The morning call., 1893-12-15
GAMA'S BIG TALK.
Good Words for Rebel
GunnerS.
THEY HAVE FOUGHT WELL.
Though Villegaignon Has Been
Badly Shattered.
BURNING OF THE MADECIA.
The Ship Was Saved Only by the
Prompt Action of the
Fleet.
HEY HAVE FOUGHT WELL.
BURNING OF THE MADECIA

MoNTEvIDEo. Dec. 14.-Admiral Sal
dsnha de Cana, who assumed command
of the rebel ships left in the harbor of Rio
when Mello escaped from the bay, has
issued manifesto addressed TO the gar
rison of Fort VillegaigDon, which has per-
sistently kept up the night against Pelxoto,
though the fort was badly shattered by
shells from loyal guns. In it the admiral
says:
witnesses of your courage, sconstancy
and repeated acts of herosm, the people
of this patriotic city express to you their
fervent admiration of your bravery and
their sympathy for the cause for which
you fight, the cause OF liberty and the re-
hablltation of your beloved country. Be
sure that you have the goodwill and moral
support of nearly the whole nation.
When by force of arms you come out vic
torious. your self-abnegation. your forti-
tude. your willingness to sacrifice even life
itself in support Of the best interests of
our nation. will long be cherished in the
hearts of those who are almost exhausted
by their search for means for the support
of your families and who will not fail to
reward your fortitude.
Fight, then, with boldness in defense
of those glorious ruins converted by the
shells of the enemy into a statue of liberty
whence fires still break out in vehement
prGtestaIion against the aggressions of
military tyranny. We of your friends
who are near by also salute You, trusting
that those proofs of patriotism which you
have given, and which so ennObls you.
will prepare Brazil for lasting Govern
ment of peace and prosperity. Long live
the national navy"
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-The Herald's cor
respondent in Rio Janeiro sends this
story Of the firing of the rebel transport
Madecia early on the morning of December
3 by Peixoto's soldiers:
A squad of them set ont in launch for
the Madecia. which lay at anchor in the
harbor of Rio not far from shore. Reach
ing her side unobserved. they threw
some tow soaked in kerosene oil
upon her decks. She was then
ieGited and in a few moments she was
sheeted in flames. and soon would have
been burned to the waters edge had not
the other vessels of the rebel feet fired
upon the launches, obliging them to retire,
and then extinguished the flames.
The Congress of the province of Minas
Geraes has passed a resolution compll-
menting Peixoto's conduct of the fight.
The States of Pernambuco, San Paulo.
Parana, Santa Catharna and Rio Grande
do Sui have adopted similar resolutions.
Peixoto has extended the state of siege at
Rio to December %.
Those rebel ships now in the harbor of
Rio are the Libertade, Tarandare, GUIANA
bara. Trajano, Venus and Jupiter, the
transports Purus and Madecia, the gun
boat Marap, the steamer Palias and the
tenders AprendiZ and Marinpeiro. Mello's
ships outside the bay are now blockading
the harbors of Rio and Santos.
Admiral Mello's Spokesman, Ruy Bar
bosa, telegraphs the Herald from Buenos
Ayres to-day: Admiral Mello is not now
at Maldo1ado. There is no means of COM
municatiDg with Maldonado from here.
but according TO the news / receive of his
movements he is now blockading the har-
bors of Rio Janeiro and Santos.
WASHINGTON, Dec 14.-Minister Men
donca has private advices announcing the
arrival of the cruiser Nictheroy off the
coast of Brazil on last Tuesday. The
Minister denies the truth of the special to
the London Times from Lisbon announc-
ing the arrival of the steamer Nile, which
left Rio oil December and carried to Per-
nambuco news of the alleged outrages on
the crew of the French steamer Parahayba.
BUENos AYREs. Dec. 14.-A dispatch
from Rio says that President Pelxoto has
declared Admiral de Cana q traitor.