The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-09

w cause ss nsrnAto.a conventions relative 70 the indie
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THE MISSION or y. sARAIvA. ~
We have already said that this distinguished Brazilian
He was charged with the duty Of demanding PREPARATION
for past injuries and guarantees for future good fah
Of the populaou or the orseutsl republic AZ soon a.
NJ Saraiva srived he laid before the Eastern govern
nent note st.inS Forth she srevsncss oouplsined Of
in conjunction with the English Minister and tho Minister
Of the Argentine Confederson, to Offer their mediation
lasted more than eshteca months THIS medIatios
only way Of obtaining honorable peaceailed In
Ing partses The nrsi note Of n sArsiva receiving
satisfactory answer fcm the governneu, ~ Montevidsc
an "a, ssrsa ALLOWING 1 y Hss for
expired the Brazilian Envoy considered his mission as
formulated and gave notice % the republican govern
that the Brazilian army and navy ready
tc~t once the SUBJECTS Of Brazil and 70 make repriss
IL nscessary aqE '.aH ff
rHE WAR CONFERENCE.-THE, sIRsr sBor FIRED sY
URUGUAY. sea@ aA@t
although, a. We have seen, uruguay and Brazil had
long maintained ahostile attitude towards each other it
not until the 9Th OF August sr last year that the two
at I've r. H., the Oriental steamer Villa del Sato le
Its anchorage and went down the river in pursuance Of
Negro de Trio On going hoisted its coiors and
fired three guns The captain, Pedro Rvero, ordered all
Ds %
steamer continued running down stream with all speed
The brazilian vessel returned the fire at with four
shots from thirty six FOUNDERS and from sixty dours
Two three shots struck the steamer and the boiler
damaged 90 that the force OF the steam escaped
the steamer ashore near Psysandd then ,he crew set
nrc 10 It and went on shore. MhsI ta.&8 MN
RETALIATION OF BRAsIL-rHR PORTS on uRusuAY
a1 BLoCKADRD. e.#
On the 18th OF October following Baron de Tnmn,darr
the Vice Admiral commanding the naval forces OF Brazil
in the River Plate, announced 70 tho British Foreign
once the intention to blockade the ports Of Uruguay
Salto and Paysanddeving foreign vessels up so the
18th OF November 10 leave the ports similar docu-
men was also sent % the q Esasrd and
ter brief After the usrua formates he tlrfs
pressed himself which 10 the piih and saosancc Of his
repIy.-
In the latter part az tsss do~ument your HxceJency
speaks II Che panful dnty Wilton would e rpesed upon
the STOPPING searcfng and ccnasssins what your
Ercesney terms Of war wh,eh night BE- found
In reply % sis manifestation iufsrn
sss Ss, % Che Po1 os y s y w ess
opened based ppon the maintenance % neutrality:
..,asss .; military hss ,SSsss,
cannot be CONSIDERED BY . bsesrent
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y he ,n ss he ss, "a s Fgygs s & 81 q w
lcsiion q tue blockade ports npde with tbecns
t,mary formaiLes, eaanot admit ha, The xpessios en-
suy applied any kind q merchandise carried BY English
ships IN he course % legitimate trade
The reply Of the representative OF France was essen
italy the same In substance The ports o. Salto and Pay
sandl were however, strictly blockodco, and shortly
after the treaties made between Uruguay and Brazil
publicly burned at Montevdeo.
PROGRESS OF HosrILITIEs.
from this time forward the opposing parties began 70
v Iat dcpretaticns upon each other, Whenever and
wherever they could. On the 4th Of November, how
ever 'he urugasyan army met the rebel forces under
torres on the "A river and very sharp action took
place about the stream; tho army OF tho government be-
ing posien 90 the south bank wlo the other lined the
hrtn odhh from this u appears that they fought FIRST
across tne river and afterwards that tho Urugunyan
army Idsed the stream and drove tne rebel forces for
some mes, with heavy loss OF men but IL only one
gun ana three cassons This shows That there was no
yout-iha. tha rshal sxms Jsiyaisd no sxasi haste