The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-23
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touched at Bahia the 29th Pernambuco, May /;
Para. May s, and st. Thomas, May Is.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or THE HERALD.
The Baron do HervaI ON the Upper Parana-
Defeat Of the Argentine Rebels-Leut and
me Price Of Observation-Disclosures United
states steamer Iroqu0is-Man Lost as Sea-
Cholera In Montevideo. &c.
Rio JAsnRo. April Is, 1867.
The usual apathy in reference to the Paraguayan
continues Not solitary spark OF enthusiasm be
stricken out Of the Brazlians in reference thereto
True II is men Of means and then FREQ certain
their able bodied slaves and hand them over the
government as flood for powder.n ssvery they have
their reward for they made common dadores,
chevaiiers counts, scr But where are the bone and
sinew and muscle Of the young men OF the country,
Anywhere at the scat OF Let me not be mis-
taken; the people OF Brazil brave and patriotic
people They have proven themselves such in many
stricken ed and when the present broke there
lack OF volunteers the honor OF the
green and yellow dag All that Is now changed. The
war has been badly managed and corruption been
rampant in high places that the people have become
sick and tired Of what they deem frutess srug-
ge merely contentng themselves TO be eeced presently
prospectivey, order satisfy the hungry Of
the war demon. But what need to tell the people Of
the United States Of the wholesale thes OF contractors
and the bloodsucking Of the ignoble army Of other
leeohes that continually phlebotomizing the
body polite, when they have recently had
such eminent examples nearer homer Il is re-
lated Of Alexander the First. Of Russia, that
when he visited London after the occupation Of Paris
he number OF men with red and blue bags entering
Westminster Hall. On nquiring who they were and
being told they lawyers his Majesty said, "Humph
lawyers; why, have only four in my dominons, and
intend to hang two Of them return.n Now,
lawyers necessary in all civilized countres do
call them necessary evils, whom they honest and
the course Of pretty long experience have made the
acquaintance OF honest among the legal frater
nifty a. among my own and that is saying great deal
for s admitted axiom that there roguery in all
trades except The point Of tho matter s that II is
pity that Dom Pedro IL cannot do with certain OF his
contractors, commissaries and such like cattle his
elder BROTHER Alexander threatened to do with his law
yers-certainly more respectable body Of men than
those who grow rich the miseres OF their country
men-ay, and country too So much for moral
izing now for facts, or rather want OF facts.
Intelligence from the seat OF war is becoming "sma
by degrees and beautifully less and II do not have
some stirring information thersrom IN short time the
future now. about the lighting be embodied in the
nothing" Beyond the occasional continued Smelling OF
Curupaty, which was seldom responded TO by the Para.
ana snd Ssa between a.: O
in the way Of lighting TO report According TO positive
information, however the baron do Hervsl, with the
corps Of the Brazilian army under his command, was
already Ut apua and would be ready operate
With tho Marquis do Caxiaa II 80, active operations
may be expected 10 be resumed ct early date The
cholera has reached Correntes and from there It has
spread TO the allied camp, with the prospect Of It's
sSs Ss
From the interior Of the Argentine Confederation in
formation has been received Of great rout suffered by
PEELED TO disband they were beaten By half their mum.
Der Of tho government troops lost eight pieces OF
BEEN
jugaed This victory besides demonstrating the super
osy Q! the troops has Sssn Of great moral
total humiliation Of the revolution
The notes between the United States Minister and the
allies have been published but they disclose nothing be-
yond simply an osr Of good offices on the part Of the
former.
lazaretto u about to be erected on the island OF
Flores There Ii absolutely other news from Monte
The holy days Of the outgoing Lent and Of Easter
Good Friday every bell mute In the city, and
the striking Of the public clocks stopped There
was NO restriction, however In respect to carriages In
the Streets in other Catholic countries At
night there was lengthy procession OF the clergy and
in white robe There were several vehicles ia tho
procession, bearing images Of the Redeemor His Mother
the case With Pontirs Plate Judas iscaroi and other
obnoxious personageG On this OF the holy
lance with the Imperial Chapel and the big fiddle Is il
not all written In the Book OF the Chronicles Of the New
York HERALD or 1865
There is one feature Of Lent and especially OF Holy
Week, however, on which may make few remarks.
That is the rise in the price OF fish, know similar
phenomenon IL observable in New York At the same
son; but here 1t Is more marked. CHANGING the
bill Of faro at the table of my hotel on Wed
down at ity csnis instead Of thirty cents as hereto
FORE. and so IL continued Till Easter Day, when
II fell to its former price. have boon Informed that
during seasons Of abstinence the Supporters OF
tories, and other clergy, give fabulous prices for fish,
and that the fishermen knowing that take care not 10
achieve too largo catch so that the market being
paratlvely bare Of pscatory daintes, the reverend
in dcmand-a price that the aity who do consider
themselves under such strict obligations the clergy,
would the fish dealer hanged before they would pay
have heard OF az much as sixty milres ($30 being
given for grouper spelled and pronounced garopsr
here) not Weighing much more than ten pounds II 90
much. And yet the groupcr 10 about the most common
fact, II generally abandoned TO the poor Here how.
ever while the far superior mullet Is dsspised by the
wealthy the inferior grouper Is regarded a. lOrdy
dainty. But tastes will differ The world over.
MORTALITY OF RIO JAsErRo.
Tho returns for the seven years from 1859 10 1895
show the following:-
1890. Recommendation 1866. 5000
1851 ............... $3.50 -
l6ox............... 800 IotAl ..........oA ,Iv3
being average OF 0.2c6 70 the year.
According TO . local paper tho population Of The
city, ~ the absence Of regular census fos number Of
and therefore the editor considers II among the
heathiess cities Of the world Notwithstanding s 6thy
condition Ssfors ne osmplson Of the sres. system Of
The weather has besa intoisrably hot for the last
two weeks although We are now In the middle Of
70 Judge By he pissssns current Of air hat psSss
through my window.
me United stass steamer rroquos rhrd rate) arrived
sns isf o. The "a q February. On her way out she
stopped ~ PointaPtre, Guadaloupe. and Ccara Brazil