Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-10-08

tu upoH VIC grass, "uII0 'lo H'di ho "Iete
he had gnawed in the barks Of The trees
are plainly visible.
Biography of Terrible ScoundreI.
The Tiger Of .Aiica.-A letter from
Mexico to The New Orleans Crescent
says:
Manuel Lozada was born in the town
Of 'TePic, and early gave evidence of the
| depravity which has since made him ter
ror. His first act Of barbarily after being
expelled from his native town for his man.
! llold vlllIanies, was to organize party of
bandits, and at the head of them he one
day captured the Governor Of The town.
Conveying bin to an out Of the way house
he ordered him 10 be thrown down and
bound securely. Thea taking knife, he
soles were penetrated in dozen places
to The bone. In this condition he was
forced 10 dance before Lozada, and when
he tagged, his tormentor would urge him
on by pricking him with sharp sword.
Then he hung him up by the feet until he
was dead, after which the body was hewn
to pieces and thrown to the dogs.
Riding away from the scene of his cru
city, he called at the house Of a widow
woman, and because she shut the door
when he brandished his bloody sword, he
burst in'o the house and run her through
The body. His next act Of ferocity was
committed at the farm called "Magaras,'
when he burned down the houses, killed
eleven persons, and violated three girls,
one ofrhem the daughter of the overseer.
This last named person was called out
and made 10 deliver all the valuables about
the place, which he was told TO carry 10
HE edge Of The wood. This done Lozada
actually had the poor fellow seized, and
lhep sCarrifed his feet so that he could
not walk. The ranch belonged to the
brother Of Don Carlos Rivas, who is now
Lozada's military chief. His band aug
mented 10 eighty men, attacked the viii
lage of Santiago, which contained three
thousand Inhabitants. when lie surprised
The town, the people fled, with the excep-
ton Of few men who made stand in
strongly built house, and who al last sue
geeded in driving all the robbers out.
The whole district of Topic became
alarmed and the terror was not decreased
when few days after he attacked the vii
lsge Of Rosa Morada on The borders Of the
Stale of Jahsco, when he barned all the
houses, and did not cease to destroy the
people until all were fled to the mountain.
Gen. Blanco was at that time Governor
of SenalOa, but lie made no movement to
arrest the bandits. San Bias was twice
visited BY the robber, and the inhabitants
only saved themselves by flight to the
shipping in the harbOE At last The pIb
lie appeal for safety reached GUadalajara,
and column of 800 men was sent to put
an end 10 the confusion and robbery.
Col. Lleras, its commander, attacked The
mountain stronghold of Lozads, and coun-
ted himself victorious because he took
eleven CT the robbers prisoners. Lozada
fed, but Immediately after he recruited
his force up 10 one hundred and fifty men.
and threatened Topic with its twelve
thousand souls.
The alarm spread in every direction.
All classes took up arms, and force Of
TWO thousand men took the field They
had no flag, for at that time the Republic
was struggling between the Church and
the Liberals, and Comonfort had just run
away, Jslisco pronounced in favor Of Jua-
req, and Topic, in its extremity of danger
from The thieves, unfuIled The Liberal ban
ner. Lozada, almost caught in the tolls,
retrea,ed, joined the Conservatives, hung
nu, the flag Of the Church, and thus be-
came suldier Of the nation. He is
known as ''The Tiger Of Alica," and his
has not improved since he nat
lralized himself. He is now chief Of
police in the capital, under tie command
Of Gen. Lauarde. II