Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-03-25
Daily 4lraiaiau.
Paraguay, Lopes, Urquisa.


We make the following extract from an inter
est;ar letter pubshei in the New York Journal
of Commerce, and written By q person connected
with the Paraguay expedition. II is dated Rosa
ria Jan. 9Th:
None Of the or 8 auxiliary steamers had ar.
rived. when We heard this a. m. from Buenos Ay.
res. The waters Of these rivers will begin to fall
by the LIST April. 80 that We have scarcely three
months in which ~ negotiate or fgh., as the case
may be,
The late freshet did carry away the stockade
fort erected below Assumption. 1t also took OF
norton of the bank at the water batteries ot in-
malta, dropping some small guns IN the water
Lopez who never before LETT home, went down
last week to superintend the repairs in person.
Humaita ia on . bend Of the river Paraguay. $50
miles below Assumption. The most Formidable
work there !. . cssemate called Londress, thu
work If an Eag.Sh eniineer. which mounts IL
65-lbers. obtained IN England. Near this iorth-
cation i..ere IS camp of l4.0oo men. some toera-
bly well drilled by a variety Of British liungar.
an. French and German Adventures. 1t is said
by our river pilots, long in the country that they
have never seen, and will not stand fire. Bnt the
British Consul here. who lately some five
months in Paraguay. says that they will tight bet
tar than Sepoys Il must I've borne in mind that
the u, ,ecnline resources of Paraguay have not
been curtailed and dcclima'ed hy revolution ike
that ufthe Provr OF this Confederation and that
As country virgin vi war ~ c'" '"' "'''' "'""'
men.
Yet can hardly believe Lopc, rash enough TO
provoke an encounter which must result in his
overthrow. He il in his sixty.nnh year-obesc
and unwieldy ms Dixon II. Lewis Of old, AMI. TO
make any show Of resistance bcyoni the batteries
of his fort he must create celoneis aud generals
so MANY rival ambitions in the State. His
wealth is colossal; his dcspoiism n absolute MS
that of Russia: but he does not kil-he only lets
people die lie has shaped all Paraguay into
magnificent State in which 100000 slaves toll for
him. alone. all the year. one-tcn,h "f all the
products Of the land 60 to him or the government,
then the balance has to be sold to bim At ms ora
price sale by a grower Of a pound ct lcrha
mate or tobacco to any one but him is visited with
three months imprisonment and 81 ,oo0 fine
Again, he hos the monopoly cf three important mr.
ticles on the river, lerba-mnta, (a kind OF teal
tobacco and lumber For these he asks what
prices he peases and people have 10 rny IT.
friend Of mine, lately in Paraguay, knew u man
who brought down 200 aroias t25 pounI,) oil Yer
ba, the fruits Of more than u year = 'od IL the
Yerbales remote, hot and unhealthy section Of
Paraguay. Lopez took it at 81 so, AL sold it at
Sc. Tho same party had been ordered plant to-
bacco and raised II very fine crop. When IT was
ripe Lopez ordered him to srnd it to the govern
ment warehouse at 81 the ar,ola.
Urquiza the conqcercr OF Rosas AMI present
President Of the Argentine Consideration, is II
mercantile genius Of high order lie has open
cd to the world the Parana river. aud made every
effort tn encourage emf raion. He has large
fortune indeed he is the richest trader in South
America. lie keeps his money actively employ
cd, and is ever ready 10 take an active share in
every lucrative enterprise. Thus there is II line
of Yankee stages running between this place and
Cordova, 300 miles of. urquza owns 100000
in it, which lie half the capital stock. lie has cat
tie. sheep, and horses by tens of thousands i'm
mense esfdncids or stock farms saladcrns where