The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-06-15

| n1Vo NEWS snat noralds speedy ending OF the
connict which has been waged with more than
usual vigor by those countries for more than
two years past Our previous advices told US
that the great expedition sent overland to
cross the Parana river far above its junction
with the Paraguay has as yet made no imili-
tary demonstration of importance. The grand
attack which was to level with the dust the
little centralized military unit called Paraguay
has not taken place, and, probably, If ever 1t
does, 1t will be such a feeble effort that it will
be more easily repulsed than any Of the un-
military movements that we have seen in the
swamps that border the southern part Of the
country. movement of the whole allied
force to the crossing of Itapua appears to be
contemplated. This movement appears to be
forced one; and the unfortunate Brazilian
general, worried into action by the demands
OF stupid government and the desires of his
officers to finish the campaign at once, will
perhaps throw himself upon the strong de-
fences OF the Paragraphs already at the
threatened point, and destroy the last available
force that Brazil can send into the field. In
the meantime the Paraguayan army, fighting
on its own soil and defending what it deems
sacred cause. linked to the very preservation
OF its nationality, is as resolute as ever, and
really shows new elements Of strength and
defence whenever they are demanded. The
secret treaty of the allies to blot out from the
list OF South American nations the Paraguayan
barrier to the control of the great La Plata
valley becomes very amusing document to
contemplate, when we view its results up to
the present stage Of the war; What its phases
may present in the future may throw it into a
still more ridiculous light, and finally it may
become one of the finest examples of Spanish.
American bombast that has yet been formally
signed.
New difficulties have now appeared in the
problem for the allies to solve--the cholera
and General Urquiza--both pestilences equally
formidable, and both quite as unreliable in
selecting opponents for th cir destructive powers.
The cholera, according to our correspondence,
commenced lis ravages on the Argentine soil
about the beginning Of April, and up to the
18th it had become general throughout the
city of Buenos Ayres, the deaths ex-
ceeding two hundred per day. "The
streets were filled with hearses, men died
in tho streets, in the hedges, on the
pier and among the lower orders, where it
chiefly prevailed, there was panic unpre-
cedented." At least twenty-five thousand of
the population Of Buenos Ayres had fed the
city, taking refuge in the country districts,
wherever they could find shelter. At Rosario,
two hundred and seventy miles above Buenos
Ayres, the ravages were also fearful, and the
town was almost deserted. Resistless in its
march, il finally reached the allied camp at
Curuzu and gathered six hundred victims in
one day; and not until the troops were taken
from their miserable barracks did the NOR
tality decrease to two hundred and fifty per
day-all this principally among the Brazilians.
twenty-five per cent Of the allied army is on
the Uick list. The more than stupid blunder
in the location Of the allied camps, linked with
the still greater military stupidity Of selecting
for attack the very strongest point In the
whole Paraguay territory, is here showing,
by the deaths in Paraguay swamps, the com.
plets lack Of generalship which has been
Characteristic on the part Of the allies. The
original and gross blunders Of General Mitre
In planning the campaign have no parallel, II
we except that of Maximilian's military move
ments in Mexico.
In addition TO the cholera comes what Is
equally bad to the Allies Ore in the rear
from General Urquiza The old gaucho chief,
now about sixty years Of age, is still in the
saddle, with his ten thousand wild riders at his
heels, and the most colossal fortune in South
America to help him carry out his plans not
very reliable, however, it is somewhat uncer-
tain what his movements may be. In 1852 he
upset Rosas, and shortly afterwards was forced
to besiege Buenos Ayres, where, undertaking
to starve the city into submission, he sold them
their own cattle, exported the hides, and laid
the foundation Of fortune that now controls
more than half the province of Entire Rios,
where he is virtually king. Corrientes, too, is
quite under his control These two provinces
are the prizes Of victory which are sought by
Paraguay and Urquixa, who really rules
them, having long wished to shake of the bind
| ing force of Buenos Ayres, which has
been the only one that has heretofore
shackled his movements would not be
averse to linking his fortune to that of the
heroic little republic upon whose banners vic
tory is about to perch. 1t will give Paraguay
what she has been seeking, an outlet to the
sea, and make her, moreover, in few years as
powerful as the Argentine republic is to-day;
for the three States Of Paraguay, Corrientes
and Entire Rios would, united, form rare
combination Of commercial and agricultural
advantages. We may therefore expect to hear
soon that Urquisa has precipitated himself
upon tie rear of the allied force, while he stirs
up, according to his old game, new revolutions
in the interior provinces Of the Argentine re-
public against the city Of Buenos Ayres, which
has always been at swords points with them
The whole Of the Argentine force would then