The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-11-27
NEW YORK HERALD.


the Interior of south America
The Presidents Message will probably con
tam several important recommendations to
Congress relative 10 the forming of CONNER
clal treaties with the inner provinces OF
South America, and the acknowledgment OF
the independence OF the republic OF Paraguay
This subject has occupied the recent attention OF
the Secretary of State, and in accordance with his
expanded views, on the subject OF commercial
treaties, our Southern continent, with Its almost
unknown and UNEMPLOYED interior provinces, Will
be opened to our commerce, and Its rich pro-
auctions returned in exchange for our manufac-
lures and mechanical Improvements.
Paraguay is now republic, and their Con-
gress has applied TO this government for the
recognition OF their Independence, which has
been declared since the death of the dicta-
tor, DIR. Franca. This republic is the most
extensive and popuious, and the most plenti-
full aud rich in its productions in South Amer-
ca; and bounding, as it does, on the central and
southern provinces Of Brazil, and on the Argentine
and Bolivian Republics, 1t is almost needless TO
enternto any description to commercial men OF Its
natural and rare advantages. The navigation OF
the river Parana, which, together with the IRA
quay, unites to form the Rio de la Plata, is unim
peded for distance of fifteen hundred miles, and
ships of large size can navigate Its waters, al.
though steam vessels would possess superior advan
tages in conveying the products Of this immense
country to certain points where foreign vessels
could receive them. These streams, in connection
with the Paraguay, pass through and bound seven
large provinces, OF at least sixty thousand square
miles in extent, Nth neither of tchic except Buenos
Ayres, haze the United States had any intercourse
The Republic of Paraguay, which contains over
million Of souls and has extent Of full fifteen
thousand square miles, has been for thirty years
under the despotic influence of the now de-
ceased Francia, almost entirely excluded from
any intercourse even with their nearest neigh
boss. Its productions, and that OF the sur
rounding provinces OF Bolivia, &c, consist OF
Immense herds of cattle, horses and mules,
that cover their plains, from which the ex-
port Of hides would be enormous. Its tobacco IS
equal to that Of Cuba. Sugar cane and coffee are
indigenous to the soil, and indigo and cotton grow
in abundance. a In drugs, it produces the castor
nut, Peruvian bark, sarsaparilla, rheubarb jalap,
guaiacum, copaiba, cochineal, &c, and The Indian
rubber tree, the gum Of which now ferns such an
article of use, is native OF its forests. Coarse
wool is in great abundance, and the Yerba-Mate,
or Paraguay tea, is as much in general use through
on, the provinces Of La Plata, Chile, and many
PARTS of Peru as the teas OF China are in this
try and Europe.
This province has been claimed by Governor
Rosas, Of Buenos Ayres, as part of the Argentine
Confederation but their recent declaration Of
independence, and establishment Of a national
flag, puts an end to his assumption. Since then,
the government OF Buenos Ayres have partial
IL commended for the control OF the entrance
of the rivers Parana and Uruguay, and have in
sisted upon the right to govern their navigaton but,
In this advanced state of international liberty, il is
presumed tina; they will not continue 20 withhold
from other countries advantages that they are not
capable Of improving themselves. A free naviga-
ton of these immense sire ans, with their trbu-
taries, would open market for our coarse cot
tons, and other productions OF immense value to
our country. The introduction Of steam upon the
mississippi, but few short years since, caused
villages, towns and cities to spring up, and form
the centerng points for the deposit Of the products
of the interior, from which, and the increase
Of population, State upon State has been
brought into the Union. This was pro-
duced by the introduction Of steam, but
the provinces and republics bordering on the
Parana, which in extent ia full half the
whole length of the Mississippi, are alrea-
dy densey populated, and numerous towns and vii
lagos are located upon its shores.
The recent return from Buenos Ayres of
the Enterprise, under command of Lieu
tenant ]. M. Watson, and important and
interesting information communicated by him
TO the State Department, has called attention
to this subject, and it is presumed that d.
pomatic agent will be sent to Paraguay to open
new field to the enterprise of this nation, and thus
add another link to the great chain of its COM
merce.