New-York tribune., 1870-04-12
NETWORK TUESDAY, APRIL l2, 1870

the corpses Of those who have died of hunger during
the night. The theater here-an unfinished building
is occupied by more than four hundred women
liberated by Brazlians-bless the mark!-in the
most abject state Of filth and wretched-
ness the smell is offensive tina. one can pass
near it. The corpse of "a who had been strangled
was lately found in corner in a decOmposed state
The Paraguayan legion having been dissolved, as
the Provisional Government had no means OF sup,
porting the men, and the Brazilans having handed
over to the police on the Goth of last month, l6O
Paraguayan prisoners, including officers, taken IN
recent skrmishes, who were at once set at liberty,
il is wonder we find that the surprise OF the
Brazilian cavalry at River Jejuy is confrmed-the
Paraguayans having killed some OF the men, taken
prisoners of Others and captured all their horses
While Count dEu was at Villa del Rosario, we
were told: women and children die in groups by
the roadside, and the survivors bury them marking
the places with wooden crosses Another episode OF
tragedy is thus related from Palmar, few leagues
"A boy employed in selling lottery tickets stran-
gled some DAYS ago at O'Clock D. m in front of the
Hotel de la Minute the object of the assassns being to
his body was left for IS hours in the street and during
this time was half deyoured by the hordes OF starving
In my last letter, mentioned to you that the
mother of Lopez reported as having died, with her
daughters, in the anguish of most horrible torture 10
was at few weeks afterward accredited TO be IN
prison. But The Buenos Apes Standard of Feb pub
1ished since the letter to which ! refer gives us
q new idea of the grotesque combining the horrible
From Paraguay" says your contemporary:
The famine In the interior continues to carry off
numbers of people. Gen. Gelly Obes has succeeded
Gen Vedia command OF the Argentine forces. About
500 Brazilians leave this week FOR Rio. Gen. Camara
ne reports Lopez 10 be StH fODging his mother
In a subsequent number, the 9th OF February, OF
same paper, are informed:
Letters from Paraguay state that Lopez has again es
capped from his royal pursuer and has retreaed north
ward, with Madame Lynch Caballero, and about LOCO
followers leaving his sick and all the captive families
behind him latter have fallen into the hands OF the
Brazans, and their wants, which were extreme, have
been supplied Lopez is said to have pitched nearly all
his artillery into the Apa TO facilitate his flight IL not
accurately known to what point he has directed Ills
steps"
Ii we are to believe the current gossip set forth by
best possible instructors il appears that the lease
of the Paraguayan war is about to be renewed For,
after all the flying to Bolivia one of the papers OF the
10Th inst. states:
"The report that Count dEu intends leaving Paraguay
for short leave of absence is said to be without fonnda
tiOn. H. r. H. is believed to De quite as determined as
the Emperor to hunt Lopez to death, and VIII not leave
the seat of war til his adversary is caught or driven
from the country"
In the same column of the same newspaper we are
told:
Lopez Is 1eered to have escaped to the upper waters
Of the Parana; nothing has been heard OF him
by the Allies for the last month"
And yet the day after, the people on Change at
Buenos Ayres are said To believe that Lopez is now
posted Mt Cerro Cora, and the few remaining Argen
tine troops have been ordered to the front The posi-
ton of Lopez is almost nac6essbly pitched on the
mountain hight with % field pieces, and, some say
1900 men the Prince, however is determined to fol-
low up, and is trying 10 surround the mountain!