New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-12-02
syvoL UrgoyaRY SPIN

..x.ass Of re :OnqueriDg the r0y0itod American
,olape,. Henri O'DoDnell, Count Abis6sb .he
.,,,ls Of Leopold 0'DoDOeli, the present cP'ni'n
np,sser, was intrusted with the cOmnilnd' ine
hrptr expeditions sss'Dst Spanish Ame''c" oa''
-, W ,llsvsd NJ 1900 men since '7i S'u "
..,,;ea out in the most disgusting and reckless
-, had oroSn most Ooious to The army ala
,ere generally considered m'h nous meaus u
,..,ise rid OF tho dissatisfied regiments. Se'erai
sfseer,. among them Qurogs Lopez Banos san
u;ouel. ltbe pre,ent Spanish lafayette, y Daily,
and Arco AguerO determined TO improve the dis
,.n,s,, oftbe soldiers 70 shaLe OF the yoke, snl TO
r,eelam the Constitution of 1872. A5isoal, when
initiated into he plot promised 10 pat himself at
t.s hesd Of the movement The chefs of the ,
,sn,piracy, in conjunction with HIN, liked On |
Jaly 9, 1919, AS the day on which Il general re- /
view Of the expeditionary troops was 10 take /
,Jzc. in the micyt OF which act the grand blow
WA. "a be struck A. the hour Of the review Ab-
;,h.I sppt arcd indeed, but nste ad of keeping his
word, ordered the conspiting regiments to be
charmed, sent Quiroga and the other chiefs TO
prison, ana di,patched courier tc M.drid
eeastjr that he bod prevented the NEST alarming
Of sstsstropbes He was rewarded with promo
iioD and decorations, but the CoHrt having oe-
tsiped more accurate informltloH. airer~ard de
p,iyed him Of lis command, ssj ordered him to
withdraw 10 the capitol. This IS the same Abissal
who. in leila, at the time OF tie Kings return 10
SpsiD, gent an officer of bis staff with two letters
~ Ferdinand. Too g'eat distance from the
spot rendt Ting it Impossible for him 20 observe
tbe Kings movements, md u regulate his con-
Guct &C ,eTdiDe TO that of tue Monarch-in one
letter hbisbal made yompous eulOgy OF the Con
stitution OF 1872 5he supPosition taat the King
would take the OATH 70 support It. In the other,
Oh the contrary, he Represented the constitutional
sy,tem as d scheme of anarchy and confusion,
ropyys,ulated Ferdinand ON his exterminstng 1t,
and red himself and his army to oppose the
rebels, dtmagogues, and enemies of the throne
and altar. The officer delivered this second DIS
match. which was cordially received by the
Bourbon.
Notwithstanding the symptoms OF rebellion
which had shown themselves among the expedi-
tcpsry army, The Madrid Government at the
head Of which was placed the Duke of San Fer
nspdo, then Foreign Minister and President OF
the Cabinet, persisted in state Of ineN2licible
apathy and inactivity, and did nsthing to acce!e-
rate the expedition, or to scatter the army in
different seaport towns. Meanwhile simuta
neous movement agreed upon between Don
Raphael del Rego, commanding the second bat
talon Of Asturas, then stationed at Las Cabezas
Do San Juan, and Quiroga, San Miguel, and other
military chiefs Of the LEILA de Leon, VINO had con-
trived 10 get out OF prison. Regos position was
far the most diff cult Tue commune Of Las
Cabe zas was in the center of three OF the head.
quarters of the expeditionary army-that OF the
cavalry ut Utrera, the second division oil Infantry
at Leb,a, and a battalion of guides at ARGOS,
where the commander chief and the staff were
established. He nevertheless succeeded, on
January /, so in surprising and cipturi ~ the
commander and the staff, although the battalion
cautioned at ARGOS was double the strength OF
that of Asturiss. On the same day he proclaimed
in that very commune the Constitution OF lSl2
elected a provisional alcalde and, not content
with having executed the task deyolyed upon
him, sedueed the guides TO has cause, surprised
the battalion of Aracon lying at Bornos, marched
from Bornos on Xeres and from Here's on Port
ST. Marie, everywhere proclaiming the Constr
tutiop, till he reached the lila of Leon on the
eth January, where be deposited the military pris
oners he bad made in the fort OF st. Petri
Contrary to their previous agreement, Quiroga
AID his followers had not possessed themselves
by coup de main Of the bridge OF Suazo, and
then Of the Isla de Leon, but remained tranquil
to the I'd Of January, after 0ltra, Riegos mes
sepger, hsd conveyed to them official intelligence
of the surprise Of ARGOS and the capture OF the
staff.
The whole forces of the Revo u.onary Army,
the SUPREME command Of which was given to
Quiroea, old not exceed 5000 men, aud their
attacks upon tie gates Of Cadiz having been re-
pulsed, they were themselves shut up in the Iss
of Leon. "Our situation" says San Miguel,
"was extraordinary; the revolution, stationary
"for % days without losing or gaining one inch Of
ground, presented one Of the most singular
"phenomens in politics" The Provinces seemed
rocked into letbsrgc sumber. During the whole
month OF January at the end of which Riego,
apprehendiDg the fame of revolution mi ght beck
tipguisb ed in the lsla Of Leon formed, against
the councils Of Quirega and the o,her Chiefs, q
movable column of 800 men, and marched over
apart OF Andaluss, in presence of and pursued
by ten times stronger force than his own, pro
claiming the Constitution al Algesiras ROnda,
Malaga, CordOya etc, everywhere received by
the inhabitants in friendly way, but nowhere
provoking serious pronun ;iamento. Mean while
his puTsueIs- consuming whole month in fruit
less marches and cOuntcrmarches, seemed TO de-
sire nothing huf al avoid much nnsslhle