The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 30, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1898. NOW FAVORS BUILDING TEN TORPEDO BOATS @ssistant Secretary Roosevelt Makes the Recommendation. Contracts Will Be Made. ce! that the torpedo boats specified in in a few days. vice within three months. jeutenant Commander Charles martialed apnd found guil* - R R R R R R R R = R NEW YORK, April 20.—A Washington special to the Herald says: istant Secretary Roosevelt made a recommendation to Secretary to-day that a contract be made for 100 new Since the beginning of the present difficulty with Spain the fact has been most apparent that the United States navy is greatly in need of torpedo boats, and ‘every effort has been made by this Government to purchase from abroad a few of this style of craft, but with little suc- Chief Constructor Hichborn and Engineer-in-Chief Melville recom- mended some time ago that the Government make contracts least 100 boats, but until to-day no action was taken. of the smaller class and are to be used exclusively for harbor defense. The proposition will be received with much favor by war officials, and in all probability contracts for their construction will be made with- By having several shipbuilding companies work it is estimated that all of ‘the boats can be ready for active ser- of conduct unbecoming an officer in the navy, was sentenced to three months' suspension to-day. N R R e e e e e e R e e e R B S torpedo boats. for at It is understood Mr. Roosevelt’s recommendation are divide the A. A’dums. who was recently court- R R T LR R R ENGLAND AND THE FAR EAST Harcourt Arraigns the Weak Policy of Pre- mier Salisbury. Points Out the Collapse of the Marquis’ “Open Door” Policy. Balfour, However, Shows That Eng- land Has Secured Greater Ad- vantages Than Russia. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 29.—The Liberal leader, Sir William Vernon Harcourt, arraigned the weak policy of the Mar- quis of Salisbury in the far East, in the House of Commons to-day, point- ing out the collapse of his “open door” policy, through Germany preferential privileges on the Shan Tung peninsula, while Great Britain, he added, had made an undignified re- treat in the Talien Wan affair. Ger- many and Russia, the speaker contend- ed, had both scored at the expense of Great Britain. The Liberal leader was listened to by a full house and great interest is attached to the debate in view of the intense dissatisfaction felt at the Gov- ernment’s policy among its own fol- lowers and by the conservative news- pape In reply to Sir William Vernon Har- court, Mr. Balfour First Lord of the Treasury, Government leader in the | House and Acting - ore’~n Secretary, denied that there had been a violation of the treaty of Tientsin. laimed of China Briti had equal rights with other nations. England, he de- clared, took Wei-Hai-Wei for military ic rea considerations of He laid stress distinction between the the spheres of interest and of influence. upon Trade and commercial interests in the province of Shan-Tung were not the considerations, Mr. Balfour con- tinued, which controlled the Govern- ment in taking Wei-Hai-Wei; nor was the question of the perms pation of Kiao-chau by Germany a de- termining factor. see any objection to conciliatin; He believed Wi man opinion. obtaining | nent occu- | Hence he failed to | Wei to be of the ‘“utmost value to diplomatically at Peking in times | peace and strategically in times | war.” | The us of of | Government would not have | been justified in going to war over Port | Arthur, the occupation of which by the | British would have been a defiance to | Russia, whereas the occupation of Wei- | Hai-Wei by the British could be no hu- i miliation to Russia and would not af- | ford reasons for permanently strained relations. Mr. Balfour contended that Russia, in-tead of being in a better, | was in a worse position than she was | seven months ago. | Sir Charles Dilke, Radical member | for the Forest of Dean, and others | spoke. The debate was finally ad- journed. ¥ DONS VERACITY |London Smiles at the Official Report From Matanzas. Statement That Only a Mule Was Killed Excites Eng- lish Mirth. Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, April 30.—The departure of the Spanish fleet from the Cape Verde Islands is regardeu as the first really important news of the war. No fur- ther information has been received here as to its destination, but it is consi ered not unlikely that it will go to the Canary Islands to await 1 aforce- ments from Cadiz, without which it is | considered a hopeless task to attempt to attack Rear-Admiral Sampson's fleet. It is also supposed that it may attempt to intercept the American | cruiser Oregon. | The idea that it will attempt to bom- | bard the United States coast cities is not seriously regarded here, No fur- ther actual news has reached London, where the immediate fact of interest | the expected naval battle in the Philip- | pines. | The story that only a mule was killed ns, and quite with- | at Matanzas during the bombardment | R. Crandall of Detroit, who came here | of the forts there —~rnishes a text for | many humorous remarks in the papsrs | this morning. The Russian official dis- patches during the war of the Crim: are recalled, when it was aiways ad- mitted that one Cossack had been killed. Spain’s dispatches for home consumption are naturally expected to | be of the same character. The Berlin correspondent of the Standard says that ‘> - Austrian Gov- ernment is not disposed to sign a spe- | cial declaration of neutrality in the war | between Srain and the United States. GEORGE E. BELL, the New Judge for the Forthcoming Bench Show, From a photograph by Hodson. Canada. His appointment has throughout the Eastern States. judge. 3 feRe2agegagagagagased LR R R R R R R R =R =RagaRegoRegotuRoReRoReR-R-R R R k25 7] George E. Bell of Chicago is the judge engaged by the San Fran- cisco Kennel Club to judge at the forthcoming bench show. He is considered without exception the best all-round judge of dogs in the United States and is widely and favorably known He is also one of the most successful breeders of foxterriers in this country. The entry of that 1-eed will, it is expected, be a phenomenal one, in England and met with universal approbation b= bed bed L ped o o the usual compliment to a & o o o IS OUESTIONED " | to be postponed for a while, the sol- * WAR VOICE OF THE PRESS. NOW ON THE WAY T0 TAMPA Regulars Sent to Florida Preparatory to the In- vasion of Cuba. Detachment of Artillery Sent I South to Join the Infantry and Cavalry. It Will Not Be Very Long Before the First Army Corps Is Ready for Action. Special Dispatch to The Call. CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL PARK (Ga.), April 29.—This has been a hust- ling day among the artillerymen at Chickamauga Park. In pursuance of | orders issued yesterday the light bat- teries in camp were ordered at once to Tampa, and the entire day has been | taken up in getting the men, horses | and guns aboard the cars. Trains bear- ing these men and their equipments have been given the right of way, and it is expected they will arrive at Tampa early ‘n-morrow morning. The | Twenty-fourth Infantry is under orders | to move, and will break camp in the morning. The Ninth Cavalry received perem- | tory orders to-night to move at once, | | and the men are packing up to-night. | { It is stated that they will march to this | | city and take the train here to-morrow i morning. | It was learned to-night that orders | would be issued to-morrow for the re- | moval to Tampa of the Twenty-fifth nfantry and the Tenth Cavalry, and a emi-official rumor is current to-night | to the effect that the Second Cavalry | i:\nd the Seventh Infantry will go early next week. None of these commands | have been filled to the war strength, very few enlistments having been made up to this time. The Sixtenth Infantry, which arrived to-day, was assigned to the First Bri- gade, commanded by Colonel J. C. Bates. MOBILE, April 20.—The Tenth and Twenty-second regiments left camp here late this afternoon, bound for Tampa. They were all day getting out | | from camp, beginning after: drill at 10 | o'clock. When, at ncon, the Twenty- | second, the famous Arizona Indian | fighters, came marching down to the | depot, a large crowd of citizens and | | several soldiers were gathered there, | | and the members of the Tenth Regi- | ment were also on hand, ready for em- | barkation for Tampa. When the Twen- ty-second marched up to the station, | Colonel Wickoff in the lead, and the | band playing “Hot Time in the Old | Town To-Night,” there was such a yell | of enthusiasm as had never bLefore been heard here. Everybody joined in and the flags were waived while the sol- diers and people shouted. Cheer fol- | lowed cheer, hats flew in the air, and | it was altogether a stirring scene. | | There was a long walt for the train | to start, even after the baggage had | been placed on board the cars, which | took a couple of hours, Meantime, the | first good soaking rain of the encamp- ment set in, and the enthusiasm had | | diers taking refuge in the tents of the | other iments. The first train passed out at 7 p. m., the others following in | | short order. | | NEW ORLEANS, April 29.—The | First Regiment left here to-night for | Tampa, waiting over for General Shaf- | ter's staff, who were also ordered to | meet the commander in Florida. The | | impression among army men is that | | the first army corps sent into Cuba | will be for the purpose of co-operating | with the insurgents. Other regiments | have not received orders to leave. Lieutenant F. E. Lacey Jr.,, who went | with the First, was married at the St. | | Charles Hotel to-day to Miss Florence | | with her parents, combining the mar- | | riage with the farewell. The Spaniard has been the hyena of Europe for centuries. He was long the hyena of the American continent, but he | is now confined to two islands off our | coast. His stay there Is limited.—Louis- ville Courier-Journal. We shall win. That is written in des- tiny in ineffaceable letters of assurance. Spain must abandon her western pos- sessions. Fate has so decreed.—Detroit Journal. ‘With all the talk of the unhealthiness of Cuba, perhaps its climate will not prove so formidable to troops who are properly fed and properly looked after in a sanitary way by an intelligent and competent medical staff. — Pittsburg Times. Every American will rejoice that Cuban independence was proclaimed by Con- gress on the anniversary of the battle of xington. The spirit that prompted the first “shot heard 'round the world” burns no less ardently for liberty to-day. Chicago Inter-Gcean. The difference between the Spaniards and Americans is the difference between civilization and barbarism; between the observance of the humane rules of mod- ern warfare and the turning loose of the old savage weir-wolf of war, which fat- tens on the Currses of women and chil- dren.—Minneapolis Times. The announcement that the United States will adhere to the principles of the treaty of Paris is an expression of a genuine desire to conform to the more humane views of warfare accepted by the powers. The very sympathy for the United States felt by Great Britain can- not but be strengthened, especially among the commercial community, by the ’?t;nse of relief thus afforded.—London mes, The idea of ridding Cuba of Spaniards has been threatened by American states- men during the last half century, but the merit of acting ugnn it, with all its tre- mendous responsibilities and risks—for it is a merit—belongs to President McKin- ley. The adequacy of his justification cannot be doubted in Enfiland, and every voice is raised to wish the United Btates success.—London Graphie. So the nation welcomes the inevitable conflict without fear and without un- seemly rejoicing. It has no doubt as to the outcome, for that would be not only to doubt its own vitality, but the justice of Providence toward an effort to defend the helpless and to rescue the suffering.—Pittsburg Dispatch. The United States sends her armies forth to war with Spain for righteous reasons, and In unclouded honor and with a clear conscience. They go to stay the hand of the destroyer, to redress the un- speakable wrongs of the defenseless, to remove a dangerous menace to the peace of the continent.—Minneapolis Journai, The regime of full operation which has been lacking heretofore has now come, it would seem, and come without the ask- iny It will afford opportumt{ for a demonstration of the possibilities of cheap shipbuilding, never before availa- ble since steel vessels displaced wooden craft. The war may have this as one of its compensations, that it will make ossible the establishment of our ship- uilding industry on firmer basis than has been known since the ante-bellum days of our wooden shipbuilding suprem- acy. And if we mistake not, the in- vestment in a great modern shfgyard at or near New York, as suggested in Mr. Curnefte‘s recent letter, will come more jeedily than was even in the thinki 3;1’ the’ writer himself.—Iron Trade Re. view. Read about Famous Bombardments in next Sunday’s Call. : GENERALS MEET - AND CONSIDER TH Alger, Corbib, ‘Shqfter and Lee Complete Plans for Landing an Army NEW YORK, April telegraphs: of Cuba within the next few days. be on the move toward Tampa. General Lee has returned and navy departments to-day. He Herald. the fortification. at Matanzas. be a very difficult task. be used by the invading army. It is understod that while the army factor in warding off sickness. Preparations for enlisting *0,000 a few weeks. ‘were made for raising the army. B R S S S R S PSR PR S D P S R T T DR RPN 29.—The Herald’s Washington correspondent United States trcops will leave Tampa for an invasion Orders were issued by the War Department to troops mobilized at southern points to be ready to start in a moment’s notice, and by this evening, I am told, several regiments and troops of cavalry w..l to Washington and was at the war tant-General Corbin, Secretar Alger and General Shafter in regard to the general plan of campaign, as exclusively stated in this morning’s General Lee was cxceedingly careful in talking over coming invasion of Cuba, but expressed himself as not in the least sur- prised at the ease with which Admiral Sampson’s fleet had demolished These fortifications, he said, were principally made of sandstone, as are also many of those at Havana. He did not seem to think that the capture of the Cuban capital would In anticipation of the iuvasion of Cuba in the coming week, the ‘War Department is sending to Tampa large quantities of supplies to Stone buildings are now in course of erection at Tampa, to be used as cold storage f-~ rations for the army. will be shipped daily from Tampa and carried directly to some sex- port nearest headquarters to the United States army. troops will receive fresh provisions every day, which will be a great and all indications show that the entire quota will be made inside of The President had a consultation to-day with General Meyers of Louisiana in regard to these troops, and final arrangements E INVASION in Cuba. had long conferences with Adju- the is in Cuba the necessary supplies In this way immunes are progressing rapldly | | | | | | | D T S P P PP S P PO STEAMER PARTS REACHES PORT Has Succeeded in Elud- ing ‘the Spanish W arships. Will Reach Her Pier in the East River Early This Morning. She Carries Guns and Ammunition for the United States Gov- ernment. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. NEW- YORK. April 30.—The great American line steamskip Paris, rechristéned the Yale, was sighted east of Fire/;Island at 47 minutes *past 2 o'clock this morning. The Paris will reach -quarantine about half-past 7‘ o'clock. This will bring her up to the | slip some time between 9 and 10, just in time for her commander, Captain ‘Watkins, to hear the cheers from the crowded ferry boats that will be sure and greet his ship when she comes to her landing. The Paris brings 160 passengers and guns and ammunition for the Govern- ment. She left Southampton under hurry orders. -aptain Watkins knew before putting to sea that war was on and he was cautioned to keep a sharp lookout for Spanish warships. It was rumored that the Paris had been cap- tured by a torpedo-boat in the English Channel and another report had it that she had put into an English port to elude a hostile craft. Neither of these rumors had the slightest foundation. To Captain Watkins’ discretion was | left the course the Paris would take. Custom-house brokers are preparing to give Captain Watkins a rousing re- ccotion when he goes to the Custom- hcuse to enter his manifest. The in- terior of the big rotunda is gayly deco- rated with flags and bunting. THE I0WA DRIVES GUNBOATS BACK. Tried sto Sneak (;;xt of Havana Har- bor and Pass the Blockade in the Night. Copyrighted, 153, by James Gordon Bennett. On Board the Somers N. Smith, via Key West, Fla., April 30, 3 a. m.—The battle-ship Jowa, on blockade duty westward of Havana, was sighted by the Herald-Call aispatch boat early this morning. “Any news?” I inquired of Captain Evans as the Smith ranged within hailing distance. “Nothing much,” he replied. “Two gunboats tried to come out of Havana last night, but we made one drive at them and they went back quick.” The Smith left Key West last night at 10 o'clock and fell astern of the Mangrove and Detroit, both bound for the blockading fleet off Havana. Mid- way on the journey the Detroit hove to the Italian bark, La Pieta, but re- leased her after a short examination. e o Freestone Landmark Burned. SANTA ROSA, April 30.—Shortly before midnight the residence of Lassen Ross at Freestone was destroyed by fire. The members of the family were all in bed at the time and narrowly escaped being burned to death. They escaped in their nightdresses. The house was an old land- mark at Freestone, having been built in 1869, The loss will reach $4500. The cause of the fire cannot be ascertained at this hour. - Sugar and Coffee Combine. PITTSBURG, April 20.—A report was circulated in this city to-night on what is considered reliable authority that a combination of the Arbuckle coffee and the Havemeyer sugar interests has been about completed. It is the belief that the price of sugar and coffee will be ma- terially advanced, and there is a scurry among dealers to get in good stocks at present prices. e Not a Spanish Spy. LAREDO, Texas, April 20.—TIt turned out to-day that the man arrested yes- terday on the charge of being a Span- ish spy is Dr. Pablo Jiaz, a Cuban, who has served seven or eight months in the | tack upon America, and the following irsurgent army. . He is known in this vicinity and was released. St LORD WOLSELEY VERY FRIENDLY Believes in the Justice of the United States’ Course. | Also Declares That Uncle Sam | Will Have a Walkover With Spain. | Majority of the English Newspapers Continue to Comment Favorably on America’s Stand. Special Difpatch to The Call. LONDON, A~ 29—A prominent Englishman who believes in the justize of America’s cause and who is also of | the opinion that the United States will | certainly have a walkover is Lord | Wolseley, the commander-in-chief of | the British forces. During a dinner party conversation Lord Wolseley drew a parallel betwecn Cuba and Crete, saying: “While England interfered in Crete | on moral grounds the United States has | both moral and material justification | for intervention. I believe the quality | of the American army and navy is so | much superior to Spain’s that the| Americans will have no difficulty in | defeating Spain's ships and land forces, | which are their equals or superiors on | paper only.” The weeklies, except the Saturday Review, continue to favor the Unit=d States and have faith in her succes: The Statigt thinks that if the con- tinental powers threaten to intervene Great Britain ought to veto their ac- tion, and urges the Government to| make this clearly understood. The Spectator expresses confidence that Commodore Dewey will be victo- | rious at the Philippines, and says: “We see grea‘ difficulties before the Americans, tlough not from Spanish ships.” The Saturday Review pursues its at- extract will indicate the tone of comments: “American action, unfor- tunately, suggests the attitude of a huge and boastful bully attacking an effete but «1d rov- with whom one can- not heln sympathizing, especially when the bully, not content with thrashing | his feeble old opponent and stripping | him of his valuables, bellows out with | ears and protestations that he does it unwillingly and with the highest | moral pv--_oses. Trial Trip of the McKee. BALTIMORE, April 29.—The torpedo- boat McKee, which is nearing comple- tion at the ship yards of the Colum- bian Iron Works, had her builder’s trial trip yesterday afternoon, and it is an- nounced that she more than fulfilled the Government requirements of twenty-four and a half knots an hour and behaved well in every way. —_———— WISEMAN'S STUDENT LIFE. The student life which Wiseman led for four years was one of 'frent regularity and of strict discipline. he English col- lege—although less exacting in its regu- lations than some of the Italian colleges— preserves a measure of Continental Se- verity. The students rose at 5:30. Half an hour's meditation _was followed by mass and breakfast. Every day. except Thursday and Sunday, lectures were at- tended on %hllosophy theology, canon | law, church history, biblical exegesis, as | the case might be, and the rest of the orning was devoted to study. The mid- | ay dinner was preceded by the daily “‘examination of conscience.” " After dirn- | ner came a visit to the Blessed Sacra- ment, and, a little later, the siesta. A space in the afternoon was allotted to a walk through the city, either to some ob- ject of interest—a church or a museum— or to one of the Palazzos, or to. Monte Pincio, where friends wouyld meet the collegians and exchange greetings or con- verse. Nearly all the colleges—and among them | the English—would take their walk in camerata—that is to say, the students walking two abreast, in double file. Out- side the city or on Monte Pincio this or- | der was relaxed for. the time and students might disperse, reassembling for their re- turn home. The bell toward sunset for the Ave Maria would summon the cam- | erata back to college, and the rest of the | day was spent chiefly in study and rayer. On Thursday, the weekly holi- | gay, expeditions were often made beyond the city walls to places of interest. The Easter vacation and the long summer holiday were spent at the country house belonging to the college at Monte Porzio, near Tusculum. Here the discipline was somewhat less strict, but was still a life | of great regularity, and passed under | community rule. The day, both in Rome | and at Monte Porzio, was brought to a | close with night prayers and the reading meditation for the following morn- Life and Times of Cardinal Wise- by Wilfrid Ward. ————— Gray horses liye longest, roan horses | nearly as long. 'Cream-colored horses are deficient in staying ‘power, especially in summer weather. Bays, on an average, are the best. 3 its | when the Spanish and Venetians together ONTHEEVE 0F ASEA BATILE Washington Awaits News of a Clash in the Philippines. Confident Admiral Dewey’s Squadron Will Easily Triumph. Naval Conflict in Cuban Waters Also Believed to Be Not Far Distant. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, April 29. Before the setting of ancther sun the most experienced naval ¢ ‘cers believe a sea fight will have passed into his- tory, compared with which the great | battle of the Yalu will seem a veritable | j Following his in- p tempest in a teapot. structions as to speed and steaming at the most economical rate of coal con- sumption Admiral Dewey's Asiatic squadron, barring accidents, will arrive off the harbor of Manila early Satur- day mornirz. There it is expected he will be r:et by the Spanish Philippine squadron—met but not ratched, for the doughty American commander, who is rated as one of the pluckiest men in the service, will have at h s disposal a fleet that far outclasses his adversaries. Provided the Spanish ships reported to be in Asiatic waters can » concen- trated off the Philippines Dewey’s force will ‘be one and one-half times as great, estimated on the basis of the weight of metal his guns can throw. Considering rel-tive marksmanship the American fleet ought not to leave a Spanish vessel afloat. The possibility of a bombardment of Manila depends to some extent upon the action of the Spanish fleet. Dewey’s orders are similar to those of Sampson | in one important particular, namely, that no risk of disabling one of his ves- sels-is to be taken in bombarding any port in advance of a battle with the Spanish® squadron. Once this squadron is disposed of attention may be given to reducing and occupying the city of Ma- nila. But while Dewey is busy Sampson is not idle. The Navy Department has re- ceived advices through commercial sources of the highest reliability that Captain General Blanco has been as- sured by the Spanish Government that | he will be relieved by a powerful naval | force before- his-condition is rendered | At times I desperate by the blockade of the Ameri- | can fleet. The department dc not | doubt thiat thi means that the Cape | Verde squadron, which left St. Vincent | to-day, will ultimately reach Cuban | waters and seek to unite with .e Span- | ish vessels in and out of the harbor of Havana. Whether one or more vessels will be sent south to intercept the Oregon and Marietta is a mere conjecture at this writing. It is considered unlikely for two reasons; first, because the largest possible fleet will be needed in Cuban waters if Sampson’s squadron is to be challenged, and, second, because no two vessels in the Cape Verde fleet are a match for the Oregon, which is ane of our most powerful battle-ships, to say nothing of the aid to be rendered by her gallant little consort, the Marietta. But while a naval battle in Cuban waters now seems imminent, the War Department is not abating its activity in preparing for the invasion of the island. With a few exceptions regular troops only will go, and so far as pos- sible immunes not liable to yellow fever will. be chosen. General Shafter will lead them, and they will be landed at a point not vet mentioned and which, for obvious reasons, will not be announced in advance of the sailing of the trans- ports. The regulars will start within aweek unless something unforeseen oc- curs to modify the Navy Department’s plans. From a base of supplies arms and ammunition will be furnished the insurgents, food distributed to the starving Cubans,’and a line of commu- nication with the rebel army kept open. One by one the batteries on the north coast of the island will be demolished by Admiral Sampson’s fleet, and the joint movement will gradually concen- trate upon Havana, the capitulation of which is as certain as if the pride of the Pearl of the Antilles already lay in ruins. SPAIN'S SEA - FIGHTERS ARE INFERIOR. Since the battle of Lepanto in 157, fought the Turks and won after a iong and bloody contest, Spain has not won & notable victory on the sea. Her naval prowess has steadily declined, and to-day few of the little South American repub- licg, who were her former colonies. would confess that they were afraid of her. The last naval battle fought by Spain in the New World showed conclusively how her maritime power has decreased. She was defeated by Peru. with Chile's | aid, and since then the Spaniard has kept away from the Pacific coast of South America. The story of that war and its disastrous results to Spain is told in the Army and Navy Journal. In 1864 Spain sent a squad- ron of seven vessels, mounting 211 guns, to punish the Peruvians for the maltreat- ment of Spahish subjects. The Peruvians had nothing on the water with which toc oppose this force, but Chile came to her aid with three vessels—the Esmeralda, carrying forty-two smoothbores; the Vie- torla, a_smajl one-gun monitor, and the Loa, a diminutive Merrimac, plated with | iron’and mounting two sixtyeight-pound- ers. The Esmeralda met the Spanish | gunboat Cavandago (three guns) and cap- | tured her in twenty minutes without the loss of a man. The Spanjards fired only | three shots. They had two men killed | and fourteen wounded. The loss of the Cavandago, followed by the capture of an armored launch, so chagrined the ! Spanish admiral, Pareja, that he blew out | his brains in his cabin. | Admiral Nunez, who succeeded Pareja, | then gallantly 'assailed the defenseless | Valparaiso, where not a single gun was | mounted except a few saluting pieces. Not a shot was fired from the town and | the inhabitants romptly evacuated it. This Spanish admiral, in spite of the pro- tests of the foreign nfen-of-war in the | harbor, threw from 2000 to 3000 shells into it from his fleet’ of six vessels. Spanish gunhery was so wretched little damage was done, except by fi which destroyed $10.000,000 worth of neu- tral goods. It was a most wanton piece | of barbarity, for if the Spaniards had | had a landing force they could have taken the town without firing a shot. The gallant Nunez next assaulted the city of Callao, which taught him the dif- ference between an open town and one that was adequately defended. In four or five hours the Spanish squadron was badly used up and was glad to crawl back to slmm as best it could in its crippled condition. The Villa de Madrid, fifty-six guns, got a shot in her steam chest and was towed out of action; the Berenguela, thirty-six guns, had a hole twenty feet square knocked into her near ‘the water line by an exploding shell and crawled out. of range to revair damages. “lThe ammunition in two other Spanish vessels gave out after a two hours’ fight, and they had to retire, one of them hav- ing been twice on fire in the neighborhood of the magazine. This left two vessels, the Numancia, ironclad, and the Alman- ans firing at them until they were be- yond range. ?c(ly known, but is supposed to heen T The Spanish loss is not ex- have abeut . _Commodore - Rodgers, . estimated the loss of the Chile- at eighty, though others give a larger numb No serious damage was done to hips or forts by the fire beyond ed. The Spaniards then with- scomfited from the Pacific, being tores and ammunition and with for want of docking. ished a base at the Chin- cha 'I'lunds, but they had no facilities for repa Spain has s naval progr able in ships 1864, but not ared in the movement of ar more formid- lors are better, ise of range- sve their gunnery. Still or will tell, and that is American. The ished himself ere the personal equation S may im pro Spaniard h: on the sea, wh is so important. THE DECLAF OF INDEPEND- The dec! parts: F into two is , the statement of certain general principles of the rights of men ration divided nd peoples; and, second, an attack on George 111 as a tyrant, setting forth in a series .of propositions’ the wrongs done by him to the Americans which justified them in rebellion. Criticism has been di- rected first against the attack on the King, then to the origins v of the doc- trines enunciated, then against the state- of the rights of man,-Jefferson’s dent truths,” and finally against ily disposed for more than cen- tion of Independence mnly read in every hamlet in the United S s of Ame: ns, who hav and who listen to and rejoice that it badly stism would jit. False rhetoric eutences would have been their ath warrant, and the pervading an sense of humor would have town and tho theirs to seen to its executfon. The mere fact that Jefferson’s words have stood successfully this endless repetition is infallible proof that the aration has the true and high literary quality which alone could have d through such rials its impressiveness and its savor. To those who will study the declaration. carefully from the literary side it is that the English and dignified and imposing March Scribn. s0on apparent s fine, the tone noble he style strong, clear enator H. C. 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