The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-29

bia, again from south to north, abandon
ing, as it y would seem, all idea of a re-
treat upon Portugal, and needless of the
possible encounter he might have with
| the column of Zabala which was close
on his rear. All this has Prim done.
and we hear as yet of no engagement
| either between him and Zavala, or be
| tween him and that Concha who had SC
nearly laid his grain of salt on the birds
tail. HHnJ gaE
PRINTS conduct admits only of one ex
| PLANTATION. His first was from
| A~ranjuez to Alcala, where he hoped Il
be Joined by the twOregiments quarteret
there. and whence, at the head OF a
least 800 sabers, he might have ven
tured on a coup dc main on Madrid
Disappointed by the withdrawal Of the
| Alcaia regiments he fell back on the
Tagus, and as he there. by sinking the
bridge of Fuentiduena, had given the
slip to Zavala, it was supposed that he
would have made the best of his way to
the eastward, and thrown himself on
the partisans whom he was thought To
have in Aragon and CATALONIA. His
course, however, was not to the east, but
back to the south AMI west, where he
knew he risked an encounter with his
pursuer, but where. 1t was conjectured,
he might make his way to a land of
refuge in Portugal. But he evidently
has not made the best of his south
western move; once more has he re-
turned in his own footsteps; once more
placed himself in the midst of foes whom
he seems equally unwilling to fight or
10 escape.
The fact is, Prim's friends aver that
the district Prim now occupies is a bat
tle-field of his own choice. 1t is near
V~illarabia de los Ojos that the rebel gen.
eral possesses that country house and
those vast hunting grounds which were
his favorite haunt and delight for many
months in the year. There Is not a span
Of earth throughoutthat wild and lonely
Mancha that Is not as familiar to him as
the playground of his boyhood. There
is not one of the kinds and Doors of that
dreary region that is not as devoted to
him as a foster brother. If he choose to
play hide and seek with his enemies or
to carry on u harrassing guerilla war
fare against them, that is the very spot
aud those the elements that will enable
him to hold on for months. South of the
Toledo mountains, a climate reigns that
knows no Winter, and the land which,
Will Lut ldNOT vi LuC iIIdOIthilJS, WOuiu
supply stores just sufficient for him,
would starve any other troops. Prim's
enemies, indeed, describe his followers
as utterly exhausted and demoralized.
They represent Prim himself as suffer-
ing severely from affection ofthe liver, a
complaint to which he Is VIGOROUSLY
liable, so severely, indeed, that, ''unable
to sit his horse, he has himself driven
about in o camp carriage drawn by six
mules"
But the truth of the matter is that he
isaleld yet, and that the superior forces
of the enemy, which have caught more
| than one glimpse of him, have not hith-
erto had either the skill or the heart to
come to close quarters with him. The
Marchioness of Castillejo, with her chill
| dren, was seen driving about at the pro
| menade of Fuente Castellana, yesterday
| afternoon, bearing on her co%untenance
very little outward concern for her hus
bands fate, about which she probably
thinks she has reason to be easy.
If Prim can carry on the game for any
length of time, say for a week or two, ii
is impossible to foresee what conse-
quences his apparently rash and incon-
siderate movement may have on this
country. There hardly I'VE vas n of
the many military pronuncianaentos
which have had so much influence on
the destinies of Spain, which was not
given up as a failure at the outset. HE
who endures conquers" is nowhere so
true as in this 'hard land of Iberia.p
A Madrid correspondent of the Lon.
don Star writes !: Up to this time nc
news has reached us that General Prim
or any of his followers have been over
taken by the Government troops, who
are commanded by General Zavala (the
Marine MINISTRY and the Marquis de
Duero (Concha). Prim is at last known
to be with his staff at Daniel, and it Is
supposed he intends to throw himself
into the mountains of Toledo. / have
been told on good authority that he
commands about 1900 cavalry. Some
regiments who rebelled at Avila, are
said to be making toward Portugal, as
they could not unite with General Prim
and his forces. This city Is perfectly
| quiet. A state of seige was declared
three days ago. The Government papers
declare that every part of Spain is In
peace. There are all sorts of conjectures
| about the movement, but one thing
seems almost certain, that Prim has been
| abandoned in a most cowardly manner
by his party, the Progressists, and II
they do moi stir very his case will
be a poor one.
However, it must not be forgotten
that Gen. Prim is a soldier as intrepid
and daring as eve lived, and if he met
the Government troops, and were able
to beat them, his star would brighten
considerably and bring fresh regiments
to his standard; for he Is much beloved
by the army, who remember in him the
victor of more than n battle. salI.8 Il
1t is said that a few days ago., Marshal
O'Donnell went to see him, and told him
that he had learned that he (Prim) med.
died i'm things with which he had nc
business. O'Donnell added, General
as soon as / have a clear case agains
you you will certainly be shot.u To.this
Prim answered that he meditated ex
actly the same course with respect /,
O'Donnell. With which exchange O
courtesies the two parted in friendship
THE New AMENDMENT.-Tlre follow.
ing is the proposed amendment of thu
Constitution of the United States, intro
duced by Mr.. Stevens in the House OIL
Monday -
"Resotved By the Senate and House @
| ReDTesPuf0fiDes of Ie United Mates =