, 1866-10-17

mud EucnoS AyFea Dcp1cted-A Strong
Party Opposed TO tho Warehouses In |
Thrcc Days, on Both Sides, $4,000.
BUEEos AIRES, August II, 1896.
This mail leaves Buclos Ayres under
cloud OF depression such Us have not seen
proves most formidable undertaking. The |
allies have manguyrcd we'll. and have
marched into several evacuated places, and !
have accepted the surrender Of prisoners, |
once II the number Of 5000 or more; but
the battles arc indecisiye. Both parties
share the losses. No camp has yet
been routed in batt1c, no tlrlG taken by force,
and the loss Of life has been fearful. Ali
parties acprecatc the war aud dread Its re-
suits, as 1t begins 10 draw heavily on the
ttarfnlly: At present there Is a demand for
more soldiers. Thirty days are given in
which all ARE required to enroll, and ,rom
the enrolled 1900 are to be selected to 20 to
the seat Of war. The marshes and jungles
aud a!reaAy The diseases Of the camp have
carried of more than the casualties Of battle.
Tic Treasury Is exhausted, and the best
mode Of Fepfenf5hing It Is attracting serious
attention. The old mode Of Issuing paper
money has been tried here till tue dollar has
gnne down from one hundred cents silver to
four, aud any suggestion Of a new issuc Of
PAPER money produces great alarm on
Change. The imposts arc already high, they
must be higher. and It IL proposed to add
duty OH exports, chiefly wouls, and thus
cripple the pastoral industry, tie only really
roductiye one in this country.
The monetary crisis in Brazil has seriously
affected the supplies for the war a new
ministry has been formed, and it Is under
stood that the powerful party opposed to
tie war on Paraguay, can only be defeated
Is sorne speedy and telling victory over the
Paragunyans.
These d!scousascmcnts are not lcssepcd by
tlit recent news lrum the army.
The allies are losing vast numbers Of men.
Their recent battles hare been bloody md
uudective. General Flores, who took TO the
front s '0Ou men. had not over two battalions
called out the militia, and Is the whole land
was exposed they went unwillinsly, leaving
homes entirely unprotected. By battle,
skirmish mud picket, by disease and de.er-
1ion, they nre now said to be re iuced to sixty
two men. 4 friend from the ar::,y writes that
nine-tenths OF them went to til: Province Of
Entire Rios.
The position of the raraguayans Is strong.
Hnnlaita is their great fortress, and between
tho allies and IL they have their army md
four lines OF fertilization; In their present
position they have good natural defence In
casionally a stcnc wall, and IN one place
they CAN Get fifty men safely against 500. 4
recent trial Of strength, most dotly contest
cd, gave the allies no material advance
On the 18th Of July the Brazilians took
| three batteries from the Parag II
was hard contest, for the Braziiians lost
| one whole battalion Of 400 men. On the 18th
| the Paraguayans rctook one.of these which
| commanded the other two. On this day
there was a very general eng Gageneut, and 50
4curful was the strife that at times the Bra,
| ziliaps were fairly intrcnched behind the
| dead hnj11es Of their courai1cs
| It was on July Is that General polidoro as
sumed command of the Brnzitians, on the
removal Of General 0sorio. AL be knew
was that The Parasnayans were making bat
he sent two regiments, who, with two guns
drove them away. He then called UP Il, ,0ot
men to scour the woods, and they soon cams
up to deep. vide ditch, and Immediately n
masked battery opened TN them. An effort
was made to storm, but It failed, and Us ths
ParaEuayans. who were waiting for this tur1
in affairs. The Brazilians stopped In thl
first wood, rallied, and before snndown droy,
them back to their iutrenehments.
On the 18th. Geaeral Mitrc attempted t.
dis1odge the Pagaguayans in the wood il
front, and be dashed down in force, sweeping
| everything before him until they came 10 i.
laue, between two marshes, twelve yards Il
width, and here they were enfladed. An ei
f:rt to send out tlanking force failed. ant
! l A0G I4IlEQ1FHA EESEItE Is hltSE lAA 1E41 hpbl
{ the retreating Argentinea. The Argentine
did as the Brazilsans bad done the day before
and rallied in the wood, when 1900 me-
came upon them. and the Argent1nes he'll
their ground till theis flank was reached b
the enemy's cavalry, aad they FetFeated:
that the loss on each side was about equal
and in killed and wounded 1t is said eac
side must have lost 5000 men.
Tie army Of President Lopez, though
has lost SO many thousands Of men, Is etil
formidable. He is said to be receiviu
recruits from various quarters Of th
plucky little Republic, and the spirit Of th
people Is far from being subdued. 4 descste
: 10 the allies says that Lopez has three e1
campments, one part holding the allies
check, one at Humatta and one at VII
! | Pillar.
At Cerro Leon be has general retreat Il
sick and wounded men, and 1900 wou,e
scr7e In this hospital, and mauy of them al
: Of the best families of Paraguay. Before IL
war he had 100 young men at the hosptta
t foreign physicians. He has seyenty.ire Pa
1 aguayan youths in France, STUDYING eng
c neering and various professions tending I
j make the army and navy independent Of 10
t cigners. $685.,
S General with his 10000 troops and 12,0
!. horses, has at length arrived, and hts cor
o maud is Incorporated with the allied arm
In the battle of the 18th, Colonel Palle
+ of Uruguay fell at the head Of his troop
q He was one Of the finest officers in the Sc
a vice, a dne scholar and good mat. We on
= more to bis faithful men than to any 9th
5 for the details Of every day life In the allie
"a camp. He was taken to Montevideo al
b buried in great pomp. More than 100
It people assembled, FcrWhelmed BY since
# and general sorrow.
o NJ view Of the war and the state Of thin
!. fs not bright one. I reflect the state
Is public sentiment here at this time. It l.
!s despoudiug time.