The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

sessr Received - the Navy Deparsm sne
| from Adsntrai NeCsnn--Sosne NJ the late
| Esent~ ~ the War Dcsniled-The Imsur-
| gent Sesseis Now Concentrated Mainly
About the Nitrate Ports.
| WAsni>oroN. June a0.-The follow
ing letter has been received az the
navy department from Admiral Nc
rann:
UNIFIED STATES FLAGSHIP BALTIMORE
ivtixtE, tniLf. May Is. 1881
There have been no military ~ naval op.v.
Mions ~ Importance In tho northern PROV
lncc- recently. Admiral Hotham whn kecps
himself well informed concerns events Nv
MS cruisers moving tp and down the coast.
writing from coquii,'bo. ON the 18th inst. IN
forinsd nc that all ths revolutionary squad.
ron had gone north from Caidcra. and thus
only a" or no men were left Ia garrison Cal.
aera and t"plspo. that the Iluascar had
grounded IN Caitcrx bay during the night
out nad Succeeded IN getting afioat again.
since the loss ~ the Hlanco Encaiada.
most ~ the insurgcnt forces are concentra.
ing about the nitrate ports. The only en-.
Client vessels refnal ming a. the Insurgents
arr thc hua~car and Esmeraida (the latter
last heard % AT Acapulco) and the AlmIrante
Coehrnne. the remainder u made M OF a
lew OLD gunboats and armed Transports. tho
broken down and worn out remains az the
'hiiian navy. There Is. Therefore. little or
no probability ~ a demonstration by water
against Valparaiso or other southern ports
~ tile revolutionary fleet. As I have pre-
vlou~ly reported 20 the department hut m
tue contrary thr government torpedo cruis-
sr~. Alinlrsnte Lynch and Altnirantc Con-
dell and the armed transport imperial.
keep the lnsufgent vessels Ina motion aud
me nitrate ports IN a constant state OF al arm
by Threatening attacks.
the Condell appeared on this port. over
haulct vessel ia the ofiing and crnised
about Tor some time, when the Aimirantc
toctirune. which had returned 70 her an.
cnoraSe after cruising outside all night got
up steam and went in pursuit. soon after
which the condell appeared OFF Pisagna,
where two gunboats also joined in tho pur.
suit
Again. on the 18th. the Imperial appeared
on this port JUST before dark and opened a
rapid fire, the object ~ the arin- could not
be discovered. A. no other vessels were in
-ght IN the citing The Cochrane AMI the
gunboat oliiggin~ stood out toward III. I'm
rerial. after which nrlng was again heard
until late hour. but with what results
could not b. learned.
just before these vessels went In pursuit
q 1.-THE Imperial. ali NJ 10 ~ M one ~ their
torpedo launches between the O'IIigglns
ana this ship. but nearer the former was nc-
cldentslly blown up by it, own torpedo and
sank immediately. drowning two aud NOR
talls wouuding four Of her crew OF eight
men, One ~ the dead bodies was brou .ht
alongside the Baltimore. and was soon after
sent shore
The Condc:i attacked Tsitai on the 2i~t.
burning the government building and the
cn~ton house. TN I'll. 18th the Cocnrane
Nagcllanc-. Amazonas and small collier
left igulgnr and stood 20 the southwark. 10
protect that locality The speed 81 the Con-
dell and Imperial t. such that they east y
rluic pursuit and may turn up most unex-
pected'y ~ any port.
The Pensacola arrived az Iqui.nc on the
morning ~ the gth 81 May. four days from
Valparaiso. and on the 2z,i she was ordered
10 coal and proceed 20 Africa.