The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-06-01
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Two troops OF cavalry have been
ordered aboard the transports at Mo
bile.
1t is said that many of the soldiers
at Chlckamauga are suffering from
pneumonia.
Col. Appleton of the seventh New
York regiment, says his command
will refuse to volunteer.
Thirty five thousand volunteers
participated in a sham battle at
Chickamauga last Wednesday.
The South Cuolina volunteers
have been o:delel to Chickamauga
and will leave Columbia in g few
days.
Jerry Simpson-the sockless one
is said to have offered to raise reg
i:nent composed exclu sively Of Popu,
lists.
Five fighting ships, said to be
Americans. were seen in the neigh
borhood of Mole St. Nicholas Mon
day afternoon.
Major General Butler will be as
signed to the command of the first
division of the secoLd army corps
now in camp near Falls Church. w.
Spanish reports allege that the
American crusier Baltimore was
damaged at Manila by an Interior
explosion. The report, however,
turned out to be 8 fake pure and
simple.
Cervera must be a witch. One re
port says his feet is bottled up at
Santiago, and half dozen other
reports has it in as many different
places on the same day, the same
hour and same moment.
DISPATCHES from Manila dated May
26, says, the Americans attempted
to land arms and ammunition at
Binacayan. Spaniards in ambush
allowed The Yankees to land and then
routing them, capturing the supplies.
The President has issued another
call for $4,000 additional volunteers.
Under this last call South Carolina
il expected to furnish AS, from
which number each company OF the
present regiment is to recruit up to
10G men.
Says a dispatch dated from Wash
ington, it is widely reported that
President Mckinley has offered to
surrender the PHILIPPINES and refrain
from bombarding Porto Rico on con-
dition that the Spaniards evacuate
Cuba. Officials decline to discuss
this report.
Some Jersey City citizens have
presented Gen. Miles with a hand
some United States flag to be raised
over MORO Castle when the Ameri
cans capture Havara. The Gfne7l
assured the patriots that their wishes
would certainly be complied with at
an early date.
Admiral Dewey has Informed the
authorities at Manila that he will
hold them responsible for the life OF
the Captain of the gunboat CAllao
which was captured by the United
States fleet. The Spaniards have
been threatening his life for surrerd-
ering.
Just to show the nature of the war
information sent to Madrid by the
Spaniards, we mention that they
claim that big naval battle was
fought off Jamaica in which two
American vessels were sunk and Ad-
miral Sampson killed. This is
another instance of would like to
have been so.
Captain Sigsbee, Of the i'll fated
Milne. is now in command of the
United States cruiser St. Paul and
is attached to the North Atlantic
squadron. He has been assigned to
duty on the Cuban coast and one day
last week he succeeded in capturing
a Spanish vessel laden with coal
intended for Cerveras feet.
The whereabouts Of Admiral Ger.
vera and bis fleet has been very an
noying to Almirals Sampson and
Schley, who are very anxious to know
where he can be found. The latest
report is that Schley has him bottle d
up. like rat in a hole, in the harbor
of Santiago.
The British steamer FOscolla COL
lidel ! with the United States cruiser
Columbia during the prevalence of a
heavy fog last Friday, about eight
miles west of the Fire island lights.
The steamer was sunk aud hoe
was knocked in the cruiser large
enough to drive a team and coach