Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-02-17
MONDAY, FEBRUARY IL, 1912.

venient seaports.
Leon presents pretty near the same as
Pect and yields nearly the same proGdcti-
ons.
| A. Estrcmednra was partially wrested
from the Moors' by different kings of Leon
| ana OF Castle. Alphonso TX. took Padaioz.
! US capital, about the year 1850 This pro-
vince was subject to the Kingdom Of Leon.
4 anonnds IN vines and pastprage.
D.. Nnadins'd, separated by a chain of
mountains from New Castle, was conquer
ed from the Moors by the successive victories
OF many Casti!ian uloaarchs, and principally
by 81 Ferdinand, who took possession of
Sordoya & of Seville. This province is the
most fertile and the most commercial of
Spain it's grain, ,s OIL, IFS fine wines, and its
Celebrated horses, have occasicncd it's being
I called the granary, the cellar, and the sta
bic of Spain. Its mountains Contain mines of
QUICKSILVER, of copper, of anGmoly, OF lead,
and OF the load-stone.
/ 6. Marcia. ST. Ferdinand, pursuing the
advantages which he had obtained over the
Moors, nthis son, afterwards ,Alphonso x
against the king of Murcia, who attacked in
another quarter by the king of Grenada, SUR
rendered his .kingdom to the power of the
Castlians. Alphonso, became king, complet-
ed and consolidated the acquisition of this
f1ne province Murcia produces in album
dance all sorts of excellent fruits; oranges
| citrons,. olives; &c. It's wine is very good !:
honey is found'there, and tile sugar-car1e, and
| plenty of mulberry trees these enable the
inhabitants to furnish immense productions
OF silk, which constitutes the chief part Of
| their wealth.
| z. Bfscay. This province, Which former
~ bore the name of Cantabria, and which
made part of the Kingdom of Pelagius. en-
h,,
| OF Leon, and subsisted in Kind of intlepen,
dence under the successive domination ofthe
families of Haro, of Lara, of Laccrtla, and
| was finally reunited by Henry II. in 1876.
notwithstanding the reclamatons of the count
OF Aleneon, who had espoused Maria de la
cerda, hciress of the house OF Lara by her
mother. Biscay, rude, Mountainous, but ne
vertheless quite agreeable, produces little
grain, but abundance of fruits; its principal
trade is IN iron, of which great Quantities are
| found IN its mountains, in wool, in saffron,
ana IN roSin. procured from the forests Of
pine with which it is covered.
! These seven divisions constituted the iahe-
ritance of Isabella. That of Ferdinand i.
comprized in the five following.
4 l. frragon, which takes its name from a
little river that empties itself into the Ebro.
mas the same origin as the kingdom of Ma
| .arre, Oh which 1t was dependence with
tnc titic OF county, until Ramirez received IL
asa p;ifrImony from Sancho the Grand, his
father, with the title of Kingdom, towards the
year 1855. This Country is dry, full of noun
.ains' thnly peopled, and unproductive but
It aoounds in iron mines.
.. CATALONIA was conquered from the Sa-
racens by .Charlemagne. The governors
whom ne placed there profited of the tumul-
tuous reIgns of his successors to make them
selves hereditary sovereigns. He who po-
verned about the year Il37 espoused the
heiress OF hrragon, and this marriage produ-
ced the union of the two countries Catalo-
MAJ although mountainous, is fertile in grain
IN VINE, and in fruits: its inhabitants are ac-
tive, laborious, and good soldiers.
! D. Valencia and bfajorca were conquered
from the Moors by lanes l. Valencia is.
! perhaps. the most agreeable province of
! opain the air is salubrious and the tcmpe-
| nature delightful: the country abounds in
rice, IN iiax, IN oil, in wine, and the sugar.
cane Ms to Majorca and its dependencies,
formerly known under the name of the Ba-
learic Islands, tbey abound in corn. in wine
and in oil.
q. Sardinia was conquered by James II.
who, as well as his successors, found it diff
cult to keep itin state of subjagation to the
Arragonese, was detached from the Spanish,
monarchy during the war of The succession,
and conveyed to the house of SAVOY, who still
possessit. The air is thick and unvholcsome.
the ground fertile, and the Whole island sus-
cepuble OF very great improvement
8. oieAg This island formed part Of the
| inheritance of Ferdinand /; but as its history
is so closely connected with that of Naples.
which was an acquisition of the Spanish
crown alter he union Of Ferdinand SeIsabella,
l shall speak Of them both together.
he anuth If Tfolt, oF,a. t.r,.:..~-
| part IN the revolutions and divisions of that
unfortunate peninsula, finally formed itself
! towards the end of the eleventh century. IN
to regular power, which has descended 70
| our times Under the name of the kingdom of
| the two Sicilies. This power owes its origin
to the childrenof I ancred of Hauteyille. a no.
Die Norman, descended from Rollo I. duke of
| Normandy. Their exploits against the Sara
! Gems gave birth to many principalities n great
| portion OF these was united i'm grandson of
one OF them, who caused himself to be crown
|, ca" Ills house gave five sovereigns; that of
| Suabia, which succeeded nv marriage and nv
conquest, gave four; this last was driven on,
| & destroyed by the first house Of Aniou. called
IN by the Popes, who were the lords para
mount OF Naples and Sicily but then these
TWO crowns were separated the house Of
AWou only reigned over Naples, and that of
ArragoH, pursuing tile rglIts Of Constance.
dauShther 81 MainfrOy, seized upon Sicily by
means OF the Sicilian vcspers. The house Of
AWou gave seven sovercigns 20 Naples one
OF them, Joan, adopted the second house Of
Auou IN France, to the prejudice of her own
branch; but Durozzo, her cousin, caused
her to be strangled. and succeeded to.tl,e
crown There were then two houses of An
Jou, beraing, at the same time, the title oil
King OF Naples; the first, which continued
actually to reign, and the second, which Was
only tItnlarY. On the o,,iir,-fi..t, :. q -. G.,