The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-06-10

solutely without foundation. Captain
Philip received no injury whatever.
New York, June 8.-A special from
Cape Haytien says the Americans and
insurgents have formed a j%uncture
near Santiago and a land attack on the
city is m~omentarily expected. The
S~paniards claim to have $4,000 season
ed troops in Santiago.
The special further says that Colonel
Them, a renowned Austrian artilleriSt
in the Spanish service was killed in
Mondays Commandment of the forts Of
Santiago harbOr.
SPANISH PRIZE SHIP AT CHAR
LESION.
Charleston, S. c., June 8.-The Span
ish bark Maria Dolores, captured May
21st off Porto Rico by Admiral Samp-
sons fleet, was reported off Charleston
bar at SHUTDOWN this afternoon. She
could not be brought into the harbor
on account of the mine fields in the
channel and the rules issued by Com
mander Arnold that ships should not
enter or leave Charleston after dark.
She will be brought up to the quaran-
tine station tomorrow.
Newport News, Va, June 8.-The
United States cruiser Buffalo, which
arrived in Hampton Roads yesterday
was fumigated today by the quaran-
tine authorities. She is still anchored
off Old Point Comfort, subject to quar-
antine regulations.
TROOPS SAIL FROM TAMPA.
London, June 9.-The Washington
correspondent of The Daily Chronicle,
with the approval of General Greeley,
cables the following:
The army sailed from Tampa at
noon today wednesday,. The force
numbers $1,000 men, composed Of in
fantry, cavalry, artillery, engineers
and a, signal corps. The infantry con
sists of twenty-seven regiments, six
teen regulars and eleven volunteers,
as follows: Of the regular regiments,
First, Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Twelfth, Thir-
teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twen-
ty-first, TWenty-second, Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ninth. Of the vol
unteer regiments there were the Sew
enty-frst New York, Thirty-second
Michigan, First and Fifth Ohio, Sec
ond New York, First District Of Co
lumbia, Fifth Maryland, One Hun
dred and Fifty-seventh Indiana
and the Third Pennsylvania. The to-
tai infantry force is q, 500 men. In
addition there are a battalion of engi-
neers, a detachment of the signal
corps, five squadrons of cavalry, four
batteries of light artillery and two
batteries of heavy artillery.
General Shafter is in chief command
of the force, which is conveyed by the
battleship Indiana n the gunboat
Helena, with the training ship Ban
croft as General Skaters floating
home.
The transports are due at Santiago
| Friday night or Saturday morning,
and a landing will be attempted or
! Saturday. This should be effected
| without difficulty, and no doubt by
| Sunday or Monday at the least the
| stars and stripes will loaf owe Santi'
| ago de Cuba.
The activity and frequent exchange
Of communications between the war
and avy departments eliminating in
visits by Acting Secretary Allen, Ad-
| mira1 Sicard and Captain C~rOWinshield
in person to the war department today
led to the belief this afternoon that
either the United States troops were
actually embarking at Tampa or that
the government is about to begin. The
officials, however, who were not absO-
lutely ignorant themselves as to what
was going on at Tampa, were all un-
der an injunction, delivered by Secre-
. tary Alger himself, to keep the troop
movements absolutely secret.