The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-29
@rurral 9utelli0rutr.
- ID Al III .
IyCmFyTs or THE REVOLUTION.
How the FrpemasOns Managed Inc he'
yOlt-..The IN Queen IN ENte-.'ihe
Carlist rrettnder-s-lhe Jhhlh'

4 Madrid letter to the London News says
The whole OF this insurrectonRiN move
meut has been under the direction OF q rev
o%lutiouary committee, most ul WHO'LL
am told. are members Of the treemasoh7
society OF which there are no less IMAM
tortv-niue lodges, numbering twenty-ohe
thousand members, IN Mhtrid VINO
have. for months past, been drilling anu
nrmiug the people IN preparation loI 'hls
outbreak. So successful had beeh these
efforts. that the last few days there nave
been IN Madrid no less thou twenty tho"-
s,ud mcu. ala armed with muaheta or re-
~yolyerg ,uIe latter the most common
veoponl. and ready 30 act NJ ANY msmenl
p~,oin.t the GOV. rument Nor was the M
flu4uce OF this Imta. which OF course acted
I'm combination with General Serralo,
Prim. and the others. confined 10 the peo-
pIr They had friends in many otthe pun
tic dcpartinents: and every telegmm Whlcu
was received In Madrid was read 10y them
os soon ms hv the President OF the Council
General Coucha.
rNrFEyIEw or TIE CHIEFS WITH toN'hA'
. "A deputation from then body
waited upou General Coucha, alter the We
tory al Alcolea, and represented to him
hat as il was obvious that further resist
auce on his part was hopeless, It Wonld oe
hotter both for himself and every one else
that lac should resign hrs post and ie"Ne
the administration OF affairs III Madlld 10
other hands. General Concha replied mat
he was 30 well awars OF his lnaDlhty 10 con
tiuue the Government of the country that
he had already sent his resignation 10 lhS
Ouecn. and intmated that he was prepared
-. ..-.l. INIMV nRauuuTlHa as InlNnI lF
necessary under the circumstances Inc
member OF the revolutionary committee
requested that Madrid might be delivered
into the hands Of GeucmlB SerIano ana
Piim. Coucha ut once usseuted TO tue
adoption OF that step, aud assured the com
mittee that his only object was 70 pL'Neh'
eny collision between the army ana the
people. and 20 preserve order III the Guy
buing the few hours which must elnpst
Eefors these generals could arrive IN Mad
ria. The members Of the committee a''
r,ptsd the declaration as q complete sur,
render on the part OF the general anJ
warmly expressed then satisfaction thHt lit
revolution in Madrid had been accomplish
ed without blOOdshed. &c..
amer the interview between the chiefs
Of the revolutionary party and the repre-,
seutatiyes Of the queen, events hlAl'Heu
mpidly. the knowledge OF the success o.
the insurgents nj Alcolear spread alhoh-
the people, and It was necessary that Ihos'
who had organized the movement III Alad'
nd should take the management Oh ah'il'
INTO their own hands. After giving the
necessary instructions to prevent any col
hslon between the troops II the people
General Coucha and the Minister OF Ma
rine 1.-THE only other member Of the admin.
istration, | believe took their departure
for San Sebastian, to make the formal res,
ignation of their offices TO the Queen, aud
left the government of Madrid TO the reyo,
lutionary committee aud Gen. Ros dc
Olano, who undertook TO answer ior the
conduct Of the troops.
80 one like myself who has had nc
previous experience OF revolutions, II Wa,
perfectly marvellous to see how easily thi
change of authority was effected; indeed
It had been accomplished IN almost all il
details before either / or many other PEG
pie IN Madrid knew that It was taking
place While the shopkeepers and occu
piers Of houses in the Puerta del Sol AM
all the streets running out OF that centra
square were hanging colOred cloths upol
their balconies and displaying banner
nom their windows; while some hundreds
| may indeed say some thousands, OF PEG
IAb Wtlb expressing AuCll hhAlhlhtllbl II
the triumph of the insurrection by dane
ing about the public streets, shouting an
embracing each other, the reyOlutiOngr
Junta was quietly but actively engaged /
completing the work which had been con
menced, n taking measures TO ensure Ill
complete success Of their undertaking.
Without any appearance that such n thin
was going on, the Civil Guard was dil
armed, aud their weapons transferred
the people, but to member Of the poop
authorized by the revolutionary committt
10 receive them, and responsible to tn
organization for the use which they mae
of them.
all other large towns in Europe, there is
considerable number OF people who l.
long 10 what in England are called "ciil
inal c~lasses;' and unless precautions hi
been adopted to prevent IT, these perso
would, no doubt, nave ayailed themsely
OF the brief interregnum between I
cessation Of the royal government, AZ re
resented by General Concha, and the
adjustment Of the authority OF the Jun
to plumber the shops and warehouses
Madrid. II was, / apprehend, 10 intir
date and restrain these interesting but
convenient specimens of humanity, Il
the earliest banners which were carr
about the streets threatened Inc puni'
ment of death to robbers, and that all I
first proclamations which were issued CO
cluded with a similar announcement.
A BRITISH MAN-oF-wAR All II QUEENS 4
PosAL.
A private letter from San Sebastian m
tions the curious fact that when on
9th of September a British man-of-y
entered that harbor the belief spread /
vii fire among the people that she L
come to lombard the place. Old assoc
tion had so accustomed them TO think Il
the English always support the Libe
cause in Spain that they made sure thai
as ON the 9th of May, 1886, when Eva
Btormed the Carlist lines round San Sch
tian and some British war steamers ASST
cd his advance by their hre-they shOU
soon see British shot and shell hyi