New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-01-21

instances which have never seen anu n''Si ~
e. gbt II was at this juncture that brother
aT a.; Consul', hammered To be out riding with
snotber mans wife, when, meeting soldier on
,bo road he cot into an alteration with him,
,,.b;.b ,ssuted in getting the military man logged,
"a :; fsrning the flame Of diplomatic discOrd with
enu r;sor Lopez now determined TO withhold
nertain privileges extended 70 the Navigation Com
many. many OF which, il must be confessed, were
grossly abused, and once more demanded .ls
money. Hopkins 81 Company became stn as lne
President became urgent, and so exasperated did
this stubb0rness on the part OF the Company MAKE
our present enemy that he broke up the entire b1sl-
inc "a Of the speculators, excaiming II canrSot
{" pet nav own money, or rule this country, zhan
allow no Yankees to provoke me-" In a. short
time after this the Water Witch affair tool. place,
and the nartjssns of our Consul did not All to i'm
pnta the firing into the steamer TO m0Llves which
never actUated IT,
when the events above related transpred Capt.
AlvaradO Hunter, a renowned hgAtng man, reck-
Iessly brave and rash, happened 10 have command
of the United States brig-Of-war Bainbridge, on
the Coast of Brazil, under command of Commodore
William ID. Salter, who was COmmander-in-Chef
of the United States Br1zll Squadron at the time.
The q" outrages perpetrated on American citizens
"by the tyrant Lopez" so moved the mercurlal
duelist that without orders he came down with
his vessel to Rio, and laid before the Commodore,
who was on board the flagship Savannah, an IN
teD,ely pathetic picture of Paraguayan despOtlsm,
and detail ed statement of the " most feasible
means Of taking summary vengeance " on the
fyrappcal Lopez The cambridge, along with
several small river craft which could be chartered
in Buenos Ayres was the vehicle through winch
Capt. Hunter proposed to pour destruction on
Paraguay But Commodore Salter refused to act
20 hastily as AvaradO deemed expedlent and
ordered the cambridge up the La Plata again.
n yk, tha har of
the difficulty with the soldier wrote an intensely
patriotic letter to The Nee York Herald, which,
signed as An American Citizen in Paraguay,
was cOnspicuously published in that Journal and
copied into almost every paper IN the Union. 4 ne
decision of Commodore Salter was psbsWed at, the
cambridge was termed 90 a painted ship on
painted ocean" and great many other clever
things said in the communication, which it ls not
necessary 70 recaptulate. Suffice it to say that
after Mr. Clements efusion had attained very
wide circulation, our Government became possessed
officially of the grievances suffered by the Consul,
which were not likely to be treated as light matters
by the injured party.
Thus was the state Of affairs with Paraguay and
the United States when Mr.. Buchanan came into
power, and il was the famous Message OF our Presi-
dent thst brought the matter before the pubic IN
prominent manner. Now, it is in connection with
this Message that my most pregnant new fact pos.
Paraguay there happened to be two or three Ameri-
can missionaries soiourning az AsuncioD. Hearing
how matters stood, they determined TO call on the
President. On being admitted they found him
with paper, containing the document referred to,
in his hand pacing bis apartment in very excited
mood. 1t occurred to them that they had better
withdraw; but while they were celebrating on the
subject Lopez turned hastily round to them:
This paper" said he, shaking the document,
a II. E,Ia ,nFar
"that am tyTant and a thief. | am neither.
"Your stes mer was in forbidden waters, but she
"was fred on without any special order from me.
"The Navigation Company shall be paid every
"patacone they have lost, if the thing be left to
"arbitratiOn. / am willing to pay anything that
honest men say is right, except they say il is
fright TO pay for profits which were never real
lied. The Company, l am informed, viii not
accept compensation for what they have actually
"lost, bnt hty rant to be pad for tchat they might
"mdke u business remained good TOR years to come,
"and any such monstrous demand l VIII never
"accede to-"
j presume this piece of information has never
before been published, although several American
citizens residing ia Brazil, Uruguay, and Buenos
Ayres, know it to be true IN every particular.
Yet it is generally believed in the United States
that Lopez is determnedly ayerse to any settle
ment with the Company.
of the Paraguay trouble as 1t looks on this side of
the line i viii resume my narrative of the move
ments of the squadron AS far as at present
known, this ship is to remain here, or oil Buenos
Ayres if the Commodore considers her able to go
so far, until the arrival of the new flag ship.
Rats are, We understand, being selected on which
10 place such heavy guns OF the fleet AS may be
designated. The sloop-oi-war Falmouth, Captain
Farrand, went up TO Buenos Ayres the day before
yesterday, accompanied by the brig Balnbrldge.
The Perry is also there by this time, and they VIII
employ themselves In exercising guns, &c. The
steamers chartered for the expedition have not
been yet assigned any specific duties, but when
they shall have all arrived, consultation Of
officers " AL be held AS to whether, in of
Lopez proceeding 10 eXremltles, II will be better
to engage them in merely towing RATS, we'll
manned, and supplied with heavy metal; or In
forcing a passage for themselves with regular
crews, guns, Nc., on board. Admiral Forrest is
keenly alive to the many objections which can be
advanced against either of these projects On RATS
the men would have hardly any protection; on the
steamers-if they be not strong and firmly built
the forts could do dreadful execution. There is
not doubt but there will he fight, if our
government be determined to persist in the de-
mands which Lopez so sternly refuses to comply
with. The arriIal of Brazilian schooner from
Buenos Ayres on Friday, brings us intelligence
that every preparation is being made To resist the
advance Of cur vessels; but, on the other hand,
private letter received by one of our officers, from
merchant in the same city, states that if the new
COMMANDMENTS Chief be man Ofsense and reason,
there VIII BE- no fear of a rencSunter
The tTigate Sabine viii remain al this port until
the return of the officers and suite of the flagship
from Paraguay, and if there is to be war, either
this irigate or the Sabine viii be converted into
sort OF guardo for the reception of all the superlu
Gus appendages of the feet.
81. Ill r.
are becoming dissatisfied at being obliged to remain
here so long when We had partial orders 10 20 home