The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-14
Terrible Condition of spain,

Terrible Condition of spain.
The correspondent of the Pal Mall Gazette who
writes from Barcelona, declares that the Spaniards
are utterly disgusted with their system of justice
and will remedy it, If no other remedy is obtainable,
by Lynch law. Even criminal Justice is corrupt
the Judge will not admit them to bail without
brbe. In Andalusia, kind of territorial socialism
prevails produced by oyergrown estates and absen-
tee landerdism Four men own most OF the pro-
vince, and the biggest of them lives his life in St.
Petersburg. Brgandage is beginning to prevail
everywhere. Prm has ordered ali generals to shoot
CaIlists, and has promoted two officers who mur-
dered nine persons who had fowling pieces but were
not resisting or attacking in any way. Add that the
treasury is insoyent, the parties without leaders,
and the trees coming down so fast that there is a
drought every three years. and readers may have
faint idea of the state OF SPAIN 1t is the red reyo-
luton which is coming there.
Mad'lle Nilsson.
To the Editor of the Herald:-I do not know to
what irresponsible rumOr Madlle NissOn's emphatic
contradiction, which you yesterday published, was
addressed, but | am quite certain she intended no
denial of the authorized report of her engagement
for the Grand Opera House in this city, for the sim
pie reason that such denial would have been in
conflict with the facts of the matter beg leave eX-
plicty to state that on the 7th of February last
concluded with Mad1e Nilsson a formal contract for
a six months tour through the United States, to
commence in November, 1870, and for which she was
TO receive 100000 francs a month in gold a sum
equivalent to $3.50 in greenbacks. Whether or not
the engagement has been made good in all its re-
quirements OF monetary guarantees am ignorant,
as my managerial control OF the Opera House and OF
its interests ceased very aftef my return from
Europe, but up to the time of my withdrawal the en-
gagement was certainly an .fait GeeODtDH
CLIFTON w. TAYLEURE.
Negroes in West Virginia.
The wheeling Inteligencer thinks the estimate of a
negro population OF 4S 900 in West Virginia is incor.
rect, and adds:-"A capitatiOn tax Is levied on all
adult colored males over twenty-one, who are care
fully listed by the assessors OF the several counties
The returns TO the Auditors office show the number
OF these TO be less than 2500 There is reason &c
suppose that these returns are not an approXima
tiOn to the fact The usual estimate is that the
adult males are about one-ifth OF the population
that among our blacks the average Is anything sc
HIGH because the family relation is not so well sus
tanned among them among the whites But al
lowing this, we should have cO0red population OF
some twelve thousand five hundred-men, women
and children"
''POOr Mary Ann.o
An Irishman named John Driscoll went to a music
hall not long since in London, and returned home
singing song he had heard there about ''MarJ
Ann" countrywoman of his, named Mary Cogh,
Ian, had baby which had been christened MARY
Ann. She thought he was ridculing her child, and
after some words had passed between them on tht
subject she went indoors, put Mary Ann to bed
and returned TO the street armed with poker will
which she beat Driscoll the head so severely tina
he has been i'll since, and is not likely to be con
Vaescent for some time. Mary COghlan was brough
up at the Thames Police Court, before Mr.. Benson
who said that If the complainant was singing the OLE
ballad OF "Poor Mary Ann" IL was very palntivt
and beautiful one, which he had often heard with
delight IL a great absurdity TO be offended
! WITH such song. He committed the prisoner TO
! trial,