The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-01
PORTO RICO CAMPAIGH
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aroused in the breast of the natives who had suffered at their hands in the past especially the political prisoners who were released when we took the city, a desire for revenge, and they be- gan to ferret out all the Spaniards in the city Bloodhounds could not have been more savage. Most of the Span iards in hiding upon being discovered were hauled in triumph by hooting, jeering mobs to General Wilson's head quarters or to the provost marshals office in them unicipal building. Some of the natives even began footing tie residences of the Spaniards They mistook liberty for license and were chased with thirst for vengeance. General Wilson soon taught them that revenge could not be wreaked under the protection of our flag and peremp- torlly ordered that the arrest of the Spanish suspects should cease. Such volunteers as presented themselves, were, however, received and released after their names had been taken. They will all report tomorrow and be formally paroled. Many of them had been forced into the service of Spain to escape persecution. Business in the city has enjoyed a great boom since the arrival of the Americans.
 The merchants who closed their places yesterday opened them to-day, and are eagerly engaged in capturing the American dollar. Yesterday prices were cheap; to-day they are enormous. Yesterday the price of a beefsteak at the Hotel Francais was 25 centavos; this morning it is one peso. Everything else has risen in proportion. The news paper correspondents have difficulty in obtaining horses even at S200 in gold
 The natives imagine that the pockets of the Americans can emit ceaseless flow of eagles and double eagles. There is a plenty of provisions in the city ex- cept rice, which is quoted as very high figure for this country.
 Our army will not lack for fresh meat in the march across the island. The hills swarm with cattle of excellent
 quality. General Garrason's brigade is massed at Yauco, the terminus of the railway, fifteen miles off, and will prob
 ably remain there until the army is
 ready move, but it is thought that the artillery will be brought here immedi-
 aely. The railroad is in good order, but
 much of the rolling stock has been de- stroyed Yesterday General Royston found several engines wrecked, The
 machinery had been dismembered by Spanish sympathizers at the round- house and hidden. General Stone gave them two hours to get the engines into
 working order, under penalty of i'm prisonment, and in less than that time the engines had steam up and were ready to move.
 The Spaniards will probably retire as far back as Aibonito, about thirty five miles on the road to San Juan, where they are likely to make a stand if they
 receive endorsements. They left here entirely without artillery, which makes it even more obvious that an attack at this point was never dreamed of by them. Not a man was mounted. The
 garrison was small and poorly armed. All the guns with one exception that were abandoned in the arsenal when they made their nasty retreat Wednes- day night were Remingtons not Mau- Sers.
 l There was not a mine in the harbor of Ponce, although two ancient affairs, covered with barnacles, were found at 1 Guancia. These had been placed there years ago and resisted every effort to | explode them. It is evident that the regular Spanish soldiers do not number
 over eight thousand, General Wilson
 thinks he could take the island with his own troops unaided, and he predicts | that if the troops now expected arrive | Porto Rico will be ours in less than | three weeks.