The New York herald., 1846-04-19

FsoA SsurH AxxRrcA.- by the arrival Of the nns
bark Eunomus. Capt Mans6eld, We have Z few days
hser from Rio Janero and the River La Platte. Al
though the arrivals at Rio from Moatevideo were al
most daily no news Of any Importance could be OBJ
tanned by them. The English and French squad.
rons were still blockading Buenos Ayres. U. s.
store ship Relief, commander Robb, arrived At Rio,
and would sail for New York in few days.
Files of the Jov~al do Commerce. and Mercantl,
from Rio Janeiro, to the 18th Of February, are
among our papers. They contain nothing Of inte-
rest On the 18th Of February the Imperial Govern
ment Of Rio de Janero, acting in the absence of
the Emperor, transmitted passports to General Don
+. Rivera, Minister Penipotentiary from Paraguay
to the court Of Brazil
Inc MUcomta gives the following singular
piece OF absurdity extracted from the Con,mucio
Dd Plata, Of the 9th Of February
"Not long since there arrived at Rio de Janeiro. a
scientific commission from the United States,
among whom was q certain French cavalier, who
gave out that they came for the purpose OF ex-
ploring the region OF country watered by the
rivers Parana and Paraguay. From Rio de Janero
Grande, and travelled through that territory, in
modest manner, in the quality and character with
which they had invested themselves. From thence
they proceeded to Uruguay; and when they arrived
in the country and province Of Correntes, the ira
vellers threw of the scientific mask which they
had assumed, and made it known that they were
neither more nor less than legation, despatched
by the government OF the United States Paraguay
charged by said government with the commission
OF acknowledging the independence Of the latter
republic" The Frenchnian, who accompanied
them, was represented to be the Secretary
formant had forgotten his name, and inquiries,
"SWhat will President Rosas say to this
contraband diplomacy of the United States I" II
distant people will believe the humbugs and stories
United States. we know Of no remedy for it. It is
difficult In this case 10 say which il most conempti-
bic, the humbug and hoax OF these travelling and
vagrant Plenipotentaries, or the credulty which
could swallow their idle stories and pretensions.
Gen. Pdz, who commands the forces OF Corren-
tes, Uruguay, Paraguay and Entire Rios, is accom-
panied in his camp by the English Admiral Ho-
thom and Capt Trennart He Isl the head of Is 600
OF Paraguay. who amount to 10000, are highly
spoken Of. II is said that out OF the whole number
OF the men IN the Paraguayian army, only three or
tour can De found who cannot read or write.
These Items OF news, though of date anterior to
our more recent advlces. published few days
In the Herald, are yet new in fact, though not in
date, and are OF some interest in the great scarcity
OF information from those quarters.
Markets.
Rio DE JArr,so. March I'd, ls4s.
Imports were 10 e46 bbl Flour 2l0 packages domes.
IS chsss and sausrs
extensive about ioool barrais being for export, and
6OOO for the bakers The sales OF Baltimore for export
at lS600 delivered in Montevideo net So and pl
for Haxal net 50 as Since then there has been less
demand and cargo Of 2AoO Dbl. Haxal per PhiladeL
phia, has been sold at 1911 net 81 So Richmond coun
try st LOU 40 on board, net 2o The prices Of Haxa
and Gssgo for consumption, from 90 2lu; Balti
ers vessels expected and the export demand nearly
supplied present rates, fear, will not be maintained
The stsck, however, ID moderate being l6l00 bbs in
Columbia Mills. In specustors hands there are 5000
barrels, and in bskers 900 bbls Total in all hands
coo went ON unsoM and 5000 have been taken for Rio
Grande At last dates from Rio Grsnde prices had do.
elinsd 70 q as about 1000 barrels having bsen sold
for Montevideo at 20a board Domestics-The sales
have been moderate At S05 net cents for blue drills
22o brown do net II cents; shatucket stripes 40 rs
very heavy - and :ae Scn sperm
dies he arrivals have been very heavy, and sales
have been made at rs net a9 cents; and poor a.
net 26 9s cis Tsa-do qualities Of hyson are sale.
able At aa9oO. net "a u cts fair Hs0o or cents
.s as and
ed Lumber-Last sales at 40 per foot net ls} cts.
Provisions have been saeable chiefly for export tho
SIS. few hundred bbls would ovsrstock the market
sale for manufactured. wax-Ths stocks are stil sx
cessive. Smell sales have been made at 800 rs 28
cts. Salt-Large arrivals, and di.couragng accounts
from the South. have dePressad prices still more, and
sl. Business generally hes been very dull partly in
consequence Of the rains which prevailed all
the month preventing communication with the interior
Cohec-The supplies not being equal to the demand,
prices gradually advanced and the last sales
At $500 $780, 81 cts board for superior;
interior arc almost impas:sbe which will prevent any
large supplies coming to market for some me besides
the stocks there are very small The export in Februa.
and 50. .l42 ~ United States a. follows: