New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-08-04
nFATH OF MANUEL IOzADA.


From the San Francisco bAliotln-l
Nv the Colorado we received via Mazat-
gzn. the report Of the death OF one OF the
xrost remarkable men of our day, Manuel
Tnxsda. of Tepic, generally known among
ria conntfymen by the not inappropriate
.m~esirnation Of "El Tigre de Alica"-the
Tiger of ALICIA. However, Like that OF De
Francia and Lopez, Of Paraguay, would not
have been specially remarkable In europe
eve centuries ago, but in our day IT READS
almost like q romance. Born OF poor inuian ~
y,arents, in an obscure village IN Jalisco, ns
was reared a muleteer, but soon uesoiop'D
talents fitting him for higher things
Rising to the dignity of a way
he soon made himself the terror OF lno
roads in the mountain districts % Iep,u'
Two GREAT foreign houses contested tne con
frol Of the trade of that part % moAioo'
and one of them found it convenelns ~ IS.
tain Lozadainit its pay, while tne e.ner sIhs :. y
and retained R9jas, VINO was, ! eer The
rreater brute than the ex-mnieteer 1ne
zvSI Factions ravaged whole districts. Ro-
5as hntchered in cold blood the entire male
r1nrlaf1on Of whole villages, and Lozada
$sdet;onslv skinned the feet of his prisoners,
4Sen walled them over bed of hot Goals.
This was one of his mildest Jokes. so the
-war went on for years, but fnSlly Lozada
~triumphed, and Rojas, driven OUT Oh ING
district, was corralled and killed IKE q mao
dog. as he deserved, at Seyula.
Iozada increased his power until ne was
able to arrogate to himself the title OF
l{,bief of. the Neutral District of Teplc,.
and could summon to his aid an army OF
10000 Indian troops, tolerably well armed,
brave and devoted to his cause. Wlthout
openly declaring his Independence OF inc
federal government OF Mexico, ne manageu
to control the district of Tepic-the north
western corner of Jalisco, bordering on
. Sinaloa. with San Bias for its port OF entry
and nuilify the acts of the federal ofnclals'
.The internal revenues of his district he col
lected and expended himself. When. q YES
sci consignee to his friends arrived at san
Bias, he notified the customhouse autnorl-
ties on what terms the goods must DO
allowed to enter, and II his orders were 10.
nheved. confiscated 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
bv wav Of Durango, and the government,
having no facilities for attacking INN Dy
sea, was obliged to temporize and olde It's
time. Topic prospered nder his RUE,
Goods came in virtually duty free, much OF
the time. via San Bias, and he executed the
laws such as they. were, very vigorously,
allowing no one else to steal or commit muir
der. Topic was the most orderly district IN
Maxieo for wears. Macmillan offered LO-
xada the title of count and high position
under the empire, and the shrewd but I'm
lettered Indian went so far as to RAISE Q
large force, with which he invaded Slnaloa
to act In conjunction with the French troops
and imperial mercenaries in raising tne
siege Of Mazatlan. There his first disaster
The French had promised him provisions
for his troops and a large sum In ready
money. which not being Forthcoming sc
soon as he expected, he halted some dis
tance frem Mazatlan to wait for them
Corona and Angel Martinez OF the kepuD
lean army, saw their advantage, turned
back from Mazatlan, and routed and dis
persed Lozada's army; then, without a mo
lnent's DELAY. marched back to meet thu
French force sent out to unite with HIM
and served. that in the same manner
Iozada retrdated to Topic, and declared hi
district thenceforth neutral" and closed Il
the forces of both Republicans and Imper
ialists. Several times the Juarez ad
ministration ordered General Coroni
to march into Topic from Guadalajara
Durango and Mazatlan simultaneously
and put down Lozada, but eacl
time an instruction in another par
of the republic called off the troops an
he wal enabled to hold his power until tn
reopening of an old wound, given him b.
his ancient enemy, Rojas, terminated
most remarkable career, If our informatlo
be correct. 1t is doubtful if his mantle WI
fall upon a successor of sufficient nerve an
energy to maintain the position which b
/ held forsmore than twenty years. Placid
Vega would succeed him if he could, bu
he ID part Caucasian, and the Indians hat
and despise him. An Indian successor ma
possibly be found, but it is doubtful. @
Che Tigre of Alicia, Byron might well hay
written:
ale left a Villains name to other times,
Linked to one virtue and a Thousand crimes"