The New York herald., 1869-01-19

enemy and h0spitablo friend. Tho Beacon was to
have brought down large number Of discontented
Englishmen and their families. BY some means or
other there was an appearance OF Indifference to
Beacon ana assured the captain that all Engshmen in
Paraguay were safe and happy, and Is they were re-
ceiving good wages paid monthly in gold they were
unwilling to leave. A few came, one man believe.
and 80 me women with their children but they and
the captain were under parole not TO communicate
with the shore here or at Montevideo, 80 that we
one interesting fact brought down by the Beacon
They are said to be In the employment Of the gov
ernment and are 80 well paid and 80 cOntented that
come away. II may be true that they are living and
It may be true that they are In the service OF the
government, bat It Is not true that Paraguay Is
paradise nor that Lopez Is an angel. From various
parties In Paraguay know that there are some liv
ing and some now dead who longed and pined TO
guarded that they seldom had opportunity 70 say it.
Men nave been harnssed aud aggravated until ex-
At the same time the noble stand taken by Lopez
against the dominance OF Brazil over the weaker
republics Of the Plate must yet receive the commen.
datlon Of the world. And the perseverance and
pluck OF the Paraguayan soldier open new
chapter OF South American history. Paraguay,
resisting inch BY inch the invasion OF three allied
nations whose aggregate Is greater than Europe
ana whose money for the war IS counted BY hundreds
OF millions. Lopezs laws may be written on leather
ana the panal00ns OF his officers may be cut out OF
SCREENED nides and the fare OF the army reduced to
as distinctly declared Dy them as when they reve
led IN abundance and victory.
forget that he is exclusive, ahtlforegn, bloodily
cruel to those In his power and vndictlve to his
enemies, , while we remember that ne risked his
existence and his country to prevent the absorption
OF republic by the only South American emDre,
and that he alone In South America sends large
numbers OF youth to European military and naval
schools, and that he infuses such heroism among
tne people that the women will fight for him and the
al ne sSry yn S s e ,0r wora may see in
Lopez and admire, no one must expect. should
Lopez succeed, that Paraguay viii in his lifetime be
Dictator, or In those Of Francia, che tyrant. The
policy OF Paraguay has not changed nor will Lopez
ever OF his own accord change it.
Two Englishmen are now engaged as Owl en-
glneers making military map Of Paraguay and con-
ructing defences In all directions towards the inte
tatue are put in state or defence. Lopez has re-
solved that II the allies take him they must go good
that Lopez has fortified the capital and win make
stand there, but his main hopes OF defence depend
on those places further inland where monitors cam
not come and where the invaders must 20 back to
the old style OF heavy guns, long lances and car
bnes. with the disadvantages q being far from
home with their front facing fortifcat0ns and Their
line winding through unfamiliar marshes. Besides
the present fore OF the allies entirely inadequate
Is Indispensable; some estimate this arm needing
q reinforcement Of twenty thousand In order to do
anything away from the river 49,,
lister, leaves with tive war steamers for Paraguay
He viii demand the surrender OF Mcssrs Porter @.
This looks well and it Is said that Lopez has already
resolved to surrender them soon as asked. l
expeiiton. ana hope the honor or the Dag will be
vindicated In q worthy manner.
We do not really know here whether Marshal
Caxias IL seriously threatening Asuncon or Angosr
tura, as he is playing towards both.
President sarmiento u giving new vgor to the
OF 9oyernment he is felt for good. South America
has never before found such . man In power. Al
ready he 9as won me @ ou an bn or wI @
pubic good.
News from Paraguay-supposcd Intentions
or Lopez 20 Abandon vlilesa-A General
Attack PcudIns-Rumcrcd Mediation Of
che American Minister.
BuESos AYREs, Nov. 27. 1858.
We have news from Paraguay BY the British gun
boat Beacon.
Mr. Bliss has set himself to work to write the life
OF cx.Minister washburn SINCE his arrest. II is
stated that ne viii be quietly given up tho arrival
OF the American nces
The army has not moved since last dates, except
az indicated In the following extracts from letters:-
the Parana, strange to say, az this period Of the
TO the great detrimeDt OF the marine stores.
the position Of the expeditionary force in the
not cut way through the Chaco 1t was thought the
river must be recrossed. Unable 70 cope with the ec
ana yet 70 nGu the t niVsrs q
on tho enemy's rear. Advancing a. far as possible
by the river bank-for the brushwood impeded
small promontory above the hostile position which
frowned over them from the opposite bank. Tne
he passage OF the river had 10 be erected In small
boats. the enemy all the time Keeping up CALLING
fre from the land batteries nae snd,ng ~ w was wen
Effected though stubDornly contested Dy the enemy
during the whole day.
Many must have fallen on both sides, though
neither the exact numbers nor result are vet known
here II is bclieyed that the troopers were driven
back to the river With loss.
The Hccton's war correspondent writes from Pal
Yesterday reconnaissance took place by land and
water both on the Chaco aud on the Paraguay
tura had been evacuated Az halfpast four a. II.
division Of iron-cads including the Herva, Marz do
Barros Colombo Cabral and PLAINLY, under the orders
OF Captain Mamiede, opened 1re on the enomy's
positions, approaching them as near as possible the
PLAINLY going close under the batteries s M lne Para
ment lasted till quarter 10 ten.
AZ the same time the forces In the Chaco advanced
after exploring the ground left 1000 men protected
by the iron-clads moored above Angostura This
force 4 10 he augmented The Marquis de Caxias pro-
ceeded to the spot this morning at six O'Clock and
has not vet returned--two n. N.
Tomorrow Is named for formal reconnaissance
OF the encny's lines. IL may be merely ruse dc
g1ve to induce 10 attack the trenches; II 80 we
shan soon know for the preparations are concluded
and we only wait the word TO charge.
1wenty-fye carts were seen the other day to leave
the Paraguayan lines, and further observation
showed tnat several Of their temporary buildings
posed Lopez intends evacuattng VIleta, aud the
movement which the allies are preparing to make
in hls rear win probably have tue eject OF making
him decide on that course. y.
The French gunboat has len, having been a. nm
fortunate ~ the English. Lopez only gave up the
French subjects he chose keeping the rest land
among them the secretary Of the Lcgationl prison.
ers for completely In the "antinatonal revolution"
French women--one mflllner Aud the other COOK.
ny the River Plato telegraph TO Montevidco We
have one dayfa news from Buen0s Ayres.
The American squadron passed In Paz ana ~ BY
this time nt Corrientes All well on board. An Ameri
can onicer leaves here Tuesday with dispatches for
Admiral Davies. IL N rumored In this city that tho
American Minister General Mcmahon, Will 0ner to
| Lopez mediation. Nothing certain = known.