Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1898-04-30

easy victory for America. Her ships
carry 122 guns, as against So or there
nbouts in the Spanish fleet. The CO.
operation of the American fleet with the
rebels has been kept strict secret. The
latt ar await the arrival of the fleet, when
Manila must soon succumb. Its defense:
| are in a wretched state The Manila
| press says there is great enthusiasm fol-
| Spain, and that an obstinate resistance
! will be offered to the Americans: but the
| papers qualify this bold allegation by
| referring to the phlegmatic character
of the natives, which prevents any eX-
| cited expression of opinion. These
| journals say, too. that the treason of a
| few hundreds of few thousands of the
| rebels does not affect the virtue of the
| race, and they haughtily add that the
Philippines will prove worthy of Spain
The governor of the Philippines has
issued several proclamations. One re-
quires all able-bodied Spaniards to en-
roll themselves for military service, and
accOrds permission to foreigners to join.
Key West, April 2S.-Still another prize
steamed into the harbor yesterday
morning. She was the Ambrosio Boil
var, a little coasting steamer, taken by
The Terror off Cardenas. The Boliver
looked like Il toy boat as the prize crew
brought her in. but the juvenile Span
lard Is richer than she looks, as was
learned when $4,000 of silver specie was
found slowed away in her, besides a
valuable cargo of bananas and 800 casks
of wine. She was bound from Port
I.imon, Costa Rica, for Havana, by way
CT Cardenas, with seven passengers and
a crew of 10. The Terror had no diff
Guilty in making the capture. One blank
shot sufficed to bring her to.
The Terror on Sunday took little
prize, news of which was first learned
yesterday-the Spanish schooner Saco,
with cargo of sugar. Paymaster
Sampson and three men were put on
board as IL prize crew and ordered to
bring her here. They had not arrived
up to last evening, and it is said the Saco
had not been sighted. No alarm is felt,
however. as all the Spaniards but the
captain were taken Off the schooner.
Providence, April Ex-Governor Dyer,
on receipt of military instructions from
Washington, issued a proclamation call
ing for volunteers for the states quota,
one regiment of infantry. Recruiting
Offices were opened this morning in Prov
idence, Pawtucket. Woonsocket and
Newport and the quota will be secured,
it is thought by tonight: The recruits
will spend their first night in the service
in the state armories in these places,
and will be sent tomorrow to the state
campground at Quonset point. on Mar
ragansete bay, II miles from Providence,
where a permanent volunteer post will
be opened under command of Lieu
tenant Colonel H. b. Bose.
Washington, April 2S.-Immediate
measures will be taken to recruit the
regiments of the regular army and the
battalion of engineers. The manner in
which this is to be done is shown in a
circular issued by Adjutant General
Corbln. Regmental commanders are
authorized to send recruiting parties into
any territory not already occupied by
parties from other organizations from
the same army. General service re-
cruiting officers, when at city stations
or posts, will make enlistments for their
own regiments to fill vacancies therein,
and will send soldiers enlisted with the
least possible delay in small detach
ments to points selected by the respec-