The New York herald., 1864-10-21
NEWS FROM TEE RIVER PLATE.
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Bvusos Aysss, g. A., August -. 1904.
ve Importance or SoaA Aay,ca 10 ne RsS Of as World
An Erp cicd fnsasios of Avaacantas indsass-HoS
Clouds 4. tie 61y--Oo6 Plamsso ss Pova0sas-Prc-
oveH Of Me CoSntyy-Lep1 Lookiag 0ss Tor HSssssH-
Herepc0n CblonsSs, 80.
South America much important In ~ relations
70 the rest al che world than seems 70 10 Supposed me
various European have here allies Tor ssr
purposss DAD here ouss their surplus pspuAtos
and markets for ther products ready sst they were
their owa dopendsnciss When one Of these tse gov
srsmssts aseds bs chas lsed few gunboass oan 90
somplish The object BY threatened eombardmess or
selzure OF The Custom House cr sn island.
A. present this government h threatened by forni-
dabe iocursisn Of Araucanan Indians whose object win
bs 70 lay waste Ill tho southern and Southwestern from
tier. Chilean paper states thai this Unread " at the
instisatioa OF Franos
There has been for aAong time an III feellug between
Paraguay and this Confederation. and war may at any
time OCCUR. Tue chief quesu on 10 the boundary In
Paraguay france has arm friend. and II President
Lopez deers assuming imperial honor It 10 only because
he has tho the preroeatves OF an emperor
Nearly ono hundred OF Tho OF Paraguay aro In
course Of education 10 France. They arc 70 DO tho
officers OF Tho army and navy the eognocrs and physi
ciaps and oAblnes occrs Of the $50 caledl republic OF
Paraguay
President Lopez IL WORKING vigorously the strength
ening Of his sovernmset on the principle that tho
government u every thing and the people nothing For
example, no has planted large fields OF cotton under
government direction and Huma,ai, where there is
strong well manned FORT be has ordered all the cot
grown In tho republic 70 be gathered and the soldiers
are to ginning with gins belonging to government
This done without charge 70 the owners Of the Cotton
The cotton Is afterwards balcd by the soldiers gratis
Rosario the chief oy OF Santa Fe, Ii waking 10 new
life under tho excitement Of the Great Central Railway
projects II the base Of tho line, extending two hun
dred ana seventy mes into tho Interior II becomes
tho place Of entry Of embakation, OF all he rac and
travel connected with that Immense road It little
singular that 10 this country there is spontaneous turn
log 70 the Maine law ~ means OF protection against
gigantic evils IL has occurred recently At the city Of
sale Of ardent spirits the day Of election and the
newspapers OF the country have often impored the
Iishmsnts with which the country is cursed.
santa lie is an old place, long me capital OF tho pro-
vince Of the same name. and river town of growing
importance. OF all tho interior towns Of this country
this place must soon become the best knows ia tho
United states " has boon out Of tho way OF travel and
OF immigration, and ito lands have lain unOccupied Az
they have not been 10 market they have had no price,
Recently various schemes OF European colonization have
families FAINT smigrstne from tho United States have set
tied 10 this provinco. Some Of these wealthy, and
they o.me prepared % make permanent home. Already
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tu0 ITVuuVlb Quttc sunIar oOmo oi
Seors have prepared to resume their former
patton OF cotton raising, while others At once fall Ia with
the less toisomc pastoral pussus Of the country TIE
accession Of capital TO the province In consderGbie and
shoIe prospect Of largo settlement OF Southernersin
santa Eo
Aers are abundance Of oranges. pears, peaches, ngs
ana grapes Maize grows here, but not we'll in the
Western states. whont grows quito A. we'll, and the
grain Is smaller but harder than ia the Unea States
To tho city OF santa 10. Within hours ride Of the
site Of tho dnest farms 10 shs world the river
gable for the largest sail; asd precpitous aro the
banks that oten could jump ashore from the steamer
the5voyago
There three OF Europeans about
twenty Ave miles from the city where there about
three thousand persons 0f foreign birth These agri
ousursts and they also 6sSiaopg 70 export butter
aud cheese as we'll ~ grain.
Here I met with Mr. Evans. 40 American, settled %
colonist with beautiful Chilean wife, and occupying
nice little farm. He ts graduate OF Rutgers College,
New Jersey, and was . member Of ths Now York bar.
80 far from homs and solitary he stu retains the
virtues or his youth and we'll represents the universal
Yankee nation.
must defer suturs letter the Of visit 10
tho cotton helds OF this locality cough 70 say that
a. Santa Pe the place where good quality OF
cotton In Indigenous, and little farther towards the
equator, the rvor the PAraguayans cultivate
quality that Tor hoeness and strength rivals the best ax
OF Ireland There DO why, 10 ell this province
OF Santa Fe may not become che staple product
immigration, almost forced In the Southern States may
Toll powerfully the future Of tbs In Plata valley Some
whom meet here are Of the finest Southern fAmiss,
bringing cultivation. capital and enterprise.