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By Robert Louis Stevenson
CHAPTER V. ( Continued. )
"MJsa Huddlestone " I was begin
ning to interrupt him when he , in turn ,
cut in brutally :
"You hold your tongue , " says he ; "I
iim speaking to that girl. "
"That girl , as you call her , is my
"wife , " said I , and ray wife only leaned
-a little nearer , so that I knew she had
nfllrmcd my words.
"Your what ? " he cried. "You lie ! "
"Northmour , " I said , "we all know
you have a bad temper , and I am the
last man to be irritated by words. For
all that I propose that you speak lower ,
for I am convinced that wo are not
alone. "
He looked round him , and it was
plain my remark had in some degree
pobercd his passion. "What do you
mean ? " he asked.
I only said one word , "Italians. "
He swore a round oath and looked at
us from one to the other.
"Mr. Cassllis knows all that I know , "
aaid my wife.
"What I want to know. " he broke
out , "is where the devil Mr. Cassllis
romes from , and what the devil Mr.
Cassilis is doing here. You say you
are married ; that I do not believe. If
you were , Graden Floe would soon di
vorce you ; four minutes and a half.
Caesilis. I keep my private cemetery
for my friends. "
"It took somewhat longer , " said I ,
"for that Italian. "
He looked at me for a moment half
tlaunted , and then , almost civilly , ask
ed me to tell my story. "You have too
much the advantage of me , CaEsilis , "
he added. I complied , of course , and
'
he listened , with se'veral ejaculations ,
-while I told him how I had corae to
Graden ; that it was I whom he had
tried to mnrder on the night of the
landing ; and what I had subsequently
seen and heard of the Italians.
"Well , " said he , when I had done ,
"It is here at last ; there Is no mistake
about that , and what , may I ask , doyen
yon propose to do ? "
-'I propose to stay with you and lend
n. hand , " said I.
"You are a brave man. " he returned ,
with a peculiar intonation.
"I am not afraid , " said I.
"And so , " he continued. "I am to
understand that you two are married ?
And you stand up to it before my face ,
Miss Huddlestone ? "
"We are not yet married , " said Clara ,
"but we shall be as soon as we can. "
"Bravo ! " cried Northmour. "And the
.bargain ? D It , you're not a fool ,
young woman ; T may call a spade with
you. How about the bargain ? You
luiow as well as I do what your father's
life depends upon. I have only to put
my hands under my coat-tails and
-walk away , and his throat would he
cut before the evening. "
"Yes , Mr. Northmour. " returned
Clara , with great spirit ; "but that is
-vvhat you will never do. You made a
"bargain that was unworthy of a gen
tleman ; but you are a gentleman for
all that , and you will never desert a
man whom you have begun to help. "
"Aha ! " said he. "You think I will
give my yacht for nothing ? You think
I will risk : my life and liberty for love
of the old gentleman ; and then. I sup
pose , be best man at the wedding , to
wind up ? Well , " he added , with an
odd smllp. "perhaps you are not alto
gether -wrong. But ask Cassilis here.
Ho knows me. Am 1 a man to trust ?
Am I safe and scrupulous ? Am I
kind ? "
"I know you talk a great deal , and
sometimes , I think , very foolishly , " re
plied Clara , "but I know you are a
gentleman , and I am not in the least
I afraid. "
"She's a trump ! " cried Northmour.
"But she's not yet Mrs. Cassilis. I say
no more. The present is not for me. "
Then my wife surprised me.
"I leave you here , " she said , sud
denly. "My father has been too long
alone. But remember this : you are
to be friends , for you are both good
friends to me. "
"See here. Northmour , " said I ; "we
are all in a tight place , are we not ? "
w "I believe you , my boy , " he answer
ed , looking me in the eyes , and with
great emphasis. "We have all hell
upon us , that's the truth. You may
believe me or not , but I'm afraid of
my life. "
"Tell me one thing , " said I. "What
are they after , these Italians ? What
do they want with Mr. Huddlestone ? "
"Don't you know ? " he cried. "The
black old scamp had Carbonari funds
on a deposit two hundred and eighty
I thousand ; and , of course , he gambled
it away in stocks. There was to have
v been a revolution in the Tridentino.
or Parma , but the revolution is off , and
the whole wasps' nest is after Huddle-
stone. We shall all be lucky if we can
gave our pkins. "
"The Carbonari ! " I exclaimed ; "God
help him , indeed ! "
"And now let us go directly to the
fort , " eald Northmour , and he began
to lead the way through the rain.
CHAPTER VI.
We were admitted to the pavilion by
Clara , aud I was surprised by the com
pleteness and security of the defenses.
A' barricade of great strength , and yet
easy to displace , supported the doer
egainst any violence from without ;
r end the shutters of the dining-room ,
into which I was led directly , and
which was feebly illuminated by a
lamp , were even .more elaborately for
tified' The panels were strengthened
by bars and cross-bars ; and these , in
their turn , were kept in pcaition by a
system of braces and struts , some
abutting on the floor , some on thereof
roof , and others , in fine , against the
opposite wall of tbe apartment.
Northmour produced some cold meat ,
to which I eagerly set myself , and a
bottle of good Burgundyby which ,
wet as I was , I did not scruple to profit.
have always been an extreme tem
perance man on principle ; but it is
useless to push principle to excess ,
and on this occasion I believe that I
finished three-quarters of the bottle.
As I ate , I still continued to admire
he preparations for defense.
"We could stand a siege , " I said at
length.
"Ye cs. " drawled Northmour ; "a
very little one. per haps. It is not
eo much the stiength of the pavilion
I misdoubt ; it is the double danger
that kills me. If we get to shooting ,
wild as the country id , some one is
sure to hear it. and then why , then ,
it's the same tiling , only different , as
they say , caged by law , or hilled by
Carbonari. There's tlie choice. It is
a devilish bud thing to have the law
against you in this world , and so I tell
the old gentleman up stairs. He is
quite of my way of thinking. "
"Speaking of that. " said I , "what
kind of person is he ? "
"Oh , he ? " cried the other ; "he's a
rancid fellow as far as he goes. I
should like to have his neck wrung to
morrow by all the devils in Italy. I
am not in this affair for him. You
take me ? I made a bargain for Missy's
baud and I mean to have it. too. "
"That , by tb.e way , " said I , "I un
derstand. But how will Mr. Huddle-
itone take my intrusion ? "
"Leave that to Clara , " returned
Nortbmcur.
I could have struck him in the face
for this coarse familiarity ; but I re
spected the truce , as , I am bound to
say , did Northmour , and so long as
the danger continued not a cloud arose
in our relation. I bear him this tcsti-
mony with the most unfeigned satisxCI
faction ; nor am I without pride when
look back upon my own behavior.
For surely no two men were ever left
in a position so invidious and irritat-
ing.
As soon as I had done eating we
proceeded to inspect the lower floor.
Window by window we tried the dif
ferent supports , now and then making
an inconsiderable change ; and the
strokes of the hammer sounded with
startling loudness through the house.
proposed , I remember , to make loop
holes ; but he told me they were al
ready made in the windows of the up
per story.
It was an anxious business , this in
spection , and left mo down-hearted.
There were two doors and five windows
dews to protect and counting Clara ,
only four of us to defend them against
an unknown number of foes. I com
municated my doubts to Northmour ,
who assured me with unmoved com
posure that he entirely shared them.
"Before morning. " said he , "we shall
all be butchered and buried in Graden
Floe. For me that is written. "
I could not help shuddering at tbe
mention of the quicksand , but remind
ed Ncrlhmour that our enemies had
spared me in the wood.
"Do not flatter yourself , " said he.
'Then you were not in the same boat
with the old gentleman ; now you are.
It's the fioe for all of us , mark ray
I trembled for Clara , and just then
her dear voice was heard calling us
to come upstairs. Northmour showed
me the way , and. when he had reached
the landing , knocked at the door of
what used to be called "My Uncle's
Bedroom , " as the founder of the pa
vilion had designed it especially for
himself. "
"Come in , Northmour ; come in , dear
Mr. Cassilis , " said a voice from with
in.
Pushing open the door , Northmour
admitted me before him into the apart
ment. As I came in I could see the
daughter slipping out by the side door
into tbe study , which had been pre
pared as her bedroom. In the bed ,
which was drawn back against the
wall , instead of standing , as I had
last seen it , boldly across the window ,
sat Bernard Huddlestone , the default
ing banker. Little as I had seen of
him by the shifting light of the lantern
on the links , I had no difficulty in rec
ognizing him for the same.
He had a long and sallow counte
nance , surrounded by a long beard and
side whiskers. His broken nose and
high cheek-bones gave him somewhat
the air of a Kalmuck , and his light
eyes shone with tbe excitement of a of
high fever. He wore a skull-cap of
black silk ; a hu&e Bible lay open be
fore him on the l-.cd , with a pair of of
gold spectacles in the place , and a pile
of other books lay on tbe stand by his
side. The green curtains lent a ca
daverous shade to his cheek , and. as
he sat propped on pillows , his great
stature was painfully hunched , and his
head protruded till it overhung his
knees. I believe if he had not died
otherwise , he must hove fallen a vic
tim to consumption in the course of but
a very few weeks. ily
He held out to me a hand , long , thin
and disagreeably hairy. lie
"Come in , come in , Mr. Cassilis. "
said he. "Another protector ahem !
another protector. Always welcome as
a friend of my daughter's , Mr. Cas
silis. How they have rained about me ,
my daughter's friends ! May God in
heaven bless aud reward them for it ! " of
I gave him my hand , of course , be
cause I could not help it , but the sym
pathy I had been prepared to feel for
Clara's father was immediately soured
by his appearance and the wheedling ,
unreal tones In which he spoke.
"Caasilia Is a good man , " said North-
mour , "worth ten. "
"So I hear , " cried Mr. Huddlestone
eagerly ; "so my girl tells me. Ah ,
Mr. Cassllis , my sin has found me out ,
you see ! I am very low , very low !
but I hope equally penitent. We must
all come to he throne of grace at last ,
Mr. Cassllis. For my part , I come late
Indeed , but , with unfeigned humility ,
I trust. "
'Fiddle-do-dee ! " said Northmour
roughly.
"No , no , dear Northmour ! " cried the
banker. "You must not say that ; you
must not try to shake me. You for
get , my dear , good boy , you forget I
may be called this very night before
my Maker. "
His excitement was pitiful to behold ,
and I felt myself growing indignant
with Northmour , whose infidel opin
ions I well knew and heartily derided ,
as he continued to taunt the poor sin
ner out of his humor of repentance.
"Pooh , my dear Huddlestoue ! " said
he. "You do yourself injustice. You
arc a man of the world inside and ont ,
and were up to all kinds of mischief
before I was born. Your conscience is
tanned like Sonth American leather
only you forget to tan your liver , and
that , if you will believe me , is the seat
, . , . ,
of the annoyance.
"Rogue ! rogue I bad boyf" said Mr.
Huddlestone. shaking his finger. "I
am no precisian , if you come to that ;
I always hated a precisian ; but I never-
lost hold of something better through
it all. I have been z bad boy , Mr.
Cassilia ; I do not seek to deny that ;
but it was after my wife's death , and
you know , with a widower , it's a new
thing- . Sinful I won't say so , but
there Is a gradation , we snail hope.
Aud talking of that Hark ! " ' he
broke out suddenly , his hand raised
with interest and terror. "Only the
rain , bless God ! " he added , after a-
pause , and.with indescribable relief.
For some seconds he lay back among
tin pillows like a man near to fainting
inj ; then he gathered himself togeth
er , and , in somewhat tremulous tones ,
began ; once more to thank me for the
share ! I was prepared to take in his de
fense.
"One question , sir , ' " said I , when he
had paused. "Is it true that you have
money with you ? " '
He seemed annoyed at the question ,
but admitted \vith reluctance that he-
had a little.
"Well. " T continued , "it is their
money they are after , is it not ? Y.'hy
not give it up to them ? "
"Ah ! ' " replied he , shaking his heacT ,
"I have tried that already , Mr. C&s-
silis ; and alas ! that it should be so ,
but It is blood they want. ' "
"Huddlestone , that's a littla less than
fair , " said Northmour. "Yon should
mention that what you offered' them
was upward of two hundred" thousand
short. The deficit is worth a refer
ence ; it Is for what they call a cool
sum , Frank. Then , you see , the fel
lows reason in their clear Italian wayr
and it seems to them , as indeed it
seems to me , that they may just as welt
have both while they are about it
money and blood together , by George ,
and no more trouble for the extra
pleasure/ '
( To be continued. )
PRIDE OF THE LITTLE FINGER.
It Can Folat Buck to Your Grandfather's
Station in Life.
The fact that the hand looks shape
lier and more graceful when the middle
and third fingers are slightly curved in
and away from the index and little
finger is shown by the models in the
glove store windows , and while it is
affectation to hold the hands in such a
position , yet this exercise , to make the
pose natural , should be practiced , "
writes Katharine Eggleston Junker-
mann in the course of an article on .
"Physical Culture for Girls" in the
Woman's Home Companion , which
discusses how to secure pretty hands :
and to retain a natural grace of mo
tion. "Some one has said somewhere
that the number of cultured genera
tions back of an individual may be
judged by the degree of curve in the T
little finger. Observation will prove ( [
this more or less true. When one
sees a person holding a glass or cup
with the little finger thrust out and
curved until it resembles a hook , a
little investigation will almost invari-
ablv * show that the desire for culture
has only just awakened in that partic- vi
ular family , and in its newness is
somewhat overstepping the mark. Affectation laba
ba
fectation is a sign of lack of breeding.
Some of the old painters understood orw
hands to perfection. Long , rounded
vo
hands , with slightly curved fiagers and
gently bent wrists , are characteristic
the women whose beauty they have cb
made memorable. Sometimes , per tic [
haps , the beautiful hands were those
ffr
some other model than the pictured th
one ; but the painters knew that beau thAi
tiful hands were as necessary as beau Aiw
tiful faces in order to make a harmo
nious picture. The people of almost vise
every other nation have more graceful seat
hands than we have ; and those who at
use their hands most freely when con
versing are by far the most graceful. ar
The hands which make no superfluous fo
movements , which appear to obey read bim
and easily their owner's will , whose m
movements are free , rhythmic : ind gen tli
, are the really graceful ones. " sxiw
bl
Natural Advice.
E'
"Sail in sight , sir , " sang out the look
out. "Fire cr bargain ? " asked the fr
captain , who had been lest in thought at
home and wife.
"
at
The Army Assault on the City of
Santiago Has Begun ,
ATTACKED BY LAND AND SEA ,
Morro C'nstlo and ( lie Fort * at tlie ffur-
Ijor Kntraiicc Arc Ilonibnrdwl by the
l-'leet XAirton ted tlio
Cations , A Suburb of tlio City ,
Taken by Division Com-
miiuilur's Force.
Shaftcr' * First. Ojj ! ; ct Uy thr
of Kl Gauey the Spanish Knlrench-
muntft Can lie Kasily ISimihardcd
-Tho 3 ews in Washington
Detail * if the ITrep-ir-
tioiu for tlio liattlc.
J'r..vr. * OKI. I&TKT July ' . With Sliaf-
ter's Army. A general assault on the
eity of Santiago de Cuba by tbe land
and < sea forces of the United States be
gan at 7 o'clock this morning :
General Lawton advanced an J took
possession of C'abona , a suburb of San
tiago ,
MOITO- castle and the other fortsat
the entrance of the harbor were bom
barded by our licet. The Vesuvius
tiscd her dynamite guns with good of-
feet.
The-Spanish licet in-the-harbor fired
on the American troops who were very
clobe to- the ulty.
liardii'ghting all along the A.mwicani
line wasiui progressat 1L o'clock.
Eight wounded Americans and n-ine
wounded1 Cubans-have been , brought in-
WASHINGTON , . July 'i. The battle
has begun. This , was- the news con
veyed in > dispatch received from
General Shaftei.it J'O o'clock this
morning" The dispatch rend :
' Secretary of War , Washington
Camp near-Scvilla , Cuba. Action now
goiiuf on _ The firing only light and
desultory , llegun on. the right , near
Caney , LawtonTs. divisionIfc wilL
move on the north part of the- town , of
Santiago. Will keepyou. . continually
advised of progress. .Shafter major-
general. ' '
Brief as the- message \vas > it foldtlie -
whole- story that the first shots of the
long expected clash of arms , probably
the first general land engagement of
tlie war. was. under wa- .
According to general Sliaftci-'s. re
port the- attack on Santiago was be
gun by the Second division of the
Fifth army corps , commanded by
x- KSJ. .
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V \V. I.AIVJ'ON' . IX COM-
MAM ) 01' THK DIVISION OrKMXfi THK
ACTIONS AT SAM'IAOO. e
[ Jrigadicr General II.V. . F-aw ton. This
livision consists of three brigades ,
nade up as follows : First brigade ,
-ominanded by Colonel J. .1. Van Horn.
COEi
Eighth United States infantry. T\ven-
iyecoml United States infantry and
he Second Massachusetts infantry.
Second brigade , commanding officer
unknown , but supposed to be Colonel
Hates. First i'nited States infantry.
I'ourth Tnited States infantry and
1'wcnty-iifth I'niled States infantry
negro ) . j
Third brigade , commanded I " IJrig- ]
ulier General A. 15. Chaftce. Seventh
ailUi
L'nited States infantry. Tv/elfth
LTnited ] States infantry anil Seven- j
tecnth L'uitcd States infantry. j i
It thus appears that the cntiro tli- i v-j
vision . ( which opened the hostilities of j mi
Lhe day is composed entirely of regu- j
lar troops , seasoned and experienced in
battle , \vith the exception of the Second
end Massachusetts volunteer infantry. <
which ! is regarded as one of the best
volunteer organizations in the army.
A dispatch was received in the cabi
net meeting from Colonel Allen , in
charge of the signal .stat'on at 1'lay.i
lei 12-ste. He said that tu- ! fight was
growing furious in all directions. At
the time he sent the telegram eight j of
Americans and nine Cubans had been i ,
xvounded. <
The Spaniards were shelling tlie ad
vancing Americans and Admiral Sampnn j !
son's ileet was hotly engaging the forts j N
the harbor entrance. I w
At noon yesterday tlie American 1 j ov
army occupied a pos'tion in a long line mi
four miles east of Santiago de Cuba , th
but no forward movement had been
made in twenty-four hours oxvhig to
the difficulties ; in forwarding sufficient
supplies from the base at .luragua. as
well as to the fact that it was impossi a
ble to send light artillery and siege
guns to the front from IJaiquiri.
Major General Shafter was at the
front and conducted the roconnois-
ance in person.
Tlie American troops had made no j has
attack than upon Agiiaclores or upon J ' of
the coast n jar the left wingof thjiu
vading army.
The town of El Gauey , or Caney ,
which commands the laud entrance
into Santiago de Cuba , was closj to
the American's right wing and was
expected to be taken without difficulty ,
as it was held l y only a small guard
of Spanish troops. Amarican scouting
parties went within 1,000 yards of
Caney without be.ing attacked.
The roads in that vicinity wercf.e-
paired and improved by our fcroopsin
order that artillery might l > cr moved in
that direction. Ifc is believed that the
investment of Santiago dj Cnlxi will
folhuv the capture- El Gauey.
There are about 5,000 Cubans oper
ating with the American army at the
front and the Spanish ) force defending
Santiago ue Cuba estimated at from-
l'i,000 to 20,000. In' addition , ab
already cabled , General Pando , the
Spanish military commander-in-the-
field , is marching from1 Manzanilio.
some l.7 miles west , with8,000 men ,
and unless checked by the small force
of Cubans holding the mountain
passes he could reach Santiago- his
elforts to support General Linares in : i
'
With telegraphic communication es
tablished near Santiago and a- wire
from General Shaf ter's headquarfers to
the cable oliice in Cuba , the President
and General Miles feel as if Washing
ton was practically as near to. the field
of operations as to Tampa , and tln
government assured of hearing of op
eration1 * as soon as they take place.
l-'rom several sources the War' do-
partmeret learns , that General Shafter
lias tak n the measure of the foeill -
numbers- l fighting ability. lie un
doubtedly considers that the ability of
the Spantiah army to fight , in the sense
that the United States soldiers regard
fighting , lias been dreadfully overesti
mated by the Hparcisirds. The brush-
at La Qwasina .served to increase tliib-
sii on * ( Lrcneral Shafter's part and tlio
later. Hight from. El Caney , close to-thc
border4 of- the city itself , is believed to-
have impressed , him : with , the idea that
they have- not much fight left in them.
StilL it ia-considcred not improbable
that the- Spanish commander may have
someplan. . o destruction for the
United Stsitcs forces not yet snspeeted.
account for the refusal to light or to
dispute the approach of Shatter , for
unless the roads were tiuderimiieti
with thousands of Lens of dj n.iuitc.
which tlnj Spaniards evidently did. not
possess , the destruction , would T > c lim
ited and there would still be : i large.
determined number of men.etdy to
rush into the midst of tlic- enemy as
tlie volunteers of Colonel Wood luid
swarmed over- the retreatiiKj Spzmiard ; ;
at La Quas'na.
LAWTON WAS AN ENLISTED : MAN
TbaEonsr nr-iltliuiy Service of tlie ITirst
Attacking Force's CmmnBiiilrr.
WASHINGTON , July. ' General Law
ton , who was. chosen for the important
aud responsible- duty of opening the-
battle by the i-anturv of Caney and
the interception , of Spanish rein
forcements uo\v Hearing Santiago.
is described as. a .gputl fighter and
soldier of exceptional ability. He-en
tered the array as-sergeant of Cmnpuny
K. Ninth Indiana , wlunteer iufanlry o
in April. ISOt , and was promoted
through merit on : the lield of battle to
first lieuteuaat of tlie Thirtieth Indi
ana infantry in August. 18. , i : to- cap
tain in May. IStV , : . aud iieutenaat col
onel in November. JSG4. In March ,
ISi'iS. he v.-us Urevetted colonel for gal-
laut and meritorious services during
the war. He entered the regular- army
in .luly. I siM. as second lieutenant of
the Forty-first infantry ( colored ) and
i-emaineii with tlint branch of the army
until January. 1S71. when h was-
transferred io the Fourth i-avary ,
with whicli lie remained until ISSa , .
wlien he wus appointed inspector gen
eral. ; with tiie rank oflujor. . He was
subsequently promoted to the rank of
lieutenant colonel and held that runic
until the opening of the war- with
Spain , when the President appointed
him brigadier general of volunteers
and assigned him to command a divis
ion of the Fifth army corps command
ed bv General Shafter.
Tlio Sul but Glorious Truth.
LONDON , -luly 2. Tim L'all Mall Ga-
xette's correspondent at Madrid tele
graphs from that city to-day that eold
ness exists between Captain General
Itlanco and Admiral Cervera , adding
that IJlanco ordered Cervei-a tti leave
Santiago de Cuba and the admiral re- j
plied that lie would be glad to leave ,
but his guns were dismounted , he was ' Hu
without coal and the American admiral -
miral was waiting outside.
Lei
Or
i
Kngl" ( l Decider for Us.
TOIJOXTO , Ontario. July - . A London - !
'
don c.'ible to the New York Evening j
Telegram says : The protest of the
Spanish ambassador against the putHo
ting together of the parts of the United
States dispatch Loat Gresham in
Canadian waters has elicited a reply j
from the British foreign office to the ; V , "
eil'ect that it i > not considered a breach
tlie neutrality law > . tii
bli
?
Irlxii AR-jliist nn Alliance.
NKW CASTI.K. X. IL. July ' . ' . The
annual banquet of the American Irish
O :
National society v/as held at the Went-
\vorth last night. Members from all 'I
over the country were present. A '
minute was adopted protesting against " .
the mooted Anglo-American alliance. (
to Do Spy in , ? . -
MONTUKAI. . July ' . The Montreal
Star s > ays that Carranza luus chartered \
schooner and gone to inspect with O.i
her the defenses of the Atlantic sea- 1' .
l.ar
cobt. :
- \
U. S. Gr.snt , Third , a Cadet.
WASHINGTON , July 3. The IVesident Oa [
appointed Ulysses S. Grantthird , '
Nov.- York a cadet to West Point. C
CHINA TO BE SAVED ,
Lord Salljliary Says * Time KnglumlVi
. . Policy Kvery Aid Is t ? Ho Given.
LONPO.V , July 1 L(6d Salisbury ,
the premier , addressing' ' the United
Club in this eity , last evening- , said :
"There fa a blnclc c'onrt on tlio horizon , on *
tlmt Uocs not affect us personally , but which
evokes the deepest swrow anil our largest de
sire for its removal. It l.s the vr.tr of two great
nations , between whom wo arc uoutral ona
bound to n < f by every tic of Kindred and simil
arity of Instltutloiw and religion ; ilia other
she state thut fought on our side -when w
struggled with thor threatening tyranny of the
Flrbt Napoleon. Watchlnjf this terrible war ,
we are bound to- abstain from erpressfng any
preference or any judgment on- either side * \V
know that In both1 cases the motives * were of
thte highest character.Vfe know that ttw
United States Is animatctl by elevated philan
thropy < , nnd that Spain' Inspired by that love
of independence i which- was the greatest prldrf
of at' anuiant nations.- etm only say that t
earnestly wish the day may speedily arrive
when this terrible slaughter between two na
tions will cease and- the world be restored to
peace.
" "With * this exception ; the' world' looks smil-
Inp enough toilspolitically. . The convention
wlth'.Franco'has rejtaoved the subject of conflict
between UsanJ'our ' mos t cultivated neighbor.
The'Soudan expedition , if successfully accom
plished. will be the greatest work- for civiliza
tion that England- has performed' ' In ; two or
three'enernilons-
"Thc'KOVCrnmcirtrs Chinese' policy is-fo'pre-
vent the Chinese empire from falling Into ruins.
to invite' it into1 paths of reform , to give it
every asslstance'ln'our power , to perfect Its de *
fensos and to-incrcaso'lts commercial prosper
ity. Thus-we should aid China nnd our.solvcs ,
It In imjisiblc that we should huvo the' surau"
influence over China as over India and Egypt ,
but I believe that , s > o far us railways are con'
cerned. our advantages will be fully- equal * ' . a-
those'of other nations. "
LEADERS IN THE HOUSE CLASH !
Champion * of tlio Tivo-Iartle
Acrimonious Debate.
W.VBIIIXOTOX , J\iiy. 11 Tlio House-
disposed of a number of measures , anil
incidentally enjoyed a speech fronnMr :
Allen , of Mississippi , which' precipi
tated a-political episode in which1 Air.
Grosvenur , Kepublican ; of Ohio , anil
JNIr. Ilailey , Democrat , of Texas.figured ,
as principals in bitterpcrsoaal debate.
3Ir- Allen :
proposedthat companyof
Congressmen be raised and' ' go-to-Cub v
under General Grosvenor. After send
ing the Indian- and sundry civil bills-
back for conference ; consideration !
of bills- from the military , affairs-
committee ; under the rale adopted
yesterday , proceeded. Xotable among
Ihu measures passedwere - thosa
providing for tlv * enlistment of1' cooks
in the army : providing" for the appoint
ment of military storekeeper for the
army ; providing for the protection o
harbor defenses andfortifications -
against wanton and malicious injury ,
and giving the secretary of war discre
tion to-permit any church or religions
sect to erect its house of worship upon
the West Point military reservation.
The last named bill precipitated con
siderable discussion , it being framed
at the instance of Catholic- effort , but
equal privileges to all churches.
HAWAII.- MUST RATIFY. IT. ,
Annexation"Will I < ol Uo aEacf as. Seem
as Xewlantlj Resolution Is.Adoptoil.
HONOLULU. July 1. The-Moana ar
rived at an , early hour this , morning
with rigging dressed. She brought
news for. which these islands have
watched and. waited , for months. It-
was to the effect that annexation had'
triumphed , in the House. . Tha-passage
of the annexation resolution , by Con-
gres'J will not perfect annexation. It
is a fact that the resolution- will have
to-pass botht houses of the Hawaiian ,
legislature before it can haveefreet. .
This will necessitate an , extra session
for the special purpose , as. it will be-
impossible to get the official papers.in.
hand from-Washington.before the pr
entee-isioa expires bv limitation- .
15rHish Comiclsslojii Sained ; .
LONDON , July JIt is. officially an.-
douneed that Queen Victoria has- ap
pointed high commissioners , in pur
suance of theagreements - signed at
Washinton on May 30 , for a joint com
mission to adjust the Canadian.-Ajij.e-L
can. di fferenees.
Well neasetl tYltli BrooJMs.
CitiCKAMAUGA FAHK , Ga. . July/t.
There- great satisfaction felt among-
the troops , here over the report from
Washington that Major General Urooke
will be appointed military governor o
PortoKieo. .
A smooth read never leads to suc
cess and a smooth sea never makes a
skillful navigator.
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