The union Democrat., 1870-07-30
How Lepez pied.

The Brazilian General Camera, who COM
manded at the rout and death of Lopez. has
written letter to an Argentine paper, of
which the following are extracts:
Lopez, that excessively cautious and dis
trnstful man, whose prudence omitted no
means of precaution or of vigilance, was sur
rounded aud assaulted in his camp even be-
fore be coGld suspect that we had captured
hisoutposts. He saw us only when, after
bursting through his grape. the dashing lam
GERS Of the intrepid COL Silva Tavares. the
brave earbineers of the valiant Martinez,
Marquis Xavier and others. and the few but
gallant bayonets Of the distinguished Major
| Peixoto issued out on the smooth plain upon
the very guards of his camp. Thus it was
that tae dictator haxarded his person. he
having no time to fee /; and when, ordering
his brave soldiery to charge, and waving his
sword around he turned and tried to save
himself by flight it was too late, for he had
been recognized and the pursuit of him was
therefore fierce. Mai. Simeon de Olivera,
and another officer whom you know well,
omitted these details through modesty; but
justice exacts that here and everywhere Ipro-
claim that to them was due the tragic end Of
that ultra-prsised leader. When he fed they
pursued him with some mounted rilemen.
When Lopez left his horse to enter the wood,
they alighted also, and fired almost without
stoppage, and it was their balls which closed
the life of Marshal Lopez, woundiug him
mortally in two places. Major Simeon de
Olivera could not verify the efficacy of that
steady end persistent FIRE, as when 7 came Ip
| ordered him to aid at another point :: thus
| was among the first who on coming to the
bank of the Aquidibaniqui, saw Lopez fallen
and almost life,ess on the other side
| Near Lopez were two officers who died
sword in hand, defending him to the last,
and some one other, who succeeded in escap-
ing perhaps to surrender later. The former
| ascertained afterwards were Majors Estio-
garribia and Vargas, who wero shct by the
rihemen who came after me to the bank and
who fred on seeing me wading across. alone
and on foot, to be received, not as a liberator
but as an implacable and rancorous enemy.
| owe it to my honor as o soldier, to my name
and my country, owe it to history and to
my conscience to declare truthfully that Mar
shal Lopez died fairly and in full possession
of his senses. When / stopped to take the
drawn sword from his hand he made move
ment to wound nee, and replied with firm
and arrogant voice, 81 die, sword in hand
for my country" I then ordered soldier
of the Ninth battalion 20 disarm him, and it
was in tho struggle with him be expired,
without receiving a further wound
TELLING TREES ON PuGET SoUND.-The
morning repast being over, each one goes to
his worE-the chopper with his "board" and
two axes; one to cut through the thick bark,
and the other, ground very shap and thin. to
cut the clear wood. The mere "felling of
tree" as generally understood by woodsmen,
is but simple matter of labor but in the
forests of Oregon and Washington Territory,
it is quite novel undertaking. The tree
being extremely large at its base, with i'm
mense, outspreading roots, and frequently
s'shaky' or perhaps little decayed at the
"butt, it is found to be a saving Of labor to
cut it sometimes as high up as fifteen feet
| from the ground. To do this, the chopper
makes square notch into it, as high up aa
practica BILE, and inserts the end of his board
| which IS about FIVE feet long and eight or
nine inches wide, furnished with an iron
Slip" at the end, which catches in the upper
SIDE of the notch in the tree. preventing it
from slipping out when the man is standing
on it be then leaps upon the board, cuts an
other notch as high up as he can reach
strikes his axe into the trunk above his head,
holding on to the helve with one hand, sticks
| his toes into the notch below, and then re-
moves the board from it to the notch. above,
While half jumping and climbing, he mounts
his board again. IF high enough up, he
chips off the bark with his heavier axe, end
then with his thin, sharp one, cuts a broad
''scarf' into the heart of the tree on the side
he desires it to fall then, chopping the other
side till the tree is about to come down, he
calls out, "Under under!' as a warning
signal. A few more strokes with the keen
axe, and the leviathan of the forest begins to
bow its towering top. When sure of its fall
ing the chopper filings his axes at a distance
to the ground, and quickly removes his board
to the notch below; then, swinging himself
clear of the ponderous roots, jumps to the
ground while the tree comes down with
crashing noise that is heard for miles dis
tant.-Ffom laundering in Washington
Territory" an the Orerland Monthly for July.
CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.-A medical work
of good authority gives the following:
About three years since Professor Halford,
n gentleman occupying An. eminent position
in the medical profession in Melbourne, de-
voted good deal of time to the subject of
snake poison, its properties and action on the
system. discovering that it acted chemically
on the blood, separating the serum and fbrin
of the liquor sanguinis from the red and
white cGrpuscles. He then found that liquid