The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15

came that lasted for more than an hour The
Brasillans put In this time Risefully. IL IL q
merry hearted race. and with beer. wine. rum.
and eatables evsrJ hilltop ressmbled . picnic
ground near New York on . summer Sunday
afternoon. II IL worth noting that at this time
the sly Jokes made By local wits were all At tho
expense Of the Government and that saldsn-
hs de Gama's health was more frequently
wished for over the liquor mugs than was that
ofFlorisna Peixoto.
But II the natives made merry the foreigners
did not, for every one Of those was ~ much In
terssted In having the war ended In some way
that the long period Of inaction was exossd-
inRly trying to the nerves. beesuse Il seemed
to forsbode sfurthsr postponinE Of the general
attack.
GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS.
Then. when at o'clock hope seemed gone,
. howitEer placed on Gloria. to the aston
ishment Of everybody. suddenly broke loose
with q smashing report. and . shell
went swishine toward villegaienon. IL
ing at little more than squirrel rife
range away. Everybody laughed when the
she'll struck the water about half way TO the
target but the laugh died out before II was
finished. for the shot on Gloria was followed
By one from ST. There's, By more than dozen
on Castle Hin. and By . score from other hills
further MP the bay
The Government had opened lrs on the
rebels from cannon within the city limits. and
the rebels were at last at liberty to lombard
the city. The hearts Of thousands owning
property within range Of the rebel guns doubt
less beat with unwontsd excitement at that
moment and certainly tens Of thousands
Gased over the wide expanse Of red-tile
roofs between the green hills and the
gray-blue bay with an interest never
n-nN
and boom from the ctr trenches seemed TO in
crease In intensity while the deep mouthsd
cannon Of the big forts Numbered once more
with roars that made the earth tremble almost
a. II from earthquake shocka Clouds Of dust
rose from the walls OF villsRaignon and the
houses on Cobras Island. Jets OF sparkling
water shot up on every side OF the two insur-
gent strongholds. aud about the hulls Of the
Tamsndare. the Traiano. and three or four
other insurgsnt hulks anchored above Encha-
dos Occasionally . shot struck one Of tho
hulks. while. after . time. dark volumes Of
smske from Cobrss Island showed where
bursting shells had ignitsd the woodwork Of
tho homes that had once sheltered hundreds
Of people there
THE GOVERNMENT yLEET ON THE scKNk
The people had looked on almost In silence
for more than half an hour. whom rowing ere
glanced out TO sea and saw the nose OF lead
colorsd hulk pointing toward the mouth OF the
harbor from behind the Sugar Loaf The Gov
eminent feet was coming at last The word
passed over every crowd Of spectators as o
breath from the SEQ might do. and every face
turned toward the coming ship In q minute
the ship had drawn out from behind the tow
erinE gray rock. and the great torpedeiro
Huarva. as she IL called here. was In view.
Quickly the Cid. with her dynamite gun. ap-
psared. and then came the Itaipu. the Amer
ica, and others not necessary 10 name.
Tho outcome OF this man9uvrs was typical
OF every msnosuvrs made during this pro-
longed insarreotion. The movement was con-
tinusd long enough 10 raise the expectations
OF every one to high pitch. and then rockets
from the arssnAl Of war. where Florisno Peix-
oto In person was directing the attack. sent
the feet back behind the big rock from which
It had come. all aring ceased. and another
Ss.isncs q, . JOB drsxgsd :iSYiy Along,
forts had never gotten. the range Of. q
but they ceased rins Whine the ssips ' turn,
except on the oeeasi3n OF . raid. never landed
70 tore e
late The gunner and take drink; However, II
stead OF the fleet . big harbor tug
rom behind the Sugar I Loan and. sass SM
The hSrb9r passed MR. slowIy s5OIRd
sailor: who hsd Ass 6. .sa
able skill IS Eunners.. As the tug got around
ViisTaiSncD to see tie hash Of her suns but
not movement was to be seen there. Every
holding their Ore as they hitherto had done. to
BE s hss wssn ess should s az
last venture In
FORT vIILEoAIaSoa ABANDONED.
steaming to the wsst. the tug and the launch
smother Wonder tiay D sf.sn 1 a s 'a that
had been kept in that bay for, . long time By
the Govern sTt w ns seen coming out NAMED
Between dloris Hi POINT and HIiss.isnon.
She would have to pass within buck shot range
81 a. she ploasS.d slOns until The
crucial point was passed. and then nins-tsnths
viiiegsienon had been absndonsd the night
before. and all the pounding she had received
bad been &c 50 Ia the :.
Was Oiled with soldiers and then she started
straight for the landing on yilisg4ignon. AT
S0s. 70 BAN OUT asa
loaded 70 the rails with soldiers. and they. too.
mem bsrsd- svsrysodS. including he Soldiers
that the Engii.hpsn IA ne 9riyidoe e.
HOS shipping street 10 called. hAd Tor weeks
been telling that all the entrancss 10 yillekaig-
non had been mined and loaded with dynam-
ite. This gave everybody new thrill. but
ike All other thrills 80 far felt IN the revolg:
ton Except that OF yexation over delAysL this
thrill was without rdtsOR dstrs There WaA OF
course, no real dynamite mine there, The story
he and his frispds had worked on the reDublIe
high. But 1t was blum that held the soldiers
hack from examining the fort until the sun
had sunk behind the hills and the shades OF
night were beginning TO gather over the bay,
the white strsAmer Of the rebels nuttered to
the ground. IL was replaced By the green and
gold banner OF the republic.
CoBRAs ALSO EAIPTY.
Meantime q similar Investigation had been
going on about OobIas Island. and party Of
SOLDIERS. after eonsiderabls hesitation, landed
there only 20 md that Il had been tsnantlsss
during all the more or less severe lombard
ment from which II had suffered, This Was In
; way encouraging. and stralghtray the Gov:
srn IN snt hsst was ordered in. with the pig Cid
In advance. and all the, cannon OF hilltop
trenches and harbor forts began to nLe sAlutss
In honor Of victory. although the rebel stream
The sffeet 81 this salute on the popuises was
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