| Show TROUBLE AT MANILA it appears from a roundabout dispatch which is rather a stale one ane for these times being nine days old that there has been some severe fighting at manila between the american and spanish forces As has been reported the natives sulked in their tents and took no part at all it appears that a superior force of spanish attacked the american position at A malate a suburb of manilla and made two desperate charges both of which were repulsed with louses losses to the enemy of over killed and 00 wounded wound edL the injuries were not all on that side aid however the americans having suffered to the extent of nine killed and forty four wounded As an that was sp aft long ago and the disposition to fight la in so clearly manifest it is quite likely there has been and will be more of it there were several regiments or parts of regiments in the engagement on our side among them being captain youngs battery A which left here in may last it contained several salt lake boys and there will be some anxious relatives here and elsewhere and not without cause until the details come to hand and it is definitely know who the killed and wounded are it is not to be supposed for a moment that the utah contingent or any other having gone into the service with the expectation of fighting it necessary would do otherwise than show themselves as willing on the field as they have been elsewhere still the thought that they did their duty bravely and well will be an indifferent solace to the mothers whose anxiety shall prove to have been well founded were the boys not so far from home if they were where they could be reached even by communication within a reasonable time it would not be so bad perhaps with the ratification of the treaty of peace or even the suspension of hostilities tili ties the cable service might be restored but if such information had been transmitted on Satur saturday dat last it might take all the rest resit of this week for delivery at its destination meantime the fighting figh tiner doubtless goes on and awful work it may prove to be no matter how things may go at manila the insurgents are not likely to be satisfied if the city surrenders dera they will hive have to be placated in some way which may not be satisfactory to either of the other parties if it doel doe not surrender our forces may have baie to fight both bath spaniards and insurgents nta not nat jointly perhaps but se separately pa which is the worst way of all 6 the astonishment of spain at thi the summary destruction of the fleets beets ot of montijo and cervera to Is even surpassed by astonishment at the way Americ americana anig turn prisoners of war loose the spanish cabinet evidently has be been en so BO amazed at this governments offer tor to release all the men of Cerve cerveris veras rals fleet that it has been unable to make suitable a ae responses Lyn chers have complained long about the ineffective enforcement of the lawin certain cases those people in the south seem to have good foundation for complaint else the ly lyn ching parties there would be compelled to give 9 aa of the law an opportunity of en enforcing fording it once in a while dwle in a certain class of crimes |
