The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-18

warm weather facilitates the lightfooted nggers,
who turn their black color to advantage for making
sent Only three or four nights ago the British
Minister'S plate cupboard was stripped, and one OF
5nose 9 silver teapos which are ns
appeared and left not a wrack behind.
The fat hospitable and j0vial monks OF the Monas-
terry OF st. Bento here have not escaped any better
than less holy morhs, Notwithstanding that the
building looks fmpregnable to regiment OF sappers.
spe e o. oo pa LOCKS ana .y ay
some one was preyng upon their larder rms
touched the good brothers to the quick but nothing
sesn overhead IN o ONE the Has to the
great disnay OF the community. However, as
al s ea Of ali the
outlets OF the building were closed and q strict
search made, but vainly; nothing was 70 be FOUND.
some secret hiding place. or some secret outlet such
as was discovered many years ago, leading subter-
him opSe a Ins so%e distance situated In the low
part of the town.
The great earthquake OF August IS appears to
have extended its influence eastward to the Pc
ruvian frontier. At Tabatnga, on the Upper ANA
zon the river rose suddenly at I'VE p M. and quickly
receded. Also at the mouths OF sundry Ofthe rivers
Moving into the Amazon, near the same town. a
phenomenon similar to that called the pororoca or
bore which occurs near the mouths OF some rivers
In both hemispheres, was Witnessed to the great
dismay OF the natives, who had never before seen
the huge waves rolling in, ana some boats were
swamped. the news OF the earthquake had not
The British bark Australian was lost near Co
tnguiba, on the Sergipe coast on the 23d October,
while conveying cargo from sydney, Australia, To
London The twenty passengers on board We're at
once taken Off by tugboat then I'm sight, and next
day the crew Also as no hopes existed OF saving the
vessel.
Mr.. Gould, the Secretary OF the British Legation
at Buenos Ayres has just passed through Rio on ms
way to England with dispatches for England. lie
unable to obtain the release Of the English held
by Lopez, but 1t is said Lopez has since declared he
would not detain them longer II sent for He cor
rObOrateS TO extent the statement OF the fOr-
tuguese Minister, who went up the Paraguay, that
the foreigners are on the whole not badly treated
although probably pressure was used TO get them TO
enter into the new contracts upon whose existence
Lopez POUNDS his refusal to let them leave.
The Emperor sent for Mr. Gould, and they mad q
long conversation, doubtless the state OF affairs
in Paraguay. Mr. Gould says that on Visiting the
Brazilian camp the slbaterns exnipted 70 MN tner
the truth be known In Rio, that they want to hight
and not to be killed by disease through the incapa.
city treachery OF lot of old women who surround
Caxias, and are making fortunes by delaying the
campaign. 1t Is asserted that he has not concealed
this from the Emperor or the fact that tne war Is
being unnecessarily prolonged by the 1ault OF the
general and his advisers
steamer arrived on the 9Th with dispatches from
Caxias, which have not been published. me TAX
about town is that he requires reserve force OF
10000 to be at once raised If he Is TO bring the
SIX iron-clads were above Angostura trying to cut
of its communications with Asuncion by water and
awaiting opportunity TO act with the Chaco expe
dition. Some torpedoes had been picked up. Lopez
has five or six small steamers above but the slow
and deep Brazilian monitors cannot catch them.
Asuncion is now said to have ten 6s-pounders IN
position to defend it from attack The batteries at
Angostura not so strong as at first reported and
foreign naval officers say several OF the pieces APP
peared to be quakers. The 150pounder asserted Go
be In the water battery Is said by Brazilian COR
respondent TO have been brought up by the United
States gunboat Wasp, but Mr.. Gould says its exist
ence s a fable and that the heaviest cannon there
are 49, FOUNDERS. At all events the ironclads seem
able to pass without much risk; but the ilnest one
the SiIyado has had to go down to Humata to re-
pair what Is called disarrangement OF her ma
chinery. In passing down this vessel had narrow
escape from being blown up. cannon ball struck
a Vannet and drove the iron ring, heated by the con-
CUSTOM underneath the turret and TO the very door
OF the powder magazine, which was fortunately,
The army at Caxias' headquarters, Surubhy, is
deeply in the mud. The only spot for the camp IS u
bottom on the one side and immense flooded forests
ON the other while for the 0utposts they have TO
roost in trees or stand IN water to the knees inc
weather was very wet for time and excessively
hot so that together with scanty ratlOns OF the half
starved beef Of dying cattle and rottng provisions
1t being impossible to keep things In the camp
there is great deal OF sickness. At first 1t was
cholera, but OF late it has been chiefly agues and
bad fevers. The cholera appeared to have been IN
troduced from Hamaita by the troops sent up from
that place, and doctor there ascrbeS It's origin TO
the opening OF new defensive works by the garrison
The general impression Is that Lopez Will obstruct
the progress Of the thanking corps as long as pos
sble; but that, If It successfully establish itself In
the rear Of his present position ne WIN delay the
fight and will abandon Vileta as soon as he would
have to fight serious engagement 10 hold the po-
sition. He WILL however, do so only to turn up at
some other strong spot, which the allies Will, OF
course hitherto, give him plenty OF time to forty
and arm with the cannon or the old place. Unf0rtu-
nately Paraguay ab0unds with strong defensive p0-
sitions and the further inland they the for
the allies He is said TO have 100 to 100 cannon OF
all sizes the fortifcatons opposed to the allies ut
SuruDihy, and, according to deserters, the swampy
ground front cannot be traverscd, so that the only
practicable operation seems to be to get above.
Paunero is to come to Rio as Argentine Minister, q
place which he visited forty years ago In different
OVERWHELMINGLY, rs o subaltern prisoner OF war,
when he was lodged in the fortress OF santa Cruz.
At last dates the United States squadron which
LETT this port the 9th and 2sth OF October had not
arrived with Minister Mcmahon. Ex-Minster
Washburn has not vet come up.
The gold bonds Of the late issue ran up like q sky
rocket on the afternoon OF the 10th ul and touched
90 premium on $50 mtres paid. Since then they
had been steadily falling until they got to so IS
premium; but they have rallied to so premium In
consequence OF the prospect OF the war continuing
some months longer. Exchange has slowly de-
clined from 191d. to 1s4d. TO the milreis and
reigns l3A $780, or gold at 150, with q rising ten
dency.
The Princess Imperial is looked for from the medi-
cinal springs Of Mnas Geraes IL ~ whispered that
her disease a dreadful species Of Asatc leprosy,
which devours the external organs and fingers. II
there any truth in this she will probably never sit
on this throne. and her sisters children will in
herit IL.