Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-05-06


All our difficulties with Paraguay having
been satisfactorily arranged for the pre-
sent, the Fulton and Watcrwitch left As
sumption on the 18th inst.
The day after the treaty was signed,
Commissioner B1wlin, accompanied by
Commodore Shubrick and all the officers
Of our two vessels that could be spared
from duty, took farewell Of President
Lopez. This was the first opportunity
that many of US had of seeing his excel
lency, and to all Of us the occasion was
promising with interest. Lopez has a
very exalted opinion of lis digulty, and
is 4 great stickler on ceremony, so that all
who wished to be present at this interview
were ordered by the Commodore to appear
in flll dress. Nearly every naval officer
has a strong antipathy for stiff c)llared
coat aad cooked hat, yet on this occasion
We mustered nearly thirty volunteers. As
we marched along the quiet streets Of AS
sumption IL this style, with swords dan
cling at our sides, we presented quite
formidable array. As it happened that
this was the first time that | had any oc
casion for mounting cooked hat or a full
dress coat, (alihou2h | have been taking
good care Of them, in travelling nearly
forty thousand miles, for any particular
occasion that night turn up,) considered
that Lopez was honorcd sufficiently By NE,
We were received by Lopez and suit
of bis own officers, in the reception room
Of his palace He was dressed in rich
military costume, bearing his cooked hat
in his hand, quot On his head, as is his
custom and supporting himself on his
cane He appeared about five feet seven
iuches high, is rather tieshy, and has
marked air Of intelligence and amiablllty.
Time has used him well, as lie is about
sixty years Of age. lie is somewhat re
markable about the face on account Of the
relative breadth between his forehead and
the lower part of his face, his fat checks
aimos, resting on his shoulders. y cou-
gralulatory and farewell speech was read,
in the Spanish language, for our Commis-
siouer to which Lopez made a verbal re-
ply, in the same language. He spike
with great feryor and feeling, but briefly.
Then, all being seated at his request, a
few more Informal exchanges of sociab!e
sentiments were made between Lopez and
our Commissioner and Commodore, when
he fraternally embraced and shook hands
with the Commissioner only. His fare
well to the rest of Us, consisted Of a polite
bow, and a sort of boacdictional raising
OF his hands.
Leaving his palace, we then called at
his private residence, to pay our respects
to his family. We met his wife, daush'
ter, aud son. y few only Of our large
party were personally introduced to the
family, while the rest Of US satisfied our
curiosity BY looking on. His daughter
is unmarried, aud about twenty years of
age !; she has some beauty, but evidently
her best point is her 'ceiyht. His wife,
also, is very foshy. The room was quite
handsomely furnished, and everything
looked comfortable After another reu-
MON at the quarters of the Commissioner,
our party disbaniei.
We have mutually exchanged national
salutes of tweuty-one guns each. | never
heard SO heavy or more handsomely
fired salute than was given by the Fulton.
As the booming Of the guns re-echoed
over the hills of Paraguay, it produced
general feelings Of rejoicing and gratitude.
Assumption was illuminated during the
evening. 1t is most probable that with
out the presence of our large armed force
in these waters, our difficulties would have
remained unsettled. 1t is true that the
laurels gained by bloodshcd and brilliant
actions have been denied US, but this
hope may be considered as another honor
won by our country, whose true policy |
believe to be a peaceful one.
On our arrival at tho city Of Corientes,
we met five of our vessels and as We were
coming down the river we met six more
sen route for Paraguay" Several Of our
vessels have not yet arrived from the u.
S. We are now all at anchor al Rosario,
the steamers coaIiug. During our short
stay at Corieutes the citizens gave our .
officers quite an extensive ball, at which
"the beauties Of the city were well rep
resented. The population Of the place Is
about l., 900 We also again stopped at
Parana, the capital of the Argentine Con
federation. This is new aud quito thrl-
wing city, of about 10000 inhabitants.
Our vessels are all dressed in bunting to-
day, and at noon fred salute III honor of
Washington's birth day. The Fulton is
going up the Uruguay river to San Jose,
to visit Urauiza the President of the Ar