New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-04
MORE VESSELS TALKED Or.
A BIG STEAM YACHT NAY BE ADDED 10
BRAZIL'S WAR FLEET.
THE DESTROYER DIFFICULTY ADJUsTED-MNNf
APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS on THE
SHIPs-A QUESTION ABOUT THE
NORFIGY ENLISTMENT act.


FOREIGN ENLISTMENT ACT.
The New-York fleet of President Peixoto grows
and there is little probability that 1t or 'he me"
who man il will be prevented from leaving thcse
shores. The steamship Britannia VIII ariNe no'e
to-day. and will be placed in drydock TINS ai'er-
noon or early Sunday morning. the trouoe 'Ne'
the departure OF the Destroyer was anJus''" se'-
terday, and II is said that bonds haNi"s poen
given for the value Of the ship, Mr.. lassoe had
withdrawn his objections to her departure O"e
of three steam yachts will also be bought py rI'''
& Co., for use as Brazilian gunboats. Ihc three
yachts which under consideration are '"e
Atalanta, Nourmahal. and Lady Torpida me "iSt
named belongs to the estate OF Jay 'ouiu' '"c
second to J. j. Asor and the third to Sir NliIam
G.. Pcarce, OF London. The Atalanta ana No"I"''-
hal are in this country, and the Lazy iorp'd -
in England. ANY one Of these boats would make
good and effective gunboats. The only Uoupie -
that their owners place a valuation on 'hein WHY"
yachts cannot command in these days OF hhahciai
stringency. The Lady Torpida is steel steam
yacht of III ton. l66 feet all. = feet peaih
and 10 feet depth of hold. She can make hleeh
knots an hour and is rated at ldoyds al lVo y !.
The Nourmahal is steel yacht OF 40 tons Is -f'
feet over ALL and 20 feet beam. She was built
in 1884 by Harlan & Hollingsworth Her Feed ~
a little that of the Lady Torpida. In, A'A-
lanta is steel yacht of 56s tons gross is "a feet
long 26i6 feet beam and draws about Y feet or
seasaing s Yacht, She has an oticial record Of
hours 81 minutes. sc seconds over an 81, ~ t'I
course 1t is a question of price when yacht WI WI
be bought for all of them are available for the
required
NAY USE BRAZIL LINE STEAMERS
Besides these it is now probable that two OF the
steamships of the defunct Brazil Mail Line VIII
be purchased to transports for troops anu
for the conveyance of supplies and munitions OF
war They will follow the fleet. II they are pur-
chassd and mee it at m the far apPSnS no men have been
actually engaged to 90 TO hrazh anu eI.,Isi e,, >"
lions which have been received are many Among I,
them several graduates OF the hi.eu ny soL
Naval SG@HF hsTe mT left their
cards in the office Of Flint & Co. and o, aske, to
sailor in Souhst hGwever are so more w2ry war,
hazardous risk they demand high premium.
THE COLLECTOR STILL At WASHINGTON.
Collector Kilbreth is still at Washington. He
WAS called there hurredy Thursday. and eS-
pected to be back yesterday. He will not return
until Monday. and ii is UNDERSTOOD tha' II y
the Brazilian matter which is keeping him there
Ths gaesop 2o s5 ssp Sa se whS%sG adRed 'S @
men board who are being taken p,a".at ,naa,
act sGf 1t is thought here that the fleet win be
allowed to sail and yet the ac, VII III no, h, NeIo
is we'll supplied with coal which ls stn1 - M, mn
from Santa Catarn1 ri A ana bara fn2' of m Ro have
ured many brazilian trading vessels anu S'"'
the rb suPfs Tn arrived at the Erie yese
day morning from Newport. She will be placed
in drydock to-day.
MELIOS AGENTS SAID To BE AT WORK.
Ell CID CLOSELY GuARDED-A RrMoREp AT
TEMPT TO BLOW HER UP~VEssELs TO
SAIL UNDER THEIR PRESENT REGISTRY
1t became generally known yesterday that III
Cid and the other vessels purchased ny the SRA
lillian Government warships were to clear from
this port for Para or other port Of Northern
coiln md
trv and faa At their port Of destination they
will be formally transferred TO their new owners
This, of course, does away with the poSsipHS
of their being openly attacked and Destroyer py
the ships OF Admiral Mello before their crews a'e
sufficiently drilled to make good fight and the
agents of the rebels in this city are now sara 10
be plotting secretly to blow them up.
Peixoto's men here evidently believe that there
is danger of this being done ana are ,rseG ,ber
safety. All around ~ CD as she lay az he' pm p,rI
a. the Morgan Iron WGTs5 ySsHaa wsTf dfkm.n or
idcrs. In fact they are detectives heaViIy, Al, az
he new warship The direct cause of their en-,
ployment rumor that mysterious % noat ,m n"i
pedo under FL Cids stern just before daylight
More thsn ioe men were at work the vessel
Yesterday, and not moment was lost In pushins
the w9rH snre gepor,es ors S have been vigorously
cided until Yesterday when Captain BAKER gave
The principal work far consists in making the
beds for the guns. In the case Of the dynamite gun
This bed Of heavy l2xl4 inch timbers laid tghty
together and cut out in the form Of an annuar
ring The other beds consist of simple ways 1or
the training wheels upon. Four gun ports
have beer cut In the sides Of the ship Ions
line of partition has been built. running fore ana
aft on each side Of the eneine,ro9ms SIX r icet
distant from walls. This viii be hlled WIN
coal TO protect the ships machinery. She VIII
carry 5000 of coal. enough to serve as ballast
and TO last for long time
The Javen Is still lying AT the Morgan iron
Works but no work was being done on her yes
terday.