The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-24

as deep their Joy would have been II he had fallen
There was an Immense meeting OF Spanish demo-
Gratis In Montevideo last night. The crowd surge1
through the street shouting uirdS Tor regenerated
Italians in the company knocked down the escutcheon
OF the Spanish Consul but the mob replaced II ana
cneered the Consul ne came 70 inc Dac9n ny anu ne
cared IL be his highest honor to serve mis- regene-
MIR. Wssnbarn, the ex-United States Minister to
Paraguay, left in the French packet to take the
American packet OF Rio Janeiro for home he VIII
arrive in New York at the same time that this letter
The newspapers here say nothing about the United
States feet going to Paraguay. Perhaps the Admiral
has kept 1t quiet SO as not to be heralded there De
expected to be In this port to-day or tomorrow.
Citizens Of Corrientes, OF this city, have made up q
purse q s. zoo gold for lawyer Dr; Gomez 70 re
Caceres convicted. This general is alleged TO have
been the cause Of the civil war In the province OF
regular army. Anairs are now oil arranged
A most splendid medal has been given to Hector
F. varea for his great speech last September at the
Peace Congress- 1t is OF gold two ounces in weight
with sixteen fine diamonds. one and half carat
each, and one emerald OF one carat HIS speech was
telegraph to Rosario has been put under way,
and is now done about half way from this city. The
line will be 300 miles long.
Reforms by President Sarmicnto-News from
Pnraguay-The Washburn Case-COnmcr-
cial Advices.
BUEN0S AYRES, >. A., NOV. IL, 1908.
In the administration OF President Sarmiento we
have not only the fact that new broom sweeps
clean, but In this case 1t keeps on sweeping. The
new movements and the reforms the suspension Of
useless oces and the suppression of local rebelions
and Indian nvasions indicate that there are nteli
gence, skill and integrity at the helm. DR.. Sar-
miento knows no party In his movements and en-
ploys good men Of any shade OF opinion for import
ant trusts.
The Paraguayan war was found by the new admin
istration as sort of heirloom and as it was fortified
by treaty made In good faith it would be impolitc
to escape from the meshes by q withdrawal on the
drinking the blood OF the nation without any great
promise OF returning good.
At latest advices the allies were at Las Pamas,
about two leagues distant from tue strongly fortified
Paraguayan camp at Ang0stura- The place OF &C.
cupaIion by the allies is one Of the worst imagina
BILE. Great files, mosquitoes, mud knee deep, marsh
on all Sides fever and ague among its terrors.
The position Of the Paraguayans at Angostura Is SO
good that with battery O. twenty sixty 1ourponnd
pletely prevent all other vessels from passing
| towards Asuncon. So formidable is this battery
below 1t and cutting road through the Caco wilder
ness for ten leagues TO point opposite Asuncion
n so no 5 s
regarded hard to take. There are vast savannahs
of nags to be moved, swamps to be bridged and
reads to be cut for the wagons through immense
forests. Then there are Paraguayan forces and
| fortincations that greatly retard the progress.
The developments Of the Washburn correspond
ence place the character Of Lopez in most unen-
vable light. 1t very clear that Lopez was planning
to divest Mr.. Washburn OF his character as Minis
ter then to immune him In one OF his subterranean
dungeons, or torture and then kill him. The plan
was nearly completed when the United States gun
boat Wasp arrived and Mr.. Washburn just escaped
The outrage OF the seizure OF the two members Of
his legation, Bliss and Maserman, could not be in
tensied by the seizure OF the Minister himself The
father Of this same Lopez once broke up an indus
trial company from the United States which was
engaged In manufacturing under special charter,
as 1t was for purposes OF science, gathering facts
In geography, geology botany and ornithology, and
q man was killed. We made show OF resistance to
these outrages and, though the company's claims
are to this day unsettled, the other points are ar
ranged.
ditiOn. Owing TO the immense numbers Of sheep
slaughtered the amount Of wool will not much ex-
coed that OF last year. The quantity OF skins and the
pipes OF allow will be double that Of any previous
year. Nearly all the wool bought 80 Tar goes to
France. The average price at present is ten cents,
gold, per pound.
Business In all directions is reviving There has
been new issue OF national bonds, but 80 confident
Is the public IN Sarmiento's administration that
there Is no abatement OF value OF bonds on Change.
The Argentine Central Railroad il again progressing
Rosario, q city on the Parana river, Is improving
very rapidly. The receipts OF the half-nnshed Cen
trail Railroad are $780, gold, daily. This occurs
while not square mile In one hundred for the
distance OF ten miles each way Is cultivated The
tend towards the Pacific 247 miles. Along Its line
the best wheat and maize lands III the world and
fruits OF every climate flourish. The company
concession OF six miles broad for the entire route.