The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-09-13
OUR RIO JASElRu CORRESPONDENCE.
Rio JASEIRo, August 5, 1865.

OUR RIO JANElRo CORRESPONDENCE
Rio JAsEIRo, August 8, 1865.
THE WAR PARAGUAY
Tho war in Paraguay hangs fire. The allies occupy
The ground gained by them when they crossed the
Parana river two or three months ago. They have not
been able advance any further In this position they
are occasionally sheed by the
with effect and almost always In
considerable annoyance to the invaders In fact the
naked truth TO be that the besiegers them
selves beseged pretty much the English and French
In the Crmea, when having laid siege sebasto
pol they found themselves shut in by the Rus
slams in their rear So many different and conflict
ing stories told Of the begerens both sides that
does not know what to credit Tales abroad OF
mortality the allies Of rightful nature In
fact II onehaf that Is told were true, the would
have been long ago from sheer lack of STOOD for
powdern-that sort Of rrovender having been con-
sumed by disease and other agencies II
Is said that the allies havo four enemies TO con
tend against First tho Paraguayans second, disease;
third famine fourth DOCTORS quadrupcate OF foes
sufficient to destroy any army, of which tho first is
probably not the greatest, the last the least Il
been said, however, that there has been q regular
stampede Of doctors from the army. and that there Is
great scarcity Of them even In Correntes nsomuch
that wounded hardly obtain that aid which is
imperative Indeed, Buenos Ayres paper has recon-
mended the npressment Of surgeons into the army In
the midst Of this scarcity Of DOCTORS the small pox Of
most malignant type has broken out In the camp while
Paso de la Patra These evils cause moro dread than the
shells Of the Paragunyans
EXPLOSION OF A rARAduAYAx cAIssoN
The first noticeable since the date Of my last
,ser that made known here was the explosion Of
paraguayan caisson by shell from half battery OF
four twelvepounder redy guns belonging the Brazil
ttans This battery, commanded by Colonel Malst was
abe only that doing any service ut that time At
the time, said that the nre from the Paraguayan
artillery which kept mp pretty continuously was
doing very little damage 70 tho allies
THk PARAauAYAss ATTACK THE ArIlrs
On the nth ultimo tho Parasuayans again attempted
take the allies BY SURPRISE but rcpulsed with
Of two hundred killed, thiry-nve prisoners, one
casson and some armament The allied commander @
Inmates the Paraguayan loss at from four hundred 70
ve hundred men placed hon de Combat and his At
not quite two hundred There Is something cloudy in
this statement
ORDER or The yioHT.
The accounts received here 10 the effect that tho
Paraguayans with four Thousand mon, attacked the
right wing Of the allies, where the Argentnes On
camped As they advanced their batteries kept up a
heavy nre Of shell and Congreve rockets which tho
allies admit caused considerable damage The Brazilian
and the Oriental forces not engaged The two
Argentine divisions attacked three times during
the s ,S.S for an hour
turning again and agan TO the charge. Il Is presumed
that the loss both sides much greater than
reported as the fight vas maintained with great stub
bornnsss and than nfty pacss apart
Tho Argentnes lost three OF their best field ocers-one
colonel and two majors
mr. arrAy
The allied army, by latest advces, remained In the
same position II was reported very generally that the
originated from the fact OF the enemy having set nrs 70
sll his ranches. On the 18th Of July the ParAguayan
Line was observed TO be very thin and only about sanss.
respondent, writing from the front, says:"T have "
through most reliable channel that the officer CON-
mandng the vanguard has reported TO the commander
chief that the encmy's line deserted thai of
she usual beats heard and no fires scen which leads
him TO suppose that the Paraguayans have retreated"
PORTO AIiEGRB TURNS UP.
This gentleman, who some months ago proceeded up
the Parana river considerable distance above the Passo
crossing Itspua and thus marching Ia the flank OF
tho Paragraphs while the main army attacked them In
'front.' has at last been hoard from, after long and
mysterious silence aud profound ignorance In re-
gard to his VIII reahouts notilla which sent up
the Parana in search OF him and his division, com
municaied with one OF his abide camps on the 11th
Of june when Il ascer'a ned that the Baron was
making preparations 20 embark from Paso da Paria all
idea Of crossing at apua having been given up As Il
with General Mitre, In order the effectively TO
attack Lopez In hts present position To fortify which, u
said he has taken small pains. TIL does nat look
the alleged abandon OF the Paraguayan camp
II true nc ALL IL permanent May II not be one OF tho
many Of The astus Paraguayan commander to
tice the allies into position where he can DO attacked
al n dsadv aniagc 70 himselff
Baron Porto Allegro, by last accounts expected al
Paso da Fatria very soon HIS continued absence and
inactivity % the allies An advanced guard OF 2 900
cavalry from his army had however arrived at Paso dc
49, -. ~l-~ A-tl-
xth the rest OF his corps He has LEFT iva Brazilian
and two Correntne divisions watching the frontier OF
the territory Of the Anc ent Mission, which contains
about one hundred miles OF territory between the
Uruguay and the Parma rivers.
How nm oHIESrAIs ARGgSrISEs OBTAIN noRsEs AND
NJIrS
Considerable speculation was occasioncd In Rio about
an order Tor all the transports to proceed 10 Bucnos
Ayres and honievideo Tor special service AZ last Il
came out that the special service required the trans
poraton OF horses and mules, of which the allios
already meniilued, ara ameniably deficient Contrary
TO All expectation 40 Tar fsCm Baron Porto Allegro de-
-ccnding the Parana with fun supply OF these animals
be has no fewer than three thousand his own cavalry
men dsmpuned IN consequence OF this the Argentine
ana Oricntai governments decrced forced levy and
preparation OF 1000 horses and 500 mules from among
tue citizens OF NE two republics for which the magnin
cent sum Of s25 pcr head has been awarded n IA said
that the ministers OF Great Britain and France proesed
against tho decree In FAR the property II subjects
81 their respective governments Is involved Tho
measure IL certainly harsh one which only tho con.
dillon Of the allied army excuse Bc this n Il may
500 horses 20 seized had been already registered al
bhNbVN Nsif ~ " nor KNOWN whether kh0y have been
paid for. Such Is war
WAT rHE rf.srr n porSo
while we allied army remains In state Of glorious
inactivity tho nec " amusing scif NJ the anchor.
ago where saw last torpedo fishing In this spor
they have been toleraby successful having made sew
srs good haus amounting the whole 10 about thirty
81 the queer Dish sent down the Paraguay ny The
enemy Only Ave six OF them exploded, all Of then
u safe distance consequently no mischief was done.
ApvrrruRous rIsBEnnu.
Deep sea fishing for the nnny ksbs " proverbisliy
hazardous pursuit. IN both hsnisphnres; bot 70 nothin
10 fishing for torpedoes In peril undcr certsin eyeu
STANCES Some time ago. juss before the 6rut attempt
the part OF the allies 70 crc the Pnnp d PnArA ~
nli men IN we Brazilian army uniform wsss fre4ssssl
seen taxing shsr soesr shsrry eobbleFs - Ne On
americana, In the Roe DirsitA From she fairness .
Their ccmp'exions y 80 evident thal shsy wsss ~
Brsyians. which vas ecroberassd By shsY he uee
the Ensiish hssrsss. which one thsm spoks viii h