The New York herald., 1870-07-22

How tho People are Represented in Braxil-Ths
Monks and tho Taxes-How Emigration Is
tobe Encouraged-Rio Grands do Sui
Sad State Of Affairs in Paraguay
Matters in Uruguay and tho
Argentine Republic.

Argentine Republic.
! RIO JAssEo, June 23, 1870.
The Minister OF the Empre's panacea for the fai-
si1catlon OF the Brazilian representative system "a To
throw the power more undisguisedIy Into the handS
Of the arlsocracy OF the land ana uiggcrs and tho
learned professions. At present the primary voters
number one.eghth OF the population, including the
slaves or i0Ss6 $50 voters. These elect o,o08 cleo
| tors upon whom the choice 0. the Deputies and SEN
ators depends the only difference IN whose elections
H. that In the Of the Senators the electors
chosen by larger district than IN the case for those
OF Deputies, whose base II the parish. The 20,oo6
electors elect l22 general Deputies aud ffty-egnt
! Senator's, that on the average each deputy ia
elected by ie4 electors, ana each Senator by 3l5
: Each eector Il chosen by hfty-twO voters.
/ The Minister proposes that to the 2O,00S
electors shall be added al those who by wealth and
/ intelligence should be entitled 70 vote, which In.
their case would be permanent. Thus. the electors
would consist OF a permanent class, Composed OK
planters and members OF the learned professions and
OF temporary class elected by all persons making
800 year. Though decidedly undcrnocratic in
/ principle the plan might bring an Improvement on
the present state Of things Oy making the secondary
constituency less dependent on the land and slave
owners, IA whose hands the utter dependency OF the
I primary voters throws whatever power resides In
( the nation outside oc the government wil
/ The same Minister l. again pressing on the Legis-
atuge the proprety OF legaazluy cyil marriage and
OF perm tng in the empire, ana also OF establish
Ing civil regstres or births, marriages and deaths
instead OF the iil-sept ana partial regstres Of the
parish priests. These are BOTH questions which Will
not DC granted by the clerical party without u hard
1 fight.
mdde rather unfortunate mt u few days ago In u
protest against the taxs on me inonastlc property
! Alludlng TO the death Of me Marquis de Oiinda at
! eighty years. the worthy Abbott sd!d:'Look what
has Just occurred, an eminent statesman, one OF the
bitterest enemies Of the nonasttc order, has Just
passed away. on great Judgments Of God 7,
learned nom Rome that the Bishop OF Pernambuco,
he who first among the Brazilian bisnops there pro
On Great Judgments OF God p
Some nfty American emIgrants return In this
packet to the United states, le government having
the Minister of Agriculture has stated his policy
In regard 10 encouraging immigration. He Will go
Ia entirely for spontaneous Immigrants, to whom
the following favors will be granted-First. differ
ence IN the cost or passage from that TO the United
States; second some days support at the port OF
rival; THIRD, passage 10 the place OF settlement;
fourth some aid at tho commencement OF settle~
ment. He also promises TO have lands surveyed In
lots upon railroads. cart roads naylgable rivers or
towns Ii Is said that the first settlements OF this
kind viii be formed along the Don Pedro Rallroad,.
and that one is In preparation abont thfiy-nve miles
from Rio. Certainly ~ such places the Immigrants
! will have some chance OF thriving, which, In the
colonies, they rarely hai, then situations being al
most always In regions without roads or navigable
| by directors. are to be made aud IA soon as those
already existing pay OF their debts and are provided
with roads they are 70 be turned out 10 shit for
themselves. The arrivals OF emgrants last year were
about {, ooo most Of them Germans and Portuguese.
\ Rio Grande de SG IL the province where immlgra-
ton presents the most healthy aspect Germans,
especially Proesaats lmmikrat.ng there spon-
taneously, TO German settlements, which have In
general thrived and developed. The province has
Just formed two colonies out or 600 acres OF land
all the other provinces. An application has been
made TO the province nom the religious sect OF the
Memnonltes IN Nortn Germany numbering about tea
thousand sous Who advised by German natural
LIST Of em!nence have determined 70 settle In Rio
Grande dc Sui II they be guaranteed exemption
flom military service wich their tenets forbid them
to enter. ihey are ie@vlng Germany because thS
exemption which hey enloyed under tue old dispen-
sation has been annulied oy the new organization
and they are therefore, determined 10 sell ali their
property and seek u country where their faith IN
respect TO the sin OF military service viii be respected
II ls to be hoped the Brazilian government W al have
the good sense 10 accept thelr offer.
The British residents gave the British Envoy Mr.
Buckley Mathew, a banquet on the 1871, before his
departure on leave oil absence 10 Europe. He has
ns many tcuan dvhts fo British interests 40 he il
very popular mere. lie II was whose timely media
ton enabled General Webb dIi the Brazilian govern
ment 10 snuirm out Oi the d!nculty that they had
got themselves into In the quarrel about the Canada
AFFAIR. We understand here taat this ardlr was sub
mltted TO Mr. Thorn on the British Minister at
Washington, for an arbitration.
The Issue as to lursdction-n the great OF The
Baron de Maua against Tie san Paul0 Railroad
Company appears 20 Dc decided colclusivcly In
favor OF The company ani the case VIII have TO be-
I
Reasam decided last week that The decision Of tho
previous three must be Aed maj. Oae ol them de-
clared that he was not 20 De bayueyed into subserl
vence 10 the supreme Cour', could lie be right
ened by The prosecution OF the two Ar-t Judges On
the 22d the trial OF these two came od, and AFTER an
argument by Conselhelro Fuitado on behalf OF the
judges accused o! contuinary, the supreme Court
neld secret discussion ana finally acquitted ,he
Judges.
The news from Paraguay ~ ,hat temporary stop
page had been placed 10 the signing of the pfeml-
nary treaty OF peace by proposal made Dy tne pro-
vlsOnal government, W1lcl, -JDAEH accepted Dy the
brazilian Minister, couia not be by the Argentine
bers OF the Constituent Assembly was postponed 10
July s. rne condition OF ne peagIe Is said 70 De
starvation, IN the streets, ana aid could not be
given
to be going in favor OF the general government, the
force detached by Lopez Jordan 70 besege ParanA
having gone over to the government The Buenos
Ayres papers say that the epuise OF Jordan 1T Sauce
or the Willows, WAS dsastrous 10 hts cause and
many chiefs had abandoned him. rAey also say that
the government troops are rcalng IRON CorrleDes
TO dlsperse the remainder Other accounts, now
ever say Jordan was IA good trln aud that he was
drilling 5000 men a. infantry. Fhe government
troops had secured san Jose, wita Urquiza's can
non ana muskets Sarmlento nad declared the
closed ports open again 20 merchant shipping.
An authority at Guayieguay writes that various
important men had joined the general governments
He says that on the lth there were 500 Of Lopez's
men near Concordia but that 200 dIsbanded and 500
gave themselves mp. force rom Corrientcs had
also dispersed some levies making In the north OF
Entire Rios. In Concordia the town was held for tile
government and 600 foreign residents had armed
themselves for It's defence. Cvene Garcia had aso
declared for the government.
Conesa had issued a proclamation declaring that
all was over with Jordan and that General Mitrt
was marching north. General Gelly, from Corrieli
tes ana ne himself were ready TO march All, except
the murderers of Urquiza, who would come forward
| 10 surrender within fifteen days should be pardoned
Still, Notwithstanding these favorable accounts
the last in brings the report OF Jordan bay
ing suddenly appeared before Coucordia, with 5000
TO 4. 900 men. ana begun its siege.
Sermiento is ASKING authorization 10 borrow
f3o,ooo0.0 silver to make the port aud dock at
Buenos Ayres, extend the Cordoya Railroad &c.
The state OF affairs IN Uruguay 5 ~ uncertain as
In Entire Rios. President Battle had gone 10 Durgz-
no TO organize his campa gn. General Castros van.
guard had been attacked al Mnas by the insurgents
aud so badly whipped that the afar Is n.cknamed
the Battle OF the Spurs. Castro. however, says he