The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-19
s6UTH AMERICA.


,..s.rsrting News from PArASSAy-Tho
NAV oaA the River Plate-Lstest from
Vavazsl. Peru, Mexico, htc'
- =, ,eaAPt4 SPECIAL coRHEsPoNDENoE1
v.s,iro s.n.lI.'o,,11~o August 29.-The Provincial
Government Is sIaste land west OF BuenOs Ayres.
zion OF P1@pD ~ rDoSeTd To naturalization is about to
hs formed by the 60 GoVser~b 0e rw~bich those spanish
Win sps1hb, ab,o have resided for ten years IN Ine
TsSnbIio without returning, ~ tSSnain viii have
entitled cIaim ~ on them a PUBLIC dinner mas
iateiy taken place In "A 1OST Sor the cause of re.
gpeeches 0wS wer1t the pictures of washington, Lin,
poln Mazzini, Juares, anu ,ho dacoratioDs of Inc
pIomiiInrssnSw Where the festival was held. The
PponstTuction OF railroad has been authoTlzed
S ,ha En1peror OF Brazil, and the plan Will at
Oycs Cy " be carried out The road Will have Its
tIsnTminus in the city of Rio Grande do Sui, and
q s,.sa in the province Of San Pedro. The
Stesmship North America, from New York,
hos landed I48 emigrants in Montevldeo, and
10 more are expected from Mobile They are
Said 10 be q very active class of men, and are at
once %Ss EoAiIg oAmgeTcan ri am steamship R BrooSiyn ar
rived In Bahia on the 9Th instant, on her way
70 the United States The new monitor RIO
f7th instant. The Spanish iron clad frigate
Numancia left Rio Janeiro on the 18th for
MOETEV1DEo August 3O-The most important
topics of interest are the revolts which take
place in the interior of the Argentine Republic,
Inc question about capital punishments, de-
bated In the Legislative body; and the siege of
Humaita. The province OF Cordova has risen
In insurrectlon against the Governments; seve-
Ial public officials, and even the Minister of
War, who had been sent by the Central Govern
ment, were imprisoned, and several battalions
OF National Guard have left for the scene of dis.
order to restore order. Several other provinces
are expected to rise unless the war is speedily
Terminated; and General Urquiza, the enemy
Of the alliance with Brazil is said TO excite the
people to revolt The allied forces are besieging
and bombarding the fortress of Humaita
where Lopez the dictator OF Paraguay, keeps
himself at present, after having been routed
out of all his strong positions; and 1t is expected
he must soon capitulate Thus the war is
actually drawing to close.
PoStscTiptun1 from The Seat Of the Wdr.-An en-
gagement has taken place between body of
the allied troops and detachment OF the
enemy. The Paraguayans had 100 men killed
and q great many wounded; an officer and
about 20 soldiers were taken prisoners.
The passage of Curupaity has been forced. The
squadron has effected the passage without
being affected by the numerous torpedoes,
which the skill of the pilots has known how TO
avoid. At IL o'clock in the morning the squa-
dron arrived at the port of Humaita, and COM
menoed to open fire at 2. M, the strongest
battery of the fort answering the fire. The
squadron Of Humaita keeps It's communication
open with Curupatty by means of an impro-
Vlsed road. At the time of the departure of the
mail boat, news reach us to the effect that the
bombardment of Humaita continues and that
the steamboat Tamandare, which had her ma
ehinery damaged, is repaired and ready again
for action. The shipping news of the port of
Montevideo Is of cheerful character, and
trade iS on the increase. Out OF the GIL vessels
which arrived during the first quarter of 1857
40 have unloaded their cargoes at that place
The number of vessels arrived in the ports
OF the Argentine Republic. Paraguay
and the Oriental Republic is l6l8 carrying
SaO,b76 tons. Thenumber of passengers arrived
from europe during the same period amounts
to IL 667
Business in general has been rather animated.
Hides for export to the United States and France
have been much in demand. Wool is only
salable in fine qualities and at reduced prices.