Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-19

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 'o' LOPEZ AND HIS SUBJECTS. zis toTodt 0s Au8 tfa------- '9re rs4i 1 George Thompson, an English civil en
 gineer, directed the engineering operations
 of Lopez, Dictator of Paraguay, during s
 part of the war against Brazilr eHe lhal tiately retdrnedDto Enrope,o and, has pub
 1isbed, 2 book in which he gives 8 curious
 account of Lopez and Of the Paraguayans
 over whom this monster rules. Eah --.
 AhOf Lopez we are told that he is brutal,
 hahghty, cruel and cowardly. He is forty.
 five years of age, of short stature. vain and
 fond of dress; was good rider till he be-
 came stout and indolent; isvery fond of his
 children by Mrs. Lynch, ''but none of his
 other ones, of whom, he has a ,number;''
 and has no friend alive, having shot all
 who in his earlier life were his2 compan tons. sE sd! a9dg b<soela -aoo
 He eats enormonsly, is 2 great smoker,
 and is an excellent judge of ciaret, oi
 which he keeps very fine quality for ' ilik
 own use; but 2 Mr. Thompson reports,
 ssrves his guestseand even Mrs, Lynch, with a, poorer quality. He speaks French, but prefers Guarani, the language of the Parags1aaaty7an I6dfals; spendsia good deaFoi
 time id ehecqasr playing, 1placesapo valhe on human life; hes, caused nearly g, .thous- and persons to be tortured to death; is in l. solent to all under his commaad; and is 50 arrant coward that in the Held he depriv- ed his guard of their splendid peace 3pni- form, discarded his own fsvorite scarlet poncho, and wtofs lis saddle cloth "turned wir0nl ids Tdto for fear 'ths snsmya pdiekt make him atspsoial mark. odi yd ha !sNiis,
 He is artful, has 2. smooth tongue, and the wit to cause his subordinates, by se- aee careet orders, 4o edo 'th6ssa acts Which he knowsto be- disgusting 'toshis1 people. He appears to sextrapFdinarilys suspicious of foreigners. An American named Maniovs who came into his lines in August, 1866, to offer him three vessels as privateers to prey upon Brazilian commerce, was, arrested, and after a long time shot as Q conspirator. A dieting gaished Prussian offic sr, Major Won |Versen. sent over by his government in Jaly 1861; to. observe the war, on the Par |aguayan side,; was treated as g. spy-al- though Lopez possessed all his papers; and
 was necessarily satisfied of his mission; he
 was putin the chain gang and escaped on- ly9 after much suffering,
 Lopez has. MT. Thompson asssrts. 6aus- i ed his own sisters to be H0gged by soldiers, and nearly starved to death; he ordered not fo1iy fugitiyes after q lost battle, but all prisoners, and those of his own soldiers too weary to keep up on 8 march, to be shot by dozens and fifties. In short he seems to be a monster ,t unscrupulons. reckless, greedy and selfish to the, last degree. This l ls the person whom some American jour nals have praised as the brave head of l . repAbiic.o1 b1Awqn gciios9z asbig
 EIqAs to the epeeple whom this rohber ruled | and who Mir. Thompson thinks are nearly exterminated, obedience of the most abjeci kind seems to have been their most prom. tnsnt qualities Lopez they called ,c1tfd lqu0ese--the big gentleman; or taitG gudsse the big father. Whatever he did or or iered at6 be HoHS was right fne e4assl eyes aoi this sabjsctss aIA xidelyfdidased land yigi hntly maintained system of spying kept the Dictator informed of any fdkewafm ad.
 mirers he might hatttee, and 4ack 6E zeal'aas fpanishs iawith death6 Hhe asoldiers5 lived lonxheefyirpne bullock to eighty men each day: the lack of salt caused great suffering and mortality tiuring the va. The uni I form was white shirt, iscxrist b2ouse, belt inhite trowsers,e and, no shoes Plugging ,was 60. constant thatra stick was the chiei arm of a corporal A hParagnayan never
 com pfained of injdstieeoi Thhe Mns- whip. Epedfby Iepa9 he said enly. "Il imY fathsra did not fog me who wouldY 4 lPsrsguayan soldier carried in h1s hat hil
 comb, paper money, cigars. matches, QnHe fs1ls and thfesd, bottoms tsnilr chewing to
 bacoo! sAnylone in, military costume was the. superior of every civilian; even the Judges had to take off then hats to ;anoer' fSi0n, i9osIa5g 10 529Ea1asGUg adt havarr,
 Ls1ErsqLynch, theF notorious mistress ,ol tLopez appsass to be an able, woman, sec Ionding al his moyements,. and acting as fthe originator of pubGc opinion; invent ling devices byEwhich, Lopezdwss able te
 roh the Parsgpayan ladies first of theil
 husbands, money, then of their own jew Eels, by way 1f s'patrioticp contributions:
 which no one dared xdfnses when, Mrs ynchtsuggested them She aeyen began
 movement to impress the women into | the ,r army, and in fact caused then I to serve as ainbulancsi xnd hospital cpEps
 whilea few actually took up arms. as, ao
 Mr. Ihompson says that after the las
 great battle Lopez lied with no mofe thaa [a hundred men. He could theh have. bees easily oapturedI but Mf. Hhotnpson think I the Bnzilisnrgeuerals are making rmopel out of the vaB and mean to- continue it and the Brazilian govetnment desires tt 'Iexterminate the Parsgdsyansa g. nation land will give Lopez time to gsther, ;agair land again, a fresh force knowing that h' can never become tormidable to them, ant I wishing each time to kill as many of hi
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