The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-22
COLUMBUS CARAVELS.
THE SPANISH FLEET ARRIVES
AT HAMPTON ROADS.
The Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta
lowed Into the Harbor Amid
the Booming of Cannon.

FORTRESS MONROE, April 81. - The
three Columbus caravels arrived at 1890
o'clock this morning in tow of the Span
ish warships, and were received with
great thunders of salutes and displays of
the flags of all the countries represented
| by the fleet, and dropped their anchors at
the end of the line of vessels. The little
fleet tumbled about off the Virginia coast
yesterday in a lively fashion in the north
east wind that blew all day, but managed
to make the capes early this morning.
and, after taking pilots aboard, proceeded
in. At the head of the fleet was the I'M
protected cruiser Infanta Isabella. towing
the flagship Santa Maria, which dis
| played the flag of the Admiral. Behind
and a mile astern came the torpedo YES
sci Nouva Espana with the Nina as her
charge, and in the latter's wake was the
big black protected cruiser Reina Re-
genie with the Pinta.
When off the fort the Stars and Stripes
were brought out and saiuted by the
leader, the fort quickly responding. Be-
fore the Santa Maria was abreast of the
Philadelphia, the Dutch frigate Van
Spyk ran up the Spanish colors and
saluted them with thirteen rounds. Then
the Russian ship General Admiral COM
menced salute, and later every flagship
in the harbor honored those curious
looking craft and the country they came
from.
On board the men-of-war the interest
was intense. Bands upon the fiagships
played Spanish national airs. The Reina
| Io
the end of the line, cast off the vessel
with which Columbus was made famous
and presently the handful of sailors upon
the curious craft began to spread her
sails to the wind. The canvas, dark and
discolored, like an ancient parchment.
be.lied out to the wind. From the bow
the waves danced in glistening burrows.
The sun fell upon the Santa Maria's
sails, and enveloped her in golden
glory. Her dark bronze guns hardly
larger than turkey quilts, gave forth a
salute. a moment later, having reached
the end of the fleet, the sailors of the
Santa Maria unwound thick rope which
served as cable for the anchor and
tossed it over the edge, just as Columbus
must have done when under the lee OF
the Wattlings Islands when he made
preparations to step ashore on the new
continent The Pinta, a miniature of the
Santa Maria, was not a&chored, but
rocked upon the waves. Juggling at the rope
which still held fast to the Infanta Isabel.
The Nina is the tiniest of all, hardly
thirty feet long, and looked like baby
ish cradle as she tossed to and fro with
tho SLIGHTEST swell.
ACCIDENT To THE DOLPHIN.
ANNAPOLIS (Md.), April 21.-Secretary
of the Navy Herbert and party arrived
at o'clock from Washington. At 5
O'Clock they embarked on the United
States steamer Dolphin for Fortress Mon
roe. The Secretary was received with a
salute BETTING his station, and his flag
fioated at the masthead. The Dolphin
started at $50, and in ten minutes was
aground on the flats at Fort Mason. At
7:15 the tug Hercules succeeded in haul
ing off the Dolphin, and she proceeded
down the bay. Some arrangement of her
steering geer was the cause of the acct