The Republican journal., 1892-05-19

any conception of the dignity of Uncle
Samuel official seal The other day.
when the Alliancia was in port here, Zone
OF the New York and Brazil mail steam
ship line), some of the crew, according to
custom, were permitted to 90 on shore. 1t
happened that a riot took place in the Rua
do Ouvidor that evening, in which two OF
three scores of citizens were killed. Our
sailor-boys determined to keep we'll out of
the melee and steered so far around that
central street that they got lost in the
suburbs and We're obliged to enquire their
way back to the docks of some passing
soldiers. Instead of securinga civil reply
to their civil question, the sailors were
as ''suspicious characters, where they
were confined all night in large, bare
room which was 50 crowded with other
prisoners that it was impossible to lie
down, OF even to sit in comfort, standing
room being at a premium and fresh air
above price. And despite their protests,
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the American Consul came to their rescue,
about noon the next day.
The latest row in this unhappy coun-
Try comes unexpectedly from certain nav
al and military officers, who have all
along been supposed to be PeiNotta'
closest friends But the latter Went
rather too far in his wholesale de
capitation of legally elected Governors,
some OF whom were also personal friends
OF relatives OF the officers aforesaid. The
first intimation of disaffection in that i'm
portant quarter which Peixotto received
(whose name by the way, is pronounced
Pay ee-h no toe) came in the shape OF a red
hot newspaper manifesto a startling hint
in this land of closely supervised publica-
tion>. PeiNotto promptly replied by pub
fishing a decree to the effect that the
thirteen protesting officers, who We're all
young men, belonging to prominent and
wealthy families. were placed upon the
retired st'-but a big pension was
given to each as a sort of paciticr. Two
of the valiant young warriors however,
fearing the consequences of what they had
done, turned their coats back again with
slight of hand celebrity and published a
retraction of their manifesto before the
issuing OF the decree. As a reward for
red from the retired to the preserved"
OF second class list, with increase of pen
sion.
Then Vice Admiral Eduardo Walden
l1olk and Major General Jose BMuetto
printed second manifesto, utterly de
| climing to be retired on any terms and re-
fusing point blank to recognize Pcixotto' 5
authority over them. Admiral Walden
kolk, as his name implies, is of German
| Spanish parentage. WAS President Fon-
SEGA $ Minister OF Marine. and is one of
| the most influential men in Brazil. be
sides being well and favorably known in
the |. s., where he has spent much ri
| his time. General Barrctto is equally
prominent by reason Of distinguished
military career and a family of great
wealth and social position, and therefore
thcir Sudden change of base toward the
Disturbed ami lettering Republic has pro
| duccd AN immense sensation. PeiNotto
has recently perretratcd another tiaSco
by >uspending 'otiicial guarantees at
Rio fur - hours. which means martial
law and is construed as leading up to an
assumption of military Dictatorship over
all Brazil.
To-day, ii is announced that a rousine
demonstration has occurred in Bahia
against PciXotto, in favor of the lately
deposcd Fonseca; and another of like ma
ture is now going on in a southern PROV
ince: while in various other sections the
people are clamoring as loudly for a res
toration of the monarchy.
In all this England is more OF less mix
ed up: but as in every great loss there is
gain to somebody, the thrifty Britons in
Brazil are not losing money. Under the
direction of English bankers exchange
continues to decline. the instability of the
present government being given as the
cause. and the fact that the balance of
trade is in favor of England The two
great tinanciers of this country are Mr..
Maysink, an Englishman, and Senior Fl
gueredo, native brazilian. The latte,
gentleman organized the Banco Nacional
some two years before the fall of the en-
pire, and obtained for his bank the prjvi-
lege of issuing legal tender notes by de
posting with the National Treasury one
half the amount in gold This gave to
his house a share OF the importance which
had long been monopolizcd by the Bank
OF Brazil. After the revolution Mr. Nav
sink, a particular friend of the new Min
lister Of Finance under the Provisional
Government. as his rival Senior Fi"ucr-
edo, was chum of the Prime Minister OF
the Monalchy- organized the Banco dos
Estados Cnidos do Brazil. and obtained
, for it as many favurs as the old Banc,
, Nacional had previously enjoyed, viii
, the added advantage of bein" Obliged t,
deposit only one third the amount in colo