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9 THE ASHBDRN ADVANCE. II. I). SMITH, EDITOR. DU.taL 31 AGE’S S 15 K 310 N The Eminent Divine’s Sunday Discourse. Subject; “Self-Slaughter”—A Terrible Denunciation of Snici<lo~A«g:m8lnatiou , Of Others n Mll<l Crime Compared Witli of Yourself. Tr.xr: “Do thyself no harm.”—Acts 1C; 28. Hero is n would-be suicide arrested in his deadly attempt. He was a sheriff, and, self according to the Roman punishment law, a bailiff him¬ must suffer the due aa es years, and if the prisoner breaking jail was t h e" Sheriff mu sf s uffer *ca p it a Pnuids h mont 1 eans&saS ssteissix U freo° and* 11 waking'oift of°u aru the sheriff, ’ have‘nlr^vay" real were to die for preaching Christ, and izingtlmthe must therefore die, rather than go under l he executioner’s axo on the morrow and suffer public disgrace, resolves to precipitate hisown decease. But before the sharp, keen, giittering dagger of tho sheriff could strike his heart, one of the un- loosened prisoners arrests tho blade by the command, “Do thyself no harm ” In olden times, and where Christianity had not interfered with it, suicide was considered honorable and a sign of cour- Demosthenes poisoned himself when told that Alexander’s ambassador had do- manded the surrender of tho Athenian orator. Isocrates killed himself rather than surrender to Philip of Macedon. Cato, rather than submit to Julius Ciesar, took lus own life, and three times after his wounds had been dressed, tore them open and perished. Mithridates killed himself, rather than submit to Potapey, the con- fjueror. Hannibal destroyed his Hfe by poison from his ring, considering life un- bearable. Lyeurgus n suicide Brutus a suicide. After the disaster of Moscow, Napoleon always carried witli him a prep- aration of poison, and one night Ids servant heard the ex-emperor arise, put something in a glass and drink it, and soon after the groans aroused all the at- tendants, and it was only through utmost medical skill that he was resuscitated, Times have changed, yet the American conscience needs to be toned up on the subject of suicide. Have you seen a paper in the lJiSt mouth that did uot announce the passage out of life by one’s own behest? Defaulters, alarmed at the idea of exposure, quit life precipitately. world Men losing large fortunes go out of the because they cannot affection, endure earthly domestic existence. infelicity, Frus- trated dys- Peptic impatience, anger, remorse, envy, jealousy, destitution, sufficient misanthropy, for aro ^considered ing from this life by Paris causes by abscond- lauda- green, num, by belladonna, by Othello’s dagger, by halter, by loap from the abutment of a bridge, by firearms. More cases of felo de se in the last two years than in any two years of tho world’s existence, and more in the last month than in any twelve months. Tho evil is more and moro spread- lug. A pulpit not long ago expressed somg doubt as to whether there was really any¬ thing wrong about quitting this life when it became disagreeable, and there are found in respectable which circles people apolo¬ getic for tlie crime Paul in tho text arrested. I shall show you before I get through that suicide is tho worst of alt crimes, and 7 shall lift a warning unmis¬ takable. But in admit the early that part of this ser¬ mon I wish to some of the best Christians that have over lived have com¬ mitted self-destruction, hut always in de¬ mentia, doubt and notposponsible, abbut their eternal I have felicity no more than I have of the Christian who dies in his bed in the delirium of typhoid foyer. While the shock of tho catastrophe is very great. I ehargo all those who have had Christian friends under cerebral aberration stop off the boundaries of this life, to have no doubt about their happiness, Tho dear Lord took them right out of their dazed and frenzied state into perfect safety. How Christ fools towards the insane you may knqw from the way He treated the de- moidac of Gadara and tho child lunatic, and the potency with which Ho liushod tempests either of sea or brain. Scotland, the laud prolific of intellectual giants, had none grander than Hugh Miller. Great for science and great for God. He was an elder in St, John’s Presbyterian Church, He came of the best Highland blood, and was a descendant of Donald Roy, a man eminent for piety and the rare gift of second sight. His attainments, climbing up as ho did from tho quarry uud the wall of the stone mason, drew 'forth the astonished admiration of Bucklandand Murchison, the scientists, and Dr. Chal¬ mers, the theologian, and held universities spellbound while he told them the story of what ho had seen of God in “The Old Red Sandstone.” That man did more than any other being that ever lived to show that the God of the hills is tho God of the Bible, nnd he stuck his tuning-fork on tho rocks of Cromarty until ho brought geology aud theology accordant in divine worship. His two books, entitled “Footprints of the Creator” and “The Testimony of the Rocks,” proclaimed the banns of an over- lasting marriage between genuine science nnd revelation. Qn this latter book hp toiled love'of day and night.through could lovo not of naturo sleep and God, until he and he found and his brain gavo way, was dead with a revolver by his side, the cruel instrument having had two bullets—one for kim and tho other for the gunsmith, who at the coroner’s inquest was examin- ing it aud fell dead. Huvo you any doubt of tha beatification of Hugh Miller after his hot brain had ceased throbbing that Winter night in his study at Portobello? Among the mightiest of earth, among the mightiest of heaven, No one doubted the piety of William Cow- per, the author of those three great With hymns, God,” “Oh, For a Closer Walk “What Various Hindrances We Meet,” “There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood”— William Cowper, who shares with Isaao Watts and Charles Wesley the chief honors of Christian hymnology. In hypochon- dm he resolved to take his own life, and rode to the River Thames, but found a man seated on some goods at that very point from which he expected to spring, and rode back to his home, and that night threw himself upon his own knife, but the blade broke; and then lie hanged himself to the ceiling, but the rope broke. While we make this merciful and right- eous allowance in regard to those declare wore plunged into mental incoherence, I that the man who, in the use of his reason, by his own act, snaps the bond between his body and his soul, goe 3 straight into perdi- tion. Shall I prove it? Revelation 21,8- "Murderers shall have their part in the Jake which burneth with Are and brim- ASIlBURN, WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. JULY 2>. 1898. Stone.” Revelation 22, 15—“Without are dogs and sorcerers and whoremongers ami murderers.” You do not believe the New Testament? Then, perhaps, you ' bo- iieve the Ton Commandments: “Thou shait not kill.” Do you say that all these passages refer to tlie taking of the life ol other:;? Thou I ask you if you are not as responsible for your own life ns for tho life of others? Clod gave you a special trust in life, and made you tlie custodian of your life, und He made you the custodian of no other life, lie gave you as weapons with which to defend it two arms tostriko down assailants, two eyes to watch for invasion, and a natural love of life which ought ever to be on the alert. Assassination of others is a mild crime compared with the assas- ,s|miHn» of yourself, because in the latter I—*w—q>A« tretl5 5 ? 5 JS s 2d“to ° n t0 G °' 1 ‘ Ud ' ortinarymurder of To show how God the Bible looked HrS-SSsii “T Wib'h IntuTeJnsteXf on"n,l'or° Here",Ta sVrandeTlng manT/o ^eTksliis ^hen ^St^^aVhlTand Xnu that servant declined then the giant the hilt of his sword in the earth the shuro point sticking andoxpires-’-the uoward and he throws his suicide! body onlt cow- ard, the Here is Ahitophel, tho Maohiavelli of olden times, betraving his best friend, David, in order that lm may bo- come prime minister of Absalom, and join- ing that fellow in his attempt at parricide, Not getting what ho wanted by charge of politics, he takes a short the cut out or a dls- graceful life into suicide’s eternity, There lie is tho ingrate! Here is Ablmolech, pratically a suicide, He j s w ru an army, bombarding a tower, when a woman in the tower takes a grind- stone from its place and drops it upon his head, and with what life he has left in his cracked skull ho commands his armor- jest bearer: “Draw thy sword and slay me, men say a woman slew me.” There is ids post-mortem photograph in the Book of Uarnuel ' ike But hero of this group is Judas Iscariot. ffini Dr. Donne says ho was a mar- t yr, wo have in our day apologists for him. And what wonder, in this day when W o have « book revealing Aaron Burr as a pattern of virtue, and in this day when we uncover a statue of George Sand as the benefactress of literature, and in this day when there aro betrayals of Christ on the part of some of His pretended apostles—a betrayal judas so black it makes the infamy of Iscariot white! Yet this man by his baud hung up for tho execration of all a *s In’ Judas Iscariot the good men and women of tho Bible j ef t to God the decision of the earthly terminus, and they could have said with Job, who had a right to commit suicide if any man over had, what with his destroyed property and his body all aflame with in¬ sufferable carbuncles, and everything gone from his homo except the chief curse of it, a pestirerous wifo with and four garrulous peo- ho pie sits pelting him heap of comfortless ashes scratching talk while his on a scabs with a pieco of broken pottery, yet crying out in triumph: “All the days of my appointed time will I wait till my change comes.” Notwithstanding the Bible is against this evil, and the aversion which it creates by the loathsome aud ghastly spectacle of those who have hurled themselves out of life, and notwithstanding Christianity is against it and the arguments and the use¬ ful lives and the illustrious deaths of its disciples, suicide it is is « fact tho alarmiugly What patent that on inoroaso. is tho cause? I oburgo upon infidelity and agnosticism this whole thing. If there be no hereafter, or if that hereafter bo bliss¬ ful without referonoe to how we live and how we die, why not move back the fold¬ ing doors between this world and the next? And when our existence hero be¬ comes troublesome why not pass right over into Elysium? Tut this down among your most solemn reflections. There has never boon a case of suicide wiiere the operator was not either demented, and therefore irresponsible, or an infidel. I challenge all the ages and I challenge the universe, There never has bfion a case of self-destruction while in full appreciation of his immortality and of the fact that that immortality would ho glori- ous'or wretched according as ho accepted Jesus Christ or rejected Him. You say it is a business trouble, or you say It is oleotrieal currents, of It is this, or it is that, or it is the other thing. Why not go clear baok, my friend, and acknowledge that In every case It is the abdication of reason or tho tuaching of infidelity, which practically says: “If you don’t like this life got out of it, and you will land either in annihilation, where there are no notes to pay, no persecutions to suffer, no gout to torment, or you will land where there will be everything glorious and nothing to pay for it.’.’ Inlldelity has always beon apologetic forself-immolation. After Tom Paine’s “Age of Reason” was published and widely read there was a marked in¬ crease of self-slaughter. A man in London heard Mr. Owen de¬ liver his Infidel lecture on socialism, and wont home, sat down, and wrote these words: “Jesus Christ is one of the weakest characters in history, and the and Bible then is shot the greatest possible David deception,” words: himself. Hume wrote these “It would be no crime for me to. divert tho Nile or the Danube from Its natural bed. Whore, then, can be the crime in my divert¬ ing a few drops of blood from their ordin- ary channel?” And having written ■ a essay he loaned it to a friend, the friend read it, wrote a letter of thanks and admir¬ ation, and shot himself. Appendix to the same book. Rousseau, Volt aire, self-immolation. Gibbon, Montaigne, were apologetic for Infl- delity puts up no bar to peoplerushing Theyteaoh out from this world into the next. ns it does not make any difference how you live here or go out of this world; you will j U nd either in an oblivious nowhere holds or a glorious somewhere. And infidelity the suicide, the upper end oi the rope for and aims the pistol with which ft man blows his brains out, and mixes the strych- nine for the last swallow, If infidelity could carry the day and persuade the does tna- Jority of people in this country that it not make any difference how you out of this world you will lrfhd safely, the Potomac would be so full ol corpses th# boats would be Impeded suicide in their pistol progress, would and the crack of the s be no more alarming than the rumble of a street car. I have sometimes heard it discussed whether the great dramatist was a Cnrlg-. tian or not. Ho was a Chr.^ian. in his last will and testament he commends his soul to God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. would .. be . Would God that the coroners bravo in rendering Irresponsibility the right yeidiet, they and when In a case of say: “While this man was demented he took his life;’’ in the other case say: Having rciad infidel books and attended infidel lectures, which obliterated from this man’s mind all appreciation self-slaughter!” of future retribution, ho com¬ mitted Have nothing to do with an Infidelity so cruel, so debasing. Como out of that bad company into the company of those who believe the Bible, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Of tilts Jesus of Nazareth I have to say that tho system of morals He left, and the religion He has given us are the best things the world has ever seen or is likely to see.’’ Patrick Henry, the electric champion of liberty, says: “Tho book worth all other books put together is the Bible.” Benjamin Rush, the leading phys¬ iologist and anatomist of his day, the great medical scientist—what did ho say? “The only true and perfect religion is Christiani¬ ty.” Isaac Newton, tho leading philoso¬ pher of his time—what did he say? “The aublimest ophy philosophy Gospel.” on earth David is the Brewster, philos¬ of tho nr the pronunciation of whose name every scientist the world over bows his bead— David Brewster, saying: “Oh, this religion has been a great light to me, a very great light all my days.” President Thiers, the great French statesman, acknowledging that ho prayed when ho said: “I invoke the Lord God, in whom I am glad to be¬ lieve.” David Livingstone, aide to con¬ quer tho lion, able tocouquer tho panther, able to conquer tho savage, yet conquered by this religion, so when they Hint him dead they dud him on his knees. Salmon 1’. Chase, Chief Justice of tho Su¬ premo Court of the United States, appoint¬ ed by President Lincoln, will take the wit¬ ness stand. “Chief Justice Chase, ideaseto state what you have to say about tho book commonly called the Bible.” The witness replies: "There came a time in my life when I doubled the divinity of tho Script¬ ures, and I resolved as a lawyer and judge I would try tho hook an I would try every¬ thing else in the court-room, taking evi¬ dence for and against. It was a long and serious and profound study, and using the same principles of evidence do in In this religious matter as I always secular matters, I have come to the decision tiiat tho Bible Is a supernatural book, that it has come from God, and that the only safety for the human race is to follow Its teachings,” “Judge, that will do. Go out back again to your pillow of dust on tho banks of the Ohio.” Next I put upon the witness stand a Prosi- dent of the United States-John Quincy Adams. “President Adams, what have you to say about the Iillde and Chris¬ tianity?” The President replies: "I have for many years made it a practice to read through tho Bible once a year. My cus¬ tom is to rend four or five chapters every morning immediately after rising from my bed. It employs about an hour of my time, and seems to me tho most suitable manner of beginning regard the day. In wliat light so- ever we revelation, the Bible, whether with reference to to history or to morality, it is an invaluable and inex¬ haustible mine of knowledge and virtue.” “Chancellor Kent, what do you think of the Bible?” Answer: “No other book ever addressed ttseif so authoritatively and moral so pathetically to the Judgment and sense of mankind.” “Edmund Burke, what do you think of the Bible?” the happier and the better man for such reading.” Young men of America, come out of the circle of infidels—mostly made up of cranks and inbecllos—into tho company of intellentuai giants, and turn your back on an infidelity which destroys body and soul. Ah! Infidelity, stand up and take thy sentence! In the presence of God, angels and men, stand up, thou monster! Thy lip blasted with blasphemy, they cheek scarred with uneleanuoss, thy breath foul with the corruption of tho ages’ Stand up. Satyr, filthy goat, buzzard of tho nations, leper of the centuries! Stand up, tbou monster, Infidelity. Part man, part panther, part reptile, part dragon, stand up and take thy sentence! Thy hands hast rod witli the blood in which thou washed, thy feet crimson with the human goro through which thou hast waded, stand up and take thy sontenoe! Down with time to tho pit, aud sup on the sobs and groans of these thou hast destroyed, and let thy music be tho everlasting miserere of those whom thou hast damu«d! I brand the forehead of infidelity with all the crimes of self-im¬ molation for tho last century on tho part of those who had their reason. My friends, if over your life, through its abrasions arid its molestations, should seem to be unbearable, ami you are tempt¬ ed to quit it by your own behest, do not oon.'dder yourself as worse than others. Christ Himself was tempted to east Him¬ self from the roof of the Temple, but as Ho resisted, so resist ye, Christ came to medicine all wounds. In your trouble I prescribe life instead of death. People who nave had It worse than vou will ever have It, have gone songfully God on their way, K«- memborthat keeps the chronology of your life with as much precision as Ho keeps the chronology of nations, your grave as woll as your cradle. Why was it that at midnight, just at midnight, that tho the de¬ stroying ungei struck the blow set Israelites free from bondage? The four hundred and thirty years were up at twelve o’clock that night. The four hundred and thirty years were not up at fdeven, and one o’clock would have been tardy and too late. The four hundred ami thirty years were up at twelve o’clock, and the de¬ stroying pngel struck God thu blow, and Israel tho was free. And knows just hour when it is time to lead you up from oarthly bondage. By His grace make not the worst of things, but beat at thorn. It yog must take the pills, do not chew them, Your everlasting reward will accord with yapr earthly perturbations, chain gold just ns heavy Cains gavo had to been Agrippa chain a of of For us ask¬ as a iron. the ing you may have the same grace that was given the Italian martyr, Algerius, who, down In tho darkest of dungeons, orchard dated of tho his letters from “the delectable Leonine prison.” Ami remember that this brief life is surrounded by a rim, a very thin, but very important rim, and close up to that rim is a great eternity, aud you had better keep out of it until God breaks that rim and separates this from that. To get rid of the sorrows of earth, do not n^sh into greater sorrows. To get rid of a swarm of summer insects, leap not into a jungle of Bengal tigers. There is a sorrowless world, and It is so radiant that the noonday sun is only the lowest doorstep, and the aurora that lights up our northern Heavens, confounding astronomers as to what it can be, is the waving oi tne Banners or me procession come to take the conquerors home from church militant to church triumphant, and you and I have ten thousand reasons lor . ,,, teney. All our sins slain by Christ who came to do that $hhm, V? want to go la the*clang fivIn J of'the Bepufchral «i'v 6 anmi*’th«'n gates behind us will he overpowered by the clang of the opening of tlie solid pearl before us. <> S^C^iS?I«?Vc5lstlM'sdMtfi” burial, 1 Christian a a Christian’s rumor- talityl Subscribe for thin paper and keep posted ou affairs in general. Twelve Thousand People Were Witnesses of Great Event. * Mail Americans Yellei Tliemselves Hoarse ffitli Delimit as Old Glory M Rod Do, AFTER SURRENDER GEN. T01! A IAS SWORD WAS RETURNED BY GEN. SIIAFTER. The City Is Left Temporarily In Possession of Its Municipal Authorities, Subject, to Uontrol of General McKihben. Shatter Cables Washington. , An Associated Tress dispatch from Santiago under date of Sunday at 1 o'clock p. in , says: The American llag is floating in tri- uniph over tho governor h palace at Santiago ” do Cuba. General McKibbin lias been appoint¬ ed temporary military governor. It was amid impressive ceremonies that the Spanish . . troops , laid , . , down , their ... arms between tho lines of the Spanish and American forces at 9 o’clock Sun- day J morning, General Shatter and the American division and brigade commanders and their staffs were es- corted by a troop of cavalry, and Gen- e ral Toral and bis staff by 100 picked hiqn. trumpeters on both sides ea- luted with flourishes. General Shatter returned to General .... .......... —-i **« been handed tho American eonimnn- der. , Our troops, lined up at, the trenches, were eye-witnesses of the ceremony. General Shatter and his escort, accom¬ panied by General Toral, rode through the city, taking formal possession. The ceremony of hoisting tho stars and stripes was worth nil the blood and treasure it cost. A concourse of 12,000 people wit¬ nessed the stirring and thrilling scene that will livo forever in tho minds of all the Americans present. A finer setting for a dramatic epi¬ sode it would be difficult to imagine. The palace, a picturesque old dwelling in tho Moorish stylo of architecture, faces tlic Plaza de la lteinn, the prin¬ cipal public square. Opposito rises the imposing Catholic cathedral. On one side is a quaint, brilliantly painted building, with broad verandas—the club of Han Carlos—on the other a building of much the same description — the Cafe de La Venus. Across the plaza was drawn up the I Ninth infantry—headed by tlie Sixth cavalry band. In the street facing the palace stood a picked troop of the Second cavalry, with drawn sabers, under command of Captain Hrett. Massed on tho stone flagging between the baud and the line of horsemen were the brigade commanders of Gen. Shaftcr’s division, with their staffs. On tlie red-tiled roof of the palace stood Captain McKittrick, Lieutenant Miley and Kieutenant Wheeler; ira- imrnediately over them, upon the flagstaff, tlie illuminated Spanish arms and the legend, “Viva Alfonso XIII." All about, pressing against the veranda rnilH, crowding tlie windows and doors and lining the roofs, were the people of the town, principally women und non-combatants. THE FEVER STATUS. Sixteen New Cases Among Troop* mill One Death. The war department at, Washington posted tlie following at 10.30 a. m., Sunday: SnioNEV, via Hayti, July 10.—Stern¬ berg, Washington: Sixteen new eases past twenty-four hours, one death. Sanitation measures rigid. GBEENIiEAF, “Chief Surgeon.” CERYEKA AT ANNAPOLIS. lie and Other Spanish Officers Quartered I n llistorie Town. Admiral Cervora, the recent corn- marnler of the Spanish squadron ™ <*• w» e », about forty Spanish officers, were transferred to Annapolis, Md., Satur- ,!f iv and are now prisoners of war within the historic precincts of the United States Naval Academy. The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis car- tied the foreign prisoners up Chesa- peake buy. A tew of the Spaniards were dressed in the Spanish uniform, but most of them were rigged out wholly or in part in duck uniforms that had been furnished them by American officers. As the chimes of the old cathedral rang out tho hour of 12 the infantry and cavalry presented arms. Every American uncovered his head and (lap- lain McKittrick hoisted tho stars and stripes. As tho brilliant folds unfurled in a gentle breeze against a (luckless sky tho cavalry band broke into the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner,” mak¬ ing tho American pulse loap aud the American heart thrill with joy. At the samo instant the sound of the distant booming of Captain Cap- rou’s battery, firing a salute of twon- fy-ono guns, drifted in. When tho music ceased, from all directions around our line eamo floating across tho plaza the strains of the regirnoutal bands and the muffled, hoarse oheers of onr men. The infantry came out to “order arms” a moment later, after tho (lug was up and the hand played “Bally ’Round the Flag, Iloys.” Instantly General MoKinbin called for three cheers for General Shatter, which were given with groat, enthusi¬ asm, the band playing the “Stars and Stripes Forever. ’’ Tho ceremony over, General Shatter and his staff returnod to the American lines, leaving tho city in tho possession of the municipal authorities, subject to the control of General McKibbin. Official Notice From Sluifter. The war department posted tho fol¬ lowing at Washington at 5:15 p. m., Sunday: 17.—-Ad¬ “Santiago de Cuba, July jutant General United States Army, Washington, D. C.—I have tho honor to announce that the American flag has been this instant, 12 noon, hoisted over tlie house of the civil government in the city of Santiago. An immense concourse of people present. A squad of cavalry and a regiment of infantry presenting arms and band playing national airs. Light battery fired of twenty-one guns. Perfect order is being maintained by munici- pal government. little “Distress is very great; but sickness in town. Scarcely any yellow fever. A small gunboat and about 200 seamen left by Gervera have surren¬ dered to me. Obstructions aro being removed from month of harbor. “Upon coming into the city I dis¬ covered a perfect entanglement of de¬ fenses. Fighting as the Spaniards did the first day it would have cost 5,000 lives to have taken it. Battalions of Spanish troops have been depositing arms since daylight in armory, over which I have guard. General Toral formally surrendered tho plaza und all stores at 9 a. m. “W. B. Shafter, “Major General.” DESTROYED SPANISH GUNBOAT. Cruiser New Orleans I'lay* Havoc With the Antonio Lopez. Advices from St. Thomas state that tlie United States cruiser New Orleans Saturday completely destroyed tho Spanish gnnboat Antonio Lopez, whose captain recently ran his vessel ashore at Kilinas, near San Juan do Porto Kico, upon being chased by American vessels, while attempting to enter Han Juan with a cargo of provisions and war material. THE LIST OF CASUALTIES Since Onr Troops Flrtt Landed on Cuban Boll —A Remarkable Showing. According to advices from Gon. Shaftcr’s headquarters, the final report «~.«.i««i» <*. <* >•»<- ed in Ciibu three weeks ago has been forwarded to Washington. It shows an aggregate of 1,041 officers and men killed, wounded and missing. The killed number 24G, of whom twenty¬ ono were officers; wounded, 1,584 of whom ninety-eight were officers, and j missing, eighty-four, of wounded whom none j were officers. Of the only sixty-eight have died. Colonel Pope, the surgeon-in-chiof, says this is a remarkably small nura- her of fatalities. VOL. VI. NO. 50. Leaves Siboney With Troops. Arrangement* Are Planned to Make the ('ninpiiign a (Juick and Decisive One by Use of Large Force. A Washington special says: After three days’ consultation between the president, Secretary Alger and Gen¬ eral Hrooke, during which there was frequent communientioiiB witli Gen¬ eral Milos at Siboney, the details of tlie l’orto Kican expedition were per¬ fected and the expedition itself was got under way. General Miles, with some artillery and troops, sailed Mon¬ day for Porto Rico on the converted cruiser Yale, to bo followed quickly by an army of 110,000 men. There are some notable differences in tho plans for this expedition and for the stalely naval pageant that Hail¬ ed away from Tampa under General Shaffer's command to attack Santiago. First, there will be practically no naval convoys, the navy department having declared that they are unneces¬ sary as there is not u Spanish warship in the West Indies that dare trust its Ivow out of port. In the second place, tho expedition does not start from one point, but will be divided among soveral ports, thus preventing tho tremendous congestion that was encountered at Tampa in tho effort to start tho big fleet. Lastly, there will he no effort made to get tho ships away together, hut the transports will be allowed to find their own way to their destination without concerto i movements. General Miles leads tho way. lie lmd been promised by the president that he should go to Porto Kico and the promise was redeemed whom tho Yale headed from Siboney for Porto Kico, Hill) miles distant. General Hrooke will he tho senior officer in Miles’ command and upon him will fall the responsibility for the execu¬ tion of the details of his superior’s plans. The point chosen for the landing is kept secret, as tho general will land before the full body of the expedition is at hand and it is consequently not desirable that the enemy should lie able to assemble a superior force to meet him. Tlie distance from Charlos- ton, whore tho first, body of troops for Miles’ expedition starts, is more than double the distance from Santiago to l’orto Kico, so that the transports which sail from the former city can scarcely reach General Miles before the early part of next week. These Charleston troops are tho First brig¬ ade of tlie First division of the First army corps and aro commanded by Brigadier General George II. Ernst. The brigade comprises tho Second Wisconsin, Third Wisconsin and Six¬ teenth Pennsylvania regiments. Campaign Will lie Short. The purpose of Secretary Alger is to make tlie Porto Kican campaign a short one. An overwhelming force will bo thrown upon the island, and it is pos¬ sible that a bloodless victory will be achieved when the Spanish become convinced that they have no reasona¬ ble chance to resist successfully. The expedition is to comprise 30,000 men at the start, and it will be swelled soon to 40,000, and if necessary to 70,000 men, the equipment of volun¬ teer forces having now progressed so well as to warrant the statement that that number can Vie ready for service in Porto Kico within a very short time. NOT ALLOWED TO LAND. The Quarantine Officer at Newport News, Va., Kilters Objection. The United States transport Seneca arrived in Hampton Roads Monday af¬ ternoon with ninety-nine sick and wounded soldiers from Santiago. In view of the prevalence of yellow fever at Santiago, Dr. Pettus, the United States quarantine officer, refused to permit the sick and wounded men to be landed; It is understood that they will be taken to New York. Dr. Pettus says that no yellow fever has developed among the patients aboard, but it is understood that there are three suspi¬ cious cases ou the vessel.
