The evening world., 1893-11-08
TO BUY MORE VESSELS.
Negotiations Opened to Increase
Peixoto's Fleet.
EeIseen Launched To-day at City
Island.

That portion of Brazil's new navy
which is being fitted out here will soon
be ready to proceed against Admiral
Mello.
The torpedo-boat Feiseen was launched
his morning from Wood & Sons yard
at City Island. The alterations to her
hull and uppsrworks have been COM
pieted, and all tina remains to be done
is the mounting OF her torpedo tube and
the setting in place OF her coming tow
ers.
The Javelin was hauled up on the dry
dock at the foot Of East Seventh street
to-day, where she will have a thorough
overhaulins and receive the Howell tor
pedo tube, which will make her an en-
gine of war. The torpedo tube arrived
at the dock to-day.
FL Cid's torpedo tubes will be placed in
position on board to-day or tomorrow.
Work on the MAZDA, which, with the
Feiseen, Javalln and the Yarrow boat,
will be carried on ri Cid's deck, Will
be begun to-day.
britannia is at the foot OF Pix street,
where she rests on a sectional dry dock.
A large force OF men is at work scrap
ing and repainting her The work OF
making her over into a war vessel will
be pushed forward with all possible
Meanwhile the business of securing the
crews is going on briskly, despite the
TACT that the question as TO whether
Flint n Co.'S action in enlisting men
is not = violation of the United States
laws is still an open one.
There has been no decision yet as to
whether the opinion given by, Dudley
pahility in hiring men to fight for
PeiXoto was a sound one. 1t is under
stood, however, that there Is precedent
and that a technicality will save the
firm from mourning any penalty for
their seeming tra"sgression Of the law.
Charles r. Flint has received advices
followed by the purchase of more YES
sells. To-day Mr.. Flint made offers for
two more. Their names could not be
learned, hut IL Is probable that they are
two Of the quartet composed OF the FL
nance, Advance, Chelsea and City Of
Washington. Negotiations for the pur-
chase Of these vessels have been pend
ing for some time.
delph!a to-day from the owners Of the
swift steamer Appledore. to the effect
hat the vessel was on the market for
conversion into a tighter.
At the office Of the Moran Towing
Company, y South street. il was said
that Mr.. Moran had gone 10 Albany,
ana would not return until tomorrow,
lutil then nothing definite can he
Ncit and Wise 10 Mcllo's friends for the
purpose Of punching holes in FL cid
whru she gets outside OF SANDY HOOK
iigut. II MIR. Moran sells his tugs to
Mello It VIII not he the first time he has
furnished craft 10 rebel Generals.
The fact is now recalled that some
years ago, during the trouble in iiayti,
Mir. Morgan sold the sea-going tug Mary
y. Sogau To one of the iilihusters.
The purchase WAS engineered by one
capt. Mccarthy, who hailed from King
sion, jamaica. Mccarthy bought an old
schooner cheap, and took her down to
Virginia. lie then purchased a lot of
old guns ami worthless ammunition from
some people In Charleston and Peters
burg. His plan was 10 lay along the
Virginia coast and transfer the stun to
The HOGAN of cape Charles. Mr.. Moran
got his money for The tug all right, but
Mccarthy ana the mate went on
a spree and had a falling out.
The mate to get even told all about
the captains plans, which had been
secret, The outsOmc was that the
iIo-aN Was seized by the Customs au-
th1ritioS here before she could get away.
\ revenue cutter from Charleston saith
cred IN the sChoon- 7 OF cape Charles.
Mccarthy spent ri- htecu months in
iail for his part In the transaction, and
afterwards lost at sea when the
t~uunderCG.