The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-06-08

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tack on Santiago.
1t is said that there are enough
provisions at Santiago to last the
Spaniards year.
The Mohican has sailed for Manila
and the Monterey and Brutus will
follow in succession.
The cry Of Spain is now for peace,
while that of the Americans is, Gre
member the Maine"
The peerless ship Oregon, the
pride of Uncle Sans navy, has joined
Admiral Simpsons feet.
The Russian Bear is growing but
it does not frigbten the American
Eagle and the English Lion.
Report has it that the Spanish
torpedo beat destroyer, Terro has
been blown up by the Americans.
The Spanish forces in Cuba are
taking every possible precaution to
meet the Americans when they come.
Five thousand American soldiers
have been landed near Santiago and
a juncture has been formed with
Garcia.
Greenville has sent two companies
of volunteers to the front in response
to the first call, and has another com
psny under organization for the sec
ond call
Capt. Charles Y. G,indley is dead.
He was commander of the Olympia,
Dewey's flagship. and was one of the
Manila heroes. His death was the
result OF natural causes.
It is said that the forts at Santiago
were built with reference to sea at
tack alone, and the heights which
command them from the land side
are left unprotected.
Great activity is still noticeable at
Cadsz. The manoeuvers and trials
OF warships are taking place every
day. In few days the Lepanto will
be ready for active service.
The American Administration has
confrmatory advices from our Consul
at Martinique that Spanish fleet is
in the neighborhood, and are consid.
eratly worried over the matter. It
is believed to be the Camara fleet.
On June "a the House of Repre-
sentatives practically passed, without
debate, the emergency deficiency
bill, carrying with it an appropria-
ton of s17,S45,OO0 providing for
emergency expenses of the army ard
ravy.
Gen. Blanco, in command Of the
Spanish forces in Cuba, has ordered
all foreign newspaper correspondents
to leave the island, and says that
when seized they will be treated as
spies and judged as such according
to the military code.
The Spanish authorities deny that
any portion Of the Spanish fleet has
passed Madagascar en- the way to
the PHILIPPINES, but notwithstanding
the denial some people are of the be-
lief that there is some truth in the
report that the Spanish fleet has gone
10 attack Dewey. 1t may 60, bat it
will never come back.
The second regiment Of Virginia
volunteers left Richmond for the
front on the 2l, being escorted to
the depot by all the local camps of
Confederate veterans. All along the
line of March the sidewalks were
crowded with men, women and chill
drep, and on many houses flags, bunt-
ing and other patriotic emblems were
displayed in great profusion.
The talk of invading Spain is be-
ing revived in administration circles
and the naval war board is seriously
discussing plan of carrying the
war into Spanish waters. OF the
vessels which will whip the Spaniards
out of their boots IN their own waters
the following were named: The New
York, the Brooklyn, the Minneapo-
lis, the Columbia the st. Louis, the
st. Paul, the Harvard and the Yale.
The South Carolina regiment has
at last been completed by taking the
Sumter Guards, Company B, from
the Independent battalion and Col.
Alston and his subordinate officers
have been mustered in the United
States army. The regiment left Co.
lumbia Monday afternoon for Chick
amauga.
The AIerrimac, an American collier,
was blown up by her own crew in the |