Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
pOKiO RICO
AND CUBA.
VIII he Taken BY Our
Forces Within ~ Few
DAYS Sampson to do
IEo:Hbarding.

y usual. We waited until the
last hour for going to press. be.
fore trying 10 make a y nopsis Of
o. suerst.am tie Sas. Tor tle
past wcta.
y complete aud most graphic
account of the battle of Manila
- given on our first page. The
account of the battle IN our last
>Sge. while 1t vas authentic. ii
WIS from Spanish sources and
was not 80 elaborate a. We are
enable to give today.
X vas more ;han a grand
victory. II was an achievement
that vas indeed marvellous. YES.
almost miraculous.
The success attending the
Asiatic fleet under the command
If Commodore Dewey IN Manila
hay ,a--stcl ;Ee crcdulity ut
even .he most sanguine Of
friends. even those Who had al
most unhounded confidence III
him aud his squadron.
How was II possible tor a
commander 81 q cruisers. none
aTnored or first class. tn pass
two formidable embellishments.
make ms way through submarine
mines. destroy the six fortified
tons protecting two cities.
while being bombarded by ;hem
aud by tie batteries of IL war
vessels of various kinds and
DESTROY all. killing and wound
ILg about Loo officers and
marines capturing and destroy
ing -6.WO1.u00 worth of proper.
jy. without the ,o>s of a single
man; only SIX wounded. and all
this within the short space OF
two and one halt hours.
For this magnificent victory
congress has done the very
handsome thing by making
Dewey a Rear Admiral. giving
him a sword and all OF his men
are tn receive a handsome med
al-these are tokens OF a liza.
TONS gratitude Admiral Dew
cy viii hold all of the Philip
pine islands. a description u.
which were given in our las
publication.
ReiniO-cemenis. ammunition
aud an abundance of supple.
are being forwarded To Admira
Dewey to enable him To hole
the islands. They will ali b,
treated as the property of tbs
Upiiet States.
The large squadron that AL
mlral Sampson took to tn,
vicinity of Porto Rico. for I'll,
purpose oi% defeating the Span
ish squadron that Was eNpecte,
there from Cape Verde, did no
come To- tins side of the Atlanti,
but put back To CadiZ. Thii
was a great disappointment
STAGE IL IL had come il wuul,
certainly have been capture.
or destroy ed. and tins woult
probably have ended tire wal
~ consumation devoutedly 1
be wished"
The authorities will insis
that Simpsons fleet take charg
OF Porto REQ and hold ii Wit
soldiers from our volunteer
and regulars also TO tax
Cuba AMI land such "A fore
that when united with the il
sufgents and aided by our heav
. ships vii enable all together. l
/. free both Porto Rico from Il.
Spanish yoke and misruie fo
ever. No power can prever
this now. The fatal hour ha
indeed arrived that means til
death of SPANS misgovernmeI
IN the western Atlantic.
The neNt move may mea
a fleet To capture the Canar
islands. Then Only remains fu
that once most powerful nation
lis peninsula. SPAIN.
Since our last issue Their
has been revolutions in certai
cities of Italy and Spain. tina
threaten the overthrow of bot
Kingdoms.
p la ourjudgment war will 500
draw To a close since there i
no escape for Porto Rico AN
Cuts being taken within I
days. even Spain cannot SUI
vIve this additional mistortun,