Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 12, Petersburg, Pike County, 29 July 1898 — Page 2

$Ur§*ikf Counts flfmacrat M. M«C. inon, Editor ooj rnfrIHM PETERSBURG, : : INDIANA. •*'J '!« ■ .. --3 Tax auxiliary cruiser Yale, with ! koopt lor Santiago, sailed from Old Point Comfort, Va., on the 2Jd. Prof. E. Bknjanix Andrews, preel* dent of Brown university, has formally accepted the position of superintended of Chicago's public schools. Bonk appreheusion la expressed it Washington that the assumption by the United States of the control of affairs at Santiago may lead to trouble with the Cubans. Tax American government has taken possession ofthe cables at Santiago de Cuba, and no communication via Jamaica and Santiago will be allowed until further notice. Gen. Garcia refused to attend the ceremony of raising the American flag in Santiago, saying he hated the Spaniards, and did not want to be where any of them were. Thk members of the Hawaiian commission, Senators Cullom and Morgan and Representative Hitt, will sail from San Francisco for Honolulu on the steamer Mariposa, August 10. ▲ London dispatch says: Sir Henry Drummond-Wolff, British ambassador at Madrid, has been fully informed of the terms upon w hich the United States government is ready to make peace. Thk president, on the 20th, issued s proclamation relieving Danish vessels from the imposition of the tonnage tax, in recognition of the treatment of American ships in Danish waters. Janes Johnson, the Oakland (Cal.) millionaire ship owner, died at his home in that city, on the night of the i 18th, from complications brought on by excessive smoking. He was 62 years old.

It is said in official circles in Madrid that no dispatches hare been received recently frotn Capt.-Gen. Bianco. The Spanish government ' is considering means of restoring communication with Cuba. _ j The yacht Red Cross, with doctors, aurses and a full supply of medicines, which left Key Weat.cFla., on the 16th for Santiago, returned, on the 18th, in a crippled condition. When To miles out her tank burst. A special from Guantanamo. dated the HUh, said: Gaimanera and iiuantanamo have surrendered, and the Stars I and Stripes will float over these places to-day. Four thousand Spanish soldiers have laid down their arms. , I J. A. Campbell, who was Gen. Sheridan's scout all through the civil war, has been appointed captain of volunteers. and will be attached to the staff of Gen. Brooke, as chief of scouts. He i will accompauy the general to Porto Rico. llK.tt.Ttt Officer Doty, at New j £ork, reported, on the 2lst, that the ] auspicious cases of sickuess ou the Seneca. which arrived at quarantine on ! that day with a large number of meu i from Gen. Shatters army, were not ; yellow fever. Brig.-Gen. Frkd D. Grant has been assigned by the secretary of war to the command of the Third brigade of Gen. Wilson's division of the First army corps Two brigades of this division are already assigned for duty with the J Porto Rico invasion. ^ A mu ual Thomas Leaks Marne. I known as the Father of the British I navy, died in Londoa^ou the 20th. lie j was born in 1802, entered the navy I in 1818, and served at Navarino. Bey- j rout, Sidon and St, Jean d'Acre, and in i L hiua and the Blaek sea.

Os Ilea. Shatters recommendation | all orders issued providing for the dis- { tribution of arms among the Cubans pi sending supplies to Cornea or other insurgents have been countermanded, mad no attention whatever will here- | after be paid to Cubans as military allies Tub United States steamer Arisons the last of the transports secured by the government, arrived at San Francisco, on the Slat, from Tacoma, Wash. She ia a large and handsome, vessel. She carries 350 first-class passengers, 1,350 second-class passengers and 3,004 tons of freight. Secretary Ai.okr announced, on tht 30th. that it.had been finally and definitely decided that the ships taken in Santiago 1* arbor, by the surrender of that city, became United States property, not prises of either the army o* the navy. This ia in accordance witfc a former supreme court decision. Tvk first bale of new cotton was •old in front of the New York Exchange building, on the 30th, at auction. The first bid was $300, while tht buyer. President Wfh. V. King of the cotton exchange, paid 9500 for the bale. The cotton waa sold for the benefit of the United States hospital fund. Bine for the transportation of the Spanish troops which surrendered at Santiago were opened in the quartermaster's department of the army building in New York.bn the30th, aud were forwarded to Washington. The contract was awarded to the Spanish Transatlantiqoe Co. at 955 per office* and 930 per enlisted man. The ladies of the Russian court are greatly upset at the fact that the exarina has forbidden ladies smoking in her presence. The ladies have petitioned her majesty to withdraw the prohibitory ukase, pointing ont that ladies smoke cigarettes at , all the courts of Europe and that many of the princesses of the royal blood set the wxaaapla.

CURRENT TOPICS. TEB gW 0 BMET. , PERSONAL. AND GENERAL. Anarauo. Vox Dixdiuchb, who Is in command of the German squadron at Manila, recently interviewed Capt. Chichester of the British cruiser Immortalite as to what he would do if Germans interferred with the bombardment of Manila. Capt. Chichester replied that only Admiral Dewey and himself knew that. Sylvkstkk Scovbl, the newspaper correspondent, chagrined because he was not permitted to participate in the raising of the Stars and Stripes at Santiago, on the l?th, pushed his way to Gen. Shatter and slapped the general's face. Scovel was immediately arrested, and is likely to pay dearly for his indiscretion. Gas. Milks sailed from Siboney, Cuba, on the Yale, on the 18th, with the advance guard of the army of invasion for Porto Bioo, consisting of the Twen-ty-fourth infantry (colored) and four batteries of artillery. The rest of the forces are being pushed forward under the direction of Gen. Brooke. Advicks from Cavite of the 14th inst. stated that the American advance on Manila would begin on the 19th. Gen. Anderson had reconnoitered the territory between the Spanish outposts and the insurgent lines, and had his campaign planned. Thk president, on the 18th; issued instructions providing in general terms for the government of the province of Santiago de Cuba. It is the first document of its kind ever prepared by a president of the United States. Maj.-Gk.n. Chakkkk has been decided upon by the administration as military governor of Santiago and the surrendered territory. He is a soldier of wide experience, and has a thorough knowledge of law.

Gen. Siiaftkb says that the prisoners turned over to him at Santiago far exceeded in numbers the strength of the besieging army. A severe wind storm.followed by a very heavy rain, prevailed in Wisconsin. on the 19th. extending as far north as Marinette and west as far as Black River Falls. - Many buildings were damaged, trees were uprooted and crops in ukiuv sections leveled. The California fuses works at Oakland was blown up bv a murderous Chinaman on the 19th. Five deputy sheriffs, who were trying to arrest the murderer.and the fugitive himself were killed. Foi'R girls were drowned, in Utah lake, at Paysou. Utah, on the 19th. They were floating on a plunk. Oue fell off and was drowned, and the others lost their lives iu trying to rescue her. There is good reason to believe that direct assurances have been received from Germany that she will offer no obstacles to the execution of our plans iu the Philippines. The steamer lioanoke arrived1 at Seattle, Wash., on the 19th, from St. Michaels, with 140 passeugers and $1,500.000 in gold, aggregating 50,000 ounces. On the 19th Gen. Shafter reported the capture of 10,000,000 rounds of ammunition at Santiago. Si NPEKLANP. England. was visited by a $2,000,000 conflagration on the lWh. The gunboat Sandoval was among the prizes captured at Guantanamo. Ox the 20th Postmaster-General Emory Smith w-as in conference with the president over the extension of our mail service to Hawaii on a domestic

basis. The steamer Lakme arrived at Seattle. Wash., on the 20th, from St. Michael, Alaska, with loo passengers ami gold dust estimated at $250,000, in additiou to drafts representing a large amount. Tukkk Spanish transatlantic steamers arrived at Gibraltar, on the 20th, from Cadiz, fearing that the squadron of Commodore Watson will uttack that place and destroy all the shipping iu port. At the ltisley rifle range, in England, on the 20th, in the competition for the St. George’s challenge vase, first stage, 500 and 600 yards, open to volunteers and retired volunteers, at 500 yards, nearly 80 men scored 35 points, the highest possible. Advicea received in Madrid from the Philippine islands say that the unlives are ill-treating 4.000 Spanish prisoners, but that it is hoped that the f-iendly offices of the Freneh government will rescue many of the Spaniards. A Kingston (Jamaica) cable, on the 20th, said that Cubans arriving from Siboney reported Gen. Garcia dead. TunSpanish government has received a dispatch from Capt.-Gen. Ulanco. in which the latter announce* that he had not authorized the capitulation of Santiago de Cuba, and asserting that the place was surrendered without his knowledge. As a result Gen. Toral will be rigorously tried by court-mar-tial. To second Philippine expedition arrived in Manila bay on the 16th. ■ The reception accorded by both the naval and land forces wa» a grand one. Lieut. Lsaclleand Private Maddox. Tenth infantry; Sergt. GedUes. First Nebraska, and Private Wise, Colorado baud, died ! en route. Nathxk A. C. Smith has been appointed special agent of the post office : department to supervise all the arI raugemeats for the eulire island of | Porto Rico, and he will leave Washing- | ton so as to get there soon after the i army makes iu first stand. Secretary A lock has cabled to Gen. Shafter directing him to cause to be prepared at the earliest possible moment a complete list pf the American soldiers suffering from yellow fever, as well as the names of those who have lost their lives from that disease. Ox evidence furnished by John Hill, Jr., of the Civic federation of Chicago, the Cook county grand jury, on the flat, voted indictments agif gMMfe, ber of Washington Park «L ,

Secretary Long announced, on the 21st, that he had received a dispatch fro** Admiral Dewey announcing: the arrival of another detachment of troops at Manila, constituting the second ex* pedition from San Francisco, Secretary Alger says that the troops which were In the engagements at Santiago will not be sent to Porto Rica They "will remain in Cuba until yellow fever has been entirely stamped out. Dr. GRKKXLKA.r'8 last report to Sec* retary Alger from the American camp at Santiago came on the 20th, and was | to the effect that while the yellow fever was widely spread among the troops it was very mild in type. An official of the quartermaster's department with Shafter's army will be detailed by Gen. Shafter to supervise the embarkation of the Spanish prisr oners for Spaiu. Tux British steamer Newfoundland, loaded with food supplies, was captured by the Mayflower, on the 10th, off Cienfuegos, into which harbor she was heading. Tux Spanish government has prohibited the publication of news of the movements of Spanish war ships, and | the whereabouts of Camara's fleet is not known. A dispatch to the New York World from Hong Hong says that Gen. Aguinaldo, the leader of the Philippine insur- j gents, is in favor‘of annexation to the United States. Gen. Polavikja started from Barcelona for Madrid, on the 21st, in response to a sudden summons to the capital.

At the least sign of insubordination of the Cubans near him. Gen. Shafter has been ordered to disarm them. Au. the old officers of the United Confederate Veterans were re-elected at the Atlanta (Ga.) convention as follows: lieu. John B. Gordon. Georgia, general commanding; Gen. Stephen IX Lee. Mississippi, commanding the department of Tennessee; Gen. W. L. Cabell, of Texas, transmississippi department; lien. Wade Hampton, the army of Virginia. Is the vicinity of Casselton.N. IX, on the 21st.. 25J>J0 acres of wheat yvas destroyed by dhuil storm. A tors ADO struck Minot, N. P., on the night of the 21st, demolishing 1? buildiugsand injuring a number of people. No one » as killed. The county hospital was destroyed, and several of the inmates badiy injured. Six loaded box cars on the Soo tracks were blown 100 feet from the rails and demolished. Thk troops goiug to Manila on the transport Rio Janeiro left Camp Merritt, Sau Francisco, on the 22d, and marched to that vessel. The soldiers were given an evat ion as they passed through the streets of Sau Frauciscc on their way to the dock. While bathing in the Minnesota river at Morton, Minn., on the 22d. ltarbara and Rachel Galle, Martha Lorenz and Alvina Reis—all under 20-^5 were drowned. The United States cruiser St. Paul arrived at New York, on the 22d, after a run of four days from the harbor oi Guantanamo, with all well on board. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 22d showed: Available cash balance, $258,720,129; gold reserve, $189,455,523. Arrangements are being perfected at the war department for the establishment ol a military garrison at Honolulu. _ The president has appointed Ferdinand Peck, of Chicago, commissionergeneral of the Paris exposition.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Owixe to persistent reports that there was yellow fever at Tampa, notwithstanding denials by the Florida state officials. Dr. Brunner, the yellow fever specialist, who represented the marine hospital service at Havana until the outbreak of the war, was directed to make an investigation. He reports tbut after a close inspection of Tampa it cau be stated that there is not a case of yellow fever there. The weekly statement of the New York eitv associated banks for the week ended the 23d showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, decrease, 8ti.333.Si2o; loans, decrease, 84,907,000; specie, decrease, $9,124,900; legal tenders, decrease. $1,343,300; deposits, decrease, $16,437,500; circulation, decrease, $104,500. At an early hour on the morning of the 24th the car barn of the Consolidated Traction Co., of Pittsburgh, Pa., was completely gutted by fire, entailing a loss of about $173,000; well covered by insurance. Thirty-six of the 50 cars in the building were destroyed. The independent republican organization of the thirty-fourth assembly district—New York city—has unanimously adopted resolutions fsvoring the nomination of Col. Theodore Roosevelt for governor of the state of New York. Reports received from the eastern, middle aud western states show the tonnage of hay this year to be greater than any during the past ten years, anti the conditions of the harvested crop above the average. The quartermaster-general, on the *4th. received a telegram announcing the safe arrival at Santiago of the construct ion boat Pauatna. She will proceed at once to Porto Kico to joiu the licet there. Socketakv Long spent about two hours with the president, on the 24th, presumably in going over Admiral Sampson's report on the destruction of the Stpanisli fleet at Santiago. Senok Sagasta, the Spanish premier, says that not ail the troops included in the capitulation of Santiago agreed to surrender. OS the 23d the associated banks of the city of New York held $4-*,U12,ooU in excess of the requirements of the 23-per-cenL rule A call for the fifth annual meeting of the National Hay association to be held at Buffalo, N. Y., August 9, has been issued. A dispatch from Madrid says the Uhiefs of the Carlist organisation are paving Spain.

HOOSIEfi HAPPENINGS -*#- Told In Brief by dispatches from Various localities. Sprtc Bade I» Death. , Muncie, Ind., July 22.—Peter Mangin, aged 37, was found lying on his face in the bottom of an open ditch in the southeastern part of the city, dead. The man was a glass blower, and his wife resided in Marion, from whence he came to Muncie. Since the factory closed for the summer, June 30, the man has been on a protracted spree and his mind was affected. Died hr the Wayside. * Elkhart, Ind., July 82.—William Both and William Rhode, of Chicago, and Daniel Donovan, of Cranston. Mich.; were found dead by the side of the road near hero. They had been in the vicinity for a day or so in a state of intoxication, and medical opinion ; is that the liquor and the heat were j more than they could stand. „ j Bitten hy a Snake. Bedford, Ind., July 22.—A young j woman, aged 17, daughter of Mr. j George Kern, living west of here about five miles, was bitten by a snake ' on the foot and is in an alarming eon- i dition at this time. The foot and leg ! have turned a tureen color. Grave J fears are entertained that she will not j recover.

Breach of Promise Salt. Shoals, Tnd.. .Tuly 22.—Suit has been filed in the circuit court by Miss llallie Hernden against fJttie „Ebelsisor for breach of promise to marry, placing damages at $10,000. Otto is a son of John Ebelsisor. the New Albany mil* tionaire, and has $50,000. in his owi right. _ __ _ Denies Heims n Swindler. Salem. Iml„ July 22.—Charles Miller, who'is a farmhand at Orleans, and who was identified as the man who run the cattle deni, swindling five farmers out of $1,100. stoutly denies that he is the man. Yet all who saw the man calling himself D. D. Fisher say Miller is the man. Gored by n Hall. Columbus. Ind.. July 22.-r-John Beat- j ty. a farmer residing near here, was | gored to death by a vicious bull, the j horn penetrating his abdomen three ! inches. He is the son of. the late Jo- , dnh Beatty, who was considered the ! richest land owner in the eountv. —- Sew Gm» Wells. Winchester. Ind., July 22.—Two ; more gas wells have been completed i in the new territory south of this city, j one being a “gusher.” A number of I jther wells are In process of construe- ! tion. So far not a single poor well has I been struck in this territory. .\ | Coimterfeltrr* CauRht. Anderson, Ind., July 22.—Two men, \ giving their names as Frank White and ! Joe Smith, were arrested in this city, ! charged with passing counterfeit coin, j The officers found rolls of theVounter- j feit coins wrapped up in paper. Most j >f ft was in 1893 ouarters. Killed In a Tunnel. Seymour. Ind.. July 22.—John Schro- i nick, of East St. Louis. 111., was killed j j In the little tunnel on the Baltimore? j 'Ihio Southwestern railway, 30 miles I west of this city. His head struck a ! t timber, crushing his skull. In Ftnnnetul Trouble. Marion, Ind., July 22.—Judge Custer, ; ■ of the eireuit court, appointed Wll- I ! Main llogin receiver for the grocery j ! firm of Bailey & Brownlee. The as- j <ets are piaeed at $1>,000; liabilities, | (12,000. Street Hallway Sold. Anderson. Ind.. July 22.—The Anderson street railway has been sold tc ! the Union Traction company, better known as the (las belt electric rait- | way. The consideration was $300,000. Kell from IIU Train. Richmond. Ind., July 22.—John II. | Parish, a conductor on the Penn- ; sylvania railroad, was killed. He fell ! front his train, fracturing his skull. There are rumors of foul play.

Gotnjr Out of BmlarM. Terre Haute. Ind., July 22.—Of 14( ; saloonkeepers in the city 20 or mort will go out of business because the I council hus refused to reduce the 11- i j cense from $250 to $100. | - IwpravlaK Brow# County. Columbus. Ind., July 22.—The county j j commissioners of Drown county have ! let the contract for the construction j of 19*A miles of gravel road« and several bridges. Motel Partly Burned. Connersville, Ind.. July 22.—The building known as the old Huston hotel was damaged by fire and water to the extent of $2.500. Instantly Killed. Shelborn, Ind., July 22,—John Me I Cauiey. pit boss at Jhckaou Hill mine was caught by falling slate and instantly killed. Factory Burned. Anderson. Ind.. July 22.—Johnson I Reynolds* regulator factory wit burnt d. L--*s. $10,000. Fatally Hart. Kokomo. Ind.. July 22.—Ora Carver ' a contractor, fell front a biiMIng aci | was f»tallv hurt.____ Mr. J. M. Barrie led his eleven to victory on the cricket field at Tun- : bridge Wells recently. Mme. NaTarro, ! better known as Miss Mary Anderson. w>s*on the ground all day and entertained the artists and men of letters who batted under Mr. Barrie’s captaincy. Many men have been doing well cutting and sawing wood at $30 to $40 a cord. More who want to take no chances arc working for wages. Little actual prospecting haa been done by anyone.

Early News May be Expected fr?m Gen. Miles in Command of the Troops. HURRYING OP THE REINFORCEMENTS. Gen. Brook, to Sail la a Day or Two, and the Remainder of the Troop* to Follow Immediately—Unruly War Correspondent* UanUhed from the Army— Finns Carried Oat. Washington, July is,—It was said at the war department late yesterday that no news eould be expected front any official source as to Gen. Miles' movements until to-day at the earliest. It is calculated that he arrived last night at the point on the coast of Porto Rico selected as the rendezvous for all the vessels of the expedition. Whether or not he will undertake to make a lauding in advauce of the arrival of the whole expedition probably will depend entirely upon conditions as he finds them. Should there be no Spanish force, or at most an inconsiderable one on the coast, the troops will be landed to relieve them from the disastrous effects of being confined closely on shipboard under a tropical sun.

Hurrying l"p the Remainder of the Expedition. Meanwhile the department is making' every effort to hurry along the remainder of the expedition. Some troops are now on their way from Tampa and Charleston, and should reach Porto Rico by the middle of the week. Naval officers are assisting actively in getting the troops off. and were eugaged in sending the necessary orders to that end to the commanders of the naval auxiliary vessels which have been placed at the service of the war department. \\ III Sail in * Day or Two. In the course of a day or two the troops brought from Chickamauga by lien. Broo’.e will sail from Hampton Roads, where they have been arriving all day, and are ready for the transports. There is a probability that lieu. Miles may be delayed for several days in his landing operations for lack of lighters, but several of these are nowon their way, and others will be hurried forward as rapidly as possible. However it may be as to speedy landing on Porto Rico soil, it will be well along towards the end of this week before the active land campaign can be beguu in Porto Rico. lien. Shatter Reported by Cable Yesterday thi^t the condition of the troops at Santiago w as rapidly improving, and said he hoped in the eourse of a day or two to have them all located in comfortable eauips. where they may rest and recuperate and where the sick may recover., He is feeding 11,000 of the Spuuisli prisoners of war, and although he has not yet been able to furnish them tents,-yet this deficiency is* being made good, and meanwhile their present condition is no worse in this respect than was their condition before the surrender. The general makes no mention of the alleged letter from Garcia to himself, nor does he speak of any friction between them, whence the department has come to doubt the authenticity of published stories on these subjects. Sou>e Light Thrown Cpon the Difficultly* of a War Correspondent.

in ins report to me war department relative to condition^ at Santiago. Gen. Shafter has thrown some light upon the difficulties iu which certain of the newspaper correspondents there hare involved themselves. From his report it would appear that, animated by an ambition to take a prominent part in the important events following each other in rapid succession at Santiago after the initiation of the negotiations for the surrender of the .city a few of the correspondents were guilty of grave breaches of military law, necessitating prompt corrective action by Gen. Shatter. Thus, for instance, one correspondent, in hisefforts to take part iu the Hag raising over the city hall, resisted the military officers in tl& execution of their duty and eveu attempted a personal assault upon the commanding general. This made him subject to summary and severe punishment, even death, yet Gen. Shatter, probably realising that ignorance of military law was the explanation of the action, conteuted himself with expelling that correspondent from Cuba. ^ Might Have Led to Rioting and Blood. • shed. A more serious offense, from the fact that it might easily hare led to rioting and loss of life, was that of three other correspondents who, it appears by Gen. Sbafter's report, by circulating inflammatory posters, stirred up the town. They were likewise deported, and as evidence that he has no ill-feeling towards the papers represented by them, but desires only to exercise such control as is im| entirely demanded in the interest of safety of our troops and protection of the people under their care, Gen. Shafter has declared that these cOrrerespondents may be immediately replaced by others from the same newspaper who will observe the rules of prudence. Dignified hat Watchful. In a very dignified manner Gen. Shafter takes notice of some of the severely critical newspaper articles that have appeared, touching the condition of the troops before Santiago white they lay in the trenches, lie admits that there was a shortage of tobacco for a time, but shows conclusively that there was no lack of the necessaries of life, aud that the troops were adequately supplied with hard bread, bacon, sugar and coffee. Although this bill of fare is not as extensive as that afforded troops in garrison, it embodies the main features of *he army ration while on field service.

A SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN if-gipp After Three Month* of War Nothin* tat. Satisfaction Felt at the g*u*ieee Made. WaM113«TOX, Jily 25,—With th© week Just closed the United States saw the end of the third month of the w ar with Spain, and the responsible officials from the, president down to th© lowest employes who has had to do with shaping the course of events* feel nothing bat satisfaction at the progress made. An army of 250,000 men has been mobilized, armed and equipped, and much of it has seen service. The battles preceding th© capture of Santiago have been remarkable in many respects, and in the opinion of* military experts have covered the United States army engaged with imperishable glory. New mrnd Umrled Type of Warfare. Modern warfare of a type developed in these engagements was absolutely new and untried, not only to th© United States army, but to the world. No such charge is recorded in history as that made upon the stone fort and the blockhouses crowning the hills of El Caney. There have been engagements between trained troops and savage races in the jungles of India and on the hills of South Africa of late years that couveyed in a slight manner the

Possibilities of Modern Weapon*But the buttles fought by the Fifth army corps have beeu the tirst in whieh large bodies of troops of civilized nations on both sides have been engaged with all- the implements of modern warfare, and the result is bound to be highly instructive to the military student, and to extort admi* ration for the splendid fighting qualities of the United States soldiers from, the most unytilling critics. Much Experience la Hard Fighting. Few officers in any army have had. more experience in hard fighting, especially in rough couutry, than that old Indian fighter, Gen.. Henry-, so that some weight must be attached to theopinion of the merits of our officers and troops expressed by him in the following personal letter addressed by him to Adjt-Gen. Corbin, dated in frout of Santiago, July 12: Letter from tie it. Henryf We had a pieasaat sail down. hut. haring tore w the men ashore, took some tim» to get off. We left Siboney at 2p m. yesterday with the Eighth Ohio, and came into camp hare about three miles from the front. In coui^acy with Gen. Breckinridge, I rode to the front to Gen. Wheeler's headquarters, and a flag of truce being up, had an opportunity to saa the lines. We are almost on top-of them, in front of Wheeler being about 8UJ yards to them, but the country is tough, going down to a falling and ascending, all covered by their fire- The country ail the way is the roughest lever saw. You. have to follow roads or trails, and come under heavy fire, their position commanding every pproaeh. Heroism and Patience. The work done by these troops since landing. their heroism aad patience under discomforts, heat and rain, ealls for the hignesi praise, and the work, accomplished by Shatter, his pertinacity and “goaheadtivene-s," under adverse circumstances and discomforts, is a revelatiou to me. 1 doubt if ther • is auother officer who would have gotten there as he did. Our loss was most unfortunate, but from the character of the country could uoi have been avoided “if we had to get there.’* Almost Drowned by the Uaiu. Last night toe Eighth Ohio were almost, drowned by the rain, and it paurs Vhrday. That's the climate, and to get out of it it would be cheaper to lose more bv fighting a id success than by sickness, which is sure to comeby staying We have about thirty eases of yellow fever and many of malaria, but the men are cheerful Gen Outfield and Capl Wilcox have yellow fever; they soy a mild form; gotten from sleeping in infected buildings, which are now to be burnt MIm Bartow Goes to the Front. Miss Clara Barton and Mrs. Addison Porte: rode to the front yesterday in an army wagon over rough roads and in the rain. They are unselfish women. Too much credit cannot be given the heroism, pertinacity, pluck, patience and endurance of the men ’’who have borne the brunt of this work. ” PLAN ENTIRELY FEASIBLE, Lieut. Hobeon In Consultation with Naval. Authorities About Raising tike Cruiser Crlstobol Colon.

Washington, July 25.—Lieut Hobson came over from New York Satur day night to Washington and had a long conference, yesterday, with Assistunt Secretary Allen, Capt. Bradford and several other odicers of the navydepartment regarding the raising o.‘; the Spanish cruiser Cristobal ColonThe lieutenant succeeded, while ir New York, in arranging with the Mer ritt & Chapman Wrecking Co. for tht execution of the plans he had prepared! for saving the vessel. The wreckers have promised togather the pontons, air bags and compressed air apparatus which will be required to lift aud right the vessel and expect to start this material for Santiago from New York by fast vessels within three days. Lieut Hobson is confident that if the work can be undertaken before a cyclone sets in it.will result successfully. •^Secretary Long said yesterday that the lieutenant's plan for raising the Colon seemed entirely feasible to him (Long). The proposed plan involves methods and appliances outside of those usually employed in wrecking. They necessitate the use of -air appliances of various kinds in righting and. raising the ship that rarely, if ever before, have been used on vessels of the sise and weight of the Colon, aud although there is some doubt of its success, the uavy department officials think the prize well worth ttie trial. GARCIA'S ALLEGED LETTER. It Mow Taras Oat to Have Moca Prepared bjr a Mewepeper Correspondent Mamed Ana. Santiago de Cuba. July 24.—It now turns out that the letter addressed by Geu. Garcia to Gen. Shafter complaining of the treatment accorded the Cu* , bans and advising Gen. Shafter of Gen. Garcia's resignation, was prepared by a newspaper correspondent named Arms, who has been acting on the stalk of Gen. Castillo. It is not clear that, Gen. Garcia ever saw the letter.