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Show A HOLIDAY EXPEDITION. losk Shm to he IholatarooMherorU Itlrnn Invasion Ponce, I'orlo Itlco, Aug I The In vas'om of I'orto Itlco by the American army haa many elements of holiday festivities The troops aro received by the natives with unbounded demon atratlona of Joy Thero haa been little fighting since the lending waa made Hevrral iinlm portent placea have surrendered with ont a ahot being fired and the Hpinlah regular are In full retreat ahead of tha American army Attempts by the Hpanlanle to blow p brldgra ami otherwise destroy the railroad between Yauco and l'onco failed, only a few flat rare being burn td Our troops have fired up the locomotive loco-motive and are now operating the in from end to end, carrying auppllea and men At Yauco, the Americana were wet romed In an ail treaa made by the at cslde and a public proclamation was Issued, dated "Yauco, I'orto Itlco, U. (, of America, July 37 " Major Webb Hayes of the Sixth Ohio, son of former President Hayes, hauled up the flag on the palace amid cheers from the opulace The people acemed really glad that the Americana were here, but they fear an uprising of the natives In the Interior, who, It la asserted, as-serted, will raid, kill and destroy property In revenge for many year of Spanish misrule, tlenrral Henry has rondo a report to III It effect to (leneral Miles and advises ad-vises that a guard bo left to protect the raptured cities. The empty transports trans-ports have left for Tampa. Tho news that Spain had consented to aue for peace was rrcelved here In a dispatch to the Associated I'rcaa and waa at once tali en to Orncral Mllea. The general wrinkled hla grave brow when ho read It and aald ho did not know what effect It would hare on hla I tpcdltlon, but ho proposed to push on ihcad and take Hsn Juau, pending or Jcra from the president. The Aasoril ited Press dispatch boat curried the Information nut to the fleet, and there waa a celebration at tho first Indication Indica-tion of weakening on Hpaln'a part, Outaldn of the typhoid fever on the transports and In (luanlca, the general health of the army contlnuea excellent excel-lent and them haa been uo traco of fellow fever thus far. (leneral Jose (Isrcla, who Is In coin-mend coin-mend of the Hpanlsh regulars not bo llevlng to number more than Coo was deserted by most of the Hpanlsh vol nntecrs In hit command during the night and they began straggling back to the city with the dawn They Immediately Im-mediately presented themselves to tho provost marshal and aurrenderrd their arms The appearance of tho vol u nicer a aroused In the breasts of tho natives, who hsd suffered at their handt In the past, etpcclslly the political prisoners who were released when we took the city, a desire for revenge and they began be-gan to ferret out all the Hpanlarde In the city who had ever Ixcn In the volunteer vol-unteer aerrlce and dragged them to the plaxa llloodhoundt could not have been more aavage, for most of the ripantarda In hiding, when discovered, were dragged drag-ged by jeering, hooting moba to Hen W llaon'a hcadqunrtea or to the provost niartbal'a office In the uiuutclpal building. build-ing. Homo of the natives even began looting therealdcncraof the Hpanlanle. They mistook HUrty for license and were orated with a thirst for revenge, (leneral Wilson, however, soon taught that revenge could not bo wreaked uudcr the protection of our flag and premptorlly ordered that the arrest of Hpanlsh suepect should ceaae. Hucli volunteer aa presented themselves them-selves were, however, received and released re-leased after their numts had been taken. They will all report tomorrow and bo formally paroled. Many of them had been forced Into the service of Hpaln to escape prosecution. |