Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-09
MEllo's COMMANDS.
psixo,o Told 10 Abaadsn RE Janeiro 10 iss'
Fern EIGHT Hours.

| NEW YORK, Oct. S-The Herald
| Nontevideo correspondent cables: infor
| nation reached here Friday night that
| Admiral Mello. commanding the insnr'
| Sent squadron in the bay Of Rio Jaaeiro'
| has ordered Peixoto to abandon the city
| within IS hours, or the fleet will resume
| its bombartiment Of the city.
The diplomatic corps is in favor OF PeiN-
OTTO withdrawing from Rio. As it believes
| such course OH his part would terminate
the war Peixoio, however. refuses to
| yield, and is making fresh preparations 10
| carry on operations with greater vigoi
| than he has yet shown.
One Of his new projects Is to comoa'
| Melio's fleet with ships, as we'll as 'hs
| shore batteries. To this end the govern
| ulent has ordered the organization OF
| naval battalion OF the north. which Will
| be placed under command Of Admiral
| l;anclayes Duarte. The government has
| also openad d 100000 credit TO
Meet the Expenses OF the War
IL is row known that Mello's ships,
| which il had beea supposed were plehti'
| fully suppGed with stores oil all kinds, are
| running short Of ammunition. The dlpio'
| matte corps in Rio Janeiro has notineu
| Admiral Meilo that he must not throW
| Shot and shells into the undeiended pai
| of the town, otherwise the foreign SHIPS
| in the narb1r will be ordered TO proven
| him from DO harding the town.
| peiAoto has driven the Inhabitants into
| ii state of frenzy by planting batteries on
| the hill among private residences. When
the guns open fire on the ships, the Heii
| will direct its shot at them in an effort 10
| silence them. These
| shells Failing Among the Houses.
are sure to work irreparable damage to
| one of the finest residential districts ol
| the city.
| The diplomatic corps has notified Peix-
| oto that il he will remove his batteries
from the water front aud other points
where lie has planted his guns, and CEASE
| firing on the SHIPS under Meiio. the foreign
warships in the harbor will combine &c
stop the bonn hardmeut of the city. Peix'
OTTO has declined To listen to this proposal,
aud declares he will continue fighting, as
lac believes that he is able to crush the re-
volt in the squadron.
| Affairs have assumed II serious aspect,
| not only in Rio Janeiro, but also i'll Rio
"ranie w ''"i' "neiu VIC
are now supreme; An Tue Efforts VI t"e
insurgents III TINS as.riet are ooneo"'
'raieo III an ehott 10 crush Cas'ii'u' so gov,
erhor oi 'he provinces oi mo "I"No oo 7"'
anu ms ioilo"ers' LUG Guy VI o"se h'''
iaiieh ihto t,e nat''s OF 'ne Ausuiseh' eio'
hieht 81 'ne ~" 'if,n''o "o 0u'' anu ues'
pe'"'' ,.t'. 'o' ~
Inc Situation III i1'o was never soal"rhi
ihE us IL II now "e Guy Is III sta'e "a
"lsaeat panic PERSONS are starving
'hr"uEho"e 'the capital aha the ieehhS
against iaiN"'o Is 80 intense that wiz IT,
pofiS arc ''"e on s'eis nam" Vi
Attempts I" Assassinhte Hin.
| The knowledge of actual starvation III
| the town adds TO the CONSERVATION created
by the continued bombardmeUt of the
| city. the savage raid of Peixoto's soldiers,
the total suspension Of business, several
arrests and he seizures of men 10 serve in
the army. Provisions have long been scarce
In the city. Prices have been so high that
the common hecessaries OF food were be