The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-09
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THE PARAGUAY CAPEEVE9.
4 Letters from Porter c. bliss.
| The. Fredonia IN. W Censor, pub,
4 fishes two letters from Mr.. Porter O
Bliss, one of the American, prisoners
now held by Lopez, In Paraguay
These letters are dated &t AscuncIon,
September and 10, and are addressed
to the parents of Mr. Bliss. he says;
Il The greater. part of the for
VI eign residents In Paraguay are charged
with having formed a conspiracy
against the Government. and even
against the life of President Lopez, and
were arrested on or about July i3, since
which time their trial has been going
on but as the proceedings are secret
land no scomnu nication with any OF
them allowed. the result is not yet
Known. ~ At oEhe same time al
most all the members of the Gov
ernmett were Imprisoned on a like
charge, and many, perhaps all, ofthem
paid the penalty with their lives during
the dEstweek of August, Great efforts
have been made by the Government TO
implioate Hashburn in the alleged
i plot, by means of false testimony, said
TO haye been deposea by the principal
/ personages accused, and 1 myself,
/ though almemter of the, An1ericansIie
CATION, in which I am translator, have
been, along with the physician TO the
| legation, an English gentleman named
| Mastermany charged with what the Par
Iaguayan tribunal calls high treason.
| We have been six or seven times i'm
peratively demanded for trial by this
Government, and as Mr.. Washburn has
constantly asserted the utdonbted
rights and immunities of Legation in
our favor, they have threatened more
than month since to take US by force.
. Mr.Waahburn will embark
this afternoon upon a Paraguay steam
er,to proceed down the river TO meet
the Wasp, and Immediately after Mr..
Mastermen and myself will be seized,
and shall sleep tonight in prison. 1t is
unnecessary for me to say that lam en-
tirely innocent, and that know abso
Ilutely nothing of such plot. False
witness has undoubtedly been pro-
duced against me, and my innocence is
no guaranty against atraitoPs doom. i
will hope for the best, but / am prepRr-
ed for the worst. thank God that /
have had sufficient strength to bear up
under these weeks of agony, and am
assured thatI shall dose until the las,
-and-shoutd II come hat extremity,-I
can, in the words Of Bryant
GSustained and soothed
By an uniAltering trust, approach our grave
Lake one one who wraps me dfaPeryi Of his
About ohim, ana lies down to pleasant
dreama.i'r. u = - zgl 'iszs s4ilatT Y ,
- s'ssWe each of us carry with us
satchel, with a few changes ofslInen, i
some bread 1, some money f0fuour ex-l
penses in prison, and a few other arti-
cIes of first necessity, No cutting in.
struments are allowed consequently
we shallhave to eat with spoOna.d No.
books will probably be permitted
However, we shall each take u pocket
bible at u venture. Our onfihemsnt
Will be solitary, and our rtreHtmenti
none ofHthe best. II don't' say these
thing to dispirtt you, but because they
are true, and will be known sooner or
later and to show you that ! am re-
signed to the worst. Could X get letters
from you, or some news from the out
side world before I am TAKEN i should
feel comparatively happy. At all.
events, I do not propose TO waste my
time Ia useless Iamentatfon, Lbnt to have
a "heRrt for any fate,' All Will be for
the best whatever may happen, and i
have great confidence in the action of
our Government as soon az the case be-
comes known. le-4-ltslz
"In case of being alive, shall hope
for relief from some quarter about jan
luaEy or February. Very likely the war
may be ended by that time, although
the appearances are that President L0-
pez has made up his mind to perish
with the ruins of the nation, and 10
fight mill the last man around him
dies. To day, the 10th of September,
has been day of Ill omen to me before.
Three years ago, and again last year.
on this dale, i had attacks OF cOngeB-
ton OF the brain, resulting from sun
stroke, and which nearly proved fatal
in both instances. But, contrary 10 all
expectations; in both instances i es-
capped with life, which is also good
omen. Not that am superstihons or a
fatalist. 1 only note the condolences.
Now that my uncertainties are over, II
am calm aud almost happy, and, il
need be, can cheerfulIy repeat the
words OF the polish martyr patriot,
+Yes! 1t comes at last, f
And from a troubled cream awakeninS, .
Death will soon be past,
And BRIGHTER worlds around mo breaking