The Portland daily press., 1867-09-06


.rke cable stslserams rospectas tse distafi
Dances inahe north EASTERN part q Spain have
conveyed very little Information to readers
whoywere not prepared by their knowledge of
the country, to sread between the lines" The
telegraph in that country is under the super
vision of the Governments, and the dispatches
re present the state of things which the govern
ment would GLADLY have true rather than that
which actually is. In a country where no
mans life. liberty or property is secure for a
day. insurrection is always liable to break ont
at any moment. Whenever the condition of
aiiiirs becomes insupportable, there is an ex-
pio5ion. 1t has been plain for some time that
the government of Queen Isabella was walk
ing over volcano. The 'innocent Isabel" as
u was the fashion in her infancy to call this
weak, profigate and tyfannical Bourbon, has
long been the object of contempt and detesta-
ton on the part of her subjects; and it has for
some time been evident to observant eyes that
revol luton was ripening Since the unsuccessful
attempt at rising made byGen. .Prm. last win
ter, things have been getting worse and worse.
The atrocities committed by the governments
in revenge for that attempt-the wholesale
shootincs and transportations and innumera-
| Bile acts of injustice and oppression have ex-
asperated the nation to point beyond endur-
ance. Now it is believed that not merely the
overthrow OF the cabinet, but that of the dy.
nasty will be aimed at. The cry is said To he
no longer Down with the Minister and long
live the Queen" but Away with them ALL
The most knotty point to consider is, who
shall succeed her. tai.is,,aq ..,t,,......,r d.
year ago the Liberals were mostly in favor
of union Of Spain with Portugal; but since
then the Portuguese Chambers, as well as the
King, have declared against this plan, which,
therefore, is said to have been abandoned =
Perhaps the Liberal leaders themselves are not
iully prepared to decide what shall be the SUBJ
| stitute for the power they design to overthrow
1t may be left for National convention to de.
eide that question; but the extreme insecurity
ofthe throne of the existing sovereign is suffi-
/ GENTLY evident Ia Ia aaiia,.,.,,, g,.e,,,i,s
Il The Paris Liberte publishes the following
letter from Barcelona, dated August 10Th:
/ was well informed when 1 told YOU that
the insure ction smouldering in Spain would
soon break out in large proportions and upon
several points at once. I learn., indeed, that
insursent bands, more or less considerable
4
| rid, Agamonte, Huelva, Badajoz, San Fernan-
! do, Malaga, Verin, OreDse, Tortosa. los AL
aqnes, Lerida, Tarragon, viflanueva Geltru
Martorei, 'Papiols, San Felice, Sc. The cf-
feet produced on the population by the pro-
| gramme of the Catholic party which compre-
hehded the establishment ofthe inauisition
! the discomfort caused by the measures which
| increase the imposts upon food, which prohib-
1T All labor and all business ON festivals, and
| Which fix deductions upon salaries and Den-
sions; the unusual dispositions adopted every
day by the authorities; finally the publication
A of the proclamation addressed to tho citjzens
and the army by General Prim, aoho is believed
to haze entered Catalonia, and ia acLich it is de-
ctdred hdt the moment has come for taking up
arms TO bring about @ revolution which Shall
overthrow the established order of things api
| found another by means of a constituent
Cortes--all these circumstances could leave nc
doubt respecting q speedy explosion. =. -
/ For some tine we must expect the most con
fused news of the facts which occur. Tins ac
cording to some, the bands are very hume rom
4 weii armed, and partly supplied with breach
loaders; they do not want for money; they art
well received IN the country districts, and the
troops only await favorable moment to ioir
them The authorities, ON the other hand
declare that these bands are few in number
almost without arms, regarded with but Iittlt
sympathy by the inhabitants, and that tht
government IS sure of the fidelity of the
troops Upon the latter poiut the whole aues
lftIon really hinges and hence we nav rel,
upon prompt solution in one sense 99r fbss
other: 1t the army takes part in the 1eyoIu
tion, it will do so in a few days if it rest
faithful to the government, the insurrectior
will quickly wear itself out and break IN o.
ITSELF We4must wait awhile before being able
to predict what viii happen. Catalonia, Which
IS country in which the name of Prim has
the most influence, appearing to be the prin
eple seat Of the rising, the four provinces
Barcelona, Lerida Tarragona Eand- Corona
which compose it, were declared in a state Of
siege on Saturday night at half past nine
Tranquility, nevertheless, has in no way beer
disturbed in Barcelona, and nothing leads Il
the belief that the agitation, at all events a
which has not changed its ordinary aspect.