Hobson And Men Exchanged

Port Antonio, Jamaica, July 8. - [Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.] - Assistant Naval Constructor Richard P. Hobson of the fiagship New York and the seven seamen who, with him, sailed the collier Merrimac into the channei of the harbor of Santiago de Cuba on June 3 last. and sunk her there, were surrendered by the Spanish military authorities in for prisoners captured by the Anu -caa forces. Hobson and his men were escorted through the American lines by Captain Chadwick of the New York, who was awaiting them. Every step of their journey was marked by the wildest demonstrations on the part of the American soldiers, who threvv aside all semblance of order, scrambled out of the intrenchments, knocked over tent guys and other camp paraphernalia in their eagerness to see the returning héroes, and sent up cheer after cheer for the men who had passed safely through the jaws of death to serve their country. Courteous, but Very Formal. Te meeting between Colonel Astor and Major Irles was extremely courteous, but very formal, and no attempt was made by either of them to discuss any thing but the matter in hand. Major Irles was given his cholee of three Spanish lieutenants in exchange for Hobson and was also informed that he could have all of the fourteen men in exchange for the American sailors. The Spanish officers selected Lieutenant Aries, and the other two Spanish officers were eonducted back to J'flragua. It was then not later than 4 o'clock, and just as everything was finished and the two parties were separating. Irles turned and said courteously enough, but in a tone whlch indicated considerable deflance and gave his hearers the impresslon that he desired hostilities to be renewed at once: "Our understandlng is, gentlemen, that this truce comes to an end at 5 o'clock."