Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-12-19
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An Uprising at AssAiAi;i, i'm watch see
People Were skilled.

Am Uprising at Bahia, i'm watch see
People Were Qkiiiod.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 15.-4h he steamship
Horrox arrived here today from Brazil.
She left Rio Janeiro on November Esd.
Although everything appeared quiet st
Rio Captain Hanriag says he heard many
Fumors which indicated that the news of
the charge of government had not been
received with an entire degree of calm
ness. One man, De CANA bs name. y col
lactor OF customs, held on TO the flags of
the empire and refused to remove from
his uniform the buttons on which were
stamped the crown. Threats were of no
avail, and tho collector looked himself up
IN his house to escape the wrath OF the
Republicans.
Ten days after the news of the depos-
ing OF the emperor had been made public
De CANA submitted to the demands of
the new government, removed the oojeo-
tionable buttons and gaze up the impe.
rial flags. De Cana was not deprived of
his office, and number Of men who held
Office under the emperor were were re-
tanned in the same position By the re-
public.
On the second day Of the revolution q
cipher dispatch was received al Rio
Janeiro announcing that thsre had been
an uprising at Bahia, and that fight
bad taken place between the militia and
citiz ma. aud that nearly 500 people had
been killed. Captain Henning said that
the government at once stopped all
cipher teleYraphio communication and
placed strict watch on all the ordinary
messages TINT were sent on the wires.
The Republicans left no stone Cnturned
to accomplish their purpose. SO COM
plets were their arrangements thnt when
the republic was announced all of the
imperial vessels that for weeks had been
lying i'll the harbor were 80 fixed that IL
was impossible for them to participate in
any uprising that might have possibly
occurred. The man of-war Kithercy had
been placed in u dry dock several days
before, and was half dismantled when
the Republicans made their great move.
EIGHT 1MPERIALIsTs INcARCERArED.
Besides Collector De CANA there were
several naval officers who refused to sub.
nit to the Republicans; but, unlike De
Cana, their fate Ia unknown. 1t was or
the first night OF the revolution thGi
these officers, eight in number, are said
to havs deaed tho authority OF the new
government. The story goes that the
men climbed on the Liverpool steamer
Chatham, which lay at her dock AND
securing boat rowed out into the her
Dor bearing aloft the Imperial hag.
party Of Republicans gave chase in an
other boat, and come shots were ex
changed, The naval officers were cap
tured and incarcernted in the prison o.
one of the small islands IN the barber
None of the men had been seen up TO tht
time the Horrox left Rio, anil Captain
Hennipg said that the general belief o
the people was that they had been sectetl.
shot in prison, as the noise OF the dis
charge OF firearms had been heard in tn
prison the next day by some people Wh'
! were near the spot.
Ltsp7N, Dec. l5.-The Viscount d
o no Preto, tho Brazilian Imperial Prim
! Mingter, has issued manifesto 20 tn
/ people of Brazil, He deals first with tn
position OF affeira or The eve OF the revn
| luton in Brazil and tbs information
! which the government possessed con
oernirg the movement. lie says it wa
impossible to crush the plCtters, az tt
government could not rely upon officer
or soldiers, and was betrayed by the lead
ere OF the army Ind navy, including tn
, Mipieter Of war Maeasaju.
< The ministry continually received o.
? srpeuco of loyalty from various miiitar
officers who thus sought 20 mask the co.
. spirGcy against the throne. "Laraoaiu,
I says Preto, ''Ooted throughout the par
] OF traitor to his colleagues. lie ave
i went 60 far as, under the guise of otiici,
; business, to conduct me to the plao
where 1 waa arrested" Preto prccesd
10 describe the treatment ha received i
prison He aealares that a platoon c
: soldiers was kept in readiness to sho.
9 him if his trends offered an armed r,
i AistanCe.