, 1866-03-14

One Hundred ThouAand Men In the
Vicinity of fIu1nnJAta-The ALLIES
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BcEsos AxnEa, s. A., Jan. H.
The great topic Of Importance to foreign
readers is Our gigantic war, the greatest "a to
plumbers engaged and probable issue ever
.Waccd III South America. To-day there are
ut ieast one hundred thousand men under
arms, and oil within scope OF forty miles,
md the fate Of republic, Paraguay, hangs
Ia the scale. THE allies, In placing fifty scvcn
..thous aud men In the field, have not more than
ilalf exhausted their resources, while Paraguay
LAS no more men for soldiers. This tact de-
lines the result. It may be distant, but 1t Is
sure, aud 1t depends on the sagacity Of Lopez
ito say whether he will make q coucitiatory
TREATY, or drive on the war beyond his own
safety and beyond his counsry's indtptnence.
. To-day President 3fitre Is Com1nander-tn-
Chief of the allies, and will so renalu while
the basc Of operations is Argentine. He is an
Lnps, bnt lie embodfes the confidence Of the
w.o 9 army. Ha has thirteen thousand good
Argentine troops under hts Immediate COM
mand. General osorio is near him with twcn-
:ty thousand BEnxflians. General Flores, who
headed a successful revolution in Uruguay
two years ago. and by MD of Brazilian men
aud money achieved 1t, commands the van
guard Of sesen thousand men, UFuguayans
:nud Brazilthns. He is an active mnu, good
sEirnisher, and willy Us the native Indian,
some Of the blood Of which be proudly carr les
In his veins. General Pauvero, one Of the
nblest Argentine generals Of modern times,
1cmnins near President 3iitre. Colonel Pnyba
is another slzilful scout, and be does good
service with few daring lleet ridcrs. General
Il, but he Is retained as the popular com-
mander Of the militia Of Corrientes. He has
force Of seven thousand men.
Batou Porto de Allegro Is crossing tue Mis-
stones with ten thousand new Brazilian
troops, Altogether On land and river there
Is said to be 81, 600 men.
i The part al Corrientes where they now are
is low and swampy, and the marshes are d
fearful draw back on rnpld movements. On
December 9Th they lost five hundred horaes
in about three hours, crossing marsh :;
oxen snd wagons also went down to rise no
more.
Of January. 1t Is believed TINT on or about
That date the invasion Of Paraguay will be
dated. Small steamers have been gathered
nenr the army; three hundred canoes and
ttat.bottomed boats have been built; pro-
visions aEe getting resssy for tazyeEsing the
marshes aud sandy plains Of Paraguay;
Lopez, bnt other places will allow Of the
transit OF the allies. The only fort Of any i'm
rortance In Paraguay is Fortress Hutnpyta on
The Paraguay rfyer. 1t has about two hun
Irel guns in position, cflatns across the river,
and the passage lined with toTpe1oes. Il
uumayta falls, the whole country will be nt
the mercy Of tie allies. Admiral shubf1ck, Of
the United States Navy, said 1t could easily
be taken by sheliing II from around q cnESc in
the river, md so haye many said.
You could hardly believe, In the United
States, how little VIC see or hear Of the war.
We have no telegraph, no steamer from head
quarters but once q week. and the cautious
movements of the army altogether tend r.
soothe rather than excite the public mind. #
We had kilograms ten times day, We shonld
tiently for the issue. At present all things
point to q conflict of importance about the
last Of the month.
Many believe that the ultimate designs Of
Brazil arc not yet announced. The crow1ing
Of so needless number oftroops IN this val
Icy Is otninous. She has nov under arms
about eighty thousand men. During forme
administration the President OF Uruguay ceded
to Brazil four square leagues Of land, and they
haye proceeded to occupy IT. But the Lcssis.
1ature has annullcd the contract and forbid
den its occupancy. Meantime, Brazil insists
on holding It, It Is believed hy many that
the little turbulent Republic will In the end
be used to round OF the empire on its south
side.
January TO there were 10000 soycreigns
sent to headquarters to par the Brazilian
army. The Ajax, an old b1ocksde-runnes,
has been brought here for. sale and WIS
bought for these rivers, for $4,000, silver.
Olidcn, the Edmous beefpacker, las Just made
a contract for 309, 600 pounds Of suited and
packed beef for the army, ut S1:ae5, silver, per
men and scndiu. the fair proportion Of troops
from the Provinces Of Entire Rios to the scat
Of war.