The Gastonia
n»voto<l to the Protection ot Home and tile Jnmroere el t*» County.
Vol. XIX.__Gastonia, N. C.. August 4, 1898.
GRAPHIC STORY or the FIGHT
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United States Steamship Gloucester,
off Santiago de Cuba, July 4.—The
great Cgbt lie* taken plsoe, tba Span
ish fleet u destroyed, tho power of
Spain Is broken, flow did It all hap
pen f This no man knows from ac
tual observation; each oca own only
tall what he himself saw. It was Sun
day morning, M.-43 o’clock, aud all the
divisions or the ships ware at quarters,
dressed In their ueal white drese mus
tering suits. The captain and the ex
ecutive officer were below inspecting
the hammocks and bags of tho meu. 1,
too, was below, writing. Suddenly
there was a great clanging of the bell
—the call to general quarters—and
some one darted by my door, shouting:
•-The Spaniel: Uret has come out; the
Spanish fleet lias oome oat V” In an
instant 1 was on my (set, and had
rushed from tho room, although 1
thought some mistake had boon made.
We had waited too lung (or the coming
or uie enemy to iigimy neuovo our
hopes. When I rescind the deck ooe
glacoe showed that the great oriels bad
at last arrived. There, close to tbe
shore, three miles distant, were three
black vessels Bavins rapidly westward.
Evec as I looked soother tMp made Its
appearance at the harbor entrance and
turned to follow In the wake of the
others.
Cspt, Waluwrlght and Lieut. Harry
V. Hose, tbs executive ofioer. wore on
Uie bridge. We were under way, mak
ing rapidly for Morro Castle. There
waa a moment's consultation between
the oommanlug officer and Uls right
hand man, aud our speed was slacken
ed, although wu still continued to
stand In toward shore. Tho four
black ships were still speeding down
tbe coast, while our fleet was cloalug
tn, seemingly, oh I bow slowly I As a
matter of fact, the mauoeuver was ex
ecuted very rapidly. Tho Spanish
ships ware so similar to oue auoiher
that It waa Iropowible to distinguish
Uteca from eaoli other at that distance.
Immediately west of OS, to our left,
waa the Indiana; then camo the Iowa,
the Texas and the Oregon, the Brook
lyn at the extreme end of the half cir
cle. Where the New Vork waa, no
one teemed to know. As transpired
later, she was several miles to Uie east
at the commencement of the ncliou,
, but site made all haste to join In the
fray,
Tbe slowing up of oor vessel proved
to be a veiy elgulficaot movo; all Uie
after evenU of tbe day, as far aa tbe
Gloucester was concerned, wore there
by determined. Wainwrigtit bad fore
seen tbe coming movomoute of tho en
emy at a glance; tbe two torpedo de
stroyers, be rightly surmised, would
Unger behind Uie cruisers In the hope
of escaping unnoticed In the confusion
and of thereby stealing up on our bat
tleships. Wo were waitlug for them.
The last of the crulaere waa two
mites from the entrance when tbe Pla
ton came Into view, followed closely
by tbe Furor. By tbls time we were
wttbln two ml lot of the fort. Forced
draught waa ordered, and Uie Glou
cester began to chum through the
water as she had probably nevor done
before. The starboard battery waa
trained on the enemy. I elevated tbe
light of my gun to 3,R00 yards, than,
by sucoemive steps, dropped it to 2,fi00.
ulajucid)tkiioi>ki«« naz.
“Commcnoe firing; forward guns on
the first boat, after guus oo the seo
ond,” and wa bogao the awful bull
florin that oonttnuud thereafter almost
uninterruptedly for two bourm. In an
Incredibly abort space of time we ware
within a thousand yards of tbe Furor,
the nearest boat. \V« bod proceeded
along tbe hypotbenuso of a right-an
gled triangle, and the enemy along one
of tbe lefts, our courses converging to
a point. One contestant lo be reck
oned with as we found out, srae tbe
fort. It began tv let fly at ue. The
•belle went singing over our beads, but
we paid no attention to tbsm. Row
they continued to mist us Is a mystery.
In the meantime the fight was speed
ing westward. Fortunately, the sea
wee comparatively smooth, enabling
ua to sight our guns on the niouceeter.
ahlcb, even under tbe beet clreum
stancea, le an unsteady platform.
Tbe apace between ue and tbe de
stroyers was rapidly decreasing. I
must have been pulling the trigger
twelve times a minute. Row many of
tbe abeliv reached the mark 1 do nut
know;ioa>e, certainly. To catoh tbe
effect of a shot while ether guna are
belching forth smoke and shall all
around la beyouud the power of tbe
human eye. The marvel is now under
tueb trying clroumsWnoas we man
aged to bit anything beside* sky and
water. Like live roar of a distant
storm oaoa* the boom of tbs lieevy
guna of the ilsst firing at the four
cruisers. I am not certain whether I
even heard them; every faculty was
nonoantratad no tbe Furor and tha
Platon. The Indiana bad been it our
suta at thi start nod had Bred her
mooodiry battery at loop range at Urn
destroyers, but iba, Ilka tba net had
•llppad away la march of larger prey,
leaving M to fight It ant with the two
redoubled torpedo boat*, the tarron of
the naval world. My an unprejudiced
outsider we would liordly have bean
considered a oistoh for one of the lit*
tie black veaaHs. We, however, were
more eoocatted, and thought nannies*
a match for both togathar. Prom tba
point Of Vtow of VDlnarabllity there
«u bat little to ehooae between o«
•pd tho Mpaolarda We and they alike
were cockleshell*, which regained only
a shot la tba right plsoa to send os to
kingdom semi Bat is regards urn
ament, mature ware wet an equal,
fieri sr* the statistics concerning the
three vassals, which shew their rnls
tles BghUng straagth. Tba Faror was
220 feet in length; displacement, 370
tone; armament, two 14-pounder rapid
Are fmne, two A-pounder rapid-Are guns
two 1-pounder Maxim automatic gun*
and two 14-lncb torpedo tabes. The
full complement or the boat woe 67
men. Tne i'luton was nf like etreogtb
with the Furor. Here in the Glouces
ter: J-eugtli, all feet; displacement,
800 tons; armamont, fopr G-pounder
rapid Are guns, two G-oilUlmoter fotl
uutomatie gone; complement wltb
oinoere, 83 mmi. It was not au ideal
day fur gunning; cloud* overspread the
sky ami made the light uncertain.
FirUn-rmore, the Spanish ships were
blsok.
kiuiitiko ;ius>t u.NAtnr.n.
By the time w« got within 800 yard*
of tho nnemy we threw were practically
alone on the sea. The Indiana, Texas,
Oregon, Iowa and Brooklyn were far
to ibn west, pursuing tho Spanish
cruisers. The Americans had left us
to our tale, •'blob teemed certain dis
aster. The roar in our ships was deaf
ening. l ivery second a gun was Bred.
Above all came tbe rack, rack of ibe
automatic pieces, like liiLenialy reptd
blows of a flail on n tilt roof. Tbe gnu
directly behind roe sea trained loo far
forward, and when It went uff it near
ly threw mo down, dcafcolng the
whole gun’s en»w. "For Clod's sake
don’t Ore that gun again,” we lagged,
but In vaiu. My Mo. g, who ihtows
up and down the breech-block, was
uumy ■carta, and every iirue ilia can
went of! >i* would spring Co the side of
my (not. I struck him under the ear
to encourage hiio.bat without suc
ceeding. Thu empty shells were roll
ing about Uie deolc, hurnlug the bare
feet of tlie meu. who would cry with
lailn, and every once lo a wbila some
one would atop to throw theta over
board. Tbe amoiunlltou whip was
working uninterruptedly, bringing up
(rah bona at we exhausted the oh]
ones. Men were blowing and sweat
ing like liursee
“What’s the matter ? Fire more
rapidly there on tho starboard side,’’
cams froui the bridge. Wbal was the
use of Uring V 1 could uot tell wheth
er or not 1 was reaching the mark.
“Watch this, and try to ace If It bits.”
1 cried lo Mo. 4, acd bo slapped aside
clear of the smoke aud shaded Ills eyes
to try m ooto tho effect of tbe shell.
In vain, too many other guns were at
work, an I continued to pop awuy.
trusting tu my estimate of the dis
tance. How I longed for oue ol the
3 pounders, which use smokoless pow
der. Tho ship was gradually swinging
round, bow on to the enemy. “Don't
Ore. Isoolc oat for that stanchion.”
Mow, only tbe bow gun nould be trato
nd on tbe enemy. Then ilia forward
port gun came into use, and a moment
later the one Immediately laihlnd it.
What was happening aft on tho quar
ter deck, I bad no idea; It was all 1
could do to watch the enemy and to
see that the gun caplalia behind toe did
not shoot ms. Tha battle wa wtn
lighting was us distinct from that
dosru tbe coast as the battle of Ma
nila. I looked up ut tbe bridge. There
stood the captain aud tbe executive
officer, outwardly as calm as at muster.
Tlie executive officer had his hand
on the Indicator, directing both the
■hip and tbe Qrlug. An under quarter
master was at the wheel, bla eyes di
vided between the companies and u>e
enemy. At one end of the bridge
stood tho chief quartermaster, ready
to read any aiguals from our ships,
before lesviug, tbe Indiana had hoist
ed the order “(fun-boats closs In.”
We were the only gun-boat lo Sight,
bat ws closed In. Many of the met.
were stripped to their nndentiirts. I
laid aside my coat, mechanically fold
ing It neatly. Thon I crossed the
deck to try to forget the ominous
wniaumg aoove auu arnunri me id
watohlng the battle. Who ran de
scribe the angry aonnd of a passing
shell T It ooron like tbe wind mill
ing round tlio corner. Increasing to a
shriek, and then it U gone, and anotb
sr peases by In lx>t chase. It la like
(light of a dock ol birds in the night,
one behind another.
SnniFKTKO OF THB SHILL*.
There waa a not* of mockery In the
sound. They all teemed to peas di
rectly by my aide. One of them I
know area within reach of my hand.
HUM they continued to fly arouud na,
striking water on either side. Tbe
tension of expectation of being struck
was terrible. In fact, It would have
bean a relief to bear the long-expected
explosion. It waa Impossible not to
do aomsthiog; l must Und employment
Ho I tried to help with lbe range of
ooe of the port guns by standing to
one sldu and observing where the shot
strnok. One I saw go clean through
(he Furor, and my occupation was
gone. Out now the dpsniarda were
beginning to gat the range with their
deadly automatic one-pounders. These
gnnsars served by a belt with a series
of slialla that Are lo rapid succeaalou.
Ooe shot In tbe right place would sink
os. Tbarawaaa line of splashes la
the weter, like that mad* by Jomping
flah. tracing accurately the length of
our vamel, and gradually coming near
#r and nearer. It arms tha automatic
1-pounder. Did the shots ever reach
us wa war* loat; not only would the
vessel kink but our decks woold be
swept. Nearer, nearer came the
splashes It waa an awful moment.
Crash l crash t went our runs, sod
•here ail the tenor of the Colta, and
aoddenly, wbon wltbln tan yafda of (be
ahlp, the ^>toahM oeeaed; tbo man fir
ing the gno had been killed at hie poet.
We we»e eared temporarily. Bat Mill
tbe enemy wit fighting for dear life;
botb torpedo deetmyara were trylog
their beet to alnk ua. We refuted to
go down. Suddenly the pin of Ko. 4
gun dropped ont, and It waa neoeamry
to remove tho breech -block and Sod tbe
pia. It waa all dona quietly, qntokty,
but tba nervoua atraln waa awful. Wa
were no* wltbln 300 paid* of tbe
Furor, Bring eomtliaea at Iter and
eoretinae at the Maloti. At thli
point tbo Mew Yiwk went weeding by
and ehearad nt at aim paaaed. C. rad
nelly tha I'luton'a guna broaan ellent.
and It waa evident Uiat *>e waa In dla
Ire*. She waa making far the there.
mud or rim rt-tiTOjt.
Suddenly tbera was a great flush
aboard her, a mnu of steam rose Into
the air, and ilia had exploded, probably
1n the eoglus room, later ara learned
that a shell had passed clear through
her boiler*. A great cheer want up
from tba Gloucester's craw. Wa* It
heard aboard tho IMuton * Dot what
was the Furor dolog Y Coming to
ward ul Y It was tba last act of des
peration. Again the star-board bat
tery bad come tut* u*. Thank heaven
I aelted the trigger lanyard and pressed
tli* shoulder-piece against my aitoultlsr
with * caress. At last there was soma
thing to do. riiero was no time to be
lost; eltbsr we mast sink the Furor or
*hn would s<nk us.
Site was now within good torpodo
range. Had tbojr iierhaps already
launched a torpedo Y Well, wa would
soon find out. Our Ore was redoubled
It was too Heroe; no veasel could ataud
It. 'Still coutluulog on the drain, with
a star-board helm, the Furor turned
away from us toward Motto. But ws
kept up our heart-breaking fir*. Like
a stag, tba boat turned again and
made tor her companion, which was
now lying on beratde amid the break
ers, vainly seeking to asoape ns. But
hi vain, and still turning aha made
weakly toward us again. Than th*
truth dawned on os;a6e was unman
ageable, and as* simply moving Ins
circle, with a jam mad helm.
“Cease firing I” and the battle wee
at an raid. We bad pnt the enemy out
ot commission.
KKEVTVS XRCOUK G1 BUT*.
But our work was by no meant
over. W* had spent two hour* In
slaughtering our friends who had
crossed the so* to meet us, and we
bow spent U hours >u recruiting Uie
sorrlvors. Such are tbs extremes and
inconsistencies of warfare, liul all
this was but an aftermath of battle,
not tlie battle itself. To tell the story
of the hours daring which our boats
went back and forth to the shore, tak
ing off doc only the remnant of the
destroyer's crew but also that of the
Marls Teresa and Oquendo; to picture
li>* terrible tosuea on tbe deck of tfe
sinking Furor and on ths burning
cruisers; to describe tbe surrender of
the dpaulsh sdmlrsl and iris arrival
aboaid with tbe most distinguished
officer of his fleet and tbofr sudden
transformation at teaat superficially,
from eueurlvs Into honored guest*-all
thla is a talc apart from the great fight
wlietsln the last remnant* of Hpalu's
power were annihilated. Of the
Americans ooe man had been killed
of tlie Spanish, how many y To the
reckoning of the Gloucester’s crew
stand h hundred Hues.
Tbe Sew SuihraplFy Law.
Youiii'a Companion,
Wluui a mso fails In business and is
unablo to pay bis bills. It it Important
that there Mioukl bn some law andtr
which the persons to whom lie owes
may receive each hie fair share of what
ever property may be applied toward
tbe settlement of hie debts.
It la quite as important, if tbs failure
baa been an honest one. that lbs debt
or, after Ire has done everything he cau
to pay bis debts, should be relieved
from further responsibility for them,
and should be aUe to start again.
The new bankruptcy law, which Con
greus haa just enacted. Is intended to
aocompUati both of these purposes. It
has provisions for voluntary bank
ruptcy, iu which the proceedings are
beguu by ths dobtor hunself. and for
Involuntary bankruptcy. In which those
to whom he owes money take steps to
secure as much as possible of what Is
due them.
nrciwvs ueen wunoui a tiulloual
bankruptcy law for twenty year*, and
for a large part of that time Con grew
haa had some bankruptcy bill under
consideration. It lias been extremely
difficult to reconcile conflicting inter
est* apd to frame a measure which
should be just to creditor* without
seeming to bear hardly upon debtor*.
Yet the Deed of a national law baa be
come every year more urgent, because
the different Kate law* vary widely In
their provisions, and do stale law cu>
absolve a tnsn from the payment of
debt* don lo enn-resldenta.
Tbe new Iso haa lha advantage of
being extremely ••mule and inexpensive
In lu machinery. Th* moat striking
feature of tbe law is the new definition
of Insolvency on which It Is baaed.
Hitherto a man haa been Insolvent wbo
could sot pay his debta when they were
due. But under Util law lie la not In
solvent unless his entire property, at a
fair valuation. Is InsuOesnt to mset
his debta This bolpe thv debtor, by
reckoning to hla credit all property
which, even though be cannot torn It
immediately Into eaab, ha* actual ralue.
Tbe law exempts farmers and wage
caroere from proceedings In Involun
tary bankruptcy. It recognises only
two offancos, one perjury, and tbe
other lb* concealment of property
from a trustee. Only when one of
these crimes has been committed, or
Craudlmt books have been kepi, e«n a
debtor be refused * discharge from his
debts Tbe law makes void all
Oetltloua sales or transfers of property
to get It out of the way of creditors;
and it does not allow a debtor lo
“prefer” creditors, that la, to turn bit
property ever lo certain creditors to
the exclusion of others.
The tendency of a good nationsl
bankruptcy law, which given an honest
debtor release finm debta which he can
not pay, and distributee asrete fallly
aiuong creditors, is to diminish live
risks nf bnslnree and to at lengthen
credit. Much Is hoped foe from tbe
new law In three direction*.
A RnUInt r»lrM.
UmraMni Ibnrtl.
While lit* recent brilliant exploit* of
Dewar and Hobaon lie re attracted at
taction throughout Uta world, I*rtTal*
Oornell of the Klrat Alabama, deaervra
raoogallloa. Cornell waa tried by
ooort-wurtlal fur oreretarlng leave of
atwanoa, and It eaaaa not In tha pro
ceed lore tliet tha yo wig man, with la
Uta parted of 94 hour*, had oallacted
n7.cn, got married, and Joined tha
otmrab. Cornell waa nxawaad.
BILL ARP 1NF1NB HUMOR
«Mn MTOnT oa Oew.XUK WniEUB.
Ur >'»ni»i m.Kxir Ttuii M«
Tbmm^Ut tie Wm> Null rtatltai fer
“>• Lmi Emw triea (aaralaa Mu
l|Niilanl>-INbrr WarlUriw.
nm Arp U1 Atlanta Cnt»iltui|on.
They My that Joe Wheeler forgot
hlmeeir at Santiago whan the Span
tarda fired ttielr deadly volleys from
the brash and lio spurred Ida steed for
ward and shouted, ••Charge ’em bon 1
Charge the damn yankeea. rue ’om oot
of tli* brush I— the damn 6 pan lard a, I
mean!" Aod now they tell It on law
that wbea hht Laotian me blue aolfonn
on me and his wife took It out of the
oaae. lie looked at It with aolemu oouu
teuanoe and said: ‘Tut it back, wife;
let It stay there for a while ’till I can
get reconciled. I’m afraid I might
shoot at It nil of a sodden."
Tbe boys in camp get up many a
joke, and tbey go on the grand rounds,
and tbat reminds me of Pat Uoolun, a
fresh Irishman. who «u put on picket
and ordered to let no man pass without
tbe password. When the officer came
round to change tbe guard Pat chal
lenged him with, “Halt, be Jaaus. and
give tbe password." “Gllloer on tbe
gmoa rounds,” mu] ths lieutenant.
“Grand rouods sad be dsmutd to yea.”
seld I’M, “an’ If ye* don’t eocae for
ward sod say ‘Dull fluo,’ I'll beaflher
shootin’lutn ye, Xr. Grand Bounds.”
The boys say that down at Csmp
Grins, when a new recruit comes In,
the devilish fellow* take film off to
drill him “Young men, you must re
member llis Maine, sod also remember
that you are a private. When yon
meet an officer you must salute him
and aay, ‘1 am your dog, sir,’ and ths
officer will w*tc Ills hand sad smile
sud say, ‘I know It,' and pass on.”
They haze the green ones as bad as
college boys ittxe a verdant freshman.
There is many a wag arouud the camp
Ores and they spies the weary hours
with wit and wisdom. The average
soldier bears no malice, not even to
ward tbe foe he has boeu seen to light.
Gerrera and Dobson are the hast of
friends and if it is possible lor us to
like Orvera. It is possible that the
people who placed him in high com
mand have so ins redeeming virtues,
lu uur civil war the privates of both
armies exchanged civilities on the
picket Hoes. Htouswall Jackson re
buked them and ones when a picket
brought him a New York paper lie re
fused it and said: “Take nothing from
them, sir, and give notblcg but lead.
They are our eneoiha.” Hut the com
mon soldier has not considered Dai
casus belli, tbe aggravation from a na
tional standpoint nor can lie, like
Cromwell or Stonewall Jaoksao, wor
ship God by killing bis country's foes.
A soldier's Ufa Is s good training
reboot. and bo soon locos some of his
conceit and solQsbneas. When a boy
who baa baeu humored and pstlad at
home t*-comes u schoolboy and has to
rub Against otber boys, hs soon learns
to give sod take sod tote fair with his
schoolmates. Just so Unas young sol
dier boys, when far sway from father
and inoDiei. soon bod themselves en
during a common hardship aud lu peril
a common danger, and It sofeena tlieir
nature aud takes away tlislr vanity.
They learn from one another, and Ilka
these commercial travelers, absorb
knowledge by contact. Tbe beet ID
formed people I meet with are the vet
erans of the civil war. However dull
and no educated were the boys when
they entered ssrvlce In 1981, they were
bright and genial when they came out.
I'll venture that there was more good
sente and more forbearance, more nod
reflective patriotism and less selQsb
ness in the reoeut grand gathering Of
veterans in Atlanta than in any body
of meo ever assembled in tbs United
States. Tltcse veterans all look alike i
to me. Hera esrvice nes Dk rumored
them down like steel used to be ham
mered out of Iron. Their facet, their
hearte, their walk, their solidity, tbslr
considerate conversation, all mark
them as men who have been tried and
refired in tbe crucible of war—the
druaa expelled and the pare gold left.
Hut war is a bad thlog—the worst
thing la tbe world. A philosophic
friend of mloe says no aod he argues
that periodically cations must have
war, pestilence or famine to purify
them, to porge them and to kill off tbe
unproductive surplus and give quiet to
the government. I dco’t believe that,
but 1 am not going to argue about iu
John Temple Graves and Hlrouu Peter
Richardson aod Joe Obi have written
strong letter* about war and bow It
ennobles a cation. These men are
thinker* who make tbe beet of a bad
thing, but at III ws e*o fall buck and
entrench upon tbe th* teachings of ths
■ton «>f Man who said: “My kingdom
lapnaje.” “Pesos on earth and good
will among men.'1 Only a few months
bava passed, but there 1s many a heart
broken mother now wteplug for her
soldier eon whose shallow grave I* In
a foreign land. The tears of these
mot hare are worth a thousand victo
ries. Bet these preacher* perplex me.
Most of them are for the war to go on
until wo have taken all tbe lataoda of
the sen and planted mission• lies there.
One of them said, “my friend, the
■ iDianm ac Deeveo imwreiu violence
end the violent take It by for re,” but 1
never beard before that it tueaot gun
nod okunnn aad dynamite. 1 fear that
tbo teal nr roort ot tlieee preacher* In
spired by their hatred of tho ltomau
Catholic religion. I need to have a
horror of that religion royentf, f0r I
had read Fox's book of martyr* mad
Imagined tbo Spanish to<]nl*ltlon »u
about to bo revived, but tiara and •du
ration have removed my pro] ud lorn
end made me tolerant of all tbo
chare be*, observation and experience
«av» taaght mo that thorn an good
people In all the obnrobe*. both Jew
nod Oentile, end U 1 far away
from home nod la dietrme a deter of
ohnrlty would pert.apt he my Dm rid
tor. They found my motbor whou hor
pnruata died of tbo fever la Charleston
and they took tho fifed leas orphan to
their hearts aad eared for bar; aad f
have no latUoaeo wlU these preaehers.
•0 called who ilaodcr them or tluir
church.
Dut ay food old frleud Simon I'etar
Uloliardsnn it nothing If not original.
Ha la m strung maa every way and oar
people here Ilka him end love lilio far
hie liooeel alcoerlia. He praaebed
her* aavtnUyear* and I* a man of oon*
vlctloiii. He Is rightly named and
would hava cat the other ear of Kal*
ebus If be had been Ultra. Be belong*
to lbo eiinroh mlllUnl and I would to
willing to take till chaoues for the
church triumphant. He was telling
in* one* stout a groat revival he at*
tended over oa the I'eedee river, and
wbon I asked him bow many converts
they took In be said : "Nary one. nary
oa«, ay friend; bat waluraad seven
teen out and purged the chorob. The
Tbs revival was si together Military. **
We bad e grant treat at oar town
this more log. Colonel William J.
Hey an with Ills Nebraska regiment
stoepnd her* fur au tour and they elec
trifled everybody with th*lr pttisnno
It is by far tto best reglmaot we bava
•e«e. The beat looking. U>* bast be
haved and tba beat equipped and they
leva and Idullss tliair colonel. They
ferl eUvaud and roflned by hi* oora
ms riding preaano* and wonldmt do
anythlug that would mortify hi* pride
or wound his feeling*. What a grand
and noble man li* la How majmtle
In parson how gautle la maouara; tow
luspmng in language sod eaovma
lion. How our hearts did bum with
Id nn ns lit spoke. I tell too, nr
oounUymsn. I would trust Mm with
mil ray Interest In nntlooel affairs. Us
Is Daniel Webster sod Henry Clay
combined. May tbe good Jx>rd keep
him nod preserve him and return him
•ate to hie foully and to tbt natteo.
The silver queetlou may pens away and
be forgotten. Tbe tariff may settle
down, bu, other and greeter iaeuas will
grow out of tha war and tbe nation
will need a Bryan at the helm of gov
ernment. Tbts Is the way 1 trei shout
It aud I cannot blip It.
an Are Vet TMevee Bel They Are la
Bad riiapiiy,
5*osm jfc iHnorvor.
On the diet of July, iu an editorial
in this paper, tlieso words were used:
"There la no department of rovsrn
racut to North Carolina, administered
by dial* or Federal officials, that i*
not tainted With fraud, oorruption,
Jobs or ll•eompet•uuy.,l
We learn that this paragraph has
been repeated and the Hue* anil de
ter re r been vhargwt with saying that
every official In North Carol I on has
stolen money or euumlttsd crime. We
call attention to that falsehood to
show what tbe Hew* and Observer has
often slated, and as often proved by
lie publican end Populist witnesses.
There are throe departments at State
government, legislative, judicial sad
executive.
1. Tbe best witnesses as to the cor
ruption of tlin legislative department
are tho llles of the Caucasian and Pro
grtttiec Furmer.
•i. As to corruption in tlie judiciary,
the Goveiutr’e notion In removiug ouo
lodge for drunkaoursa, and tbe parti
san conduct and Incompetence of cer
tain others, or which Ibis paper baa
been full, establishes this charge.
3. Thera la no man who bellves Gov
ernor Ruasvil, who will deny that the
executive department, embracing all
bureaus aud so-called departments, has
not teemed with "fraud, corruptions,
jobs and Incompetence."
r or specifications of l ties* charge*,
■u the A tea of every truthful paper iti
North (Carolina for the peat two years.
While the Legislature vu control led
In important matter* notably the elec
tion of Pritchard, by notorious corrup
tion, this paper lias not charged that
all Hie legislators took bribes. Wa
know that there were rapreaeatatlvea
of oil parlies whose band* were clean
from bribery. While then are incom
petent and partisan judges, this paper
has not said that all the Judge* be
longed to that category. Wa do not
so believe. While this pa par ha* ex
posed the "fraud, corruption. Job* sad
lucompeUnoy" of the executive de
psrtmsot, it has not charged that
•very officer was a rascal. There an
officials who do oot deserve to bare
such terms applied to them, sod we
have not so described them. Alto
Federal pnaitioo*, tip- same la true.
Ren sod than. In tbe State and
Federal administration is a assn whoa*
public rvourd Itai not been besmeared
by eoandal, but we must say that, Ilka
Nark Twain's lie nest assn in politic*,
he occupies a mighty lonesome post
lion."
' This paper has a way of paining
names. It baa printed facts about
corrept aad Incompetent official* sod1
It will print more. No honest or com
petent officer In any party, who la aot
afraid of the light, baa ever bees as
sailed la these oolumn* and he need
never fter criticism unless be daeecvsa
It. Bui th* rascal* know that thev
will receive do quarter
Srsafc er Hiulis.
KHUa kulphia Norm AnMUlnaa.
•* Yooie de apple of my eye, hooey,"
Mid IlMUif.
"tto away, fool nigger 1" an ad the
belle. “fleurr Jnhnslug done lot' me
l wut bis watahmilllon. '
About oo* month ago my ehlld,
wtilob it fifteen moelka old, had an at*
taot of diarrhoea accompanied bp rem
it lag. I gore It eocb remedlm a* are
11 hi oily given la ancti eaaaa, hot aa
untiling gar* relief, w* act for a phy
aieUii and tt *M under hli oare for a
week At Uiie time tbe child had
bean tick for about ten day*
aad wa* harteg about twuetv-lve
oparatlons of Uw bowrrte every twelve
bour». aad we were ooarlnerd that on
ha* it auoo obtained relief it would not
lira. Chamberlain'* Colic, Cholera
and Ditrrboea Remedy wo* leeommen
<J»d. and 1 rtrcMeo to try It. 1 *onn
noticed a cl•*■■■* for the better; by It*
continued urn a Complete ear* m
brought about aad it la mw uerfeetly
healthy.—G. I.lkqi, Atamptawn
•turner Co., W. Va. Por *al* by J. J£
Carry A On.
* wprwr is Mi'unn«.
mmt*» INM.
UlwwMM Wte DcaWv.
Ta Spain evil things ssssi to tararss
U<a usual custom by travel tag slowly.
This peculiarity was especially tiotfaa*
aUs la the earn of tbs dlsastar to the
Carrera fleet. Hen, for Instance, la
abcat the way the news of Mm HsMsy
victory rsaehsd Madrid. U came la
aagy stages and by eusanlatlre ap>
proaebas, and sssand. as (t wan. to U
lustrata a new theory of evolutionary
truth-tell i ns;
L it Is understood that Adailral
Carrara has taken bla Hast from under
the very costs of the Yeakes piga, aad .
•allies through tbstr midst baa calmly
and deliberately withdrawn to a port
previously decided open. Tbs Yankees
shrank buck Id tenor whan they saw I
fcU dkgolOad approach, aad quickly!
made room for hies. Be threw a few
•balls Into them as 1m psassd, owe ot
which pecetrated tbs fligabip and
killed id aaso. The Uavs aJml.il aad
bla gallant ships will soon bs heard
from.
8 It is understood that Admiral
Carrera’* Heat left Santiago harbor on
the 3d last. Heavy eanoooadiag was
board entalde Urn entrance, and It ii
believed a naval battle ia raging. At
the present moment the Yankee sblpa
era in fall retreat.
8. Admiral Cervara* fleet tin**
westward from Santiago amt stood
wall lit toward shore. VfbUa the ships
rapidly steamed ahead, the two torpedo
boats lingered behind and kept the
Yankee cowards at bay.
4. Tbo torpedo boatl, after inflict
lag Incalculable damage on the enemy,
were disabled
5. R la stated that Admiral Oarvara
harassed the Yankees greatly by his
masterly strategy In leading them oa.
At this boar be Is rapidly advancing
toward Urn Wlodwsrd rasaage. with
tbv Yankee sblpa in doss persait. U
1* ballsved lie will toon bare tlwm
where be weals them.
0. Seven mllora of the Vixoaya, who
came ashore a few miles wocofJtt
Motto, report that Admiral Oarvcca*
fleet, was giving the enemy mock an
noyance. Tbs torpedo boats bad been
destroyed, after seriously damaging
the Yankee battleships, and there la
soma reason to think that the aotlra
Ysake* flsat will b* speedily bagged,
notwithstanding the lum of the Vis
eaya.
7. Admiral Cervara la on ooard a
\ snlne warship. Wo perUeulars era
Siren ns to bow be affected Us enptnrs
8. It is cooOdenUy bsliarsd that
Admiral Orvrm ha* serloasly dam
aged the Yankees by running several
of Ida boats aground. Ola p reasons
on a Yankee warship, however, seems
to contradict this rumor.
8. Admiral Ceryarn bas abaodonad
Ills boats *n«1 trausfcrrnd Ida flag to
lbs nearest Yankee. TUsis is gnat
rejoicing.
10. It is rumored, though lbs source
cannot be ascertained, that the Spanish
Best has been defeated, sad that Ad
miral Cervers 1s a prisoner. No cre
dence is pbtesd lo this aboard state
ment.
1L Admiral Cervara* fleet la de
stroyed Had be La a prisoner. Later re
ports denying till* impossible disaster
are confidently expected.
13. Tbs later reports den* come.
»«■■* VriMh.
Hlbooey, Cobs letter: On Sunday
morning. near (Mo. Shatter's bead
quartan, a dona wounded Spaniards
war* baring their wounds drasaad.
On* yoaag fellow who waa abet
through both lags lay ea the ground.
The surgeon was trying to ask him to
uw» bit lag so that his boot aeold be
unlaced, when Mr. Charts* Pepper, the
Washington correspondent, volun
teered to not as icterpreter. Stooping
down to the Spaniard he gsye the
message, and. ns Is the Spanish ana
ton. be prsfaeed his remark with
“Amigo. ” Instantly the yoaag Span
iard’s ‘ oa lightened with aoeassmant
and d rbt. He grasped llr. Faapar by
the hand and exclaimed incredulously;
•‘Tbou callast me frhsod !”
Mr. Pepper explained tha remark to
the two other correspondents frith
hies, aed whan they, too. shook bauds
frith the Spaniard aad helped the eur
geou to unlace his shoes it was really
a study to wntck the surprised expres
sions of tbe other Spaniards.
ro«s«Msim *s»i«.
Onr. Xna sod Obsorrar.
Golds bo uo, N. C.. July 3d.—Ap
parently not bolag ©outsat with be'og
almost totally ostrsolsed by the white
gsopie of Uile dtf, Jadgo W. 8. O’l).
Rouiaaoo; to further dagrade hlseeelf,
walked Into om of tbe most promi
nent drug storm here this morning
accompanied by a uagro mao aad or
dered far "flamSo" a sold drink.
The a lark oourtaoualy told the Re
publican .Indga tbit drlaks wars not
dlspanaad to aagroes at that fountain,
wharaop the Jadgo base ms fariousiy
enraged aad left the star* In aoaspeay
with tha “euUad gammon," aad whaa
at a safe dlataaea bagsa to rana aad
abuse tha pcuprtatnrs far aat sw ring
Ms dusky friaad.
TkJ-Diia.
A roenrit. w Mi I HI to rrodo aorrioo.
*m Utoofht 07 for nodical 1 nopoet ion,
tad tbo doctor aakod bin: “lla*o
yon any dofoata V' ”Yn, olr; I an
•hortotytitod.” “How oao yoo proro
It fn “Kooily 00007k. doctor. Do
you an that call uo yondar Ik tbo
wall Y" “Yoo.” “Wo*. I don’t.”
1- inmoao—a-~*
two non aoaooor wo nu.
Mr. Jobn Matblaa, a won ksotro
■nok dwUor of Pulaski, Ky., toys:
“After o>t<r»riof for oror 0 woak wltfa
flux, and a| ^taMviayfWUMU,
kerUtaToollo. Ubolora and Dlarrfeoaa
Unc'umt^UMMdf it*MotadUodwod
no. ” Per aalo ky J. E. Okrry * Oa
■wvwwwHpiw^eownSPTCMWeieMMMHk>K6J£{
| Major SmiUfl
; MU talk New
■Manor CHI ratio «m
compaulcd by I TO
wtohegta toe
on their ant*
will In Joined
who will aatiat in
Bhaftorb tray, and will tla
u£ZS UJ& *° W
r, At toMMMtkg qaatotoa km erieon
sassysaaau'jrM
jsfgsrr&a g»S
obento there refuse to accrpt Anieriouii
•Itonr dollar* ml thair par raJoe, but
rate then at SO onto m the dollar
lika tha Maztoaa doIUi*. JtkMfE
naater-Seocnl Btukton's Intention M
Mad m Uttto aUaar an' p—<Mi. son
laaag it naontly to enbsldtory Min, for •
tba purpose of coaklag ChMMBu
Indignation la (xmaaaad that Amor
hu aaooay of any kind to ilailwtii, \
■ ait n iiiiiaNiiiii kM Inm
SacraUry aC War that
pha rofnarato- ft®
■oner at 100 £ Sgg
aboadd ba taaorad front aa* *l . ^ -
oter vkleb too AtMifcaa flay float*.
It to not known that any orders will ba
oant to General Hkaftor oa too aukjact,
nuhapgb tbe auggsetiou baa boo* IktoB .
tbst American taonoy ibould not be
■Hawed to ba questioned in tba rou<
tatoa occupied by tba United Slats*
traopa. Tba auppatotton to that roCe
■al to ioonI altoar dollara laUaraMlt
of the long ms of toe altoar to IlMton
and too Booth dwarlnae oonaUiaa,
vbleh haa never uaaasd la Onto for
■ora than half tta Jana rale*
Vmmhi Vfei MmM M#ft Imvjp*
Bcw York ttno.
The woman who proudly declares
ttrt *bs onnnot hem a pocket hand
karohM, never made up a bod in her
Ilfs,and add* with a simper that the
has * been in eoeiety oyer steoe she wu«
fifteen."
The women whs thinks she oan net
8S.0U0 worth of style out of a one
thoueend dollar aalarr.
The woman who wants to rrtaratoh
her bouse every hprlog.
The woman who buy* for the mm
pleasure of buying.
Tbs woman who would ratber die
than to wear a bonnet two years old.
The wmmui who thinks that the
oook sad aaraa non hasp house.
The woman who tends aheap novate,
and dreamt of being a dnehtrn or a
eonalsaa.
The woeaeu who marries la eider to
hay* somebody to pay fast bins.
The woman who cares mote Cor the
mete of her winter cloak than aba cane
for Urn health and comfort of bee
children.
Tlw woman who otay* at home only
when aim eaonot find a piaoo to vtalt.
The woman who tMaks embroidered
oentrepieces and “dolltoe” an more
nrotooary than sheets, pillow caseload
blankets.
The woman who buys a brio-a-brae
for the parlor and borrows kite ban
ultrasik tram her neighbors.
Tbs woman whose alnaaltnees ami
order extend no farther than the draw
ing-room.
Tbo woman who ertnU things jam
beoauaa “other women” have them.
The woman who thinks aha le as or
nenseot to hdr sox If she wins a pro
gressive euchre pctte.
AriaomKIotar.
The Pino Hill Bteorsks referred to
u» editorially loot weak m "that oom
caoe orittor wKh red-hot amtrittoa for
piece end power.” Tee, wo ere Uw
man. We were boro In e ehaoty,
reared oo eont meal aad 'taawa, and
never tear broad-cloth until we were
twenty-are yean old. That taekae oa .
e •‘comintm critter." We have the
ambition Joet aa atated. ▲ war mao
or oar embttien would be a eight lor
eebod children. We boM three politi
cal eAoee ami two wimaiiu, bet
weelgh fore dam mare. We went
to go to euogreee aezt peer, mat Urn
peer titer that we weak to rao lor
pteoidont on a wtanlag ttekec. The
iiccorabi- oeat bait
pit oh lag lain oar
got It and got It bad. While wa vlr
.teeily carry Ula bell of Ariaoaa la oar
root yoeket, wa haabor tar the otfaor
half aad the moot at tba United Btetea
Other odttoni may not want oil Be, bat
they can’t oocaa too feat Car aa Aap
oaa aaowing of a vaoaat polWiaal office
In tide territory win confer a great
favor bp eommae leering with aa