2 ARMY OF PORTO RICO MANY TROOPS READY TO EMBARK NO JOIN GEN. MILES. Tbs Sixth Cavalry Stalled for Tampa Yesterday. A Ship Loading lor the Commissary Department. At Newport the Delay Becoming Vexations. Tampa, Fla., Aug. 3.—At daylight yesterday morning the Sixth cavalry began breaking camp and loading bag gage and tentß into cars. There are lour troops of this regiment, but as no horses were carried by the troops sent to Santiago, the men left here have had U> care for the 1,300 horses belonging to ■the regiment. Everything was loaded and the regiment started for Fernan dina In the afternoon. Transports have begun to arrive at Fort Tampa, and the movement from Tampa to Porto Rloo will begin as goon as the ships can be loaded. The 'Arkansas began loading with grain, hay and commissary supplies on Mon day. and will be the first to leave. The side-wheel steamer Clinton and the Mallory steamer San Marco were re leased from quarantine last night and as soon as coaled will begin loading. The Saratoga Is expected up to-day and will also begin loading. One regiment of regular cavalry, one sf regular Infantry, three of volunteer Infantry and six batteries of artillery •will constitute the force that will sail from here under the command of Gen eral J. J. C'oppinger, commander of the Fourth army corps. The artillery will be under the command of Brigadier General J. I. Rodgers. Situation at Newport. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 3.—General Grant's brigade of nearly 4,000 men encamped at Newport, Is getting restless. Sick ness, too, has broken out among the troops, and several men are sent to the field hospital at Fort Monroe ev ery day. Several typhoid and malarial fever patients were removed to the hospital to-day and there are many cases of mumps and measles. Three patients were sent away from the One Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana, nine from the First Kentucky and forty from the Third Kentucky. The delay In starting to Porto Rico Is due to the absence of the transports, the Hudson being the only one here at present. Large amounts of stores, clothing and ammunition were sent from the com missary department at Norfolk yester day from Newport News; but will have to lie there until the transports ar rive. The First South Carolina, regiment of volunteer infantry, which was expected on Sunday, had not arrived, up to this afternoon. A welcome visitor in Camp Grant to day was the paymaster, who arrived with 3100,000 to pay the men off. First Sergeant Brewer of Company M, Third Kentucky, dlei yesterday of typhoid fever. He was a son of Cap tain Brewer of the same company. The two colored companies of Nor feik-L&ngston and National Guard were yesterday mustered into the ser vice of the United States and will camp •near Richmond. They are excellently drilled and equipped. The loaded collier Caesar, one of VFatsor.'s fleet, started for sea this morning, but quickly returned. It is not known why she was recalled. Mn.t Know the ltnaion Why. Washington, D. C„ Aug. 3.—General ■hafter has been officially railed down by the secretary of war for his con duot in permitting our troops to be sent home from'"Santiago in vessels that were not In fit condition to convey thera home, vessels Inadequately supplied ■with the necessities of life, without pure water and without medicines or sufficient medical attendance. General Corbln said last night: "I have done everything In my power to have the sick soldiers brought home as they should have been and I have been greatly distressed at the reports of the conditions of things on the Seneca and Concho. "Matters reached a climax last eve ning," continued General Corbln, "when the secretary of war sent an official dis patch to General Shatter informing htm of the reports here as to the con dition of the Concho and the sick sol diers on this vessel, and telling him that he would have to be prepared to an swer for himself any orltlclsms that might arise and vindtoate his cause at the end of ths line. General Shatter was aleo ordered not to permit anv sick soldiers In the future to be brought to this country exoept on vessels suita ble for their conveyance, and that here after all euch ships must be with all the necessaries in the way of food supplies and medicines and be In charge of a commissioned officer and a regular army surgeon." , Prlio Steamer Sold. New Tork. Aug. 3.—There were only two b1d8—3125.00U and 3130,000—when the prize steamship Gutdo was put up at auction yesterday at the Mallory line dock. Pier 20, East river. The auctioneer refused to give the name of the first bidder, but ft was said that the bid was made to protect the sailors who captured the ship and am ong whom the prize money will be di vided. For four minutes there was no other bid. Then W. D-. Muneon bid 1130,000 t and as there was no advance for three minutes, the ship and her equipment were knocked down to Mr. Munson, who said he acted for the New Tork and Cuba Mall Company. Allotment of Bonde. Washington, Aug. 3.—lt was learned yesterday at the treasury department that there Is now little doubt that sub scriptions for war revenue bonds, ranging In amount from 32,600 to 33,600, will be aHotted. This will be good news to the subscribers, who, while they do not oome under ths head of small sub scribers, who took amounts ranging from 360 to 3100, do not represent the banking interests. It was believed, not kmg ago, that allotments of 36,000 would be made, afterward Mils amount was reduced to 34,600, and now a still further reduction ls.mado. Jt is not believed that any subacrlp- UnnTover 18,640 will be rewarded wtth an allotment of beads. THE TERMS OF PEACE. Blftte Department Mnke, Public the An swer to Spnln. Washington. August 3.—.The following statement was given out at the state department late yesterday: "In order to remove any misappre hension in regard to the negotiations as to peace between the United States and Spain. It is deemed proper to say that the terms ollered by the United States to Spain in the note handed to the French ambassador on Saturday last are in substance as follows: "The president does not now put for ward any claim for pecuniary indem nity, but requires the relinquishment of all claim of sovereignty over, or ti tle to, the island of Cuba, as well as the immediate evacuation by Spain of the island; the cession to the United States and immediate evacuation of Porto Rl co and other islands under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies; and the like cession of an island in the La drones. The United States will hold and occupy the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and govern ment of the Philippines. "If these terms are accepted by Spain in their entirety, it is Btated that com missioners will be named by the Uni ted States to meet commissioners on the part of Spain for the purpose of concluding a treaty of peace on the ba sis above indicated." As will be observed, the statement shows that the announcement of the administration plan in these dispatches last Wednesday afternoon was authen tic. The only point of divergence is the inclusion in yesterday's statement of a proposal to retain possession of one is land in the Ladrone group. The Ladrone clause is inserted In the terms of peace as a sort of make weight. If Spain consents to all the rest of the terms and stands out on the Ladrone question, she can have this whole group of islands back intact for the asking. As a matter of fact we have no use whatever for Guam or any other La drone island in Its neighborhood. If we should establish a coaling station there we should probably pay a good round sum for the expense of stooking it up and supplying it with necessary de fences. and then we should And that it lay too far off the track of any com merce now in progress, or any in which we are likely to engage. This is the prophecy made by men who have made a study of the Eastern question on its commercial as well as its military side and from the point of view of the Uni ted States, some of those who are most assured that we have no use for the Ladrones or any part of them are nev ertheless strong advocates of our pos sessing and holding the Philippines, which shows that their view of the La drone question is not due to any preju dice against the imperialistic or colo nial idea as a whole. The supposition has been from the start that the Spanish government would stickle ever the terms of peace when first presented, no matter how severe or how mild they might be. Tinder these circumstances It might be desirable to give Spanish pride a bridge on which to cross the abyss of total disaster. With the lack of geo graphical knowledge among the Span ish people, If the Madrid cabinet should say. "We have secured an Important modification of the proposals as first presented, the Americans were glad to yield what we asked for the sake of making peace," It would help Madrid out of a bad place and It would not do Washington any hurt, and the Ladrone feature of the peace terms could be used for the purpose of conceding the "important modification," and afford ing Madrid a cue for harmless but per haps necessary dramatics. TYPHOID FEVER AT CAMP ALGER. The Kutlre Second Division to lie Moved. Two Deaths. Washington, Aug. 3.—The typhoid fe ver epidemic at Camp Alger continues to spread, and orders have been lsßUed to move the entire Second Division to farms south of the present camp site. The Second Division now occupies the camp originally selected. It has been found that the removal of the First di vision to Dun Lorlng has not accom plished the desired results, as all but one of the wells drilled there have been condemned. Two typhoid patients died yesterday. They were Privates A. W. Stockholm, Company Q, Thir teenth Pennsylvania, and Fred Fay, Company G, Twelfth Pennsylvania. Forty suspected cases were reported and there are fifty men of the One Hun dred and Fifty-ninth Indiana, In addi tion to these, who Bhow slight symp toms of typhoid. Of the 106 men in Company G, Twelfth Pennsylvania, on ly forty-eight could report for duty yes terday. The plans for a review of the corps by the president have been abandoned until the change of camping grounds has been completed. The review by Secretary Alger will follow both of these events. •Spain Aoceptg London, Aug. 3.—The Madrid corre spondent of the Dally Mail says: "The government has accepted the principle of the American conditions, but the ac ceptance will not be made public until inquiries to Washington on matters of detail have been settled, thuß rounding off the preliminary basis.'L. The Gibraltar correspondent of the Dally News, telegraphing Monday eve ning, says: "The censorship is dally becoming more severe, and little is known beyond the fact that peace Is assured. It Is understood that the note from America asks only part of the Philippines, and that, Benor Bagasta having replied that the terms will bo accepted, hostilities are consequently suspended. Bendlne Ronia the Spanish PriaaMri, New York, Aug. 3. J. M. C?eballos, the New York manager of the Spanish Transportation line, said yesterday the first transports of the Hne, which has the contract for taking the surrendered Spanish troops at Santiago back to Spain, had arrived at Santiago. The work of embarking 1,800 soldiers was immediately begun. The transport Is the Alicante from Martinique. Mana ger Cebaliea destined to state what other transports are expected t Santi ago. , THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA Ecclesiastical Amusements. With a deep, earnest and true love of the church of God, a sincere desire to promote its interest, and under a solemn sense of duty, the present writer takes this occasion to express, with nil candor, his views in regard to the subject nnmed. Shrinking from the idea and responsibility of offending one of the little ones that believe in Christ, lie will speak plainly, but very kindly, in reference to the multiplied Church entertainments, such as fairs, festivals, concerts, tableaux, umuteur theatricals, and the like, resorted to to raise money for the advancement of church interests. These methods of raising money, professedly for £he ad vancement of the Lord's cause, the writer honestly believes to lie contrary to the precepts and example of God's word. Therefore they cannot lie pleas ing to him. They are counterfeit methods of giving, and cultivate a bo gus benevolence. The simple method of freewill offer ings was approved in the divine econ omy and all other methods virtually condemned. Let the candid reader carefully study Exodus 35. 5, 21, 28; 2 Corinthians Bth and 9th chapters ; Luke 6. 35 ; and Matthew 10. 8. One-tenth or more, cheerfully and directly given, was the law of the Old Testament stewardship, and it is the privilege of the New. We do not hear of Moses instituting a grand carnivnl or bazaar, to draw the surronuding heathen to his camp, to help raise money to build the tabernacle, and if we did read it, it would be a subject of scorn and derision. Nor do we read in any of Paul's Epistles a suggestion to the saints of Corinth, or elsewhere, to get up some amateur theatricals, or Isthmian games to raise money for the poor saints of Jerusalem. Nor do we ever hear of his having exhorted Lydia or other women, to get up a grand fair, festival, baby show, or anything of the kind to raise money for any Christian or godly purpose. But he did exhort them to lay by them on the first day of the week as God had prospered them, in order to meet the necessary requisitions that were upon theiri. It is thus from the sacred word that we learn what and how is the divine plan for the manifestation of our Christian charity, and we have a right to infer, that no other plan Will meet the divine , approbation. The modern plans allud ed to above we are constrained to pro nounce as belittling to the cause of re ligion, contemptible, and sometimes positively dishonest. What think you, the Master would say, of a bevy of vain and bedi/.zened young ladies, facinating and cornering susceptible young men to sell them commodities above value and which they do not want ? Or what think you he would say of the many devices like grab bugs, fish ponds, ring cakes, and rallies, involving the gumbling principle? Still further what would he say of people claiming to he mem bers of his church, peddling out small wares nnd fun to the world, or getting up a variety show, ormilkmaid's drill, to replenish his treasury ? Is not all this belittling to the Church, dishonor ing to God, and contemptible in the eyes of the world ? We do not wonder that an avowed infidel said : "I think your God must be in great need of money by the tricks the Churches practice to get it for him." Many, and indeed all, truly pious men and women grieve over these things and some of those who aid and attend these performances do not ap prove them. Why then have they not courage and conscience enough to wit ness against theni? No intelligent Christian can ask God's blessing upoh such practices, nor expect it to rest upon money so secured. A contemporary journal says : "The primitive Churches had their feast of charity or love, where social inter course of strictly religious character was enjoyed by the disciples of the Lord. Instead of these ancient and pious festivals, we are now accustomed to a class of social gatherings of an en tirely ditlerent character, which are inaugurated and perpetuated for the speoial purpose of obtaining money. "When church members ure truly converted to God, and have a religion that goes pocket deep, there will be 110 need of calling iu the flirts and fops and loafers of the town to dicker over rag dolls and rubber babies, and other tomfooleries, to raise money for the support of the gospel." If churches cannot live without dishonoring the Lord, let them die de ccnly and speedily. Then there may be room for others which will bear good fruit, and if ministers of the gospel can not be supported without resorting to suuh means to obtain a livelihood, let them go into worldly business with their backslidden churches, and leave room for men whom God has really sent to preach his word. The God commissioned messenger, sent to warn a slumbering world of approaching judgment, will not be dependent upon such sources for his support. These methods objected to abate and correct the spirit of gospel benevolence in the church, and bring it under bon dage to the world. Instead of acts of □=□ CASTORIA For Infants and Children. CASTORIA The Kind You Have Y 6 similnUng tteFoOdandHegula- _ M Bears the J EromotesT3^esß6ft,Cheerful- f ncss and HesLGonfalna neither r / Jf ■ Opium ;MorphinO noripneral. U1 /[V *\ JT Not Nabg otic. ML iWIT <* oid n-SAMWummn t \jrYft' i \X ' iicxAtlU SJtt - I m ■ Is- (v dr The S§SBau J JJL f* * . A perfect Remedy forConslipa- g\| Af It 111 U tion.SourSromach.Diarrhoea, I lat Worms .Convulsions .Feverish.- 1 U ... ll* nessondLoss or Sleep. gyjj "facsimile Signature of Always Bought. pMifflflq pACTfIDIA EXACT COPT OF WRAEHEB. I VIftHVR 'The cleaner 'tis, the cosier 'tis." What is home without STOVE NAPTHA, the Cheapest and Best Fuel on the market. With it you can run a Vapor Stove for one-hall cent per hour. Give us a call and be convinced. W. O. Holmes, Bloomsburg, Pa. Eshleman & Wolf, " L. E. Wharey, " W. F. Hartman, ' " worship and exercises of benevolence, they are scenes of carnival, revelry, and self pleasure. They foster the worldly sprit of self-indulgence, in stead of the Christian spirit of self-de nial, as designed by the institution of the almsgiving. They are tricks of traffic with the Lord, and devises by which to give hiin what costs them nothing s They may be called "Giv ing made easy—patents for the conven ience of stingy saints." '1 he Sunday School Time H, some years ugo became satirical, and witli good cause, iu s]K>aking of modern Sunday school drama and church fair, thus: "'And now, brethren, let us get up a supper and eat ourselves rich,' said a Presby terian elder, in keen satire on the church fair plan, when his church was proposing indirect methods of raising money for new and necessary expend itures. 'Buy your food,' he said, 'then give it to the church. Then go buy it back ngain. Then eat it up, and your church debt is paid.' " Many of these practices are evil in their desecration of our places of wor ship. Even if we do not regard places now as consecrated, like the Temple, all agree in the importance and expe diency of hallowed associations. The place of the transfiguration was after ward called the Holy Mount. Rever ence in worship is naturally connected with reverence for the sanctuary of worship. The command, "Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord," has never been made void. But what strange feelings may sometimes come over us in the sanctuary on Sunday, where a few evenings before, we witnessed some such performances as have been witnessed, by Sunday school children and others, in the same house. In a certain church, not long since, a stran ger witnessed what was called a "liter ary entertainment." As it was pro gressing, he asked a friend to wliat the church was dedicated. He replied, "We dedicated it to the Lord, but to-night we liave dedicated it to Shakespeare, Dickens, and Bret Hurte and such desecration of churches is by no means an uncommon thing. Sad is so, and more sad the results. We honestly and earnestly ask and entreat and beseech OASTORIA. Bean the Kind You Have Always Bought all true lovers of Christ and of his church to study this matter closely and candidly ; note the spirit that is manifested and the results which follow, in regard the spirituality of the church, und ask themselves, as in the sight of the All-seeing One, can these things contribute to the glory of God or the advancement of his cause? Be candid, be earnest, be prayerful, then answer to your own convictions of right and duty, How ministers can favor and tolerate such tilings in their churches, oY consent to receive any part of their salaries from such sources is not for us to say. To their own Master they stand or fall. WHAT MOODY SAYS : The evangelist, Dwight L. Moody, is correct in what lie says, ns follows : Then, another thing, I think, that grieves the Spirit is the miserable policy of introducing questionable en tertainments. There are lotteries, for instance, that we have in many of our churches. If a man wants to gamble, he does not have to go to some gam bling den ; lie can stay in the church. And there are fairs—bazaars, as thoy call them—where they have minings and grab bags. Ahd if lie wants to see a drama, he don't need to go to the theatres, for many of our churches are turned into theatres ; and he may stay right in the church and witness the acting. I believe all these things grieve the Spirit of God. I believe when we bring the church down to the level of tlie world, to reach the world, we are losing all the while and grieving the Spirit of God. But some say if we take that standard and lift it up high it will drive away a great many members from our churches. I believe it, and I think the quicker they are gone the better. The above article on Ecclesiastical Amusements will be published in tract form. You will do a good work by distributing this tract. Price 25 cents per hundred, 4 cents per doz. postpaid. W. B. Cummings, Bloomsburg, Pa. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Fine PHOTO GRAPHS and CRAYONS at R. B. GROTZ, Bloomsburg. The best are the cheapest TID-BITS FOR MA' HONEY! and tender little juicelets for the chil dren, are all right, but papa and "the boys" want a good, big, juicy steak, roast or chop when business or school duties are over, and we can cater to them all. Our stock of prime meats is unexcelled for quality, and we send them home in fine shape. J. K. KEIFCR THE MARKETS. BLOOMSBURG MARKETS. CORRKCTID WBBELT. RETAIL TRIORS. 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