New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-17


done to was thug. We then supposed the Io4caos
week aud month after month, and we could learn noth
lng OF what was going ON az the seat or war. .
Surprising that Lopez shut up IN his lnifenc Wtnt5
around uluaita and that would be impossible toi hn
To escape with any considerable portion of his army We
Thought the duration Of the war was only question OF
time "A few days more or less Thus Things RENAMED
with until ON the lst Of April we learned Tor thG 1rS
time that Lopez had abandoned PasO Pucu. and had
reached and passed the Tobucar with the larger part OF
his army Thus the end OF the war seemed 10 be mceh
ritely postponed Our situation in Asuncion was eX
tremey dsarceahle, as was impossible to obtain many
Things elsewhere regarded as ncceSsaries of life.
The town completely deserted save only that
more less people suffered 10 come in occasionally
they were unable 10 do Some incidents occurred 10
show that the Government rather Lopez for Lopez is
the GOveihuet uu NOT approve vi my hSeplis 50 many
people at my legation and therefore all who had not
been recognized ms belonging to 1t thought prudent not
10 into the streets But, considering the circum
stances passed the time more pleasantly than could
agreeable and intelligent gentlemen, and Mr. Bliss was
encyclopedia OF knowledge ON almost every subject
Our PaGuayan servant was enabled to obtain for us all
the beet mandOca, maize, chickens and eggs we re.
qured, and sometimes duck or turkey; the cana OF
the country could De obtained at double the price OF Mar
tells best brandy. But the gloom seemed TO be darken
ing every day over the country; scarcely ever ana
come TO my house to carry away anything depoSe9
there, but he had TO tell Of other foreigners arrested anu
taken in letters to The Presidents headquarters at oan
Fernando. What it all meant 10 could dNlhe' 'nolo
was terrible NY stery about 1t.
ARRIVAL OF THE UNITED STATES STEAMER W. sdp;;od
At leugth however about the LIST OF May; i IoOci'uu
notice the United states steamer wasp hau come up
far Curupait 10 take me away ana Wa tIolo az,
not wish me TO leave Paraguay that he like everybody
else was very anxious for me to remain The foreigners
~ an n"tio Vers esneciay DESTROYS that should wait
to the end of the war and many OF Tue pellor C'aoS
Iaraguayaus-those having most to loSe-were exceed
ngly importuuate that should stay TO give them tne
protection of my flag at the last % [9H1 ,
told them ali that would not abandon them that
would endure prvatODs and loss 10 give tnen any pro
lection i'm my power and that If successor ana not come
10 take ny place imperative orders from my Govern
knew also or at least had no doubt, that had pro-
posed TO 20 away and had asked Lopez for means OF con
Vyance 10 pass through the Allied lines TO embark on
the Wasp, he would not have granted my request;
therefore, wrote to the commander OF the wasp hai II ne
did not above the squadron my family could not
get on board OF his steamer ana therefore Hseq nun
In et nv Sife and child out OF the country and if the
Wasp was above the military lines could go or not
with without the permission or favor OF His Exceeney
Marshal Lopez IT, the arrival Of the steamer 1t should
appear to be my duty 10 do SO was disposed however
to remain, knew that If left should carry with me
the last hope Of hundreds thousands They all seemed
10 think that in any contingency my mouse anu pelSoh
"V"'U - STERv1Ew WITH LOPEZ.
did not fully share this opinion, but nevertheless
thought could get my family away SO much would De
gained and then il would be my duty to remain Win
TINS view went down to San Fernando to see President
Lopez and confer with him in regard to the passage OF
the Wasp above the Brazilian squadron found him re-
should through, and before leaving TO return to
Ascuncion he promised to forward my letter TO Oapt
Kirkland by flag of truce, and gave me letters TO ncose
tSe WASH to pass without moestatlon In my
tons with Lopez he expressed great dissatisfaction that
had admitted SO many persons INTO my mousse: 49,,
NV communication 10 Capt Kirkland being dispatched,
returned 70 Asuncon, The Wasp, however did not at
that above the squadron, and we were then all
To our rescue ere 1t late The arrests Of foreign
ers continued for what object for what ofense no
one could imagine The few people l saw were more
frightened and shy than ever
THE PORTUGUEsE CONSUL ASKING PROTECTION.
Nothing however, of Importance occurred TIL on the
10th of June surprised by the appearance OF the
acting Portuguese Consul jose Maria Lec Perera, and
his wife who came TO ask the protection OF my house
and flag OF the events that followed TINS refer you LOT
information to the correspondence already published
First the Government desired to know the said Lee
lint Government
the persons in legation, and that 1t knew or
suspected any obnoxious person to be within it, specific
allegation Of ms ofense be made before should
be under Obligations to send him away ,,,-.
two weeks passed after the nrst call for him was
made before II was repeated and IN the meanwhle We
Tested His whole oense so far as then knew or know
now was the crime which, among civilized men, would
his own money and all he could borrow TO relieve the
prisoners who fell into the hands of Lopez relying on
the war On the morning Of his coming to my house
would longer be respected and he had previ-
Ousy been cautioned that Lopez was badly affected to-
but prelude Imprisonment, irons and starvation.
He therefore fled with his wife the United Lega-
tiOn hoping 10 find shelter and protection 1t
corded hun without hesitation though regarded by me
as unwise and mprudent step on his part.
DISMISSAL OF THE REFUGEES DEMANDED.
On the nth Of July, however, the dream OF security
Was deed oy the TeeePt OF inc letter IRON te AGIS
which the Government demanded the dismissal on the
else in my house that did not belong 10 the Legation
Perera and the English left accordingly. though told
them all that did send them away, and that II they
remain they might do So aud would never de-
liver up one OF them Hnu some specific crime was
alleged against them" They all thought, however, IL
was for them 90, and the English requested me to
go and Colonel Fernandez, the military commander
at Ascuncion, the men offering TO resume work IN the
arsenal and requesting 70 be advised OF the points to
which the women and children would be sent
DEPARTURE REFUGEES
The house surrounded by as many as forty Police
men, and the English were afraid OF being taken imme-
diatey prison Fernandez, however pledged me ms
Of honor that they should not be molesed by the
Police. but should be well treated, and said the men
would be again taken into the service on condition OF
making contracts. The men had made the oher
only because they thought 1t would be better TO go 10
ton in the and directed TO the railway
station where they most mseraby provided for.
notwithstanding that Fernandez had pledged his word OF
honor that they should be well treated They remained
peared and know not what has become OF them. I
have heard that the women and children were sent TO
village about four leagues from Asuncion called st. Lo
renzO and that the had like most OF the other for
eigners in Paraguay been taken IN irons TO the army
THE PORTUGUESE CONSUL AND THE ENGLISH
Lete Perera left about 10 p m Of the same day and
arrested he got IN the street OF his subse
quent fate know nothing on the same day wrote
letter 10 Bentez advising him that the Portuguese Consul
and the English had left voluntarily but as no charge
lad been made against Carreras Orak0drguez and they
preferred to stay in the Legation and as such was also
my wish, presumed no objection would DC mace 10 ~
by sunrise, however, the next morning, received
another letter still more urgent, demanding that they
should leave my house by O'Clock OF that DAY sun no
specific charge made against them. and tod
them THAT they might 60 or stay , ss they 9sy
protection OF my house and flag until they we're
taken by force till direct crime was aid 10 their
charge They both said would promise 10 remain I'LL
the end OF they would not deliver themselves up
impossible for any specific charge TO De brought
against them and they did not believe That Lopez would
take them out OF the Legation by force But
could not promise TO remain 10 the end OF the war and
they therefore sad it better that they should go at
than TO enrage Lopez by remaining, when al last
they would probably fan into his mercess clutches
They accordingly left at u OF the 18th OF July, but not
till had shown them my letter OF the same date to
Bentez in which gave my reasons for believing that
theGOverDment could have nothing serious against them,
and that in regard to Rodriguez even II had they had