Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-24

alac road Nearing the ridge back Of
Diamond head. force Of ret.els opened
fire on them with n field piece That
they had one was a surprise. Fob VII
cox handled the gun lie was in a
natural ratification. small volcanic
cone called Maufnae- None were hit
Murray fell back and established a
camp.
Capt Zeigler was then sent out with
force Of volunteers and sharp~hoo;ers
and a rifscd gun lie arrived AZ 3 .. m
Partly BY Smelling aud partly By direct
attack OF the men Wilcox was forced
u abandon his position. carrying Of
his gun, which has not since been heard
FROM
Large numbers Of natives were in
the ehaparral below and above the
road Firing vas sharp on both sides
for several hours Ziegler and Muir
rays men escaped with few casualties.
none serious The natives did not
know how to handle their guns. Sew
eral Of them were killed and wounded
An EFFORT was made to corner the in
sur.sents and compel their surrender
About p m the tug Elem got beyond
the head with gun and sharpshooters
They shelled the rebels out Of the
bush on the Waialae shore They also
wrecked Rosa's houss then landed and
captured a quantity Of arms aud am
munition stored there
Towards night over thirty 81 the
rebels surrendered Ia Ziegler. owning
in squads showing white fizEs and
locking foolish
They were mostly riff raft natives frum
the city. Then and subsequently, from
the serne % The battle. ani At Ror,a-s.
were captured about 10 carhins-s. sag
Poaads u cartridges. he-isies sixty
belts full. and about twenty i've dyna-
nate hand .sreaa.les - for,eixn make.
native was eaPtaret with note
frvu Wilcox 70 Sosgirin. AZ the head.
prupssia< that A. they were defeated
they should scize the steamer Eaaia.
which had anchored some SIX miles up
the cuast ou her way % kahuku and.
20 - Mani AMI there sct up govern
mrut In ezsuseqarEcc af thiS ths.
Eleu started again AZ ~ ?. rR with a
gun and teu Sharla-hs-sterS They
found thu KAala all right and seat her
on her wsv.
Carter died a. a m His death
GRATED profgunsi sensation TIE uas
a young man OF ans prssenec. unuSual
ability. engaging manner and high
character. lie was me - the ETs. es,rl-
missiunerS who negotiated th. treatv
% annexation with President Harrissa
in ISIS lie was a leading memt-rr q
the Convention WAieA framed eur new
constitatioa last year. AMI waS e1-
peeied - te the header ia the e,,luin-
session - the Legislators. althouxh
barely - years q az.
Charles t-arab Carter was the elss.-s.
son 81 car late Hawaiian minister a
Washington. iienry A T. Garter. and a
nephew q Chief Justice JeslA n.
l-aves a widow ard irEo children. Car.
ter WaS bariesl the saae day trura his
mothers hoz~e IN this city.
The effect Of carter-s death a. the
outset was salusary in creating ua.
usual arsior amonE the citizens tocrush
the enemy. Large numbers Of dsabtful
persons eagerly came forward &
shoulder guns for the government.
Hundreds have given their services
a. special policeman and otherwise.
Volunteer troops are nearly up % their
full count Of s01. AMI hav. done severe
work for four days in the Geld and on
guard duty.
Over five hundred mel Of the eiti.
zens' guard, many of ti..m elderly.
have kept the town thor oughly pa.
troled for four nights. al 4 no person
has passed an importa mt street corner
at night without being halted and
scrutinized- 1t has beer impossible
for any insurgent to get through the
town or give all to the eneusy from
this side Including the regulars. po-
lice. volunteer troops. special police
sharpshooterS, citizens guard and
other volunteers. the whole number
of men carrying arms for the govern
ment is not less than l.e00. all full OF
arsior for active service. all patiently !
and faithfully working as ordered
The number offering service has beer
50 large that all the captured earbine.
have been issued to arm them TheSs
are Winchester repeating earbines. Oi
| good pattern and make. Among thos.
offering services have been more thar
a hundred natives The native police
men have proved brave and capable.
/ Judge Nademann's son Carl wa:
with the rehels-
| Martial Law was declared early Mon
day morning. About sixty arrests o
suspected persons have been made. IN
GLIDING many leading royalists. c. Il
i Wilson and sam Parker are not sus
/ pected of completely Rickard got tn.
guns sent here aud will fare hard. a,
well as Davis, who landed them BotI
the AshfOrds are in jail. with Peter
son, Creighton, Wondenburg and Testa
leading witnesses of Mr.. Blount's
What with suspects and prisoners.
both the stationhouses and prison ar,
becoming crowded
There has been a strong call for sum
mary trial and shooting of Davis ans
of Lane, who killed c L. Carter. Tn,
authorities are men of moderation ans
mercy, however, but it will probabl,
be considered necessary to make som,
examples Public feeling is intens.
against the leaders who have thu
broken up the public peace and threat
ened slaughter The old barracks
have been prepared as an additiona
I prison
On the morning of the sth thor
ough search was made in the crater
and in the Waialae regicn, but none o
the rebels were found
ALL QUIET IN SAMOA
Tribute to the Net.asry of Robert Lsat