New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-13
SPANISH AFFAIRS.

O'Kelly nj Large-Defeat of Government
Troops-The lnternntionals mt Work.
Riot in Malaga-Proceedings in tho
Cortes-Extraerdinary Measures for
the Suppression OF Cuban Rebellion
General Disorder in the Spanish Re.
public.
MADRID, July l2.-O'Kelly is at large in
Madrid under British guarantees.
The defeat of the government troops
under General Cobrinett by the Carlists,
commanded by Saballo, is attributed to
lack of discipline in the Republican forces.
The troops which were captured by the in
surgents surrendered almost without firing
q shot.
The Minister of War, in the Cortes, con-
frmed the defeat of the Republicans near
RipOl and the death Of their commander,
Cobrinety. He also confirmed the reports
of lnternatiOnalist eXcesses in Alcoy.
The mayor of Alcoy. whom the fnterna-
tiOnalists assassinated, was thorough Re-
publican, and spent fortune in the cause.
His body was dragged through the streets,
the mob yelling continuously. The cOllec-
tor Of taxes was also assassinated, and the
body treated with the same indignities.
There was serious trouble in Malaga yes
terday while bull-fght was in progress.
The people of the city rose against the
municipality, and many excesses occurred.
the assassination Of several councillors.
The government has received tele-
graphic dispatch from the Governor of
Malaga, rendering his resignation.
Lieutenant General Sanchez Bregna has
received orders to hasten to Navarro and
take command Of the Army of the North in
person.
A report was in circulation this morning
that crisis in the Ministry was imminent,
but it was soon pronounced to be without
foundation. The Cabinet is thoroughly
united, and resolved to suppress all dis
orders.
Upon the assembling of the Cortes to-day,
Senior Suver, Minister Of Colonies, pre-
sented and read bill applying to the is
land of Porto Rico the constitutional clause
Of 1869, with reference to individual rights;
also, applying the same clause to the is
land of Cuba, with the exception of the ter
ritory occupied by the insurgents.
A dispatch has been sent to the Captain
General of Cuba, authorizing him to adopt
some extraordinary measures against the
insurgents in that island, as have been re-
sorted to by the government for the sup
preston of the Carlist insurrection in
Spain.
The abolition of slavery in Cuba will be
realized by special law.
In the Cortes last evening the Minister of
War announced that the government had
received dispatches confirming the report,
which was current in Madrid during the
day, of the defeat near Ripoll of the repub-
licans under General Cobrinety and tho
death of that officer. The minister also said
that dispatches had come to hand which
confirmed the reports Of the Internati0nalist
insurrection and excesses in the province Of
Alicante.
The government has received intelligence
of the departure from Malaga of General
Carvajal, with force of volunteers and
artillery. His destination is not known.
General Velarde, with a body of troops, is
Fastening to Alcoy, and it is expected he
will arrive there to-day. The Internation-
alist insurrectionists have assassinated the
mayor of Alcoy. Notwithstanding. the fact
that he was thorough republican, and
spent fortune in the cause of the republic.
His body was dragged through the
streets Of the town by the mob which keptup
continuous yelling. A collector Of taxes
was assassinated, and his body treated
with the same indignities as that of the
mayor. The cotton factory of Perez Puig,
and four other factories at AlcOy have
been burned by fhe mob
BAYONNE, July 12-Advices received
here from Carlist sources state that the in
surgent chieftain ScirrOris. with band of
500 men, including fifty five cavalry, has
crossed the river Ebro, and entered old
Castillo, where he is organizing risings Of
the Carlists.
There is much agitation in Bargos, and
many of the inhabitants of that province
are enlisting under the banner of Don Car
los. Several bands of Carlists have ap-
peared in the province of Leon. There are
three chiefs in Galicia, each at the head Of
an organized force.
In the Cortes this afternoon the Minister
of War spoke of atrocities committed in
Alec yby the Internationalist insurrection.
lists, and said the government was deter.
mined to punish the persons guilty of assas'
sinatiOn in that town.
A dispatch was received at the war Office
from General Velarde, announcing his ar
rival before Alcoy and his determination to
attack the town today.