The New York herald., 1865-03-02
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THE Wan lm SOUTH Al1EllcA
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The Treaties with Brazil Publicly Barnel
y by the Authorities Of Uruguay.
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Paysandu Captured by the
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RATTLE NEAR COLOMIA.
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xhe Military and Naval Forces o.
the 3elligerents-
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THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC NEUTRAL.
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BATTLE NEAR COLOMIA.

Translated for IN Nsw YoRx HsaAID, from ~ Paris
Journal des Debats OF Feb 1871
Tho whole Rio. d. Ia Plata has become thesArs or
war; Tho Montovkloans have formally declares their
rupture with Drazf and tho 18th Of Docembss ths
treaties existing between that empire and tho republic Il
Uruguay were publicly burned In Independence square,
.. Montsvideo In thepsesenco Of President Ague and
number Of Uruguay Ccnsss and tho Ministers Of State
This strong domons.ratos y irrcfuabe evidenced
the rrtaied state Of the public mind and fatal symp
tom Of the state Of affairs which tho poromptory asttuds
OF the government Rio Janeiro and the resstan0o
Of the Montsyidean government have prcciptated.
Brazil determined 70 bring all hor energies 70 bear
in the prosecution OF the The garrison Of Paysandu
had been reinforced by body OF twenty-five hundred
men, sent from MontevideoL under the command %
General Saa
Tho government OF Rio Jansiro has likewise b,en
Obliged to forward renforcements On the 18th Of De-
cembcr two thousand Infantry and arsrsts ombarked
In the steamers Cruzeiro and Oyapock for the
theatre OF hostilties The Inhabitants OF the prnep
videans and tho war being carried with eque vc
hcsncncc both Sides Two thousand volunteers from
Bahia an Salyad0r) offered ther scryce5 70 the
BRAZILIAN government and have boon ordered 70 Rio 70
DO organized. corps OF Germans has been formed =
Rio Gnds 90 sui rno o arss
built at RIO Jsnero are shortly TO be launched
two others have been purchased in England and nfsh
built on the Seine s expected
Those steps on the part OF Brazil do not appear super
fuous when IL considered that Paraguay, which pos.
formidable military forcc has dc ided 70 take
part in the war 10 support Of Ur quay At the
extremity of Brazil Paraguayian army cospa
threatens Mat0 Grosso vast ana wealthy province,
over two hundred leagues from the capital between
Matto Crosse and Rio Jane there Is no vory pfoti
cable communication except by the Parana or Paraguay
rivers and those rivers ar; guarded by nose ancs
Brazil will bo obliged to throw out other forces in order
TO secure the safety the province Of Matto Crosse The
Arycntin. rep bile remains yet neutral In the struggle
but its sympathy for the Brazilian cause is not dsSimu-
lated 5t.sas
Translated from the special correspondence Of the Paris
srKvIDxc, Dec 2B 1854
The scgc Paysandu has becn raised and the cannon
mounted to bon.burd the town havo been reshipped-
An engagement has place Colomia In which
the OF tho legal government Of Uruguay gained
Il is certain that Paysandu has not been takn that
tho Brazil Con- Flores falling back and that
Con. Saas army has crossed the Ro Negro in pursuit.
The mails from Corrientes which reached here yester
day. brought the that tho Pres don't OF the republic
Of Paraguay had sent expedition OF two thousand
troops in live steamers from Assumption for the pur-
pose seizng Cayuba and other towns in the province
Of Mato Crosse by way OF reaat for tho invasion o.
Uruguay by Brazil As that province Is not IN condi
tion resist the Of Paraguay 1t Is probable that
The guns OF tho Paraguayan fort Humaita SO placed
prevent Brazilian vessels from ng passage and
going up the river aud would take Twelve montns ZOE
army sent from Rio Janeiro by the way Of san fsuo
AZ the same time another Paraguay army corps pre-
pairing to enter the province OF Rio Grande, with view
Of making diversion against the Brazilian army, which
has invaded Uruguay.
Paraguay present sixty thousand men under
arms Twenty nve thousand OF them are encampcd -
Leon, where General President Lopez ID supsrn-
their organization. This corps WILL " tn beheveo
be sent In the direction Of San BorA The artillery COM
priscs twenty-four splendid ricd cannon The ncet 10
composed Of twelve steamers and several ling veeSo
Tho arsenal 10 actively at work supplying the artiIeFys
and the enthusiasm OF the people !, ndessrio.os
Corr ientee and EntYe Rios.