The New York herald., 1866-02-24

tee.s and establishing prize courts and under this i'm
Yesson yesterday gold increased twentieth Of one
per cent-nota very destructive RISE The Parana river
is r,sing-a fact favorable TO the grounded Brazians
The United States steamers Wasp and Shawmut have
arrived at Montevideo.
In some parts Of the country the grasshoppers are
stripping the fields Of all green vegetation, leaving tne
peach stones hanging on the leafess trees ana h
occurred-some OF them within one hundred mhes oI
Buenos Ayres They bolder than for years. knore
vest has been gathered il is the extensive and
ductive ever known here or wool four ana na NIL
lions Of pounds have been brought TO TINS maxe. Inc
price IL going down as there but little competition.
The increase of sheepthis set down at ten mil
lions Of animals From the San Juan silver mines eeht
and half tons of silver have arrived
BuENos AYREs Dec 20, 1855.
To-day a supplemental mail leaves to overtake the
nher at Monteyideo. l send you the latest news.
Two of the seven Brazilian transports aground in the
Parana river are again floating That river is covered
with small craft in the river trade carrying from one TO
twenty TONS nearly all under foreign flags chiefly It
They generally manned by their owners who
are mostly unable to write and they are skifu
smugglers They demand all tho respect for their flag
that is East Indaman. II is wonder that the
system does not occasion ceaseess European wars
LOPEZ IN A PLACE
No warke movements have occurred, except that the
allies concentrating and preparing for an invasion Of
Paraguay There are Of peace; but the allies
are pledged to accept other conditions than the
puson of Lopez from South America and the division
Of the spolls.
Provisions are so scarce in Conientes that cattle
bought in Entire Rios In great numbers and driven over
TO the army The result that the prices of cattle have
advanced so much as TO almost suspend the annual
killing for the hides, bones and tallow
Such large renforcements are coming from Brazil
that the allies arc believed to have fifty thousand men
within days march of the passes of the Parana.
EIGHTY THOUSAND BRAznlANs IN TIE FIELD.
good authority here estimates the Brazilian forces
under in the allied service the frontier at eighty
thousand men, Ten thousand men have arrived at
Montevideo during the last two months, route to Cor
rientes Within the last three days sixteen hundred
have arrived Eighteen hundred are on the
way, and four thousand two hundred waiting for
transports TO bring them TO the river Plate cannot
bees that all OF the designs Of Brazil have yet appeared
the surface
Rios General urquza is gathering troops with great in
dusry for the allied camp An order has been issued
shutting all the grog shops OF the 'rura districts of
that province The same is proposed in this province.
Thus shall have the "Maine law. - and without
single temperance society in the country
Later advces contradict the report of the French war
steamer Dccdec bringing gold from Paraguay for Lopez
any ole else.
The by the French steamer yesterday has slightly
raised the price of fine wools During the month Of De-
cember II $50 bales of wool and 4S6 bags have been
shipped About half Of the whole amount went TO the
United States.
Immense quantities of new wheat begin TO arrive.
The Old blockade runners Agnes Arkie and Leila Bell
been sold to the Brazilian Steam Packet Company.
days one hundred and two and one hundred and four
degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. Yesterday IL mode
rated and the highest eighty nine degrees to-day
seventy seven degrees.