The New York herald., 1870-01-12

Mo C0rdlleras running north and south about
sne middle OF the Paaguayan TERRITORY IA some
portion Of which his father ~ now supposed 10 DO
lurking, recuperatlng hls army. Lopez then con-
unued as follows:--
LorEz-how you see nom nom Uni TINS sne a very good %
Bolivia. II he has been conquered why don't they
capture hims Why do they announce tney are gong
away without destroying certainly the great enemy
OF Tree government IN Paraguay.
CogREspoSDENl-Do you know where your father
LopE1-No. cannot say he is In any particular
place, bns can say he Ia somewhere in the COrdi
leras. region, wnere they dare not go alter hun.
From his position he really has control OF nearly one
half the Paraguayan territory. The country behind
him has enough provisions to suDslsI large army
for years. II is good agricultural region and mas
been well cultivated by the Indian population, which
Is friendly to the cause
CoRnEsroNDENr-The you don't know how large
an army ne haS or now they are armedp
IOpEz-N0 cannon say particularly; but he must
have good army STILL Dut of course, NOT Wen
CoEREs PONDRNr-what do you think OF the chances
oi ultimate success for your father'
,n,sl LorIz-As ! told you before | don't think the
war; They have abandoned 1t already, III fact
Well when all the hostile army OF the allies Is gone
wnat VIII prevent my father from marching back anu
taking possession OF the who.e country again Ny
father win never give up while he has lie and he
eau get WIN MIN even the smallest army. He would
sooner die Lhan live to see his country ruled by Bra
zllan influence. lie knows the true object OF Brazil
Y 70 make the rest OF South America subservent to
that empire; that II wants TO build no grand slave
empire and crush all the repu bcan governments OF
south America. That Is the reason, being friend
living to allow Brazil to carry oui her schemes.
C0kREsPONDENT-Do you ever hear from your
LopEz-Tne iast communication had rom him
was more than SIX months ago. Tnen he wrote me
u long private letter.
the letter. He read some parts, translating at the
same time. and enloning your correspondent not TO
publish anything about It, There were some x ex-
some hesitation anu reluctance he allowed me 70
copy few.
LopEz--My only reason for not liking 10 publish
them Is because they are private and It might not be
proper But as yol think it can do no harm permit
1ho following Is an extract from the letter.
recommend 10 you TO practise the rigid economy
for know not when may be able to send you money
ruined sy This war and have resolved to place AZ that
nssrihsss eanno. endure m1sh onger and hs cSaa
Try s saved all win be saved But . nhappily she falls
soe hope Of your little brothers, and recommend to
~ % is1i Is s.ss % worS even @ though be as s so n
help ana ALL and you will be blessed by Him aud by
Whio reading this extract from his fathers letter
Sonng Lopez was greatly affected. He renamed
silent for q few minutes after rea0ing ana then re.
5ulncd the conversation
LopEz--You by tnat letter that my father bo-
lfeyed when he wrote II that the could not last
much longer. He knew that the resources OF the
allies would become exhausted and that they
would have TO abandon the war; but he
was determined never to yield to the invaders
and II necessary To make u sacrifice Of himself
IHe CONTEST win PARAGUAY mas been very expensive
to the Brazians and their allies. IT has cost the
3razIians alone one million and half dollars per
day. do not doubt thai the total expense incurred
amounts 10 very nearly that OF your own war debt
You VIII scarcely credit that statement but 1t true
assure you. sAnd what have they gained by ii
all Absolutely nothing IN the way oi permanent
results. They have caused my fathers people great
sufrlngs; they nave poured out lives and treasure
ike water. And now they must lose all again that
they have taken OF our territory. The moment they
leave our sou my iather and his people must regain
every ding.
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parts OF south America do not favor the war against
Paraguay
LoPEZ-Eo, sir. The Uruguayans and the ArgeD.
tines themselves have been opposed To 1t all the
while but their rulers forced them into 1t. You
know tnat the cause OF the war grew out Of the dis
honorable conduct of Brazil IN demanding OF the
President OF Uruguay indemnity for what ne called
outrages on Brazilian subjects. The Urhguayan
President was aI the time endeavoring to crush
planned OF by Brazil were committed by that Flores
and not by the right government OF Uruguay. The
parties the Blanc0s and the COl0rados Flores
was tho leader or the latter ana was helped into
side OF the rghtiu President Of Uruguay against
Flores because he believed the BraZillans, should
they succeed IN controlling one OF the republics,
would endeavor TO absorb all the rest after while.
But this you know already. There Is something about
the future which you may not understand. Urqulza,
the Governor OF Entire Rios, State OF the Ar3en.
against my father He rs powerful ruler. He has
a large army at his command; larger, indeed than
federation put together. Now, Urqulza has
always been q friend Of my faiher. Suppose
when the allies leave Paraguay, my father reap.
pears at the head OF an army aud quickly recoyers
possession OF the whole country think you then that
Urguza will remain neutral :? No, SIR. lie Will
maybe help my father ana two such armies united
would soon change the war from one OF defence to
one oi very formidable aggression.
Mr.. Lopez conversed t0r a long time and SAID a
great many other things, explaining all about the
battles fought the resources OF Paraguay, &C., but
IL would occupy too mucn space to reproduce the
whole. ] nave given the leading points which
tAOugat could DO Of Interest