The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-22

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once did the faint shadow Of smile
turk about the corners of his mouth
This was when the cavalcade passed
through a barbed wire ENHANCEMENT.
No body Of infantry could ever have
got through this defence alive and
General Skaters remark about its re-
sisting power found the first gratify
ing echo in the defeated generals
heart.
Further along the desperate charac-
ter OF the Spanish resistance as plan
ned amazed our officers. Although
primitive. it was well done, Each ap-
proach TO the city was thrice barricad-
ed and wired and the barricades were
high enough and sufficiently strong 10
withstand shrapnel. The slaughter
among our troops would have been
frightful had il ever became necessary
to storm the city.
Around the hospitals and public
buildings along the west side there
were additional works and emplace-
ments for guns, though no guns were
mounted in them.
The streets of Santiago ara crooked
and narrtw, with lines of one story
houses, most of which are very dilapi
dated but every veranda OF every
house was thronged by its curious in
habitants and disarmed soldiers. These
were mostly of the lower classes. Few
expressions of any kind were heard
along the route. Here and there was
a shout for free Cuba from some Gu
ban sympathizer, but as a rule. there
were only low mutteringS. The better
class of Spaniards remained in doors
and satisfied their curiosity from be-
hind drawn blinds.
CARRION ON THE STREETS.
Several Spanish ladies in tumble
n 90 l,~,~i1 tod haiI
we passed. The squalor in the streets
was frightful. The bones Of dead
horses and other animals were bleach
ing in the streets and buzZards as tame
as sparrOws hoped aside to let US
pass.
The palace was reached soon after
10 o'clock. There General Toral intro
duced General Shafter and the other
American generals to the alcade, Senior
! FOrer, and to the chief of police, Senor
GuiltillerreZ, as we'll as to the other
authorities.
Luncheon was served at the palace.
The meal consisted mainly of rum.
wine, coffee, rice and toasted cake.
/ This scant fare Occasioned many apOl
ogies upon the part of the Spaniards,
I but it spoke eloquently of their heroic
resistance. The fruit supply of the
| city was absolutely exhausted and the
| Spaniards had nothing to live on eX-
cept rice, on which the soldiers in the
! trenches of Santiago have subssted for
i the last twelve days. In addition, the
| water supply of the city had been cut
! off for the last few days.
| Since the refugees left Santiago and
! the surrender of the city was seen to
! be inevitable, a reign of terror has eX-
! listed. The city business was stopped,
| the stores were closed and the troops
| were seemingly allowed to sack and
| plunder at will.
! At noon, after the American flag had
| been raised, General Shafter turned the
! city over to General Mckibbin, who,
with the Ninth infantry, will enforce
! order in conjunction with the civil au-
| thOritieS.
! The Spanish soldiers are encamped
/ between the lines, on the reverse slope
of the hill on which are our entrench-
! ments. Many of them believe, as they
J have been told so, that the United
States has purchased the island of Gu
ba and that our government will pay
them their arrears Of pay and return
! them to Spain. They repudiate the
idea that they have surrendered.
SANTIAGO AFTER SURRENDER.
Santiago Harbor, July IS, via King
stOn, ia, July 19.-Santiago is now g
! city Of silence. The American flag
waves over the military headquarters
on Morro's flagstaff and Red Cross
emblems are as plentiful as the church
spires. Almost the entire population
| this afternoon is gathered about the
wharves, where the Spanish shipping
now prizes of the United States, will
soon be augmented by large fleet OF
I transports flying the American colors
Some stores, mostly for the sale oi
liquor or drugs, are open, but their
patrons are few. Beggers are in evi-
dence of the same importune sort
which makes Havana unpleasant fol
foreigners. Now and then man OF
woman of the better class beg the cor
respondents for milk for my little
one, in the name Of God" At the docl
where the Red Cross steamer State
of Texas is unloading and preparing
fer long stay, guard from the
Ninth infantry has been mounted, bu
the soldiers have had little trouble
except from the inroads of bad boy.
indigenous to seaport cities.
There is no evidence of gloom or
the faces Of the Spanish men and wo
men. These mercurial people are a.
ready laughing and are pleased at tn
military and naval show, and at tn
prospect of getting food other thar
rice and salt meats.
Nearly all the better class of house.
are closed. The residents evidently
nave not yet returned from FL Caney
and other suburban places to which
they fled on the threat of lombard
ment by the land and sea forces Of tht
United States.
A MARINE PAGEANT.
The harbor of Santiago was the
scene of beautiful marine pagean
this afternoon. score or more O
! American transports, the way beins
pointed out by the Suwanee. glideC
majestically to a quiet anchorage
something they had not enjoyed FOL
weeks, being compelled, instead, Il
stand out to sea at night to be tossed
about by the waves or 10 use the pre-
carious holding grounds off Baiquiri
They are fine boats. many Of them be
ing among the largest specimens of tn,
American merchant marine. Nearly
all were fully bedecked with flags a.
they steamed in proudly, making
goodly show, extending over about
mile of water.
a dispatch boat of the Associate.
Press on its way out to sea salutec
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