The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-04-15

the yards with ne Doo OF escaping soou ono
ny, his figh, being never very hieh
The Eul.on w probably leave this place early 70
morrow rrng, the rest Of the vessels remaining We
are but eighteen mies from the Paraguay river, and ~
many more from Senior Iopezs terrible fortacatons at
Humaa 80 that curtain must soon rise, and the
mask Of The astue President of Paraguay be removed for
The ersy light 20 fall upon his harsh 1he Com
mis- sioncr If lively engaged in preparing opening de
spaib TO this government and you may rest assured nat
i, h be of character do infnite credit 70 him
clear beaded negotator He has felt his way thus far
carefully WELL and there Ia a. present every prospect
that he may be permitted 70 gratfy his hghes: ambition,
IN bringing to peaceful cad our difficulties With
Paraguay.
there will be no opposition 70 our processing To Asunclou
and that moreover, no less person than Gen. Urqazl
has beeD chiefly instrumental in procuring this macn IN
our favor
have already stated that the President OF the Argsn
tine Confederation passed us in Paraguay steamer when
We were aground in the Taa Pass am enabled now 70
explain the whole story This steamer had fs. descended
the Parana and proceeded up the Uruguay river 70 ur
quzas esapcie doubtless with pressing invitation from
me President Of Paraguay TO confer with HIN AZ Asan
zion. Finding that the General bad gone ParanG to
meet JUICE Bown the little Paraguyan returned With all
peed received his Exceency board at that place and
steamed again up the Parana, with rapdity that cetp
kened mission OF importance IL was rumored ihl Us
qaiza only intended 70 land Corrents but have disco
vered that be is at present actually at Asuncoa confer
ring with President Lopez What advice he may give 70
who stands in considerable need OF cannot say,
further than this, that he will-hs have formerly
ling 10 appear before his capital The General - es
pec,ed rttarn here 70 though am confident
Asun ion This cannot explain, though under
circumstances, is probable that Judge sown viii
have apoihsr interview with him before he presents hts
credentials.
have shrewd suspicion that Urquza gave out a. Cor
rentes that be wond return in day or t@o in order ID
quiet the object of bis going 10 Asrncon and
.hat he will remain in that city during the greater portion
OF Judge Bowns negotiation with the President Of Para
quay.
There have been changes amongst the officers Of
the vessel Lieutenant Warrington, the First Lieutenant
Of The Fulton has been III 70 render 1t necessary 10
h,g( ND nsanl
Coum, OF the Dolphin TO his place: Adshfpman Porter
had from the cambridge this vessel
our complement of officers not being very large.
U. 8. STEAMER HARRIET LANE, /
CoRuENras, JAM Is, 1859.
MOremeatsQ Of the Expedition up ue Parana.
We arrived here from Monteviieo the 10th inst,
having been detained four days coang ship Rosario.
Each OF the steamers took brig in tow from Montevideo.
The Fulton had tina Dolphin, the Water Witch the Perry,
and to this vessel was assigned the cambridge. From
Rosario the order Of sailing changed, the Water
Witch again taking the Perry and this vessel taking the
Dolphin and Bainbrdge together, leaving the Fulton in
port to follow soon she had completed coaling.
The navigation of the Parana is very difficult, the chan
mel being crooked with current OF from three TO tour
miles per hour and pilots therefore deemed it neces
sary to anchor every evening Our progress conse
quenty, up the has been slow and tedious. When
about five hundred miles above Rosario we were
order for to return to the assistance of the steamer
Fulton, she being aground about Que hundred miles
below US. We Immediately let go the brigs, and
in six hours after receiving the order had made
fast 70 her, and after parting two large hawsers
ceeded in hauling her of into deep waser
The squadron consists OF the harriet Lane,
Water Which, Dolphin Bainbrdge and Perry; the Fulton,
with the Commissioner and Commodore on board, having
lett here on the 2st inst for AsuDcon " have ateS
view with ~ esident Lopez
The soop-of Prebe and storeship Release have
arrived al Honevdeo, and understand that they
their way up the river 70 join us here Our time
is occupied in drilling daly--in the morning firing at
targets with round shot and she'll and 10 the afernoon
exercising on shore as infantry and artillery.
Within lev days We wilt probably learn whether il
is to be peace with paraguaywhether the squad
ron s TO open fire upon Lopezs batteries merely
change friendly sautes with them. My impression Is
now, that II viii be found unnecessary to fire shot,
CORRESPONDENCE FROM AsUNCION.
AsrSuoS, Jan u.s. 1859.
The Passage Up the Parana and Paraguay-AN Ready for
Aetiors--The Batteries at Htmaia-Presiient Lopes's
Preparations for Fsghs-Inerehange IF C.csftss urta
Gsneol Goasales-Shenglh Of the Position Of Hunaita
Arrival at Acknowledgements IF the CpyCoagregA
tim # Dirlnas DC
Fer a time il seemed If tie fstes to the
Fulton reaching the capital of Paraguay. The last
fifty miles Of our journey boset with every kind Of
annoy and delay, or which were indebted to the
coDsummate ignorance OF pilot, who, though no con
Quoted the ship well enough in the Parana found himself
not little a. loss in the OF Paraguay.
The channel of this latter river deeper than that OF the
former and has less current possesses the dsadvan
age Of being excessively to render necessa
ny the ssfll poage for vessels Of the draugh! Of
the Fulton--twelve feet. Not being blessed with
tbs importan. advantage, we found the already
bruised keel OF the humping every few
miles, and occasionally fading elevated spo.
h,fl D, cT,o
as these boats sen. and the river BOUNDED 10
every directions by which succeeded 10 evento
ally dragging slow length along TO the city Of Asuncion.
have been struck with fact that Of eight
nine feet the river almost with impunty, but
draft beyond that demands the channel Of the stream
aud 1t is subject TO constant changing of place. il
always easily fouDd And again. the various o5strus
tons placed in the deepest portions Of the river
Asuncion, by the Paraguay government, 10 order TO ion
pcde the progress of the Brazilian feet that not long
since had occasion to pay Mr.. Lopez visit OF sm,lr
nature to ours, have not been entirely removed
But VIC are at last Asuncion. scarcely realize
it--thrteen hundred miles by river course, from the
sea with the Paraguay river still stretching than
thousand navigabe miles to the north. Since last
wrote we have performed journey which IL may no. be
uniateresting TO relate.
With the cheers of the little squadron that had assem-
that place the 21s instant and in few hours found
ourselves entering the muddy waters Of the Paraguay
The change seemed at first TO be sad one the narrow
dark Paraguay lily contrasting with the broad and mag
ndcent sheet of water that flows into the Rio de la Plata
We had scarcely time, however TO draw comparisons be-
tween the two rivers before nearing the bend
| Tie other extremity Of which knew the form
| dable fertilization of Humaita TO be placed
and consequently 70 give all attention to very different
and more important objects We could family see the
Parasuayan flag parallel red white and blue lut,erne
through the trees, and rapidly approached the position
which marked out TO be that Of the famous defence,
| Of which we had card n much mention. In the mean
time the order given TO beat to quarters not for any
aggression part, but purely a matter Of Wu
deuoe to he prepared for any occurrence that might
arse. AT the same moment the men appeared a; their
stations and the marinos DIRE. up in line the quarter
deck prmed and ready The heavy guns loose
and loaded with Shells and though tho response u
report from the shore would have been usananes