Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 40, Number 49, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 August 1898 — Page 2

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The Gallant Colonel of the Rough Riders Doesn't Want to See His Men Sacritktd. HE WRITES WITHOUT MINCING WORDS.

Iii, Men I. '.Iiii; tu fate itll.i leirr ItoHtlll) I In-) I- acetl Hullern If N. . . -ssr). Mm Hit- Ni e-tsitt t.r I lull HelenMm in tin- mmMj MtaMrts ihk I'l-seil I In sli, ml, I In' U. ui,m ,l SM'Iauo 10(1.. Aug I Delaved in transmission i Niiium int-il by Maj.Unn. Bhafter, a meeting was held here Ulla ww alif ut in a-i'iuartcrs. and in Mm pmMN f i'viT bohummmMbc ana Onedieal officer o( ÜM Fifth anuy corps, lion. Shatter read a oabie message from Soorctiir Alger ordering him. at the recommendation of Surgcon-I ionoral Stornbeg, tu move the army into the interior, to San Luis, whore it is hi-aithior. As a result of the conference. (Ion Shatter will insist upon the immediate withdrawal of the army north w ithin two weeks. As an explanation of the situation, the following letter from Co',. Theodore KiH)sovolt. commanding t he First volunteer cavalry. toQoa "shaftor. w as handed by the latter to a correspoutent hot e for puhlicatiou : Mi 00ft Shaffr Sih Is a mcetiiw f the uftn-ral an ! mediral officers, called by you at the imla.-e this ni.irninir. wi were ail. as you km uninira ni in view of wlia". sh ml I b ,t :n- with Usf araiv To we 'p as MM, n tat spiol n f aver ofl -or em u. ii.ilin: a ilivii. m or a brigade will -.imply lavotva Um ssstraottea ef th usau l

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001 THEODORE ROOSEVELT Myplag practically the entire romman'i north i! .in,-' Yi-llow f.'Vir rase-. ,iri' very f.- in thi' cavalry division. whr I command i.ne of ih-two liritfailfH. an-1 n-'t ene tr-i-c.i f yellow fever ha occurred in this division, except MMf the men s. nt tu the hospital at lilwne, whore they have. I Iw-licve. contracted it. Hut in this division there have teen l.i ) cases of malarial MfVI M a man has Jied from It, but tbe whole command is so weakened ami shattered as to be ripe for drtssf like mttea sheep when a real vellow fev-r epidemic, instead of a fake ep.ile mic. like the present strikes us . It is tx'unil Ui if we stay here at the height of tne sickness season. August jinl the beirinninc of September (Juaraniine airainit ma.ar.al fever Is mu, h like iuarantininK airainst the tiMit buche All of us are certain, as simio aa the uulhorit n-s , Wnsli.i.-- n f in;. :ii;irciate the condition ol the urmy. to be sent home. If we are kept here tt will, in all human possitm.lv. mean an appalling disaster, for the lUCSS ns here eathaH that over half lh army. If kept here dur.ni; the sickly season, v. hi d e. Tkis is not only terrible from the standpoint of in individual live lost. tit it MM ru n fr m the standpoint of tic mi i iry i v of the flower of the aWfisM army, for tha K-eat bulk of the r.vu.ar-. are here w.th -u The siek list. Innre though it is. ex-rt't-ditu Htlonla but a faint index of the lirbilitatiuu Si th-army Not ten per cent are tit for active work. Six eekf M lb north Ma n coast. f-r instance r where, where tbe yellow fever renn can not possihlv propagate, would make us all as lit as UtfhtitiKc -ks able as we are earer. to take a Ion. nr.? p - ,n lb" gTMM cauipaun a . litana in th" lall, even if we are not allowed to try Pafft K:, Wecan'ie moved north, if moved at once, with absolute saf--ty to tb- country, although, of course. It would have twen infinitely better if w.- had l .-n moved north or to I'orto Kic , Meoeahnotw If th'-re were any objei-t in k--- p;nK Ha here, we wouil face yellow fever with as much indifference as we faced liuiiets. hut there Is no object in it. Th- four Iminuni r-fline:its nr-b-red here an- s . T1, ;, nt to irarrison tin-city and surr o-jielirur towns, and there ,s absolute;- nothinif for us to do here, an 1 t'lcr-' has not NM sinoe th" city surr-n-ib risl. It is hwMSMlwWI to m-'ve Into the interior Kvery shiftitvir of camp doubles the sick rate inour pro-.vnt weakeneil condition and. anyhow, the interior Is rather worse than the coast, as I have found by actual reo nna:s-.am e Ihir present camp- are a, lie.i. I.) a-, any camps at ihi- aäi of the inland can be. ! write only because I can Ml ee our men who have foujfht so bravely and who have endured extreme hardships and dauber ao uncomplain nglv. go to de atruction without itriVfM, so far as lies in m- to avert a doom as fearful as it Is unnecessary and undeserved. Yours resjei tfully. TnoooM K-" istvBi.r. Colonel Com man Iiiik First KftgajM After CoL Itoosevelt had taken the itiitiativo. nil the American general officers united ma "Boiftda4 IflUi" aldreaaed to lion. Shaftor It reads: Ihe KouikI I'.obln. We. the n ler-Uned ofn -ers i jmmaodlaf tbe various bniral'-s. divisions, etc . of the army tif occ loati 'ii in Cu'ia. are of the unauimous opinion that this army should be at once taken out of the Island of Cuba and ss-nt to sume jhiitit on the northern s-aem-.! of the Cmtisl Stat s. that it can don- w;thut dati.o r to the people of thet'nit"d States that yellow f IvOT in the army ai present Is not rpidonuc. that there are only a few sporadic MM but that t lie army is di ,alio-, by malarial fever to the extetit that Its efficiency Is deatrorisl. and it La in a condition to ba practically destroyed by anepidemi -of yellow fever, which is sure to come in the near futur. We know from the rop irts of competent officers und from personal -ervaliotis that the army Is unable to move into the interior, and lev there are no facilities for such a move if attempted, and that it coui . not Ix- attaipfd until Um late. Moreover, t la-- l-s- in -d leal authorities of the inland say that with Mf pr-sent eiiiiipui'-iit ni- could not live in the Interior durltm the rain season without losses from malarial fever which Laalamt as deadly as i, ;i,,w fever. Th.s army must In-moved at once or perish A-. the amiv ran lie safely moved now, the Ml o-i rrstwinslble f,,r preventing su.-li a move will I" rcsMitisil! f ir the uiine;---sarj los-, of tt a: . thioiand ItftH Oar opinions ar, th" r- sultof careful peraaal obst-rvutinn an I th -. ire also based on he ii mi, tu, eis ,. 'i ir. t o ir misiieai offlcers w''h tin- army Wt U a I I the nt ua'.ion absoiuiv.

R at l','HOKlT. alajor-in-ner.il Volunteers, Comtuaalltw Kirst lllvisioii. K.fth orps J I lllIK Major-tieneral YoluaMM, OaMvMMaf '"r visional Division a Ml K a srraa. Major-tieneral t'ommau.iiua' the Third linaia, Sec., lid liv Ikion. iMi m. fiVMMMM Brlfc-adier-i ..-neral . iunteers, t oiuiuandlaf Klrst Hrii.-ade t avalry VV 11 I I.I flow, BrUtadler-i ietn-ral : .t.te rs i ' unman Lag It'lrsl Uritfadc, ,-, ed l,,...ii i'H Ml AW Uritfadicr-i,, neral Volunleera Uaoa uw M i llr-.fc-a.lier- e neral Volunteer TMkolHiHB KiHHtKVKl.T. Colonel. Commanduii; Second Cavalry llruada MasjfaM WimiiI' opinion. Maj. M. V Wood, the chief aurtfoou of the first ihviniou. said: ' The army must lie moved north," adding with emphasis, "or il will be unable to move Itself " l,..ii;e fr.nu l.in. nie. (on Ames has sent the following cable message to Washington: Uns Ch.ski.ksH V.LB.SJ. Assistant Sa'Har tHV r thk Saw This army ia IwwM ble. becatloe of sicknes fr un u.arc.'..:i- ;,:ivhere except t the tratisMirts If it hi ever to return to the Cuit-sl Stat -s it mi-: do so at once To a oorrospondont en Amos sal,!; If I had the power. I w uld put the men on tbe traiisi,rts at once and ship th- m north without further order lam confident such action would ultimat-.y he approved A full list of the sick would moan a copy of the roster of every company h--n-THE 'ROUND ROBIN" WORKED. The Effert of Col. Itoosevelt and His 1.1low t aaMMwatoia I Itn inr, llui it heil f orth it Helmke. Washington. Aug. 5. Col. Theo. UiKisovolt. of the Kough Kidera, lUM itMwMtlwd in hurrying tlie jnovotneiits of the war depart merit in fetching Shaftor's army away frotu Santiago, though in Iiis disregard of the convontionaiitios ho has drawn upon his head a rather sharji rebuke from tin secretary of war, vsho evidently regards the course pursiiod hy . BcMMTcdt as being calculated to injure discipline, though inspired by the most worthy motives. It is only fair to state that the w ar department for some time has been intent upon reuioviug these trihips, and it is now more than a week ago that lien Shaftor was instructed by a special cablegram to cheer up the soldiers by publicly informing them of this determination. It was rather a question of ways am. moans than of lack of intention to redeem thi promise thai caused delay.

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As far as the question of removing the troops back into the mountains was concerned (the question which sot ms to hav, procip.tated the indignation mooting among the Ainericau got data at Santiago), it is learned that the medical department here niadi no such rocomiiiei.datioo. All that it had to say ou this subject was that if the troop must remain near Santiago, an effort should be made to remove them at once to home healthier camping ground. Nut Immune in ellow Jever. Surgoon-t icneral st-rnln-ro- agn thon ugli'.y w.th the opinion expressed by the s guorsof the "Round Uobiu at Sautiago that men who have Mafafwd from tin- st vc re malarial fevers of the ' viu'.h Cuban coast, mi far from iM-ing immune against attacks of yellow fiver. a has MW asserted in some quarters, are ai tual.y in very much greater danger than those who have eseajn-d the maiaria. No I'rolet-tlou AgiOus! Vellow Jark. Malarial fevor, it ia stated, is no mure a protection against a subsequent attack f yellow fever than would le a case of measles against smallpox. while the fearful debility resulting from the malarial fever would certainiy tend to make the victim an especial mark for Vellow Jack. The Department's KnuiurrN. The depart men: i unm-d lately gave out u statement of its resources in the way of trausporl.s at Santiago, and a s.i. a an incident, dirootod attention to the fact that the troupe cannot b i withdrawn as a whole until the Span- ; ish prisoners are disposed of. Otherwise, there is no certainty that, finding themselves able to do st. the Spaniards would not overixvver their captors. rciis-es.s themselves of Santiago, and thus lose to the America ii army the small foothold in t uba j which it has cost so much blood and money to MMN, It is, however, the, expectation that all of the American troops will have been removed from Santiago to the I'uited States by the end of this mouth, and that ia proba- I bly tlie very best that can be done under the circumstances. A TREMENDOUS SENSATION. A Nuiniier of Officers of the sixth II im-bust-its. Now In I'orto Itleo, Tender Their Krtlintt Ion. HosroN, Aug A special cable gram t the Journal from I'once, I'orto Itico, aays: A tremendous sensation has occurred in tlie Sixth Massachusetts regiment, vvhicli is in (ten. tiarrctvm's brigade. ; The friction between the line officers aul the officers of the brigade, which has been growing over since the command left Cuba, fMCbwd its climax Monday, when I ol. j Woodwwd, Lieut. -toi. liatfin, Maj. I Taylor. Chaplain Dousscauit audCapt. UOodoil of i oinpany K resigned their commissions The exact reason which prompted them to take this action is not yet known The cause must have been i serious indeed The resignations leave Maj Chattel K. Darling in command of their regiment. The matter has U-en fu.iy reported to lion. Miles, and a rigid investigation ; has In en ordered. Ity military law to '

Nlifa in face of the enemy means a court-martial. Treasury statement. Waahinoton Aug ä -Yesterdays atatement of the condition of the treasury showed Ava. laldi. cash balance, 47,U.,J.'s. goid reserve. Il sj.u7u ,'.".'T

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x I Prcsiden; ,;r.d Ambassador Cambün Spend an Hour II Conference Without Result MILITARY OPERATIONS TO BE PUSHED.

Tre opt ! lie Sent in li.li ami 1'nrln Klin I ten llniiigli au Arnilstlir 1MMI He ', lari',1 The Mitsl I mil. PMM piillll.ni lhl II is tri l eft our Haan .

Wasiun,, i.in. Aug. 4 After a conference ou the pasaa qaaatkMi lusting just an hour, yesterday a ftcriutou. botwoon the pros .lent an : M i'aiuhon. tM Kreuch wttbsMMsdOTi the latter acting aa the representative of Spam, Secretary Day emerged from the White House and announced that the duy's conference was inconclusive, wherefore the parlies to it hail agreed to say nothing pub.iciy as to what hud ocIhe Secretary Did N Appear to lie IM coat (wd as ho made this statement, though he adiu.ttod that no time had boeu et for unothor confcioiico. liuiu this it ii gathered that the much -expected anHflf of the spanitih government to the prosidotit's note, upon being received, had turned out to be just us it was expected, cither a counter proposition or a rcijuest for u fu.ler statement in detail upon aotue of the heads of the president u '.e. The Only f orm tl Note. l"p to the middle of the ufterno u it was stated by all part.es eoncornod that tM Spanish answer had not boon received; that the ouly formal note that had e.uue to hand n.is one from the Madrid cabinet to M. t'ambon askiug for information upon some poiuts that yvere not clear to the Spanish ministers. Irr.ini d f.,r a Meetloc. However, just after three o'clock, ;he secretary of the French embassy, M. ThieL.utit. cal.ed at the state department and arranged with Secretary Day for a meeting betweou the president and the ambassador as soon as possible. The meet iug was sot for 3:13 o'clock, and secretary Day was at the White House in season, but was obliged to wait .ilmut ten minutes for the French ambassador. I be Only I lllu,- Agreed to was Secrecy As already stated, after conferring for an hour the parties separated, having been unable to reach a conclusion as to the acceptance by Spain of th peace conditions laid down by the pros, .hut and uiuding themseivos to the observance of the strictest secrecy as to the proceedings until further progress had lift ii made. Thua it is practically assured in advance that an;, attempt to state what occurred at yesterday's meeting at the White House will be nothing moro tiian pure guesswork. Military jierat Ions Will be I'nslied. Mi auwbi.e. in consonance with the declared purpose of the president at the beginning of the overtures, this eonfereuce is not operating to restrain military operations iu any degree. Orders were out yesterday for a con

ference of Leaders of the regiments to

TAKEN PEACEFUL POSSESSION. the lästern Half of tSwM ÜM llrtadj ( mi. inert il li iiitorjr An linaM I n II In st I. mount. IIkk Sv .Ii i hi: I'ouro Hi. o, Aug. V The Americans hau t . 1 - -1 1 peaceful

aajM sm, hi ,.f the eastern (orlioii of the ' lalaud. Small parties of iu.. iiios have boo" Uiiidcl. y ho have lighted lamps ii hie lightiious a: tape San Juan I iiid other lighthouses along the coast. ' I'hcy met with no resistance. Indeed at ape sau .Inau deputations of cititons MMM out to inei-t ihem. Ihe liar ships In MM leliilty. The war ships now in t bis vicinity are the Moil t g. unory und tbe Anuap ilia, the I'urituu and the Amphitrite. The two former uro looking for the transports with troops which left the I'uited Slates and have scattered all about the island The Annapolis rounded up the Whitney, the Flor. da und the Kuieigh yesterday and they are now at ( ape Sau Juan. laile , Mistake ii to ihe Kt-inlerv on. 'i here seems to have been a sorioui tuista.ic as to the rendezvous, for n two ships got t the sum place and i I will take several day s to locate thorn and to Ml them to rOBM), whore lien Miles is waiting. Oft" San Jaun the cruiser Ncyv Orleans alone iiiaintains the blockade, The city is grim and silent, but badof her yellow walls there will tM pleOty of i lt.- te r in l ii a t ion und tight w hen the Americans upon tiro. I'roi hiiii.it Ion. upt.-Ov'll. Mucins lias issued a proc uination. in the course of which lit says: 'Spain has not sued for peace, md I OSA drive Oil the American bouts nov as 1 did üiampaoa a attempt before, M A t-rllable .liiiason. The daughter of the captain-genera! is helping to drill the gunners in tht forts Altogether there arc 9,MM Spauisli soldtera in the city. The troops ol' the enemy, w ho are rotroatiug t rom I'once and the other towitl on the south coast occupied by tin Americana, have not yet arrived. The Herman steamer Polyneals, yvitl a cargo of t int), ciuiuc l meats and to ba .-co. tried to run the blockade JTM to;-lay morning, but yy as stopped by the o vv l Iriealis. SAÜASTA AND SEN )R SILVELA. siim-ii iMti.uis l ike CoaaawJ la View tin- paaswrsia MtMlMs of I lie ( tsuMi I Mal'liilc Aug'. i -In the conferenc. MtWeen Stuior Sagasta and Senor Sil vela, the latter urged that it was im porativo to siimmo.i the eortes for tin negotiation of a treaty of peace. lieu. I'olavieja. who vyas present, declined Mibsfijiient ly to si ;ik of thi eoiiference to the represoiitati vos ,i the press on the ground that his dut y Mil Midier imposed Mcreejf Bpoa him but lien. A.carraga sud tuat if Spain p. issossed adeijuate resources the w ai should bo continued in order to aeeura more acoeptabie MMditioOSJ otherwise pea, light to lie immediately cm rinded r.l.tni.il llie Inn ernmenl l.reilli. en Chinchilla, captain-general ot Madrid, aaidl "We have a brave ati' 1 well disciplined army, and if is ready to go wherever it is sent."

Later Senor s.igasta Conferred will

Ui IUI IS FIRM.

No Mod du .it lun ot Demands oa Spain Except in Slight and Unimportant Respects. THE PRECEDENT TO A TREATY OF PEACE.

sjniln Must llrliiilli'ly Aceeil ami .nnpls Willi Hie ( iiiolil Inn bsM PWWS lie fore I Iiis I.O erioneii t Will C'njisonl lulnMeMta Tu FswmssssI Pasea i"ron,i1 1. ms liitti ii r.

ace, unpany ieii. Wade to Porto Hico, 1 Sonor Salin. -run. the republican .. id.

and within M hours some tf the tTOOM

of this expedition will b l.arliug the traiis..i-t s st Viewport News. (tite I Item ,t Trip Anyhow. It is fell that even should an armistice be declared Isefore these tr.sops see active service at the front.it will be beneficial for tiieiu to have made the trip, for ot her wise there was danger of the morale of the troops In-iug destroyed through their er.iviug to get ayvav from the big concentration camps and at .cast see the shores of Cuba or i'orto Kico. I "in v.l. te In BaWJ I'artleuUr. l'rotiting by its past experience. Iren. Wsde'a espeditkrti is going to Im the ui, .st complete in details of any that has yet left our shores, and the soldiers will bo protected in their health and comfort to the uttnst degree. sei rrtsri Aler In t est I He. Secretary Alger haa himself eonducted au inquiry into tbe conditions that led up to the fearful experience of the wounded soldiers wlio returned to t in I nitt-d State on the t ondio . and he has taken tbe necessary steps to prevent a repetition of the bad management exhibited in that case Thus there may Ise some delay in getting the tntis away yvith ien. Wade in view of the 'let or initiation to have everything s,liipshape before the men are on loard. and as the transportatioii department was taken somewhat by surprise by the suddenly-an-noiiiicod decision of the seoretary of war to .tart tins expedition., some days must elapse before the necessary transports can be gathered at the ports of embarkation. tlry Keglinrnta Orilereil tu Montsuh Tollt t. Shaftor's daily health report failed to ahow nnv improvement iu the health conditions of the Fifth army corps, so that il is a matter for congratulation that thevar department was able to MwOwAce osterday that it had ordered live of the cavalry regiments of that corps to Im embarked at once for the now camp at Motitauk l'oiut, It. 1. 1 lie riillliilnes sit u it mu letrcil from hi Namats LöaDOJt, Aug. 4 - A dispstch to tha Daily Mail frutn Singapore says. ''President McKinleys propisal that ii coiniiiissiiin sin in nl dtcide the future gov.-i iiinent of the I'liilippines ia considerod here us giving Spain a ehanea of reciivering partial uuthnritv over her revolted subjects. This state of thirgs, it is thought, might afford sn opening for intrigues on the part of foreign potvwtl unfriendly to America, drea' lit. tain and .lapan, and might prove ilaugerous to the cause of per uianout pMMg in the I'acilie. '

v ho toid the premier, in the course ol a lung conference, that be blamed tha government i'ceatlv for clitaing tha eortes and stilling the pressv. win KMMsfpwM the BsMttsW attgaiswj After the intervieyv he said be hau usMired Sen n- Sagasta that he would reserve his opinion on the general situation until the chamber uns eon toted, but that, neither directly DOf indirectly, would he MpfM the "ox isting oligarchv. which is tin- cause ol ail Spain s nisfortuncs 'in Ihe Mult it il l.' of i iMMssel l iiere ! n isiioiii." Last evening the premier sonferssd with Own Weyler. Marshai rVlBstl do Rivera Senor llatnao, minister of public instruction and public works and Senor Uoincro I i iron, minister ol the colon u s Mptureil hy the , merit in-. Au oficisl dispatch from I'orto Rico says: '"American avalry. assisted by tht insurgents, have captured I iieneta ami abejas. the lighthouse station at San .1 uau. " TALEOF TERRIBLE SUFr ERINü I St Sal Martntlon on tlie New fiMiiii'lUm ami I. Iirmlnr ( ont Inrilu r snfT.-r-liiK I'reilleteil for t he f u t lire. Rauvas, n s.. Aug. ii ihi set. miner i iiinbridge arrived here vos torday bringing a tale if terribli Msferin m Um NewfowMllsnd um l-abrador coasts. The party was on a prospecting expedition, and included lr. Morris, w hose services wore reijuired at Lov is Inlet night und day t give relief to persons aiok und dying from starvation. Large qesntitiet of proeioiotis wen dietrlhnted from the vessel. The sain condition of utTairs exists all along the eoast. There were I. Um MTMM similarly situated and immediate re lief is iieceaaary. The failure of tin isheriei will tend to further InOfMstl the MsferlsWi

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frun. Siiitiii. W vsiiiNi.ms. nKr. H . Marylantl ei company has protested to the president against the export duty Hxod on iron ore shipped from MnntlsfO di I'uba It is st.-ited I hat the UVS M ROW Hxod is absolutely prohibitive, -ind the 1,000 work me sMphajed by this w panv will have to Im- dlSffhnrgSll III dditkm to tin- old duty thf new governiiient stHnjltltwq has fixed an export duty f l."i cents a ton. which is welsred to it very onerons Um Hbm ish duty herctnloiv imposed boii'g ouly five nor cent.

Wamiiinu ton. Aug. 4. The United States giivernineiit It now vtuiting to hear again from s.ain, und thin time it is expeeted the answer will be linal. Firmly, hut courteously, the president has declined the ein liest appeal of the Pre nob amtannilm to modify lbs I'uited States dcintiiids.exeept iu slifbl und coinpurativol v uui uiiorlatit respects. Tiiere is no doubt that the peace negotiations are progressing to the entire sSttaf alias mt tka lMaMMl und the memhora of the cabinet. A Matciuciit to that effect was made by a high oilicial of the administration, who expressed the belief that yvitlun a very short time there would he a complete Pessat ion of hostilities. The coaferenea Wedneedsy afternoon at the White House, iu vv li it'll tlie president, M. I ambon and Sceretary Day participated, M devoted almost entirely to A tMaessSloe r IMtslta Which arc regarded by the prosiilent an Bninaportsnt, and benoa tbe reauosts of tbe l'rcnch umhas.sadur, for the most part, will be flficdaifl to. One of these was that the commission to be appointed to settle the terms of peace shall meet outside of the I 'uited States, und preferably iu Franco. The president sees no material objection to granting this rennest, und it is s.ilU in lie rr.tt-llc.ill set i leil that the c iifcrenees will be held in Paris. The Madrid govern uieiit. through M. Catubon, propounded a number of qOSStWMM as to the time when Spain would be expected lo evacuate t uba and the t erriiory to he ceded the I'nitcd States, and as to what provision WOttld be made by the L'uited states in rrniii t Usa tatsesati t Npsalsli sut,. Jet-Is. M. Csaibon was Inter Med ujn all :f these points, i.-esuuiably to his satisfaction. There is MW point, how'.vor. which the Spanish authorities, judging from their communication to their represents! en lu re, fell fully to MMprehentt and Secretary Day's call upon the auihassadi r Wednesday night was fur the ptirpos-. bnneipally, of "rifr'Ttg ParTweUai GMsf ItMa one I'uint whleb yvas t hat the evaenat ion i f uha, I'oito Uico, and ue of the Ladroin slaiuls, to be scie. -ted Wythe I'nitcd states, and the permanent cession to this governMsnt ot nil of thes- tolnndt xeept l uba, was made a - lit i n pre'cdent to all peace negotiation'., and that not unti 1 these tonus bad boon fully 'implied with would this g over 11 tuent .'oiisent to entertain any peace proportion whatever. I Ins ery I in i i r I mt wadltkMI loos not, it is said, seem to be f nil v I Hiipreliended by t he Madrid nut horilies, and it was with the view to sot'.ingtbe ambassador straig-.it upon this -.Niint that Secretary Day made his .-all upon M. ( aiiiliuD. :ampaign in porto rico.

.en. Ilrmike In itigiir.ilrl I l.tnk Moreme nt mi Oaai if tegs'! I'ositioii mt Allionlto llet i ei n Two f Ire.

I'once, Aug. via Si TBOKjUK I) W. f.. Aug. 3 (Delayed in UmnsniiMi to), The plan of eninpaign is not fully deermi nod iit hi, but t ho nat ural st reiigth if the Spanish position at At bom to and .he ehariieter of the defensive works reeled there necessitates a tlauk inoveno nt. 'Ihe turning muvem-ut was iniiigurated to-la, yvlien Oett Itrooke iaiuled 3.UOO men at Arnyo, luilei ast of hero. From there lie ( an Strike the Military Knail oailing to San JwtM at i 'ayey , lieyond ibonito, This will cosnpni the ttpen sh eon mender, (inn. otega. srho has t great reputation, to abandon his it roughold or be caught bstWMSI two Inn It ispiissible that a MOOnd column nay move on his left llanU. in which use t be present advati ii his front will be show n to be only a feint. A Hashing K t-emili n I sn in e , Oen. Stone is making a dashing re sonnaissiince north in the direction ol f reel tm lie went into AdjuntHM last night yvith live men and four eorreIIMHidents. and to day be brought hit ommund on along the I 'tu. ein road. Fhe road rises west of the I'ayey range, tod is rough, but practicable for cav airy and infantry. If it is found possiblent I'tuado a , light column of trysail ina v be pttshed Across to tin- North I nttst and strike in on San Juan on tke left llanU but if Den. Brooke is aaoosra fui. it is probe bis tbai Unit, otega will Bad Aibonito Untenable, ill Whicfa case the whole of our army, after effecting ft Janet ion, will moveou the mam roav' toward Ban ' atuft aSVelliteil Set oiiil I Iriiltiisnt In lie. "ijiil Hon nf Service Itemlereit.

W awiiino I on, Aug ä A commissioi . Ss second lieutenant has lieen issued I by the war depnTtOMttl to Grant

Squires, of New Vork, who, tinder illreo than ot yen, Qrneljr as head wt Um ignal service, hits, since early in tlie war, with rare taet and capability llftchnrfrd Iii trying tint ies of federal Masorsbip uimiii all mat tci knooniia bad outgoing at New York itv. Mi Sipnros coiuinissloli bears date of Au fllSt 1. and his assignment i.s to tlx rolnateef slffttsl corps uuder his pre eilt chief, lieu, til rely.

THE SHUNAMITE'S SON. Surttlrt) Sellin. 1 l.essoli In ),r Inirt. stllen ad leetee t or . aaennl stisg lliiWa. Iij.l-wv l it'ised u;-ci I i outlet's Select Not, s j QOLDBM TEXT -'itt thy lu.Ji i, upon UM tdSTd. anj 11 will sustain thee. 1'x.i Till: HKCTiON Includes tb Hsrtaa . .. .. c, ruing Kllsha'a works umoiiK the paopl b'lven in this chiijitcr, ua m cinn iu of his in in I., i ut ministry. i'b.t IIS ! Hhunem, now Solum. 4 town in Ixsachar. about Ihne iitul a haif miles north of J xi, at, uiul .'( lull, s i.oriu of f tnirsltnt ou thu toalknssi Bnak of Utilu Ibrnion. KXri.ANATOItY. I. Etisbft lit iieves u Poor Widow und Her Fuuiili. 4:1-7. Eiiftba wu the prophet of hclpf Illness, lie illust ruled what true religion docs for nun in daily life. A wkloW of one of the tOOl of the propbetft yho was eiigugtd iu the instruction of the people eallio to Klisha for aid. Her creditors deaasjldd their 11. one , and, as she could Uot pay it, they tht eateiied to take her two son for slave, to work out the debt. In reply to the prophet's inquiry she aid she and nothing in the house "save u pot of oil." Eli aha bade the woman burrow empty vessels from her neighbors, und bringing them into In r house, with closed doors, to pour out from her o.v 11 jar of oil till eery dish and jar yya.s full. This oil she wus to soll und pay her debt. Every Tf ISfl BÖS had faith enough to borrow filled with the miraculous oil. II. Life Restored. About three miles north of Jcr.eel, at Sliuneni, Lived a yvealthy and religious family, who often entertained Flijah us In- passi d 1'nroiigh the village 00 foot to attend to his religious ork. The wife at length built upon her Iiouko an OpfM r loom, with iieeess by an outside stairway, for Klislia's especial accommodation. The prophet wished to make such return us lie could, and, beii.g often nt court, offered to say u good word for her to the king, or general of the army, "just the sort of favor which an orieartal would be likely to value most." She declined with thanks. Then, finding that lier life w is like tin city of .lor cho, beautiful for situation but wanting in one gn at blessing', in that she was childless, Klisha promised from the I.ord that within a year she should "embrace a SOa.w Years afterward it im- tbe means of restoring to her her BOB t add property, which had boon un justly taken from her during her absence (U Kings Hid). When the child Bad grown to be ijiiit' a boy be Went one morning into the harvest holds with his father and was taken suddenly sick, probably with sunstroke, followed by aAatnination of tbe brain. The boy was si 1 t homo to his mother who held him till noon, when he died. "j. "Tlie man of dod saw her afar off." From his hilltop, looking dowi Into the valley. SB, "Hini now:" Klisha know that only some matter of gr at important'' could bring the woman there. "Is it Well with thes-?" Hebrew: Ta it pence to theo?" "And she answered : 'It is well:'" She said but one word "Peace." The cautious mother wishes to have no yvord with the servant; it is his mast r that she is in quest of. L'7. "She caught bim by the feet, etc.: The falling dow n. ela; ing 1 1: feet, etc.. arc uctions witnessed ovorv day in th oust, "(lohni MOM near to thrust her uwny:" Ih cining her Importunity cesMve, or such lilertio beneath his master's dignity, just as ihe disciple tried to drive away ihe inot hers wlm brought their children tu .lev, is. "The Lord hath hid it from met" Often the Lord had told him what was coming: but in tbia ens let him loarn from Ihe suppliant herself as the be t yay for both. HL "IiI I desire a son?" Did I ask (hi favor? Was it not sent Imslyl W I y, then, does tlie same power tikf it from tne? SB. "Then he said to QthOsitn Hit nttendnntt ";ird up thy loins:" Ir. preparation for n journey. "Take mj stuff:" His prophetic staff, the sytn bol nf his authority. "If thou meet any man. salute him not:" 'I he Jewish salutations, like those common in lim orient to-day. were elnboratelj formal smtl occupied so much time at to b a serious hindrance w hen there win reason for haste. 3(1. -I will not leave thee:" Sh wanted his presence, his personal sympathy and aid. "And laid the staff . . . but thrre was neither voice nnr hearing: HU mission yas n failure. The ronf man was behind the staff. S3. "He went iu. therefore, and hut tlie ieof UpOh them twain:" I'erhnpi himself and the mother; more probably himself and only the tlentl boy. "And pray d unto the Ford'" 35. "He returned, antl walked in the house to and fro:" There had been signs of life in the flesh of the chlM beeomlnp; warm. Hut there was a gn at struggle of faith in the prophet. This was a new experience of yvliat the Lord might do through him. nnd he could not know the Ford's will at nnee. "ÜM ebJM sneezed seven times, and . . . opened his eye:" Those were Um first :i tsof restored respiration, and they are described as successive steps. It. "She fell at his feet:" The firM impulse, even before taking up her sfui. She was full of gratitude for the r 1 .it blessing. PttACslCAL B VOG Cfl'IONB Bttoift! method of girinjr to ÄB Bbnnamlt was a test of her faith and nr aid for more faith. The number of the vessels she borrowed would be the meaanro of hrr fnith In the prophet's word and in the fiod he servt d Proyll f and working are like the ItVO wings of a bird: only wilh Iwith ran one nseertl toward Hrnvrn ar.d Vi ml It makes all the difference In ihe world whether the prophet orOehaU is in bind iiic staff. The beat thiol in s sermon is ihe mnn behind It