The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-25
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BuENos AYREs, Dec. il, 1851.
AN expedition Of, Argsptina caFairy..
mnlen set out on the25th OF November.
under the command OF Colohei SoFif
penetrated as iaras the vilfak;ell lof - 8.
mochados In their rapid faid. mi S5.
countered no oppositlon. They aatIs-
cred up 1000 head of eattl but neaT;i2,
three-fourths of these escaped from 7the
corral in which they were plaSefls for
safe keeping, and dispe Ia the ys65EEis
and swsmps. Another, exneditIons
composed of Brazilian cavalry, COM
manded by General Joan Menns Bar,
rets, pushed on northward to Tebicuas
ny, where they had alltttles brush with
a Paraguayan steamer, which finally
steamed of. The expedition coli "a 8,
ABOUT z, zoo head of cattle and bronrSbf
them 10 Tayt. TehfGnAryi was Il
70 3e strong position both by nature
anu IT'S lortihcati9ns, which were haIEI
by 600 ParRguayanss, ,8It is renorteSi - -
De the point from which the sopnlies
are asserted to be sent to- Hnmaita
through the Cahaw1 and sent, ia .the
western side OF Paraguay. The Bra.
lillian General is said TO have reduestesl
4,OV0 men for the purpose of takinR the
fk31sS-El ~ a AO4GQ -tlnIiAW-
ed to be destined for that, anion IL, Oh.
Jects. At Tayi the Bra2ilians had adj
ded rifled thirty-two. to. the other
cannon mounted there, which oon.
Inanded the river for a considsra-
pie Distance both up and down, and as
wei! as part OF the opposite
bank. Boats We're also kept ont night
and day TO detect any attempts TO pass,
and also the carCasses of sanystiroy9neti
cattle, which, 1t was expected, would
be certain TO come down. In case die
Faraguayans would try to pass dfoyes
over the swelling river into the ChaW.
70 Drive them to Hnmaita. The Para
guayans heldtwo fort fed points oftiry;
land below TaYt and oVesHumaff1., I,
one of which was ON the Ghayg ia a.
The deserters say they had about 600,
head of cattle inside the lines and f6el
same number in the ChaW, If they
could secure the latter they Wonld have
at the usual allowance of one head per
diem 10 go men 30 days. fatiohs for
$4,000 men, t.yi5 .5i5ifSl. ~ 81 & = 4
The expedition preparing In the camp!
OF Iuyu Cue would comprise 5000 cav.
airy, and as usual, current ranorts
pointed to Scension astits destination.
Cholera had almost disappeareda at tlpaVi
ana from the army and fleet, only an.
occasional case appearing, The suffers
at Tuyuty have been Organized in a.
corps for the defense of their camp in
case OF a Paragnayan attaclS on the
allied base. -
The official reports fromthaf fieeL state
the positions of the vessels to besun.
changed, and that the bumbartlment
OF Humatta was kept up steadily, and
that the batteries of Cumpaity shower
the ParaguaYans whenever they show
themselves on them, On.the 19Eh the
wooden vessels having undertaken to
throw shell Into the Paraguayan en-
campment of Paso Poen, the rified SO
FOUNDER was opened on the sParnabvba
and again produced some ! damage and
wounded four men. The lombard.
ment of Humaita by the iron Eclads
continued tts destructive work, and
owing to the destruction of theiboats
supporting the chain and to the rise OF
the river, it was impossib BILE for vessel
to pass over the middle of the boom;.
optimists were suggesting an advance
OIL some OF these vessels pastsHumaita.
Iorpedoes were every now and then
picked up by the boats watching for
them, coming from Hnmaita and Cum
patty. The eParaguRyanstwe were alleged.
by deserters, to have 8, 600 men at work
in the chain. Commodore Alvine pass.
ed for some leagues mp a water course
10 the Chaw, but found no oitraces OF
any Paraguayans. BE, however, found
Lnet the channel was fifteen feet aeep
at us shalloWestp paft.
me Work on the rally Wuy WINS nYf1
rapidly. Other vessels with
rails and other requisites had arrived.
and also four rided 2spounders for the
naval brigade posted in; the Qhaw.