The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-21
lie AMBITION OF POLITICIANS.
DoRsT's%DAR1NG VEN
,TuRE AND ITS s~uccEss-coNDI:
TON oFTHE INsURGENTs-A;
MOTLEY GATHERINGSAT3TAM-
pA-THE CUBAN VOLUNTEERS.
SPANISH ATROCITIES.
n ATROCITIES.
Erom our own correspondent.,

~llanta. He came at this time to go
u The bond or one Of his friends, who
=, accused Of ''mnioonshlning,s1 and
.,lked tlmldly into the Office 81 the
,rrk Of the federal court, evidently
mich impressed With the solemnity 81
M act he was about to tpertorm. That
BUSINESS completed. he began 70 feel
more q. ease, and yentured TO open q
conversation about theIw war
.Ain't you'uns. feard bout them thar.
! sosnyards comm to Atlanty?"" was
lis first question.
..oh, no: they are mott in this coun--
i,y, you know"
:MWelI. mebbe SO thu hain't;but we'uns
4, pow'iul feard tina mout come.
"Bu, IL they should land they, couldn't
march up 10 Gllmer county.tgYo You are
three or four hundred miles from the
eyes. but we'uns has hurdi rite smart
bout them fyin' squadrons jas tina has
mi, an thar hadn't no telllns whar ltha's
eoIn' when tina gifts EN- started. an jes
likes not tina mout cum clean up 3tu
ithr mountings fore tina lite"
And no went home still "feard Nv
them nyln' squadroons."
AMBITION OF POLITICIANs.
i asked persons In Atlanta about the
two volunteer regiments and two bat
i.r!ess that the governor had been re-
oue,,ed to furnish, and. according to
,helr statements, there has been the
same struggle for places BY; profession
al politicians that there has been in
some other states. It Is said that the
governor, who has had no military ex-
%peyIence, hoped to be made al brigadier-
general, but the appointments OF last
week made It out Of the question.
Some rank injustice has been done,
However, for political effect. One officer
OF a battalion already organized, who
early in life had some military training,
and who has spent both time and mo-
sley on his battalion. has had to accept
q subordinate position or stay ut home,
and the mar who has been appointed
over him does not know anything OF
military life or Its requirements, and,
asone member Of it said IN; my hearing,
must ask his senior captain to per-
form his duty for him till he had learn
ID his Comment is needless.
CAPT DoRsTsSyENTURE. q
TAMPA. Fla, May 14.-Captaln j. q.
3Dosst. Fourth United States Cavalry,
who! from a tug, landed some Cubans
With communications for: General Co
me-, a lot Of ammunition, and other
war material, on the coast Of Cuba last
week. gives en- interesting and some-
What amusing account Of his trip.
The landing vas made about fifteen
miles from Havana. and directly under
the eyes of from one hundred to one
hundred and fifty Spanish cavalry, and
he turned over the property to, a party
Of Insurgents who had lain concealed
nearby for several days The tug was
lot armed, but on thu. first attempt to
reach the shore, which was opposed by
a small party Of infantry coming close
enough 10 send some, shots on board, the
enemy were frightened off. A sailor
tok up a sh7:t boom" the end! OF
Which was about the size OF the muzzle
q a one-pounder Hotchk.ss gun, and,
putting It over the rail- OF the tug, han
5csed 1t as II 1t was aSreaI3arm, andghe
was trying to get the range. The party
az once put a sand ridge a few yards
"a Us rear between 1t and the Quak-
I, and did not again show itself on
lat. part. of the beach.
MOI wishing to land his cargo where Il
mlsat fall into the wrong hands, Cap
a!n Dorst steamed OF to the eastward
aaa. fortunately. fell in with the fleet;
!as. starting from in front Of Havana.
els OF the smaller vessels was sent
eaeS With him, and found the Cuban
,Osce' under Colonel Delgddo, still wait
ms, ana the Spanish cavalry visible
s',ae distance from the shore.
ny lar away was q tower for obser-
,auon purposes, built OF llght-colored
sumo and with the top. apparently
esoSn over with vines or moss Careful
Scanning through a glass, however,
saVSed That the moss was men looking
d lae tug and its escort.
gun was trained on them and dis
s.aa'sed. The shell fell q few yards
Snort but before the smoke cleared
nsr S' every man had disappeared. The
aeAs shels burst Just over the summit OF
.use on which the, cavalry was halt
~, aha T. too, took the sound to be a
.eueat call" and became invisible.
SoNDlTloN OF THE INSURGENTS.
sapsaln Dorst describes the condition
" me Insurgents as pitiable, not hall
ssa' and with hunger-drawn faces.
.aey sun seemed to have only con
S,Ap. ior their foes, and to be anxious
,Ior IEht. now that they had ammun!-
r,, ne mentioned, especially, the
ss oi one boy not more than fourteen
ttsa:S o age, whose clothes had once
nav. aAirt and pantnloons, but was
,b,, unly rags. the shirt so tattered
bna. u seemed to be madegor strings
rsss from his neck, and whose neither
Tsnueant would put tramp.s to shame,
o, sue 'nsurgent colonel estimated tho
il Inv eneetiye force OF the spanIards
d. "e .slnhd at $4,000 men. exclusive OF
mo- ,callcd volunteers probably $1,000
tnii,s coast Is supposed to be care
tSaF' pa1o!led by the Spanlards, bu,
:, ,aet that Colonel Delgado and his
I,vsr,, nad been able to lie in#hidlng
N days, waiting for the arrival OF
S W. 'uG and Its cargo. while the enemy
b ~, N the immediate vicinity. shows d
.,s, at. IN duty which would not be toll
IN any well-dIsciplIned force.
THE PORT OF TAMPA.
WI. tampa. the point where vessels
MI. se or discharge cargo, is about ten
~ west Of Tampa City, and ii
n r aS by n part OF the Plant system
lsos Says. A long mole partly OF
tot .. rock. the rest plling, extends
. "twenty-ono foot water" and
t,es,s long slip" by It's side a huge
t. ,aSe Is disging out sand 10 the same
NH. When this IL done tho capacity
Ii @e Port will be at least doubled and
Aaiely greatly Increased.
,r "anuna the bay every bit Of dry
boz t9ua ~ loose gray sand, which has
but iI !, at the dignity Of real estate,
gart subject to change by eyeryiWind'