The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-21
PARAGUAY.
Progress OF the WRr-DcvOtioD Of the Para
Ruayan Women-Lopez's Situation and the
PFospects Ahead.

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guayan womcn-Lopez's Situation and the
Prospects Ahead.
correspondent writes 70 the following effect
from Buen0s Ayres, Sept. II =
IL appears that after all Lopez has not fed 10
Bolivia as was first reported but hos only retreated
further into the fastnesscs OF the Sierra Aliama
where, surrounded by a devoted band of Para
guayans he has taken up q new position, deter
mined Il seems TO fight while he has a single can.
non lett and soldier to 1t. Ills army Is now
reduced TO about 1000 men, but these II Is said, are
all tried warriors, being what Is known as
pieces with good supply Of ammunition, hut no
more than six rounds each man OF musketry cart
ridges. Fer day OF two after the last of the late
decisive battles the allies vigorously followed up
the retreating ParaRuayans, nut the pursuit has
ceased, owing to the swanpy nature OF the country
through which the enemy passed, extensive bog5
and mOrasses rendering 1t impossible for cavalry to
operate. Meanwhile, the Provisional Government
nj Asuncion has issued decree of outlawry against
Lopez, ana no etlOrt will be spared to complete the
conquest of the country, either by driving him from
the soil of Paraguay or capturing the Dictator; for
as long as he remains where he ~, although on the
confines of the country, and pOwerless 10 turn back
the tide of victory, peace cannot be regarded as
aSsured Asuucion is receiving back It's long scat
tered population most of the citizens returning to
their homes in state of the greatest destituon ana
wrCtChedness; but beyond the reOTganiZug Of mu-
ncipal affairs, the Provisional Government az that
place is doing little nothing for the country. The
Special Commissioners OF the Allied Powers are
holding conferences and exchanging notes; bus
when and by what means new government VIII be
given TO Paraguay, we are not yet informed.
The energy with which Lopez has conduct ID the
war, and the enthusiastic devotion of the Para
Quayan people to their Chei, are receiving fresh
illustrations from many facts which have come to
light since his late defeat Here are few of them
II appears that during the last eight months Lopez
cast more than sixty pieces of cannon, including
some rinCd guns, at his arsenal on the heights of
Ascurra which he evacuated on the 18th ult. When
lie left the place the garrison could not have num-
bcred less than l5 900 men and boys, armed mostly
with Iances and old flint musEets Beside these he
had some battalions Of women, and all marched
with him into the interior, taking the guns
and war material with them. Ills
! remaining forces in his present position were for
some time badly OF for provisions, but the latest
| kilograms mention his having received supply or
three thousand from place called Ayos, which
We're driven across the country by women on foot.
Indeed, OF the most striking features OF this
| is the self-sacrHcing ardOr with which the Para
| guayan women nave cspOuscd the national cause,
| not only undertaking ali The work Of the field in
order that The men might he at liberty TO fight for
their country, hut actually entering
| the ranks and fighting with the greatest
bravery. An Engli5llman, just come down here from
Paraguay, where he has lived for some time, speaks
in the highest terms of the kindness shown TO him
self and his wife, well as to all the English in the
employment of Lopez by Madame Lynch, denounc-
ing in indignant terms, as CalumueS and SANDERS,
the statements which have from time TO time ap-
peared in the newspapers relative TO the alleged
cruelty of Lopez to foreigners. lie speaks OF Madame
Lynch as perfect heroine. The new census of the
city will probably reckon 100000 inhabitants. 4
project for coonizing the ChaCO with 10000 families
of agricultursts in the course of eight years. is now
under consideration.