The New York herald., 1872-12-22
B r A z IL.
The Imperial Negotiations and Peace Treaty
with the Argentine Confederation.
Territorial Rights and Communal Privileges d
the Contracting Parties-Paraguaysu Pros
poets Of Future Difficulties Legislative
and Ministerial Prospscts-severa
Storms and Fatal shipwreck.


and Ministerial Prospects-severa
Storms and Fatal shipwreck.
Rio JANErRo, Nov. q 1877
General Mitre apd Marquis San Vicente have
efectually smoked the calumet Of peace and buried
the war hatchet they having brought to satisfac-
tory conclusion their negotiations in relation to
the discordances between the governments OF tho
Argentine Confederation and Brazil, and given
them up as ended.
As the treaty is not yet signed the imperial gov.
ernment has refused to publish 1t officially, but
am enabled to give full summary OF 1t, as FOL.
lows =
THE BRAZIL-ARGENTINE TREATY.
Ftrst-The Brazilian government formally de.
clares Brazil yet bound by the treaty OF 1855 en-
cages to give Its full moral support TO its allies in
the negotiations they have to make with Paraguay,
in convention OF the allies to decide on the course
TO be adopted towards that State.
Secofd-The Argentine government formally re-
cognizcs as valid the separate treaties negotiated
by Brazil and Paraguay in the beginning OF this
year in relation to commerce, navigation and
treaties Of commerce. navigation and bounds with
Paraguay, II possible All such treaties OF Brazil
ana the confederation and OF Uruguay In regard
Joint guarantee OF the three allies.
Thtrd-All the allies are to stand on equality
in respect TO the mode OF payment by Paraguay Of
their respective war indemnities and the ''bene-
violence" to be shown to that State in relation TO
the payments is defned-that during the first two
years 1t shall be required pay nstalments OF
over two per cent annually, and afterwards nOt
more than six per cent annually.
FOITth-Within three months after the COnClu-
sion OF the separate treaties to be negotiated by
the Argentine confederation and Uruguay with
shall be entirely Withdrawn from Paraguayan
territory, and the island OF Atajo on when is the
the paraguay is specifically mentioned as territory
to be evacuated by the Brazilians.
The treaty makes no mention Of any.
BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE ARGENTINE coNPEDzRAs
and Paraguay, assuming that this is privats
matter between those States, but the Argentine
negotiator has been made to understand that the
.'moral support" which Brazil undertakes to give
the Confederation Is limited by the Bermejo, and
that in no case Will she agree to coerce Paraguay
into cession OF territory to the north Of that
river, in the West Chaco.
NOT STAMPED OUT.
1t will thus be seen that there Is spark len
among the embers which may yet produce the
connagration this treaty is intended to prevent,
for the Argentine government Is resolved not to
lose the opportunity Of securing the whole Chac0
up to the Brazilian frontier in it. 1t hopes. how.
ever, to obtain its end by inducing Paraguay and
Bolivia to accept q pecuniary indemnity for the
abandonment OF their claims, and, the Para.
money it will probably be successful with that
government. Bolivia, however, Is not in want OF
money and both its government and Its people ap-
pear to attach extreme Importance TO obtain
ing ports upon the Paraguay. In fact, its Min
lister here scouts the idea OF selling or abandoning
it's claims to the ChacO down to twenty-five de
Qrees south latitude and warmly asserts that his
government is prepared to resort to arms II neceB-
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views
with extreme favor, and no doubt has assured the
Bolivian Minister privately OF its entire sympathy
with Bolivia in this matter.
PARLIAMENTARY PROSPECTS. s8
The Legislative Chambers Will open on the I'd OF
December If no disaster prevent the arrival or the
Northern packet on the lst with It's expected cargo
men are already airing their representative forms
in Rua do Ouvidor and posting" themselves up
in the toilettes and figures which tnat street pre-
sents to their critical eyes; the government ls in
tervlewing its expected supporters, and the 0ppO-
are the ehus Of the ae and
pairing the usual speeches upon everything which
attends the discussion Of the response to the Em'
perors speech.
The talk is that there is trouble in the govern.
which has to be brought forward this year, owinS
to the divergency OF the views upon it. The gen.
eral desire is to abolish indirect voting for
Deputies ana Senators, which Is acknowledged to.
have worked very badly. But visconde do Rio
BrancO differs from the majority Of Deputies and
established only by constitutional amendment
and how this divergency is going to be accomm0
is to be presented to the Chamber OF Deputies i'm.
mediatey after the delivery OF the EmperOr'a
speech The panacea OF the conservative opposi
tion Is the bill OF Conseheir0 Pauline dc SOuza In
tr0duced two years ago while he was Minister OF
the Empire, which does not propose to change the
Of 500 year voting for ELECTORS, who choose the
Deputies and the senatorial lists, but to enlarge
the circle Of the electors by including in Il, with
this Is generally looked upon as too undcm0cratic
to have prospect Of success
FOREIGN SHIPPING INTERESTS.
Early this session measure affecting foreign
shipping is likely TO be passed relative TO the
been allowed, by annual DEGREES, TO engage in the
coasting trade between custom house ports Of
attacked upon the ground that it has been an.
Initiating the Brazilian merchant marine; but, on
the other hand, 1t has been most advantageous to
all the other interests, freights having been re-
duced twenty thirty, iorty, and in some cases even
fifty per cent and the interprovincia trade having
The government now considers that it Is time to
make the provisional measure permanent one,
ra s m
the national marine; but II proposes to give bOun-
ties and indirect advantages to national vessels,
besides leaving them the monopoly OF the small
STORM AND FATAL sHrpwREcK.
On the southern coast the weather has been
stormy and the British bark Isabella, from Liver-.
pool for Buenos Ayres, was lost on the 4th at
the mouth OF the La Plata, upon the rocks OF
PalOma. or the crew or thirteen twelve were
drowned, the boats capsizng, owing, It Is thought,
to the ignorance OF the coxswains Of the channel
In which their safety lay.
The British brig Anglesea Lass has been lost at
Paranagua, upon the Cganas bank, three OF the
crew perishing; and the British brig Nina, with
rifles and powder Tor the Argentine government
sunk to the north OF Rio, the crew being picked up
at sea by an American whaler and landed ct
Itapemirim.
In addition to these occurrences the crew OF the
French bark Marret, sunk on the Path OF Septem-
ber, were landed at Limoeiro, In the province OF
Pernambuco, on the I'd by the British barK Serena.
MONTEVIDE0.