The Presidential election in Brazil came off on March 1st,
and it appears to be certain that Senhor Prudente de Moraes is elected. He is said to be a man of moderate opinions, who might bring this dreary civil war to an end, but owing to the absurd custom in American elections he does not come into actual power till November 15th. The effect of this arrangement is, that the outgoing Government is absolute yet paralysed, and the incoming Government impotent for good. There is no sign as yet of the civil war ending, and Marshal Peixoto is collecting his Fleet, but the insurgent Army is besieging Santos, and if it carries that town, will, it is believed, be able to march by land on Rio de Janeiro with a disciplined army. This was the course of events in Chili, and that experience has apparently been Admiral de Mello's guide. He has, however, no German head of the staff, as the Chilians had, to introduce Prussian exactitude and discipline.
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