New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-29
BRAZIL AND PARAGUAY.

THE COUNT DEUS GENERALsHIP AND MERIT
HIS ENCOUNTERS WITH JEALOUSY AND
sTARYATIoN-THE STATE OF THE WAR
BRAZILIAN BANKRUPTCY-THE APPEARANCE
AND CHARACTER OF DOM PEDRO III.
lFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
RIO DE JANERIo. Nov. 25-The Count dEu, SON
in-law of the Emperor of Brazil, is the young
General-in-Chief commanding the allied forces in
the Paraguayan war. He superseded Marshal Cax-
las, whose abandonment of the and paralyzation
of the armies under his command by his strange pro-
cedure after the defeat of Lopez at Asuncion gave
the Dictator time to reCuperate and opportunity to
establish arsenals and magazines and to concentrate
all his forces for active defense in the interior hills
This left no alternative for Brazil but TO prosecute
the war at disadvantage still farther from her base
and in an already impoverished country-a course
which Caxias declined to pursue lest he should peril
his laurels. The young Count devoted himself with
grrqt resolution to what he knew TO be thankless
tast and although trammeled in every way he has
succeeded by skilfu and energetic tactics IN destroy
ing the accumulated stores which Caxass course had
given Lopez a seven months opportunity to bring
together and by the vgor and ability OF his pursuit
has made this despOt homeless might've IN inc
woods and mountains of his prosperous country
The young General had from Marshal Caxlas the
legacy of n miserable commissarat system, and had
difficulties of every kind thrown n.his way But ne
attacked drove Lopez out and although the dllatory
movements of one corps, which should have flanked
the enemy promptly on the right, prevented the
Count from attaining the fullest result of his tactics
his own energetic operations of the corps under MS
immediate command compensated In large measure
for the escape of Lopez by the ruin inflicted on tho
enemy in the pursuit The jealousy OF the OLD ON
GERS of the Brazilian army who have this stripping OF
% winning laurel of which they have only dreaeu'
the petty annoyances Of partsans' the lhdlnci coo
of the home ministry and the want OF cooperation
a
Of our own earlier experience in the great Rebellion.
To sneak in single sentence Of the annoyances OF
the TRANSPORTATION and the wretched 1allure OF IHo
Subsistence Department, is 10 say that the lroOp7
who occupied September %. the Important s'Iatest
cal popt of ST. Joaquin four days WITHOUT lo''
and the remainder of the corps al Ciuat "aV"y
could not march TO Join them. Worse stlIi' "lcii'
toward the end of September. the advance OF INC
Connt d'En's own corps landed at Rosario, which is
fonr bours steam from Asuncion, no food
had been rrovided for them, and they were reduced
e. tos ON roots and sugar cane. Only on the Sth OF
October could the Count venture to set out, and De-
fore he had marched sixty miles, starvation was
AGAIN assailing his expedition it having lived three
days on cabbage palms, forcing HIM 10 eheamp ut'i
deposit of provisions could be formed
Bnt the Count cut red tape and through the Baron
de Mana. q banker who happened to DO within reach
At Nonteyideo. provided his army promptly win ~
ds, rations the chartered steamers in this instance
not running short of coal grounding on the rivers
"a las been the standing excuse for tho previous
shortcomings. ?.
THIS is in reality the critical stage OF the war IL
10 anparently over Organized resistance upon
large scale there is none, and there Is strong
,en,ptation 10 consider the Provisional Government
established temporarily in Paraguay by the Ales'
allie to take care Of itself, Lopez being fogltve
frorn his capital But 80 long as Lopez remains IN
,be country there can be 10 peace lie must DC cap
tur,d killed or driven into exile, and until TINS Is
dCme the war is not over nor is the Work OF tho
Allies accomplished
have reason to know that this is the view taken
nv tbe Emperor Of Brazil even though his Ministry
n,noss H. There is nothing therefore for the honor
Of the Empire bat to give lasting peace through
erfect victory The country is pledged 10 tnis' anu
rse its treasury is bleeding and the Government
ON the verge of bankruptcy, it must push ior"aIu
The deficit last year. as the budget shows was gie"oi
than the revenue. merchant with snch Daian q,
Lct ,opd close his business 1t is needless 10 taiK
abont the reeourses of Brazil while they are uhdo
veoped and while the difficulties of development are
,oberent in the country ITSELF And this is the temp
tton TO close the war and to stop the dram upon '
Treasury. .,,..-,u4. ,,ho
But there Lopez is, with his few adherents VINO
fear him; and the sparse population OF Indians Whon
~ will force 10 do his bidding He is desperate
man. and wiz take desperate means "'fh MS