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

countants and ALL save the Chief Of Police. Sanabra,
man emncnly distinguished for his brutality, Benitez
aud the Vice President were the only ones ef there D
side policemen ana soldiers-that there was slooin
over the place, so deep and funeralke that the women
and children scarcely venured out of their hoase 9hG
II they ala, II was with fear as II they had Just lt ~
shock OF an earthquake and were in dread OF another
TYRANNY or LOPEZ. o1,,o
For more than 80 years the country mas t t and
nysius gallery. IL always the policy % IN G
OF Carlos Antonio Lopez that everything Sotd ,vs of
the ear Of III Supreme" But m tnS WIS trpsi com
FranGa the Government mild ana Pl.oI" I nc
pared with what it has been under TINS fr saving
People have been thrown into prison oV uS what
they had heard but also for the crime OF not ISpos
what they had not heard IL - mauc ' and wo 10 him
whose ears are not open to every Word SPOKEN III ITO
e arrest ~ all t,e civil magistrates indicated that II
was NOT tbe foreigners alone that had maze i
obnoxious Lopez But wt ~ %S he least idea The
,,Ublisbed correspOndenCe, hOWeVeI,WIh sHOM ti r
Zen AZ 9ob nf Juy the Government suspected OF
Tt6 ~ suspect n conspiracy, alleging that eA Mills
Ter Rerges was traitor, and was III c0liusoh WIN
te bei sd tbat uder nv official seal had transmitted
tic c6Trespondence TO and fro between the @
must refer you to the published Correspondents
how they undertook to connect me WIN o I'm cante1
platlon. At first IL would seem that tey WeIo 90 I
dent Of duplicating me tn9t Una. eey NV letter of the
nth OF August which showed so many SontliuIeI
lions IN fine declarations that had been made by the hc
cuSed-prObably under tOrurehat they suspended lul
t IT. was not in the nature Of Lopez to show any mag
nonimtv or even Justice by acknowledging he had been
led into error by false deposition. Men VINO KNOW MN
would as soon accuse him Of ordinary courage as OF mag
nanimtv and he accused OF thal except III HIS
own ScBdHdriO, of which he Is virtually INC eusol,
hiring ali fine war IOpez las never exposed himself TO
any personal danger he has never on single occasion
rskcd himself in any battle, and While he was ~ I4sH
Pucu he had an immense cave or rainier Houso, WIN
walls of earth over 20 feet thick from which nc never
veutured for weeks together ana Mt the same lc '1a
his organ was filed od aGaSelm Win accounts VI ,Ho
great Lopez leading with dauntess yalor ms regions 10
cave Sfrad to Venture out lest ball might reach him.
CowARDICE OF LOPEZ.
On one occasion some two years ago when he was ont
with his bishop and his stan, shell struck NJ INSTANCE
of half a mile or more from his Exceleney instantly
the brave Iopez turned and like scared shee; WIN
his stan including the bishop after him. the latter losing
his hat as he fled arghted after ms cei lniS - t1
only instance known Of his ever having Deeh III persona
danger; he has not even the vulgar merit ol Pcisoh"
courage, nor has he any other ss
His rnness carried to Obsnacy, Is the result or per
sona fear Many persons, his own people VINO h n
ESCAPED from ms power. and whose families have been
tortured and otherwise prosecuted 10 deatn haNe ses
messages him threatening 10 Kill MN at slght snou
they meet him; he, therefore, dales hoV toa. VIII
the enemy, for many OF them have sworn 10 pursue
him. the world will not afford him refuge II ne once mas
army between him ana ms enemies; nc hnows 'T i
country TO be lost and ruined; he has no navy anu ~
my opinion not than onefth OF the and forces Oh
The enemy Why the latter do attack him and put an
end TO the war, do not know but they 40 hot 40 o'
Gently said he expected to be compelled to fall back
from the river and then he would retire INTO the noun
taIns driving everybody foreigners and PaIaguayahs
alike before him In that case, at the rate the hnes
have been going for the last two years 1t w be ions
before
his enemies he did when they landed above 'he
Tebicuary, viz: one man TO match the telegraph.
TORTURE. -
II not, however, until August that hcaFu beeiues
the conspiracy against the government that there had
been great robbery OF the public treasury Ofthe par
tcuars OF this robbery could never learn anything,
neither did ever have any knowledge OF the details OF
the plan OF the conspiracy II said IN one OF Benz
tezs letters that Mr. Bliss, member OF my legation hhd
signed paper with others In which they had engaged 70
assassnate President Lopez knew that was false or
AT least had doubt that 10 and dened them 10
produce any such paper, but they never shoWed Iey
never gave clue 10 the manner OF the conspr
acy or how the revolution 20 be effected, ana 40
not believe this day that anything OF the khd was
ever ATTEMPTED. The declarations OF the prisoners prove
nothing except the mercess crueles OF Lopez fO IL Is
known that he freely employs the torture. lie loads MS
prisoners with heavy fetters-sOmetmes two three OF
four pairs and besides ogs them they do not give the
testimony he requires till they die
CONDITION OF PARAGUAY.
The country however, Is entirely denuded OF t maze
population All the blowing planting and sowing is
done by Women must yoke the oxen do the
butcherng and all the other work usually done by men
There are many women also with the army 10 do the Ia
Dor Of and thus relieve the troops but none De
lieve, are forced to bear arms. -,
With the hope that the war would end shoruy re
NAMED "a year longer than intended. very much against
my interest and suffering great discomfort believed
that at the final catastrophe could be OF great service
especially to the foreigners and had Asuneon been
taken I'm February when the roncads went there AS
we then expected IL would be- should doubtless have
been able the lives OF many who now VIII never
see their native land again But when all OF them had
been killed made prisoners and nODOdy-natlVe or
Aforementioned my house, and was utterly
Dowerless to do a for anybody thought IL time
TO obey orders OF Government and return TO the
United States Very respectfully your oDedent servant
CHARLES A. WAsHBURS