The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-28
RIcHM 0ED, VA
MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST q, 1854.
SIGNS AND FoREsHADowTNos IN SPAIN

MONDAY MORNING. AUGUST u. 1884.
SIGNS AND FOREsHADOWTN0s IN SPAIN
General Espartero, though called to Madrid bv
NJ near a. could be the unanimous voice of bia
counirymen, does not sleep there, we ace. ON .ed
OF roses. Doubts are beginning TO be sudibIv ex
pressed that he is unequal to the crisis which h..
thrown into his hands the reins Of government; and
from what has already passed, there is reason to
believe that he Is about to act the part Lamartine
acted in France preceding the Revolution there-a
good enough man, but q statesman with not half
enough nerve or decision to deal with the realtes
around him. The intelligent and well informed cor
respondent Of the London Times gives substance
to those suspicious when he says:
lit is disadvantage to the Duke de la Victoria
that his kind heart true patriotism and perfect in
tegrhy ana disinterestedness have caused his nu
merous admirers and friends TO place him upon too
exalted q pedestal. Tue magic of q name the
purest aspirations the most entire self devotion
and unimpeachable honesty, do not suffice to dispel
the complications OF position like the present.
There can be no doubt that Espartero has done and
is doing. all that 10 In his power towards the reor
ganizasion Of the government. the harmonizing OF
cor fcting eiements the tranquiiizing OF thepubii
mind-no doubt, 10 short, thar he IL doing his duty
to the very best OF his ability But be has much to
contend with, and more to fear from lalse friends
than from open foes
Intrigue already begins to thickeu around him.
The Moderedos are Matching conspirscies in which
said to be implicated persons whom every feeling
Il honor and honesty should keep alosf from them
l am unwilling to credit all that reaches me ON this
head, and await further evidence before going into
details. In the mean time fear it will be found
ped. Recourse having once been had to barrieade
sw 1t would perhaps, have been better to let it 90
further The people were in position to form the
had in their hands, they were inspirfted frsr
successes. thry were faebly opposed by an in .ufi
cient military force great part of which sympal hi
zed with thenn IL had, perhaps been desrab,e to
let them carry out their revolution the more 20 ss
they were doing it with order and with no unneces
saTy violence. There are many things that may be
done BY men with muskets in their hands which The
regular authorities to whom they depute their
baca over the various Spanish revolutions of the
sent century, find that in this counry reaction
always more to be apprehended than anarchy In
the present instance Esparteros name the pop
uar war cry the Queen seeing that things were gs-
ing most unfavorably for her. and that there was
ger not only for her system of government but for
h.rdynssty, yielded to the peoples wishes and an
nounced that she had summoned the of their
choice Espartero came; arms laid down, bar
ricades destroyed. the people abdcated their
| eisn attitude, and now look on, awaiting greater
things than their unanimous chosen representative
that there be no doubt-but will that suffice to
surmount the many obstacles in his psth ncile
conflicting interests, TO disconcert Moderado machi
| doubtful.
The game of the Moderados with these do not
and detested) ia a. am induced to believe, to de-
stroy the prestige of Esparter. by thwarting his
plans and II possible, to compel him to retire in dis
the task of government. / greatly fear that what
We have a. yet had but the prologue of the
olSa hon Mssnwhs' where i' Nsryaez Of whom Up
he had ceased 70 exist? He 10 idle. He is pre-
pairing for the time when his turn shall come to
inquire on the political stage, as como it WILL unless
things take different turn from that to which th ey
at present seem to incline. He is intriguing, am
assured; with the army, and perhaps whetiins that
swor', brandshing which, he has more than orce
ridden In at the head of reaction.
All this indicates that the Revolution is only paus-
ing; it is yet to be completed. Its onward career
has been but Temporarily checked-not definitely
concluded.
The refussl to let Queen Christina take her depar.
ture from the country is incident omnously ana
logous to the attempted flight, under not dissimilsr
circumstances, of the Q1een Of Louis the l6th-
Whether the popular passions to be stirred up In
Spain to mete out to Christina the doom of Marie
Antoinette time and events will tell-N York
Erpress.
THE LATE KING OF SAXoNY.-The death OF
this distinguished monarch has been already an
nounced. His demise appears to have been the re
suit of an unfortunate accident while travelling
from Munich to his own capital at Dresden The
carriage in which the King rode, was, by some mis-.
management, overturned, and His Majesty falling
among the horses, received from one of them a
kick, which terminated fatally almost Immediately
afterwards.
The deceased monarch was a son of Duke Maxi
milan (who was born in 1885, and died in 1893 }
His Majesty was born on the 18th of May, 1897,
and succeeded in June, 1886, by virtue OF the act
of renunciaon of his father his uncle King An.
thony, having been CO regent from the 18th OF Sep.
tember, 1880, to the period OF his accession The
King OF Saxony visited England in May, 1874, and
was guest OF Her Majesty at the period of the
Emperor of Russia's unexpected arrival in London.
The two monarchs met at Buckingham Palace and
WiDdsor Castle and were together at the Ascot
race meeting OF that year.
The King. although twice married, Las left no is.
sue by either consort His first vile was the Arch.
duches Coroline Ferdinandine Therese Joseph De.
metric, who was born in 1901, and died in 1s32.-
His Majesty married. secondly Marie Anne Leo.
poldine daughter of the late King Maximilian Jo-
seph, of Bavaria, who survives her royal husband
Duke John Nepomucene Marie Joseph who mar
ried in 1922 the Duchess Amelie Auguste daughter
of the late King Maximlan Joseph Of Bavaria,
(sis,er of the present Queen Dowager. of SaxonyJ
by whom he has family Of eight children.
The New Orleaue Bulletin says:
1--WE are inclined to believe that the okra plant Of
the South 10 destined to aleviatc the grievous evil
UauoS WuiCu Ill puoueueiuUu ioUVIo W0 uhvC
seen specimens Of strong white ripe manufactured
from ts fbre. II Il willmake rope Il certainly will
make paper, and If Il will make paper, the preeeut
exorbitant prices must come down materially, for
the supply OF the raw material will be 40 inexhaust.
ible az cheap"
The okra plant Is not indigenous to the South. It
may be cultivated az well 10 colder latitudes.
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YouNa AMERIcA-The following is from the ad-
vance sheets" Of tho forthcoming "know Nothing
Almanac:
Irish Mother-.Arrah, johnny, and where have
yees bin, 90 longY'
Na,ire Soa--.Why, me and the rest OF the boys
| has been licking an Irishman. =.
Mofher-sWsif, ye spapeen, TIL yer daddy gifs
home-you'Il be afther catching u !"
Son-.'Oh, he be biowed Tha's the man weve
licked" .
Exit Mother, with upraised eyes and : halt
smothered "Och hone i'-while Sonny staiks on
| whistling Hail Columbia
THE Slsrxas OF MEacy.-The Savannah nepuo-
iicsn, of the oath inst. says: