The Express.
London, England, 1851-10-15 00:00:00

BRAZILS AND LA PLATA.

As announced in our impression yesterday, the
Royal Brazilian Mail packet Tay, Captain Chap-
man, from the West Indies. Sze., arrived at South-
ampton yesterday. Her dates are—Buenos Ayres,
Sept. 3; Monte Video, 6; Rio do Janeiro, 14;
Bahia, li.
The Tay has brought, with a miscellaneous cargo,
diamonds to the value of 15,000/.
An armistice had been agreed to between
General Oribe and the Brazilians for seventy-
two hours; but, as the terms offered were not ac-
cepted, hostilities recommenced at the expiration of
the time stated. On the 2nd Sept., notice having
been given to that effect, General Oribe had raised
the siege of Monte Video.
The proceedings of the combined forces against
Roses and Oahe are cheering enough, and may be
summed up as follows.
When, on the 20th of July, General Urquiza ap-
peared on the Uruguay at the head of the united
forces of Entrerios and Corrientes, Oribe had under
his command, north of the Rio Negro, various bodies
of troops, amounting in all to about 5,500 men.
These forces were posted in various divisions : the
first under the immediate orders of Oribe's relative,
Ignacio; a second at the confluence of the Rio
Negro and the Uruguay, under the orders of Colonel
Granada; a third in Paysandu, under General Ven-
tura Coronel ; a fourth in El Salto, under Command-
ant Egana ; a fifth in El Cuaro, under Colonel
Lamas; a sixth in Tacuarombo, under General

Valdes.
These forces were equal in number and far supe-
rior in appointments to those which marched under
Urquiza's orders. The latter, however, passed the
Uruguay in three divisions at iree different points,
distant about 30 leagues apart. The first, under
Urquiza's immediate orders, marched on Paysandu ;
the second, under General Gerson, on El Salto ; and
the third, composed of the corps of Corentinos,
marched, under the orders of Vimsoro, by the pas-
sage of Higos. The result of the march of the libe-
rating divisions has been that in a fortnight all the
Oribist forces to the north of the Rio Negro disap-
peared without coming to battle. Ignacio Oribe him-
self was obliged to cross to the left bank of that river
with 1,300 men, whilst his lieutenant, Col. Granada,
crossed with 400 men. All the other chiefs, offi-
cials, and soldiers deserted to join the ranks of the

liberating army.
Thus General Urquiza has given to the campaign
the remarkable character of victory without
bloodshed. ;Ile has proved by his acts as well
as by words that the object of the present war
was to obtain peace and a cessation of those political
crimes which have marked tkc reign of Roses.
There have been no acts of violence, no revenge.
The commandant of Paysandu being brought up a
prisoner of war, was immediately set at liberty, and
allowed to rejoin his family; other chiefs ho allowed
to escape. General Urquiza left Paysandu on the
29th of July at the head of the division encamped
there, and in six days took up his quarters by the
small river of Salsipuedes, at a place on the Rio
Negro called Los Toros. Ile was joined there by
the divisions under Gurzon and Virasoro; the van-
guard operations being carried on on the south bank
of the river, in order to a junction with the Brazilian
army, which being well provided with artillery, and
being composed chiefly of infantry, had all the means
of striking a decisive blow if necessary.
The vanguard, under General Gomez, pursued
Ignacio to the banks of the Rio Negro with such
efficacy that he took 6,000 of Ignacio's horses,and forced
him to hamstring a considerable number more, in
order that they might not fall into his pursuer's
hands. In the encounter that took place more than
400 men passed over to the ranks of Gomez, and
were incorporated with the militia force of Tacua-
rcmbo, under Commandant Barbat.
General Medina, with a body of cavalry, occupied
the departments of Coloma and Soriano, in which the
people and militia gave him active co-operation, with-
out any interference on the part of Oribe. Whilst
these movements were going on, 700 men, cavalry,
belonging to the department of Durazno, placed
themselves under the orders of General L'rquiza. In
this way that chief gained advantage over both
banks of the Rio Negro and a considerable extent of
territory to the south of that river.
General Gurzon passed the Uruguay in his capa-
city of General-in-chief of the Oriental army, con-
ferred on him by the government by a decree of
the 16th of July. Immediately on passing the river,
he occupied El Salto, the national guard of which he
incorporated. Commander Egana, who commanded
there for Oribe, fled at his approach with the force
of all arms under his command. But his soldiers
deserted daily, and came in bodies over to General
Garzon, Commandant Don Lucas Piriz, amongst ,
others, making his submission with his whole '
squadron on the 23d of July.
A new set of authorities, in accordance with
Urquiza's new constitutional decrees, was installed in
El Salto, with Don Francisco Rivarola for political
Garzon had been prevented by the copious rains
which fell during the early part of August, and
which converted the lesser roads into rivers, from
joining Urquiza; but on the 20th ho was on the
point of effecting the required junction ; Virasoro
having already succeeded on his side in doing so.
The latter Correntine chief passed the Uruguay at the
head of a division of 1,000 men, at the passage of
Hips, in the country occupied by the division of
Colonel Lamas, 1,300 strong.. The greater portion
of this force immediately joined Virasoro. On the
20th of August Virasoro had joined the head-
quarters of Lrquiza at Salsipuedes.
The Brazilian army had crossed the frontier, and
on the 19th of August the head-quarters of its
general-in-chief, Count Cuxias, were in Santana do
Livraraento. Had this force entered at the moment
Urquiza's army crossed the Uruguay, it is probable
that the war would already be at an end. The divi-
sion of Brigadier Santos Pereira, 4,000 strong, had
advanced to San Servando. That under Col. David
Canavarro was in the Oriental territory near Arapey.
It was supposed in Monte Video that the whole Bra-
zilian forces would have reached the Rio Negro about
the first week in September.
Whilst such were the movements of the liberating
force, Oribe left Cerrito on the 30th of July with
1,300 men, intending to join the troops concentrated
in and around San Jose, leaving the command or the
blockading force before Montevideo to the chief of
I his staff, Colonel Lamle, and conferring the title of
president during his absence on Don Carlos Anaya.
His determination to concentrate his army was some-
what late, for be had already lost one-half of his ter-
ritory. The divisions under Ignacio Oribe had been,
as we have seen, dispersed. He raised with difficulty
for his service a third of the militias of Maldonado,
Rocha y Cerro, and Largo. The bodies which he
had succeeded in assembling were the battalions of
infantry and small cavalry squadrons belonging to
the Argentine army.
On the 3rd of August occurred one of those epi-
sodes so frequent in the life of Oribe, and which
so perfectly show his character and principles.
On the Ist of August the national guards of Colo-
nia had dared to manifest their joy at the departure

of the troops of the garrison, commanded by Lieut.-
General Moreno ; at the same time they did not con-
ceal their satisfaction at the news of Generals
Urquiza and Garzon having entered the Oriental ter-
ritory. The agents of Moreno sent information of
this to the general, who was encamped at a distance
of about six leagues. As soon as this officer had re-
ceived the report of his spies he came back to Culonia
at the haul of 400 infantry and 200 cavalry, and
gave the signal for a general. massacre; Moreno, to
stimulate the fury of the troops by his example,
slaughtered with his own hand a young man named
Napoleon Nives. Frightful incidents accompanied
this scene of carnage. The ears and noses of the
victims were cut off, and in some instances their
skins were cut into shreds. Amongst the victims
was a young French artist, who was amusing himself
fishing at the moment when Moreno returned to
Coloma; two of the band were dispatched to massacre
him.
An outrage of the same kind occurred in an island
called Isla del Yaguari, whore an Oribist force en-
tered on the 20th of July, and set fire to all the
ranchos in the place. On the sth of August the
truce which existed between Monte Video and the
besieging force expired.
Manuel Oribe, at the head of 5,000 men, had left
San Jose for Durum, which he reached on the 15th
of August. The object of this movement was not
known, but it was supposed that the continued
wavering of Oribe showed he considered his cause
as well nigh lost.
On the 2nd August two Corrientien ships of -.car
arrived in the port of the capital of Entrerios, per-
fectly equipped, having on board a battalion of 100
men. On the 10th, two more Corrientien ships ar-
rived bringing another battalion.
General Benjamin Virasoro, governor of Corrien t en,
had also arrived with cavalry, and made for Con-
chillas, four leagues off the town of Parana, his head
quarters. All the forces destined to defend Entre-
rios in the absence of Urquiza, were under the orders
of this general.
It was on the 11th that Admiral Granfell entered
the Parana with the steamers Affonso Recife and
Pedro the 2nd, and the corvettes Union Euterpe and
1)a Francisca. All these vessels remained stationed
in the Parana with the exception of the Affonso, in
which the admiral returned to Montevideo on the
27th of August. No hostilities of any moment
occurred whilst the fleet ascended tho Parana. The
only manifestation made against it by the Itosist,
General Mansilla, was to fire 34 shots at the Brazi-
lian ships without once hitting one of them.
Roses and Oribe were using all the means likely
to contribute to their escape from the hazardous po-
sition in which they are placed.
Our correspondent at Rio writes as follows :
RIO JANEIRO, SEPT. 13.
Soon after the departure of the Tcviot our coffee
market opened, and some large transactions were
reported at still higher prices than those quoted
in my last, say 200 reis. Advises from abroad
continued unfavourable, but by that strange ano-
maly so frequently. to be obs'erved in this mar-
ket, a continual rise in price was the only re-
sult. One reason fur this may perhaps found
in the great scarcity and backwardness of the new
crop, and the fact of the demand being almost ex-
clusively for new coffee. The sales of the month
of August we estimate at 150,000 bags, three-
fourths of which were for the States.
From the Ist until the arrival of the Tay, prices
continued to advance, and 3,600 reis was paid
for sonic parcels of new coffee subsequently to tho
arrival of the packet. However, we have no sales to
mention, and as this pause has allowed time for a
stuck of about 60,000 bags to accumulate, we are
perhaps justified in predletin,,e' a somewhat lower
range of prices for next week, but as regards new
coffee, even this is doubtful, as not more than one-
fourth of the existing stock is composed of that
quality.
Our accounts from the interior still continue con-
firmatory of the great deficiency of the present crop,
and it is supposed that not more than one-third of
the last safra will be brought to market.
The sugar market is extremely dull, with about
1,000 eases on hand.
The first call upon the Bank of Brazil, 10 per
cent., was paid upon the whole number of shares
20,000, on the 20th of last month, and it com-
menced operations on the 21st. Sales have since
been made at sm. and 10m. premium. Shares of
the Commercial Bank have been made at 620 m.
Exchange opened at 291 to 29!, and on the
sth a considerable amount was passed at 29, which
since the arrival of the Tay, has been the ruling
rate.
In stock and specie nothing has been done.
'fire general opinion here is that the detbat of
Rosas will be accomplished without any engagement
or bloodshed.

BRAZILIAN MARKETS.

RIO DE JANEIRO, SEPT. 13.

COFTE?..—Washed, 4,000 to 4,68:1 reis ; superior, 3,800
to 3,900 reis ; Ist good, 3,600 to 3,700 reis ; Ist ordinary,
3,300 to 3,400 rcis. Stock, 80,000 bugs.
SUGAR.—Maccio, white, 2,400 to 2,600 reis; do, brown,
1,500 to 1,600 reis. Stock, 1,000 cases.
litor.a.-11cavi, 100 reis to 135 reis ; light, 185 reis to
190 reis. Stock, 73,000.
EXCHANGE.—London, 29d.; France, 330; Hamburg,
612. Five p.m. A considerable amount has been passed
today at 28t.
STOCK.—So: per Cents., 90 to 92 ; provincial, 89 to 9'.
Spanish doubloons, 23,800 to 29,000 ; Patriot doubloons,
28,800 ; Spanish dollars, 1,900 to 1,920.
laztoirrs.—Channel, 255. to 301. ; London, 254. to 30$
Liverpool, 20s. to 30s. Nominal.

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