The New York herald., 1873-09-29


we md another capital menaced by Carlists-
that OF Castellon. capital Of the province Of Caste
lon, by 5000 men under Cucals Wales and Ferrer.
penetrated into the town, but this has turned out
TO be premature; he has simply sent demand to
years contribution from the industrial and agri-
cuit9ra classes, with the alternative tnat, II what
ways Of communicaion and ~" STOP the irrigation
water supply. Cucala seems to be confident that,
ewing to the sharp suppression Of the cantonist
movement Carsm viii be still more augmented by
the disafected OF the provinces OF Valencia and
;Gastsiion He has It all his own way now in the
Morela. and purposes, % soon as he nnds time, to
| fall upon Caspe.
ties OF Castelon to resist the demands Of the Car.
lists by all the means In their power, adding that
and G ne hsd zoo muskets for tbs yun
| teers OF the menaced town. Villacampa, however,
% have reason % TO know from my intimate knowl-
slow to act, dull OF thought and procrastinator OF
| the first water. No man ever found himself In his
position, with his authority. who was more OF an
| 0ptimlst than Villacampa Four months ago met
nlm, and ne was then as sangIne as ne Is now that
carhsm was IN s, state ,Ssn o. aissoluson. o Lbs
presume, have checked the prompt advances he
should have made to the relief of Castellon, by in
| spring him with the deuslve hope that Cucaa's
army OF 5000 men would nnally surrender TO the
raltentes OF Castelon and the rural suburbs.
OF your correspondent, stating that velasco, with
5000 infantry and 200 cavalry, y about to pen.
chieitain is successful 1t is said that he Is to be
strengthened with a. volunteer legitimist force
News OF q semi-ofi ciai navor has been received
that the hitherto quiet province or Alicante s to be
theatre Of guerilla warfare, Carlsm gradually
running the circle OF the peninsula and closing the
royal CASTLES with audaci0us columns and cOuR-
nitas, disposed to wreak their utmost against the
have thus In brief informed you Of the later
Carlist movements whicn have taken place and en-
gage our attention at present. But apropos OF the
crossing OF the Ebro, Ishould not leave you IN the
dark as to the ultimate intentions OF tue govern.
ment OF Madrid IN view of thus alarming nun sIate o.
''iS You aasefi have heard Of
THE RESERVE FORCE OF 10000 MEN
that Spain Is preparing to launch into the field IN
the hope that nckle fortune may smile once more
is being conducted with despatch, contractors are
preparing the uniforms, snd gun factories % are at
should % Ike ike to Illustrate BY story from Galncla,
which heard last night, how the mastering Is 60
ing on in the Peninsula: I Ia Ths scene is at small
The Alcaide Of the Aldea-a sweet, charming
spot in the Gallician mountains-came to me one
| "My friend, can you advise mei ! am in great
strait indeed, know not what TO dO Thfs re.
people people '0f have S son. he my only only oSe Soto
/ on him, he is so clever and intelligent and he
telegraph On the Venta de Baiios and santander
tine. Now, just think-he Is to go on the reserve;
they have drafted him. and should like to obtain
my friend. Your SON must 60, because the govern
ment will not exempt him.n
'.But do you not think" said the anxious Al
calde, .that might do something with the doc
tors sOrsf Of would be willing to pay something to get
Perhaps" said l. "rry; there is nothing like
The next day the AlcaIde took his son with him
to Leon. | saw him the night he returned, and
he began to give me . history OF what he had
done.
lie said:-"You know l took an ounce or two
with me, thinking could do something about my
the the doctors W Co@plets change took place they
had been carrying II on too far with the young
men Of Leon About lorty or fity strong, lusty
the doctors, when the intransigentes, seeing that
things were not quite right, demanded that new
exempt were called back, re-examined and found
perfectly sound and 1T for service or course
| when j saw that, 1t was no use. fear the boy
must go; there is no help for it,"
| priest who has adopted young fellow, and
day. and with sorrowini tone said, at is very,
very hard; 1 have trained this boy since he was
aad navs m
man out OF him; but thus reserve business is very
cruel The governments tears him away from me,
AZ tell You what" said my friend, "most OF those
fellows in Gallica say they would prefer sending
their to fight Tor the Carists as they say they
have law, while this government has neither law
nor order. The Carlists have something definite to
rich It's members pockets"
This will give an idea to you of what the people
'calde and priest whose adopted son was ''not very
strong in the chest" disclose the feeling OF those
subjected to the act OF the Assembly calling out the
Confirmatory Of what have just related is the
! following, which have extracted from the Eco de
| EspGfld =
The calling out of the does not to pro-
SssH would desire The enroed % Oder much the
S d by ad IS aaye ns OG % S ar
ranks rather than belong to army disorganized as
Be known that the auntas proceeding without
| These 500, 600 men will be sent into cantonments
for instruction and discpine which are to be sta
toria, Burgos Miranda, Loproho, Tudela, Sara.
| gossa, Caspe and TortOsa-by which they shut out
Se RSe e ch e
with water, running parallel with the Pyrenees,
from north to east southeast, at distance from
I the Pyrenecs OF not more than 30 leagues, or 90
miles. straight line from vitora to Tortosa, on
the Mediterl anean sea, would measure 80 leagues,
| or 24O miles. 1t is thus
| A NATURAL BOUNDARY
between the Pyrenean portion OF Spain. and the
tended would be an efficient safeguard against any
further advance OF the Carlists. or course this plan
! Is the same that which was adopted by the
| governmental generals in the Seven Years. war.
| GENERAL EsPARTERO
is said to have told Sanchez Bregua that to
dominate or suppress tn, Carst lnsurrection,
the government requires 0,000 men OF three arms,
cavalry, infantry and artillery, perfectly armed and
disciplined
The Hidalgo question, which was the cause OF the
resignation OF King Amadeus, Is again on the taps
and threatens to produce crisis IN the Ministry.
That your readers may thoroughly understand
this question, snail have to take them back to the
SPAIN OF oDONNELL's TINE,
and remind them OF the first insurrection OF Prim.
1t agreed that Prm should raise the banner Of
revolution IN Madrid believe 1t was in '66, and
that the artillery to man should pronounce for
him. When the day came the artillery pronounced
as agreed and one OF the refractory sergeants was
sent by the rest to inform the officers OF the corps,
who were at their quarters, that they must con-
sider themselves under arrest, whereupon an
ofiicer VINO was lying on q soIa, rose up, drew his
revolver and shot the messenger dead. The other
sergeants outside the door, on hearing the shot,
rushed in and with their carabines massacred every
ofiicer In the room but the guilty one. who had
thrown himself on the sofa, and who escaped sub
sequently to give the information OF the deed.
Hidalgo was one Of the officers who sided with
the mutineers, and who gave the order after
wards when all the onicers of the corps, who were