New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27

are asked 20 beieve that Prm was retreatiug toward
Portugal that 10 70 say. amer having been In the north
east Of Spain the south. and then In the west.
This gives march OF 800 kometers least in thu 90
dayta distance transeending all precedent and max.
ing Xenopbon q schoolboy compared TO Prim. The
French Government Journal. the PAYS, admits this
erening that the story OF Pm having taken the drec
ton Of Portugal is absurd, and tina. the latest news
continues 70 hsye the same character Of uncertainty
as Yesterday" II IL probable that Prim Ia in the
ueighbOrhood Of Saragossa. where he Is known 10
have many friends. There are official dispatches
this evening which represent Prim as In
desperate condition and closely pressed by three
columns which cannot fail to come up with him. An.
other says that the Ava insurgents having crossed the
Portuguese frontier were dissrmed BY the Portuguese
been sent under escort to Valladod. II this latter
spatch were accepted true would only prove that
40 out Of large body had been caught But 1t Ia
impossible reasonably to attach any faith 10 the official
dispatches nom Madrid journal here has taken the
trouble to repnbsh the official dispatches Of the san
Louis Ministry in 1854. when ODonnell was do
ing the very same thing that Prim Is doing
now, and # is most curious to read them They are.
almost word, for word u % same those which came
from Madrid to-day. Then, as now. the insurgents
were miserable minority, having no influence with
the loyal people reduced 10 the grentest straits and
certain 10 be brought 10 justice within few hours.
But after few daysit was found that ODonnsll the
rebel. entered Madrid in triumph and compelled the
turned ont Of Office by ODonnells influence and has
been at daggers draw with him, has In most emphatic
terms offered him his aid to put down this re.
do not wonder at It, because II the re.
beion succeeds there will be an end Of Narvaez as
well ss Of 0Donnsn. Prim Is far more hon.
est man than either OF them He is stalking his head
upon the present but be succeeds there good
hope that spain win for all throw of the yoke of
Rome and relieve herself IRON the incubus OF an i'm
moral yet powerful court / have not myself much
faith In the "Iberian Kingdom talked ofthat is the
nnion Of Spain and PORTUGAL under the government Of
the house Of Braganza- do not thiuk Spanish pride
viii stand that. although. IL the mutton were
willing, nothing better could DO done. 1t must,
however, be q. benefit to Spain and humanity
10 get rid Of the BOurboDs and their Papdi
traditions, and therefore wish Prm good luck.
There was rumor at the close Of the Bourse which
had depressing effect securities. that Prim bad
gained an advantage in combat With the loyaist
troops This seems to be almost admitted by speech
of ODonne 10 the Senate In which he says that our
faithful troops could not get the better OF the nsur.
gents because they had neither sufficient material nor
moral force" What reliance De placed upon troops
without moral force" The fact is that the oyalist
commanders avoid collision kowing the danger that
their troops would join Prim.
Barnum is staying at the Grend Hotel under the
name Of Thompson. He has. believe, given up all
hopes OF catching Patt who has just arrived here to
sing at the Italian Opera, where she gets the immense
sum Of S600 per nghI.