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Show public is estimated at 3,000,000. About one-half of the people are Europeans, and the balance are of mixed blood. THK AKOKNT1MK RKVOt.t'T ION. The bloody revolution that has broken out in the Argentine republic was brought about by prominent leaders in Buenos Ayrci, who were dissatisfied with the government because tho most desirable offices were given to citizens of the province of Cordova. The revolution revo-lution is spreading, and it may result in a general civil war. It began in Buenos Ayrcs, and the latest dispatches relate a very sanguinary battle between the revolutionists and the government troops. Tho revolutionists have formed a provisional government, aud some of the regular government troops have joined it, together with the wholo navy. This afternoon's dispatches from the seat of war are contradictory. One report re-port coming from tho minister of finance of the republic says that the insurrection in-surrection Is subuded, while a later report re-port states that thero is no prospoct of a compromise, and that the issue must bo fought out. Tho government of the Argentine republic re-public is modeled after that of the United States. The president is elected for six years, by an eleotoral college. No re-eleotion is allowed. The present chief oxeoutive, President Column, was eleotod Id October, 1888. Legislative authority is vested in a congress, consisting con-sisting of two houses, the upper, or senate, sen-ate, with twenty-eight members, and tho lower, or house of deputies, with eighty-six members. Both president and vice-president must be Roman Catholics. Tho president is commander-in-chief of the troops, and appoints to all civil, military, nnd judicial offices, and is solely responsible for the acts of the executive. ' The governors of the fourteen provinces prov-inces are vested witli very extensive powers, and to a certain degree independent inde-pendent of the central executive. . Tho army of tho confederation, exclusive ex-clusive of the National Guard, consisted, consist-ed, in 1880, of 8.)00 infantry, 2500 cavalry, cav-alry, and 800 artillery. Tho militia and National Guard, numbered 2!l(i,000 men. The army was then commanded by 18 generals, 820 field officers, and 740 other officers. The navy consisted of 89 steamers of various classes, aud a few sailing vessels, having in all 05 guus, aud was manned by 1500 officers and men. Buouos Ayres, where the revolution began, is the chief city aud capital, having hav-ing a population of over 800,000. It is a modern city iu every respect the Chicago of South America. It has street-cars, railway, telegraph aud cable lines; a university, a national college, ladies' normal school, museum, libraries, libra-ries, theaters, scientific institutions, several daily papers, parks, boulevards, race-courses, board of trade, stock exchange, ex-change, aud so on. In many respects the Argentiuo republic re-public is as enterprising, progressive and intelligent as tho United States. It is connected with tho markets of Europe Eu-rope by over twenty lines of steam- ships, and about fifty vessels sail back aud forth each month. Not much trade is had w ith the United States for lack of transportation facilities on our part. The Argentine republic imports about seventy million dollars worth of manufactured manu-factured merchandise every year, of which about one-third Is furnished by England, one-fifth by France, one-fifth from Germany, while that of the United States is inconsiderable. The population of the Argentine re- |