The southern press., 1851-07-03
Ls8e frem Ssuth lmeriea- Rev sIutisn sg&inst

We find ia the Providence Journal the follow
ing interesting intelligence which is the more val
uabte from the fact that it is not taken frou the
Packet, paper generally supposed to be in the
interest Of Rosas, and therefore not a reliable ex
ponent Of affairs in the Argentine Republic. es-
peciaiy when true statement is adverse to the
schemes Of the Dictator The Packet. received
by the last arrival states that everything is quiet
while the account below shows the contrary 10
be the case:
BY recent arrivals from Brazil, we are in re-
cept OF rles OF the Jornal do Commercio to the
30th OF April, which. with the aid of private let
ters, give toer.by succinct account Of the
depiorabie condition Of aif.irs in the River Plate
GeI Ofchisa, governor OF the province of Ent-
rcrios, together with the governor Of Correntes,
have pronounced against II sas, who, with the
nominal title OF governor OF Buenos Ayres, has
long been the virtual Dictator Of the Argentine
Republic President Lopez, of Paraguay, which
country Rosas still claims nsiituent portion
OF the confcderacy, is said to have united his
forces with those of the other provinces, with
the intenton OF etiecting the overthrow of Rosas
The leaders Of the allied army have demanded
Of Rosas the fulhlment of treaty or guarantee
by which kosas, some years since, agreed that
when the revolt in Corrientes was suppressed,
he would resign the dctatorial power which,
owing to the exigencies of the times, had been
conferred upon him, and allow the government
of the Republic to be administered by a commits
sion. On the faith of this treaty, Orchsa took
the field, and ultimately restored order in the
country. But il was no part of the policy of
Rosas to fulfil his pledge, for it would be direct
abandonment of his power Orchisoi is the only
man in La Plata whom Rosas fears for he is
the only one who could s pplant him; and still
he could not do without him. His views are
known to be more liberal as to internal politics
than those of Rosas, and hence he has strong
friends, even among the open partisans of the
Dictator The position which he is now assum-
ing places him on the side of the country, and in
antaronism to Rosas.
For years past ii has been the custom of Ro-
sas to decline re election, and for the House of
assembly in Buenos Ayres to urge him, "for the
sake of the country" not yet to resign thepower
all of which is solemn farce gravely repre-
scented in the papers of Buenos Ayres, and copied
from them by the press III Europe and the United
States, as though it were real exposition of the
popular will. This scene has Just been re-en-
acted there, and will furnish an excuse for re-
viving the policy of terrorism, which few years
secured to Rosas the supreme control.
To keep his pledge with Orchisa is to resign
his post to break it is TO defy the most formid-
able coalition ever formed against him, and prob
ably to forfeit his power, if he does not lose his
life. No definite reply to the demands of the
allied chiettains as yet transpired. Meanwhile
the reign of terror is resumed.
On the I'd of April, Don Gregorio Lecocq, one
Of the most eminent citizens of that country,
and who, in 1887, was minister of Finance in
Uruguay, under President Oribe, was shot at
Palermo, the country seat at Rosas. He was
suddenly arrested, without any ostensble cause,
and after eighteen hours confinement, was car
ried over night to Palermo, and at sunrise was
brought out and shot. This has caused great
excitement everywhere but in the city of Buenos
Ayres where terror forbids expression. A large
number of soldiers, whose loyalty was suspected
have likewise been shot at Palermo, and Others
fiogged-and six officers under Oribe were exc
cuted by having their troats cut, shortly before
the murder of Lecocq.
The country is in fearful condition, and we
may soon expect to hear of sanctuary conflicts
which will change the aspect of affairs in La
Plata. The press is muzzled in Buenos Ayres
and papers to the 18th of April from that city
report as usual everything quiet in the Republic
1t is chiefly from private letters and Brazilian
papers that we obtain our information.