The New York herald., 1868-04-21

the works Immediately after, gives the garrison at
500 men, and 124 Killed. Another statement made,
the Official bulletin OF the Marquis Is an outrageous
assault upon the creduty OF the folks at home, for
the Marquis was no nearer than nine miles OF during
the time the assault was made, and that although
1900 men were employed the assailants were
beaten with loss Of 1000 killed and
doubt the entire reliability OF an ofcial military des-
patch military honor isof that unsued purity that,
IKE Cesars wife, 1t must not even be suspected.
consequently the Paraguayan lost 600 killed on this
occasion; indeed, by the ofcal dispatches in other
battles with the allies their dead Invariably reached
have reckoned up that according to the dispatches
OF the allied generals they have counted and buried
over one hundred thousand Paraguayans. Now,
portion OF killed to wounded was accustomed to be
one TO four consequently 100000 Paraguayans
Sickness three to one OF WOUNDS snd s aaa1 ratio ought
to be higher In the pest hole where the fighting has
been done, in Paraguay, with cholera to boot. SO
bad number for nation OF sol, 900 souls. No won
der some people call 1t o manly nation! The Bra
lillian army thinks y must have Killed the Paraguay
men to hight is, that the Paragaayan priests
s disrsSroush to % s the Killed assn
Asuncion But military dispatches, like military
snss are a er TO me-
would like to see that Edipus of the military sphinx.
What may have been the object OF the assault on
Marquis OF Caxas claims great credit for the affair."
and says its capture was an rretrevabe loss Lopez
but on the other hand he abandoned it at the double
quick soon after. II he could have held it he would
have completely insulated the work higher up the
river, called Laurees, and he would have shortened
ful q position in quick hastep That's the mystery
Most think he was afraid OF odous comparisons and
fought H @ sG oM % followers I'VE or uni
teies OF Humaia by the Brazilian r0nclads is Of real
and great Importance. The allied armies surrounded
ans only the road which they had made
through the uncertain ground lor water Of
,c, the ohaSS on tine opposite side through @
above the brazilian post at Tay north OF the fortress
and on the river above The six gunbOats with Ordi-
bic remaining communication with the rest OF Para
quay, and the garrison Of Humata must starve in
time or sally out and beat treble their strength
trenched.
But some correspondents from the seat of war
assert positively that Lopez had already left Humaa
to organize the defence upon an inner line, that of
the deep river Tebicuary, which flows into the Para
quay some forty miles above Humaita. The position
Is naturally strong one and defends all that is
works are already raised to guard its passage
and, although the Marquis de Caxias has pompOnsly
leading 10 900 men himself northward to Asuncion,
few will be surprised If the defence of the Tebicuary
be alone sufficient to cut short the triumphal military
which their iron-cad gunb0ats give the allies will,
in time, break down all deienCes which these can
attack; but such Is the veneration for their ruler,
to which the Jesuit civizers trained in former
times the Indian tribes which form now
the the sparaguayan nation, shat 50 long as
long will the Paraguayan war continue, hopelessy
for the Paraguayans 1t will be doubt, but terribly
eXhaustlng to the nations allied against them. One
cannot but admire their persistent bravery and the
exceeding sacrifices which so small people makes
to battle against nations numbering twenty times lis
wholly with the allied Powers, who are lighting in
the stItctest sedefence against aggressions OF the
triumph Of civilization commerce and the rights of
men TO freedom.
Up to the present no intelligence has come from
the vessels which started up the Paraguay with
rowing commission to burn, sink and destroy Be-
sides the two small steamboats, which the Paraguay
have five or six above, which the Brazilian gun
boats will try to catch. If they succeed the Pa
ragaayan ga garrsons holding points along the
must leave in haste, and then the four thou
sand troops in the capital OF the province,
and their notila of steamers and other craft,
Will be let out OF jail to take some active part in
fastening the end. But so great service
Sesse All er sSpp pe d sso el sse
and other necessaries have to be brought overland
to them some thirty miles over bad road and the
few men they can bear in them could do little in
cutting WOOD where ambushes and surprises are to
be looked for at every spot. The capture. Of
Lutte necessity OF the war, but who will venture
to predict the day or month when 1t will
IaI, Wnefe tue DeSlegng general IcarS 10 DeSleRe
IL actively, and where the bcsieged like the
Paraguayans accustomed to hardshps and scanty
food, and possessed with spirit OF fanatcai endur-
ance, superadded to bravery and determination not
often paralleled In history
The reported deserton OF Asuncion and the river
towns has an Ominous look, and shows the Para
guayans mean to ght it out in the interior OF the
country, where the iron-cads cannot reach them. Ii
so, when may the war be finished-in one, two or
three years Quien Sd6e
The Brazilians are jovial and are preparing their
cities for the triumphant peace they expect each day
Possibly their flowers viii wither, their nags fade
and their rockets mould before that day appears.
rebellion broke out in MOnteyideo on the 10th OF
February, which resulted In the assassination of
President Flores. The blones party, under the lead
OF ex-Presdent Berro, through forged letter, got
Flores and his secretaries, Flangn aud Errscal,
repair in carriage to the government house. On the
way the party was attacked by four men, who killed
the driver and Flores and wounded the remainder.
Flores received eleven sabs and shot The scenes
OF violence that ensued resulted In the death of Berro
and one OF his sons, with large number of their ad
hercnts. All the troops remained faithful. General
Battle succeeds as President.