New-York tribune., 1873-03-22
SPANISH DISORDER
pop1u,p FEELING IN BARCELONA.

IFRou AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THR TRiBuNRl
BARCELONA, March AIT first sight BARGE
Iona strikes one forcIby being larger, more nten-
sed and more muscular Belleylc dangerous, turbu-
lent combusthle city, crowded with truculeDt work
people OF whose nostrs anarchy IA the breath. The
Barcelonans larger framed and more massive men
than the venomous sceIera Of Beeyie, but they have
the same type feature the roughness Of speech,
the same ragged disregard for good manners the same
proneness TO eXcablty, and, as their annals tell us,
the same nractabe ferocty They quarrel freely with
each other have seen 10 day drunken men staggering
in the streets-a sight l had not hitherto witnessed
in SPAIN the women OF the workngclasses coarse.
slatternly foul-tongued, and as rough-mannered
as are the men. The latter wear zorro,
or red nightcap, OF which the Phrygian bon
net was the prototype and his headdres adds to the
ueulent revolutionary aspect which In other respects
they wear Nor, II we to judge by their history,
have their deeds beed their looks They have been red
both I'm mind and in hand for generations During the
civil wars they never troubled about keeping watch and
ward over prisoners; they murdered them when they
caught Them on the principle which prompted Randolph
20 ponard the Red Comyn. The sans clottes grid
irons Ia San Lorenzo on their breasts and their shout
was Madrdos a II poeiaI Oo the frylngpan with the
Moderates.) Others 10 show their independence from
religious DOGMA dragged images OF our Savior about
the streets by their neck 10 this DAY
their political illustrated papers are frightfully
the Faca the horrible profanity Of which curdles the
blood They have their good points nevertheless these
redcapped truculent-fa faced Barcelonians. When the
mad frenzy of revolutionary Is not in their blood
they are honest industrious and perseyering Barcelona
is teening hive Of manufacturing industry; II Is the
only really live city have IN spain Just at pres
ent the Barceonians neither be called quiet nor IN
state OF outbreak They frrmenilng. The process
may burst the cask and in that case people Will do well
rba xt1Ipg
sdenee into contented tranquility. l must see little
more Of Barcelona than one do in day before ven
ture TO indicate with any confidence which result Is the
likeber. -.
This much. AZ least i. certain, that the other day.
when the popuace proclaimed the Republic, and when
tbe troops fraternized with the manifestation anarchy
was much nearer than most people outside Barcelona
eould imagine But that the great tide was let flow
without any attempt 10 stem IL, boodshed revolution
and red-handed mutiny would, beyond doubt, have
ridden on it, crest. Always imhued with hatred or
the priests on this day the populace ragged iuriously
against them. The cericals hid themselves away in
holes and corners till they could disguise Themselves IN
the costume Of lyIneD and smuges themselves out
OF the town. One OF the few remaining priests was
pointed out to me to-day. dressed in shooting
Jacket and wearing a false heard and whlskers.
The nuns ia terror burrowed into Ohsourty, and
with reason for popular indignation was hot against
them II had been discovered that through the nsru-
mentality Of the priests and the nuns gunpoWder had
been smugged up to the Carliss I'm the mountains In
great earthen lars used for the conveyance OF water All
the churches the tiwn closed. The fete day of
ste Euaie the uclar saint OF Barcelona, remained un-
celebrated There were days during which no toll OF a
churchbel was heard in the city As for the troops am
assured by eyewitnesses that their nsubordnaon was
naerant They hooted their officers aud swore at them
for Mouarchsts they yelled at them to cries OF Down
with the stripes |" Many officers only found safety IN a
hurried recourse plain clothes and OF these the greater
number rather than risk the fate threatened have re-
signed their commissions and become civilians.
on the night of the day of the large column
numbering 1900 men, was 10 have marched luiO the
country against the Carss. Most of the troops were
indeed taken out Of the city, but not under the officer
originally detailed 10 command the column whom the
soldiers swore they would shoot II he dared To snow
himself He was pointed out to-day to me in the street,
dressed I'm plain clothes. The column marched as
far as Hhlanona, a village about four miles distant,
where the men halted and refused TO further
There this force has remained until to-day, gradU-
ally coming back into hand again. when removed from
the evil influences which the men were exposed IN
the city The arrival of COntreras, and the meas
ures ne has adopted of discipline tempered with
cancellations have produced good effect, and on
the surface at least tho troops obedent and well
affected. But the comparative calm which at present
regs seems held by who ought best 10 know the
temper Of their tOwn,men 10 bo deln,iye. sagnauon
ofndusry threatened owing TO the timdty on the part
of the master manufacturers IN accepting orders from
fear that troubles will occur which will hinder their full
hment The better class people of Barcelona quit
ting IL in large numbers and when he men do not 10
themselves they send their wives and families. They do
not own their real fears The common preieXt is that
the hot weather is coming on when Barcelona becomes
unhealthy; but in ordinary times IL may be observed,
the hot weather does set in FOR couple Of months 10
come Tam told that the better class Of Bareeonians
are chiefly Alph0nsists but that there l. also Carisl
element of some strength
coNsrEyA AToRs OF THE PUBLIC PEACE.
After all al least just for the present when every
Thing s going to their liking this BarceOnan popuace,
Of rtculent aspect and autccedcnts OF Republicansm
red unto profuse boodshed are in a rough turbulent,
the-cdu,eway sort Of fashion, in
good humor enough They laugh great roars OF Laugh
Ter they roar Vira Ia RcpuJiiea Feierai!' till their
hoarse voices are hOarscr ,tll; they shoulder along,
roughly josting people who get ia their way; they dye
their tawny chins with rank strong wine, and 1t is
pretty clear that they realize the fact that they
ters Of the situaon but they don't piunder burn, or
cut throats If they never worse than they are
now man whose skin IL not very thin might man
age to agree with them. aud might even TO Ike
them. "When saw them first, SIR" SAID al American
gentleman to me, 81 Thought I'd a heap sooner
trust myself among tribe of the widest red
Indians ever raised; hut we rub along pretty
comfortable" Nevertheless, he ran 20 the window,
thought little neryOusly when the Wild strains OF the
"Mar.eillasc" mingled with shouts OF "Niya la pub
Ica Federalw 90 echoed along the Eanbla. But It was
nothing but a Republican demonstration These des-
peraGoOokng enthusiasts the OF the
public peace. Tuey all armed the other day, or
armed themselves and have been practcng the art
letting of firearms for has not man shot himself
the attempt TO learn the manual and platoon exercise
with ball cartrdgei In the distribution OF those fire
arms to irresponsible and characteress civilians, the
storm has been throughout Spain IL remains for
the future TO tell who shall reap the whrlwiud
In the forenoon COntreras came riding along the
Plaza on a white charger, at the head OF column OF
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