Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-10-16
RICHMOND WHIG
INTERESTING FROM SPAIN.


.hr So,de and his negro-tis letter again rerie,eed,
rhat yaikee dollars could do.
(fans Sept "a )Conespoudehce Of the London Times
IN recent article tho state and pro,pec Of Spain
which appeared IN the Della. SINE passages occur
winch without being entirely untrue. arc nevertheless
calculated to convey sdecidedy erroneous idea Of the
Condition of the country and the conduc, Of the govern
'en'' ihe article Is written with The usual ability and
not without the slight tincure Of pefdy which char
ac'erses most Of those which appear that Journal
whenever question is debated Ia which it IS interested
10 any particular At the moment OF the late
revolution, when the chances rather against the
maintenance Of Queen Isabella un the on the throne,
certain symptoms Were perceived. hun the manner in
which the Debai, treated the Spanish question tha, i.
would no, he very profoundly afflicted if an abdca,un
were the result Uf the in,ureciion. Had Queen Is,-
hela been driven from III. ,hrune is true ,ha, the
Duchts de MontPensers chances Of succession would
he considerably prumoted and the Consolidation of the
present system mus necessarily retsrd that event II
such hop-s be en- eriaed by the parsans OF The dy-
rasty witch has fallen IN France, they are. fear likely
to be disappointed the revolution which would sweep
the l'ourbons from the Spanish Z ninsua would mtst
assuredly not make exception IN favor of sn of
LOUIS fhillpPe In the article in question the Debafs
says, on the authority of letter in which pru.sses
u place implicit Faith. I" The loan " "a 0OoOQO vf
reals, which the Minister Of Finance neg ,s,ed few
days since, has been paid IN gteat part BY means of
uHcrdue cuupOns or OF bills The Treasury which had
uoi been pad. TIE Stale has therefore received in
place 0 money, its own paper. except a sum Of s. COO
oVof reals, which has been paid money. The en-
bnrTassment of the Minister OF Finance is extreme
could credit the explanation given Of the operation
reeired To. The matter rs by such as ted
by The Dtbais There is jus; such an amuunt uf truth
Ia II as Is sufficient 10 cover the misslatement. The
facts these Al the Suggestion Of one Of the veal
ihost capitalists OF Madrid, NJ. Callado called msei-
ing O The iTUn-y ed Of the city to whom he frank
~ exp sed the state OF affairs. He declared that he
had funds at his dsP sal 10 provide for Of the
current eXPen-es o the day, but that if he did The
Interest o the debt must remain unpaid. the funds
which should have been applied 10 that had been all
made away with by The iaie government, and he inv
ted Them aid him in maintaining The credit of the
country. The capitalists ed him Of their wue-
ness TO render the service demanded, and beEg hOl-
ders or great amount Of the coupons in question: de-
SeIed them up as if paid, which was the same as far
rs hey were concerned as fhey had advanced money
seeing that The pro'eedS of heir adyances were Ia be
aPPhed To The payment Of these same coupons The in
tmiiating language attributed by the Dsbats to NJ
COi1do dnrng his interview wIfh the capitalists, has
am assured no sort of foundation these gentlemen be-.
ing ss willing to come 10 the assistance Ut the minister
as he was Ia receive IT. The Deblts also saws that he
religious orders OF both OF both sexes have been expelled
rO Their houses, which have been ordered he shut
up and il Smenls that the government should have
influence is still great among lower classes and
TINS expose itself 10 civil wal" sc. Now can safe
y atirn that whoever supposes that the nas,ic or.
ders are popular in Spain, have any influence there
Is TUtuly ignorant Of the country, or uf the feelings
OF its population. high lrw. Not an arm was raised
IN spain TO prevent avenge The abolition Of he mo-
nasteries and, though ] do not entirely approve the
manner 10 which that necessary measure rs car
ried out deny the existence Of any such feeling
| towards the monks For years befpre the convents
were abolished the most popular ballads were those
which turned The religious OIders into dlcule. BUT the
the statement Of the Debats tia, the religious orders
of both sexes have been driven from their houses" is
untrue am assured that a single member of fr-
male community has been disturbed and those ladies'
remain IN security and tranquility IN their converts as
before. During recent visit TO than one town
IN Spain had occasion 10 Than one estsbIish-
ment Of the kind ard the inmates are living in the
same tranquil manner they before the late revo-
luton. IL is true that small number of monks who
had established BY the a:e government in the con.
vent Of San Lorenzo (ihe famous Escuris near Mad.
rid, have been removed. This removal was a perfectly
legal act. and there establishment Of the order by de-
cree OF the late government illegal. Converts nf
men were abolished By the COrtes; the law sill IN
vgu and the present has only repealed the
illegality committed by lis predecessors
The Details Is equally mistaken when il spesks Of the
existence of system Uf eXt.n communism in Snan
Of the psriton Vi the property Of the Duke Of 0ssuna
aud other extensive prOprieors in the SOUTH and Of the
daily eceipI by the government Of intelligence Of the
same kind. (which fills It with consernnion" &C.
IL is true ihst acts OF communism have taken place in
Spain, but their perpetrators those whom the Dsbats
passes In lence. They the persons who for
years pundeed rhr country; who when their fall from
power became inevitable emped the treasury and did
mo- spare even the IL pOss "f the military substitutes
amounting 10 the sum VI 67 900, 900 Of reals These
afe the PERSONS whu have gwen the example II the
worst sPec's OF c mmunsn. bnt they were not CEN
sured by the DebdtJ
A priva letter from Madrid says that negro, WIN
mad been seryah, 10 Nlr. Suuie the American Minister
in Msdrd, given mpprlsnt information To the 10.
yernmen rspecBg The par alleged tn have been taken
BY his mas er 10 the affair Of the Goth August. The
Negro who had been very severely punished. lsl his
mastsrS hUnse few days before Alr SOule's departure
| and refused tD Teturn.
Madrid (Ssp, 20) Correspondence Of London Times !
The Dario Epanoi publishes Mr.. Souls's letter Of
! the 3Oth Df August which have already transmitted
you; also long reply and deal ufexplsna ion which
has great interest, sipce does bring forward
sny ficts with respect the American Ministers
pr ceeding; here. The journal mentions on the
authority Of letter from Lisbon tina, Queen Christina
embarked there on the iSh on board the French war
steamer Newton, which sailed the ith for Bordeaux
Another psper the Union Liberal, states Also on the
authority Of Lisbon leuer, that the King Of Portugal
hile paying the must, exquisite attentions" to the
Dowagcr Queen, politely minated tn the Duke de Ri
ansares that the the august lady left the soil OF
| Lusiianl the more satisfactory wuuln It be 10 him
once by the ndeiiugabr P0acos, and thence frwar-
ded To Paris aud London, Of terrible rrpubicsnin-
suuecion ab Ut to break out here. There is prUba
blllty of anything Of the kind have self snd
heard Of such things wrilten from Bayenne persons
here, and can lrace the hanJ OF the enemy-of the
gentry who are faring smmptuously in Franco IN
the money they plundertd in Spain. 10 the hrsi place.
she republican party alone could DO nothng-ii is IN
| significant; but ! grant that it might and probably
would be aided by disguised Csrlists and PuscOs. But
my recent letters and the positive statements in the
hlsdrd papers. will have shown you that nothing is
likely at present and or the last day Two Ell
ther the have been less rife Madrid weary of
being Imposed upon. or engrOssed by esconeerng mat
teos, hiss no, given ear 10 them for have heard lle
/ on the subject
Had Spain good roads, or, better still frtbe transport
Of merchandise extensive cansls there s no valid rea-
son fof her not becoming formidable rival 10 France
and GefmSny in all the wine purchasing countries II
the world. II Il be irne asserted and generay bo-
leyed. that the United States are prepared give
vey large Gr the island Of Cuba is il not worth
the consideration Of the Spanish government whether
the loss Of the derived from that colony would