New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-23

lIOS Ar THE PROSPECTS OF lEACE WIFI lHI
sor-rn AMERICAN EPUBLics-TERsONAL.
From On, Special Correspondent n,,np,n Noe ~ 1874
! The Spanish Government has been working nara
within these last few weeks at what il calls the pur-
ficotion of the army, publication which everybody
! ,bo,,,,bt was all but completed with the summary
ls,oissal from the forces of all those old veteran
scrpcants who are considered in European armies as
| the very pith and marrow of standing army. Inc
wedding ont of suspicious growths 49, however sun
Going on and the Directors as here they can the Ill
snoctors of the different branches of the ScrNlc"
or -fi auXiousIy and actively proceeding WIN thtlI
tbguklcss and iuVdOus task. lhoy nave eliminated
every superior officer whose independence oI clEu-
octrr liberal autccedcnts, or prominent part IN any
I former military outbreak might give cause Tor UNI
uDrc or inspire royal suspicion so maj hrr 'atnolIc
U,ii boasts among her c0urtieIS that she now pos
.rsS,. nm army whose fidelity may he rs much ne
neudrd upou a that of those corps of Swiss, NailooS
pr irish Guard. who in the times OF her predecessors
formed he principal resources al personal oecuuly l"
suarsb noarcls NpropOs uf the Irish, may here It.
mark that there very few men OF Hlnclhl cAuaC-
ton now kept on the H., oi active seIN III NPI,
thc military men of Irish descent Jana th'lc are many
among the braVCstl hang together IKE so many h't@'
and whenever We have Marshal ODonucl IN power
", arc. sure 10 find OConuOrS, OBucns, with 0lhtr
station. They are now III dlpiilcd ittifrhrht' VOL.
uitary 0r involuntary. ana Their places supplied Win
SpaniariS the swarthi,st and most mroted Iu'E
ALL like their restless rhiri, Ndc lh'l Ih'' 3Nu
hope soon 10 return ard iattcn upon The somewhat
attcuudtcd body of Spain.
A. soon "A, the Government had made SuIc Oi the
army they intended 10 begin the long projected mn
tilation Of Parliamentary power Events nave. now
ever taken place which have induced lhenl 10 brRn
their tae, before their hour b" ripe. IhcN nave iae-
tilV dissolved the Congress which. bN-th'-hN, mas
long been suspended and thus rendered helpless Tor
good OF evil hut Yesterday morning ihc hG,t't ap
pcalcd at early hour, ami contained To We aston
ishmcut of the uninitlattd, decree dl'HoNihE le
Cortcs, and conyolng TWO lew elections i9t ne
month ofs March The decree was preceded bV
L. N
,Tus .t,. ii that they intended 10 make spanish
institutions I'oIe tdRlornable 70 ancient Spanish
law TO limit the pt|sf [E rogn va one SpanR H
Minister Was disposed 10 take tpOh himself Inc idl-
gcrous responsibility OF Imne w, uc,Iec, Ni,'u,
with lis preamble was maze "ul ~ IL AN -
chief ., the pltrat,n S'n9lg Er1G o1 "sS g.
cSDe;ia benefit the present Ministry ~, drawing thr
hot chcstuuts from The fire, and who, with tlh "i
hot headed Clcrg led bidders for power is 10 take
the Icus of Office ~ his predecessors nave got
the machine of drspu.lr GOV crnu'ni NrupI'd 10y
show of representative systclul Ia g"3N W",nt
order All The ministers signed Some 81 tieu' nov
ever expressed ms.vIngs, for which thc\ were
laughed at by thcg boldcr toml3nlups. 10 H'"
Parliament which Is to assemble lh Al"I'H w li lt@'
ably De- composed OF clergy nom h''-, h'tuN "Ii''
clerks, and palace hunr'f~-on. who have already ne
/ gun to prepare for the el'rii"nrrHuR cam
naiJn and who will be lust the sort ot
/ people 10 surrender the rights and privileges
/ which the Spanish people fought i"r against
the supporters of ecclesiastical power during sven
/ compromise from which has sprung those "i'"'y
paifis by which i'm tUu the nation has been 20 dis
( astrously misgOycmCd.
! induced Go picCipitate their utgeul'e. Ever >I't
! the liberal union (which IS the name Mhl'l
Marshal OUunurls satellites have bestowed on thtln-
selves fell from their lgotten scat 81 power "l,cr
! dclugng THEN country with blood and draining the
/ Treasury TO the last lluhing, they have bG"n m
tripuing 10 prepare tho fail Of their rivals oAd lheJ
/ maneuycIs, since the Ministry OF Marshal Nlryac7
| has SUCCEEDED ~ Ieplcqisn~S ~. lJgsWy Tlh
| an GENEROUSLY acquired Joan from French jews have
rcdOubed ~ the sight Of new resources io ptcI rom
and fresh public booty to share. Claud,simC presses
/ have been set 10 work and the tlrcddarc theme OF
/ the Quecus mlnlcgcnt devotion 10 me
4 detailed. Her Catholic Maicstys errors are
muutcly dissected ana demonstrated III anohy nous
! flying sheets. IN vain, haplcas bllstichSfs haSe
been sent 10 dulanco VIE; ana Pnuii'al P'Iuhc
makers punished for having had prohibited pamph-
lets found sprlnklcd IN their waiting rooms Details
! OF royal life, such only a. palace tamiliars ana
OK Ministers and their friends could know and cNag-
| gerate, are daily becoming tho domain of vulgar
knowledge in spite of the c0nyulsVc efforts of bc-
wildcred police. But The GROWING blow was giNcn
by the opposition deputies. lhough the Congress
was closed and its sttngs suspended these worthless
! were accustomed TO assemble daily "a the palace OF
Parliament 10 read the dally Pihts, l5ltesh lhc
inward man aud, like Millions fallen angels, discuss
how they might overthrow Their adtCisalles. lhry
dressed p a rcmonstraucc 20 the Queen, 60 which 80
deputies affixed thcr signatures, and they appointed
! the President OF the Congress INC famous
| orator, Antonio Rios Y Ro-as, 10 present, II.
/ macOntent, Marshal SeuIuo Co 20 and see me
Queen aud TO obtain from her private audience. All
I those who are acqUalntedWlth spanish contemporary
history aware that tbs brave soldier wa, - year
/ ago queen-cOmomnatcd the haudsomo minister, 81
nu,trO bOnio;' hat he was the initat0r OF palace
| gallutres. il was hoped that, Notwithstanding
many exploits both in love and IN war; lac would be-
! looked upon as one ~ the pleasures 81 memory,
though TOO far gone Tor " the pleasures OF nope, ana
that be might induce her Majesty TO listen iayOIabiy
TO those who anxious 20 recntcr her Toy al
| service. But the Queen, foreWaIned, would not
grant him an audience; whcrcupOn tho President Of
the Congress called upon Marshal Naryaez, the Prcsi-
dent of tho Council of Minister'S. The veteran was
in bed, suffering equity tWngcs, circumstances that
do not sOOthe fiery tcmPcrs Ike that OF the old wal
ror A scene took place which, II enacted at thea
ter would have brought Oh rOar- of laughter from pt
boxes, and gallery. Rosy Rosas left formal demand
of an audience Of the Queen, signed by himself and
urdeputics among whom were Pedro Salayeuia for
merly Finance Minister, MauriciO Lopez Roberts ono
Of O'DonnelPs Irish GlqqGl ana Ramon Golgaeiua
that meeting of any kind, whether OF deputies or
not IT, IN the eyes of military law, grave delin-
dtency. The Captain General Of the province, as
fruculent commander rs ever decmated a regiment,
was made COgnZant Of the fact llo repaired 20 tho
PalacoOf Parliamentin person Ile gave the kccperof
the parliamentary archives punmcng with his
own illustrious hands for not taking off bis hat and
then sent him. tightly piniOned, 10 tho military prison
OF San Francisco Ordarng 10 express his dlsappro-
baton thcreat lie ordered the Palace OF Parliament
10 he closed to all except the 1uncOnaIics charged
! with minor duties. lie caused Rios ROsas and his
cosgnatores to be taken out OF their beds at dead
| night, by armed men, and conveyed TO tho military
prisons whence all except Salayerria, who fcH dan
gcrousy Ill in the might, were sent off to oxile in
colonies destructive TO human life, or 10 provinces at
inc6nvcnient distance tr0m al they held deaJ, =,
The Spanish public still clings TO 61eTy Illusion
concerning their supposed Importance abroad. Every
officer that arrives f{otl the Pacific Is received in
heroical. Banquets, oystions in tho theaters al.
dresses in poetry aud prose, await them in every
town they visit Last night there was n meeting IN
the Atheneum lthe most important of the Madrid
literary clubs for the members to sign their names
in the beautiful album which is to be sent to the
Spanish Admiral, Mendez Nunez.
lhe Yonn q md hccnmnliah ed ChIistnnheI Cnlnmhns