The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-27

BY fence about nine feet high very strongly built From
the plain like the very jaws Of DEATH they are the
distance between them constantly widening as the dis
lance from the pen increased. Opposite tins gate Is
another which opens into o or passage about
hundred feet long and fifteen feet wide at the head and
eight feet at the foot Into this the cattle driven in
lots of fifty or less, at once At the farther end
OF this is the slaughter house, building several hun
dred feet in length and about forty feet wde slopng
toward either side from railway track In the centre
running its entire length On either side, the outer
border Of the slopes deep gutter for carrying on the
blood The floor OF the lane above referred 10 plank
and the ground has sufficient fall from the pen to the
slaughter give elevation Of about two feet to
this door at its lower end Into this and forming part
OF it, truck fits, upon which the slaughtered
ried TO such dresser along the route may have de-
spached his last On the outside Of the passage Of DEATH
the fence Is platform about five feet high and four feet
wide, running its length Upon this stands the
matadSr with his asso the other END Of which runs
harnessed side by side each with rider whose boat Is
right angles TO the passage OF DEATH at It's lower end,
and on the same side with the platform
KILLING THE ANIMALS
The matador throws the lasso catching by the horns
head one, two three animals the case may be-
He sings out Ea tein' fall rght and away gaop the
horses snaichng the cattle from end Of the lane TO
the other and bringing them upon their truck with their
Ss% sruss ua into ho op o. the head
Just back Of the horns, striking the junction between
the spinal column and tho BRAIN Again be sings out
"0 beim the horses turn about the bar slips aside the
car runs away, and the cattle dumped on One mats
dor killing, while looked on, average Of ave
proceeded thence the slaughter house, which
Is open at the sides had no idea VI the destructive
capacity OF single butcher knife The bullock turned
with his head towards the gutter his throat cut and
he has done kicking, Inns lost half HIS hide. Ono
alone takes his hide on and the enras out and cuts
the meat of the bones in fifteen minutes. SomA even
srs not from the spot Another bullock drops down It
the right place OF the just despatched and myste
rously slips out OF his hide and disappears in kc man
The hide Of his predecessor has, meanwhile, been
hurried away TO succession Of baths In three different
watts into huge bed of salt with Its follows where u
sleeps littlc season undsturbed, and from which II
rides out to get the benefit OF fresh air and sunshine,
after which, stack with thousands Of Others goes
into the market to be sold by the cord
rlE PROCESS OF ssJERKISG" BREr.
Meanwhile the OF the bullocks has quilted Its
bones in two long, lean slabs through like process
OF bathing and sleeping In salt bed series OF salt
beds rather after which 1t spread layer upon layer
until stack is built about twenty-five feet wide, fifty
feet long and fifteen feet high In this state the whole
pile subjected by dranc press by which
the entire stack pressed into less than half its pre-
vious bulk Thence II is hung out to dry This done
two rail fences about feet high, six feet dis
ant from each other with the rails about two feet apart
The sides of beef hung these rails closely be-
side each other where they too spend some days In the
fresh air and sunshine before being offered for SALE They
then restacked and sold by tho cord, likewise l
saw many such stacks and several acres Of these sides
drying above described. This is the we'll known
jcrod beef and from this place and Buenos Ayrcs the
Brazil Havana and Mediterranean markets are Supplied
Some OF IL is cured with and with tine Liver
pool SALT and some of 1t fat and ean each depend
ent upon the market for which 1t Is intended The tallow
DeIng DarfelIe0 tnlpmeut on cor
respondnsly large scale. About thousand cattle
killed here every morning.
WOOL BALlxG
My next visit was to baracca. This s literally store
house general but is applied here exclusively TO esab
lishments where wool Is baed and hides stored, and
where they shipped The process of wool baling is
unlike that OF balng hay the pressing being done
by horse power The manufacture of alone for
wool baing IN these regions employs many hundreds OF
hands Many millions OF pounds OF wool and tens Of
those making fortunes In this business are few Amcr.
cans, and there is room for more.
rREE NEGROES or SOUTH AMERICA.
These are the first South Am rican ports / have
visited ,ore w0ro slavery does not erist find here
ilstezd nsahocd, character, ngress and prosperity
THE ARsgNfIsE CONFEDERATION
each divided into great political parties which seems
to be condition essential to the prosperity II not TO the
Bancos and Coiorados The former the most nume-
rous and we're in power until about eighteen
the leader OF the Coorados and put them In power at
the point OF the bayonet, making Flores President Ex-
actly what the principles ut issue between them are
seems 10 be that tho Bancos want Uruguay 70 b let
alone while the Coorados TO seek all kinds Of dan
gerous and cntangling alliances with Brazil the Argen-
tine Confederation and other nations.
The great parties Of Bsuenos Ayres the federal
and the Unitarans The former Of these IL republican
In principle, while the latter favors dictatorship
Both parties subdivided by programme which
looks to the OF Buenos Ayrcs from the other
provinces Of the Confederation and independent gov
ernment In order to avoid the expense and trouble vi
defending the frontier from Of the Indian
tribes body Of German emigrants propose 10 settle
On the IrOuters Oh Sduta anu Otncr
take this job Of defence and protection by contract 1t
would probably prove an excellent investment TO the
Argentine government to give them all tho lands they
may choose occupy and pay their expenses out The
PAPER currency OF Bucnos Ayrs Is In rather dilapi
,lt condition The peso dollar, worth much
the United States con TO which It then correspondent
is now worth but four cents.
IAKGg INFLUX ITALIANS URUGUAY
Victor Emanuel seems manifcstiy 10 have designs
upon this little OF the globe He has now an
immense personal influence among the people. Tho
foreign element largely Italian than all other
natonalities combined and they too have much nilu-
among the people Among them Is regular mill
tary organization, well perfected In the manual
Italian immigrants are pouring In by hundreds every
week There is here to-day stronger Italian naval force
than OF any other nationality except own. II would
surprise 10 at any moment that Victor Eman-
uel had made bold dash In this drcctonhrst diplomatic
and then military. Brazil also would like TO round out
her rrtory here and therefore would possible oppose
Italy In this scheme Poor tile deenccess and helpless
Uruguay likely among the greedy giants, TO be
guiped down by great gormandizer or the oihor
Doubtless Victor Emanuel regards this suspicious
moment, when Brazil is fully occupied with Paraguay
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