New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-04-19
SOUTH AMERICA.
AFFAIRS IN PARAGUAY-THE ALLIES INACTIVE
ia ---LOPEZ STILL IN THE FIBLD-SO PROFIS-
IONAL GOVERNMENT YET foRMED-PRO-
GRESS IN BUENOS AYRES. l re I'll

AFFAIRS IN PARAGUAY-THE ALLIES INACTIVE
.I LOPEZ. STILL IN THE FIgLp-So PRoVIs-
IONAL GOVERNMENT YET FoRMED-PRo-
GRESs IN BUEN0s AYREs. r8 vr
IRON OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
BUENos AYREs, Feb. 26-During the last
two weeks have not received here much news from
Paraguay. The Allies still occupy Assunson, and al
though there has been talk Of sending expo
dton in pursuit Of Lopez have yet no tdnSs that
the force has been dispa cbed Nor have We learned
that any have yet been taken by the Allies Tor
the organization OF civil government In the capo OF
Paraguay although ~ Paranhos, the Minister Plenipo'
teutiary Brazil 10 Uruguay and the Argentine Conied'
Grafton has proceeded ASCENSION aud at present liz
that cv II would seem that the Allies find themselves
I'm predcament and hardly know what step 70 take next
and still strong in the affections and the confidence OF tho
Paraguayan people Is preparing TO rrnew the strugge
themselves OF the assistance OF their gun beats Lopez
is said 10 have with him four bataions aud 10 OPP
pieccs of artillery According 10 the most reliable cat
cniStion he can s dispose OF OF TO 900 mer
all told OF the Allied forces 1900 rp oS
are at Trinidad about four miles from the capita, an
dg1 she 1Bpe1sD cavalry was sent 70 Mao Crosse with
the SIX ronclads and the Brazans are busy raising Tor
Pc1Ie here try TO persuade themselves that the s
ended but there Is evidently strong nnderenfent OK
To strengthen these fears is sad that vory bad feel
ing exists among the Allies IN Paraguay the Brazans
eral mismandgement completely paraySed INC var op
erations Great anxiety espeeay Is is ~ 20 an
L Il useless to disguise the difficulties OF the tua
tion and there straightforward course OF COLI
duet left 10 adopt namely TO t once dispatch power
f force to the mountains Hherate the families name
a Provisional Paraguayan government ia Asuheion'
Investigate the matter respecting the American Legatlo
punish the parties implicated and eyacuate Paraguay as
No dispatches have been received from the American
s mn there which has led the belief that Lopez has
ntercented all the dispatches sent The American MIN
later resident in Ayres, the Hon. NJ Worthngton,
has sent up the IT, s. gunbOat Wasp TO be placed 10 com
muncaton with Gen. MMahon. IL IS prOoable there-
fore that previous the sailing OF the next packe VIC
NAV have reliable data from the headquarters 0I Lotz
n ia said that many Of the Paraguyan families VINO
left AssunciOn its occupation by the BraZlah troops
have returned thither aud also that some
in that city addressed petition 70 the Asu Wv
ernments begging that time should DE Ost IN iOrihbS
a Provisional Government. The sanitary state OF VIC
troops IL sood and all alarm about cholera mas passeu
away although the heat has been intoeraoe INC ths
monieter ranging some days fronlV 70 IooIn tuc
Madame Lynch the woman who Yields 80 great i'i ~
duence over President Lopez SAID 70 nave Oeeh
wounded in the neck by musket ball, and In the ncsIy
part Of her left by another, as she Was iut az
camp veta along with Lopez on 1ne gay Ina Sonnd
IN be camp after the flight certain documents show
ing great many OF the exec S S''
Tbe Argentine Government is still actively engaged In
the OF internal improvement Presdent ga .ento
edncation and energetic are beng taken To
spread It's benefits throughout tile whole extent OF to
ennhllc Commerce, arts and Industry are t the Same
me the objects OF an enlightened protection ON the part
of the Government BdenOs Ayres shortly 70 have Re
abundant supply OF pure water the elegTapnlc wire VIII
soon unite IL with the city OF Rosario ana the
has voted credit Of 100000 toward the completion OF
the railway to Bragado, which, when completed, VIII puS
the Republics OF the Plata in communication Win tlo
States OF the South Pacific.
Washrngton's Birthday was celebrated here at tho
American Legation with great eela the building belnS
residents who drank TO the memory OF the immortal
patriot.