New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-24
LATER FkOM The PARAGUAY EXPg-
DITI0N.
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Since thnss memorable periods in the word,
history when a cels. 5Iattd French KDg, witl .ey
eIA thousand men. marched ups bill aud tser
marched down ssain, ara when huge moGntun,
having been discovered in Is Dor was delivered Of q
very srall mouse, there never was Organized By
Any Government. or people an expe,f ition 50 fertile
IN gateTial for ridicule ss that TO wh.ch We have
the honor to belong. SUI glad that ia ,us last,
my communicative faculties, such az they are, con-
yeyed - you idea Of the real points a. issue Sc
tween those two great monsrch.. Buchanan and
Lopez | since learn that the whole programme
Of the Navigation CompsDys sufFeripg,, ths
treaty difficulty, aud the Water Witch war, was
| cot up by Hopkins and his satellites, to scare the
/ Psrseusyan President Out of hs wits 80 efFectualy
that he would fall on his knees and yield up all his
| treasure. sooner than risk the enmity of Uncle
| Sam. But Lopez, ike tue ayarieols Dutchmaa,
| considers all thu gs-tOrts, aud cities and human
| streng,t-useless without the root Of all evil aud
| stands defsntly calling on Jonathan 20 blow away,
/ that man might as well BE- without brains with
out mouey. L" Inquire ard ye shall be enughtsa-
| ened, " rays the prOyerb. The more Judge BOHln
inquiries, the more confused Gnd unsatisfactory are
his tiscoyeries He knows more of the Paraguay
trouble now than when b. left home, but he hardly
la;s him down 10 rest night thsS the bliss OF his
late iqporaSce does not hunt him, "a the innocent
memories Of childhood haunt the guilty man. The
poor deuded Commissioner 10 ODly just beginning
10 see how matters really are; il he knew two
months AGO. he would certainly not be here.
Hencefo'tb. he must BE- party to perpetuite
deceitful sumbug, desert his post " of honor aud
trust" Why viii not some respectable Journal
show up edtoriay this dreadful hoax Is It
cause {, r war tia. the pencil-mark s. north was
inserted, or is insertion suggested, IN al inter
national treSty l. il cause for war that hlll-
mastering steamer Gas the Water Witch may have
been taken for such) was fired on when
iBtI udlDg on the privacy OF nations
wafer way il it cause for war that n. df-
ference of few thousand dollars should exist be-
tween private firm and the Republic OF Paraguay
No; it il not By any meaus. l now inform you, on
good authority, that Dir. Hopkins bad ust as great
determination to walk bare foot across the Allan
tic, as he had to bring this Paraguay difficulty to
extremeties when be- first complaIre ed of 1t. From
the beginning II has been considered by all Anne
Iicans here as one Of the thousand " msunder
standu O." with which the newspapers generally
manage to feed public curiosity aud excitement,
and rot until the L. ). brigofHar Balsbridge, the
precursor of the numerous vessels that have since
come in, arrived here, would our cOuntrymen be-
lrye the "rumOrs Of war" But now, retreat
being dsgrsceiul although il could hardly be more
damaging TO our national reputation than battling IN
such cause we must 20 forth to the fight In ships
and rotten steamers 10 be laughng-stock for
Chrsteudom. The flying reports you have doubt
lees beard about preparations being made by Para
quay are confirmed by lncontrOyertlble testimony;
but the magnitude Of these preparations and their
| importance hive been exaggerated
The first move of the fl1g ship Sabine-I would
say Uf the Admiral or the Commissioner If 1t were
| known who rules the roast, but il is n0t-was 70
,frgY ennl
Portable in con panionship and it even lessons the
horrors Of death 70 be killed with several acqnalnt-
| ances. Concentration was the word. " Where's
| the Dolphin" asked the Commander in Chief,
wh ever that is. On being informed that the little
brig was, according to official Instructions at the
rendezvous of the expedition, she was immediately
ordered down TO this port, and she bas arrived.
| Some foohsa~ people think that this looks
like something systematical. Why bring sl tue
| men war here If h. does not mean something (!
ask thOse who imagine that there is special mystery
| in The closing of an Oyster-shell. But # poor
Mr. BOWin means anything and | doubt 1t,
| by cOunte rmahdDg some of Mr. Touceys
orders, IT probably If, that be does not like to
leave a single craft 20 near Stapira, which Is too
| far from Buenos Ayres for the longest Dahlgreen
| 10 reach bali the way. There may be another
reason for mastering all our forces mere. Ii viii,
am very certain, be news to you To- learn that, go
far from the heet being about TO start for the scene
| OF hOstilites ~ South American newspaper man
! expresses il, 1t will take every day of two months
| to ,et the vessels clear of BuenOs AyTes. The
Fulton, which vas intended to do terrible execu-
| ion with large ll-iLch gun, has no carriage Ga
| which 10 put the tremendous piece OF ordnance,
| and consultation will be- held. touching the pro-
priety Of sending the alter Witch in her place "a
| hsg.shp. However Is nautical men are generally
superstitious the latter suggestion will doubtless
be oyerruled az Il would look 0min0us OF EVIL, and
1 L.. 49,
| under existing circumstances, TO introduce the
| surveying steamer" so consplcuously To the
| notice of old acGHaintances. But what shall be
said of the efficiency of Government authorities,
! who shipped isrge gun, aud forgot TO sm0 IT'S
! carriage j he hitter article lies III Norfolk Navy
Yard the storesbip,, ike the hussars mentioned
IN history, having, their Daste 70 The battlefield,
| forgotten part oil Their ACCOMPLISHMENTS ouu 'n''
cannon 90 on wheels.
| It's stated in some Journals here that u treaty
| has been agreed To- between the United States and
| Buenos Ayres which guarantees 10 us heipmate
IN our necessities. | am sorry to dlsoel the uIu-
| sion but the truth is as follows: The Government
| of Buenos Ayres wBs | understand, interrogated
! 10y President Lopez, on matters relating u the con
cehtrstion Of our squadron III the waters OF tue
! Confederation. With all the acnteness and lnge-
nui'y Characteristic of him, the President 81 Para
pusy txpstiatsd eloquently gu the uneenerous con-
QUOT of Urquiza, another soul Of iron, IN permit.
ting stroig and distant power like The UhIted
States 10 III out and equip IN hrs national harDor
| number of ships whose mission II was 10 Destroy
| if possible. Pangua,an peace aud prosperity
Urauiza, true 70 hz natural instincts, saw TIE ioree
OF This reasoning, and caused intlmsilons to be
made sayoring as little as possible Of official dicta
| ton. that Judge BOnlin aud bis merry men must
hold on for while, and not proceed Is speedily as
| MI Toucey ard our saors--who hate ceisy IN
anything-desire. The second chapter OF TINS u u
drIt ,bevs tbat even we have some diplomats pos