Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-08-31

DA.-By the CSorudo. We received. via
5hzati2n. the report Of the death Of one
! q the nsost remarkable men of our day,
Manuel I1osada. Of Tepie. generally known
snong the countrymea by the not inap-
/ 5RupFsatc designation of "EJ 7ygre dc 1i-
krt'--the tiger Of Alica. His career,
Ike that Of De Frsucia snd I.cpes. cfPar-
}egnay, vould not have been specially re-
5narkable in Europe 6re centuries ago.
but in our d3y Is reads almost like rc-
llulzue 1Sth & r,or Indian parents. n
an obscure village of Jalisco. he was reared
= muletcer. but soon developed talents 1T
ting him for higher things Rising to the
dignity of . highwaymau. he soon made
himself the terror Of the roads in the noun
tain districts ofTepic Two great foreign
houses contested the control Of the trade
Of that part Of Mexico. aud one of them
found 1t convenient TO retain Lozada in its
pay. while the other sought and retained
Rcjas. who was. ifpossible. a greater brute
than the cx-muleteer. The rival factions
ravaged whole districts. Rojas butcher
ed in cold blood the entire population of
whole villages, and Lozada faceticusly
skinned the feet of his prisoners, and
walked them over beds Of hot Goals. This
was one Of his mildest jokes. So the war
went ON for years. but finally Lozado tri-
umphed, and Rojas. driven out of the dis
trict, was corralec and killed like mad
dog-as he deserved, at Seyula. Lozado
increased his power. until he was able to
arrogatc to himself the title of ..Chief Of
the Neutral District of Topic" and could
summon to his aid IN army Of ~ 900 In
dian troops. tolerably well armed. brave
and devoted 10 his cause. Without OPEN
ly declaring his independence of the Fed
eral Government Of Mexico. he managed
to control the district Of Tcpic--the north
western corner of Jalisco, bordering on
Sinalo, with San Bias for its port of entry
and nullify the acts of the Federal Off
cials. The internal revenues of his dis
trict he collected and expended himself.
When vessel consigned to his friends ar
rived at San Bias he notified the Custom
house authorities on what terms the goods
must be allowed to enter, and if his or
dcrs were not obeyed, confscated all the
Government moneys he could lay his
hands on and drove the officials away
The almost impossible mountains in the
rear Of Topic protected him from invasion
by the way Of Durango. and the Govern
ment. having no facilities for attacking
him by sea, was obliged to temporize and
bide its time. Topic prospered under his
rule. Goods came in virtually duty free,
much of the time via San Bias, and he ex-
ecutcd the laws, such rs they were, very
vigorously, allowing no one else to steal or
commit murder. Topic was the most or
derby district in Mexico for years. Max
imillian offered Lozado the title of Count,
and high position under the Empire, and
the shrewd but unlettered Indian was half
persuaded to abandon his position Of quasi
independence and accept the fattering Of
fer. He went so far rs to raise a large
force. with which he invaded Sinaloa, to
act in conjunction with the French troops
and Imperial merccnaries in raising the
siege of Mazatlan. There his first disas-
ter overlook him. The French had prom
iscd him provisions for his troops and a
large sum of ready money. which not be-
ing forthcoming so soon rs he expected.
he halted some distance from Mazatlan to
wait for them. Corona and Angel Mar
tinez. of the Republican army. saw their
advantage. turned back from Maxatlan.
and routed and dispersed Lozada's army !;
then, without moments delay, marched
back to meet the French force sent out to
unite with him, and served that in the
same manner. Lozado retreatcd to Te-
| pic, and declared his district thcnceforth
neutral" and closed to the forces of both
Republicans and Imperialists. Several
times the Juarez Administration ordered
Gen. Corona to march into Topic from
Guadalajara, Durango and Mazatlan sim
ultaneously, and put down Lozado. but
each time an insurrection in some part Of
the Republic called off the troops, and he
was enabled to hold his power until the
rc-opening Of an old wound, given him by
bis ancient enemy Rojas, terminated a
most remarkable career, if our informa-
ton be correct. 1t is doubtful If his man.
tie viii fall upon successor Of sufficient
nerve and energy TO maintain the position
which he held for more than twenty years.
Placido Vega would succeed him if he
could. but he is part Caucasian, and the
Indians hate and dcspise him. An Indian
successor may possibly be found, but it is
doubtfai OF the Tiger of Alica Byron
might well have written:
" He left a Villains name TO other times,
Linked ,c one virtue and thousand crimes ~