The New York herald., 1869-01-19
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY JANUARY 49, sseR1PLH SHEET

ofciai quarters, accompanied BY hts stam The city
was perfectly quiet the crowd at the station having
At midnight the scene changed. Tue broad Ala
meda, which was then serted and seemed to seep
g day. was suddenly invaded by companies q
men; ~ & - s Y as ptcconcsrted signal. and Ia, ~
o y so% 70
m.re complete and SURPRISING. Without noise, but
with astonishing vIgor. the men having laid aside
rose as 4 hy magic right under my window. and
very soon blocked up the street leading e. the
enr e so%s u e
seemed seem 70 have been perfect sentinels wers
Some Of the companies brought. timber
and barrels. others bore hags Of sand with which
ened BY stones and earth. In two nours observed
TWO barrcades complete. and the workmen started
q" lor otnsr points 70 carry oss their pans inis
media ana IN all the otner streets leading to It. There
is large one In the street beyond the bridge lead
is heavy ono to protect the Alameda from assault
by sea as wen ~ to cover the street leading nom
In the centre ofthe town. In the Gale de Granada
there are number OF well made barricades, con-
structed or stone. Many OF the main barrcades are
this afternoon constructing banquottes for the ride
men. Two Of the brass guns from the Espiqua, or
ssns saSs Ssssy ne y pss01 nom N ne ne % %
way; way a. couple @ s.n are On the nsrbor where
are placed IN battery on the principal avenues OF
proach to the Alameda, which seems to nave been
selected BY the volunteers the place for the
Of, and most OF the houses along the Alameda,
especially those at corners, which aOrd good points
u for aring Tne houses near the barricades In the
Puerta del Mar, In the corner Of Plaza de la AIhon
ger, IN the Puente de santo DOMINGO,
&asa canes the Paaass a. santa EspslssIS Mss
ana those along the mole are all In the hands OF the
people A. q these ba,ricades, too are one or two
spiked and are In serviceable condition. Not less
than fseen OF these guns are IN position this after
learn no 0utrages have been committed by the peo-
pie No property has been touched and no person
injured. Tne conduct Of the volunteers Is unexcep
This afternoon the civil Governor has published
tdndo begging the people 10 return to their homes
wise We shall better know the efect Of these pro-
clamati0ns. which have been cried through the
streets: to-morrow ! anticipate sharp but brief
contest In the Alameda, and then the affair will be
over.
General Rodas is expected tomorrow. He win
doubtless give twentyfO hours to the insurgents
to deliver IN their arms II that Is not accepted we
shall have hight
station for the corTpo train at daylight. No trains
have been sent out this p M. Possibly this NAV not
get through can only try 1t. The weather Is beau
tiful and the night pleasantly cool.
The Voice Of the Press ON che situation In
Spain.
The London Dafly Ne,rs Of the 4th says:--The
Spanish revolution has not yet passed out Of its
stage OF violence. - The chiefs OF the pro-
yfst0na government have shown Spain with what
ease . revolution can be made. They have not
shown how permanent government can be estab-
disposed to keep The revolution was made by the
soldiery, the people OF Spain acquiescing and APP
proving. II y Is not 70 be mere muttny Of the
hn vVfI hnv1 1urYtt
Doubtless between the republican feeling OF the
towns and the monarchicai feeling OF the country
authorities. But the Fabian policy OF delay has not
the promise OF success, and nothing can be more
dangerous than 70 allow time and opportunity for
as those which Cadiz and Malaga have just wit
messed
The London Post observes:-The dIriculty OF the
m0narchisrs still Is what it ever was the want Of
any presentable monarch around wn0m to rally, and
s % ay fSr the Inmate
people and which, u II had but q worthy object
might be developed to any extent, runs great risk
tremely unfortunate for them that the Duke OF Mont
pensier should have managed to make such a poor
emerged from the dscredit which HIS non nanpear.
ance at Cadix with the returning generals had
brought upon him, when he was made to appear
TO help the provisional government against the Cadiz
insurgents Since then he has been the chosen butt
pecied that the high-spirted ana sensitive nation
20 rule whom he now openly aspires will pardon him
both though it might have overlooked one OF these
Of having made no overt mistakes. can command
even fewer sunragcs than the Duke de Montpensler
while the expedient OF choosing one or the princey
minors who are supposed to have pretensons TO the
throne and OF keepng the place Of the chosen one by
more unfavorable conditions.
On the whole: the more Spanish affairs unfold
themselves the less hone does there to be OF
smooth progress to satisfactory settlement OF tho
country In new paths But the Cortes CONSTITUENCIES
may yet save the country from anarchy. whether
they VIII do so must depend upon the amount OF
TACT moderation and above ALL OF unselnsh patriot
ism which the forthcoming elections may produce.
fraae is perhaps the best machinery on such an oc
casion. because II most readily and rably responds
TO The hand that sets i in motion. We d6d fault
therefore, with their appeal to the universal voice OF
the Spanish nation; but 1t ought to have been both
definite and immediate, and have presented no
lngf why, the disarmament OF those very voIun-
teers OF liberty whose indiscriminae possession OF
have been Grated caee aeyer ,hr ,Sr nn instant % 70
armed with shocking bloodshed; at Here's ana Sc.
Vile more peacefully; but Malaga from our latest
peat the sad occurrences which have shed
dismay In the FIRST named city. In each ana
acton M 81 as the necsy for
listening TO republican, or, In other words to com
munistc counsels, the sef-constituted volunteers
patton and high rate OF paw. Only lei : few more
towns show themselves as refractory as Malaga and
Cadlz, and there VIII DO s0-caled defeated party
let Its name be what it WILL In every province al the
kingdom. Everything that IL now pass
ing before our eyes almost compels the conviction
that Prm never af any moment Intended to give re-
publicanism chance II such really be the truth he
mas displayed astounding incapacity for linking
causes with eecs and forecastng events. II he and
ny coneagues really purposed and Intended 10 main
tain the monarchcal form OF government IN the Pc
ninsuia they should have had the courage 10 say ro
Tney must now perceive that it would have
been the simpler as well as the manller
course. Hencci0rward, let matters turn out a.
they VIII, republicanism Will be one OF the compet-
ing forces IN Spain, WHERE there were already so
many; and the more vanqulshed sides there are In
country the more easy is IL for any one OF them 10
promote fresh revolution. In these mild times the
conquered are never extinguished but live 10 fght
another day. Consequently We may he sure we shall
not nave heard the last OF republicanism In spain,
even though u for the present be thrust aside bv the
awakening viRor OF Prim and his cohorts Buf ,t ia