New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-18

sufficed 10 b,ing US to PerDambuco, and While We
remained there the Water Witch came ID She
broke down in Der machinery at sea, and Was COM
PEELED TO hmp with few pouuds of steam and can.
vas when the weather was fair but she managed
N Keen over water somehow. The Harriet Lane
slso ;dnsd ma AT Perpambuco, and the cosl-dealers
mr.. ,ba better of our visit. The grand feature Of
our .oiourn there was an imposing religious pro-
cession on sbore, composed OF all grades OF Catho-
lie clereymen, from the bishop 10 the deacon. The
six Brazilian war ships IN port hred salutes IN honor
Of the OCCASION and the place looked more Ike the
scene of a Grand naval and ecclesiastical carnival
than a ouiet South American city. Our next stop
MING Mace Was 81. Cathsrlnes; but, not 20 weary
xon with particalars, experienced no eItraOri-
nary adventure worth recording during the latter
part Of our voyage.
II were an ADEPT at word painting could write
a readable letter about the town 10 whose harbor-
or roadstesd for there is hardly any protection for
ships at anchor here-We now are staying. Monte
video Is as You are well aware the capital OF Uru-
guay-a thriftless sickly little nation, that flies
flag of its own, and boasts republican form Of
government. The country is nearly always the
theater of civil var-few executives beng able To
soothe the caInorous spirit of the people for more
than year at time. The face of the land bor-
deriDg the capital is neither picturesque nor beau
tfn: vet il presents rude, home-Gke aspect that
makes one ike to look on il. Whole miles of
fertile soil lie useless save TO give tasteess meal
Of wthered grass to the thousands OF livery horses
kept in the city. Speaking OF horses, the mascu-
line gender Of this quadruped is alone considered
liable a. a general thing, To be ridden or worked
the mares having, by virtue of their gender, OBJ
tanned exemption from labor. The Mountain City
itself is ju.t stereotype copy of all old-fashloned
Spanish towns of which nearly every one knows
something. The streets often DarroS, crooked
dirty and always in bad condition: the houses are
a heterogeneous c0DglOmeranon OF elegance aud
misery Window shutters, store doors, Old walls,
pateways and sign boards frequently bear the marks
of bullets. and the nervous, iretfu vlsages of the
people appear as though they religiously believed
that their lives are very temporary indeed, and that
they should not be much surprised 10 experience
tbrottlinc from you at frst blush There are bull
beats operas, hoIse-races, c0ck-fghts and gladla-
torisl exhibitions here Occaslonally-prlnclpdlIy on
the Sabbath-and every one, from Inc cage Keeper
TO the President padres and all, enjoys them with
great gusto. AT present the sidewalks show
plentiful sprnkling Of American uniforms, and the
hotels and restaurants will have reason TO thank
LOPEZ for his stubbornness. Several English and
French men Of war are here, and their inhabitants
are wonderfully addicted to cracking unirlendy
Jokes at the magnitude of our squadron IN one
sense and its inapplicabilty to the emergency for
which it has been organized. The Water Witch Is
also at anchor with us, as well as the Falmouth,
ST. Lawrence and Perry. The English mail from
Rio brings us tdiugs of the arrival there OF the
steamer Harriet Lane and another vessel of the
expedition, which / think must be the steamer
Southern Star, from Norfolk large American
frgate, supposed to be the flagship Sabine, with
Judge BOWlin and Admiral Shubrick on board,
passed two or three times the oing Of this harbOr
on Monday last, but as there is no difficulty IN
coming in here in good weather, and as The Sabine
will probably 90 direct to Buenos Ayres, great
many surmses are sfoat as 10 what vessel II could
have been. i think it the store ship Supply
or Release, as they would probably put into Monte
yideo, for curiosity if not for orders. Capt. Almy
asked Commodore Forrest, the day after our ar
rival how we were to act and we received lnstruc-
tons to remain as We are until further adylces.
Meantime, everything that it is possible to do, TO
forward the efficiency of our sailors and marines,
is done. Each vessels decks are occupied every
morning with squads and guns crews going through
their exercise, and, without egotsm, l must say
our hands are perfectly disciplined. Some trivial
work must be done on the machinery of che Water
Witch and Fulton before we can leave. However,
although have heard nothing official on the sub
ject it is more than probable that we shall remain
here until the Sabine arrives, because 1t believed
that she may not be pushed so far up the shallow
water of the Plate as Buenos Ayres; ana the Full
ton, as already detailed, lie to be the flagshlp OF
the fleet.
/ regret very much not TO be able to give you
any definite information as to the probable result Of
our mission Rum0is relative To the preparations
being made by Paraguay, the efficiency and num-
beers of its soders, and the general industry OF the
war makers to give us spicy reception, are just
az rife here as they were at Norfolk. However,
all reports concur in stating that, whatever his ul
innate intentions may be, Lopez ia determined to
don the livery and adopt the circumstance OF war.
Strange but conflicting accounts of the Paraguayan
tyrants opinions reach us from sil quarters. a
lIibernian DOCTOR named Cranfield, who keeps an
apOtbecarys store in Rua de Gale de % May
(35th May street,, told me the other day that Mr..
Hale, distinguished American merchant in these
parts offered the Government of the United States
TO settle all matters in dispute between us aud Par
aeuay TO the satisfaction of both parties, for the
sum of $4,000. / give this just as it comes.
Another New-Yorker was on board the Fal-
mouth last week, and told Capt. Ferrand that Lo.
peg would fight to the last, and not only that, but
assured him that two Brazilian storeships would,
under the protection OF neutrality usages, supply
the Paraguayans with certain necessaries if things
went TO the worst. In publishing these reports
due weight should be given Ia the general unrelia-
bilty of rumors. We hear also that the Rev. Mr..
Collins, and the Rev. Mr.. DAILY, two tinerant
preachers, one of them at present in NewYork
City, and the other in Chins, or on his way there,
heard the President of Paraguay say, himself, that
be would pay the United States for the robbery he
perpetrated on It's citizens, if arbtrators were APP
pointed 10 name the exact amount. But why not
make the proposition 10 one of Its representatives,
if he felt like performing il ! BE these things as
they may if there is one stone left on another III
the little forts that We 10 attack, It won't be
our fault.
1t feared that should the crew of the frgate ST.
Lawrence be required t. act in the hostities much
reliance cannot be placed on Them for alth ugh they
have not lately exhibited any open demonstration of
disOb,dience they understood 10 be- dlsDlraSal