, 1873-09-21

novor was .ront by OWL fo,1ls, % was tho 70.
mandor Of blooa-Htaincd Mexico. Flor pooplo
pIospercd, md at mining and horticulture grew
from childhood WIS taught to bcnr arms and to
dcspise tho r1ilora or nisru]o.B Ut Mexico proper
6choola wero ontabllaicl throughout tho dis
tret after Mr.. Fowler won't tioro. And horo wo
will HAy, without foar Ut contradiction, tint Los
!nloa OF Topic arc not pilro-bluodoa 1udians.
Noithor wnA Io2ada. IA tradition tcnclleB Ill., tic
Hpanish descendants of tie original sottosa In
Topic wore among tho bost-formol mud most
athletic raco Of all Spanish America. Tho boauty
counsenanoes, their. luYnrons hair, suporb llg.
ures small foot and hands, lare bcen famed for
three eonturios. Hor mon are atnlwart, broad-
shoillderodt and arc alwaya tanght to feel thenl-
selves tho superior Of all Mo1icans beyond tho
Alicas.
Tho Boston Globes asory ot tho torture Of
1oznda's mothor, and his amour with tho Bpan-
ish girl, aro puro fabricauons,--not necessarily
lean infornanta. Tho fact ie, tint Moxicans 40
rarely ontorod Lozada's territory TINT oil manner
OF inventions 1oatod about the country regarding
him, with mono noar wen enough informed to
correct thom. hle1ican proper feared to go
Santa Ana, with. 300 OF his Veterans, undor-
took It, aud, whom halfway through tho depths
Of Daranoa Dlnnca, suddenly, as II by tho sway
Of tile magician's wnnd, 3d.000 Of Lozada's In
duulitab1o warriors foil upon and
BLAU0iTEnEp TIE ESTInE ARMY,
excepting Santa Ana aud his body-guard Of GOO
men, Which, being In tho rear and not yot
descended into tile barnica, saw tho commence
mont Of the slaughter, turned. and fed. Mus.
ey e osss m Gso ao oxS and
daR hands. His army could then, us oil Mexi-
cans say, have marcllod into qua1aajarn.
second city Of tho country, and easily lavo plum
dored 1t. This waB not Loznda'B aim. Triple
rows Of gigantic mountains formed a nearly
complete anphithoatrlcal wall arounl bis. dis
trict, brokeu only by tho GO leagues OF ooast
gu tho Pacific. Marrow passes only lod iuto Ais
territory. Whon once IN army attempted tho
an~e pentar 5 Sg saa sG WHY IT,
and thus, cutting of retroat, hold 1t iu tho ho1-
low OF lis hand until It waB destroyed. GatAer-
ing all its supplies, Lozada took thon to his
fortreaa Ct Ban Luis, gave hia army feast, aud
tompta than Santa Aua's were made to subduo
Lozada, md resulted in two othor Wholesale
elaughtera. In oacl case, as In the first, tho
great chieftain could have left his victims to
rancas aud canons, and Fastening to tho States,
1layo captured State capital after capital, and
overwhelmed nil Mexico. Such, however, was
noyer his ambition. and these instances conclu-
eively eIbatantiate what Was told me b tho,na-
tive and foreign citizens Of Terio in 1867, whom
Lozada was at the height Of his power.
Whom, in February Of that year, tho forces OF
Napoleon III. concentrated at tho capital, and
marched out from the Halls Of tho Monto-
zllmas" undor command Of Marshal Dazaino,
Macmillan and his ajhorents folt III no way
alarmed, for they had had messenger from
Manuel Lozaia, telling the young Arolduke and
Emperor that Lozada with $4,000 warriors
WOULD JOIN THE 1strEn1AL FORCES.
Thia cheorod all Imperial Mcxico. That army
under Lozada was better than quadrruple
pa7aine's army Of $4,000 French and Austrian
troops for waging war In Mexico. When this
runor was matte known to Jnaroz and his
armies, even amidst their roioioinga over tho
evacuation Of Mexican territory BY tl1e French,
dssfs sSo s ssssa sas not to h se
It WAS then that tho American spirit Of IHnao V,
Fowlor inserted itself n his exile. As soon as
1nilian, he began to persuade him to forbear.
showing him how, when snccoss crowned tho
1mperial banners, II would he incompatible
with Maxinilian's dignity and honor aa m
to romain Independent in or on my part Of
Mexican territory, This and other arguments,
during the samo days that Lozada'B forces wore
preparing to oroaB tho AlicaB and attao}S Corona
pnuso, consider, md finally to decline. A mos
Eongor sent to Quorotaro to x'milian, tell
ing him of Iozhdas intontiong,-his change Of
mind. Then gloom and despair settlod over the
Imperial household aud camps. Thon two long
and loud viyas rang through tho mottled ranks
Of the ha1f-clothod bus patriotic Liberals
Lozada's decision, rs all tito world then knew,
DOOMED THE EMPIRE.
and crowned the Republic. For. this. and
other reaBonp too numerous to me1,tion III lot
ter, the allegation OF lozadafB aggression ispro-
ven enormous. Positively, his whole life dis
proved tho statement about his wanting power
OF any kind beyond The amphltheatre Of moun-
tains which surrounded his own Topic. He
never led his troops beyond these mountaiph but
onco that was, in 1868, when, at tho head OF
5000 warriors, he marched north into sinaioa,
and joined aen. Castillion's French forcea. Al
tho first battle against tho Liberals, Caatilllon
left Lozada On tho field Of battle, mover warning
him that he would bo left to fight alone; and,
Liberal army Of q, GOO mon fell upon him, md
rnnHBactal half his command. For this base
act, Of tho TroncA commander. Mn1imilian and
tho Trench justly lost the mort powerful ally
III MI Mexico. Lozada' returned to Tepio, and,
while ho aud his people quietly pursued their
yocationB Of peace tho problem Of Empire vor-
BUS Republic, in the heart OF tho American Con-
tinont. was being solved in blood OH tho plains
beyond tho AlicaH.
Zen. Corona, Commander-u-C Chief Of thu
Grand Army of tho Ropllic Of Mexico Of tho
NorthweHt, Mt the hcah OF Il, 900 men, ouce un'
dortook to subdue Topic. lIo Ind been clerk
in tho City Of Tepio while boy, md was q native
! Of that district. IIe thought lie knew the terri
| tory, and Lozndo'B ways well enough to subdut
| him, aud tho General Government iutrustod hin
| with the mission. He marched from Mazatlal
| III the spring Of 1854, ut the head OF his army
| Iozala Was appgised Of 1t within tWonty-fonl
| AoirB after Ills departure. A glaring boscon
light of pitcl-plne knotH waa seen on Ban Lui
Peak that night aud by daylight Of tile follow
lug day,
/ FORTY THOUSAND MEN
Ind assembled oil tho sopes Of San Luis. Hall
| the number were mounted. Each man bud
| lance, a calbine and revolver, and knife. Tlro
| laya we're passed in te!d-maneuvrea. Ill
| fourth day, from Ma2atlau. Corona entered th'