The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-12-20

IN the northwest. | shall have to repeat
here to some of the readers Of the Satur-
day Evening Post, that in the southern
hemisphere the sun goes round by the
north to his setting.
The track of the tornado was from
southwest to northeast, not more than II
third of mile in width. Luckily it
spared Don paschars orangcry, vineyard,
ard peach orchards, but ii fell full upon
the Joul, destroying nearly every one Of
the young colts and calves, and great
many OF the weaker cattle that could not
crowd into the 'heltcr Of the walls. They
were actually beaten to death by the sin.
gular water pellets. Sometimes these
Grains of Terror 10 immense damage
to herds, and vineyards, and growing
crops
In Paraguay, as in the United States,
there are several grades of courts OF JUS
tice, from any one OF which II party may
appeal to the Dictator himself, whe sits
one day in every week to hear cases and
mctc ont justice. so wise and just are
the decisions Of Don Jose Lopez, that the
Paraguayans look upon him and revere
! him as another solomon We were af
iordcd Sc, ,cral cpportuniti,s Of witnessing
his manner Of his pensing justice, and |
am OF the opinion that his legal acumcn
and discrimination as Il judge in equity,
| placed him as "A .jurist no whit below the
! ablcst men Of our own country OF Eu-
rope
They tell in ASSUMPTION of an instance
of the Dic;ator's justice, that whether
true of him or not, would certainly not
he misplaced under his paternity.
y young cavalliero, whose character
had always been eproachabIe, was
brought before the falrguayan President
accused 10y Il young woman, whose char
actcr was equally unspottcd, OF an as
sault and outrage that in Paraguay is
punishable with death. Having heard
the donna's positive testimony, and listen
ed to the young mans pr3testations Of
innocence, to tne utter aston-hment Of
everybody, the Dictator condemned the
cavallero to pay the womun three thous-
and pesos in gold. and to pay it to her, too,
there in his presence.
The money WAS sent for, paid over, the
woman went her way, and the cavalliero
was about to 80 his, when the judge
said:
''Stop. Now sir, follow that woman.
take the money away from her, and
bring it to me
The young man went ont TO do the
Dictalors bidding, and in half an hour
returned with one eye blackened. his nose
bleeding, and his face Scared and
scratched as though a mad cat had been
digging at it-but he bad not brought
back the money.
"Did you take the money from the
woman,' demanded the Dictator.
NO senior Na0 po>s'5d. Your EX-
ccllcncy, she is Il cat, Il hger, FL DAvo!
Look, Senor, ,he has done this.
The Dictator dispatched Il guard. and
directly the woman was brought in.
did you do this ~ asked President
Lopez, pointing to the young mans bleed
ing, di,ligured face.
Isl, Senor," replied the woman, "hc
was going to rob me.
"Ah, rob indeed You wanton. you
baggage, you wicked liar Hoj. Hum.
Yes, YOU wretch, if you had defended
your honor rs you have your money, we
might believe you, Put down the gold
and begone, and take care that do not
see you again Shame on you Tor iy-
ing, bad woman"
Grimes Of a iagrant nature, as have
already somewhere observed, are OF very
rare occurrence in Paraguay, but for sew
eral months previous 10 our arrival in
! Assumption. there had been frequent
murders and rubberics committed by an
outlaw dc,perado, named Jose Pinto Bra
"a, who had thus far, and Tor two weeks
after our arrival, eluded the umos: Wig
lance OF the authorities.
At length Lopez, out of all patience,
/ offered IA reward ai' two thousand dollars
to whoever should kill or capture the ras.
cal. In an hour the hunt was up, and
/ in two the miscreant was driven from
cover into the street. Three times in
the space Of an hour, in his windngS and
duublings with two thousand human
bloodhounds on his trail, the fugitive
passed so near our party that any one of
us could have brought him down with our
revolvers. But we were no bloudhuundS,
and then the hunt was no business Of