Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-11-18
HYDE PARK, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER IS, 1868


loyal volunteers came to salute him, be
said to the attendant courticrs:
"Thtse are the same dogs, with differ.
ent collars"
Three times this royal fool had been
married; bat each Of his wives had died
in succession ard without leaving an
heir to the throne In 1929 he mnrried
daughter of the king Of Naples who. a
year after 6 We birth to Is bella, the sub
ject of this article. She clrae of bad
blood on both sides; for it is difficult to
say which royal family was the more de-
test,ble that of n pies or of Spain.
Ruled by his new wife (tor it was a
necessity of his nature to be ruled by
somebodyl the king now promulgated an
edict which was the Cause Of lasting ca
lamitics Fer hundred aad Fifty years.
the Salic law had been in fnrce in Sp in.
which excluded fem lies from the throne
According to this law. and according to
public expectation, Don Carlos. the king s
brother, was the heir prcsumptive, and
the new born infsnt was excluded Ferdi-
nands young wife, however. three days
after the birth of Isabella prevailed upon
him to issue a decree which annulled the
Salic law, and re established the right of
females to inherit the crown.
Soon after, to appease the anger Of his
brother Carlos, he rcscinAed this decree.
A little later, overcome by the reproaches
of his wife and his wifa's f,mily he re
established it Soon after this second
promulgition, the poor we king died,
leaving TO his daughter, aged two years
and eleven months. a disputed succession,
and to Spain civil war, The queen
mother WIS appointed Regent of the king
dom 70 ingratiate herself with the peo.
plc, ehe granted liberal constitution -
/ The 'Cortes. soon after formally accepted
her daughter rs queen of Spain. and, as
formally. rejected the claim of Don Carlos
That prince, however, at the head Of a
formidable patty. mqintliued the cos'est
! for seven years during which some Of the
fairest provinces Of Spain were devastated
! hy fire and sword In August. 1889, The
forces of Don Carlos were finally defeated
by Espartero, aud the prince himself
sought refuge in France. lie subsequent
ly retired to Austria, where he lived
for many years. and where, think. he
Is living bill, a anet and harmless old
man of eighty.
Daring the minority of Isabella the
history Of Spain consists only of the
Strcmles of rival politicians, and partial.
fruilless revolts In Spain, as every where
! else on earth, there was a liberal party
and conservative party, both coutending
for the possession of the government
Sometimes the tories trlumphed. Then
an insurrection would give brief asccn
dancy to the liberal party Ministries
were formed, only to be dissolved. The
mothcr Of tie Young Queen beclme. at
length, so odious, that she WIS compelled
to seek safety in France. and on her
returR she gave herself completely to
the conservatives, and placed the whole
of Splin under military law. Meanwhile
the Cortes declared the young Qneen,when
she was not yet fourteen years of age, to
have attained her majority.
/ AT sixteen, Isabella III was robust,
rosy and handsome girl, distinguish
ed for nothing except. perhaps, an unusu-
al love of pleasure and decoration The
question of her marriage agitated Europe.
England offered Prince Leopold of Coburg;
Russia recommended son Of that Don
Carlos who hid foulht seven years for
her throne :; Louis Philippe was ~ favor
of her cousin. Francis. Duke Of Cadiz,
the soa of uer fathers brother; and 9TH
ar powers favored the pretensions Of a
P,ince of Sicily The crafty politics oi
Louis Philippe carried the day, and she
married her cousin when she was not
quite seventeen At the same time the
Due de Montpensier. son of the king oi
the French. muried the Qheen's sister.
Her r,gn has been continuous scan.
dal lndoleEt. luxnrions, and vain. she
has not even had the grace to set an ex
smple of common decency to her sui jccts
Lover has succeeded lover 50 tbst, al
though she has h,d several childrehi twc
Of whom are living. the spauards do no
telieye that she HIS presented them with !
legitimate heir to the trhene. Absorbed Il
pleasure, it was only with the creates
reluctance that she attended to the ihoS
necessary business Of the kingdom. sh'
fose about ten, and p 'ssiig to her bcvr
dsir. occupied herself with gossip. game
and the toilet until dinner time, which i
Spain is earlier than with US. After din
, ner IL was her custom to 90 to her garden