The New York herald., 1870-02-21

against 1s2s. ITO In the last half OF lscs: inc .n
penses OF working were respectively x,. o,sss sna
Sss 30 thar while tne increase % o. aPnenses
decreased from 4737 In the last half OF 1903 70 ssso
n n the last hall OF 1909. Tne railroad COST aoou'
Another great landsIp has occurred upon the san
Paulo Railroad In consequence OF the long-continuea
rains Of December ana January, during which four
feet OF water fell in forty-nine days. The place
where the slim occurred was Ia one OF the
wnera sne emoankments OF the 'nI" na ,nwered
oy stationary engines, along nve lnclin es VI
about @ mile each In length, which form
loot and TOP OF the plateau. whose top Is mile
above the seashore level at the foot Goods IAnc
Is completely stopped and VIII continue 80 LOT per-
haps month, but tn passengers manage TO get
along Dy walking for about mile ana nall along
tain Is also damaged by the rains 80 that the mer.
chants OF santos Will have little 10 do but TO whistle
until coffee and cotton wll appear again descending
the mountain gorges TO their empty stores
The last accounts from s. faulo do not give notice
Of the awarding Of the tenders Tor the construction
ing was TO be held on the 2oth To form company
for the construction OF a branch from Jund .ahy 10
Itu 10 reach the cotton country
Mr. Chandless has furnished some account OF hts
late ex xplorations OF the river nrua. tributary OF
the Upper Amazon, which he found 10 be navigable
$50 miles more. There are only one or
TWO places where difficulty would exnt ~
low water. The ciimate appeared 10 De heaithy, ~
none oil MS crew fell sick. Sarsaparllx and gum
elastic are ABUNDANT. and the river swarms WIN
water whale, whose dried flesh u 80 largely en-
ployed along the Amazon. Tue lnulanS arc lew.
ana IN general peaceabe.
The nghtship at the entrance TO Para ls not nkey
TO be replaced for two months, as she needs e1ten
sive repairs, that the dangerous shoals are leit
again unllghted. However, small vessel mas Deen
ordered 10 cruise there aud warn vessels.
The guardians Of the public peace are usually
termed officers. but III Para the policemen were ~
well commanded that their TWO little corps OF $50
men had t0rty-sx commissioned officers 70 0rder
them. This Is nearly as good AZ the MOnteVldean
army OF $50 men which lately returned lioin ParA-
quay, and which had one general aud sixty TO sew
| enty officers IN command Of II.
Accounts from the provinces tell that pressing Tor
the army Is still enforced although the Brazilian
troops the point VI returning Inc only rea-
sonabe explanation for tins fact seems 10 Oe that
elections stlll gong on the government uses
the pressing scare 10 keep the voters under com
pletc control IL appears TO nave oeen enecteu III
Maranham. lor the opposition could not elect SID
| gle deputy To the Provincial Legislature.
Nothing OF Importance has been heard rom PAta.
quay since the Rakria left, by which forwarded
| correspondence The government publishes des-
patch which says the Northern BRAZILIAN corps sur
prlsed the Paraguayan intrenchmen@ NJ the Verde
| and made twenty mine PRISONERS Without sui
| lering loss. IL Is also said that the In
| dians were offering their services to the al
lies, saying tnat they had refused TO help Lopez.
But persons processing 70 know the country assert
that Lopez bae his pursuers for years, and that
| the report OF his making boats In order 10 nee
nonsense, there Ia not y navigable stream TO pu
them on witnln 100 miles Of him. Two Brazilian
crafts laden with powder. blew up al Correntes
| who yet lived. The heat had been terrible In Para
| quay. Many soldiers had died Of sunstroke, ant
| two-thirds OF The corps marching would sometimes
| fail down IN the road.