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

before third OF it has passed. and consequently the
Emperor has just signed decree granting the de-
partment further extraordinary credit OF @, 725,-
s5SHs35 for its estimated outlay during this rst half
OF the current financial year-namey, from July TO
December 81, 1868.
The sum already expended by the Army Depart
msnt is stated in the Official expose to be
Il 400, 20ln395. Adding this TO the amount Of the
extraordinary credit Just granted they give total OF
81 49, oe0ns2e for the which the chief OF the de-
partment believes will be required for the half years
cost Of the army. Estimating the outlay OF the Navy
Department. to be about half Of that or the army
which is below the proportion-the total expendt
ture upon war Ia at the rate Of nearly 900
mireis month"; or $780, 900 year.
The means at the command OF the Minister Of FL
nance must be exhausted about the end OF the year.
counting the 40 0o0n issue Of paper the Ooo
procured by the sale Of gold bonds and oool re-
ceived for . sale Of ordinary bonds at lowered
rate. Every one ia anxious to know what he win
adopt to raise the future large sums required, as
although foreign loan was semi-oflcally stated to
be the next move, no notice Of any negotiations for
it have been received from London.
General Webb's letter responding to the accusa-
lions made by the Brazilian press against Minister
Washburn translated and entered into the semi
official Journal the CorTeiO Aercantu, evidently for
the purpose Of being commented on by some men,
Der Of the Cabinet. Two articles Immediately fol-
lowed the insertion written, 1t is believed on good
authority, by Paranhos Minister OF Foreign Affairs,
with whom the General had the sparring match over
the resuscitation or the Caroline clam.
The tone OF those replies is cutting and bitter The
writer repudiates the service rendered by Minister
Washburn when Lopez stayed the Brazilian Minister
at Asuncion and reluctantly permitted steamer TO
take him to Buenos Ayres. He reterates the charge
that Washburn devoted to Lopez, and hostile in
deed and word to Brazil, and denying the right Of
blockading squadron he quotes the case or the
the right Of the Braziians to refuse. With regard to
The illusions in Washburn's and Webbs letters to
the sowness OF the allies, he sarcastlcally reminds
General Webb OF the long delay after the battle OF
Bull Rum and OF the i'll success OF Mcclellan on the
| Peninsula. To these cuts response from General
the General, who Is up cooling himself in the noun
tains OF Pctropolis has made no reoinder although
Caxias has at length come out with denial OF his
| having any knowledge Of any conspiracy IN Para
a9ugn his h nav oeen
guayans to have been almost unanimous in their de-
sire to get rid Of Lopez and to have been in condi-
ton OF virtual conspiracy against him. he says
! that he refrained from stirring up Instructions
against Lopez for the sole reason that he found 1t i'm
The news OF the Spanish revolution has caused
much excitement especially among the large Portu-
wanted to annex Portugal had stirred up to the
length Of raising large subscriptions in aid Of fort
iis a1tonomy The resolution is generay favored
by the Brazilians and OF course the liberal news
papers hold up the fate Of Isabella Of Spain and Of
the BourbOns generally in terOren to Pedro III. OF
Braganza lest. If he do not change his policy he be
the last Gonzaga and the last Emperor q Brazil
emancipation OF the slaves in the colonies and re-
ported Intention OF Cuba and Porto Rico to annex
themselves to the United States s felt here to strike
home at slavery in Brazil and likely to precipi-
tate emancipation much earlier than was antici-
V e Sew WouS a.
here the sugar coffee and cotton expOrtation which
depend entirely slave labor AS for emigration to
Brazil 1t is not likely to soften the catastrophe, as
IL not progressing. Even Irish and English immi-
grafton, which short time ago was looking prom
isngly is proving to be failure, as the government
has not fulfilled Its promises. Those that the
government colonies are leaving at every chance,
and parties who arrived in steamers proceeded to
the river Plate on hearing from the previous corners
how they had been deceived. No experience, no
teaching and no example Of United States methods
slightest effect upon the minds OF the Brazilians and
it looks II the future Brazilian nation viii be
generated by the states around it.
hoax or stock speculation was effected with
pool steamer on the Both OF October. Before the
mails or papers were landed newspaper previously
between France and Prussia was cried about the
streets and the copies were bought up with avdty.
and the banks would not sell exchange. Large
transactions in gold were effected, but most were
Cancelled next day by mutual consent. The distri-
button OF the mails soon showed the hoax, but at
the same time It gave the first intimation OF the
Spanish revolution. Tne authors OF tile n0aX nave
not been found out.
The government has just erected an arrangement
with the Union and Industry Company, whose spen-
did Macadam road Is cut by the Dom Pedro SegundO
railroad at the depot OF Entreros The details of
the arrangement are not yet published, but I'M
derstand the road company leases the railroad for
thirty years giving an interest OF four per cent
annually upon the capital already invested In IT, ana
agreeing TO apply 70 s tSs sarns Of ne ro S
to which VIII be added sums annually
voted by the Legislature. At present the railroad
fr.xr oiy and half ito
cost, and by the passage OF the Union and Industry
tranlc 1t is expected to pay at least per
cent. The new arrangement should be very advan-
tageous to the country and the Union and Industry
Company as the company's road and traflic are
spenddy managed BY It's director senior Marianne
the era.
The preliminary survey OF the ground in the pro.
vince OF Alagoas, which lies between the head OF
navigation OF the Lower San Francisco and the foot
of navigation OF the Upper san Francisco turns
out to be very favorable for railroad according 10
the report OF the examining engineer, and the line
would not require TO be more than sixty miles. II
is very probable that road OF some kind will be
made soon after the war Is over; but the country
through which the Upper San Francisco passes Is 80
unsettled and poor that II Is scarcely probable that
the opening OF the lower river 10 foreign shipping
will ev9n then have carry success in developing
trade.
drought that has prevailed for some time, and II is
feared that famine must ensue II rains do not
had dried up and the cattle were dying in hundreds
for want OF water and pasturage This liability TO
great droughts ~ the plague Of the provinces OF
Bahia, Pernambuc0 Ceara and Pianky, except near
the seacoast while from Rio to the south this scourge
rarely felt to very injurious extent. the climate
not being strictly divided into wet and dry sea-
| sons as IN the northern and western provinces.
The Southern telegraph has at last been rendered
| capable OF sending a through telegram over its
| whole extent--namely from Rio to Porto Allegro,
| and despatch came on upon the 9th OF October,
which should be placed on the Brazilian calendar as
the first day their Geographic abortion learned 10
| speak.
mine by inventors not, OF course, by Brazans, for
these leave the base art OF mechanical invention TO
| the less poetized foreigner. Three months ago q
batch OF coffee machine promoters got disposed OF,
the Rainey, the Lombard, the Estrella, the Angel
and the Adams 4 Combs machines being denied
patents ON various grounds, the Gony stephens
being the only one favored by the society TO hch
the application for q patent Ia first remitted for
report on Its merits and its deserts. Now some
ones are again IN the field. Among the rest Mr..
ANGEL has not been sprited by his former repulse,
and Mr.. Ii1gerwood n claiming patent for I'M