The New York herald., 1866-03-08
Our Rio JaneirO Correspondence.
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Our Rio JaneirO Correspondence.
Rio JAsErRo, Feb. 2, 1866.
PROSPECTS,
Events are rpening between Brazil and her allies,
betokening early battle with the paraguayan forces
Humaita, the stronghold Of the enemy, is the point
aimed at and tho allies at latest dates, were In full
march thereto Humaa is commanded by very for
midable line Of batteries. The central fort is star
shaped and this is about all that is known Of here for
the reason that no has been abc 10 get near
It, and return, the outbreak Of the war. There
are two lines Of fire, commanding the channel
which runs between barren island and the right bank
of the river and through which the allied fleet must
necessarily pass attack Humata from the river front
In fact the channel is quite commanded by the Para
guayan batteries The island itself Is submerged at high
tide and is reasonable suppose that the batteries
have been extended nearly not quite opposite the
island 30 as 10 more efIec,ualIy command the channel
nUnAnA ATTACKED FROM THE LAND
WELL then what is to be donef To strike a. Humaita
cGectually tho attack be made from the land sde
and this be the real plan Of operations agreed
on But give succinct account Of what has been
done and is doing at latest accoants
The Oriental army o little before the 18th ult
was one league half hom tc raso de la Patra, and
the Brazans and Argenncs in the vicinity OF the vii
lage Of San Cosme, within short distance Of the Paso
| (ford while the Brazilian feet was at Corrientes
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near the junction of the Paana with the Paraguay river
on which the fortress of Humaa is situated nd
eating that the rear of that stronghold is aimed at
| BY this time perhaps the conflict has commenced
srxcuLAnoSs As COURSE EVENTS.
Different opinions prevail in regard TO the future course
of the war; and the different operations that will be
dertaken; but what indubabe is, that General
Flores with the column under his command, will very
| soon commence operations against the enemy. Some
think he will the Uruguay above Paso de Ia
Para in order to attract the Of the Paraguay
ans to his rear while the main army will cross at the
Paso and attack Lopcz's army in the front These and
other stories are In circulation They may BIO more
less true or false certain is that events Of great
| importance connected with the the eve Of
transpring
| MOVEMENTS GryBoArs-
Later intelligence informs that the main army was
almost all concentrated Paso dc 10 Patra The iron
clad gunboat ramandare with two small gunboats were
TO leave very for Humaita, TO reconnore that
stronghold Query, will they arrive theres and also
10 make thorough exploration Of the river, in consc
Of numbercss reports at Buenos Ayrcs and Mon
tevdeo concerning distractions SAID to be placed In the
parana river by order Of President Lopez such tor
pcdoes Internal machines, chains booms, &C. Almost
all the Brazilian vessels the Parana have been aground
in the mud but the greatest Inconvenience resulting
Of mosquitoes which so troublesome as not to per
init their unfortunate victims sleeping quarter OF an
hour at time The smaller vessels were beginning 10
float on at latest adyiccs, and, the river rising
every day, the larger would soon be got or
| FALSE RuNos or REvoLuTioS IN The fAspA ORIENTAL
sensation story of attempted revolution In the
oriental republic has died natural death The story
| 10 order, by raraguayan cmlssaries.
GENERAL uRouizA
This officer Of tho Argentine confederation, whose
troops were disbanded months ago, much for
| gotten that no mention IL made OF him anywhere
There are In fact "none so poor TO do him reverence
aEaan al n
Paso de Ia pata awaiting the means Of transportation
Most Of The feet still at Corrien,cs, and Il was sup
posed nothing decisive ceuld have taken place be-
fore the 22d utmo when the Brazilian Admiral, vis-
count Tamandare was expected at corrientes
| THE nuESos gfxcrfoSs
The elections for Congress Buenos Ayrcs have gone
on quietly The party, a small one, against the cry as
capital Of the Argentine republic was completely routed
Il is difficult TO ascertain the force OF the Allies vari-
ous estimates made let detail one or two The
| / General Mitre with the Argentine army, thirteen
thousand men. San Cosme nine leagues north OF
q General 0soro, with tho Brazilian army, twenty
thousand men, at Lguna Brava four leagues north OF
q General Flores with the vanguard, thousand
men, at San Cosme, only two and half leagues from
4 General Cacercs. with the Corrcntlno National
Guards beyond Iaguna Bravo, about six leagues north
| OF Correnes.
g. The brazilian feet fourteen guuboas and steamers
aud one iron clad, at anchor along with the Argentine
Colonel Payba, with 200 irrcsulars, at sanio Tome,
| on frontier service
twelve red cannon preparing at San Bcra to cross the
| Uruguay and move up through the Missiones against
| Itapua - . a,
Another account says the city Of Corrlcntcs IL de
Tended by six thousand Brazilian troops but the allied
army the paso dc la Patra these guards are mo-
stiii another account gives the following account o
the strength Of the allied army al the faso dc ia In
tria:-- =. -.
Brazlans total strength.
Caceres Correntno army. av,
General Mitre, Argentine. w
General FLORES, vanguard. NV
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