The New York herald., 1865-01-23
NEWS FROM BRAZIL.
The Reception Of Mr.. Stewards
Reply.
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MOVEMENTS OF Rn9EL PIRATES.
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Their Rsvages ON the Brazilian
Coast.
Tho Relations Of Brazil and
Paraguay.
PR OBABILTTY OF WAR,
&c, &C., DO.

We have recsived full 0les Of the C0r,eio Msrccnea
and tho ornol do Comma cio Of Rio Janclro and tho
o,ma do BaAia with datea 70 the 9th Of Desember n
elusive. Our advices from Pernambuco 70 Decen-
Dor Is.
II was known at tho Brazilian capital that the govern
nent was in receipt Of Mr. sswards reply the claims
made In tho Florida question, bus nothing more had
transphed.
There GOODNESS towards the United States Legs
ton unit OF the Florida affair." and thought
that this wn clear up until ths Brazilian government
shall Enve its"wounded honor soo,hcd in some way.
Tho Corce<Of the Goth Of November also contains tho
foowing:-
Of the Ustcd Mates This morning the Argentine bark
Adelaide arrival In port from Baltimore with
of wheat i0ur etnsgned to She house Of Messrs PhppB
Brothers & Company Of this city The captain, Mr..
James P Williams. makes the following sta'emcnt-on
the 18th Of 0cobeAat the bark being then in latitude
40 north, longitude 80 west, at eight O'Clock in
the morning, we perceived vessel making for US
was seame ans srsy Afterwards ID distinguished tho
English flag At mi.fay the steamer drew down this
flag substituting for it ts flag os the Confederate states
of the South and Gred i,hot to bring vessel to-
few npes afterwards boarded by three officers
and six men, armed with revolvers Of the officers
demanding the ships papers Tho captain was then
ordered on board the stcamr, where he madc to
take oath that he would speak nothing but the truth.
They nq ircd the ships manifest; they asked
whom the cargo belonged, and whether Ncssrs
Pbpps Brothers ct1ens OF the I'm ted States.
The captain replied that hed not know whowere the
OF the cargo bat that Messrs phipps Brothers
were English citizens. After short delay they informed
Captain Williams that council Of war had declared h
vessel lawful prize, and that h. sh0 Id psDeeed
board the steamer, with his clething passengers end
Captain Williams accordingly complied When oe
fully prepared 10 his vessel ect on fire. notwith
standing all his protests tohat from the
OF certain letters that had bsen opooed they haAoome 70
the conclusion to bond the vessel add they world hold
Messrs Phlpps & Brothers responsible for tbs curgo,
valued at thirty eight thousand dollars which must
be paid thirty days after the recognon Of the aonoder
ate States On returning beard hs sh Captain viii
liams found n most lamentabe condition They had
opened barrel Of tau, sproadngt all over the ship bc-
smcaring different places and carrying oil lots OF pro-
visions four &c with the papers returned TO the cap
tain they did not give the reg ser nor manifest. Tho
bill OF health and some other papers also
detained. Some letters opened, seals broken &c.
Captain Williams estimates the loss and damage To tho
ship at $500 He states that the prvateer ship
of fourteen hundred tons burden, called the Shenan
doab, and is commanded by Captain James ]. Ward H.
She carries eight gnns six nncty nine penndcrs ana has
smaller ones her speed IL fifteen knots rer hour When
she released the bark the shenandoah proceeded her
by southeast Before zins the Adelaide the pr
Oak Bos,on and allowed the Kato Prince ~
coed on her voyage. under bonds.
Tho Coreio Acrcdata Of the 18th November has the
following parngraph-
On board tho Dansh brig Anna James which arrived
hero TO day from New York, there passengers
the captains six sailors Of the North American ships
Eliza and Sodiroya which were .apusa ana oarnea n
tude l6 ~ uorh, longitude 2S as and the aser In
latitude rs north, Longitude u Id west from Greenwic
l The Co,Te,o MercoatA Of December says:-
The Council Of War that Is TO try the naval and
captain Gervaso Maucebo, exconaodsr OF the division
OF tho second naval district, for tho in the
port Of Bahia between the steamers Nachusett and Flo
rida composed Of scnor Rsphsel &endcs do Moraos
Vale Chief OF Division President; Senor Francisco da
silva Iobdo Chief Of Division senor Antonio Felix Cor
de Mcllo, Naval Captain Senor Francisco Xavier dc
| Alcanarn Naval Captain; Scnor Renjamm CarDero dc
| Camdos and Fernando La1sro de Lima, Advocates
The blockade Of the ports he Plata river by the
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Il way to mitigate ts gors, and no complaints have
been made by lawful traders Up to the i5 Of No
yennar thirty nine vessels under yaris flses had been
notified Time was given them to The 26,h to
| fnish loading. The ccmmendant OF salto Lean
commanding the main body OF the Urn-
guayan army) notified by the captain Of
the Brazilian gunsoat ltnguay, who gave twenty days
tine for vessels in port 10 go out To this note
which wordcd in proper terms the con nandant or
Sao made a reply in violent language. After declaring
that the note ought TO have oeen addressed TO the
| foreign agents, Gomez In his reply SAYS
which TN the Vice AamrD lamanaeS prete"as 70 car
ry out there can be only ono opinion IL
Is an act o. PIRACY sin,lnr to The ne vnndnic ,ic
Scrro arso by thc forces Of the Brazilian government,
tho spcous preicAt o. forcing from our government
satisfaction for clas for th1 most part groundes and
quite iirodmssihc 20, then, | have 10 inform you
that I viii repe this inQutous oockadt by which
| the Vice Admiral hopes 10 ruin the wealth Of this
| country thus carrying out the vIcws Of the lnpc
| rial government whose traditions are engraved
In letters Of blood upon Oriental breass who have sworn
| the country lowered or s ind dpcndcncc los'
The Urnguayan territory stu goes on. From
the province OF Rio GraDde the news comes thai fore
| OF two thousand OF the Jruguayan army, under
General Saa has passed into Brazil and reached point
the India Nuerta Arrayo eighteen leagues IRON the
frontier BY this operation the Urugayans have carried
the into rsz IN 10 draw bnck ont of io Grande
the nvning Brazilian force in front OF the Uruguay
corps force Of fourteen hunored men, under General
\ Gotto N check It's progress.
| In the meantime, the Brrziiian army has r"ne
no further than serro Largo tho point struck
by its advance time ago. IL thus halts In
its march, II 70 gather strength, or TO awe the
| vruguayan government time b. yield and cease the
war while II also gives the Inter time to collect forces W
l meet the invasion of its territory.
From the army OF GenersisScrvaudo Conner, snd the
rebel force under Flores nothing has been heard ncc
| the report ~ the lattrs defeat the river Vie
Montevideo iE s safe md IN state of defence, sl the
males able 20 bear being organized Into national
] guard Trade is Tor the time at q stand.
The formal do Comm,rcio 81 the sth OF December states
that the mail steamer Tqurey. from Paraguay, hsd not
arrived a. Buepos Ayres Some uneasines felt at
the dcay In OF certain rumors 10 circulation
| that there hsd been collision betwecn ts Branilian
l pscket Marques de Olinda and two Psrsauayan
| war vessels. II In said that President Lopez,
l az Paraguay had declared that he would shortly
express his views and inencns that s az soon AZ he
r.celyes from the Of xontevidco on'cal In
formation ~ the entrenc. of brazilian troops into the
Oriental territory The Irorso Official that the IRA
y,Iign government will know how TO prcscrys Its honor
| and dignity under al circumstances