Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1859-03-03
The PARAGUAY EXPEDITION Ayres

The PARAGUAY EXPEDITION. Ayres
dates of January 4th have been received. Com
missioner Bowln and the Commodore of the u.
S. squadron had gone to have an interview with
President Lopez, with the briggs Dolphin and
Perry, which would be taken in tow at the forks
of the river by the steamers Fulton and Water
Witch. The rest Of the fleet remained at Mon
tevideo. A Paraguayan steamer had gone up
with chain to place across the river. A French
and an English steamer had gone up the river.
1t is supposed the latter will demand indemnity
in the case of British schooner recently seized.
1t is said that President Lopez has an hun
dred thousand men under arms. The opinion
was that our squadron was inadequate, because
only few of the vessels were capable of ascend
ing the river.
! FROM MEx1co.-The English and French
Squadrons IN Hostile Array before Nerd C'uz.-
Nev Orleans, FEB. 26.-The steamer Tennessee,
from Vera Cruz, has arrived, with dates to the
| 22d. General Miramon was still at Orizaba
with 1000 men, collecting forced loans every
where. He had formed a cabinet with General
Larrangan as minister of finance, and General
CASTILLO minister of war. A body of 1000 lihe-
rails were at Zacatecas, and another body was at
Morelia.
The P,ogresso of the 10th, states that the
French and English commanders had notified
the captain of the United States frgate Sarato-
ga that they should board the steamer Tennessee
if there were any fillibusters on board, to which
the captain of the Saratoga intimated that they
would not do 50 while the Saratoga was near
enough to prevent it.
The foreign ministers at the capital had not
recognized Miramon's government, but the Eng
fish and French squadrons were in hostile atti-
tude off Vera Cruz favoring Miramon's cause.
The Church party will attack the city from the
sea, while Gen. Niramon will attack from the
land side. The English and French merchants
had renowned the protection of their own flags
and placed themselves under the American flag.
| This last statement, that the English and
French squadrons were in hostile attitude before
Vera Cruz, &c., is not believed at Washington,
for the reason that President Juarez, and the
members of the cabinet, in letters received there
under date of February 18th, state distinctly that
they had made a definite arrangement for the
settlement of the customs duties, and at that
time there was no other question at issue.
ARRIVAL OF SMITH O'BR1EN AT New YORK.
VIM. Smith O'Brien, the distinguished Irish ex-
lie, arrived at New York on Friday last, in the
steamship Prince Albert, and met with hand
some and cordial reception. AS soon as the
steamer anchored off Castle Garden she was
boarded by the committee of reception, among
whom was Thomas F. Meagher, Esq. The
meeting between those two men: who were as
ISOLATED in bonds of the frmest friendship in
Ireland, and who went together into exile was
very affecting. The Express says:
Mr. OBrien is a tall, fine looking man, about
ffty-three years of age, with very pleasing and
rather handsome features. His voice is low
and BY his manner Of snfaki 5s 1907 a a
House of Commons There is hesitancy and
diffidence about him, which perhaps does not
strike favorably at the first, but as he warns
with his subject, although his voice is not more
elevated, there is a something in him which
rivets the attention Of the nearer in spite oil
himself. He has no perceptibe brogue.
A SCENE IN THE INDIANA LEGIsLATURE.-A
special dispatch to the Cincinnati Commercial
states that at Springfield, Indiana, on the 23d
as the Governors private Secretary entered the
Hall of the House to read the Appropriation
| Bill veto, scene ensued. The Democrats at
tempted to drown his voice with cries of order
but he concluded and gave the veto to page
1t was snatched from the boy and passed thro
various hands. A republican member secured
| it and laid it on Speaker Morrison's table. The
latter knocked it off with his gavel and ordered
the doorkeeper to take that man out, meaning
the private Secretary; he decided that no quo
rum being present the House could not receive
messages. Only four Republicans were present
Both Houses adjourned sine die.
| SwARMs OF LoCUsTs.-Dr. Gideon B. Smith
of Baltimore, in communication to the Nation.
al htelligencer, says that the locust will appeal
in seven different districts of the country, viz
LIST. In the whole Valley of Virginia, from
Fnear the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains or
the east, the Potomac river on the north, to thu
Tennessee and North Carolina lines on the south
and several counties on the west. They will
probably occupy a considerable portion of boil
North Carolina and Tennessee, overlapping 9th
er districts.
Lu LII NOl I'LL OtiIOlutt, ITOu lltlelSu 10 lie
tersburg, Virginia, and adjacent counties in boil
States.
Sd. In St. Mary's county, Maryland, tn
southern part of the county, occupying one hal
the county.
4th. In North Carolina, Rowan, Davis, Ca
barras, Iredell, and adjacent counties
| N. B. The above are all of the northern tribe
or seventeen years locusts and will commenc.
emerging from about the 9Th to the 18th O
May.
5th. In Georgia, Gwinnet, DeKalb, Newton
and adjacent counties.
9th. In Tennessee, in the northern middle
part.
18th. In Mississippi, in all the eastern portion
of the State, from the ridge or backbone,
that runs north and south about forty live mile
from the Mississippi river to the eastern boun
da,:,. Of tho State and ,rohahlx exteaaircr