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CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMBRICA, Safety of the Steamship Henry Chauncey. She Breaks a Shaft and Returns to Aspinwall for Repairs, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN PANAMA. The Greater Portion of the Business Part of the City in Ruins. MANY LIVES REPORTED LOST. The Question of Slavery in Brazil. Affairs in Peru, Cnile, Bolivia, the Argentine Confederation, Uruguay and Paraguay, ‘The United States and Brazil mall steamship Mer- rimac, Captain Weir, from Rio Janeiro May 26, via Bahia May 29, Pernambuco June 1, Para the 7th and St. Thomas the 15th, arrived at this port yesterday morning. She brings the grateful an- mouncement of the safe arrival at Aspinwall of the Henry Chauncey, for the safety of which vessel great fears were entertained tm thls city. The Merrimac also brings us our corre- spondence from the republics on the South Pacific coast, which was forwarded from Aspinwall to St. Thomas by the steamer Shannon, which runs between these two ports. Our thauks are due to the purser of the Merrimac and also to the purser of the Shannon for the delivery of our despatches, COLOMBIA. Safety ef the Steamship Henry Chauncey— One of Her Shafts Broken When Only a Few Miles Out from Aspinwall—Her Return te That Port. ASPINWALL, June 5, 1870, The steamship Henry Chauncey, which left this port for New York ai eleven P. M. on the 2d instant, broke the shaft of her port wheel when only a few miles out and return ed on the morning of the 3d. It being impossible to make the necessary repairs at this point a messenger was despatched to San Blas requesting the United States steamship Nipsic, which was at that place on the canal survey, wo return and act as convoy to the ertppled steamer on her voyage to New York. Atpresent all are looking anxiously for the arrival of the Nipsic. Should Captain Selfridge Dot receive the message, or decline the duty of con- ‘voyimy the Chauncey, the probability is that most of the passengers will remain on the isthmus until the Sailing of the next New York steamer. In the mean- time the freight’ is being partially discharged, so as to enable the steamer to use her remaining wheel more effectually. The Uhauncey, it is expected, will gail at all events in two or three days. Should the Mipsic arrive to-day sue will probably leave t0-mor- Tow (Monday), 6th. Large Fire in Pannma—The Greater Portion ef the Business Part of the Town De- stroyed—Several Lives Reported Lost. PANAMA, June 5—9 A. M. A terrible fire broke out in Panama at about half- past one A. M. ana is now raging furiously. It originated at the Aspinwall Hotel, in an unoccupied room, No. 23, and connected at once with the Re- Vellos House. Sternbergii’s store, Camprubios’, the French Bazaar, Herzbruger’s drug store, Samuel Piza & Co.'s, Bergamotte’s, 1. I. de Yeaza Benundez’s stores and several private dwellings were burned. The fames extended down San Juan di Dios street as far as the Bank of Panama, which caught fire, but is not asyet burned. An at- tempt Was made to blow up a house on the block at the back of the bank to be in season to save the Grand Hotel building. Panama ia in confusion and families are rushing from thetr homes; the streets and Piaza are strewn with furniture and church or- naments. Everybody isin a state of exctiement of course, and the scarcity of water renders the condi- taon of affairs more frightful. Mr. McNicler’s house has been burned, and Goldsmith’s house has been thor- oughly gutted, though still safe. The people seem to be thoroughly appailed and inactive, and permit the flames to do their work. So far it is calculated that some twelve lives have been lost and many others burned or buried in the ruins of the Aspinwall Hotel. Imme- diately on receipt of the news the steam fire engine and Fire Brigade of Aspinwall were despatched by special train to the scene of the conflagration by Colonel Totten, Chief Enginoer of the Panama Rail- oad Company. PANAMA, June 5—11 A. M. The fire is reported as being under control, The blowing up of the house was not carried out. A good deal of the property destroyed was insured In the Imperial and other English companies, besides some in the Pacific Insurance Company. ‘The total amount of losses cannot of course be yet ascer- tained, but the greater portion of the business part of the city has been destroyed. The mail is in from Bogota. The canal treaty was stil) under discussion; vat nothing new has trans- pired on the subject, either there or from the Nipsic. PERU. State of the Country—Diplematic Compli- ments—International Exposition Changes in President Balta’s Cabinet. Lima, May 28, 1870. In a country like this, where revolutions and blood- shed have for s0 Jong a time been predominant, it 1s apleasure to report that tranquility reigns almost supreme over the republic, and that the attention of the government and people is devoted to the prose- eution of those public works from which such benefits are expected. Few occasions have, hike the present, inspired such confidence in the welfare and prosperity of Peru, and the Jocomotive and spade have most effectually eclipsed the former influence of the cannon and bayonet. A Bumber of the members of next Congress, which mecta in July, are already in Lima, and from conver- gations with them your correspondent is enabled to atate that ilttle opposition will be shown to the gov- ernment on the main question of public enterprize r upon the matter of the Dreyfus contract, and that this Congress, far from following the example afforded it by ita predecessors, will do all possible to cement and ensure the happy condition of affairs now existing in this republic. A vory satisfactory proof of the friendly feeling felt for the United States by Peru has just been given by the government and clearly shows the confidence and respect entertained by Prealdent Balta’s Cabinet towards the government at Washington. The Minister of Foreign Affairs requested our represen- tative bere, General Hovey, to solicit permission from the Department of State for the Ministers of the United States in China and Japan to transact Peruvian diplomatic business in those countries, and on tne request being granted wy ‘Secretary Fish, the Peruvian Minister addressed a note to General Hovey ex- the sinoere thanks of his government for the favor, and intimating that the respect and ad- miration entertained for the General as a diplomat and a gentleman by the government of Peru nad m- pemmarborsamipAp sigs aces that the rep- resentatives ngt the Unit for eee as m fed by General Hovey, hor di ce 1p Lama, has lost 0 opportunity pric Tarai, athe tne Ling of er. Ne Eo barge Formally pened 1p a very spacious Tat of ule gov NEW YORK. HERALD, MONDAY, the subnrbs of the city, and the work upon ace, as the edifice is talied, is rapidly progressing. It is worthy of remark that all fabricated ‘here, large steam Planing and joining work bel und the advance made by | Pe Tespeot within the last year merits t last Exposition, purely @ natioual one, Puig. ‘The ee ns in July, 18 ave a surprising stimulus to rancl of Hechaaieal industry, and, although improyige in a few weeks, Was productive of the most satisfac- tory results. Large prizes were then offerea for the best specimens of home manufactures, and, as was reported at the thme, some 0: the articles exhibited would have been creditable even to New York, Ant- mated by the success of this experiment the gov- ernment determined to prosecute it on a larger scale, and the coming exposition 1s the result. Manutacturers sending their goods to Peru for exhibition are offered the most favorable conditions in regard to the Sapna to be incurred after arrl- val inthe country, the selection and appropriauoa of positions and espectally in the premiums heid out to tie nag 9 meritorious. Agents have been appointed for the different European countries, and Mr Henry Meiggs is named fs commissioner for the United Stutes, Any communications on the subject addressed to thig ntieman in Lima, will recelve attention, It is well nowsto invite the consideration of American manutacturers to the great advantages which they nay derive frou parucipating im this Exposition, Until the present Ume ihe markets of Peru have been almost entirely supplied by European importations, English ma- chinery has been aud still 18 employed on nearly all of the great sugar estates throughout the republic, and upon the principal railways Gonnessing the capl- tal with the seaport and Cherrillos English locomo- tives alone are used. The recently decreed roads that are now partly working or in provess of construction have in their service American engines and cars, and the great superiority possessed by these over We more antiquated English manufactures has ex- ctied"public adimiration to an extraordinary degree, ‘This circumstance, and the fact that the opening of these roads affords 4 large field for the development ot agriculture, makes the present a Most auspicious occasion for the {ntroduction of all classes of Ameri- can machinery, but more especiaity that which, not exceedingly éxpensive, can be so constructed as to be transported easily into the interior of Peru. im this particular matier the ingenuity of Amcricaus certainly should not be surpassed. ‘The immense difficulties encountered in travers- ing the Coraillera passes and roads, where all bur- dens are carried by mules, renders 1t absolutely neces that machinery should be separated in pieces welghing not more than 300 pounds each, Already in the Cerro de Pasco large quantities of machinery, constructed in England on this prin- ciple, are in active operation, but it is generally sup sod that were American manufactures known In ‘he country they would be preferred to those now in use, Moreover, the number of our countrymen— principally practical mechanics—who have been attracted to Peru by the numerous pubiic works now in progress Lave gone far towards increasing tne desire experienced for a better acquaintance with machinery from the United States, and this Exposi- tion affords a most happy opportunity to gratily that wish, ‘The example of Chtle in her Exhibition of 1863 1s too recent to be forgotten, All of the specimens of English machinery, chiefly agricuitural, that were sent to be exhibited were purcuased heture they were put in position, and the agents of the manu- facturing firms represented have quadrupied their business since that time. The same result woud doubuess take place in Peru. So many vessels sceking guano chariers are constantly arriving there from the United States that the question of freigut need not be an impediment, and the advantages of the experiment to American manufactures cannot be doubted. It is to be hoped that we shali have some specimens of our intelligence and ingenuity in the coming Exposition, The government has demonstrated in a most signal manner the high appreciation it entertains of the services rendered by the officers and crews of the monitors that recently arrived in Callao from tue United States. By adecree dated the lvth inst. all oMcers who made the voyage from Pensacola to Callao are promoted to the rank next higher to that ibey held, and all engineers, seamen and boys on board the vessels receive one month's pay as a reward for their lapors. This administrative measure has met with universal approbation, and the pride felt in the successful compieiion of such a dangerous voyage would bave justified eveua more substantial recompense. The ships are still in Cal- lao Say, and are the objects of curiosity and admira- Uon generaliy. wey Will soon be docked and some expedient adopted to preserve them from the. cor- roding action of the salt water. Unfortunately Peru has no fresh water haven where they might lie, and the expense attendant Had their preservation will be very great. Still, the tron-ciads are regarded with a favor, and popular playthings are always ex- pensive, While the republic generally ts peaceful and pro- groans steadily towards wealth and prosperity, here are some sections remote trom thé government centre forgetful of the blessings of tranqullity, where murder aud robbery are matters of everyday occurrence. The city and province of Lambayeque, in the north, may be cited as striking exampies of this assertion, The whole of this fertile and beantt- ful district 1s divided among two or three powerful fam.les, and aithougi not Italian in their origin, they regard the old systein of Corsican vendettas with pe- cullar reverence, and are sluguiarly severe in their observance of the regulations attached to those cheerfni occupations. Whenever an officer is namea for the province by the goverument, who may be distasteful to one of these feudal lords, the vassals of the estate are summoned and the victim punished. Frequenily his cause is espoused by some other party, and then battle and bioodshed ensue. Only @ week since a combat between the partisans of these Peruvian Montugues and Capulets took place, in which twelve men were killed and wounded. Yhe government finds it impossible to mamtain order in the department, since the very troops sent to restrain these excesses are bought over to serve under one or the other of the contending parties, ‘The long expected change in tue Cabinet of Presi- dent Balta has at last taken piace. Mr. Dorado, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has resigned his posi- ton, aud is succceded by Mr. Loayza, and Mr. Pe soldan, Minister of tie Interior, by Mr, Aranibar. The new Incumbents are both lawyers of great dis- tnction in Peru, and aithough their appointment is at the present writing but a few hours old it meets with general approbation. The reason of this varia- on is siuple and lavolves No political difference of opinion, Messrs. Dorado and Pazsoldan are both holders of positions in the legal branch of the ex- ecutive that are far more congenial to their tastes than their ministerial situations, and prefer leaving to 1 more aclive men the task of auswerlag mos perplexing questions proposed by an inquisitive Congress. BOLIVIA. The Peace Conference at Washington—Diplo- matic Difficulties. Lima, May 28, 1870. Doctor Juan dela Cruz Benavente, Mimister Pieni- potentiary of Bolivia to Peru, has been appointed to represent the republic in the Peace Congress at Washington. Bolivia is utterly indifferent as to whether a peace Ne arranged between the allies and Spain, and merely consented to the proposition of the United States through a willingness to gratify what appeared to be a desire of the State Department at Washington, and to satisfy the only suiferer by the war, therepublic of Ecuador. Mr. Benavente carries no special instructions, but is directed to watch the progress of events and to shape his course according to the position assumed by Spain, Peru, and Chile. No ditticulty 1s anticipated regard- ing the action of this republic in the matter, and peace could b2 deciared to-morrow without aifect- ing her interests or tranquility in the least. With the arrival of Mr. Benavente at Washington the long talked of conference will probably be inaugu- rated, as we understand the Chillan representative is already en route. ‘The state of atfairs with regard to foreign nations is engi 3 but satisfactory. Ata banquet recently given in honor of tie President.this functionary ad- dregséd some very harsh terms to the Minister from Brazil in relation to the execution of Lopez, the President of Paraguay, and on the reply of the lat- ter, the words culminated in actions more demon- sirative. The affalr has been referred to Rio Janeiro; but it 1s more than probable that some disagreeable end will result from it. With Peru nothiog but an amicable settlement is anticipated. Already ther government has offered to that: of Peru $100,000 aa a recoinpense for outrages committed in Peruvian territory by General Antezana, and it 1s hoped that the special mission from Peru, expected daily in La Paz, will speedily arrange a matter that oniy would be pro ve of evil to both countries. President Melgarefo continues in his endeavors to tranquilize the republic, and, as far as beard from, the entire country 38 satisiied and tranquil. It 18 credibly re- (ete that the refusal of Secretary Fish to receive . Caldweil as Bolivian Minister jn the United States irritated this government very considerably, but no official notice has been taken of the occur- rence. CHILE. Threatening Aspect of Political Affaire—The Treubles on the Frontier—Minister to the United States=Goneral News. ‘VaLPaRalso, May 17, 1870, Public attention, now at rest after the severe po- tical struggle it passed through, is directed towards the probable action of the Congress that will shortly assemble, The members of the opposition party are assiduous in their endeavors to organize @ system- atic resistance to the purposes attributed to the government, and the latter, although supposed to be actuated by liberal prindiples and ideas, conceals its plan of action so carefully that it is found almost impossible to fathom the designs of the cabinet. The Congress about t meet is com- posed of nifiety-nix members. Of these forty are do- termined Tere of the policy of the administra- tin, fle Wold the ideas of the clergy, twenty- six will advocate the platform of the opposition, and fifteen are yet undecided as to what course they may follow. ‘Those who are supporters of the party formed by te dajtion may be cotisidered as the Oni! And tit therr ranke Js found the first @ tng tenubc ‘The aniagoniam, ¥ eee ae eA) against the governmont, or rather against the Mire ver of the Interior, is every day gaming ground among a certain circté, by The diMouities witch arose during the recent elections havé not been dissipated by the subse quent action of this functionary. Instead of adher- ing to the letter of the law and declaring invalid all elections in which force and fraud have been clearly proved, the Minister has decided to recognize such proceedings as legal, and by 80 doing has greatly increased the number of the political enemies of the admin(stration. There can be no doubt that although the opposition party 18 inferior in numerical strepgth, its power 1) relaiion to mbelligence and activity is greauly sue perior to the bg at Ne the adwititstration, and in ‘the seasions of Gon: it is he that this differ. ence of numbers will be overcome the power 0! the minority, As it is, the popular desire apd incll- nadon is contrary to the present adminisia- tion, but the appointing power has proved an insufferable obstacie to ita discomfiture. With all of the boasted liberty of Chile, and the notable advance tt has made towards perfect civilization and prosperity, 1¢ cannot be quostioned that, with the exception of Eouador, it is now the most bigoted country in Souih America. Ths bigotry, however, does not eXist among the peopie geuerally, but is dominant among that class which, by ite wealth and infaeuce, is ied to give Substantial support to @ cause that only 18 Injarious to the republic, Protestantism is toler- ated, but uo public manifestation of worsht foreign to tne Catholic religion would be allowed In Santiago, which may properly be called the Clty of Churches, new reiigious edifices are being cou- stantly erected. If this spirit was imbued with @ feeling of wleration it might be admired and ap- plauded, but tie liberal party in Chile, Cutholic but tolerant, are constantly invelghing against the at- tacks that are made upon a supposed enemy unabie to defend itself in an open and public manner. In spite of the recognized benefits confé upon the country by Protestants no legal religious freedom is accorded to thei, ‘The savages in Araucania still continue in thelr warlike and offensive attitude. By the malls from the feontier we learn that the incursions of the (ndians have recent.y been more frequent and more success- Tul, and that the government troops have, as for- merly, been found perfectly incompetent to restrain their dangerous neighbors. A formal declaration, & copy of Which was torwarded to the commander of the national forces, declares that Orelie, the adven- tnrous Frenchman, of whom mention has already been irequentiy made, has been chosen Emperor of Araucania by the Caciques, and that their odject is to follow up the war with all the available means at theircommani. In the United States the cain- paign against the Indians engrosses bul a small share of pubke atiention, but ere, Where the ex- enses oO! the administration exceed but in a small jegree the receipts from the collection of the na- tional revenue, such events become of supreme im- portance and jorm a subject of Comment and com- plaint throughout the entre republic. Money here is comparatively scarce, and hence the dissatisfac- tiou. The fact is that the commander of the government troops on the fronticr has not fulfilled the wishes of the admmistration, Unaccustomed to Indian war- fare, he has sudfered himseli tu be surprised and de- feated in almost every action, and consequently tie Indians, emboidened by their continued success, have prosecuted the war with a)l the means within their reach. Tue opposition papers embrace the occasion to declare against the inaptitude of the President and Minister of War, and re decisive plan of action against es, Who for such a length of devastated the scttlements established in Chilean territory aleng tue Araucanian frontier, The Minister, in reply, sta‘es that Conxress has mtherto r fused to grant suMicient suis for the successiui prose- culon of the war, aud demands that several Wousand men be placed at his order to consummate the en- deavor ulready commenced. Its more than proba- ble that the aifuir will be converted into a political dispute, and that the membexs of the administrative and Opposition parties will elocutionize wille the whiles ou the frontier are belng deeimated. At last a representative for Chile has been named for the purpose of defending the interests of the re- public in the peace conference betweea Spain and the al led republics of the Pacific, to be heid shoruy in Washington, Although the nomination has not been made public it 18 generally kuown, as has pre- viously been announced to whe HERALD, that Mr. Joaquin Godoy, the Chilean Minister to Peru, has already recetved his instructions for this impo:taat post, and will shorily proceed on his missio.. A desire has been manifested here to ascertain the tenor of these instructions, but of course such a wish was impossible to satisty. It is not probable that Chile wil take any dedniie steps towards pemnied peace with Spain, and if any ineasures are adopte they will mereiy tend towards patching up an armis- tice which wili last until Spain thinks proper to 1n- demuify this republic for tue damages suffered iu the bombardment of March, 1866. That Spain will ever consent to such an arrangement is more than the most sanguine here now expect. ‘The changes that have been already mentioned in President Perez’s Cabinet nave as yet been received with little enthusiasm. Mr. Vargus Fontecella, relative of the recent representative of Chile in the United States, assumed charge of the portfoiio of Jusice and Public Instruction, but as yet has not entered upon the active discharge of his duties. The Ministers generally are preparing to answer the at- tacks tiat will certaimly be ade upon thein during the sessions of the Constituent Congress, and hence their labors in regard to the public good are not as evident as heretofore. In Chie, asin various European countries, the Congress has the privilege of calling Ministers to the bar of the House to answer any questions that may be propounded in relation to pubite affairs. Tn commercial circles no special activity 1s noted. Anumber of promising joint stock companies are being inaugarated, aud this speaks well jor the con- fidence felt in the tranquillity of the country and the amount of disposable capital inat we have in our markets, PARAGUAY. General Camara’s Account of the Surpriso and Death of Lopez—The Paraguayan Chie?s Last Moments—Movements of Pa- rauhos—The Paraguayan Elections. ASUNCION, May 15, 1870, The Brazilian General Camara, who commanded at the rout and death of Lopez, has written a letter to an Argentine paper, of which the following are extracts:— It is hard, very hard, for honorable soldiers, who have tought for years to bring back to these coun- tries that peace which had been disturbed by tie tyranny of a despot, to see themselves confounded with the sanguinary followers of the barbarian whose hands were still wet with the biood of our heroic prisoners, butchered by him when the hazard of war had forced them to surrender themselves, dying rather than yield, It is hard, very hard, es- pecially when this despot fell, not in an ambuscade, but in a loyal fight, deiending himself with the valor which—I will do him this justice—honored his death and belied his life, Maishal Lopez was not, could not be assassinated, nor was he executed. tis faise! He was not, nor could he be, at the hands of my distinguished com- anions in arms, and still less at mme. General pez Was surprised in daytime by an accicent which was a3 fortunate as it might have been unfor- tunaie to us. I had the good fortune to sce my dis- positions so rapidly and abiy carried out that their execution allowed no defect to be seen. Lopez, that ex vely cautions and distrustful man, whose prudence omitted no means of precau- tion or of vigudance, was surrounded and assaulted in his camp even before he could suspect that we had captured his outposts. He saw us only when, after bursting through his ‘ape, the dashing lancers of the intrepid Colonel Silva Tavares, the brave carbincers of the vallant Martinez, Marqnis Xavier and others, and the few but gal- laut bayonets of the distinguished Major Peixoto isaued out on the smooth plali upon the very guards of his camp. - Thus it was that the dictator hazarded his person, he having no time to flee; and when, ordering his brave soldiery to yaks and, waving his swo.d around he turned and tried to save him- self by flight, it was too jate, forhe had been recog- nized and the pursuit of him was therefore flerce, Major Simeon de Oliveira, and another officer whom you know well personally, omitted these details through modesty; but justice exacts that here and everywhere I proclaim that to them especially was due the tragic end of that ultra-praised leader. When he fed they pursued him with some mounted riflemen. When Lopez left his horse to enter the wood, they alighted also, and fired almost without Stoppage, and it was their balls which closed the life of Marshal Lopez, wounding him hirer 4 in two places. Major Simeon de Oliveira could not verify the eMcacy of that steady and persistent fire,as when I came up I ordered him to ald at another point; thus I was ae the first who, on coming to the bank of the Aquidibaniqu!, saw Lopez fallen and almost lifeless on the other side. Near Lopez were two officers who diea sword in hand, defending him to the last, and some one other, Who succeeded in escaping perhaps to surren- der later. The former f ascertained afterwards were Majors Estiogarribia and Vargas, who were shot by the ritiemen who came after me to the bank and who fired on seeing me wading across, alone aud on foot, to be received, not as a liberator but as an implacable and rancorous enemy. I owe it to my honor as a soldier, to my name and iny country, I owe it to history and to my con- science to deciare truthfally that Marshal Lopez died fairly and in fall possession of his senses. ‘hen I stooped to take the drawn sword from his hand he made @ Movement to wound me, and replied with a firm it “I die sword in hand for my country.” Ithen ordered a soldier of the Ninu battalion to disarm bim, and it was in the struggle with him he expired, without receiving a further wound. Colonel Paranhos, brother A Paranhos, Ged at Asuncion of disease, atthe age of 42 years. 1837 and 1838 he volunteereé at Bahia against surgents there, and alter the insurrection was qui marched to Rid Grande do Sul and served against the republicans until 1845 and was ene to a entenancy. In the war agal 3 he fought at Monte Caseros and was made captain. In 1864 be wentto Uruguay and afterwards tv Paraguay in command of battalion of infantry, aii continued in ‘vice to the last of the war, tak part in nich cl with the death o nd 100 fi Bionel to adier i had ‘on been promoted from colo neral Paranhog was expected at Asunck\e he JUNE 20, 1870.—TRIPLE hay ee od after coming at laat to gene ent Wi government or rmlente of peace, the latter objecting to istonal severest to take part in the however, was ally agreed to, and on nho’s arrival the treaty would be signed, e Lyd ogee government had appointed the lath dune ior the election of the Constituent Assembly, which is to form a an coustitu- tion, Bedoya had resigned, probably to attend to his own candidature. ‘the Argentine General, Gelly y Obes, a uayan by birth, was in some favor af @ Candidate [o the Presidency of the republic, A number of clubs have been formed to treat of the elections, and from the warmth of the various par- tisans {1 fs expected that the election will not occur Without serious rows. ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION, Arrest of Urquiza’s Assassins~The Revolution in Entre Rios—Strength and Resources of the Beiligerents—Condition of the Republic. Buenos AYRES, May 16, 1870. Some of the assassins of Urquiza have been cap- tured and brought to Buenos Ayres; among them Mosquera, who is said to have given the last stab. The government troops hoid possession of the towns of Entre Rios, along the rivers Parand and Uruguay, but Lopez Jordan is master in the interior. ‘The government troops assembled against him num- ber about 4,800 men, and he is said to have only 8,000, almost all cavalry. Still General Conesa has not attacked, though he writes that he had offered battle without effect to Jordan, and that the latter's troops were deserting. rapidly to him, nmety having come in during one night. Sarmiento has declared Entre Rtos in a state of siege, aud General Gelly y Obes 1s in Corrientes to prevent that province from declaring for Jordan. ‘The last from Entre Rios is that Jordan had crossed the Gualeguay and taken up a position in front of the government force commanded by Conesa, the Commander-in-Chief, and some twenty mues from it, Conesa was expecting reinforcements, which would give him a considerable superiority in Ram- bers a8 well as fn infantry, On the 16th the Conzress opened. In Sarmiento’s address he said 463 miles of ratiroad were open, 210 contracted and 400 under survey; 816 miles of tele- graph were working, 1,000 were const:ucuog and the cable across the Parana would be laid in a few days, and it was intended Lo connect wit the Bra- zilian lines and thence with the whvle world; 40,000 immigrants had arrived during the year, the census had been taken with care, and it showed the population of the republic to be 1,736,701 souls, The export of Woo! Was in 1869 140,000 pounds —6,000,000 more than in 1868—and 100,000,000 pounds of fat and. 45,000,000 pounds of hides had been exported. The revenue Was $12 676,680—$180,553 more than in 1863. ‘The rst half of the current fiscal year showed re- ceipts of $4,012,652, or $1,135,427 more than in the corresponding ha:f of the preceding financial year. bn) Rosario and Cordova Raiiroad is to be opened on the 1itn, URUGUAY. Tho Insurrection Gaining Ground=Measures of the Government—Finances. MONTEVIDEO, May 17, 1870. ‘The insurrection 1s gaining ground, not withstand- ing the efforts of the government to depreciate the strength of the imsurgents and to exag- gerate the forces collected to oppose them. Avoiding the neighborhood of Paysauda, where Oarabalio has forces said to number 1,500 men, the insurgents had their main force to the north of the Rio Negro and kept the Southern Department in @ state of alarm with flying parties who attacked the government posts,even came within ten miles of Mon- tevideo, aud had cut the teiegraph to Buenos Ayres, ‘The government had appointed General Henrique Castro Commander-in-Chief of all its forces, but Caraballo had refused tw obey bis orders. ‘nree battalions of national guards had been cailed out i the capital aud one 1s stationed at Florida, which has been fortified as an outpost to prevent @ sur- prise. The Bank law has passed the Chambers and has received the sanction of the President, aithough he still declares himself dissatisfied witu it and throws all responsibility on the Chambers. The Junta of Public. Credit is by it charged with the calling in of the bills of the Maua & co., Italian, Montevidean and Saito Commer- clal Danks, Whose existing issues the government had guaranteed. The redemption is tobe made with Jega! tender bills ef the Junia, which will be calied iu at the rate of $800,000 4 year iu monthly instal- ments, The issue panks now existing, or hereafter esiablished, may issue to double tieir paid up capl- ‘ai in biils redeemabie in gold or Junta vils. BRAZIL. A Ministerial Job—The Slavery Question Debate in Parliament—Brazilinn Losses in Paraguay—A Patriotic Lady—Mrs. Lynch’s Resources—Lopez’s Property Confiscated— Miscellaneous Items. Rio JANEIRO, May 25, 1870. An affair something like Sefor Anton’s has caused @ good deal of irritation in the city, Although Rio spent, only three or tour weeks ago, about $400,000 on peace rejoicings, the Minister of War suddenly determined, some ten days ago, to have official re- joicings, the others merely being, he says, popular ones, 80 he contracted for a large temporary erection for @ grand Ze Deum, in the Campo of Acclamation, and atier it was pai up aud everybody was won- dering what it meant, asked an extraordinary credit of $100,000 from ibe Legislature, to meet the cost of the affair. After a hot debate, the credit passed the first reading; but the people are very indignant, and a guard of 260 soldiers is kept round the erection at night; for it is said that there are desigus of blowing it up. The grand oficial rejoicings were to take place upon the 24th; but, though working day and night, the building could not be got ready, so the ceremony is adjourned stne die, The management of this affair puts one in mind of the saying that in Germany if you spit out ofa window upona crowd the chances are even that you spiton a Herr Coun- cilor; for here, if there is a financial job perpetrated the odds are a thousand to one that the Minister of Finance has an irrepressible nephew, son-in-law or nephew's or son-n-law’s brother-in-law in it, and the official rejoicings’ job is another instance of this pecuilarity, The interpellation as to the Ministry's intenttons in regard to emancipation came off upon the 14th. Signor Telxeira, Junior, the interpeilator, said that, owing to the injudicious course of the preceding liberal Ministers and of the propaganda maintained by the liberals and their press, the slaveowners were excessively alarmed, their slaves and planta- tions were greatly depreciated in value, a general anxiety prevailed, and public opinion had com- menced @ dangerous social revolution. In reply Viscount de Itaborahy, president of the Counch, declared that there are very few abolition- ists who do not desire to see slavery at once extin- guished; but he believed that on account of its signify- ing a profound transformation of sovial life to effect abolition, it becomes necessary to proceed very cau- tlously and slowly. He greatly feared that precipitate measures would be followed by serious disasters, He, however, assured the deputies that the government was ready to facilitate or hasten the solution of this dificult problem, The Viscount was followed by the ex-Minister of Justice, who defended the Dezesels de Julho and maintained that the question of eman- cipation should not be takeu froim the sphere of pri- vate philanthropy. Senor ARANJO Lima said the President of the Council's declarations meant nothing but procrasti- nation, but abolition was inevitable, and they couid not trifle forever with the eternal principles of Teligion, Morality and right which were involved in it, The question had been studied for four years and the Council of State had drawn up a memoir on it; and as for inopporvuneness, if it were delayed until the effects of the war were over it would be inopportune for very many years. If the Cabinet was opposed to emancipation ‘at anytime, it should say 80 plainly and not use prorastinating sophistry. If it iavored abolition, let it make a beginning by penne: in a bill to declare all snbse- quent births free, leaving the freed children to the Master until inaturity. On the 23d the emancipationists returned to the charge. Setior Teixeira, Jr., moved that a commis- sion be appointed to report a plam and measure to initiate gradual emancipation. Seior Arango Lima intreduced a bill to declare ail births free, but giving the owners the right to the services untilof age, with other provisions favorable to slaves. Seftor ana Malheiro also introduced a number of bills, one to the same effect, another to allow slaves to hold, will and inherit proj one subjecting them to the ordinary law and punishments, and others to free the mo- nastic slaves and the slavesof the nation, and to facilitate the means of becoming free. Besides the above, Senator Silveira da Mottais to bring ina comprehe ve billto provide for the aboltion of slavery in ity or thirty years, There is no doubt but that the negro question will be ly ventil- ated this session, and though, looking at the constl- tution of the Senate and the Deputies, it is not likely a law will be passed, the me ture will be forced to commit itself to an abolition . Of this the constitution of committee Geaniga Sehor Teixeira, Jr., is a proof as it is in majority oot Enbiadelphia, dn the province of Espirito Santo, ay province of Esp! that r7 Rito Janiefo on the north, abouts thi Indians, armed with bows, met mad ay plantation, The er and a few si peared, “and wer ie a ty he were at once shot a who killeg two man, gant Hye arrowa Tia tae owner aan ited, ty cant usd hogs ‘woods, have ‘tea. Marsh Pas ore) va Baron de Itaqul, apd Ge Vasco Alves Pereira mn de Santa Anna do ento. All of them are Rio Grande officers, who did good in Paraguay, Baron de Ji of ‘yrother of Senator jinimoa, died last month. ‘The family ts one of the ‘uly boast that they are and they are very proud of the distinction, ‘The Minister of War has fk a Tonge estimate of the losses of the army in ‘aguay. He says some- what above 83,000 men were sent there, of whom 23,200 recelved discharge as Incanepie of further ser- vice, In February there were remaining tn P: 28,436 men, including 1,222 sick, so that some men died or disappeared. The Navy re) yet out, so’that te total loss of life is not yet public, With a return of ‘m weather yellow fever has taken head, especially as seamen are more penne ‘The deaths 'on the 23d reached nine, it still prevails 1n some southern ports. _A medal and a pension of $600 a year have been given to Donna Anna Nery, the only Brazilian lady who directed her charity to the soldiers of her country. Huving several sons im the army she went to Paraguay, established herself at Asua- cion, and, besides regularly visiting the hospital, took a number of sick officers in charge 1n her own house. ‘The Brazilian ladies have not shown much patriot ism in the war. Beyond making up, oF imore usually buying, a box of lint to be presented to the War Department—each gift of which was trumpeted ina most pompous style—they did notin ee and oer present a despicable appearance side by side with the doings of the Angio-Saxon ladies of the United States and England under similar circum stances, Emanctpations continue greatly in vogue. Over two nuudred have been reported in Rio and the va- rious provinces during the last fourteen days, and three important planters have made declarations of freedom of ail children born henceforth on their estales, The government has just published a list of the property found and left in Mrs. Lynch’s possession. esides $7,d0u in coln, $14,609 of Paraguayan paper and a sum of $2,400 in gold, which sie had given for an album she satd was hers, found in her house at Asuncion, and which the Count d@Eu had ordered to be restored to her—but which she de- Clined to receive—she had four tiaras, foriy rings, two splendid albums, twenty-three studs and buttons, twenty chams, four coinbs, nineteen pairs of ear- rings, sixteen bracelets, ten lockets, eleven watches, and # number of other very valuable articles, many of them belonging to Lopez. In addition, she had the deeds of some dozen estates, houses and tracts of land bought by herself or Lopez. Anioug her papers were found copies of letters regarding remitiances, one asking the English Minister at Buenos Ayres to receive in the legation some documents or papers of hers and one to General McMahon, without date, requesting him to receive and ludge in the Bank of Engiand, to the order of her and her children, 3,700 gold ounces, 100 sovereigns and 78 $130 pieces, des which he was to hand to Emil. iano Lopez (him that visited the United States) gold ounces aud 16 napoleons. ‘Yhe sum thus deposited in the Bank of England Would be about $63,000, and that given to young Lopez about $8,000, Thus Mrs. Lynch is not pennil- less, and it appears she made oiler large deposits in England. Besides the above, tuere was a letter from the Italian Consul, assassinated in Buenos Ayres two or three monihs ago, acknowledwing having of her money in bis bands $6,000 In silver. By the last accounts the Paraguayan government had confiscated ail Lopez’s property and embargoed that of Mrs. Lynch unul the decision of any criutual or civil Suits brought against her, It has also or-, dered her prosecution at ouee, and if she do not ap- pear in person an advocate is to be appointed to de- Jend her ex ogicio. She is suil on board the Brazilian flagship at Asuncion, and it seems the Brazilian gov- ernment does not intend to surrender her or her property to the Paraguayan government. In dact, she would be a gone Coon li she were given up. ‘The Minister of War has dectared in the Chi of Deputies that it is the intention of the Bra: government to withdraw all the brazilian troops ‘aguay, a3 1t (ves not see any use for them e, However, it is very likely a strong garrison will be Kept at the povis of echo dos Morros, on the Paraguay, to protect siatto Grosso. ‘The Minister of Finance has sold $6,000,000 of cur- rency bonds at a price equai to a little under elghty- two per cent net. ‘Shey bear six per cent interest. ‘The sale is to the Rural Bauk. HORSE NOTES, ‘rne June trotting meeting at the Narraganset Park commences to-morrow, and judging from the numerous entries for the purses given by the asso- ciation fine sport and fast time will be witnessed by all who attend. The new rules will be enforced at the Narragansect Park, and the owners and drivers who have a tendency to play ‘fast and loose” on the trotting track had bet- ter be careful at this meeting, for the slightest infraction trom the rule of right will be summarily punished. Narraganset Park is and has always been the rectifying establishment of the trot- tung tur!; but this year the managers intend to be more strict than ever, and wherever the slightest villany shows itself punishment will quickly follow. The secretary of the association is a sharp detective, and it will be dangerous to attempt any sharp practice when he is about. The new rules have not been strictly en- forced, we regret to say, on some of our trotting tracks this season, and several flagrant wrongs have been permitted to go unpunished; but we repeat that they must not be attempted at Narrazanset, or horse, driver and owner Will get their ticket-or-leave for the future. The horses entered for the silver plate at Fleet- wood Park to-morrow will make a capital race. J. Somerindyke enters bay mare Fanny, D. Mace chest- nut gelding Gwynne. Hiram Howe bay mare Annie, John Murphy black gelding Crusader ;and Thomas Higgins brown gelding King Charles. A finer ficld for a good race could net be selected, and as this is the inangural trot on leetwood Park track much interest is felt by turimen to Know what the drivers of the horses will say about it, No doubt there will be a large attendance on the opening day. While at Prospect Park on Saturday last we picked up a few facts about the men and horses that go the Coney Ysland wad. Mr. Dodge’s team of Ethan Allen bays are lmking well. The Commodore is noted for having an elegant as well as speedy turnout. His present team 1s stylish and can trot in 2:60. Mr. George Woodwacd is driving the best team he has owned for some time, Belle Strickland andmate have been driven single lately, but without shpwmg much speed. They go best together, and @ a great team. Dr. Parker's brow, horse has a good style of going, and has improred consideraply of late. Frank Swift has aplashing, large, brown gelaing that can knock the tme of many track horses into “smithereens.” Mr. Ohtwine’s tean of grays are good ones—true, kind and speedy. Horatio and Black Crook trotted a quarter of a mile in thirty-six seonds the other day. Mr. Moulton’s stlish and handsome turnout attracted much attedion. The team consists of the gray stallion Bill an¢mate, Bill is one of the proud- est looking horses tlat can be hooked up, and sets off his equipments 0 perfection. His finely formed head, arched neck md majestic bearing show him to be a high-bred aimal, while he is as gentle as a lamb, to which he unites the valuable quality of speed, having a recgd of 2:40. Mr. Harvey’s broyn horse is one of the speedy kind, and though he/has never trotted fora dollar and has no record, god judges suspect him to be equal to 2:30, from lis having brushed and beaten some of the best—swh as Lady Weils, Robin, &c, Mr. Hart’s pair o! black Shetland ponies, of his own importation, attact attention in Prospect Park from their diminutiv size and original Simon pure appearance. Speeds not claimed for these animals, but their owner findithat he often accomplishes his daily drive in less tine than some of the fast trot- ters would take to d¢the same distance, On Saturday next here will be a match for $1,000 a side between Mr. Aley’s and Mr. Park’s four year old colts, at Prospect ark Fair Grounds—the former the get of Hambletmian, and the latter py Mr. Hall’s“horse Native smerican—besides a trot for a piece of plate by four & more good and well known Brooklyn road horses. \Those that will be sure to gtart are Mr. Gould’s Bhck Orook, Mr. Payson’s Tom Breeze, Mr. Fletcher’s Robin, Mr. Robinson’s Gray John, and probably M. Hall’s Jerry, and others, These will beyond deub|make a good race, as all the horses are speedy, and2:35 will be made if not beaten by those who sure to start. There 1s frequently more intehst in @ trot between road horses when eveily matched than & con- test among regular track horses, and commonly less jockeying and tickery. The management of Prospect vark Fair Grounds have acted wisely in abolishing the extra dollar charged for seats on the Grand Stand for their Saturday entertainments. From the first opening of the Fatr Grounds this extra charge bas been regarded unfayorably, and led to consid¢rable feeling among the public, who generally thihithat the trek would profit by making no exira charge {pr the Grand Stand on any pocasion, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL. The dog days are nof calculated to arouse the spirits of the managerial world; for it requires con siderable fortitude to sit in @ theatre with gas burning on every side and the thermometer among: the nineties, In the unequal contest between Sirtus and ‘Thalia the latter generally geta the worse, and empty benches and a depleted treasury greet the un- fortunate manager every evening. exceptions to every general rule, and such is the case in this instance. But there are The clever and popular John Brougham still con- tinues his sensational drama of the “Red Light? at- Wallack’s. Manager Moss has spared no pains im placing this piece on the boardsin the most complete nd satisfactory manner. gained in other cities is emphatically endorsed in this metropolis. The success which tt has Rarely has a manager been so uniformly successful during an entire season, and been so persistent 1 keeping his theatre up to the highest standard of art, as has peen the case with Mr. Daly, of the Fifth: Avenue, known to reserve for the end of his season hia strongest card, and when other establishments have either closed or entered upon a summer season. Mr. Daly brings out the most successful drama in his répertoire to close his regular season, 13 running, in spite of tne weather, to very good houses, and bids fair to occupy the boards for the greater part of the summer. No wonder, too, for the cast is the strongest that could be got together im this city. Still more rarely has a manager beem’ “ Fernande’? ‘The clever Mrs. James A. Oates brings out the very best burlesque in her répertotre, “The Field of the Cloth of Gold,” to-night at the Olympic. In this bur- lesque she and her unrivalled company made their greatest success in provincial towns, and as the vir vacious Earl Darnley she is inimitable. Many singa- Jar and interesting effects will be introduced in the fair scene. ‘The exciting and romantic’ play of “The Hague not,” which has been placed on the stage at Booth’s in the most superb style, 1s still;the attraction at that theatre, There are two interesting events at Niblo’s this week. On Wednesday evening Mr. J. A. Zimmer- man, the treasurer, who has been long and favora- bly known to the patrons of this establishment, takes @ benefit. The bill is an immense one, Edwin Adams and Miss Carson play m ‘The Marble Heart,’? Henri Drayton sings one of his best songs, and the drama of ‘Katy O’Shiel” will be presented. On Friday evening the deservedly popular stage man- ager (Vincent) has a benefit, the first in eight years, on which occasion be wiil make his first and only appearance as an actor. Among the volunteers at this benefit are Lefingwell, Walcot, Rankin, Fanny Herring and Marion Taylor, and the bill will com- prise drama, comedy, farce, singing and dancing. The theatre closed on Saturday night its regular season, and will be opened for the fall season about the middie of Avgust with a new play by Boucicault, ‘Yhe “Black Crook” will be revived after @ short season of Lovta. The Martinettt troupe enter upon their third week at W0od’s Museum, and the management has secured @ new sensation in the person of “Little Nell, the California Diamond,” an actress of the Lotta order. At iength there are prospects of the close of the career of the “Twelve Temptations” at the Grand Opera House. A new feature is promised by the management, consisting of Mme. Lanner’s Viennese ballet troupe, which will shortly appear. The management of the Comique, undauated by the heat, announce an immense bill this week, Th@ pantomime of “Hunkey Doree,” a grand ballet, and choice titbits of minstrelsy are some of its salient features. E. L. Davenport’s Hamlet will be the feature at Mrs, Conway’s Park theatre, Brooklyn, this week, Mr. H. Grau announces a summer season of opera bouge at Terrace Garden, commencing on Wednes- day. The charming young prima donna Pauling Canissa wMl be the principal feature. Manager Freligh has secured Miss Fanny Herring and Mr Studley as stars at the Bowery this week. ‘The bill commences with the sensational drama, “Cadet Le Perle.” Tony Pastor has thirteen new stars this week, & musical burlesque and a new drama. He announces also the gratifying fact that he has secured, ata vast expense, all the summer breezes that can be found in the city, ‘ Kelly & Leon’# Minstrels have a new and attractive bill this week. The ever popular maestro, Theodore Thomas, stilk continues his Central Park Garden concerts. As & summer resort this garden has no eqnal in the city, The second concert of the Grand Juventie Beetna- ena will be given this evening at Stcinway all, Mr. cect ee. W. Hows, one of our most popular lec- turers, will repeat “Peter’s Ambition’? this evening for the benefit ot Christ church, Rye, in the Sunaay school rooms of the church, Miss Adelaiie Phil.tps, the representative con- tralto of America, has created an immense furor im California, The San Francisco press speak of her ft the most flattering terms, and crowded houses attest the popularity wiuch she has gained there. The Berge Choral Union give the lust concert of the season at Association Hall on Tuesday. The prograinme comprises a Preghiera, by Marchettt: “Arditt Wa'itz;” tenor solo, trio, “Lift Thine Eyes,’ from “Elijah; duet, froin “Marino Faliero;” over~ ture, “Gazza Ladra;” Gypsy chorus, from “Pres closa,” and finale, from “Nalveo.” Dr. Willian Berge wiil preside at the organ. Professor Christian Berge, director of the Flushing Conservatory of Music, will give a concert on Thurs- day in Flushing Town Hall. He will be assisted by his pupils and Mme. Salvottl and Mr. 0. J. Werneke. 8 Fanny Stocqueler bas retired from the stage in consequence of her entering on a new roc under matrimonial management. Tie young lady is about becoming the wife of a very wealthy Russian mer- chant of this city, New Orleans and Galveston, IRISH LANDLORDISH. A Word for the Class from Jersey. NawakKk, June 18, 1870, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Sir—In your paper of yesterday, I read what pur- ports to be a letter from your special correspondent in Ireland, in which he says, the tenants of the Marchioness of Ely in Wexiord were dispossessed ata moment’s notice. Now, sir, without imputing any motives to your correspondent, and giving him every credit for belleving what he relates, las an old land agentin Ireland assure you thas such a proceeding ig utterly impossib.e. Tenancy in Ire land can only be terminated in one of three ways. First, if no lease exist, by a six months? notice to quit at the same time in the year as that on which their tenancy begun; second, if there be @ lease, by the tenant allowing one full year’s rent to become due; and thirdly, by termination of the lease, Either of these ends the tenancy; bat until proceedings haye been taken in the county courts, held quarterly, and of Which proceedings the lute tenants must have notice, by service of the legal process by oiticers for that purpose appointed, possession cannot be taken. In the second instance, too, the tenants have six months to redeem. That ejectments are rare in Ireland can be seen from this fact, My late father and I were*exteusive land agents in, per: haps, the poorest county in Ireland —Leitrim—from 1797, When he obtained his first agency, to 143, when I gave up my last, and during that time only one tenant was dispossessed by us. He owed over four years’ rent, and was allowed to remove his crop, and got a small sum for bis good will fom in- coming tenants. Believing your object to be to let the truth be known I send this, with my name subscribed for publication. THOMAS J, NORRIS, {In the above Mr. Norris sets out, in regular Irish agent style, to throw doubt on the genuineness of the document to which he replies He uses the words “what purports to bea letterfrom your special correspondent.” The words ‘‘puyport” and “in that case made and provided,’ and ‘come and appear or hereafter nold your peace,’ are more familiar to Irish land agents, old and yoxng, in Ireland than are the words of the Lord’s Preyer. They use them to break land contracts. In applying them to throw doubt on the integrity of cur special letter irom Ire« land Mr, Norris is guilty simply of a piece of Old Coun- try land agency impertinence. In speaking of the evictions on rehioness of Ely’s estate our writer says:--‘The baliitts came one morn. jug when che orgy d were at their humble Kins und forcea them to quit at a momenta n ey did not give them time to finish their reaktart, the furniture and whatever domeatic utensils the poor family had were all flung out of the door, and the toof-trce of the ola house: ‘was torn down in an instam»? ‘The correspondent did not mean to convey tiat tee batiif’ came with- out a Warrant; he merely descuthea the manner in which these legal razzias are pettormed. They have a “bond” and take “the pound O fesh.” As Mr. Norris or his “father before him” bys never known of a tenant ejectment but one from tha year 1797, of course he does not understand the irishiand system. as described by Premier Gladstone in Parliament and the HERALD Writers. Ou the Quarter Sessions Court booke of Cavan town, Oi Ballinamore, of bal. lyconnell and Cootebiii—es ates of Humphreys God- ley and others—the name of Norris figures freqvently both as plain, ball? and witness in ejectitents. Mr, Thomas J. Norris, of Newark, 18 not the mar, ag bia Javer roves]