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- La Emulsion de Scott merece con
jrsticia 81 alto concepto en- que la tiene Ia pro-
fesi6n m6dioa. Asst 10 reconocc ell habil in
teiigente doctor don Florencio Viltuendas, de
Jaans Diaz, Puerto Rico. lI6 aquf sus pro-
pjas palabras: <Ls Emulsion de Scott es un
preparado excelente, y jastameute conceptusdo
asf por todos los m9dicos. Dr.. f orencio vi
lluendae. M9dco titular de Juana Diaz.
Juana Diax, Puerto Rico Julio Is de 1894.
~ De Caguas: "rras penosa enfarme-
dad, rindio la jornada de la vida q las tres de
la tarde del dia de aver, ell que en- vida fae
nuestro spreciadoy querido ami go Ell l!tmo.
senior don Francisco Jimenez Prleto, notsrio
publico de esta ciudad, dejando en- esta socie =
dad IN vacfo immense diffcil de llenar. FL
entierro de su cadAver tuvo lugar en- la msiiana
de hoy con una concurredcia extraordinaria,
debido las generates simpatfas de que gozaba.
Reciban todos sus familiares la expression de
condolencia. mas sincera
~. Segdn nuestras notcias, es casi segu
70 que en- ell departamento de Mayagiiez Sc pre-.
sentsra la candidatura del seiior don jose 7.
Silva, para diputado C6rtes.
co vnnhnn dos casas en- Ia ca pital, que re-
y" 'e"u"" dituan mas del 'uno por cento
<neto', So toman 1000 500 pesos con Ia
SaTaulla u0 CcIuIbS HlpoCeCaIlae Gel DaDCo
Agrfoola. Sc toman 800 9 2 900 pesos con
hipoteca de una casa en- Santu1ce (asegurads.)
Para informes. Jose Cssuela Geigel, San
Francisco 4s-San Juan. 81
- De Barceloneta nos comunicap: xEs
grande ell entusissmo en- este pueblo por las
oaudidaturas de Coll Toste de Georgetti,
para la camara insulsr. Ambos puertorrique.
flos muy queridos en- toda comarca. FL doctor
Coll, siendo gobern1dor regional, lbr6 este
pueblo de los atropellos de un guarda com
ponteador y de un aloalde tolerante, Geor-
getti, es un literal de abolengo.s
~. El ayuntamiento de Arecibo hs toma'
do el buen acuerdo de alumbrar ell Paseo de
Damas con seis fsroles los dias laborables y
dooe los festivos, 10 cual hara ell paseo mas
agradable en- lac noches de verano. Nos pare
CO que exstiendo en- d!oho paseo el monumento
dedicado sVictor Rojas, debiera llevar el
nombre del invicto marino y no Ell de damas
que no tiene rsz6n de ser. Creemos que ell
ayuntsmiento atendiendo tan justo motive to-
mara acuerdo de Ia variaci6n de nombres
pronto Sc denominara ell precioso elegante
paseo de <Viotor Rojas.
~ Maestro amigo don Luis Cuevss Ze-
queira ha recibido por el correo de hoy ell elem.
plar de eel Figaro,, de la Habana consagrado
4 la impantaci6n de la autonomfa en- Cuba. FL
dia 80 del corriente recibira otro ndmero ex.
traordinario consagrado la implantsoidn de Ia
autonomfs en- Puerto Rico. Estos numeros e1
traordinarios valen un peso.
-. Parte de policfa:- Te.
resa Rivera, por insultos y entrarse en- la casa
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LUIS MUNOZ RIVERA

r. Titan del pensamiento cuando crea;
So palabra robcsta y elocuente
es siempre audss, fogosa y convincente,
sirvfendole de ariete ep la peles.
Con gu pluma amedrensa q Ia ralea
de enemigs soes, impenitente;
patricia invulnersble consecuente.
ca su triunfo ell triunfo de la idea.
LIE importunsn los duendes de la insidia,
y le asedian con grande aturdimiento
los risibles pigmeos de Ia Envidia.
Mas lno es Hercules 81 del pensamiento?..
pues que Sc spreste Ia sangrienta lidia
y extrangule pigmeos, ciento q ciento;
Que la potencia de su plama es tanta,
que 1 sus empujes bambolea Ia Prensa
y ell pueblo de Gus tumbas ae levanta!
VERITAs.
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la se1ora de Montmoran pareofa indiguad que
mardo dudo agunos de 10 que baba haba vso
por la mahana rea mente oierto
-Escuchad 10 que he yto esta mshsna-excamo.
Ia particip6 10 que habfa Observable.
-Os debes equivocar lie repea mujer cada frase,
aseguro que habeis debido equvocar.
Trataba de conf la tempestad. promeendese toma
precaucones para que ocaese nngn udente
desagradable
-Os aseguro que puede haber mas que aguna
geeza pcr de nuestro h ponde las orden
Os ruego que mezce asunos hombres
entienden nj una paabra de estas sas....
Querida mia, seres ell unico juez No deseaba
dsgusab sobemanera que mezcarse aque
embrollo.
icon tai de que termne Embellishments de que la
Baroness abandone Cannes
iCon6ad en- mi.
Dursnte oda la noche ell Almirante estuvo con tenmo;
habfa conhado secreto esta haba encargado
de arregarlo todo aquella promesa le bastaba.
ELLA 10 arreglara todo!
Pero ell momento que ba acotarse, la o6era vol
vid dominarle la madana hsabs va sujeto
4 la dulce bienhechora infuenca de su muier
-iubiera debido mostrarme energco. Exigir
Eoisa explcac6n Categorical. Es precise que sc JUS
tihque....
no pudiendo dormirse, baj6 al parque murmurando:
No he sido hoy todo 10 enegico que debiea haber do
Hacfa proximamente media hora que haaba rasean-
do parque por de sombrfss aamedas aebaba
de arroa ls colia de cigso cuyo habfa
buido parte camar nervos cusndo oy6 poca dis
tancis un jero ruido.
Parecioe que e rudo que hubiera poddo produc Ia
puerta de la al ser alberta
Felipe, caia mas enanoralo de querida lie habfa
rupicado que lie conoedera cita aquea mma uoche; Ia
sspsEaria ila salida del parqus e.e, - IS
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~. Ell syuntamiento hs oedido el .teatros
de esta capital varios apreciables j6venes que
se propouen organiaar una compahfa de afcio.s
nados que dirijira nuestro amigo don Luis
Cuevas Zequeirs, para dar funciones bone6
clio de las pr6ximas testas patronales. La pri.a
mera function tendrA lugsr el domingo de pass.
cua r...
-. segdn sEl Correo,, de Madrid, sntess.
de embarcsrse ell sehor Dupuy de LONE en- sl u
vapor <Britonnie,, que 10 condujo 8 Europe,
su residenca estuvo guardada constsntemsnte
por sgentes de policfa, con objeto de eyitsrs
que dicho diplomaticv hubiera sido victims De-
una agresi6n.
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El despertar del Almirante.

cA ABIAN transcurrido das en- medic agaci6n
batante febriI: la qunts de las Anemonas viva
que para preparsr todo 10 necessrio para la gran
fiesta que iba dar la eenora de MortmclAn.
Una pare del dla dedoaba dar la Ultima los
vesdos de las seoras la emplesba adornar los
salones, que trarsformabsn verdadero. ardnes.
Ell Almrsnte hsbs sdo el ensargado de cuar de la ns
talaci6n de la luz e6ctrics
Pero e, que de ordnaro ponfs completsmsute las
ordenes muje que Ia ervs carossmente de adm
nstra1c estaba nervoso dstrdo deats que los oberos
cometeran mil orpezs 10 cua daba OCCASION rsmendos
regahos de sehora.
-iDios milo, pero que distraido estas iSe olvda
infoidsd de esencia!fsimas
preguntabs la de aqueas distrscciones, de
aquea nervosdsd la decfs que sprensones suya
que no le pasaba nada.
No crefa oportuno decr nada muer por dsraells
de ocupacones cuando mportantes los tabos
que tenfa preparsr para ds de fiesta; quera
tarle Ia escena ocurrida entire 81 J Ia baronesa
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var I EOAD Es

h Inc vi7n2inne -Acabsn 1e llegar al Col-y
" 'o' ''IVo'"oS' mado de Cereoedo Herr
manos Comra6fa los mejores Chorizos de laa
pr vincias vsscoDgat tas, Las muy recomsnda.
bles Angulas de la tabrica de Eubu. ss
UNO de los efeotos mas molestos fre-s
cuentes iurante los u tmos meses del embargo
con.lste en- los vomitos en- Ia repugnancias
por los slimentos, precisamente en- e' iDstanfs
en- que las madres necesitan mas abundantsS
nutrclon; felizmente. e dslicioso .Elixir d.
Pepsina de Grimault Comp one represents
en- su mayor pnreza Ell jugo gAstrlco del esto-Sl
msgo del csrnero, reme1ia ese estado critioos
activando rsgalarizando Ia digestion con-
trbuyendo, al par que la salud de Ia madrs,
al desarrollo dc Ia criatura.
los aOTqunes -A1annn a o' de de- ,'ss.,. a.,...
do Hermsnos Compaifs, Sobresssdas dc So-s
Her, Tordos y Conejos en- manteca, Frutss arii.
talzadas, Frutas en- almfbar de Rosel6; QuefOss
mug superior dc Mahon, Turr6n surtido y
Membrillo.
Avicn A los fsbricantes de casas maestfos
""0o de obras.-MateriaIes baratos. Preoios
muy limitados. Ladrllos mampostsar, idem
solar, piedra caizs, arens barro, cal viva y
apagada. -Maderas del pats. Alfajfas auaubc,
varios largos; cuartonerfs de ausubo, vigderfa I
de aasubo.--Se contrata precio m6dico toda
la MADEIRA del pats necesaria para fabrisar casas.
-Dep6slto general, oalle del Concrete Etmsro@
l3, Marina. bajos de la fabries de olgarrillos
LA COLECTIVA. l5-2 ;
pe|uquerla ri Buen Gusto" s,;n.1a San 1usTo g
Elegancia prontitud esmero. Hay un cons
tante surtido de perfumerfa sslecta. Gran es-.sSI
tablecimiento de BANOS DE DUCHAy y ASEO q
Sc admiten abonados-JUAN APELLANIZ, 4
propietario.
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NOTICIAS

~. Esta msfisus, las siete y media,
lego nuestro puerto ei vspor correo sAnto
nio lopez, procedente de 10 Habana en- via.
je para la Peninsula. Trajo su bordo los
siguientes passjeros: don J. NOEL, don Ger
man Tsrazons, (cspitan de ejercito), don Wal
do Andrsde (marino) y familia, don Enrique
Jimenez, don Rafael Rodriguez, dofia Earl
quota Font y hermsns, dohs Maria F. Comss,
don Felix Hermids, don Leopoldo Valdes, don
Antonio Mestre, dofa Maria J. Morales una
criada de la viuda de Font, don jose J Va
riauconde, don Francisco Garcia, don Andres
M. Cabshas, don Ramon Lopez y don Pablo
Tarambut.
-. Un telegrsma de la eAgencia Fabra,
procedente de Nuevs York yque publica sEl
Globo,, de Madrid, dice 10 siguiente: eel
Hersldo de Nueva York;, Sc hace eco de Ia
patrsfia de que ell general Weyler durante su
mando, dispuso que Sc colocaran apsrstoa ex'
plosivos submarines en- el puerto de ia Habana;
pero que al dejar ell Gobierno Sc llev6 los pls-
nos de las minap, y por 10 tsnto el general
Blsnco ignorsba su existencia. Con tan ridfcu.
Las in venciones ee esta eoiviantando el espfritu
publico en- los Estsdos Unidos.,
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GRAN ALMACEN
DE MUEBL Els
NOA Y Y A LIE

Realizsci6n preeios sumamente modicos.
Alquileres mensusles precios populares.
Gran e1istencia de marmoles msde,as Do
csdro.
Z. De QasbradillM nos intornsn CUE
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foree, cintas, adornos de scero flores de- cres'
pom; todo de Ultima novedad acabado de con.
feccionar expresamente para Ell eBazar Gadi'
tanc., Complete surtido en- cartulinss lisas
y Iabradas para flores, cinturones de scero, Gin
tas de terciopelo, ,raso y gaeas encajes de seds;
raso sedas para bordar, milIare pasamane.
rfs negra de colores, cinturones de todss ca
ses guantes de aeda cabritil!a negros ? blan.
cos, velos de crespon para sombrero,, estuches
de perfumerfs, extractos esenciss fLfsimas,
cusdros con pinturas al oleo 6 in6ndsd de artf
culos de novedad sdornos propios para Ia
semana santa. Una vista, paeG al <Bazar
Gaditano, de Jose Maria Suar,z, Fortaleza
ss. Te'efono 80. l5-4
~. eel Liberal, de Madrid en- su edici6n
de II de Fsbrero u.timo, sxpresa su cfiterio
de que no es nj util nj prcvechosa la debilidad
de que damos pruebas snte ell Gobierno yankee,
por que 81 hoy, cedien 10, logramos conjurar
un conhcto, otro analogo legara otros des
pues, que no podremos de ning1n modo evitar
-. De BarceloDeta: "llay gran entu-
siasmo entire lts mora lores de este pueblo con
motive de llevsr las urnas en- las pr6ximas
eleccionee, Ia csndidatura para Tepresentante en-
Ia camars iLsular por este di.trto del correcto
= estimado eefior don Eduardo Georgetti. Eete
distpguido csbalero sc hsce acreedor tan
elevado puesto por la posicion social que ocu-
pa, escareoido oritero simpatfas de que goza
como portorriqueho amsnte del progreao de gu
pafs, asf como por loa meritos que tiene con
trsidos en- ell psrtido Union autonomista libe
raj, sntecedentes que mereoen tenerse presentes
por los eectores de los demas pueblos Gel dis
trito, Para que inspirados en- e'los en- justs
recompensa, lleven las urnas en- las eleccio-
nes venideras de representatives al dignt patri
cio que nos referimos. s.-Zsdi. Amen.
-. Ell eCsrlos Msrtel,, acorszaio de
primera case de 10 marina de guerra francesa,
&c hallsba fines del mes t!timo hacienda
pruebas en- sguas de Brest. en- Ia bahia de
de Berthesme, cuando roz6 su CISCO CO. un
obstAculo que le cause varias averfas, oblig&n
dole entrsr en- el puerto. Al principle se
cfeyo cue fuese Is Gauss del sccidente slgun
resto notsnts; pero explorando el lugsr del
choque, Sc descubri6 Una rocs desconocids,
especie do meeeta estrecha y lsrga. oinoo me-
tros .obre ell cero de las cartss hidrografcas,
coroIsdss en- I'M extreme por una sgujs de dos
metros de sltura. Psreos eytraho que en- sitios
tan frecuentsdos , tan explorsdos hidrograh.
osmsnts, pueds psrmanscsr dsseonooido nm
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sells. The lashings were cut between
the Hartford and the Metaeomet, and
the latter Immediately ran up the bay
in chase of the confederate gunboat
Selma, and after brief but spirited
action captured her. At about nine
o'clock the union feet came to anchor,
having now passed the confederate
works and being some distance above
Fort Morgan. As active hostilities had
ceased, the men were allowed their
breakfast. But hardly had the meal
begun when out from the protection Of
Fort Morgan steamed the terrible ram
Tennessee, which boldly ventured forth
to attack the entire union feet Of II
ships
One AgafnSt Many.
Then commenced a remarkable and
unique encounter. First the monitors
bore down upon the Tennessee like q
pack of small dogs swapping at the
feet Of q great bloodhound. While the
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history is ever repeating itself, and in
all probability the remarkable tactics
Of Farragut in his capture of the city
of Mobile will be repeated in the oom-
ing capture of Havana.
POfRtB of Resemblance.
Commander NJ. f. Tobin, the presid-
ing officer of the Associated Veterans
of Farragut's Fleet, an organization
composed Of survivors of men who
served under Farragut, has made a
careful study of Havana harbor and
its Notifications and defenses. 1t Is his
firm conviction that Farragut's plan
of attack will be repeated at Havana,
though new notifications may be made
to suit present exigencies and the diff
ferences that exist between the battle
ships of to-day and those of the civil
war period.
Commander Tobin is one Of the seven
survivors OF the original ships com
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pedoes for the use of blockade runners,
and through this narrow passage Far
raKut had determined to take his feet.
The First Shot.
The first shot of the battle was fred
by the leader of the monitors, the Te-
cumseh, at Fort Morgan. Later the
fort opened fire on the Brooklyn, and
wounded Ensign Cassel, a messmate Of
Sigsbee's, of Maine fame, who was then
also an ensign, and as the other yes
sells got into range the battle became
general. The confederate gunbeats
steamed out from Fort Morgan and
commenced to deliver q raking fire
upon the feet.
Fsrragut's feet had got fairly abreast
of Fort Morgan when the Tecumseh de-
Waited slightly from the line in her
eagerness to attack the ram Tennessee,
and was Immediately struck by tor
pedo and went down head foremost.
Confusion now arose among the fleet.
The Brooklyn and Ootorara began to
back, which put the other vessels out
of line, and the guns of the wooden
vessels were rendered useless, for the
most part the bows being thrown
towards the toEt which raked them
severely.
whats the matter2" shouted Far
ragut, from his lofty position under the
futtick shrouds of The Hartford.
'Torpedoes ahead" came back the
answer.
Damn the torpedoesl" cried Farra-
gut, go ahead Four bellsl' and he
made signal for close order.
He ran his flagship ahead and took
the position that he had originally in
tended 70 take, a position which his
order shows was changed at the re-
quest of the commander of the Hart
ford. The rest of the vessels followed,
and the line of battle was restored.
The rest of the ships crossed in safety
the line of torpedoes, but as they
crossed the torpedo cases could be
heard knocking against the bottoms of
some of the vessels, and the primers
swapping, but none of the torpedoes
exploded. It was the confederate idea
to sink the forward ships of Farragut's
fleet, and thus block the channel, but
this they failed to accomplish.
Signals were made to cut the havv-
sers holding the vessels in pairs and to
attack the ekcaptnR- GnRtedeEata- yes
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monitors were directed to ram her, the
entire feet closed about the doomed
confederate vessel and opened q ter
rife fire upon her. Bravely the south
erner fought, but the odds against her
proved too strong. The Tennessee's
smokestack was shot away, as were her
tiller chains, and she hoated helplessly
down the bay, followed by the Chicka-
saw, which got quickly astern of her
and ran her big 11-inch gun right
against the gable end Of the confeder-
ate, while the rest Of the feet poured
shot and shell upon her, and the other
monitors lowered about, using every
chance to ram. For about half an hour
the gallant Tennessee endured this
pounding and hammer1ng and then
finally hauled down her flag. So ended
the battle Of Mobile bayS it had lasted
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Pany Of the o. 8. S. octorara, the his
toric ship that was selected together
with the Brooklyn to lead FarTagut's
fleet of Is ships in the memorab Bile bat
tie Of Mobile bay. Commander Tobin
was wounded in that battle. conse-
quently the encounter is indelibly i'm
pressed upon his mind, for should mem
Org fail he has scars to quicken it.
Farragut's entrance into the bav was
accomplished under great difficulties.
Fort Morgan on the one side, one Of
the most powerful forts in the United
States. and Fort Gaines on the other
guarded the entrance. Within the bav
was q feet Of four confederate ships
headed by the principal ram Tennessee.
commanded by Admiral Buchanan. of
Merrimac fanae, the man who burned
the Congress and sank the Cumberland.
To reach this feet the narrow, guarded
entrance had to be passed in which
were sunk mum berless torpedoes-tor-
pedoes so thickly strewn that even
slight deviation frern the line mapped
out by Farragut meant instant de-
atruction.
1 In the same way the entrance te
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a well defined order of battle. The
wooden ships were lashed together in
couples and advanced in columns, the
Brooklyn and OctOrara leading, with
Farragut's flagship, the Hartford, and
the Metacomet following, and close
after them the Richmond and Port
Royal. The four ironclads in single file
steamed abreast of the leaders on the
starboard side, standing between the
feet and Fort Morgan, the monitors
being so low in the water as to allow
the wooden ships to fire above them.
Never was a feet more handicapped.
Fort Morgan on the right, Fort Gaines
on the left, a fleet of confederate yes
sells dead ahead and the bay and en-
trance filled with torpedoes. A narrow
passage not over 100 yards wide had
been Left unObstructed by piles and tor
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the poop and top-ga1lant fo-ecastle, and
in the tops on the starboard side. Should
the enemy fire grape, they viii remove the
men from the top-gallant forecastle and
poop, to the guns below until out of grape
range. The howitzers must keep up a
constant fire from the time they can reach
with shrapnell until out of its range.
D. G. FARRAGUT, Rear Admiral,
Commanding w. G. B. Squadron.
How the Battle Was Fought.
It was three o'clock in the morning
Of the memorable August 8, 1864, when
Admirable Farragut Rwoke from a
sound slumber and asked: Glow Is the
wind?" ''SOu-sou-west," was the an
swer. He determined then to proceed
to the attack at once. Nearly all the
crews of the various vessels had re-
manned up all night in the expectancy
of beginning the attack In the morn
ing.
At 1880 the signal was given from
the flagship to get under way, and the
feet made toward the distant forts in
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Havana harbor is lined with torpedoes,
which are also concealed in the harbor
itself as was the case in Mobile bay.
The Notifications defending the en-
trance, as has been pointed out, are
very similarly placed TO those of Mobile,
consequently it is a natural inference
that the plans of our most renowned
naval hero will influence the attack
that must soon be made upon Havana
From Commander Tobin's own notea
and observations give a brief review
of that famous conflict, the like OF
which is perhaps soon to be repeated 81
Havana.
FarraEut's Famous Order.
Just here it is well to give the IA
nous order which Farragut issued on
July IL, three weeks before the en-
gagement. He had been waiting fO1
the monitors and also to get wind and
tide in his favor, a wind that would
blow the smoke into the faces OF thd
enemy.
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designated IN the drawing will follow In
due order, until ordered to anchor: but the
bow and quarter line must be preserved.
to give the chase guns a fair range; and
each vessel must be kept astern Of the
broadsida OF the next ahead; each vessel
viii keep 8 very little on the starboard
quarter Of his next ahead, and, when
abreast OF the fort will keep directly astern,
and, as we pass the fort, will take the
same distance on the port quarter of the
next ahead, to enable the stern guns to
fire clear Of the next vessel astern.
It Will be the object Of the admiral to
get as close to the fort as possible before
opening fire; the ships, however, viii open
fire the moment the enemy opens upon US,
with their chase and ether guns, a 8 fast
as they can be brought to bear. Use short
fuses for the shell and shrapnel, and as
soon as within 500 400 yards, give them
grape It is understood that heretofore
we have fired too high. but, with gra pc
shot it is necessary to elevate little above
the object, as grape viii dribble from the
muzzle of the gun.
If one or more OF the vessels be disc
oled, their partners must carry them
through, If possible, but IL they cannot,
then the next astern must render the re-
CURED assistance; but as the admiral con
templates moving with the hood tide, II
VIII only require sufficient power to keen
the crippled vessels In the channel Carry
low steam
Yaasela that can. must place guna upon
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but little over three hours, but these
three hours are the most famous in our
naval history.
Meantime the land forces had moved
down along the shore of Mobile bay,
and under the cover of rife pits had ad-
vanced upon Fort Morgan. After the
union fleet had entered the bay and
had destroyed or captured all the con-
federate vessels with the exception of
the Morgan, that had escaped to the
city of Mobile under cover of the night,
the heavy guns were taken from the
vessels and transferred to the shore
guns too heavy for an army to trans
port over a sandy soil.
Both Forts Morgan and Gaines were
taken by the land forces and feet com
bined, while the smaller forts fell an
easy prey to the lighter draft vessels
of the feet. Then the city of Mobile
was taken by the feet and land forces
combined.
How Havana VIII FAN.
In the same way doubtless Havana
viii be captured. Forces will be landed
probably at Matanzas and the army
will advance toward Havana, as did
the forces at Mobile bay, with the aid
and assistance Of the feet.
But it must be borne in mind thai
the capture of forts thoroughly in
trenched means a great loss of life. At
Mobile the invading forces lost three
times as many men as the defenders.
Doubtless much blood must be spilled
before Havana is captured, but that it
will fall in much the same way as fell
the city Of Mobile there can be no room
to doubt