The Gastonia n»votoV. Wfcltlucfc, 10 Now Vort TImpR. 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 su 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 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. 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