The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-08-19

| waited upon General Wildman and
congratulated him, o behalf Of Agui-
naldo, upon the splendid success of the
American arms in the Philippines and
the happy termination of the war in
of America, and requested Mr..
Wildman to wire President Mckinley
their congratulations and assurances
of their allegiance and an expression
Of their hope that the FilipinOs will be
represented on the Philippine commits
sion. AgonciIlo, on behalf of the Fill
pinos, expressed the desire that Consul
Genera Wildman be appointed on the
commission.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BOMBARD-
MENT.
London, August 16.-The Manila cor
respondent of The Daily Telegraph
telegraphing Saturday, says:
Nothing could be more humane
than the Americans capture of the
/ town. General Merritt and Admiral
Dewey'S plan was to spare every OBJ
ject but the armed d%efences and the
trenches. Apparently the American
losses were extremely small. The Span
ish entertainments varied in point of
distance from two to four miles from
the centre of Old Manila.
Defending this long line of at least
ten miles were not yer, and probably
under 5000 Spanish regular troops, vol
unteers and natives. About half that
number were in hospitals. The at
lacking force numbered from 10, 900 to
20, 900 natives and 10000 Americans on
shore and aboard the fleet. In every
respect the advantage was on the side
of the attack. The American field guns
threw heavier metal and had longer
range than the Spanish, the marks
manship of the United States gunners
was much superior to hat of the
Sna n q r1c on6 tho MON ctrnnr
and in better condition. The Span
iards are a small race compared with
their stalWart opponents, and, worn
out by a hundred days siege and dis
appointed by the failure to arrive of
the promised Spanish relief squadron,
they had lost heart. It was a hopeless.
struggle.
Looking over the bay it was curl
Gus to notice the foreign fleets arrange
themselves according to their sympa-
thies. The English and Japanese were
neal the Americans and the Germans
and French or the opposite sides of
the bay north of the Pasig river. The
British cruiser ImmOrtalite and her
consorts kept fairly near the American
line. The attacking sQadrOn formed
in line between Malate and Old Manila
with the Concord watching the fort
at the mouth of the Pasig. the Ameri-
can fleet lay outside the breakwater.
"The Olympit fired the first shot at
$40 o'clock and a fairly continuous,
but by no means furious, c~annonade
was kept up until 11:20 o'clock. BY
that time the MaIate fort was silenced
and the American troops then stormed
the entertainments The SpaniardS
who were in the earthworks, tell me
that the quick firing guns of the little
bunboat RapidO, which lay close to the
shore, were far more terrible in their
! nffnotc +IoT uyoc tho Ynlyipr fro nf tho
ships.
Resistance to the American attack
was impossible. The first Colorado
regiment was the earliest to charge
the Spaniards, who retired to the sec
Ond line, but, soon, O~utnumbered, they
were forced into the old city. A part
of Malate suffered severely from the
bombardment. The unite intra-
mural defences were not tried. The
Spanish commander, convinced that
| further resistance was hopeless, hoist
ed a white flag at 11:20 o'clock and the
order to cease firing was Immediately
issued in the centre, of the town, but
in the outskirts SIT eet fighting con-
tinued for some time afterwards be-
tween the rebels and Spaniards.
1.-The fear felt in the city is in re-
gard to the conduct of the insurgents.
LAS 1 write this in the house of the
! German OnSul a brisk fusillade is go
ing On tetween the combatants and
musketry fire is rafting all around"
AFFAIRS IN SPAIN
Madrid, August 16.-According to FL
TEMPO, the organ of the dissident
conservatives, Senior. Silvela, the lead
err of the party, intends to block the
governments policy.
The queen-regent has personally
thanked the French government for it's
| onnI offices in obtaining noaPo and haC
charged Senior Leon Y Castillo, the
Spanish AMBASSADOR at Paris, to inform
M. Delcasse, the French minister OF
foreign affairs. that her majesty has
conferred upon him the grand cross
of the order of Carlos III. A similar
distinction is bestowed Upon M. Pa
tenotre. the French ambassador al
Madrid.
Ell impartial publishes a letter from
havana, whose writer asserts that
General Mlanco had succeeded ir
hoodwinking the Americans as to AID
miraI Cervera's whereabouts" but
that the Madrid government "frustrat.
I'd his plans by announcing the arr1va
of the squadron at Santiago de Cuba
The cabinet has decided to order
| General Blanco and all other Spanish
generals in the Antilles to remain al
their respective posts until the evacu-
alton is completed.
Washington, August 17.-Admira
Dewey's official announcement of the
| bombardment and surrender of Mani
has been received as follows:
Manila, August Is, 1898.
Secretary of Navy, Washington:
Manila surrendered today to tht
American land and naval forces, after
a combined attack. A division of thu
squadron Shelled the forts and in.
trenchments at Malate, on the soutf
side Of the city, driving back the enc
my, our army advancing from tina
side at the same time. The city sur
rendered about 5 o'clock. the Ameri
can flag being hoisted by Lieutenant
Brumby. About 1000 prisoners were
taken. The squadron had no casual.
ties. o of the vessels were injured
ION August 7th General Merritt anG
7 formally demanded the surrender o.