Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-09-01
The Hsads Of The spanish Government.

ueak eol-tj- utou wa, first destined for the
church IL lfll tie consent where he was Cd
ueufed IN l-H-. mud entered the army, then OF
gaullIae against thc French. In Ill he be
came he1teuaut of engineers, but not being
able Ia pass his examination, WIS transferred
II tie infantry ut Nalludod, whore he resigned
his COMM sion.
In LID h. Ioiucd ~ captain the expedition
ofGen,rW AlorIlo against the royolcd colonies
Of south America aud fought with s0ecc~- and
courage III Peru, where hc advanced 10 the RINK
81 colonel. Aftrrtho caWtuIntiun Of Ayucuchp,
ia i-2l H. returned Ia Spaln, where h. Wiz pro
oeted to the rink of hriGadirr general.
Ia l-.2 he declared for the succession III the
daughter oi Ferdinand VII the present Queen
el Spain. aud IN the civil wnr which subsequent
J., Joined the nrmy OF thrlutinos IN Biscny In
l-ib lac saved the capital from the insurgents Tor
which achievement hc WIS made commander IN
chief ot the army IN the North, Niccroy of Va.
yarre, and Captnn General OF the Bazguo ITO
yluces. In l-37 lac 0Eaju -aycd the capital from
the army of Don Carlos, whom hr threw back II.
cross the Ebro, occupied the hills al luehanH,
ard relieved Billion, which had been be~eeed hy
the carIsts. Forthis feat he was nude Count
81 luchcna. In l-;i- he aunihlatcd the eApcdi
tion at tire Carli-t General Ncgrl.
Ills fortunate cnmrmgn OF l-.i9 won linn the
titles Of Grandcc tthc first cla--. Du>e 81 Vie
TORN. aud G5tud eros, of the French Legion Of
Honor. lis negotiations with Morolo AT lat
caused Don aIlo- tu quit the soil 81 Spun.
In l-lo, h. defeated the Corli.t expedition IN
der Cnbrera utter having prev jon-l y caused tho
resignation 81 Nunnol, IT, It member ut Doua
Christmas Cabinet. In that year. tho Queen
Regent having largo majority in tho Gorttl
ncntnrcd Ia clrcum,cuho the municipalities y.
untameutosl 81 spain E-porCrro advised her
IN barcelona not Ia sign the law, and Nhenan
insurrecton followed the PRONUNCIATION, returned
10 Madrid, where he was elected president 81 the
ministerial council. On tie 10th Of Octobrr
l-io, the Qecn Ersout ubdicotcd, and 0,nl To
l'ruee. The Goltrs ou the Eth Of May. Ill
declared Espuiero sole Regent Of SPUN
A. Regent lspartcro opposed both III pre-.
tensions Of tie lppo and at tDo republicans crush
cd the rising of . DouucIL who hal declared fnr
the Queen Regent, aud prevented the copomant
from Madrid ot TIE present Qucu. III Tine two
generals involved in the Idut LEON and Ganyha.
tthe latter subsequently Captain General II Go.
bal he ordered the former to Ire shot.
Is Regent Esprtcro hocamc the decided
friend and ally of England, ia the same manner
thai the Queen Regent had been that q France.
lie remnined true Ia the constitution Of Isl hut
at the s.une time put down rcpuhdeamsm hshcr.
ever ii showed itsclt. The m-Ucetton of liar
coloua, III l~l2, wa- put down by homharang
the city. Attrr thi- act, rrogressistaz. mode
radios and republicans united against HIM lie
WAS forced te declare Erncual amnesty, but
when asked Ia dismiss Gcucrnl- Iurhano and
Image both known 10 hr in the British int
rests, he dismissed lhsl'nd u"th his minister's
and the toriri
Catalonia Andain-Ia' Nr9gon' and laltea
soon arose and on 'n' ISL oil July, l9t'', the ffN
oluh"mafN lunta oi barcelona dorlnred tie Queen
Of aye and Esportcro truitor to the county
At the head ot the instruction stood NurNatz.
WHO entered Madrid on the 22d July, On the
Both ct July &spurtrru embarked At Cadil, and
landed at am"nth' England on the I2th Of
August following Though by the Spanish de
cree OF August 10th deprived ut all ms Titles and
henors, he. "as received IN Great britain with
all the distinction due 4" his rank rs regent and
it's but reasonable, therefore, To suppose that he
has preserved some gratitude for his hosPltahle
entertainments.
The Institution of ISL the sumo which /.
Fartero maintained It's regent with 50 much gor
against both the Catholic hierarchy aud the IL
pubhcaus==ts the oil, now proclaimed IN NadIld.
and received with acclanHuon by the people. 1t
yet rcman~ for me t' state that E-parterp en-
Joys tho reputation OF being a free trader, and
TINT tho rumor Of his having made treaty with
England derogatory t. the manufacturing int
rests Of tataonla,wn~ thc chloi cause al the ri>=
ing of Barcelona IN l~l3. If, a> seine as,ert,the
revolution III Spun is the work of Russian mlli-
que, the return 81 IspWtcro was ccrtanly not
in the programme.
GENERAL o'poNNElI.
The events that have recently occurred in
Spain have brought General O'Donnell before
the public more than nt any previous period
O'DonnclI, Spaniard by birth, is, as his name
implies, Of Irish origin. His tjmily have been
long settled in Spain, and the names of his father
aud uncle. the Counts of Lubisba must he ia
miliar to the readers of the history of the PENN