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BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 11.
The Buenos Ayres Standard publishes the follow-
ing summary of events :•••-•
" Since the sailing of the packet we have but
little to record respecting the war. President Mitre,
with the allied forces, is still at Concordia. General
Flores has been_detachal with a strong force to
impede the further progress of the Paraguayans on
the Correntina banks of the Uruguay. It is gene-
rally supposed that he will succeed in cutting them
off. General Paunero, who also commands a re-
spectable division "of the Argentine army, has fallen
back from his position on the Parana, in the direc-
tion of the Uruguay. .
" The Brazilian squadron is still in the same po-
sition. General Canaverre commands a wing of the
Brazilian army on the left bank of the Uruguay,
near Uruguayana, where a powerful Paraguayan
force is advancing. General Osorio, who commands
the main Brazilian force, is still encamped at Con-
cordia ; and, in fact, the only change in the atti-
tude of the belligerents is on the part of the Para-
guayans, who have recently resumed active opera-
tions, and are now masters of nearly all the unfor-
tunate province of Corrientes. They have taken the
towns of Bella-Vista, Saladas, and San Roque, and
perpetrated the most nth' eard-of pillage ; all the
goods in the stores have been swept away, in capa-
cious bullock carts, by the ruthless invaders ; and in
the city of Corrientes we regret to say that even the
women have not escaped. It is really awful to con-
template the frightful consequence of this war
should it last for any length of time ; and yet peace
seems to be utterly out of the siuestion. Lopez,
who is fighting for.his very existence, professes-to
be waging war against President Mitre and his
party and General Flores and his Ministers, and
not against the Argentine Republic or the
Banda Oriental ; whilst, on the other hand,
General Mitre, who has been forced into the
struggle, avows that he fights Lopez, and not Par-
aguay. The strength of Paraguay was hitherto un-
known in Buenos Ayres ; it consists in immense
masses of infantry, who all blindly follow their
leader, and fight with the tenacity of Russians.
" Lopez's army is destitute of everything save
arms, and thus it is that in every town which bears
the footprints of the invaders a general sack and in-
discriminate pillage sets in, which seems to be so
congenial to the Paraguayan soldier, that we learn
from two respectable Paraguayan youths who have
recently escaped from the enemy's camp that the
war is most popular among the common Paraguayan
soldiers. Precisely the reverse is it with President
Mitre, who has to contend with the insubordination
of men impatient of every restraint, and who abhor
the strict military discipline of such a general ; still
the resources of the allies are so immense, and those
of the enemy so limited, that the ultimate result of
the war cannot be doubted.

"Notwithstanding the war Buenos Ayres is ra-
pidly improving. The sheep farmers are all doing
well; the winter season is now nearly over, it having
been one of the mildest experienced for years. The
increase in the flocks in some districts is unprece-
dented, and if sheep go on augmenting as they have
for the last few years, the export of wool from La
Plata will ere long rival that of Australia. Business
in Buenos Ayres is at present dull, money remark-
ably easy, and the paper currency improving. The
extreme ease in our money market has given a very
firm tone to Argentine National Bonds, which have
become a favourite investment for surplus capital.
These bonds are now quoted at 42, and in demand.
The quarterly interest and amortisation on the Bus-
chental Loan have just been paid. These securities
cannot be bought in this market, as they are held by
large capitalists, who, in consequence of the enor-
mous amortisation at par ordered by law, refuse to
sell them. An offer of 65 percent. was made last week
for $500,000, and declined. We all look anxiously for-
ward for news from London respecting Signor Ries-
tra's mission; it is supposed that he will negotiate the
new loan on the most favourable terms, as this
country as yet owes, we may say, nothing. Since
the last packet the -banks have all reduced their
rates of interest, and money has become very abun-
dant. The Maua Bank in Montevideo has on hand
nearly $2,500,000 in gold.
" The most important event of the day is the
opening of the Buenos Ayres Great Southern Rail-
way. On Monday, the 14th inst., the contractor,
consulting the public convenience, and with a view
to accommodate the estancieros of the south, will
open the road to public traffic to a station within
about 31 leagues of Chascomus. The masterly
manner in which the work is done is the constant
theme of all who have been over the road. It is
surmised that within a few months the road will be
completely finished to Chascomus. Had the public
inauguration of this road been in happier times we
might have hoped to see it continued to Dolores ;
but, in the present critical state of affairs, and, in
fact, until the Paraguayan war be terminated, we
fear such an extension is but an illusion of the
imagination.

" Specie opened very weak this morning, and fell
immediately 10 centessimos. Later on in the day
buyers for cash were more numerous.

Exchange on England has an upward tendency,
owing to the belief that the loan about to be nego-
tiated will be drawn for, and not remitted in specie.
About £120,000 is the total amount drawn for the
packet, of which 1,000,000 fr. have been drawn by
the River Plate Bank.

,' There has been very little done in wool during
the fortnight, and at least 70,000 arrobas are at
present in deposit.

,4 In national bonds we notice increased firmness
to-day. None sold, although there were buyers at 42.
Money is so abundant that discounters find great
difficulty in obtainingbills at 1 per cent. per month.
Gold, however, is much more abundant than paper."

AUSTRIA AND HOLSTEIN,

ALTONA, Sept. 16.

The proclamation issued by Field-Marshal von
Gablenz upon assuming command of the Duchy of
Holstein, in the name of the Emperor of Austria,
is as follows :

" Inhabitants of the Duchy of Holstein,—By order
of his Majesty the Emperor of Austria, my most
gracious master, dated Vienna, the 4th inst., I am
appointed Governor of the Duchy of Holstein, in
execution of the convention concluded between Aus-
tria and Prussia at Gastein upon the 14th August
last; and the conduct of the civil and military ad-
ministration of that Duchy has been placed in my
hands. Strengthened by the imperial confidence, I
now assume the direction of affairs.

" Inhabitants of the Duchy of holstein,—We are
not unknown to each other, for no long time has yet
passed since we had the happiness of entering your
beautiful and blessed country at the head of an im-
perial army corps, to engage, in union with the allied
Prussian troops, in that contest which has resulted
in your national independence. I trust to receive,
as the Emperor's representative, the same reception
from you which the imperial standards then obtained.
I reckon with full confidence upon your often-shown
sensible character and your respect for law.
" This confident hope lightens the acceptance of
my present mission, whose difficulties I do not
underrate—difficulties which may, however, be
overcome by your calm and truly patriotic attitude.
I, for my part, will firmly uphold the system of
self-administration so far advanced among
you, and above all admit the natives of the country
to co-operate in the same.
"I promise you the conscientious application of
the existing laws, the utmost possible advancement
of your moral and material welfare, energetic and
rapid execution of the administration, and the strict
exercise of impartial jurisprudence. •
" To obtain a settled and upinterrupted order of,
affairs, I issue simultaneouslYhereTiith,the necessary

regulations by means of which a basis is gained for
taking into account the true requirements of the
country.
" Holding aloof from the exercise of a decisive
policy, I am inspired solely by the desire of remain-
ing a stranger to all party intrigues, of striving in-
cessantly to develope the prosperity of the country,
and, strengthened by the confidence of the popula-
tion, of meeting the justly founded wishes of the
people.
(Signed) " GABLENZ, Lieut. Field-Marshal.
" Altona, Sept. 15."

The regulations alluded to in the Austrian Gover-
nor's proclamation are an order for the issue of an
official gazette for Holstein. A second order says :
" In connection with my proclamation of to-day,
notifying my assumption of the chief administration
in the Duchy of Holstein, I order as follows :
" 1. A governmental board shall be established
for the entire administration of the Duchy of Hol-
stein, which shall commence its functions from the
15th inst., under the name of the Ducal Holstein
Land Government, and shall have its seat in the
town of Kiel.

" 2. The Land Government shall be subordinate
to the Austrian Governor of the Duchy of Holstein,
and shall, subject to the limitations expressed in
sec. 3, take charge of all branches of the adminis-
tration which formerly appertained to the confi-
dence of the Schleswig-Holstein Land Government
at Gottorff, the Schleswig-Holstein Taxes and Tele-
graph Departments at Kid, and the Schleswig-
Holstein Postal Department at Kiel.
" 3. Business thus belonging to the competence
of the Land Government shall be treated and settled
by it independently in accordance with the existing
laws and regulations, subject to the following re-
strictions :—The decision of the Austrian governor
of Holstein is reserved ; a. Upon all matters which
have hitherto required the decision of the sovereign ;
b. Upon matters bearing upon the constitution of
the Duchies ; c. Upon the issue of legal prescrip-
tions, in so far as the right of so doing has not been
already conferred upon other authorities ; d. Upon
sentence and mitigation of punishments, except as
to fines that may be remitted by the Land Govern-
ment according to existing laws ; e. Upon the sus-
pension and appointment of officials, clergy, and
teachers, in so far as the privilege was vested in the
preceding Ministry for Holstein ; f. Upon granting
sums in excess of the annual budget, as upon the
individual application of the amounts included un-
der the head of extraordinary expenses ; g. Upon
granting allowances and assistance moneys, with
the exception of such smaller allowances, up to a
maximum of 200 marks, as may be granted from
the support fund by the Land Government at its
discretion ; h. Upon the chief control over the
police, press affairs, and public meetings ; i. Upon
the chief control of the postal and telegraphic sys-
tems. The Governor further reserves to himself
the right of issuing orders and cheques upon the
Treasury at Rendsburg. The Land Government
has, lastly, in all affairs common to the Duchies
of Schleswig-Holstein, to report to the Governor,
after first coming to an understanding with the chief
governmental authorities in Schleswig.

"4. The Land Government shall consist of a
president and five heads of departments. In the
absence of the president, the senior head of a de-
partment shall fulfil his duty. The division of the
different branches of public business into depart-
ments, and the manner in which they are to be car-
ried on will be settled by special order.

" 5. Appeals against decisions and orders of the
Land Government shall be made to the governor."
A third order treats of the division of public
business above alluded to, and says :--

" 1. Public business shall be divided as fullowa
among the five departments of the Ducal Holstein
Land Government : a. The first department in-
cludes clerical matters and education, the affairs of
the 'Kiel University, science, and the arts, the deaf
and dumb institution, the lunatic asylum in Schles-
wig, and charities ; matters appertaining to the ad-
ministration of justice, including the management of
prisons and penitentiaries, matters of land sove-
reignty and frontier, general affairs relating to the
estates, to convents for the nobility, and to the
affairs of the Schleswig-Holstein knighthood, to
statistics, wrecks, and the promulgation of decrees
and orders in the official gazette ; b. The second de-
partment comprises matters relating to the com-
munes and to the poor, trade, commerce, weights
and measures, the press, and rights of association,
medical and veterinary affairs, the fire insurance
system, and agriculture ; c. The third department
manages roads and public ways, railroads, dykes,
drainage, harbours, and, buildings, commercial and
navigation matters, the Schleswig-Holstein canal,
and the irrigation system, conscription, quartering
of troops, furnishing provisions in kind to garrisons,
transport of war material, general equalisation of
war expenses and claims for damages caused by war ;
d. The fourth department takes in hand direct taxa-
tion, including the duties on stamped paper and
upon heirship, the right of free conveyance, matters
relating to agriculture. Crown lands, forests, and
the chase, as well as the revision and decision upon
direct taxes ; e. The fifth department includes the
finances (budget, State revenue, and debts), the
widows' funds, pensions, grants, and support
moneys, the customs, postal, and telegraphic
systems, with the control over the support fund of
the Land Government and the sums placed at its
disposal for office expenses.

"2. Each department shall retain the right of re-
vision as to the method of keeping accounts in the
branches appertaining to its competence, and until
further notice the head of the fourth department
shall act as general supervisor of direct taxation,
including the duties upon stamped paper and heir-
ships.
"3. The president shall control the method in
which public business shall be carried on, and exer-
cise disciplinary. authority over the officials of the
Land Government, in so far as they are legally
amenable to the control of the authorities.

"4. Each head of the department shall exercise
authority over the different branches within his
competence upon his own responsibility, indepen-
dently under his own signature, and with the coun-
ter-signature of the chief of the bureau, except over
such matters as are reserved in the ensuing para-
graph for the deliberations of a college, or which,
being purposed by the president as advisable, shall
be considered by the head of the department as fit-
ting to be laid before the college.
"4. All more important matters are reserved for
the deliberations of a college, in which the chair-
man shall give the casting-vote where the votes are
equal. To these appertain opinions and reports
upon normal subjects, or on questions of principle,
decisions upon admission or denial of rights, with
the imposition of penalties.
"6. Should the President find any resolution
arrived at by the college contrary to law, or danger-
ous to the commonweal, he is bound to suspend itg
execution, and to report thereupon, adducing his
reasons to the Governor without delay.
The following heads of departments are ap-
pointed members of the new Land Government :
Department I. is placed under the care of Councillor
E. Lesser, hitherto a member of the Schleswig-
Holstein Land Government ; Department 11., of
Count van Stemann, member of the hithorto exist-
ing Government; Department IV., of F. M. Wen-
neker, hitherto member of the Land Government ;
Department V., of Finance-director W. Lesser, also
hitherto member of the Land Government. The
name of the head of the third department will be
subsequently announced."
A final order is as follows :

t, The affairs of the customs, postal, and telegra-
phic systems appertain to the jurisdiction of the
Ducal Holstein Land Government, the customs office
being under the management of G. C. F. Kirchhoff
at Kiel, the post-office under G. Struve in Kiel, the
telegraph-office under telegraph director C. W. L.