New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-13

The accident hch befe the frgate Sabine and
compelled her tn put into Bermuda for repairs, Is
rather bad 0men-if We may be pard med on
this occasion q little maritime superstitlon-for
the ultimate success of the Paraguay expedition.
Not but that We Ould most readily back, aud that
two to one the little aeet fitted out for tns enter.
prise 80 long a. ,t remained on the high seai-s~ T.
risbs and hurricanes incuded-sga'nst s.y equal
force showing the flag Of any other naton--aud We
.ia 49,, ,,;ro initiating Paul Morphy in his con-
dact toward the common sort u.
aud to give to the adversary, in most cases the al
vantage Of sblp or TWO. But this battle, If battle
there Is to be, unfortunately for u.s. is not to be-
fought IN the beh seas. 1t is a mediterranean
river expedition, upon stream impeded by shai
lows and ssnd-bars, and the most difficult, points OF
IL covered by stropg fortihcatlous-a sort of nav
igaiioD, in which by far the larger part of the
nautical skl of our officers will have no chance to
cone into play. What Is more the long river nav
ieation which It will be necessary 10 undertake. if
Lopez STANDS OIL bis defcase, extends, II may b.
said, oil The way through an ualrirndly, if not
enrmy's country. The State OF Buenos Ayres in-
deed, at the mouth of the La Plata, Is favora-
bic 10 us, and has a common Interest
with us IN forcing the opening of trade and free
intercourse with Paraguay. Bot the Argentine
Coniedrracy, 10 which belongs both banks of
the La Plsts for some five hundred mills or more
above BuenVs Ayres-as high up indeed, as the
confluence OF the Paraguay and the Parana by
which the La Plata j. fOrmed-also the aest bank
Of the Paraguay and the east bank of the Parana
for long distance up, thus ipclosiDg the greater
part OF Paraguay which lies between those two
ryers-tbis Argentine Confederscy is not only
deadly hostile tO Buenos Ayrrs, which has with
drawn from il, but, however anxious ~ attract 10
It's Own river ports foreign trade and emigration,
It ha', at tbe saline time an interest, prejudice,
common with Paraguay, in maintaining to the Ut
mort their respective and joint sovereignty over
thee great internal channels Of commerce. aud
Navigation. Even Brazil itself, which incloses
tarssaay Oh the north and Dorth-eas and through
whose territories run the still navi2sble waters Of
the upper Paraguay, though lately at odds with
Lopez, may rather be expected TO sympsthize With
lin as 10 what will be apt to be considerea in
South America rather 0verbearing intrusion on
our part into the very center Of the South American
continent. To Brazil, 1t is to be recoiected, be-
long both bsns' of the Amazon, through the greater
part of its course, as we'll as many rivers Of the
fiat cla's preventing every faculty for iuteroal
avigation-trlbutsries to that mighty stream
Such being the case, Brazil vii be a little apt to
anticipate the day when . similar hostile Am-ncan
expedition may be pIo~ipg up her waters.
/. is then plain that We sha be left TO carry on
this expedition BY our own strength and de1terity.
without the aid or countenance of any South Amer.
icsn State possessing the power to render the
slightest assistance. The obstacles to be encoln-
tered src not only the difficulties aud embarrass-
menis of river navigation, but batteries, and even
r.sulsr iorufcaiions, paeed at the most favorable
points. We have been beating our druIrs and
blowing cur trumpets so long, that Lopez has had