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J. H. ESTILL, PROPRIETOR letters to various Buenos Ayres. mom Mr. Wftlhlmme and thft Paraguayan Government. . [From the Washington Express.] ' News of the most mortifying nature reached us from Paraguay. The war in that country has served to amply demonstrate the brutality of the Dictator, Lopez. Of all the foreigners there at the commencement of the war, not one was permitted to leave. But of all his tyrannical acts, his seizure aud imprisonment, and apprehended murder, of two members of the American Legation at Paragnayis most remarkable, whilst the story told of Mi-. Washbume’s conduct in the matter is stranger still, and is the-most humiliating feature in the afloat' —j* ‘ « According to theBaltimore Gazette, Mr. G. A.- Washbume, late United States Minister to Mr. Bliss so strangely ’ worded as tomiiuce the dreadful belieffhat it was written after of Under torture. There is much excitement in town about this affiiir. The general opinion is that before this the two young men have perished. Mr. Washbume has written a long lettertoMr.’Stuart; the British Ministacuat Buenos Ayres, in which he gives a full account of his efforts to save them and other foreign? ers. He Is very severe on Lopez, whom he accuses of the most cruel tyranny. The Spanish press is, of coprse, very hard on Mr. i rift IVJ! Competent critics pronounce it beat tor many Mums. . It is made of file best .took grown. The Nicotine is extracted, there are No drags In it. consequently tt Is Anti-nervous in Its eflecte. It has an agreeable, aromatic flaror. Does not bora or sting the tongue, Leaves no unpleasant aftertaste in the Mouth, or disagreeable odor in the-room. Instead of exciting the nervous forces, - . It allaya irritation, and calms them. We regard it as the perfection of Smoking Tobacco. 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LORILLARD, New York. novlS-eodlm. • ESTABLISHMENT. Paraguay,"was certainly, when the war broke out, a warm friend, if not an indiscreet par tisan, of the'Dictator, Lopez. Popular feel ing imthis country was Also roused to admi ration at witnessing the protracted struggle which Lopez carried on, single-handed, against the Argentine Confederation, sup ported by ill the power of Brazil. Mr. Webb, the United States Minister, at Bio, sought .likewise, in various ways, to show his sym pathy forLopez, and his desire to Bring, by negotiation, the war to a close. His minatory protest against the right of the Brazilian Government to refuse to allow United States vessels of war to proceed up the river to Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay, is still, probably within the recollection of some of some of our readers. At all events, Minister Webb, at Brazil, and Minister Washbume, at Paraguay, leaned' much more toward the cause of Lopez than to that of the allies. As long as Lopez held the strong fortress of Humiata and Minister Washbume was his humble servant, we hear of no tyrannical acts on the one side or of complaints on ; ~the other. Finally, a conspiracy against Lopfez was discovered. Letters were said to haye passed through Mr. Washbume’s hands ad dressed to the conspirators, and designed to forward the objects of the conspiracy. He has also been since charged with receiving from Benigno Lopez,—the brother of the Dictator and one of the conspirators—the sum of one hundred and forty thousand dol lars for aiding the conspiracy under cover of the inviolability of his person and domicile. A letter from Bio to the New York Evening Post, and claimed by the latter to’-be “from a well-informed source,” further charges that Mr. Washbume ‘-was so involvedfin scaly transactions with' Lopez,” that when two members of his legation, Messrs. Bliss and Masterman, were arrested whilst walking by his side to the place of embarkation, “he could not stand up like a man. 2^— We do not know wbat the truth of these allegations may ba, but Mr. Washbume’s let ter denouncing Lopez, and his longer: ex planatory .totter to the British Minister at Rio, indicate, to say the least, most pitiable, weakness of character. The foreigners who' had sought refuge at the Legation, against whom there were no political charges, he suffered to leave the protection of the United States flag, and thus turn them over to the tender mercies -of the Paraguayan despot. According to Mr. Washbume’s account of this shamefril transaction, the refugees went. away of their own accord, and the last he heard of them was that the women and children’were huddled togetherat a wretched village about, four leagues from Asuncion, whilst the men,- ‘‘like most of the .'other foreigners in Paraguay, had been taken in irons to the army headquarters.” Next followed the arrest of Carrera and Rodriguez, both of whom went to a Paraguay an prison from Mr. Washbume’s house. It was this Carrera, a Montevidean exile, who subsequently added his affidavit to that of THOMAS, THOMPSON & CO. lid x ntwytt-tesL i 1 /i': JUSTUS LAWRENCE, J. T. THOMAS, No. Ill Bay Street. 6. HILTON SCRIBNER, VICE PRESIDENT. FRANCIS D. BOGART, GEORGE ALLEN, Sr., SPECIAL AGENTS. [Special Correspondence of the Baltimore Garotte ] Washington, November 17, 1868. It might reasonably have been supposed that, alter the electioneering fabrications about southern brutalities' and treasonable and fraudulent plots of Northern copperheads had accomplished their purpose of electing the. Radical Presidential and Congressional ticke ts, the unscrupulous partisan'press in that interest would cease affording material for the derision of the civilized world. But no cessation has succeeded the close of the canvass, although no important national elec tion is to take place at least for a couple of years, and the natural inquiry suggests itself, • wherefore has been the neces sity for persistence in such infernal practices? The conductors of parly prints who had, up to the day of- the final struggle, made these totally un founded charges the staple of their diatribes, , are doubtless unscrupulous liars, and re garded as such by all honest men; and it was, therefore, probably inferred either that they could not hold up from the tremendous momentuin' acquired during a heated contro versy, or that the habit of lying had become chronic,^ and its indulgence consequently af forded -no evidence of -special motive. I have been taught to regard this matter iu another light.' There is said to be “method in mad ness,” and I have learned that the Radical press scarcely ever vehemently resort to their favorite mode of. warfare without a. deflnite object. Those who have taken the trouble to watch closely the movements of the Radical leaders must have observed that immediately preced- DECORATIVE UPHOLSTERY. Institution of tlie Kind in the lOwn World! 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Facts to this point are abundant aud historical The last is to excite their blind followers in advance in re spect to alleged frauds by the Democrats at the recent elections in the cities ot New York and Philedelphia preliminary to perpetrating a gigantic usurpation. Nearly a year ago it was predicted in this correspondence that in the event of Democratic success in November the Radicals in Congress would throw out the vote of New York city if it should be found to’ control that of. the Slate, as well an. the votes of the States of Maryland, Delaware and Kentucky, to say nothing-..of the “rebel” States, and if this had been done it seems now- that it would have been submitted to. ; The suggestion was thought at the time by some as savoring of sensation. Without the incentive of a tithe of the strength of that in the contingency referred to, (being unessen tial in the general result,) they now: boldly avow a purpose identical in its principle and scope, under the flimsy pretext Of fraud on the part of their opponents. Only think of MACHINE PRESSES. Barges and others affirm that he had personal knowledge of the payment of one hundred and forty thousand dollars to Mr. Washbume for bis services in'the cause of the conspira tors. ’ These affidavits, and also the alleged con fession of Mr. Porter Bliss, one of the arrest ed members of Mr. Washbume’s legation, have since been published by order of Lopez. It is asserted by the friends of Mr. Wash bume that these affidavits were extorted from the prisoners under torture, and are, there fore, of no value. So also the letter purport ing to have been written, since his arrest, by Mr. Porter Bliss, is declared to have been obtainedin like manner. Others, however, simply stigmatize it as a forgery. For ourselves, we leave this part of the controversy to be. decided hereafter. But Mr. Washbume most furnish cogent reasons for his course before Be can satisfy the public mind of the propriety of silently giving up to the Paraguayan police two members of his legation, just at the moment of embarkation; and with an American vessel of war within Ruling distance. An official letter is-nosr published, address ed to the British Minister at Buenos Ayres by Mr. Washbume, in which he gives his version of the whole affair. The letter itself is exceedingly long, but a complete synopsis of its statements, contained in the letter of a correspondent of the New York Times, is given below: Buenos Ayres, South America, ) Saturday, Sept 26, 1868. f When I last wrote you, I mentioned that the ruler of Paraguay, suspecting a conspir acy against himself; had tortured and put to death many members of the first families in the country, and many officers of the army. Since then we have received appalling news from Paraguay. The allied fleet went up the river in Febru ary, and fired some shells into the city of Asuncion. Whether Lopez feared collusion between the enemy and some citizens, or whether he wished. to 'put' some persons out of his way and to appropriate the property of some others, or whether there really was a- conspiracy against him, as he alleged, no one here can .certainly know. But then he or dered all foreigners to leave the city, and no one except Mr. Washbume, the American Minister, was bold enough to disobey. Mr. Washbume, main twining that he had a right, in virtue of bis official" character, to remain, soma others returned. and took refuge with him. Among them were' twenty-two English and two or three Americans. One of the Americans*was a young gentle man named Mastefman; another was Mr., Porter C. Bliss. Both these young men were' employed as secretaries or clerks by the Min ister. Whenever one of the refugees at the Legation went into, the street he was arrested; some finally gave themselves up, and were imprisoned or sent to headquarters. In June the Portuguese Consul* J3enor Pereira arrived to ask Mr. r Washbume’s protection. At that time, there was a large_ guard of-soldiers around the Legation, but .Mr. Washbume' did not hesitate to admit him.; ~ Two or three days after the Government sent to demand a list of the persons living At the American Lega tion. This was immediately sent, and then Mr. Pereira’s person ^as demanded. , Mr. Washbume* refused to surrender him, but gave bim to -understand that he might go or stay, as he pleased. "He thought that if lie stayed he .would be taken by force, and so left the house, to. be arrested at the first street corner, and subsequently was shot Afterwards others were demanded by the Government, and going out, were arrested in the same way. Then followed a,- note from. 49* IT CAN BE TAKEN BY ALL AGES AND CONDITIONS. ang 14-tf SEA- FOWL GUANO! . The supply'of this RELIABLE FER TILIZER will bo ample, and merchants and planters can rely upon their orders being filled without delay. 1 ' 1 • A WONDERFUL. 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Isaac Sherman and Marshall O., Roberts, anil many other citizens of equal-eminence, have-resolved, under the authority of the Union League of New York, to investigate the frauds in that city, and; to put a stop to them. They have taken hold with determination, and are not the men to give up what they have seriously begun. In Philadel phia the preparations are, if possible, more' complete and resolnte. The contest in New York may result in giving Griswold, the Republi can, his seat for Governor, and Grant and Colfax the etectoral.vote. The contest in Philadelphia, which refers to the October frands in that cify, ought even more certainly give the Re publicans the Mayor and other offices of the mu- [Bepnb. copy.] cash per ton of 2,000 pounds. , IT 18 ALSO UNSURPASSED AS A Manure far Wheat pS- Policies issued making low paya in GOLD when desired. R. H. FOOTMAN & CO., AgeniH norl7-ly Office in City Hcdumge Buildtoi No. 90 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH. GEORGIA. 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Apply »t THIS OFFICE. oc2—e afariWBTjfte-Sunday aigMfc<e«*B«rinned by the burning out of a chimney) the congrega tion at Centenary church was thrown into confusion, and many withdrew in terror. A public meeting is recommended by the Re publican. carpetbags with tliein, but were arrested the moment they stepped into the street, and sent, with n .strong guard, tp Yilleta. R. seems that Mr. Bliss had anticipated U j ar rest, and had entrusted Mr. Washbume with