The New York Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1868, Page 11

| that moment soper' “THE PARAGUAYAN WAR. «austery of the Fall of Humaita—Description of the Scenes ef Action on the Paraguay River—This Year's Campaign—How Lopes Safely Transferred His Line of Defence—An Example of His “Deserter-Spy” System— The Women in the Ranks. Rio JANEIRO, Sept. 26, 1868, The undoubting hope is now entertained here that the prompt termination of this sanguinary war must now speedily follow as a matter of course, By the termination of this war, it should be borne in mind, Brazilians mean neither more nor less than the utter annihilation of the power of Lopez and his expulsion from Paraguay. No Brazilian seems to entertain now a single serious doubt that with the occupation of Humaité by the allied army the river Paraguay is and must remain perfectly free as far as the Province of Matto Grosso, still held by the Paraguayaus; that their tron-clads, ‘wooden gunboats and transports, steaming triumph- antly up and down the mighty stream and landing thelr victorious host anywhere they choose—at As- sunclon—wiill, by a bold stroke, @ JaSherman or R, Napier, give the last coup de grdce to the agonizing tyranny of Solano Lopez, But the illusion will very soon be dispelled and the disappointment to the Brazils and to the world in this respect will be Breat Indeed. , As I happen to havesome acquaintance with Para- Suay, its people and its government, I am moved to give a word of caution to that important class of merchants and financiers who, in Europe and America, are connected with these countries; in so far, I mean, as either the end or the continuation of this—to the Brazils at least—ruinous war may have any direct or indirect bearing on their pecuniary terests, The predictions as to the final, the infaili- ble, overthrow of Lopez have been so often and so confidently made, even by the very highest allied Buthorities, that sensible people have already learned to know—very many at their own cost—what fuch Brazilian vaticinations are really worth. Sul, as Humaité has been looked upon, not only here but in Europe and America, as the ultitna thule, the Sebastopol or the Richmond of this ‘unhappy contest, it would be but too natural to con- clude that from its capture by the allies, or abandon- ment by the Paraguayans, similar results must now necessarily follow. So thought and still think many observers, who, knowing nothing about the Paraguay- ans and their present extraordinary chieftain, judge of this war and its probable issue by ordinary rules of European warfare. And so, perhaps, it may have been the case two years ago. But things in Para- ‘uay have since then enceeene a complete change. he Brazilian accounts as the way in which the Paraguayans effected the evacuation of Humait must, of course, be received with caution. Its sub- stance, however, is this:—That the whole of the garrison, stated to be four thousand, women and children included, crossed over to the Chaco, toa narrow peninsula lying right in front of this fort- ress, On the 25th ult., when they were discovered, and where, up to the 30th, they had absolutely re- fused to surrender, though surrounded on every side by the whole allied land and water forces, and ‘where they were still fighting desperately and suc- cessfully against their assailants. Whereupon the Bra- zilian Commander-in-Chief, Marquis de Caxias, had resolved to starve them out with the assistance of theshell and grapeshot of their iron-clads and ‘wooden gunboats, which encircle the whole penin- sBular, I shall in due time and place give an account of this extraordinary affair, founded on data which make no secret of its Paraguayan proclivities and origin, but which will, I trust, be found no less de- serving of credit on that account, uniess it can be shown that all reports as to this war not Brazilian or “allied” are founded on mendacity, venality or error, I shall now endeavor to give a general idea of the relative positions occupied by the belligerents on this part of the “Chaco,” which, since the landing of the allies on the 2d of May last,has been the incessant scene of strife and bloodshed, premising that in pres of the relative distances there may possi- bly be some slight error; for, though acquainted with most of the localities I shall have occasion to speak, 1 have not my itunerary of distances with me, and I give them from memory. The Chaco,” as everybody knows, is an endless, marshy and thickly wooded plain lying on the west side of Humaita and of the river Pt tuay. Of the Be oer fronting this fortress, whic! erages about three miles in width, the Paraguayans held the pod they could command with their smooth bored sixty-eight pounders from Humatté, Here and out of range of U ans the allied generai Rivas was posted with about ‘aght thousand men, with whom, and With the assistance of tue six iron-clads stationed above, the siege of the fortress was made complete. Rivas’ forces occupied two strips of land existing about the middle of this penmsula and facing the northern and southern borders of the river Para- guay. In the intervening space there was a lake, averaging one and a quarter miles in width, which was guarded by several armed boats from the fleet. ue communications of the ailies between both these oints of the peninsula and the two divisions of the razilian iron-clads above and below Humaita were kept up by means of this lake and a tramway which they had made across ic strip ofland on the south- ern aide. On the rear of this allied corps—on tue rivu- let Guaicurd, Parcs Me lans about one thousand yards distant—the raguayans had steaithily erected a small redoubt armed ft with two guns, and it was here that in atvempting to dislodge them on the 18th ult. the allies were repulsed with terrible loss. This Guatcard les within two miles of Timbo, another Paraguayan redoubt on the “ ” armed with four sixty-eight pounders on the river side, which has always been tn direct com- munication, by means of a road made across the “Chaco,” with Lopez's new line of defence on the river Tebicuarl, The distance Letween these posi- tions, in a straight line, is about twenty-five miles. T ought ere onto nae in front of Rivas’ corps, midway and, on the e¢ ‘irigon of Hamaits had like unpercetved by fie allies, erected a redoubt and armed it with several light pieces; and itis here that the last remnant of ‘the garrison of Humalta, whatever its exact number may be, retired on the ult., when the ailies be- came aware of its final abandonmont—that is to say, when Humaité was completely empty. It will now be perceived that the commantcations between Humaité and Timbo could easily be kept up through this lake, and a this last and ignored redoubt and that of Guaicurda Lyi opposite side, by eluding at night the vigilance of the Brazilian guard boats. And such, indeed, was ly the case, a8 the allies must ere this have und out. rrr an example were wantod of what little can be effected, in a military point of view, by a relatively most powerful force—this force being, beside: tly enhanced by the exhaustless abundance and Sniciency of their weapons—when led by Vanitous presumption and technical incapacity, even when Op) to a mere handful of men badly armed and worse provided for in every respect, but commanded by officers of rare skill, coui and undinching firmness—such an example would be furnished by this memorable _— In the month of February last Marquis de Caxias, commander-in-chief of all the allied forces operating by land and water tthe Ps ‘ans, had up- wards of 60,000 fighting men under his orders, His infantry was all armed with percussion arms, mostly Minié rifles; his numerous and well mounte cavalry, with Spencer's carbines; his field and siege trains Were overstocked with the best rified ord- nance which the European and American foundries could ish. Thirteen iron-clads, armed with a8 heavy as 150 Armstrong rifled ‘pounders; about - twenty wooden screw gunboats, and countless sieam transports were, likewise, under Caxias’ command. All this formidable array had been already tuvesting and bombarding the enemy's posi- tion for hy techy of a year. Solano had, at that time, only about sixtecm thousand fighting men under arms. He had no fuyial armed force of any kind. His infantry was partiy armed with flint matchlocks, the ouly Minies his en had being those they had taken from the allies, ie had, at the time, no cavalry, aud his only eMcient field pieces were eighteen rifled four-pounder and one thirty-two Armstrong that he had taken from his foes,” His heaviest ordnance on the ramparts of Humaité were smooth bored sixty-eight pounders, Lastly, this fortress was tho only one which Para- guay then ie and ali his military resources ‘were stored and kept here at the time. Bein hermetically shut up from all the civilized world, there was no possibility of his getting from without any supplies of the improved and deadly appliances cof modern Warfare possessed by the allies, and he had then no means of making them within, He could get no fron-c where Brazil was obtaining them and could not build any to Paraguay. He ‘was consequently forced to fight It out solely by means of the imperfect and scanty military an naval resources which Paraguay might be abie to avford him, One thing, indeed, he hi er lucked, and which alone has been sufficient to make up for all other dedclencies the patriovism, valor and devotion of thes dy and much abused Paraguayans. Indeed, I doubt whether the whole history of the world can produce a more extraordinary example of unswerving fideilty, n+ Gomitable courage, matchless powers of endurance, unshaking firmness, untiring industry, skill and dex- terity, all combined together, as are actually exhibit these people, ba the Wot February Inst Marquis de Caxias waa with all his forces in fron} of Humaita's outer works—Curupalty, Passo-poci and Espinilio armed with heavy artillery and defended by Lopes’ ‘whole xias held several fortitied era ‘acing the Paraguayan lines and extenging ras Tayl, about fifteen miles above Hur je border of the river Paraguay. On tha Waters of this river had risen to such @ height as to Jeave at loust twenty feet under water the much tireaded torpedoes and the chain stretched across te river in Front of the fortress, At last, after two years’ hesitation, six Brazilian (ron-clads were or. Gered to pass its batteries, They passed safely and Brrived at Tayi without iosing @ single man, thus roving that the real dimouity of the enterprise fia rincipally jaid tn the want of vigor of he Brazilian admirals, for the river Paraguay is regularly overflowed at least twice every year. From Strategical position and cit Bumstances were completely altered, His ouiy tine NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1868,—TRIPLE SHEET. of sayoly and retreat laid through the Chaco, and through 8 swampy road extending from oe Sara tangled steam transports were had made a B the allies held now orcould hold undisputed and cumalere command of = meer a out couid—nay, Lopez thought would—) 1 with bockade the mouth of the river Tebicuart, in- Lopez’s situation had thereby become one of ex- treme peril, and had a Grant or a Napier been at this fac at the head of the allies his fate would ave been sealed forever. Fortunately for him the generalissimo of all the allied land and water forces was Marquis de Caxias, who did, at the right time, nothing of the kind, Still, as Lopez could not expect that the Brazilian tron-clads would have been suffered, to remain two months and a half above Humaité, idling their time away, the abandonment of this fortress, as his primary base of defence, was instantly resolved upon, and the mouth of the river Tebicuarl was chosen in its stead. But Tebicuar, atill required to be made what it has since becom an impregnable position both by land and water, an’ four mouths, at least, were thought requisite for that purpose. The whole of the contents of Humaitd was be transferred to Tebicuari, and how to effect so stupendous a feat under such Seyenencrney dim- cult circumstances was not easily conceived. Yet the enterprise was not only attempted, but success- fully carried out, with matchless orcgp boldness, resolution and celerity. The execution of this plan was facilitated by means of the cleverest ruse de guerre | have any knowl of, and as it reveals some peculiarities of mind both of Caxias and Lopez it ts well deserving of notice, spare from the great intrinsic merit of the adroit perform- ance itself A jayan pseudo-deserter was sent to the allied camp. He _ lily insinuated that Lopez intended to make an attack on their lines with the whole of his available forces, ‘The revelations of this ‘deserter’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that was then being ob- served of unusually large bodies of troo} being seen concentrating themselves at Curupaity, These forces Were seen at other days stealthily and noiselessiy mo’ towards the centre, tow: the right and goon. These masses seemed dally to in- crease in number. Meanwhile an extraordinarily noisy movement to and fro was remarked within their lnes, always in a direction opposite to that where their forces were perceived compactly \, i] parently to draw Caxias’ attention to that point! while the real danger was not there. During eight days and nights the allies were kept distractingly on the qué vive, uncertain as to the real point where the dreaded onset was to be made. All at once the noise- less moving masses were to be seen no longer. The noisy hubbub al ther ceased. It was apparent the uayans been atraid to attack the allies and had thought it to be safer to keep quietly behind their trenches. y were there the Brazilian commander could entertain no doubt, for Lopez had enormously increased the heavy artillery along the whole breadth of his extensive line and, besides, a great number of armed men were now constantly seen standing by their pieces and leanin ane the parapets. The reader has already Md the riddle. While the Marquis de Cax! was hourly ex- pecting to be attacked, the dexterous untiring Pay ayans had been quietly re- moving from Curupaity, Passo-pocd and Epinillo, and had actuglly transferred to Tebicuari all the heavy and light guns, all the ammunitions and stores existing at those points, besides about ten thousand soldiers, a ious quantity of ammunt- tions and all the living impediments lying in that fortress. To make the ltilusion still more complete the smart Paraguayan chief had caused the real six- ty-eight-pounders to be substituted for wooden guns, and the real soldiers for soldiers looking sc: rows, neatly dressed indeed, and with old matchlocks lean- ing against their arms. A few companies of men were left to keep these lines and fire daily volleys of musketry at the allies, who did not find out the trick till upwards of one month after everything haa already been removed. At last, Marquis de Caxias became aware that the dreaded lines were feebly guarded. A reconnoissance was ordered. The Para- guayan guard made a show ofresistance and retired toHumai, The alles then gallantiy mounted the parapets and took possession of the wooden guns and Paraguayan scarecrows. And now the most contemptibly ridiculous part of this affair remains to be told. In communicating this “victory” to his govern- ment, Marquis de Caxias actually wrote, and had published by ali newspapers here, that, no doubt frightened out of his wits by the vigor and sucvess Of this attack, Solano Loper was shameful. flying he did not know Caged whither—towards Bolivia, as he Cera Sethe a had finally abandoned the defenders of Humaité to their fate. With a levity and childish infatuation no less extraordinary he further wrote that, at most three days later, his next despatch would be written from within the walls of Humaité. Consid that the humiliating fact here related—as to the wooden guns and scare- crows found within the Pa fan lines—had been authenticated and become known at the very time that he wrote his famous despatch, Marquis do Caxias gave to the world at least a signal proof of his uncommon fortitude and strength of mind, for any otuer commander-in-chief, under similar circum. stances, would have died of shame. And yet he was destined to be still more lously deceived by a second stratagem, which, according to reliable accounts, cost the Brazilian army on the 16th ultimo uprarae of 2,000 of its best men. But Imust proc with my, narrative, ‘fhe ultimate abandonment of Humsiva being resolved upon, Coio- nel Allen was entrusted with its defence. He was to hold it a! ali hazards and against all odds until he should be ordered by Lopes tO retre from it, Hu- maité might contain at that time about 7,000 souls, of whom 4,000 were veteran troops. Finally, at the beginning of July last, the new works erected on the Tebicuari were thought of sufficient strength to defy all the wer the allies could bring to bear shem ; in fact, as impregnable to the al, both by land and water, as had proved Humaita itself, which, being now invested on the side of the Chaco, was at last effectually besi and had no other communi- cation with Timbo, than what could,be effected at night through the “Guaicuru’’ lake. Meantime the fortress was running short of provisions and thei was no chance of successfully attacking Rivas’ forces, so long as his fanks were protected by the rifled one hundred and fifty pounders from the Brazilian tron- ol Still, by Id coup de matn, a large amount of poe mi have been introduced through uaircurd before the allies could have prevented it. Nevertheless, the definitive evacuation of this fortress was thought preferable, inasmuch as sure means had been found to transfer with safety, to Tebicuari at least, its incomparabie artilierymen, who were now needed to man the river batteries of this new stronghold. And so indeed it happened, for before the 14th of July Colonel Allen, with a body of picked men, had arrived at Timbo in safety and reeived vy the allies, e command of Humalté now devolved on Colonel Martinez, a stern, intrepid Sonik ek esieemed by He was instructed, first and above all, to leave the fortress absolately bare of every living thing, and, next, to en- deavor to transfer to Timbo the sick, wounded, crippled and convalescents, the women and children that had been sudfered to remain with the garrison, the prisoners, and, last of ail, the remainder of the rrison. My informant set down at about tree thousand the numver of living ftmpedi- menta, without counting the prisoners, and at about two thovsand the number of ps still leit in charge of Martinez, dd adds that the fortress was to be blown up at a given moment by means of @ Voltaic battery and wires kept in the Chaco fort, lying right in front of Hu- matti, On the 12th a great deal of warlike material had already becn collected on the lake redoubt, and on the 14th the coutents of the hospitals and infir- maries had been transferred there and left ia charge of women, And now I must relate the second “trick” layed by Colonet Martinez on the Brazilian Jommander-in-Chief to facilitate this evacuation, The canoes which ferried the sick and wounded on the 14th were left there to be observed by the tron- Clads stationed below and above Humattd, while a noisy movement was kept up in the swampy woods fronting Rivas’ position. leanwhile the pickets and guards doing duty outside the ram had been greatly diminished, and on the 16th none were sent outside the fortress, wherein no sign of life was observable, A general bombardment had been made by the allies on the 16th; some tron- ciads had even come closer to the batteries than usual; but not a shot was returned. On this same Lt deserter made his appearance in the allied cam| He made, no doubt, important revelations two rquis de Caxias, for he tmmediateiy sent for Generals Argollo, Gelly aud Osorio, commanding Scare, the fo the centre and the right Wings of the allied army. uy tila time communications had been re- ceived from Admiral Inhaima and General Rivi to the effect that innumerable canoes a seen crossing and recrossing from Humaita to the Chi ; that to all appearances the Paraguay. ans were concentrating @ large force in front of Ri position, presumably with the intention of at tempting some coup de main in combination with their camerades at Timbo. The Marquis conjec- tured what the acute Paraguayans had wanted him to believe—viz., that the hype had decamped, or at least left the piace teebly guarded, A general at tack againgt the ramparts ‘was consequently ordered to take place the following miorning. Osorio, with twelve thoi d Brazilians, was to do the rough an work on the Fight while Gelly and Argolio would make suitable diversions in opposite Mate to fa- No Paraguayans had been seen except @ very few sharp-eyed guards, who retreated on their approach, The first columns of attack Were already within sight of the embrasuree of the ramparts, and neither men nor even guns were to be seen within them, They therefore pushed on with alacrity; and so did the battalions tn their rear. Finally they came in front of all redoubt lying within about two hundred yal nd in frout of the formidabie ramparts. Tne few sly Paraguay: 8 Who had been perceived before had en iter behind this redoubt; but, after timidly firing & few shots, ran away and disappeared, This re- doubt was taken possession of by the pressing Bi ; and up they climbed. By thie ix thousand men were éechelonnés within gunshot range of the ramparts, exulting at their easy prey, when @ thundering yell was made tMroughout the whole breadth of this part of the citadel, and, quick as lightning, the guns appeared at the embrasures, vomiting grapesiot aud shell tful effects, In work was over. than de- ended this reconnoissance; for Gelly Argollo, after advancing on their aide to within gun range of the ramparts, perceived that the Paraguayans were behind and quietly returned tole quarters, zis success, ful me as it was r one on Guaicuru—two dave later— allowed Colonel Martinez to clear Humaité without fear of molestation from the Marquis; and on the 24th nothing more remained behind than a guard of about three hundred men, who finally crossed over on that day, after having nailed all the guns that could not be thrown into the river, On leaving Humaité each party carried with them not only provisions for four onan Os mas besides poh oe 2 the bor along of swampy wi ». the canoes that had brought them from Mamata And this un- eet feat had actually been accomplished with. in sight of forty thousand besieging enemies and innumerable guard boats, and without having been discovered until the whole of the garrison and its tinpedimenta had been safely collected at a given point on the Chaco, within musket shot of the ene- my’s lines, and not until more than half of those brave fellows had actually reached Timbé perfecily safe. And here ends my private information in regard to this memorable siege and its still more memorable exodus. I have no Paraguayan data that will enable me to explain why Colonel Mariinez, whose retreat went on uninterrupted! since the 18th, and had had the Guaicurd lake free up to the 26th, had not yet succeeded ere then in transferring ‘safely to Timo every living thi he had with him. He was, besides, to blow up Humaita from the Ohaco and, most fortu- nately for tne assailants and for humanity, the placo was not blown BD; yet Colonel Martiner is the last Paraguayan that would have shrank from doing sucha thing. On the 25th, then, Colonel Martinez may still have had about 2,500 souls with him. Bra- zilian accounts about such matters cannot, of course, be trusted. It is, however, known that up tothe Svth ull. that brave man and his indomitable com- rades had uot only refused to surrender on any con- ditions, but having been attacked on the 28th, they had repulsed their assailants with great slaughter. Indeed Ihave no doubt, from the knowledge I have of these people, that they will fight as long as they have ammunition and as long as they are not ac- tually dying with hunger. Next mail, then, will bring you the final issue of this last ‘and most stir- ring episode of this extraordinary siege, which, to gay the least of it, has covered Colonels Allen and Martinez with glory, and has revealed in the Para- guayan soldiers qualities of such worth as cannot but eters unfeigned admiration even from their enemies. Whe present defensive means of Lopez remains to ‘be considered. It has been seen what they were at the begining of this year, to what stress he had been reduced by the’ aceldents of war, by cholera, by small pox and famine, when six Brazilian iron- clads made their unexpected appearance above Humaitd, These iron-clads, as is well known, found nothing but deserted vil as faras Asuncion. In fact, the whole country was then absolutely defence- less. Nothing, therefore, can give us a higher idea of the asto! energy, resolution and industry of Solans Lopez and this extraordinarg ple than the prodigious labors he has since then mu able to accomplish, itions onthe river Paraguay are at Ee His fortified this moment the following:—Timbo, about four miles from Humatt4; Tebicuari or St. Fernando, about one hundred miles in a straight line below Asun- cion; Lambaré, avout four miles below same place. In the interior he has erected:—Cerro Leon, or Villa Rica, about equidistant (ninety miles) from Tebicu- ari and Asuncion. He has, besides, fortitied Ibicuy, lying about thirty-five miles below Cerro Leon. evicuari and Lambaré form the base of a triangle, whose apex is Cerro Leon, which is connected with Asuncion by a railroad, the fixed aud Salli stock of which has all been made in Par- aguay. With Ibicury and Tebicuari, Villa Rica, or Cerro Leon, is connected by several roads lately made, and subsidiary by the river Tebicuari and its aifuences. At Ibicury large foundries exist, where the greater part of the sixty-eight pounders and a few one hundred and twenty pounders have been made. At Villa Rica there is a Well supplied arsenal and several manufactories of smali arms and ammu- nition of every kind. It is scarcely three montis that the Brazilian iron-clads had discovered no de- fences whatever on the river side at Tebicuari. It contains to-day at St. Fernando an entrenched camp capable of accommodating thirty thousand troops, besides several important outworks, altogether o! greater strength than ever Humatté possessed, and on @ contiguous place called Los Fortines, lying on the border of the river Paraguay, adjoining the mouth of the river Tebicuarl, Adjoining the mouth of the river Tebicuari four redouts have been erected round an ere bend, horseshoe-like, formed here by the river, an extending for about @ mile. ‘These redouts are so disposed as to be able to con- verge their whole fire on any single point along this bend. They are temporarily armed but with 14 smooth vored 68 and two 120-pounders. To make the fire of their redouts effectual against the iron-ciads two huge jetées have been made across the river, stretching from the Chaco side to within sixty yards of the guns and forming @ channel of that width and one mile in length, through which all vessels Must necessar! My trustworthy informant assures me that hardly three or four of the Brazilian iron-clads now on that river will be able to pass these formidable batteries without running iminent risk of being pierced Pore ot disabled or sunk. How the Paraguayans have been abie to make such ine works with such an amaizing celerity is in- eed extraordinary. But that the Brazilian tron- ciads should not have either hindered or prevented their erection baffles my Mageyrer aud will hardly be credited in Europe. ‘The navigaiion of the river ee for the allies is, therefore, less free now than it was before the evacuation of Humaité. Before they mignt have gone as far as Matto Grosso, To-day the way 1s, for practical purposes at this point, closed to above Tebicuarl. Nay, as long as ‘Timbo is in the hands of the Paraguayans no other vessels except the iron-ci will be available, even as high as Tebicuari. Timbo is now a gta strong ition, commanding that point of the river, and armed, to-day, with four sixty-eight pounders and a number of smail pieces, Now, of the extreme difficulty of expelling those un- flinching Pai yans from their stronghold: world has already had ample experience, At Lam- baré, defensive ‘works, both by land and water, analogous to those of ‘Tebicuaro, are in course of completion; and the entrenched camp and other works of Cerro Leon, are of such strength and magnitude as would alone require a far superior force to any the allies have ever had in P: to invest them and guard their line of suppiles re- treat. After this it would be neediess to speak of other minor strategical points that are likewise be- erected or ed. ‘at present stationed at Timbo, at Candalaria, on the River Parand, at Matto Grosso, at St. Fernando, and still working at Lambaré, an several other places are summed up together, Lopea may have about omer thousaud men capable of bear- ing arma. 1 exclude those that are now on the Chaco, say one thousand to one thousand five nun- dred, who must either die or surrender; but I in- ciude such sick and wounded as will be able soon to return to their ranks. Around Timbo about five thousand men are, I pemae, collected at this moment, about one-half being those that had crossed safely from Humait& before the 26th ult, At St, Fernando, Lopez’ present headquarters, about eighteen thousand men could be mustered if the work still going on there were completely suspended. A great deal has been said and written about Para- guyan ug fe dnto the ranks and pushed on flelds of battle to get butchered by their enemies. 1 believe that upwards of twenty thon- sand women are at present employed in callings which ought to be performed by men. But those who have seen these robust, hardy and good na- tured Paraguayan women, working even at the trenches, nay, er @ musket and making good use of it when needed, must have been surprised to see the cheerfuiness and aiacrity with which they did their work. Tie fact is that no hatred can be con- ceived so implacabie, no thirst of vengeance so intense, no contempt so loathsome or irra- tional as is felt by all Paraguyan women for the cambais—the ae is, + the Brazilians, the invaders of beloved country, the slayer’ of their brethren; and so long as such Lm phan passions aninates a whole people, male and female, itis nonsense for us to take for sacrifices, extorted by terror and tyrannical com- es What they themselves look upon as @ inden and sacred duty which, no matter how irksome, costly or ee oe ought to be, and must be, ungrudgingly and unswervin performed, when called upon to do so by their rigntful chit tain—el supremo. Therein, indeed, lies the whole secret of the unconqueravie powers of resistance developed by Solano Lopez, whose greatest merit has been to turn them to the best account for the go defence of his own country. It should aiso borne ia mind that Solano Lopez is not only @ usurper of the supreme power of l’araguay, but has had the advantage of being the successor and inher- itor of his own futher in a country where no political revolution has taken place for half @ century and where ninety-nine in every hundred of its population regard “#1 supremo,” the supreme head of theirown government, wheiher Franga or Carios Lopez, with awe, veneration and respect, inferior only in a slight degree to the respect, veneration and awe they have for God himself. I ot any person who has been in Paraguay for the corroboration of the truth of these statements, which at once dispose of the stories that find many credulous believers here about conspiracies and revolutions hatched in Paraguay against the government and lie of Solano Lopes. Nay, he himself made use of this proneness of the allies to credit such fables to facilitate the evacuation of Humaité, He caused of a soi-disant proclamation he had made to Taguayans announcing the discovery of a plot ich Berges, bis own brother-in-law, and Carra- ras, chief of the Paraguayan party of Montevideo, were the principal leaders to be slyly dropped by his pickets quartered near Tayi observing the Brazilians, while he ordered Colonel Caballero, the commander of Timbo, to write to Colonel Martinez, then at Hu- maita, ee him of the fact. Caballero wrote #1X letters, all of the same tenor; had them all drop-s coe into and let go down the river in six different ottles, two of which were fished up by the Brazilian boate and carried to Marquis de Caxtas. Strange to say, even this trick, Which was palpably Intended to induce the removal of the four iron-clads then sta- tioned 1n front of Guaicura, partially produced the desired effect, for two of them were actualiy ordered to steam up to Tebicuari on the Ziet ult., expressly to lend their aid to the numerous conspirators hidden and ps ie | @bout the Paraguayan cam who, th titers stated, were lustingiy ravi the lron-clads’ assistance ‘and awaited only th 9 arrival to produce @ general explosion. ‘Truth, it bas often been remarked, is sometimes stranger than fiction. The history of this cainpaign could furnish, as has been already seen, many proofs of the reality of this assertion. MEXICO. Vaegaries ef the Mexican Prese—Nevel Ad- dress by a Priest to a Band ef Robbere— Fierce Attack of an Irish-Mexican Lady on the Clergy—The Wits After the Juarez Ad- ministration—Sparks and Wasps. MAzaTLan, August 7, 1368, Having written much of wars and revolutions, of robberies and assassinations, of pronunciadores and military chieftains, we will now give the read- ers of the HERALD a dish of the most relishable mix- tures, which cannot fail to appease the mental appe- Ute thirsting for Mexican luxuries, Herein they will Qnd wit and sarcasm, a lady's pronunciamiento against the priests (In itself a most remarkable fea- ture), @ military prose poem by the renowned Lozado, not dedicated to the supreme government; @ model stump speech by a travelling padre to a band of robbers and various other interesting and enter- tertaining features, Firat:— Itis related that some short time ago a clerical gentleman was travelling not far from the city of Zacatecas, and encountered upon the road a band of robbers, Ashe had no money about his person he was not at all excited about making his will, neither did the meeting cause him the least fright, Upon the robbers’ arriving they addressed the priest, say- ing that they supposed they had but little to gain and he but little to give. The padre being poorer than themselves they courteously offered him a part of their morning meal and a pleasant departure, on condition that he would preach a sermon in their praise. The good man, knowing that there was no Other resource, commenced as follows:— “Gentiemen—I could not do you greater honor than compare your lives with that of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ while He was on this earth, He suffered much. You also suifer much, fleeing as fu- gitives. The Lord went accompanied by His dis- ciples; you go accompanied by your troops. He fre- quented the scribes and pharisees; you also frequent begs whe are no better than they. He repeated! suffered from rains and winds, from heat and cold, and endured all sorts of wrongs; you also live ex- rt Sg to the same misfortunes and suffer a thousand is. Jesus Christ walked barefooted; you do not go shod. He wore nothing more than @ tunica (® woollen shirt formerly worn by religious persons), and you wear nothing but what is upon your backs. He neither carried gold nor silver, and it seems to me you are not heavily laden with these precious Metals. He fasted forty days in the wilderness; you frequently do the same. He betook himself to the pinnacle of @ temple and to the summit of a sno Mountain; you would go to the devil to get to the top of ali hill to watch and spy for travellers. He was ed and thirsty, and you are often in the game condition, He was despised by all the world, and so are you. The Jews persecuted and arrested Him; others are after you with troops for your cap- ture. He was sold by Judas, and between ourselves somebody will ‘sell you.’ He was put in prison He replied to aud bound, and soon you shall be. Herod and the judges; so must you before your qe He was Whipped with lashes, and you will you have not been already. He was crucified and suspended between ladrones (robbers); the time is coming when you shall be. He descended to hell and you shall also descend tpere. Afterwards he ascended to heaven, but you shall not, because you Will inhabit hell with ail the devils therein, to whose company you will be sent by the Father, Son aud Holy Ghost. Amen.” ‘The Magic Lantern, published at Zacatecas, 1s re- sponsible for the above choice morsel, which in its Way is certainly a piece of clever satire. There has been considerable excitement in social circles at the city of Saltillo, capital of the State of Coahuila, with regard to the teachings of religious doctrines in the ae schools, and one of the lady teachers thus boldly assumes the defensive:— To THE Epitom oF THE COARUILENGR:— ‘StR—A thousand thanks for your observations and flatter. ing compliment of my last unpretentious letter, and also for the Interest you manifest in my weilfare. Again I ask your ardon for troubling you just “once more” by publishing the few words I deatre to give the puvite. Iam sure, sir, that tho niry for which the Mexicans are proverbial ‘will guaran- compilance with the courtesies desired. I assure you that article six of the law has not been forgotien by me, and that I have never directed any religious practices in the school under my control, I know that the mothers of the children and the pastors of churches are more capable than I in this respect, a8 Lam not adiviae, Yet I am tho friend of rellgion, simple and true, and Tam sure there 18 not in the world #0 ocking or horrible & tiing as a wotnan without religion, “In All civilized countries legislators have given much of thelr power for the suppression of the vice of trreligion, and for Want of its subjection have made lawa inculeating the greatest Teapect for religious belief. The children of my school have Asked leave to go to confession, saying that It was the will of their parents, “The little daughter of Senor D. Antonio Cuellar Ferniza, one of the commissioners, informed me that sho had a igense from her father to go. Then what right hind I to piace myself in opposition to the will of parents ? One of the girls wished to tell ane a conversation she had with her confessor in regard to me, but before all the school I leo tured her severely for her indiscretion. If the confessor had proper for ven bad counsels to the child, it would have bee ferto advise her father or mother, She examination made by. the commissioners relative to this question took place Without complaint of counsel on my part, and asl write #0 did Lexpress tnywelf to the board—that I did not have the least Gesire to have the priest chastised for so slight an offence ‘fayatust me, ‘The examination ended for me as “ia montaiia ratonct”’ (the mountain labored and brought forth a Let justice be done, though the heavens fall, Who knows but that the children have made many other exaggerations io their confessional, and how can a confessor make bis defence when he 1s under obligations of death should he reveal what has passed in fonal box? If you believe, Mr. Editor, ta the transmigration of souls, imagine yourself in some ‘other plauet. where you will be trausformed nto the body of un padre Aextcano (m Mexican riodt), and what pleasure would you not have fn bearing « Tow words in your defence from the lips of an humble aughter of the Emerald Isle? I am sorry, but it 1s true, that the ‘priests are opposed to the education of women, aid in partfculnr to the laws. We hope there are many exceptions, Rnd Lhave the pleasure of placing at the head of the cate: ‘ory the good Fathers Cuellar, Siller, Flores and others, In ‘ngiand and France and all Luropean countries the educa- tion of woman has been looked upon with much conaidera- tion, and with reason, because there would have been no Impurity in the metals if there had been no tinpurity ta the mines, and so vices would be rare among men if women, of ‘whom’ they are born, were all wise. For this reason, as an Suthor saya, was it ‘not the great master Lycurguis who established many rules and reguations for the citizens of Sparta, and who {mposed laws and chains and abandoned wo- mion to public and authorized disorder? We cannot say this of our Governor, Don Victoriano Ce who, not content is Iabors'as warrior for the physical liberty of Mex- ‘to give moral iberty and instruction to her There {eno doubt that the daughters of Saltillo will know how to be grateful for this disinterested goodness, Now ifthe traitor Banta Agana should come all the women are ready to prove to him, orto any rash invader who might Come, that it is not ® throne that can break a nation but » nation that can break @ throne. su Servidora atenta (your attentive worvant), CATALINA LUBY DE HERNANDEZ, ‘There isa deep signification in this letter; yet it may appear trivial to some readers who may not have reflected upon its import. It strongly portrays the leading, Cpe characteristic feature of the nineteenth century—the desire to break away from ail religious control and inaugurate @ condition of society in which every man can be lis own priest and every woman her own priestess—a condition of society in which there shall be no confessional out- side the gallows and the grave. That such a free, bold letter should bave been written by a Mexican Catholic lady (for such we take the writer to be) against @ class of men of the same faith, and, moreover, of the priesthood, shows that the’ “free agency” and ‘woman's rights’ doctrines so conspicuous and prevalent in the United States have already penetrated into this ex- clusively Catholic republic. If such a document had appeared from ee Pa of @ Mexican woman fifty years ago sie Would have been burned at the stake a8 a sorceress, or Witch, or as “one of the daughters of Eve sed by demons.” Even those so-called saintly pioneers who have made Plymouth Rock fa- mous, without adding anything to it4 value, would have taken such a document, confront tie writer, condemn her and then consign her to the devouring flames made by the burning of golden edged vol- umes of the fanatical “biue laws.” But the late ‘Theodore Parker, of the city of Boston, and the pres- ent Don Benito Juarez, of the city of Mexico, aud that class of men, through their “liberal” forces have done much, whether it be for good or evil, to lessen tne power of the priesthood over the fair sex. Women from time immemortal have, and for time immemorial will have, the ruling passion to run to- wards new dresses and new dogmas, aud the milll- ner and the prophet will ever remain her tdols—at least as long as the novelty lasts, Cannot Mra. Eliza. beth Cady Stauton and her very amiabie colaborers, ‘who look at the future through gold spectacies, en- large on this subject through the columns of the Revolution, iret being sure of giving the letter of Sefora H. in full, and secondly, being no less sure to graciously give the Henanp credit for informing the aforesaid iadies of re woman's righ ts making in the very wil if this benighted kingdom? Another point on this subject and it, The writer of the letter seems reality an Irish woman, for the soft sound. ing Spanish Catalina Luby would be nothing more nor less than plain Catharine Luby according to Celtic nominology. In Spanish American countries women frequently retain their maiden names after marriage, and thus we have Catalina Luby de Hernandez. ‘This social matter 1s alluded to that the reader may see how the doctrines above noticed are also breaking into the [rishi heart, which heretofore, a3 far as Irish Women were con- cerned, avhorred the very tdea of woman's rights, What is the world coming to when Ireland and Mex. ico arise in their beauty and proclaim, atid the sono- rous sounds of cathedral belis, that they are deter. mined to follow in the stormy wake of the modern went George Francia Train aud Eligabeti Cady tanton t La Civittzacion, 4 journal published at Guadalajara, 1a giving semi-weekly extracts from a somewhat his- torical work, eutitied ‘A Visit to London.’”’ The fol- lowing is a sample from the protogue:— “Mexico! Land of valms and of iakes, of moun- tains of gold and silver, of ardent imaginations and of genius beautiful as thy clear skies! Land where the glances are sweet, the souls sensible, the hearts euerous, the friendships sincere, the wives ft he husbands disinterested, the hospitality frank, and where tle sentiments of the heart, get virgin, find @ proper name to express them—sentiments whose sweetness are unknown to other languages. Oh! loved country, in which I have left my mother, we conclude to be in brothers, friends, scholars, ,memorie: allare, fleids and ail that compose t sweet name of native land. have thought of thee when mine head inclined — upon the pillow, sutlered the fils of seasickne: Ih ainong the rains of Pompelt, Aposties Peter and Paul, on atic, upon the towers of our Lo found vaults of the Catacombs, and wh Gray I logked upon thee and called thee angel of the earth,’ ‘The independent press, or journals opposed to the ¢ administration, continue to satirize and Fampoon “the powers that be” withous the ieast show of mercy. following are some of the works announced ag nearly ready for the public:— “The favor is not to liv collection of use! and receipt @ fast life and enjoying large salaries, by Le- nito Juarez. “New fashion of giving lustre to the boots of the President and his Cabinet, being a recipe to make them emit a sweeter odof, and other domestic cu- riosities,’” by F, Zarco. “The rights of the people, sovereignty of tho tes, constitutional SuAraRteos, &e., &., by L. Vallarta, 5. L. de Tejada an ito Juarez, being a Sollection of stories and lies to please children in ie Winter evenings. “Treatise on constitutional ts,” by Lic, Ignacio L, Vallarta, ‘This work wil serve as a text book for the common schools of China. Let us finish by giving @ few samples of native wit:—**Phe ceremony of marriage is not a necessity in order to people the republic with ire geuera- tion who will heartily support citizen President Juarez and Cabinet,’ The Governor of Jalisco was impeached and dis- graced by the general government because he be- ileved the States had some rights the federal com- pact was bound to recognize. Lozada recognizes neither State nor federal government, and he ta re- spon, or rather feared, by the official successora of Maximilian, Comment is unnecessary. The disturbed state of the country needs matertal for spliiers (though we are told the country 1s at peace), and consequently citizen President Juarez and Cabinet have generously decreed to present handsomely bound volumes of the voluminous ronunciamientos issued during thelr réign to any lady giving birth to three or more children at que accouchement. We think by this time the reader has a very fair idea of the vag@ries of the Mexican press, "The: have thelr own jokes “going the rounds,” for whic! they are peep indebred to La Chéspa (the Spar), published at Guadalajara, and La “aetepa (the Wasp), published at Guanajualo, Aw their naies would Indicate, they are full of dro and stings. ‘The Spark has been “denounced” no less than four times within the past two monvhs; but the fire is not yet extinguished. The Wasp keeps stinging the largest etiois ees, in sie peppbllo and ite nen ar spill ‘ee. Presuming that the reader 43 thoro sal flod’ with te. dessert eat ‘betore dug ts. Writer, happy in that knowledge, without further ceremony drops the curtain, A WEW HAMPSHIRE MUABEGER CONDEMNED TO BE HANGED Dipsemania Not a Sufficient Plea for Homi- cide. (From tho Boston Journal, Oct. 31.] Tho trial of Josiah L. Pike, at Por uth, N. H, for the murder of Thomas Brown, at Hampton Falls in that State, was closed yesterday afternoon, . the jury having found the prisoner guilty of murder in the first degree, he was sentenced to be hanged on Tuesday, the 9th. of November, 1869, Pike was defended by Mr. 8. H. Frink, of Potamouth, whose chief object was to show by testimony that the ac- cused was a victim of dipsomania (an insane thirst for intoxicating liquor), consequently was mentally diseased and morally {rreaponaible. Several prow- inent physicians testilled that Pike was so aflicted, aigo several of his relatives and those who knew him. On this assumption of insanity Aly, Frink made a powerful plea lor mercy. Attorney General Clark, for the prosecution, oke to the jury for an hour, and at twelve o’clock Chief Justice Perley gave his charge, stating that never before had he own a defendant to put in the plea of dipsomania. The jury were out only about one hour, and on their yer- dict Pike was sentenced to be hanged as above stated. The condemned man has not exhibited any feeling during the trial, and even while hearing his sentence he remained perfectly unmoved, He will be taken to Concord to-day. Important DECISION.—The Savannah Republican of the 29th ult., publishes an important decision of Judge Erskine pronounced on ‘Tuesday in the United Stutes Circuit Court in that city. Itis one of prac- tical interest, not only to the profession, but to the people at large. The main point involved may be Stated briefly this:—A, who holds a life estate, dies durmg the war; B and © are remaindermen, the former a@ resident of the North, the latter of this State, At the instance of © the Superior Court granted @ decree for the sale of the property, which was accordingly sold il payment re- ceived in Confederate currency; B comes for- ward as complainant and contests the sale, whick the Court now sets aside as void, and orders the property restored to the remainderman, BL, with reuts and protits to the extent of his interest. ‘The case was 6p ly appomted for argument in June last, and was debated two days. The intricacy of the points raised in argument and th umber as wel! as importance of the principles involved, caused the Judge to hold the case under advisement until Tuesday last, when he delivered his decree giving to the complainant the amounts claimed in his bill. ESCAPE OF A FEMALE FoRGER.—Mrs. Harper, the Woman who was bound over to the December term of the Superior Court in Middlesex county, escaped from Haddam jail on Wednesday night. The Rhode Island bank officers, who were cheated by her forgery of a draft drawn by a bank in this city, and the 2,000 other suiferers by her forgeries, will pe sorry to hear that she is on the road again. There must have been gross Curelessness somewhere have let her off 80 eastly.—Hartyord Courant, BARGAIN.—T0 LET-OR LEAWE, AN EIGHTH AVE. ss iain banat ot ew ARGEANO ¥ rion imme: inquire: fron ehentysitth wireet, between Sixth antl Seventh-uvs. a A LARGE BALL ROOM TO LET—IN BREVOORT Hall, on Fifty-fourth street, near Third avenue. Apply in the saloon on first floor. HIGH LIGHT BASEMENT; ALSO A NEAT STORE ‘and several Show and Woork Rooms to let. 65 West ighteenth street, near Sixth avenue, T 811 BROADWAY—FLOORS TO LET FOR BUSINESS Purposes. A fine stand for real estate or tnsur dilices. faquire th store. . EMBESO! N_OFFICE AND LOFTS TO LET—IN STORE 1% Front street. Apply to MORRIS & BRADDICK, LET—WITH DWELLIN( ‘TORE TO tAPARTMENTS, in First avenue, near Thirty-Hiath’st ‘Reut B30. Ap- ply at office 825 East Thirty-ninth street, ~cnaearncntes SRE aa in the han Roane buliing 3, Unoh wqteare, Pi ins PP! ri the Peabody House. to R, H, WISHART, oflice ia building. 0 LET—STORES IN EABT THIRTY-FOURTH STREET; also a Store so aa Roideinn | wear Riles ‘street, a and gas Uxtures: rents low. pole gies RIL: HINE, 876 Second avenue, ras RES AND BASEMENT, UNDE Ponsa rama Tonaap aiid ateee eat ih Webote ani Apply at the office, IN UNION SQUARE, FOR BU PUR. TY rer Ollcos: Bruslor ner ts the Fee alg Punting vhion square,” Broadway, P House, Yate the Peabo elegant, large and small pone, well Ushio, eal palate and papered, with water and In each room spacious balls and stalway. Apply w RK, Hl. WiSHART, office In the building. 4 0 LET OR LEASE-THE UPPERPART OF THE F) story marble front store No. 43 Chambe eet, Tanne through lo Reade street, 16) by 28. feet. Apply 10 SHE DON, HOYT & CO., 43 Cainders Stree! (0 LEASE—AS GOOD A STAND AS IN THE CITY FOR ‘a Rectifying Distillery, now Miting up. Apply at 80 James atreet. DWE! FIRST CLASS BROWN STONE HOUSE, WITH 14 rooms, on Lexington avenue, to let, furnished or unfur- ised; owner would reserve oa room and board during the water. ABNER L. ELY, Corner Forty-first street and Fouth avenue. TORY pl on COME: TABLY FUR some i rel location ¢0.- Yanfent and good. Algo.ona, aireot, Bond strest, Fourweuth street an eh. ers on, wenty fourth street. ELKINS, 31 Bible House, Third avenue, LL SIZED STONE HOUSE, FURNISHED with rything for boarders, and ong with hew Turniture it for private family. Call early. Wuroughost for private Faint CoD 2CG,, Gtr Broadway. MITY STREET, NO. %5.—TO LET, UNFURNISHED, four siory Houke, modern tmproveihents, reut low, Td THREE nished, wit be seea from ¥to 10. A. M. and 3 OMPLETELY URNISHED THREE STORY rown stone House to let, at a low rent, Owners obliged fo leave it this month. Apply’ at 118 East Fifty-foatth street, bewween Lextogion aiid Fourth avenues, Possession laine: aiely. FURNISHED HOU all the improvem firat house from Fifth —r> TO LET, A THREE STORY HI jeven roome, 1a } now Cull of gu6d paying 'y. must pure furniture, which is abouts year old, (a tine condition and Will be sold @ bargain, owner having routed @ larger house, to R, H. WISHART, 31 Union square (Broadway). App’ TO LET, HIGH STOOP BRICK COTTAGE; NINE A. Teens Want Ewentycfoutth street, with Urat class A it ot inna ANP BELL & CO,, 960 Bowery. RARE CHANCE FOR A LADY TO COMME OR housekeeping. Furniture, | Oar) Cr Sindes, Corntoes nnd 4, {oF & bou let or forg sale on Apply. at roome 66 East 13th 61 west of Br mahacteanneaniehe dS USE TO LET IN BROOKEYN.—MOST ituated on the Heights, within five minutes’ er EK TO RENT—HIGH STOOP: No. 2 West Thirteenth atreet, 19 til & Monday. STOOP. HOUSE, rent $1,000 S e o. Been the i full width, with ot aud ati A.D. GL from WOLD, 169 URNISHED HOUSE AT FORT WASHINGTON TO Jet--For six montheor one year from EME 01 iarge mansion, with about 9 acres of Iand, house, stapie, ke. For wrms apply to de REWo8Ds CO., 86 Wall street. IN BROOKLYN, NEAR. THE .. oy brick Lael eee aeat apie quart ivance, of unfurn! prrebader of, Purnitu bargain. Apply o VERNA a RT OR FOR SALE--SIX FIRST CLASS DWEL- Tote House, all new. Appiy to OLIVER STORY, Eliza bethpo ROOMS AND APARTMENTS TO LET. A —FLOORS IN NB HOURES, WITH GAS AND Secs of GRO, W, FANNING, Broecker eee . = Pa Bt th or 615 East Ninth street, GEO.’ W. PANNING, 68 Blepelger ND APARTMENTS TO LET. lt NINE Houston street, 162 Orchard 417 Tenth avenue. Apply ta ayeet ROOMS, 49 Wis? groses or BLAGASe HE eg rg En sui, ingle, without Board, to firs: face, bra Woube wast 0 74 Clinton place, fi toort Howmet if Bifte av a PARTMENTS TO LET-FOUR ROOMS EACH, Witt between First and Secon aver aod washtubs, in houses on Thi rty-aiath atcest, avenues; rents BIO B17 aud Gta, Apply at oilice, $25 East Thirty-ninth street. PARLOR FLOOR. OF THREE ROOMS TO LET—TO cond tlodr, $40; one BOA; other Floors at $26. ABNER L. ELY, Comer Forty-firat at. aud Faurth T 80 THIRD th Sve room, with ba 827 o'#as peringnth ney biy 0 JOWN FETT RETO AL eetping, tote pais, No. a * at sireets, Ninth avenue, Detwoea AVENUE—FLOORS TO RENT O8 water and water closets; rente lites; also other Bloor. Ap+ , 4s Third avenue. LARGE FRONT ROOM, FURNISHED FOR HOUSEs t low to w permanent ‘Thirtieth and Thirty: A Bixth avenue, FURNISHED ROOM AND BEDROOM TO LET— with Cooking Stove, to a'small {ar ohildn ems Sta week? ane o pt L) family without childres a my with Stove. Apply at A. “Consisting of two At 41 East Ho ton atreet, FLOOR TO LET—FURNISHED OR UNFURNISHED, en. Cal. parlors, bedioom and kitch A or without Board, Terms moderate. Apply at 21 West Thirteenth atte —————+ NCELY FURNISHED FRONT ROOM TO LET—WITH for a lady or for ight ho ping PART OF A PRIVATE HOUSE TO LET—FURs for housekeeping, to a small family of adults. nished, Apply at 122 West Thi; A sur OF ROOMS ‘sale, firat street. TO LET AND FURNITURE FOR good Tig oy moderate, Call ou Mr, all in Tames, loo West Fi SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR TO LET—SEPa- rately or en suite, to gent wives, at ie hint ‘Weat Twer en oF gentlemen and their treet, FIRST FLOOR—OF FIVE ROOMS, TO LET AT 424 Fourth jue. Tnguire tp store cbrier Thirticth street. ts a 7LOORS at 167 Varick street. TO LET-AT MODERATE RENT, IN THE house 361 West Sirteonth street LOOR TO LET—WITHOUT CHILDREN. INQUIRE FFLQORS 1. LET.—SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS IN house 49 West ‘Twenty-seventh streot, northeast corner of Sixth avenue crater, ons ko. jjrgut ‘soo D SUIT OF FRONT ROOMS FOR LIGHT tuckesping™-Sult of afurniahed Roomy in aread oms for sinale pevtlemen, Gre and gas, #200 up- Myp. KILLORA: URNIS airpet ward.” 01 970 East Bro: FYrr Eleventh housekee area ns @4. Apply to RNISHED OB UNFURNISHED ROOMS TO LET— or for single gentlemen. 8 West TO LET—TO GENTLEMEN, AT ‘West Twenty-ninth street, Power ROOMS 126 RLOR AND BEDROOM, SECOND FLOOR, FRONT, handsome! as and Ixteenth atreet. men; East furnished, without board, to two genti ath; private family; uo other lolgerse 20) TP, LET—TO SINGLE GENTLEMEN, THREE COM or rtably furnished Rooms; not three Inutea’ walk frot three ferries in Williamsburg. Address L, Semler, No. Broadway, Wilhamsburg. MPO LETA BACHELOR'S HALL, NEWLY FURNISHED Rooms and Bedrooms, In a lirst'ol ass brown stone house Rear Stuyvesant square. Add 10. LET—#40 P! Toast eat fe wt ‘Twenty-wecond street, ress Bac helor, Herald offiee, MONTH, THIRD FLOOR, NO, between Seventh and Eighth avenues; contatus tive large, nice Kooms and closets, gas and water. 10 LET—A LARGE FRONT ROOM AND PANTRY, WITH 4 best ee the aes te rice per week, wil! Eaton, Call at B30 West to married or aingle gentlemen; ; first class house aud good lox ifteenth street, OT, 10 LET—AT PRIVATE HOUSE 113 SULLIVAN STREET, ni near Sprig a la athroo! ‘oom, Bourd; reference reyulre $6 por week ; with fire, # (0 LET—FIRS! FLOOR OF SIX ROOMS; stone front house, class need apply. ely furnished Roum ; double bed uthern exposure, with’ or without j terms moderate, Without board, e.8 BROWN 670 Sixth avenue. None but first 10 LET-FOUR SMALL ROOMS IN HOUSE 616 WEST Forty-tifth avreet. dren or sewing machines. Rent $16 toa small family. No chile NO LET-ON BROADWAY, UNFURNISHED ROOMS, in suits and singly, for housekeeping, business or lodg* ing purposes, “Also tuinished Rooms. “Apply at 70) broad: way, room TO TWO IN FAMILY—A ROOM AND LARGE bi bid LET, hall Bedroom im house 214 West Thirty-third street. Call for two day 0 LET—IN EAST THIRTY-FOURTH STREET, APART. ments of three and water. ts from 12 to $155 6 Second aveuue. tour Room RH. HL 0 RENT—99 CHRISTOPHER STREET, SECOND Floor, ot and cold 3 room than they want, W: @ geutletran aud wife, at a reasonable rent, EAST TWENTY-NINTH STREET, 1b Third and Lexington avenues.—To ‘let, furnished 137 water and gas, at #40 per’ mouth, CLASSON AVENUE, OPPOSITE THE SCHOOL, Brookiyn.—A young ‘married couple, heving more ili let three Kooms ou second oor to TWEEN Iooms, suitable for lat housekeeping or a few" single your tlemen, 306 class, EAST EIGHTEEN STREET, NEAR SECOND dwiy furnished: two bathroots, rooms, new! A 0 OU! ‘grown tone, Oli berure Il v'elock A, Me Parlor and two Rooms and Bed- Fas, 00. 5 house trek COUNTRY HOUSES, FARMS, &C ner. STATEN ISLAND.—A ‘contain forty minutes from Wall terms moderate, Addross Ruby, Herald o1tice. TO LARGE FURNISUED 0" SE, gus and furnace, locnted tn a pleagnnt, park, street ;’ or aparty thken to board; LADY HAVING Piano, carved legs and cago, rosewood, with al rm iny ements, cost ‘Call at 28 Third PO 2) e makér‘s bill of sale and guarent street. OFORTES. A HANDSOME SEVEN OCTAVE eli for less than bait; has also box for shipment. 8 MANUFACTURERS OF PIANOFORTES JENNYS & A BON are now regarded as being the first in America, ieir instruments possess a power, en fa 9) Givanee of all thelr competitors. They many of the conservatories and rity and ew dian and great durability. Unt justly place alah an ural lace They are asd ia ie ° pseount of ie J SORRY Shei, sad rareranas 2 And 2 FAMILY WILL SELL FOR HALF ITS VALU! their magn itcent ate Piauoforte, garved rosewood, seven -taves, overstrucig ; celebrated makers ; five years’ gua unice| eutiy Liew. A BURE rede hs 0 w v1 i Worterter, Hrad ghth street, corner 11S peventh street, BTAIN A GOOD PIANO,—RIRE eae tan d ‘ourth av, 9 N-BABY WAY OF PROCURING D HORACE WATER of, new and second hand makers, and take from WHAT YOU WANT. — roadwe ispose Melodeons aud Organs, by ‘monthly uot! ac iano to paid. 60 pew and second hand Instruments for rent, and real ‘applied if purchased, or for sale at bargains for cash, ‘ LARGE STOCK OF NEW AND SECOND HAND Grand, Bquare and Upright Pianos at bargains for cash; to let and sold on instalmen x AN For #5 per month for caal ts, L, P. CUMMINGS, No. 8 Union square, ELEGANT FIRST CLASS PI ; overstrung Inquire at 18 Amity street, near Broadway. \OFORTR TO LET— ior for sale cheap CHEAP PIANO—I IN GOOD ORDER, FOR $100; A never octave rosewood Pianoforte, having modern tex ts; a bargain for cash. Provements; > SIDDLE, 18 Amity street, near Broadway. A —FOR SALE, A SUPERB 74 OCTAVE Roshrog) Pianoforie, nt No. Street; beat ot ont; will be fmmodiately ; oder reo bars 6W) Sixth rich tor enue, near Fortie extra ft gain to cash buyer if applied for ved till Thursday, AL. RATTERSON. | new and MAGNIFICEND ROSEWOOD. PIANOFORTE FO! ZA, tale Property family leaving. city; made to onder, ol x muni f ker, fully guaranteed; used $200. ‘Also Parior, Chainbe for cash. o 1 Fitesnt AND PIANO! ‘comt Room Furaitare, Painw Mirrors, Silverware, ® ir Sixth avenue, in NTE! 6%, 64 AND? 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