New-York tribune., 1870-04-22

LETTER OF THE EMPEROR.
IFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
RIO DE J,NERo. March 2j.-On the 18th inst the
,ar; nj was thrown into state of unusual excite
ret. by the arrival Of an English steamer from the
so.th. bringing the startling news of another con-
tst in which the Allies had again most sgnally tr-
s,rhed over their too obstinate foe But this time
t,o.e was something more than that wonderful dis
,,c,,rtion of loss among the cOmbatants-Of course
IN favor Of Tie Anies-whch has ever been the GUS
to,,aTy tale told since the war began. Lopez him
ST and his principal chiefs, had perished in the
flt Mrs Lynch, with her brood of little ones, after
sr-ne difficulty had been made prisoners, and the en-
Ii, Pa1aouayaa force either killed, captured, or had
ben l1t 20 night.
Jn Change, the news was received with the great
o.; enthusiasm, Some persons read aloud extracts
from tlc River Plate journals, to constant mterrup-
lions by the cheers Of those around. AS the Empe-
re- was returning from the city palace to San Chris
toyaS. and was passing through Rua Dizeita, the
pculic WO flied the space in front of the Exchange
surrounded tho imperial coach, and shouted enthus-
attic yivas TO His Majesty the Emperor, to Count
iLu. ard to Gen. CamaIa. His Majesty expressed
MS gratitude for these demonstrations, and added:
You may he certain that the war is now ended"
Crowds of people headed by musical bands and
Jearu the cOlOs 0f the three allied nations marched
through The streets, shouting vyas and dscharging
rockets Al the public buildings were at once deco
rated with flags, and joy was upon every face. AT
nislt the city was spendidly Illuminated, and the
Emperor. giving his arm TO the Empress, and with
fhe Imperial Princess at his side went on foot
through some of the principal streets, mingling
freely with the people Dom Pedro everywhere
coiyed with the Iyeliest manifestations of esteem
auo respect.
Early on the morning Of the 1st inst, Lopez, with
leOJ mon, was surprised by a Brazilian force of the
same size while encampcd on the left bank of the
AquiGayan, stream twenty leagues to the south of
the ATa. aud like the latter tributary of the Para
l1lay The Aquidavan River is the same as the Aqui-
dayaui-,e traced on the map of the north part of
Paraguay. To the north of the position where Lo-
PEI fought his last battle is the town Of San Saliva
4 J, and to the south that of Conception. The at
tackine force commanded by Gen. Camara, was the
same which set ont from Conception on or about
Feb. 10 to oyertaEc Lopez upon the receipt Of news
that the Dictator had already crossed the Apa and
va huTying bis fight to Bolivia.
s. suld n and imp stuous was the attack of the
BH2iliaus that the Paraguayans who guarded the
a.l ~ had time to give the least warning. Lo-
pz wth those officers who happened to be about him,
tried fTanticy to form his troops into line to repel
tn assault. But before this could be done to any
extent, The Rio Grandc horse were upon him. and his
little party routed and driven to the nearest woods
where but few escaped. Lopez himself was killed in
sight OF Cen Camara who in vain called upon him to
surrender The eX Dictator, already severely wounded
ohStinaely refused to yield, and meanwhile tried to
escape. The thrust of lance brought him TO the
ground. Caminos, Minister Of Lopez, met a similar
fate Vce-PTesident Sanchez was killed before be-
ing recognized. Col Aquiar, Majors Vargas Ascurra,
Estiparribia Carloso. Insfante, Soils, and various
others also perished in the conflict. Col Lopez, son
of the Dictator killed he trying to escape
with Mrs. Lyncs party. Many chiefs were taken
prisoners, including Gems. ResQuin and Delgado and
various other superior officers. -Four priests were
also taken one of whom was the celebrated Maiz.
Gen. Caballero with 40 men, almost all officers,
had, the day before gone out from Cerro-Cora to
gather up cattle they were attacked and beaten by
Col Benz 10 Martins. The General, however sue
oeeded in escaping after abandoning everything he
had, even to his sword. Valla and SOuza, who were
in charge of a baggage train at ChIiguelo, managed
10 escape, although their force was routed. ROcha,
who was in the advance with eight pieces of artil-
lery was also promptly beaten. Averio took adyant-
ape Of the general confusion and made good his eS-
cape.
few hours after the fight Mrs, Lynch, who could
not at first be found, oveItaken on the road, as
she was endeavoring to escape with small party,
and made prisoner, with her four sons, and the
Minister Paranos states in his dispatch, had been
condemned to death, and the mother of Lopez to
have been executed the very day which the
Brazlans made their attack. The families of Cabal-
lero Caminhos and Gil were also taken prisoners,
and all were to return with the Brazilian forces to
Concepcion. Seventeen pieces of artillery are also
reported to have been captured. This shows that
Lopez must have had a very large park of artillery
with him during The past year or so, or we must dis
believe much that has been said and written from
time to time about the abandonment of all his heavy
guns, and the frequent throwing of cannon into the
rivers on his line Of march.
The great spirit with which Lopez so long main
tanned an unequal contest with his powerful Toes,
and the brntal inhumanities which were generally
laid 10 his charge have attracted for him the notice
of the civilized world. The manner OF his death
will not lessen the interest excited Those who were
friendly 10 him before, and sympathized with his
course will now praise him in terms of the war1nest
admiration. Those who in him only the med
der the instgatOr Of discOrd the nsolen assalant
and Tie tcTOcoUs despOt viii regard his death simply
ss another instance of that retrbutve justice which
IS sometimes mcted ont to the wicked IN this world
The actual place. however which Lopez will fill IN
history cannot now be stated
Francisco Solano Lopez wa, born in Asuncion July
H.lS3l His sparents were Charles Antonio Lopez (who
sshOrt time after the death of the tyrant Francia,
succeeded lim in pOwer and Donna Joana Camille.
In 1919, during the var with ROsas, lie was ordered
by his father with an army of 10000 men, TO devas-
tate the missions of Corentes, which he did i'll the
most pitiles being then only l8 years oil age
and having the rank of General In 1852 lie was ac-
credited Envoy Extraordinary to the various Euro
pean courts At this time he was only 23 years of
age. He delayed year and half in England