, 1866-11-09
PARAGUAY.
Wonderful Resisting Power of the
Little State.
Tho Curious Deapotis1n Of Dictator
Frnntln still E1iaxln4-Progrcsx.o or
no Progress, Of the War.

Tho Curious Deapotism OF Dictator |
Frnntla still E1IaHin4-Progrcsx. or |
no Progress, Of the War.
fCo.1cjpondenec Of the New York Wor|d1 |
Bursos A1Ens. septembe. Il.
The marvel of this nge Is the pcrtiuacItY
with which the plucky little Repubuc Of
Paraguay withstards the force BY land aud |
sea Of three powers whose territory covers
about rs much Of the surface of the earth as
does all Europe. Braztl, by army and navy
the Argentine Republic, with a levy for
troops, and Uruguay, with every soldier she
has, are combined to overthrow Lopez, the
President OF Paraguay. The effort has taxed
the encrnics Of those nations for more than
year. Immense treasures have been expend-
ed, md in the fifteen active months, over
eighty thousand men have been under arms,
and small navy Of iron. clads has been used
All the world knows that NC hayc been
accustomed to maize light Of Paraguay. No
one expected Paraguayan to fight. He
lives in idlcuess, or works for the Govern
ulent; and 4 cup Of native tea aud an or
angc, with round Of roast bcef, will be for
/ him p1incely fare. The sea lie will dry him
self, The orange is wild. md, after the hide Is
| taken for commerce, the beef is reckoned In
the way. 4 tent Of rushes or of rude sticks
| will be an ample house for him, and as for
schools, elections, post-oillces, these are In
| povatIons that do not Gnd adAcrcnts among
| the masses at all.
| sAmong such an inert people one wonld
4 suppose the President to rule US kind Of
slowly ditfusing, but an all.powcrfuf law.
the atrocities imposed BY tyranny. They
have so often done and thought wrong, and
so often been awiully punished for il, that
The President is the hardest working man
In the Republic. There Is no law but his
will. The executive power ahsorbs all the
departments, SO there Is not bill to be
paid, nor q letter TO be answered. that does
law Of tho land. No native can leave the
country without his permission nor can q
foreigner settle there without his special
cnnschs. Ore attempting to outwit him in
this would suffer surely for 1t. No one can
lt,r months, and then obtain an unlayorablc
answer. No native can give a party at his
house without obtainEug permission. Every
fact, great and small, Is reported to him,
| No editors ennctuln was ever SO finely
posted In local events, as Is the President o.
Nearly all tho fine farms In the country be
louy to the State, that Is, to the President
!: and nearly all the houses or tue capital pay
rent directly to him. So is hts hand upoI
all things. It Is IL hand Of power, and, lik,
gravitation, presses equally upon all places
! ! The Congress assemblies once In every llv,
! years, and Is allowed to remain in sessiot
live days, to cxatDinc and pass upon I'LL tn
$ acts OF The preceding i've years, to deere
laws, and order disbursements Every propn
sition ever presented by the President la
passed unanimously.
These pecu'iaritlcs lave remained un
changed since the days OF Francia, an
q Through tho life of the second President {:
: tdictatvr), Carlos Lopez. This official die
! September 10, 1Stls. How did his son be
}" coine President. Thus:
l. The old man Induced Congress to altes II
{; Constitution so that man uiay tc elgibl
/. to the Presidency at thirty three instead {
i for:y.flvc. They then passed bill allowin
y him IL appoint, by Will, one who shout
! serve Nltcr him until Congress should
+ called to elect legally. This Was done. I
d his will he appointed his son, Francisco s.
i | lano. He took the rcins Of government, III
q pointed his own brother Com Chi
) The army, and one Of his 1'ncles at til
4 head Of the priesthood would keep ull thin.
c in order. The embryo Dictator then col
/. ycrlcd Congress, in which hc presided. au
!; vas unanimously elected President for
e The young man Is much better educate
than was Lis father. lie speaks three la
If guaecs, has travelled extensively iu3Eurol
II as Envoy Extraordinary from his father
re- Office, he has kept the mines, arsenal
d foundries aud ship-yards filled with Eur
r. ropcan mechanics. European officers are /
re structors IN the army, and navy. and hu
ns dreds Of young men have been trained
& hospitals for practical surgery in case
y. men have always been kept at the b.
H. schools III France In order TO become pl
ne siciaMs, engineers, and nlrchauics Of eve
d. kind needed for tic army and navy:
every soldier Is Il labozer on the public worl
and he receives no pay and no uourishmcl
~ Hence no priyatc person can enter into co
r. pet tion with the cGuvernmcnt manufactori
as 13y such Eelp the State farms are made Il
of houses built for his Excellcncy. They a
RI make and repair roads, build churches,
ia, trcsses and arsenals; they also carry mai
les cultivate the State lands, and, In ffne, do,
IN paid, all the work that The supreme will
In Iects. There is abundance Of timber q
10 iron, copper, lead and silver, and native c
.cs ton for al domestic purposes.
When in 1sta, Brazil aided General Flo
lar In bis rebellion in Uruguay, Lopez scu
,ur messenger to say that he would not peri
nd it, But Biazil proceeded, and carried Flol
rebellion to successful revolution,
~, Lopez sent an army to take Matto Crosse
au rich Brazilian province. This he still kec
~ When the Argentine Republic refused to E
or, permission to cross her territory to inv
lhc Brazil, hc began acts ol hostility against
lrn ct once, without notice or declaration Of y
au. With varied fortunes he has carried on
.uh war, first invading this Republic, and II
pd- Brazil, and aftcrWard he retired among
: n own junElcs and swamps, and Us soon Us
hat | Invading army was across the river he
Il set down bcfs,rc them, nos 9, 900 yards dlsts
rit. aud there he has remained for these
ted months.
Fort Hu1naita was for years Lis faith
lar pride. II Is SIX leagues above the contlut
iuy. ol the Paraguay mud the Parana rivers.
His nj bend Of the river, whcE. the ehann,
Of very narrow, aud near the fort. Along
,ice bank for / 800 yards the fort extends, aud
re- pieces Of cannon eau play at once on {
bus | thing attempting to pass. Below there
war heavy sunken stone feet, opposite there
,ate two heavy chains across the river. At
his two 1earucs below this Is Fort Curnp
lust With few guns, but with three lines OF
,tcd fences landwnrds, and a snnkcn ;
il in In the channel. The allies ent
the Paraguay nt Fort 1tapirn, VI
cfhcr they took and now hold, and in
life same position taken up four months ago
ub- cIal severe engagements hare occur
Elm. every movement has occurred, except
lded progress and retreat. There is reason tt
ene5 licvc that the Parngnnyans are unanimo1
this war. There Is no turning against
o1so iron rule. So stcadGlst arc they we
NV. eo;-..s rrason to belieye any dcscrters col
p'' over to be spies. Military rigor is not
tate new 10 them. No fields of inneirs lie v
allea IN their absence, no INVASION can Huch
.rter age their possessions. Hence they cor
tu1c gnte in armies without objection, and,
|, IN. Tending their land and stupidity fgno
}. ut | tllcy dare my danger, and the soldtc
irect their own accord seldom, il ever, snrrc'
arnt
hose GEORGIA.,