The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-05-13

the Spanish Cad which is nearly ready for sea-
added that the combined fleet OF SPAN VIII start
for American waters.
WASHINGTON May 4-The government has obtained
either purchase charter OF the Paclhc Mall
steamship City of Pekn now Francisco, and she will
be put in condition to by the 18th at the latest with coal
stores and troops for Manila
PARIS. Nav s-Genera Woodford, former United States
Minister at passenger board La Tourane whlch
left Hayre Saturday for New York.
on BOARD THE HERALDCALL DISPATCHBOAT,
SOAIMERS y. SMITH, off Key via Key West Fla, May :
The cruisers Marbehead and Nashville and the converted
Yacht Eagle forming the division of the North Atlantic
squadron and under command of Commander Bowman H.
McCaa sailed the early part of last week
the south coast of Cuba The DIVISION arrived OH oeue
COS on Friday morning About 10 o'clock the Nashville sight
ed steamer to the westward and began chase After
couple of hours the by shot her
bows and an armed boats sent aboard
The prize proved the Spanish mail steamer Argonata
bound from BatabanO CienfuegOs. The Argonata
iron steamer burden single and two
mased schooner rgged laden with general cargo and carry
ing forty passengers Among the latter ten Spanish
officers soldiers These with their and accoutre
500 rounds of ammunition transferred to the
Nashville The prize captured about eight miles west OF
Cenfuego The Marbehead steamed toward the Nashville
and the AgOnaa and Eagle remained the entrance the
harbor.
The Venezuela, a mail steamer from Havana. bound
Cienuegos with mails dispatches etc. captured by the
Nashville off CenfuegOS with General Nincenre de CorteO
and his stan all officers and 100 soldiers aboard These.
all detained prisoners of
At halfpast u oclosk the Eagle begin firing
her guns She hoisted signal that she being attacked
by the enemys tOrpedoboats The Marbehead steamed
the assistance of the little Eagle which firing her
The Spanish torpedobOat inside the harbor firing
her eightnch guns the Eagle but at long about
5000 yards
The MarbleheaG fired upon she off the
western point of the the harbor Then Com
mander McCaa opened fire with his vench guns and the
orpedoboat hasy Many shells struck about
the Eagle fortunate she struck The
was long sxpounders with which the Eagle is armed
Captain Switzerland commanding the Eagle he thinks
he struck the several times 1t is not known with
damage done to the torpedobo After
transfer of the prisoners from the prize to the Nash
passengers of the Argonata sent ashore under
flags their boats The from the Nashville
put aboard the prize, and Ensign H. c. Kutz put
charge of it. After cruising about the entrance to the har
Dor until late in the afternoon the squadron steamed TO the
westward. The Nashville went to Key West for coal
All the captured officers lieutenans except Col
Vicente de COrgo Navarro commanding cavalry
of Principe who his way to Spain to be pro
NOTED generashp The other officers had been stationed
another soldiers bound for Santiago de
Cuba They scky looking lot and showing the effect of
Europeans Colonel Vicente says that 2S0000
soldiers have been sent from Spain and to-day only 10000
are fit for duty.