The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-11
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springfield Republican AsunciOp Let'er-1
On Friday morning / looked out OF
my cabin window to find that We were
tied up al the most yellow wharf that |
ever saw, and in front of a large barn
like building. / did not dream that We
were at Asuncion, but going on dock
found the Custom house for Para
quay, and that when We went ashore We
were in the city Of the republica incog-
nits. A very nice little city we found it
to be. Not that it is pretty or preten-
tious, or worth visiting-but it is an en-
terprising, republican go ahead place.
Most of the houses are small aud old
and are built without any regard to be-
ing on the streets. You cannot imagine
a more irregular assemblsge of houses,
bnt the symmetry with which the public
buildings are built Offsets this. The
Presidents house, Government house,
arsenal, barracks and Custom house
stand on wide boulevards, and with the
exception of the latter, are as well built
as the similar buildings in any American
city of the same rank.
The word ''ssuncion," you know, ia
not Spanish for ascension" as we used
to believe when school boys, but for as.
sumption. ana in the case Of the Para
guaysn city is well bestowed, for it is
not often in South America that there
can be found a city that is more assum-
ing politically, socially and generally.
Remember that fifteen years ago it was
sacked by the Brazilian army, and look
at it now as busy trading town of
so, 900 people, many of them Of fine Gull
tivation.
In short, one need not fear to be proud
of seeing such a city, a city built by
virgin forests on a beautiful hill that
slopes from sunny farm lands 10 the
grand, wide Parsns | will not 90 into
the details, but assure you that, though
isolated, Paraguay is a State worth
knowing. Situated in the warm heart
of South America, it lies under the
shadow of the Sierras, and between the
two great rivers, Parana and Paraga.
Into its territory there have come three
and one-half centuries of sadness and
misfortune. Spain had no colony that
was more enslaved; and though the
Jesuiticsl control gave it a bright day,
it was long the prey of cruelty and ad
venture.
Revolutions came at length and re-
suited in independence. From 1917 un-
til 1869. first Francia and then the Lopez
tyrants held the country under a cruel
despotism. Then Solano Lopez involved
the State in war with Brazil, and after
the sack of Asuncion, and the ravage of
the country, the tyrant was shot and the
reign of terror gave place to a reorgani-
zation of the republic, which was mod
eled after the United States. Appro-
priations are voted by Congress, and
that body also fixes the salaries of off,
Gals.
The President receives $4,000 the
Vice President 5 5000, the Ministry
$500, Congressman $500 and the Judge
of the Supreme Court $50. The popu.
lation is about 300, 900; and what is
strange about it is that there are only
about 10000 men and 10000 women.
OF course, the females are the farmers
producers and laborers. They work
slavishly and are very poor. While the
men sit at home and drink and smoke
they indefstigably toll and support the
families.