The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-10-12
MoNrEvIpro, Aug. IL, 1886.

Affairs Of La Plata
would have written to you per cambridge and Ply
mouth, that sailed few days ago, but for the simple
Of having nothing say respecting this conound
cd ding dong" River Plata affair Things have got to
be scandalous All hands appear to have made Of
it, and whether they going to get out of with
cannon balls plaster of Paris, God only knows
Mr.. Hood, the former Consul General here, arrived
time back in the steamer Devastation direct from
England confidential agent Roses to see if he can
make fix of it, from his uninterrupted residence of
twenty years previous he is you may suppose old
hand at the bellows and what with his thorough know
ledge of these countries the language we'll person
al acquaintance with the high contracting parties may
probably in the end do something. There is thing
however you rest assured of-that he does not do
it. nobody else will Rosas has deal to settles there
fore will not be SO tomfsweet" out suite concern
ton and bids defiance the them besides
the fourshng province Of the Banda Oriental must be
70 sse an unless he frees the se brazilian
gersl and where is his crown to come FRONT You
,e all Of things can't be taken or given right
This Liverpool Of South America, Montevideo has been
the sole cause Of the present row. During the French
dragout blockade of two years and quarter. CON-
mencing in 1897 she became from necessity the empo
rium rather depot Of all goods chiefly British
features, destined for Buenos Ayres immense amount
of real hard stuff was consequently thrown into j, for
payment of duties, building Of warehouses and what
not rents rose labor rose IN short Everything rose ana
Montev deo which. in the wear 1885. could not be rated
at IL 900, In ls42 to upwards OF so o00
posed Of hardy industrious Basque and Spanish emgran
not lock, hinge, tool they worked with, rag they
that did not from Birmins ham and Manches
ter. She therefore, must be tee-totally sufocacd
The forcing of the rivers Parana and Uruguay has been
considerable Of drawback the peace making branch
Of the business They doubt did it in mastery style
and bravely. notwithstanding tho multitude Of young
Gbraltars they had to pass But in mercantile point Of
view it has turned out something like the Indians gun
cost than to; besides many of them had to
leave their locks The 400 hides they brought down
still for the most part hanging out to dry here
guar mixture, neither fit for market nor the other
Business is dull as and siege can make it
II not for few free and enlightened citizens and British
patriots who carry trade that shall be nameess
might we'll shut up shop The Corrientes hides men.
toned, will no doubt, 60 low in sprng-they may pro-
badly be put free board at eight cents per lb-not
thstthat is to say taking into considerable the
large quantity that will naturally be expected from Bue.
Ayres the raising not Of the blockade as the
case may be.
Flour still sticks out TO $ia, Notwithstanding some
heavy arrivals of late We have great many mouths to
feed and may in all probability, have more before the
COMPOUNDED affair 10 settled.
will write you by the next safe convey snce bar-
ring mail bags for the way correspondence is bam
boozed and kicked about adsys would disgrace the
postofice regulations of the Hottentots.
An IrDrPEvpENT BRrrov.