, 1859-09-21

rio T1rer Pc Of A1iea,s ss
letter from Mexico to the New Orleans
cr<scent says:
Manuel Lozada was bora in the town Of Te-
pic, and carly gaze evidence OF The depEavisy
which has since made him terror. HIS first
act OF: barbasit5, after being expelled from his
native town Tor his manifold villainies, was to
osgehize Il party Of bandits, and at the head Of
t1'rui lie one day captured the Governor Of the
Town. Conveying him TO an ous-oEu,e-way
House, lie ordered him to be thrown down and
bound securely. The taking a knife, he scarf
fed the Governors feet 'uutil the soles were
penetrated in dozen places to the bone In
this condition he Was forced to dance before Lo-
zada, and when be tagged his tormeutor would
urge him on by pricking him with sharp
sword Then they hung hlm up By the feet un-
to pieces and thrown to the dogs.
Hiding away from The scene Of bis cruelty, be
called VI tile house Of a widow woman, and, be-
cause she shut the door when he brandshctI
l.s blodJ sword, be thrust her into the house
and run her through the body. His next act Of
fe1oci.y Was committed At the farm called Ma
garas," when he burned down the houses, killed
eieren persons, md violated three girls. one of
Them the daughter Of the o~erseer. This last
named person Was called out and made to deliy-
er al1 the valuables about tue place, which h.
i. was told to carry 10 the edge OF the wood. This
done, Lozada actually had The poor fellow seized
and then scarided his feet SO that be could not
walk. The ranch belonged to the brother Of
Don Carlos Rivas, who is now Lozaja's military
III r.. His band, augmented to eighty men, at
snckcd The village OF Santiago, whlch contained
three thousand inhabitants; when he surprised
the town, tic Inhabitants fed, with tie exc.p-
ton Of few nen, who made stand in stsous-
IT, built house, and Hlo at last succeeded il driy-
ing all the robbazs out.
The whole district Of Topic became alarmed,
and the terror was not decreased when few
days after he attacked the village Of Rosa No.
~rada, on the bossiers Of the State OF Jalisco.
WHEN he burned all tho houses, aud did not
cease to destroy the people until all we're fed
to the mountains. Geu. Banco was at shat
time Governor Of Sinsloa, but be made no move.
mrnt ty arrest the bandits. Ssn Bias was twice
visited by the robbers. and the inhabitants only
sased themselves By fight to the shipping III
the ber. AZ last the public appeal for safety
reached Guads'ajara, and column of 800 men
WAS sent to put HI end TO The confusion aud
robbery. Col. LleTas, its commander, attacked
the mountain stronghold of Lozada, and count
cd himself victorious because he took eleven Of
the robbers prisoners. Lozada fled, but imtne.
diately after be recruited bis force mp 10 ono
hundred aud fifty men, aud threatened Topic
with its twelve thousand souls.
The alarm spread in every direction. All
classes took up arms, and force Of two thou
sand men took the field. They had no flag, for
ut that time tue republic was struggling between
the church and the liberals, and Con,moufort
had just run avay. Jalisco pronounced in fa-
yor Of Juarez, aud Topic, in its extremity Of
danger from the thieves, unfurled the liberal
banner. Lozada, almost caught in the tails, re-
treated joined the conservatives, hung out the
aag Ut tile church. aud thus became 9 soldier
Of the nation. lie lis known as 'The Tiger Of
Alica,' and his reputation has not improved
since lie natoralized himself lie is now chief
Of police in The capital, under the command of
Gen Iegrndo.