The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-11-25
ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.


Why Paraguay Rejects the Peace Proposals-
Her DISCRIMINATION and Encrgy-Critica1
Position Of the Aiiics-Paraguayans Isun-
dating their Enemy-The Wool Crop Of 1867.
BuEsos AyREs, s. A, Oct IA, 1851
The news Of peace, transmitted in my last sttsrs be-
not resulted all good hoped One article among
the conditions has caused Paraguay to reject ALL the
demand that Lopez shall retire 70 Europe for yeaE1
He does not desire to travel and his people do not
desire him to leave Besides he does not demand thas
President Mrs shall travel for his health nor does he
insist European tour for the Emperor OF Brasil.
On equal terms he desires decline their nvitaioa
with thanks and 10 remain, - Norvh remained -
long. tending his fathers aocks.
Nearly all the other points would DO readily yieldsdby
Paraguay. Brazilian territory, except Aatto Crosse.
would DO given up apology would % offered this rspub
lie, ana the two steamers taken before declaration Of
war; would be paid for the expenses would be divided
between Paraguay and this republc send Lopss
away-no So ends the first serious earnest sdes
70 make peace undertaken by either party Since Para
quay that mako 10 TO sacrifice Lopez they
and he united in greater vgor and carrying
tho with increasing determination Tho headquax
tiers Of the allies are about six miles, or perhaps eight
from their base Of supply and the transit OF supplies 10
now matter OF importance. TO cut these on b 70
starve the allies in their camp and Il will also en-
rich the nterceptng party This has led TO frequent
ana bloody encounters. One OF the most important 81
these September "a, when train OF pack mules
and carts was attacked q little AXE where usy eaS =
also, and the battle lasted from dawn till noon. The
Brazilians were chiefly engaged and LETT about eight
hundred killed and wounded, and lost forty 0thcerH.
Since that the trains have left that road and 60 arthss
round.
Soiano and It poorly defended Il was easily taken
There fifteen hundred Paragusyan troops near By,
that they lett six hundred killed and wounded and
hundred and eighty prisoners, among Thorn foureeea
offcers This places . very important poi.s n shs
hands Of the allies It 10 the centre Of supply for the
neighborhood and il s on the way towards the Para
guayan capital Reports from Paraguay represent the
The women DO The farming and ali lighter manuacsur-
ing, as weaving sewing, shoemaking, &c They Az
~ 'ns aa u s1os he var Desa
they have found deposits Of nitro and Of sulphur,
that now, but for the blockade they could export
powder. They recast the cannon bas thrown at then
by tho ton and throw them back Recently they havl
been casting cannon as 70 a. the Brazilian balls u
new style OF gun caps They make wine, cotton cloth
and paper; in line, nearly all articles that they need
and she'll day and night on the ousposts OF Hu@atS,
and also wore trying TO prevent new batteries from
being established at Curupay. below them The thur
dor is incossant, but nothing important has boon
achieved They keep up their communication from ehe
Gran Chaco sde and thus have immediate danger Of
want. The pcrempory order 70 past Curupaity and
attack Humaita came from Rio Janciro The doet did
80 in fleet style and are now between TWO nres, They
cannot pass Humssa, they cannot safely go ia fuii
range to attack il and Curupaity fort has increased
the number and size OF its guns, and the marrow cham
NEIL now by low water, has been niled with
sunken wrecks, torpedoes and stockade3 that 10
turn down the river becomes an mpossibity. without
fleet the Paraguayans have thus shut up, IS nearly
useless all the tron-cads ten in number, OF the navy
OF their foe This position oil Affairs allows or conceu
tratio0 or Lopezs forces al the points, not over six
miles apart and supporting each other These retreats
expose powerfully fortified sides, landwards towards
the land forces OF the allies and. at the same time
simultaneous attack cannot be made on the Paraguayans
BY river and land The war Is as nearly At dead lock
as ever II was
Tho inundation by which the Brazlians were drives
out Of Fort curuz now proves 70 have been caused ~
artificial canals
Tho allies have given great Importance to the balloon.
Battles postponed for want OF chemicals TO initiate
the balloon The paraguayans understand this mannuvre,
and Ia sgnt they hide in the bushes,
such smoke conceals themselves and their
works. The result Is that while the allies walt and ioso
BY H. the Paraauayans are the gamers both by the de-
Laws and by the false Information u gives. st1
The telegraph Is 10 operation from Humata to Asun-
con and LONG letters transmitted IT, The whoe
Paagusyan system Is based the value Of hard and
tacy almost nothing. They retain their uninch
Ing attachment to Lopez, and they happy II they
die IA his sight or for HIM.
since January 1867 to this date Brazil has sent 70
Paraguay II, 400 men. new order for drafting has
been issued IN Brazil for 20 900 more.
The worst have from the front ID that the
manner Il began lasr summer. and from the army Il
came down tho river 10 ,his place about fast man
could walk, and Tor forty days ragged here and gave
way 10 colder weather Now At opening spring u ap-
pears again. and dirty city may expect fearful
visitation.
All these boundless pampas the click Of tbs
sheep shears heard to-day, and better cleaner wool
has never been sh0rn in South America IL rs Estimated
that we shall have million pounds 1861
than in 1866. But SO much lower the prices that
the clip Of this year viii sell for million hard dol
tars less than that OF 1866 This what the or
This country pay for tho tariff OF the Unird States
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