The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-01-24
From the Baltimore American ia, =,
LATEST FROM THE RIVER PLATE

| LATEST FROM The RIVER PLATE
The brig Amszon, Capt. Wedge, arrived Al
port yesterday from MontevIdeo, which psc, =
left on the 18th of November. We al l. usb,.5
/ the polite attention Of Capt. w for tie folov.
inflammation, which is much later than any prev
accounts:
The French and English blockade Of B,..
Ayres and all the ports Of Banda Oriental, ocfp,
| by 0ribe's troops, was still in force. The Am,,
obtained cargo Of hides with great difficulty !,
il is probably the last cargo of produce that Mn
procured from the river for some time TO come
: The English and French could not gain an h,
Of ground beyond the reach Of their cannon. N
natives on both sides Of the river seemed detsrm,
| ed to hold out against hat they consider an uhI
! invasion Of their country, II is positively sss,r
| by those " no are we'll informed that even lncfss.
forces will not enable the asssilanls to penetra,
| interior of the country without cavalry; and
said that Rosas will take very good cart they q,
horses.
II is thought that money freely layisksd d,
! such OF the officers Of Rosas as lukewsrm
! their attachment 10 his government, may, after
accomplish what nothing else can, and this may n
| be resorled to.
An expedition Of about sixty vessels, of dfTs,
nations, started short time before the depsrtr
! The Amazon for the PARMA River, under COMM,
/ English and French men-Of-war. Some Amsray
vessels went with IT, The object OF this exped,
is 10 get To Corrientos, (ihe Argentine PROM.
heh is divided from Paraguay by branch II N
! Psrana, and the only one opposed To Rosas, q a !
lance Of some eight hundred miles from Mo,
yideo.
The expedition, il vas supposed, would m,
with a warm reception all along the banks Of n
Psrana Tor many places are known. tn be well for
fed. The navigation, too, is difficult for yess
drawing as much water as many OF the vessels |
The expedition do. II, however, no disasters oec
they will not, in all probability arrive at Correa
| until some time IN the month Of February, foe y
current they have to contend with is very strong
ia the opinion of many who have a knowledge Of !
country, that before that time the troops Of Rov2
will have possession Of the dIsatiected province
this should be the case, all the built castles of
Adventures for selling their cargoes and oil tain
produce IN return, viii fall To the ground. Tint
! however, must show the result.
! Rosas and his friends think that England a.
France will not justify their ministers in the m,,l
ures adopted by them. They cannot, they /.
make up their minds that great a nation a. e.
land can be unjust. II the proceeding, Of M
ministers are approved Of, the European party, III
ing the strong, ST, must eventually succeed ahd ~
fine country, with perhaps Of the best elima,l
in the world will be open for an immense ind, !, n
for thousands OF immigrants, which will pour /,
itfrom Europe, under arrangements slresdy ma
by some Of the rich English resident merckana y
h Montevideo. Paraguay, with its half million on
habitants-whlch, owing to the policy Of the
dictator, Franeia, and that Of Rosas, subseouent{
has been for so many years q "sealed bookh 10 n
world-wAi also be thrown open and the gru
rivers Parana and Uruguay, with their num,rO.I
branches, all well adapted tor steam navigation
require large number Of prOpelis,s This will gr}
employment to many OF our countrymen; for al N
steam vessels that may be needed on those n,,,I
will be procured from the United States
Almost every article Of import was very dull an
low at Monteyideo, and likely to be more so; for
/ H.. H., J.
have to sell there. The highest offer for on. Of NJ
two cargoes of -four remaining unsold when N
Amazon left, was Ave Spanish dollars per barrel u
! board. Lumber would net no more than the IA
costn the United States losing the freight and mauv
cargees were expected. Exchange on England az
| per dollar.
The seige Of Mon,evideo still continued as sriv
ly as ever, and there was no prospect OF its ,erm
ton.
The A. left at Mon,evideo the United States .hHsi
Raritan, Captain Gregory and Boston, Cspurl
Pendergast; and United States brig Bainbndrl
Lieutenant Commanding Pennington; all well. Tts
Boston to sail for the United States direct 10 I
day or two, with Commodore Turner on board.
/ The passengers in the Amazon are Edward De-
vison, esq, Of New York; Charles r. thinner
mann, esq, Of Buenos Ayres Messrs Robert ID
and John Hunter, Of New York; and John DsvlI
esq, of Baltimore.
We have also received from Captain Wsdg. .
copy Of the Buenos Ayres British Packet" Of M
9Th November A few extracts from u will serv1
to show the feelings and purposes OF the Buenc,
Ayreans At the setting of the House Of Represent
atives of the province OF Buenos Ayres on the laj
of October, II voted unanimously 10 susper1
the monthly payment Of IS 900 in specie to III
creditors on the English loan during the blockade
Whilst this proposition was pending Senior Loreni
4 20 Torres, prominent member of the body, teen
occasion to ihveigh in the strongest terms agansI
the conduct of the English and French agents \
capturing the Argentine squadron in the midst 4
profound peace, and delivering it up to lis conquer
ed enemies He remarked:
"The creditors in England muat zee where ,hs
blame rests In being deprived of their rcmittance
IL is not on the Argentine government, but on I'D
agents of England and France, in imposing on hs
country an unjust blockade. However, (said Id
honorable member,) if the blockade diminishes ID
receipts of the public treasury, it augments the III
dlgnatlon of the Argentine people, and adds TO th,i
determination TO resist this European aggression
the utiermost. The blockade, il is true deprives 4
of our maritime resources, but not of those We shall
ever have at hand TO defend ourselves our ndepend
ence, and all that is sacred to man. There is NJ
a'ternaiive--we cannot consent to he humilated1
we must either live freemen, or perish amid I'D
RUNS OF our country" g..
Other members followed, stigmatisirg the captur
OF The Argentine squadron as a robbery and hid
pioekaae as oeing mos. Ubiquitous, unworthy Of lhf
civilization OF the age imposed as il has been upod
the false plea of humanity, and wi,hou, the es
provocation.
We see 1t stated in the Packet thu, Mr. Tate
whose nomination as United States consul, TO Bucna
Ayres was Withdrawn by President Polk few daya
ago, arrived a, Buenes Ayres on the 7th Of Neyem-
Der in the United States brig cambridge, and letG'
vessel under the usual salute.