New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-26

any Of the party was when Ia Defence and the
DcsSalineS were ordered to lombard st. Marc Both
vessels had guns board and plenty OF powder, but
no cannon balls or other kind Of ammunition. They
sailed boldly up TO ST. Marc. however, and fired blank
charges. battery the mountain side opened upon
the ships Of and small shot struck the hull OF
la Defence whcrcupon tho bombarling feet incon-
tncnty put 10 evidently Influenced by the con.
sid"rat!on that ships which fight with blank cartridges
and sail away might be able TO back some other
time when the enemy should exhaust his ammunition.
CAUSE FOR REMOv =.
Captain Fisher had charge OF the Panama for a day
Two, but he summary removed for
other rraSOn that be could Imagine than
that he had made uncompI.mrntary remarks
about the manner In which a cOOrcd officer managed
gunhoat of which hc had command The day after
he had INDUCED In this criticism Captain Fisher was
invited to 90 ashore and upon LANDING found himself
under arrest. lie was allowed to wander about the
place no pleased, but kept constantly
under the guard OF squat OF native
soldiers. lie could secure no explanation and took
tho situation phIosophcaly. According u pIumer
he Is thr,' yet
No money was paid to any OF the mon untl they
had made many attempts Ia get It. General Con
u"ras Interested himself in their beASf and they
got their first months wages In small instalmen's.
The manner in which the secured the kindly
office, Of the General was peculiarly American. The
should appear and then bcScgcd him with an impor-
tuuity that would have reflected credit upon a Light
niE s-r'si a book agent III scl!-dcfcnre the
General was compelled to promise that he would do
all he could for the men, |, noticed that on
each occasion when the men received money 1t was
after General ConrcIas had visited the French gun
boat hat lay in the harbor. This caused the men
to form all opinion that the money came from that
VESSEL, bat, OF course. they could not be tina,
France acting a Leg tines banner.
THEY HAD ENoUEH OF HAYTI.
After ar experience OF one month In flayt the
men concluded that they had hal enough Df H. and
applied for and received money fol their pdssd-'
lone. Engineer Lawson returned with Hamilton.
Who had broom" insane AMI Males Mc'rrG1r and
Maxwell went u Turk, Island. hoping tO catch Il
tteamrr thor" for New-YWh Plumcr wcnt 10
Havana, Cruising thence 10 Florida, and by rail Ia
Srv York, arriving home Tuesday. Tho others
took various routes according 10 individual Juds
uent and OF them probably stll on the way
Tho Panama a vessel not herotoior" known a.
part Of Irg!tlm|s navy. Is u big tugboat formerly
brown IN New-YOrk harbor a the Luis Iluylcr
An effort male at Port ahPrncC
to arm her with a 24-pound PARROT gun, but the
gun fell out Of the snes into the water while they
v,ru trying put 1t OH board, and It still lies Oh
the sandy bottom.
KNIVES AND FORKS FOR AMMUSITIoS.
Pluln"r says that the DcsSallnc> had one biz
Misunderstanding gun, Which was uNel Tor hrlhG salu>
The Haytar>. he says, fond Of making a bic
noise, and they used To load tho gun with heavy
blank charges every time they fr~ IT, As sante'
were fired every po>sbl" pricSt, III" CUR was
kept loafcd IN constant readiness ono day tho
culprrd stewart was washing dishes on II" gun
drrk and after drying the knives and forks looked
around for place To lay them down temporarily
The muIylr Of tho big gun was al his elbow, AND
he placed them in that while 10 went about some
other work In the meantime a general appearI'I
AT the shore about to embark I'm A Syall boat. In
great haste the was run ont OF the loH 10 mr.
customary salute. III" vessel was u'Ily h'N
hi,udr.l ward, from the shore and the gun happened
IL, hr amrd for the house OF Genera! C"ntria>
lang, went tho gun and twO or thr,r doLeE knives
and forks went scr-rhing through tn" air
minutes later tho natives saw these useful tahie
in,prmcuts Sticking I'm fantastic positions all over
he side uf General Contrrar'S house. Tie incident
wa, valuable a. a suggestion, for men were az once
~nt nit To- collect missiles OF various kinds to serve
H. ammunition a., ,
kctrhsm was the only member OF the parry
who was atack KIDD ~ fever but according to PInmci
All ~ the men wor,' sick OF their bargain.