mous St. Petersburg museum, in the
July Ladies’Home Journal. ,
"Its riches are beyond belief. Even
the.preeents given by the Emir of
Bokhara to the Czar are splendid
enough to dazzle one like a realization
of the Arabian Nights. But to see tbe
most valuable of all, which are kept in
the emperor’s private vaults, is to be
reduced to a state of bewilderment bor
dering on idiocy. r
"It is astonishing enough,to one who
has bought even Russian belt set with
turquoise enamel, to think of all the
trappings of a horse —bit, bridle, sad
dlecloth, saddlegirth and all—made Os
cloth es gold and set in solid turquoise
enamel; with tbesword hilt,scabbard,
‘bells and pistol handle and holster
made of the same.
"Well, these are there by the room->
ful. Then you coma, to the private
jewels, and you see all these same
accoutrements made of precious stones
—one of solid diamonds; another of
diamonds, emeralds, topazes and
rubies.”
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is due not only to the originality and
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to the care and skill with which it is
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true and original remedy. As the
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by the California Fie Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
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ties. Theh igh standing of the CalA
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which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
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of the excellence of its remedy. It is
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ORDINARY’S OFFICE,
Spalding County, Ga.
July Term, 1898.—Commissioners ap
pointed to set apart twelve months’ sup
port to Mrs. L. H. Bowdoin and her two
minor children having performed their
duty and filed their report in this office,
let all persons concerned show cause be
fore the Court of Ordinary at Ordinary’s
office in Griffin, Ga., by 10 o’clock a. m.,
on first Monday in August, 1898, why
such report should not be made the judg
ment of the court.
J. A DREWRY,
July 4th, 1898. Ordinary.
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ORDINARY’S OFFICE,
\J Spalding County, Ga.
July Term, 1898.—Commissioners ap
pointed to set apart twelve months’ sup
port tu Mrs. Elizabeth Dourough having
performed their duty and filed their report
in this office, let all persons concerned
show cause before the Court of Ordinary
at Ordinary’s office in Griffin, Ga., by 10
the judgment of the court,
J. A. DREWRY,
July 4th, 1898, Ordinary.
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