The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-03-17
SOUTH AN e RIG A.
our RIO ASEIRo Correspondence.

on insufficient RroundA
On the 18th ultimo the Brazilian feet again opened
IRE Cuupaity and 10 ID said that on the 18th the
allied vanguard took one Of the enemys trenches Tho
bombardment q reported, commenced about halfpast
A. H., and lasted about an hour II was resumed
q eleven A. n, and continued till three p n, three
ironcladsons gunboat and two ohaas naiboats-being
eight hundred shots at the Paraguayan Notifications
which were returned by only hundred The damage
to the walls Of Curupaity amounted TO very little.
The foregoing statement Of tho carrying OF Para.
guayan INFRINGEMENT 10 regarded apocrypha here.
che report has mot been confirmed by arrivals
II said that the commander Of advanced picket pro-
Ang by the fact Of the Paaguayans permitting their fires
to 60 out drew to their lines, and by clever comp
de obtained possession Of the outer Lopsz's
out Of the position they had won, but that the latter
being reinforced BY infantry and artillery, remained
ters Of the position whether true or not, docs not
seem that this movement II 1t has taken place. will have
any effect on either sde
Beyond such unimportant and doubtful events as the
foregoing letters from the seat OF speak Of nothing
but the interchangeable activity Of the Marquis do Caxas
the generaissmo Of the allied army He has all the
rifed artillery, Whitworth thrtytwo Founders, To
that small force Of infantry may easily defend while
the bulk Of his forces is reserved for the assault which
is expected to take place very
great deal has been said, and considerable sensation
caused by supposed note, addressed by the United
the bell gerents the mediation Of the Cabinet WASH
iugton believing that 1t will be accepted by of tho
three pares to the alliance, and ntimatng that In the
case OF refusal, SUCH offer of mediation will be changed
into an Intervention.
One OF the daily papers of this city, referring to this
matter, says:-"We cannot conceive that the United
States have conceived such project unworthy Of
civilized nation; FIRST because its execution would be
the conservation Of the right Of violence, covered by
the mask OF philanthropy second, because such pro-
ceedng would be in fragrant opposition to the policy OF
the great republic, which refused the mediation of
France and England between the Northern and Southern
States OF its Union under the petcnce that every
interference. We mako no comments on the subject;
they you'd be supernuous"
Not content with tackling TO the Paraguayans, it
disguised with the slow coach arrangements OF the
allied army indulgng in little private, friendly
hands in, as it were, and the revolution in
Mendoza and other points Is quoted as above par
and San us IN svor Of the rsvo,
ton have been made, and IL is regarded as imminent
that Bolivia and Chile determined to hep the insur
reconss 70 the extent Of general breaking up of the
Argentine republic. This however, does not square
with tho supposed desire Of the transandno republics
TO Ioln the republics this side against Brazil But
suppose Brazil should DO republicanzed. cn bonoP
II Is the only stable country, far government Is
ooncerVd, 10 America south OF the Rio Grande do
saH that the government s stable. because Il Is
monarchy; may be so In spite OF monarcby but the
broad fact 10 that the people aresatsed with IT, and
strangers dwell In safety under ia thing that cannot
be said Of the Spanish American republics Then why
disturb government that works % we'll
Ayres, with ramincatons extending to sontevidso A
number OF newspaper editors were arrested,
many ma o.nes nnuen,a, persons VINO were parties 20
thousand men were 10 be detached from the general
army 70 march to Rosario and other places
In revolt in order to Que the uprising and suppress the
gueras who work hroughous the rcvolted dis.
sricts Teegraphic dispatches had been suppressed
between Bnenos Ayres aud M0ntevideo for hours
IN consequences Of the prevalent In the former city
ON the discovery Of the conspiracy. The National
Guard called out. arrests were made, and there
a
the attitude taken by the National Guard In favor Of the
the pars Of the rebels Business was resumed and
tranquility restored but the signs Of the times are dark
orcbods little good to tho Argentine Confederation.
,iniormaon has been received Of the departure the
Chile Peruvian ncet fom Pacific with military force
Plate as help 70 the rebes Such story. however is
rather lard Of belief Another report credits the le-
wanting Of tho Chilean Legation from Buenos AyTes TO
parts unknown, taking with them their archives
Paunero the Argentine general sent against the rebels
had been beaten at several points and compelled 70 fall
back and await endorsements.
Tho Argentine Press and Mediation--A Wig
orous Appeal in Favor Of its Acceptance
Let the Alliance BIO Broken Up-Self-Pre-
scrvutiou Demands Ii.
(From Ell Pueblo Of Buenos Ayres, JAN q, 1861
MENDOZA AND THE AIIIAycE
AT the present moment the revolt Is stronger
xnsn h no government Not even , TWO thousand, nor
from the arm, in Paraguay would suffice to check
a. Nor would hey erbalancc the resources which
sbe truth when sssert that before they could reach
the ground In tint y back up General Pannero the
Of Ave or six provinces, viii form hodv whose
forward march be resisted nv any five thousand
militiamen; and cannot draw dpcr regular ,roops
for we have none even at the seat war n Paaruay
II wish to avert the dRnger II We want
70 se the REBELLION to preserve the republic from de-
stmcton AMI not have the blood OF people flood tho
land; wedo not wish 90 pass our dys in mourning
and disgrace let " o'saR on from he Illuminating
ties n sas o the nirrer empis e ah0 Ss
chseraIly scrpt the mediation offered BY &c American
Minister rights Then ana eny ,ase our
can we to avert the dark danger that no
the ere Of the Argentine republic.
'nT time could DO more propitous let IA accep,
tbc5H OF mediation 1t Is only through il that We can
bpe solve tne dineuiiss that now surround us and
trous predecessor DR. Perez Gomar has proved that
breacof the alliance would not constitute violation Of
sae 10 Of naons and the chance could not be better
than Dw In presence Of the friendly offer made by Inc
representative OF the great fepublc nor more UNSUITABLE
mvif OF the supreme necessity, REPRESENTATION
Leafs accept the offer, and dissolve the alliance there
Is mother course TO follow.
Arises in the same vein have almost daily appeared
In tho aiding papers OF Bucnos Ayres notably SO in The
Repab's, Puetb and Temps
etrsuss OF the brazilian Confingeut-C Con.
tnscasHccs"Ses Of the NTendezino Rebels
Tne hevo" n-tends to Buen0s Ayres and
mOttcvdeO.
fnoAn0@S !. !, Of the TIN ult says:-
=, mo arori,ne 20 sosnuuted up to 81 900 men
ina, s s ps,Ssro nrazfisefore the troops were
ss .so s1 II The sd raa1a
Tor sssss1cIs one schooner, % transporteamen two
pomnoseamors, mo ,ntng LAB gSs and manned i've adj.
80 men sbout
10 revclutonsts in Mendozhad achieved vict,,.
.sr 100 government troopsnder Julio Campos, 4
'c,o. the latter losing four Ply OF cannon and hsv
isvosSn a. J, G Sasr g united ,ns
eary s SroeIsmin The 100 rssos "i5sfss
src sssls and Gaais Of Bass Xbin
unJsr ys al ,nSS considered ralrs and punished a
such amft cin.s,Coneza was 10 beNcut win force
Rosario vhcreother troops we're orAnizng
Several lcrsGs had been arrested In Buenos Ayre
for supposd completely with the insogents
In St Log AID Cordova pronuncarris,tos were mad
In favor OF ercvolters, and Paunero wa nus place
in n criticalpskion But one thousand i've hundrc
mon. with " field hovitzcrs under cotnand Of Cole