The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-11

INTELLIGENCE FROM THE LA PLATE AND
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIo.-By way OF Rio
Janiero. accounts from Buenos Ayres have
been received at this Office, to the 10th
of September and Montevideo to the 9th.
The British Packet, of Buenos Ayres, file of
which came to hand, contains only foreign m alter
ouching the revolutions IN Europe, and which is
made the subject of much speculation as to the
probable effect upon the bockading parties, and
the beigerent governments of La Plate. The
letter annexed, from our attentive correspondent,
furnishes some interesting matter connected with
the difficulties which have existed SO long between
the republics -
MoSrEvrpro August 81, 1s4s.
wrote you about three months since, giving short
and imperfect account of matters in this city and
imperfect must be almost every account from place
where there orders aud inter- orders every
in the week. Upon closing my last, mentioned that
Buenoe Ayres was to be blockaded by the French
morning another order out that the blockade Of
that port to be raised and the coast
pied by the Argentine troops should be bocksded this
This government IL in critical situation, and could
not sustain itself did not the French government sd
vance them $4,000 per month her revenue is about
all cut off, they receiving but SONS $50 600 per
In addition to this, there many heavy taxes laid
upon all business persons and extra duties upon
articles barrel Of -four alone pays SIS extra or in
land duty. (The dollar here Is IS. g. New York
rency) There are some failures and many lie ng
town will be obliged to open her gates aud let Orbe
In The English all this time standing aloof; but
hardly think they can much long,r Rosas short time
since, refused to receive Mr. Martin T. Hood, the
appointed English consul, to his place. The EGG
lish say they are not, nor have not been, at war
with Buenos Ayres while Rosas says they have been
and still are at war, and to prove It, he will not
let an English man-ofwar boat land without flag
Of truce and the only boat he will init to land
s~th oIra Mat otr;- xk, ul;.Hn
GERS landing, cannot do 80 In uniform nd two oflate
have had to submit to the humility. should disown
my country soon should She by her own oontemptble
and this Is not the greatest insult for Rosas in
his decree, made exception for his kind friend Sir
Thomas Herbert, allowing him to receive provisions
for himself and crew Whether the Hon. Commodore
has availed himself Of the insulting exception not
cannot say The French, poor fellows, are cut off
entirely. Rosas says they shall not have beef; he
makes heavy dema nds against the two govern mente
and determined that the demands shall be paid. He
is right; for should We admit their cause good when
thoy commenced they have made it bad by their base
treatment. ....
We are all waiting anxiously the decision of the
English and French governments Should it be favor
able for this city, many months still have We to wait
for good times here should they abandon the quss-
ton entirely, then the city must make terms with
time since, abandoned Maldonado, and on the l9sL
Of this month, Colona was given up or sold to Orlbe
so that poor Montevdeo all that left to Cover Mt
The account Of the taking Of Coonia you will nd in
the file Of papers send you. By it you will about
seventy lost their lives by drowning in attempts to
swim of to the shipping. You will also by the
papers that have much of fear, having lately
had no less than five shocks of earthquake, phe-
nomenon entirely new here and from what can
learn it is local. The first shock, quite heavy, aud
felt for some twenty seconds more, took place
Aug 0, at O'Clock and 35 seconds PM, the second
shock, the 14th, at O'Clock. AM. very slight the
third the 1Sth at IL O'Clock, 45m PM; the fourth
and fifth on the night of the l9th slight.
On the 18th, Rosas had some executions which have
caused great sensation here. Some months since,
Catholic clergyman seduced and took away q young
lady by the name of o'Gormau; they fed to Covien,
Ties and were taken q few days since, and a
their WY back to Buenos Ayres when their guides
took them to the Camp Santo Lugares They then
informed that they must prepare for DEATH the you
1t very hard and prayed for life until her child
bern priests told her they would prepare her mind
on that point they then brought holy water, and
pourd down her throat and told her that her child
baptseed she then said she died happy She with the
priest then blndfolded and led out and shot, the
soldiers who shot her at the first fire missed her
tirely the second shot wounded her slightly but at
the third shot, their nerves steady and the
balls took effetc thus their souls ushered into
another world, without even aform Of trial. But CON-
ments are not needed the speaks for ITSELF the
truth Of which you can depend upon:
Allegheny, for some weeks in these waters. Capt w
W. Hunter and his officers have endeared themselves
The steamer is q novelty, and is much admired by all
and in particular by the officers of the French navy
News FROM TExAs.-By two or three arrivals
from Texas we learn that six companies OF the
Sd infantry were encamped near Lavacca The Gal.
weston Ns says that the reports at Port Lavaccx
that twenty six persons in all had been killed BY the
Indians. The publisher of the Lavacca Herald had
for the time being left his paper and joined scout
ing party who went in pursuit of the Indians The
greatest trepdaton prevailed amongst The people, and
fears were entertained that the Indians would attack
and fire the town; but the arrival of government
troops contributed greatly towards quoting their ap
prehensions ..
From the Victoria 4drocate of the 10th, we learn
hat tn fhe Gov
for MT causing the ranging companies to be re-
tanned in the service. It is stated however that he
had ordered three companies to be raised with
for the defence Of the frontier.
The .ddrocate exposes the insuficiency of the in
fanry forces which the United States government in
tend station'ng on our frontier, to protect cit
ns from the bands of hostile savages
The Advocate says that the Indians, after killing
thirteen men, wounding several others, and taking
vast amount Of property, have escaped, and
most probably in Their mountain homes.
The .4drocote learns by several gentlemen from San
gamblers and discharged soldiers-had collected to-
gether to the number of about seventy pretence
fighting the Indians but with the real object of rob-
bpg the quarermasters safe and stores but pre-
vented by the death Of their leader, a man named
Sears, who was shot by man named Wallace, whose
kill him Some of the party, after the death of their
leader, revealed the secret.
The Huntsville Banner announces the death of Col
Joseph L. Bennett, Of the soldiers Of the Texan
revolution He commanded the left wing at the bat
tie Of San Jacinto,-N. o. Picayune Oct. 81.
Official.
GENERAL ORDERS, Wan DErARrMEST,
No. 81. A@u'an' Generals Noy o g ISIS
l. The following order Of the Secretary of war an
nounces to the army the melancholy intelligence OF
the DE- Of Erevct Major General s. w. Kearny,
U. s. army WAN DEPARTMENT,
Washington Nov. g. 1913.
The President, with feelings Of deep regret, "a
nounces to the army the death Of Brgader General
stephen w. Kearny, major gsneral by brevet The
honorable and useful career of this gallant officer ter
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