The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-16
SOUTH AMERICA.
our RIO IAAllao CORRESPONDENCE.

Our RIO AAEIao CORRESPONDENCE.
RIO JAxrmo Dec. Q. 1855
ACTIVITY or THE MARQUIS CAMS.
In my last I mentioned this gentleman as the new
commander OF the Brazilian army He arrived at his
headquarters the 18th ultimo when he was rce'ved
with the greatest enthusiasm by the whole army thus
showing that they considered the choice Of be imperial
government good one.
REfoRxs THE MAsouis.
After thorough examination Of the military depois
and hospitals Corrientes the Marquis manifested hs
surprise at finding everything so cyilian," snd began
thorough reform, by dismssing pumber Of officers
from the and ordering many ohers 10 th'ir regi
ments in the 1eld He has continued this work. rc-
organizing the whole army and putting hiags in true
military shape to resist the enemy.
STRATEGIC MOVEMENT oF casr,s
One OF the FIRST acts Of the Marquis de G. sias his
arrival at the Paso da Patria to send ranboa,
petition the Upper Parana TO watch the enemy there,
for II had been discovered that the Paragraphs had
been receiving arms ammunition and other arti-
ces ut that point large number Of boxes we're found
on the banks Of the river They must have Conc across
the Brazilian province Of Rio Grande, How long this
nds v0 no, 81 sU All crsaSle Bsau
that province. II they had exercised ANY vigilance ~
al such thing copd no, y hsss xs
country OF large extent where there is No" sh.'e hc
Of railroad Bat above all the wan. Of ic,essn. o.
the enemy could have been prevented by snse gun.
boat placed OF the haadwaters o. the paran ficSe.
firing and desutory artillery practice on oo scs make
| up the sum OF actual warfare going on
TBE rARAcuAraSs sTREsernEsIse THEIR i,.rIioss
The Paragraphs have again not only sufficient ilsne
to strengthen Curuzi, but also Curnral'y. The
weakest point OF the last named place was the side
pieces OF heavy artillery which will onec tremendous
resistance to the next ascent of the BraN ian eet ~
has lately transpired that the attack or ito I'D Sep
tember the CuIupay fort could have been successfully
cannonaded from the opposite side OF the river, md
4 the allies constructed battery there ~ IS now too
PROBABLE ArAvpoxsESr OF oun,5r
Is the opinion OF military engineers in Tie field That
the allies will have abandon Curuzl because in hold
ing they act only on the defensive and Inns rom
der large number of men useless who might be en-
ployed to much advantage aggressive operations
Should the allies abandon Curnz II will certainty be OF
| undoubtedly also produce a bad effect the entire
country, because, n they leave Curuzn without
advancing on Curupaiiy-and that Is not probable al
prcsent-ihey must fail back Tuyuy, witch viii be
MORE STORIES OF pARAauAyAS pEssnTsgs
Two sm d;sam Paraguayan deserters, who lately en-
tered the lines Of alic7 reported that Topezs army was
with the greatest severity erE asr9 yd rSm
believers these days. for starving sold rs cannot
IS the sr srs ser o
the alert to profit BY the slightest chance ahore' nen
| by the enemv.
This gentleman is Admiral Joaquin Jose issac.o Bar
ros father OF the Captain Barros who was KILLED ew
months aeo board the iron-cad remandaFe through
the explosion OF a shell inside case,nac. Admiral
Barros supcrsedes Admiral Tamandars TO fett for the
seat OF the 9th inst He Is said 10 b" brave ana
experienced officer Tamandare. 10 Is said, WI return
| in q month.
Nm wAsgBrnx's Msaov
| In my last said something Of Minister weshbarn OF
| the United States, and his mission TO Paraguay. The
turned with him, as i would be- rather an awkward
affair TO proceed Assuncon with such ugly customers
the torpcdoes with which tho river Is h'ted an IN"
In Goyaz the President has ordered vigorous con-
scrpon but had exempted all enraged IN the transport
Il al foodtO the civ of GOy0Z AQftO GroSSn.
From Matto Crosse news has been received that he
Brazilian bri ade had retroseded Nidac. and that
| TEE UNITED STATES GuSBoAr sHAMoKIS Rths DOWN
On the 10th Of November the uni,ed States sunboa.
Shamokin coming down tho Paraguay river, ran Int
the steamer General Flores bound up the river With
Flores At once filled and went down.
General Flores was on hoard at the times no lives
were lost, but man severely injured
Captain Fogueras, OF the lost steamer, arrived with
three Of the passengers ut the Tgre and came At 10
| town The moment General Asbotb, the American Min
ster heard Of the affair he at once sen; orders TO the
captain OF the Kansas 70 get up steam but owing TO the
statement Of Captain Folgueras OF the General Flores IL
was thought useless to send any assistance 70 the los
| steamer.
The following is the statement nade by one OF the
officers on board the shamokin, at Busnos Ayres,
The steamer was first seen some three Of four miles
ahead, coming around bend IN the rlver showing red
green lights and then the green light only giving cs 10
understand that she following tho 4 hank Of the
| RIVER. we were IoHownS tue Oppositc thhAs anu nhu
been. for some distance. The moon had just set, but
the night clear bright starlight, and both sides
could be distinctly seen, although the over
| half mile wide at this point When within less than
quarter OF . mile OF the General Flores suddenly
changed her course. directly crossing the and
| coming towards nj nearly right angles.
The order OF the pilot 10 slow the engine and pn the
helm 10 starboard, attracting the aitentin ~ the
| tain and chief engineer. who were in conversation
together the hurricane deck, the captain at once
ordered tho engine stopped and backed well order
ing the port drag lowered Very fortunately indeed for
these orders obey ed instantly and rho Roadway
from the General Flores about ten feet ro, the bow,
crushing hole In the side about feet by sx, but
the lower part Of II being about six inches above the
line Had other order been gwen or had not
the vessels Roadway been checked as Il was, The
| General Flores must have struck somewhere amid
ships and the would hardly have had lime to have
got deck before should have sunk IN forty.t~o
feet of water Tho General Flores did got or
fortunate Our sides being made Of hafnch iron aud
Of Hvesixtccnhs inch the force OF the blow
crushed her bow TO pieces andwas broken hcivw
line. Besdes she hit IN very strong part Of the
SHIN No blame he attached 10 pilot 10 any
| one On board this vcssel tI9s44llaa
A moments inspection OF the hole In sie and the
bow of tho General Flores win n oncc convince suy
truth of the matter and Of ts position Of the
two vessels as the time Of tho collision The vesseir
swung together aftey The coIisiOn as wheel and
| paddle hex was slightly damaged 49,,