, 1865-06-23
THE War III SOUTH AMERICA,
The Paraguayans Captnre Cor
rientes,
Warl1ke Preparations or Brazil and
the Argentine Confederation.

0oASos AIRE9$ April ", 1861.
The whole country Is IN IN aproar, ami
military and naval preparations are the ordel
Of the day. On the evening Of Friday, Apri
u, SIX fa1aguayan war steamers passed duwr
from the For1rts S. of Uun,atai aud into thf
Patana river, where two Argentine stcamert
WIRE y Ing, and, without previous notice, a.
lacked them. The Paraguayan steaule,
lgurey was foremost, and, In passing, threw
TSs ese1s On load e the Argentine var steamer
men to make fast. The Pasas asuayans board.
cd and took The Twenty fifth Of MQy. after a
tnnd to land dght, In which nea.ly every ma i
on board the doomed vessel per3shed.
The ParaEuaynns then proceeded to the
Gssaa.esnaJ-another sa Argentine war steamer,
rcpairs-and the tlcrt opened upon her witt
Touskctry, grippe and canister, sic was eonn
obltEcd to surrender. After firing on the
ci'9 Gf Corrisutes, tEc PHraguayau Icct took
:le captured vessels In tow and proceeded m
the river
Thesa has been fer long time treaty. With
pasneuay. which was biudsns; at tho date of
this violence, and which required that hath
Paraguay and The Argentine Republic shpuId
give Eix mouths rotice cf intention to de-.
clare war. But no notice was given. and It
was even declared that should Paraguay
force, It woutd not imply or necessItate VA. p
AT the same time q t1eacherols attack was
made on the navy, and IN army was marched
into the province Of CorFitntcs.
The news Of these events reached BusDos
Ayses at abcnt 4 o'clock P. N. on Sunday,
Ap'tl 18th At S o'clock r. m. thu Cabinet
met and 81 once resolved on war, and at half
Isast O'CLOCK P. N. proclamation was Is
sued through the city declaring war against
Paraguay. 4 csoTd gathered in thu princl-
Pei pnblc square aid several thousand visited
the ffes!dcnt, who nade brief aod euthu-
e!astic speech. The crowd then visited ser-
c1a othcr ministers and consuls and quietly
dispersed.
Later accounts state that on April IL the
lar5 5sua5au io;ccs had returned 10 the front
q Inc city OF CoFtientes, md that five thous.
md infantry with TWO thousand five Lund red
d:senbarlstd d marines had taEen posstssion
ot The city without opposition. There wasa
torce Of six thousand militia enrolled aud
asmtl. but they offered no resistance and
quietly retsea,ed. Forescclng tie attack.
tns Govcrnor, Lag1ana, with the civil and
anu lEal place being menaced and afterwards
occupied, the government retired to san
Roqne. 4 proclamation Ind been issued cali-
lug all citizens Of Corrlentes to arms.
so tar as the Paraguayaas have taken
towns, they respect life and property. This
Is an advance on former times. But In The
pteEtess aet o. !. ths % army through the country
Ihs dtela1atson Of war against the .arccn-
tine Confederation follows The war hrtIresr
Pa1aguay and Brazil. President AIitrt lad
allowed the B'aztl1Ars to ascend the Parann
river with their fleet 10 Invade Paraguay. and
and had refused TO allow the PAraguayaus to
cross. !; Argentine territory to invade Brazil.
1hs unites the two countries against Pata-
guar: Uruguay. being justly Indebted to
Brazil for It's present peaceful position. bna
also 3oint In ttle movement, and called mt
the National Guard to make third nationat
AMY to oct In concert against Paraguay.
Inc most active preparations have been
made " three ailitd governments to seud ~
combined tofce to oyorpowef Paraguay.
Brazil has sent up twelve gunboate with
I'VE thousand men, and ten other war vessels
arc in this vicinity with abept tweIyt. thnns-
md men. Uruguay Is expected to zend ABOUT
Bix thousand men. chiefly cavalry. The Ar
gtntine Confe deration ha. called ont ali its
eaf1onai Gnaid, and has already Issued march,
ing ofdcrs to oil the troops OF the line, The
most vigorous efforts are tnIu4 .nasls t. pro-
mote enrol1mr.tss tnud liberal Inducements
.'5 vaered to volunteers.
1t Is reported TO day that Seuor Don Nor,
3leF1o ae htsssta Is about visiting Europe to ef.
H. Sa, ~ natNna! ~, ioan; get the daucs state
nent seventy thousand hard dollars monthiy
ot1lAS the Preparatory expenses. The |
ast news from Europe II ss quite unfayorahIe
o Inc prospect OF fcap. as Argentine bonds |
sefe lower than tbcy had been for years- h.. |
tg WA. The London and River Pate bank
tock had isllcn from Els premium Der sbarc
9 ~. Ihe uncertainty attending the sff4Jrs
u Uruguay. assaulted as It WAS by . foe with.
q ana smother still more powerful ,sithnne
'ad created feeling of dIst1ust In all Sonfh
american matters.
IT is fortunate thing for these countries
hat the last revolution In Uruguay lefs ali
he countries bordering On the River Plate
J friendly alliance The party IL power in
be Argentine Republic has gained an ascen.
sncy IN every Province. and 1t has also cp'ned
OBJECT IN the success Of the rebel Gen.
lofes VINO Is low the unquesttoued Prcsi-
INT Of the revolutfonized Government Of
1uzuay. These events have also drnEn
DIN countries closer to Brazil. And al far
l knoF, there ts not eyrn minority in
" OF them arerse to their Warlike p3iicv
.alnst Pa'aguay.; It is foreign war. il
affes AL the citizens, and it eratifles n
'adee that years hare matnred acaIuss
est lfsh and Isolated country.
20 firmly united are these three countries.
tree are they from fear Of complications or
y bad r. suits, that the currency has fluctn-
ed very little. Gold has changed value 80 |
ABOUT I'VE per cent-n very small fluctra-
~ under the circumstances.
Thus lar there have been no coruparIeons
mettle In deadly strife. The whole world
IL await thls With great interest, Tor Para
ay Las never yet sent men into an eyeplv
infested field, while many regiments already
ger ma1cAlpg orders have been tried. and
II Stand IRE well. will send ron I'M car !!
It news By every mail.