"Within the last few weeks," said Ashton-Kirk, "you have had a sale of rifles and other things condemned by the military authorities of bolivia."
"Ashton-Kirk, Investigator"
John T. McIntyre
In addition to the large supplies of hides, wool, tallow, and provisions, which these countries now furnish, Paraguay and Corrientes are capable of supplying the finest timber for ship-building purposes, sugar the growth of free labour, the best kinds of tobacco, cotton-wool, dyewoods, drugs, the tea of Paraguay, and the precious metals from bolivia and the back provinces of Brazil.
"Observations on the Present State of the Affairs of the River Plate"
Thomas Baines
No longer since than the 15th of January last, a long article appeared in the official Gazette of Buenos Ayres, censuring the Governments of Brazil and bolivia for recognizing the independence of Paraguay.
"Observations on the Present State of the Affairs of the River Plate"
Thomas Baines