The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-10-26
Latest from the North.

The steamer Moneka arrived in
Charleston, bringing New York pa
pers to the 10Th. We clip from the
Charleston Ne,cs the following sum-
mary Of intelligence: =
The war in South America, between
Paraguay on the one side, and Brazil,
Uruguay and the Argentine Confede-
ration on the other, has been COM
nenced in real earnest Newspaper
files. giving details of the recent bat
tie Of Yatay, show the sang,1inary
character which the struggle is likely
to assume. On the 18th Of August
the allied forces, eight thousand five
hundred strong, under Generals Flores
and Paunero, encountered three thou
sand four hundred Paraguayans, I'M
der Major Duarte, on the right bank
of the Uruguay river. The Paraguay
ans were unproyided with artillery,
and were outnUmberei more than two
to one. 4 summons was sent to them
to. surrender, cut they replied by
shooting the messenger. For an hour
and quarter the ParagusNans met
the fierce assaults Of the allies with
desperate resistance, neither asking
nor receiving the quarter which their
assailants were little disposed to ac-
cord them. At the end of that time
they broke and fled to'tile river. pur-
sued by four thousand cavalry. Here
a slaughter took place which one of
the victorious generals characterizes
as a regular butchery. Scarcely one
Of the devoted army escaped They
left one thousand FIVE hundred dead
on the field. and only three hundred
wounded-a conclusive proof of the
fearful nature of the struggle. Their
leader, Duarte, and twelve hundred
of his troops. fell into the hands Of
the Brazihans, and all their stores
were captured. The allies state their
loss at only two hundred and fifty
killed and wounded Another de-
tachment oSti4e Paraguavan army,
seven thousand strong, on the oppo-
site side Of the river, was prevented
by the Brazilian eun-bcats from rein
forcing Duartc, aud at the time of our
last dates were securely hemmed in at
Uruguayana by an Immensely supe-
rior force
News from Havana to the 18th in
stant, was brought by the steamship
Moro Castle, which arrived at New
York Oh the 18th instant. During
the i;i'st week of the present month
heavy rams and high winds, in some
places amounting almost to ii hu,ri-
cane, and putting complete stop to
business, swept over tnc island OF
Cuba. SO much rain fell that. the
land III many places was submerged
and several persons we're drowned.
The thirty-tifth birthday Of Queen
Isabella the Second, of Spain, was
celebrated on the 10th instant with
all the honors.
1t is said that the rebels in the re-
public of Hayti have captured the
only blockading vessel which prcsi-
dent Getirard possessed.
Mississippi, III advance of all the
other lately rebellious States, has re-
sumed hc?' old position in the Union.
al.d Is once more under the control Of
her own State officers. Her Lcoisla-
ture assembled Oh Monday of last
week, and on the following day Gov
ernor Humphrey was inaugurated
ard delivered his inaugural address.
he argued against the right Of a State
to secedc, and regretted that the adj
voeates OF this doctrine had put it to
the tesS OF the sword. sHe approves
Of the. emancipation Of the negroes.
bat IS opposed to giving them the
privilege of voting.
Complaints continue to reach Gov
ernor Lewis. OF Wisconsin, in regard
to the treatment nt Wisconsin soldiers
Dserving under General Custar in
Texas, setting forth that rations- are
short IL quantity and Of the poorest
quality; that men have been unpaid
for many months; that men are tloo-
ged, from % to 700 lashcs having
been administered on the bare back
Of volunteers for small offences. in