The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-10-16
Paraguay and Its RuIcr-The First Stoszr-
boat Built on the Plata.

~ TIE EpiTOh Of THE HERALD.
WAS sorry 70 SEQ Ia your edition Of Sunday Z Iettw
fom Paraguay, In which your correspondent with u,
To and little truth mixes up great deal Of ~
apprehension and some stale Information, calculated 10
nisiead tho mercantile community. The news Of ths
treaty between Brazil and Paraguay has been public pre-
pery In This sty for some time but nobody who knovs
President Lopez msgines for moment that no will kssp
the treaty any longer than he help, nothing bxs
fear OF armed invasion could have induced Lopez -
raty the treaty and he delayed that ratification TO Ne
latest possible moment s only fear will force him TO -
serve its stpuiadons Az yet have that 10
treaty has been carried into actual effect k Lope1 hA9
perchaSt for observing treaty stpulsozs only pA-
PERI but the last from Buenos Ayres states thas IA
steamer BIO Uruguay, owned partly BY Ireach csptts
partly by Parsgusns, partly by Itahsas, and saiihnG
under The Montevdean Tag, would socn-astemEt y pro-
ceed above AsuDcion In order 70 test s disposition or
the government Of Paraguay.
The statement that the Ypoa ito " Grst stea1nnx
ever ost on the Plata, or lis masz rbutaries," y
most RGinsiy incorrect In the ci:y cf Asuncion. n
he year 1874, not two hundred ySs.s where sAa
Ypea ~ss launched tho officers Of the Cntsd states ssr
veyDg steamer Water Witch bull. - email steam haaA
ninety feet long AND propelled by Two pressure en-
eines This boat was called ths Pcomayo Sha wss
constructed chiefly under the direction OF Lieut. navA
ammen ana Lieut. Commanding ihos. Jefferson Page q.
:. NJ, the machinery being PCT up by Messrs rysael
These officers are bsiisrs - ow - the seI ,nss 49,
and Can vouch for the facts, The PicomAyo, tha aR
steamer ever built on the Plata or Of It's tshutasa
subsequently, became ths property OF Mr. Id gard A.
Hopkins, and, considerably gsd Is rsnmug -
i've Santa Eeand raraas the PaYans river, usdaG
The second steamer sult oa the Plata wsaconstruoGsA
az The Port OF the IT, C, seycn leagues eoove Queues
Ayies Her keel WAS laid in the tall o. ls (epte0sss
or October and rho hss been running rdsr Amse1fAn
ooore on the Pasaa aoa In Plata river fx etgh>en
months she is called tns Asuncion; Is bSit On nxW
and - Row being rin By Mr. f. A. HopxDs, on ACCOUNT
the United Stakes aad Paraguay Navigation Company.
The third steamer built tina Rata ikeutnD
put up at tho Vgre near Buenos AyTss few naesGAa
sier the AsIncton. she has been rron,ng for over
year and Is called La ierba she belongs TO tAe owna
Of the Asuncion, and IKE thai vessel and NJ
Rschneiothe only steam vesssis south AuAsrsca m.
Ger Atosscan co'crs-hase hees successfully Pun snca
he oay d their launch by Ma Hopkias Tne YpsA 10
therefore net tho rst, but tho fourth steamer ever buzz
on tse Plata or It's msny trioltar.es.
There acts state On my own knowledge es your ecr
and be, think went ON sha trial "trip OF the pcomayA
unst you viii therefore repair the injustice Done 10 Ae
American citizen by wscm the three Grst steamers bu
on the Plata are Kept rnnpIg President Lopez. h
weiikaown In sortL America for time besa e.
ceaycrng to run Az. Hopkins American boats al ~
river, BY introducing In opposition a limo OF his eUs
crh some OF ihem bIih N Paraguay, some ot them ~
alahs boueh' from tae BsszliaDs.
Your corStrrondents call To Americans 70 70 10 Paeu-
quay Is orue-very crue-in view of the iact that tAe
isrsgpsyan government has expelled ali uAAivs
bern American citizens ON Paraguay, even went ~
ss 10 hie into tho United States steamer OF war Wstes
Witch, killii ope man. The COMPANY OF which Nr Hop
s ss a psent snsrsd Immensely by he syrsnnous
nerded they hare yet received pIc:ecuon from thR
oSn government That Mr. Hopkins s better spprecassA
from the fact that while no vanly asked proteosa
AID redress rom Mr. MayoJ Urqrza has given his stsAn
the preference al others and pays thcm hAnA
come sptrc7lcion for carry ing the Argentine rails.
Your correspos dents OF the eoergy and enfa-
prize Of tho PARAGUAY an government only laughed =
ny these who know that Gil tnsse steamers ruuDug unsg
,he Paraguan flag the private property Of Prcde9B
Lop<z and his sens and that the Is tho wt
bc cargo OF the propeller Rio Eanoo. The trade Ia =
scis OF vood hss lopg been monopoly OF President L.
z, aud the cCnmeice IL tobacco bas also recsntiy, ~
otoreo been monopoizcd By him 10 the pane q the -
verr ment "Tne energy and enterprise OF ths yo1ng
seprbc and III soverpnsnt" al d. ecsed 10 bens-
CT the poc set OF sci supTcnor President Iosex, Who
The truth told OF him. would DO kncwa the nesa
outrageous despo a. ruer that eXists 10 South Aaas-
iaa y0TA.
EEw YORK, Oct. 9. 1850.