The New York herald., 1869-06-13
PROGRESS OF THE PARAGUAYAN WAR;
Arrival Of Count fEU at
ASunciOn.
Prospects and Position of the
Belligerents.
BRAZIL

SituatiOn-The Army Not Able TO Move for
Some Tims-The Reported Fights with tho
Paraguayans.
RIO JANEIRo, May s, 1859.
The General Assembly OF the united wisdom Of
Brazil has not yet opened, although the Sd the
appointed day, as sufficient Deputies have not yet
come In to form a house. However it Is anticipated
that the 1lth Will see the ceremony OF formal OPEN
ing and give US the policy OF the government, so far
as may be gathered from the Emperors address to
the august and most ulustrous representatives OF
the nation.n 1t is generally looked Tor that the
subject OF emancipation will be untouched.
It would really seem that slavery cannot exist
much longer IN Brazil, whatever party be In power.
There is very large body OF influential men advo
eating Its Immediate or Its speedy, II gradual, ex
tinction, and even among those slave owners who
are opposed to emancipation there is no loneliness
like that which prevailed in regard to it in the
South. They object TO it purely on the material
grounds OF the pecuniary loss to them and the pro-
bahlfty that their productions would suffer greatly
In the very probable case OF the negroes preerrng
ideness to remunerated labor. They say, PRO
vide with laborers who will work and
we do not care when the blacks be
freed" In fact, the liberal slave owners In
one OF the richest districts Of ST. Paulo have them.
selves initiated measure which would put an end
TO slaves being born after 1880, and to slavery en-
Mr. Gunther, Maranham merchant, now resident
In London, has just set free twenty-five slaves whom
he possessed IN MaTanham
That Indefatigable traveller, Captain Burton late
British Consul at Santos, and now Consul elect at
Damascus. has just got back to Rio, after pere.
grination which took in the Argentine Confederation
which he doubtless has collected the mate
rails for another OF his a!l-discussive books
l near, however. that he win Immediately
ISSUE on his arrival in England, whittier he goes in
the packet OF tomorrow small book entitled ''The
War Against the Brazilian Treasury, the result OF
his observations while in the allied camps in Para
quay In fact. he believes that so powerful is the
influence OF those who are making fortunes by the
and ability, VIII encounter so organized passive
resistance TO the measures which would bring the
thing important
However this may be, the Prince has shown de-
termination to do what he can. His call at Humaita
produced for the relief OF the soldiers I'M
prsoned TO await trial, many Of them already
t0or ooT years In ro,tsa wah IN rotten old pom
his visit TO the hospitals, where the sick
were without mattresses or sheets for months, as
mentioned IN my last, procured those comforts for
the neglected wretches, he at once sent Oh q
steamer TO Humaita, where accumulations OF mat
resses and sheets existed, the course OF four
days had them IN the Asuncion hospitals. Another
order replaced all the lazy officials who had long
been negecting their duties at Asuncion and sent
them to reotn their regiments in the front: and.
nnding that the supply OF forage and horses was
tract and sent on trusty ofcer to effect the re.
quired purchases. II II dinicut TO understand now
army must have got The rolls OF the animals show
that on January the number OF horses and mules
wss wa gssS besides s So 500 oxen; yet although
1000 men. and various remittances OF
cavalry Is unable to undertake thing for want OF
horses and the 90 900 men camped within twenty
miles OF Aslncion are sometimes on short allowance,
owing to the want OF transport. The troops have,
received no pay for year. and. although the winter
has been on two months only few corps had got
winter clothing. The government here declare that
IL has sent down at least two suits OF winter clothing
Tor every soldier, but all the correspondents agree
IA M saylng very & iew ol tne roSps nave got any, ON
are thousands OF bales aud boxes ying the depots
with no marx TO show what they contain and winch
no one pretends to know anything OF. And, to ci-
max the matter OF those fits Of spasmodic
energy when OCCASIONALLY seize lazy officials came
upon a medical officer OF a depot VINO ordered over
200 boxes to be piled up and burned as sanitary
MEASURE
1t does not appear that the Brazilian forces will be
able TO move for month al least as the bridge over
the Juquefy must be finished, rolling stock for the
Railroad must be got, aud several thousand horses
are yet wanted for the cavalry. The Second army
corps IL at Luque, ana General Polydoro has been
appointed 70 nj the First army corps Is between
Luque and the river Juquery. ana Osorio Is expected
from RIO GraDde TO take IT'S command again. he
having almost recovered from the wound In his jaw.
Tbe railroad bridge over the Juquery Il rather
heavy job for the Brazilian engineers, not
wtnstanding The abundance Of timber in It's neigh
borhood iOr the length Is $50 feet, aud II was
s. enectually burned by the Paraguayans that
only lew stuDps OF the Old one remained.
was ONLY Of late times that they could get an order
sent on to Rio Iuneiro for one. Even when bot
tie OF OIL was wanted FOR the oling OF the bolts used
in the bridge u took four requsltiOns one alter the
other, before II could DC obtained.
since the locomotive attacks on the working party
bridge OF boats has been thrown over the Juquery
ana strong iorce stationed there, whose ouiposts
reach 10 six IN les further the road. The river
Plate journals lay the Paraguayans surprise a regi-
ment Of Braziuan cavalry While dlsmounted and
gobDled up number OF men and nearly ali the
horses. The Brazilian accounts deny tins aud saw
JuCuer, W "a one In yhf
the braLllians took niue horses with equipments,
without loss 70 themselves.
To the north, near Rosario. the Brazilians claim
10 nave whipped small party OF Paragua, ans and
captured loo mead OF bulocks. The Count deus
were. IN regard TO the Rosario expedition and the
town being fortified. Ii seems likely that some
fighting will take place for the possession OF tue
northw estern country Of Paraguay as Lopez gets
great resources OF cattle from II, and probably re-
him OF its advantages. IL Is thought Lopez has "A
strong force at san Pedro to prevent the Rosario
expedition from sending raidng forces towards the
nJrth.
he Count diEu seems rather popular among the
B azilian troops, and his giving an hour eacn day
Tor free access TO him by persons OF any rank has
caused great satisfaction, as Caxas was rendered
inaccessible, unless by favor Of his immediate fol.
lowing.
It Is said that party OF Paraguayans came down
the TeDcuan Ia boats and surprised and captured a
small steamer which the army surpers had in use
Tor the ,ransport OF cattle across that rlver The
Paraguay vans seem TO be ubiquitous. Deserters to
the Brazilian camp say that Lopez has $500 men
uuutI arms anu Europeans IN scrNlCe
al work tarnng out small arms and cannon. or the
$500 men 5000 were IN front OF the line Of advance
from Asuncion aud most OF the others were In tue
north.
The ocomotiveand a number OF horses coming up
from BUenos Ayre 10 the Brazilians here
on the way, tue steamers having got aground.
Nothing "a yet known OF the troops upon the Upper
Parana, Dut several vessels have gone up that
river II IL thought they Will be brought 10 Asuncion.
OF the naval expedition up the Manduvira 10 al
tempt the destruction OF the six Paraguayan steam
ers nothing has vet been heard.
"A nOt
Dorado which was proudly anticipated by the mcr-
chanh, and some Of the steamers returned with
earg0es intact the people being too poor TO indulge
VI luxurles aud not being 80 bare as was expected
ARGENTINE CONF MODERATION.
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