The New York herald., 1869-10-04
PARAGUAY.

PARAGUAY.
Later from the battle Fieid-Lopcz Abaudons
Ascurra-He is Overtuken and Defeated
Again--Pursuit Continued-iIc is Declared
an Outinw-Ssumored Landing of Slaves In
Brazil.
since the departure Of the United States packet
the following kilograms have been received by the
government in regard to the operations against
lopez
CoyNcrLLeR PAEANHos After the telegram sent your
Exccency Yesterday will add something more for you to
Al H. 10Th batteries placed at three points
Wao
sco the nss 70 Ds % s .,
demonstration from another upon the strongest
s, Il he 1'n was
Ts S he s ad @
cnh and Twenty Of the irst army corps covered
sSen ana
na 9 ss and in Of 5
with about $40 others taken prisoners. ,
Colonel caSacro killed also Major LOPEZ And
nnhsppiy he issSy S the gallant
snses the soass 5s with bss noSo body Snz lie
s ss s who Lopez ana @
suite are at Caacupe. We are going thiiher
money besides archives Of the Of Besss; let
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lie e wsanea osS vaaa. Places Ano
warmly b The a. E I ds
rated rated u % ds'a s & vapIs % ts S % yondea o % S s
reqaesied list who distinguished themselves
Our health good We have received provision. pro-
vender The casaoades are doing toeaDy The WOUNDED
among last "sA'1 Soaa MESbEz sb sd snIGabo
From the Brazilian Minister at Buenos Ayres:-
AsuNoIoN, August Is, 1869.
The enemy, immediately after brilliant triumph on
the 2h Peribebuy began 10 Zee In haste abandoning
sveryihas He sueoeeael in getting Oh on the lh because
ersl Ere TO In time to occupy Tobay and Barrera
A soon as the Cemte the flight of Lopez he
pushed on IN pursni Of him with our two army corps and
msndsd BY General cassero he same who was Killed on
aS @ Ssr s, sns sss o the rom M g. 1881 he
Two thousand & dead q the enemy and many @
woods whca 81 Surround the place. TOOK cannon
and a sren, deal ot military and private baggage v..
aodoy wien all aser. to have been one o he most san
s s:HsSs. @ ,ss.a %
on The the ana ss which
Msah5n sra hsys fallen int. int
be6uy whose attack and assault was brilliantly executed III
An OF Paraguay, therefore, from the Manduvir down.
An errsordnary immigration of people from the cordil
lera is going the OF pirau IN quest Of Aaun
aos an q and
M to .f Il. sem @
misery and depression Of these people saddens the mos
number Of women who when uesioaed said that if they
old not 60 on tey would get their hroass @ cut when ae Para
ye.ts;day Issued decree. eatIaxns Lopez and
declaring all VINO would follow him to be traitors.
From the Argentine Minister OF Foreign Affairs to
Charge ID. Juan Thompson, at Buenos Ayres:-
AsUNoroS, August ls-I0 A. NJ
buy, which mortal blow 70 Lopez MssiaSon hoasSt
Of sS ost on the h
wea saea a & 81 M M ba a & n"d H. sy T. to
lions Ascur and divisions and the second corps,
wsn out after aud beat caISeo ssaay Both hls army
corps Joined the field OF battle Two corpses
ber Of prisoners were the results Of his great feat Of
aoSs w til. s sad the ' wa wan . f. M
hopod to catch Lopez segier is endeavons TO find him.
IL Is reported that the mother and o sister OF Lopez
were captured by the allies.
Mtre with the forces under his command before
Ascurra, were to have assembled the cordilera BY
the gap OF Altos, TO the north OF Ascurra, to Off
Lopezs retreat TO the north; but the command OF
Mtre was bohndhand and left the road clear TO the
north. Caagoatay, near where the second defeat
OF the Parnguayans took place. Is the road to the
great cordlllera OF Paraguay, and it seems not
unlikely that Lopez Will secure his retreat to those
mountains with u part OF his forces.
Tlis news has caused great JOY In Rio, and
banks not drawing yet Speculative sales of soyo.
regns have been made by the bears as low as
l2S3oO Tor large quantltes but the stocks or sove
regns in the bands OF the very fe holders are kept
of the market and 1t is probable O reaction will
take place after the first effects Of the good
have worn OF.
Reports are circulating that soma lots OF slaves
have been landed successfully In Brazil from Africa,
and that parties are Offering take large contracts
for Africans TO be landed In safe parts the coast.
wei known broker declares that he Is prepared TO
furnish proof that several lots have already been
imported IL Is not impossible that slaves have been
brought IN, Tor Africa is only about weeks sail from
this coast, aud vessel OF light draught could find
athousand quiet places to run IN and discharge at
plantations whose great size and isolation amid the
woods would make it very easy TO conceal the mat
ter. II would also be favored by the fact that a
great many OF tue negroes OF Brazil keep up the
practice OF scoring aud pucxerlng the face with
trlDe marks so that tue recent inp0ratlons would
not be easily distinguished, even were the LEGAL
autnorties TO take the matter up, supposng
they heard OF It, and supposing that they would
lnink u advantageous to make enemies OF the all
powerful great men OF the place. and run the risk
ol being waylaid and shot or beaten. The tempta-
tion Is certainly great while slaves are worth $1,000
III Brazil, aud only twenty-five dollars weeks sail
away ana there are hundreds OF Portuguese VINO
would Jump at q chance or the kind II they found
customers, for "reminiscences OF the management
ana pronts OF the slave trade are yet extant 1t being
only nineteen years since the trade OF Brazil COM
peteiy or at least virtually ceased. Most OF the
great fortunes OF Brazil due to the slave trade
and the planters sigh for the great times of easy
money getting when slaves were worth only fifty
Qolefo here. and could be easily replaced when