The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-05

stage hand says is OF no importance to the
Managers all he wants to know is that the
ho,se is ADAPTED Tor the real performance
still to come
Troops may be landed later az Matan2as
aud \ was TO discourage work in the bat
tories which covered the point of their pos
sible landing that the shots were tired
The mitrailleuse referred 10 were s-inch
guns. throwing 25o-pound shells, ana they
did some damage. | saw them cut the
rampar,s dowa and lift Thorn up aud throw
them into clouds OF earth fifty fee, high.
One out OF three shots fired sunk fairly
onto the breast Of the earthworks, Al 1000
and 1000 yards, which We're the distances,
this was good Workmanship. Had the ram
parts been hsttlesnips of the same length
AZ the rampurts t3G0 teeD they would have
been disabled or sunk IN five minutes
Captain Mcflugb of tho London Artillery
company. who watched the bomhardmeut
from the Pioayure- Herald yacht, described
II 20 me today rs the most accurate aud
rapld firing he had ever witnessed al that
range
Contrary TO Bianco's statement, none Of
the American ships were hit
Another dispatch TO Madrid describes the
cruiser Montgomery as running ashore on
a rock and three cruisers dragging her or
In badly damaged condition. This Is cor
rect. except at the time the Montgomery
Norfolk and that no American ships have
run ashore or been Damaged. This die
patch was 10 show how badly American
warships were handled.
The report Of the victorious repulse OF
| the American torpedo boats at Cardenas
by the Spanish torpedo boat aud their
retreat in a shattered condition was found
ed on the fact that the Foote ran into the
bay of Csrdenas and exchanged shots with
| two torpsdo boats She then turned and
| left the harbor. The Machias was running
| In to help her. but turned bnck when she
saw the Foote was returning. None of the
beats were hit on either side, This was de-
scrbed as naval victory far Srain in fact
| all that these people say OF do al present
| is an ,xaggeration.
They are not responsible they are OK
cited and thew twist evtnts out OF tn eir
proper proportion. They are all blown
| about by bursts OF passion, fits OF hys
terics. In Madrid the mob pulls down the
wooden American eagle advertising an IN
| tpl 1nce company and feels better In
| Havana mar bites his arm and sucks
The blood to show how he longs tor that
Of The enemy
/ They are 3hIdren. with al Of chilJs
Unreasonable rage. Their idea as 10 how
civilized warfare is conducted is shown
by the fact that the crew OF every prize
vessel we have taken receive The hoaNl-
ing OFFICER, ctt., on iNHlf knees OF VIII
their bands above their head IN token Of
submission. Some beg Cor mercy, some try
to lean overheard come lock themselves In
the cabins They expect 10 be shot down
or hung 10 the yard arm.
We had one Spanish officer on board nero
tho ted the wardrcom tina, had he known
war was declared he would. sooner than
to bsvc been captured blown out his brains
with his revolver.
Thir Impressed us. until an nquisiive
IN idly" examined his revolver and dis
closed the fact that II was empty and that
the breech would not break
The other day the .'Cote, small torpedo
boat, ran into the harhor OF Matanass and
the batteries fired six shots at her. We
eari ed from the iiryana paper, Is Luciia.
later that when this happened the GOV
ernor Of Matanzas called the guards civil
the volunteers. the artillery and all The
people 10 the plaza ard there addressed
them His speech was reported IN lul.
Meanwhile the Foote u ssS1scous ~ the
excitement she wac creating was patrol
ing the coasi THIS was on par with the
cavalry troops ;hIt fired on the flagship
when she was two miles out At SEQ. They
dc II because they Ike to hear their guns
20 off They are g comic opera peopie.
they arr ridiculous and they can not help
Il. II IL impossible TO take them or thar
lrtru;hfu war bulletins seriously II %
not necessary to say that they have no
sfree of honor. all Is explained vlfsn you
roint out that they lave no sense o.
humcr Richard Harding Davis.