, 1869-03-22

them were frat tortured By Ynriou, modes.
| Tue Men who had been high Ia the govern
rcnt. who had never dono dIsloFal aci.
were never heard Ia their own defence Old
mep, & reigners, men Of wealth, early friends
Of LOPEZ !n bis boyhood, were whipped frc.
1ncuily, ehainvd to tho ground, exposed 10
| the weather, almost naked, nearly amfsbctl.
and II they survived all thia, theY we're. under
circunlssanats Of tToa!EnK cruelty, c1ccuted
| We have these facts not on heareay, but
numerous witnesses Of thcm are NOW IN shIa
city, who aycT their truth.
Lopez, III b OF without evidence. believed,
that Mr.. Washbusn was implicated ID that
cuuntl1. Persons who ftcqleututl bis hon "a.
and tomc to whom he gave shelter. wcre
Atnong the bcWlliercd beholdeFs Of tho un
announced iron .clutls. AL Asuucion waa 81
opinion thst the Wat must now soon end.
either BY diplomacy or exhaustion. IbclIcya
that Mr.. Washhurn very narrowly scaped
the fatc Of the best men OF Paraguay, aud he
| owes bis lie to the fact that al! the evidence
prepared agninat him Was not ready before
the Wasp arrived 10 lake him away. THIS Is
ths te history Of that selgn Of b4ood since May,
ibis death policy seemed to Affect Lopez In
other dlrecticus. He has been morc cruel
since that TO the wives and children OF men
VINO eurfer dered to the enemy. These he has
tortured, banfshed, imprisoned or shot, &C.
cerdh 10 the ruling fhncy. A large NUMBER
OF foreigners have btcn executed otten with.
out theiI knowing xhT. The man who built
bis palace, md the German who erected thc
telegraph were most inhumanly tormeoted
ana nout prisoner. We're placed under the
| HEazillan hre- The blood runs cold at the re-
cl' Of the systematic atrocities which tfe re-
c. nj progress Of the wax has revealed,
The 4 asses Of the people remain to this
Day as devoted to Lopez as when In bis full,
tnGnpntcd power. For + mouth before the
! last bloody battles guards secured the
| country, TO sweep OFT men. women and chil.
otcn to shc mountains, aud tue work WAS
euectuaily done. Towns and ail the nearer
Districts afe abandoned, aud the xAye of
war has washed up On the slopes Of the Car
oerillas the poor wasted fragments Of what
was The Paraguayau nation.
At the place Of Lopez's present head
| quarters he has around him 20 NJ thousands
Of men. women and children, old, sick.
| wounded the best house Is an oxcart, and
| chief f.od Is mandloca and roasted corr aud
the naiivelea Of The country. The men Who
are restored to health art again under a1ms,
and Lopez has already some two or three
| thousands gathered, ready for any bold msr.
6udtng warfare that be may choose to con.
duct. They will 70 With him now as readily
q, At frat. AL they had TO lose Is alreaay
lost, aud now any change must be gain. Lo-
trymeu disposed to form a government Ior
the purpose Of fsurrcnderlng.
Aeunclou remains lu the hands OF the Bra
zillans, and the Argentines are about two
leagues out Of town. The utconth Brazil
sah soldferr, msny Of whom were slaves till
put on hoard tor the war, hare ruined what
ever they hare touched At asunciou. Plllase
Was only limited by competition. The Ar
fentinc G.lesat protested against this, but
10 no purpose.
The country believes the war I. now over,
except as tribe Of Indians may couducl 1t,
for the Paragraphs are now nearly thnt
low. Dr.: stea art estimates them as at not
over 1o0, COO persons. while before the war
they uefe called half million. No more
recruits will be sent provisions only will be
forwarded.
organized, and the Territory divided out
among the yictoss. The arms taken are al.
IT aay divided, but the trophies will be iar
from paying expenses, and The f1.u1r imp9sts
may as we'll be laid upon any other desert
land. II the allies renake The country th.y
may CLEAN IRON the made land q molety Of
what the land cost them before shey owned
The financial report ofthe Argentine Rcpub-
ltc for 1867 shows an augment Of Income for
1867 orer 1865 Of $o.5oo, ,ooJ, hard money
This may seem small CON pared with the vast
Imports Of the iteat Republic, but 1t must
be remembered that this incrc lse Is nearly Is
per cent ucment over 1865. The Year 1855
Will give an Increase nearly - great. fmmi.
grafton to this republic for 1868 reached s., 90
eUu1s, pe1uR 1u lutFeAse o1 nearly " per cent
over any pEtEious yeE.
The damage done to the wheat crop bF the
recent heavy rains has not been 30 great as
was anticipated. The worst has been iu the
Chililcoy region, y here the damage is IS per
cent. In some places 1t has Teen less, but
wheat aud nour still conttnu, Ell.
The government has repaid to Brazil
&5o0, 200. silver, towards repayment of loan
made to carry On the Wat. No previous Ar
geutiGc administration has gained the public
confidence, as has the administration OF Pres
,deut ssrnfctto. As the troops arc no lou
is employing them in putting down the lpdi-
ans OF The frontier and the laHlcss band1 n
The interior provinces.
LATER.
Colonel Thompson, who commanded at
Angostnra. has come to ihis cisy. Dc con
allies seldom kneW the real strength that
they opposed. He bad ontY 600 1Sht1ne men,
and they were seckoued rs 6J1. he had
800 wounded. aud SO useless, uuarmed,
refugee boys. and 40o women. To this
handful toe allies gave permission to 20 out,
| on parole.
The Brszllfans are at AsurcIon, and flnd
| very few natives 1t all dHpo1ed 10 live under
! the rule Of the allies. At Cesro Leou, also.
| they dnd very lew people General AacMs-
hon has gone 10 yards the Interior, also be
Is ihe utiied state, Minister, and no one hcie
Several uon.ciads and 8unboats and two
| monitors have gone up the Paraguay Rtrer
hoping to meet Toe few ste&mers that Lopez
had there. Lopez had the prccau.ion TO send
gold to Europe, 50 that he will not want,
eyen Il pirate TenGeance does not pursue
Government bouds have gune up about
four PCT cent since the ft2ht OF Lopez
| Mariana Vaz II, Aitf.tes Of State Of For.
elen Affairs, returued nm the front 1fter 3
tew days absence. mud Immediately sent In
hls teatznAtion, but was induced to With
General Gelly , obex. e1- e1-comm.ader.tu.
Chief OF the Argentine f1rces, has returned
TO this city. After reslRntne, his place was
filled by general EuNo MitTe, brother Of the
ex.Prrsideut. a subscripu q to give him !
sword succeeded 60 we'll thst tnother u
started to give him house worth e2, 600
gold. 49,.
Asunclcn bJ an agent at Lopez, VINO WAS In
the mountains at laseAt dates
F.llo~ eou1ulnen: Afstr aaieftnG deleat At
my hesequa!tss 4: P,k,c,r!. IAN now IN tet, e.
or splsnaid Victory 81 she sit the defeats il
fu6t;ro Ill lhe aoh driven TO despar, cauao res
,e day upon. NJ lltes, and the fss,lue Of arms has
II iotce q ssns 6nI kw e4anon> dlsnoanted,
d1ed rnW anc then tee shota on r1ouass ct
EARN, u tnbJ c~nld u be turned. md the enemy
| 2A4eAEA 1ub tQl0I AlcIG 0Qt E1EQ ENIA u t4i4t4f
existed L. opened 1rn ~itn onneroua artillery.
Aea out lekaors STOOD nr0 .. ofusl; but : body
Of ste5ni1s ekss superiority 10 TIE enemy. u
ouT reinft zcenects cid rot come up, Whs1ess, u
/ they hAG dons 20 the Cry would h4yd been
ours, and II this uoneut - would be pro-
Calming the freedom Of our coustrJ. Our God
WiAhts 70 TIT oar tk5h t1d pe1serve11cce. In or
| Ger that We may Afterwards cllina 4 nose great
4ud glorious Go her comfy. and yo1, - nYseli,
Gnst .ua1l1ed py fresa courage. tnE.ugo the
generous hsood thst *d yeate1dy spilled IN The
latd Of our b,rth. An here 10 aTe.et and aayc
nv SouaifJ. Ono re1e1se WILL not anIEiy impose
| npth our splrafe, and upau the se:f-denial Of 4
| EAKLananous raee. Ons hfnve turur1de5 y ho have
bad the misfortune Of falling into ,re hands OF Iae
etem3 MI! uos adtet their own glory and thst
tAty eve themselves to their eountrg-.ar ftpm
nee m1ng traitor. they will Jain again our tsR ,
/ teo setk sea1n their p!aea IN oW rzuks. We
easso has not suffered. and The ROOD eh1i-
oscn nc oftahiztnR themselves 1t thl, mo-
neft 20 dRht W3sn still greater decision avun9t 4
/ selen'!tfe enemy, who h4s orIy NAMED Hsy1r
ot the 1eld IN otuez 70 be mora epuu}e.eiy tuer-
mic4sed; II only his esnnous and horses, With
nut lev fosss,aea. In The 1sts engagements inc
| taen1 lieu ates Its lott 1t "a 900 men: and you
zach OF Fuu wall reGae1a oers DO Y Ynhnv ri 1ho m
! s1cs11 1et etiofe ypus bullets and ls1ces Yuu
alto kn ~ what IL left TO n4 done in ordsr n
| tee ccutt1J Of it, eneaa3es, md thtt it mnst r.
! dcne with our talth faiseo m God, ana wItn ths
| eeeiefou an9 enefgy that &so eoranaou TO vuu
Iae II eoos!nsson ~ e ear = It sas nsen e1sy
! now tea tte Neat army TINT, now -four yesfs sru
| proudly TIM ed to rtd1es to nthae In III
weeks ous beloved country.
| F.Asoaoo 8. Lor1z.