The New York herald., 1873-07-12

IL you Will glance at the above sketch ana per-
NIT your eyes to rest on that conngurati0n,
shaped very much like heart, wherein you
find the words "Carlists." ana 'Estells," )" and
II you win permit me to tell you that the
lines which go to form that connguration-
from Miranda to vitoria and Pampeluna, from
Pampeluna south to Alfaro and Tudela. land from
Alfaro to Legrona northwest to Miranda, are rail
ways, you win be struck, dare say, as have
been with the feasibility Of crushing, at once and
forever, the nest Of Carsts contained within those
lines.
From Tudela to Miranda BY rail Is but four and q
half hours. From Tudela to Pampeluna is but three
'houra From Pampeluna to Miranda by way Of
Vittoria, three hours. Or say that the railway
would make tho entire circuit from Miranda to
Tudela, thence to Pampeluna, VittOria, back to
Miranda in ten hours, at the rate Of twenty-three
miles hour, in just six hours by RAIL- at forty
miles IN hour. And within this circuit there are
at the present time 1000 Carlists under Dorre-
garay, and 1000 others under minor Chiefs and yet
the government OF Madrid, with force Of 10000
soldiers. who are brave and inysa men,
CANNOT CAPTURE THEN.
Nouvnas the Minister Of War and Commander.
in-Chief with q body of 1900 men, is continually
following them, but he cannot overtake them; but,
instead, is himself overtaken by disgrace and con-
tempt from the impatient republicans OF Madrid.
sketch of the country before him could plan short
campaign BY which every Carlist could be captured
in q couple Of weeks. Civil engineers have uncon-
sctously constructed railways through which 1t
would be fatal madness in Carlist general taking
refuge within that circuit Yet the war has been
carried on with Spanish vigor for nearly fifteen
months, and see as yet no sign OF it, termination.
THE ooNDs DE MRAsoLE
was in Abyssinia as military spectator Of the
plan OF operations by which Sir Robert Napier
conducted his campaign against Theodore. When
he returned he wrote an admirable work upon the
means and modes Of warfare which conducsd to
the success OF that English general II the Span
iards but adopted the mode Of signals which the
Count saw and learned in Abyssinnia the Carlists
could not continue the struggle. V
II the scene Of this present warfare In Spain was
more extended could readily comprehend why 1t
were not 80 easy to be terminated; but limited as
1t is to such small area OF country, bounded by
lines or railways that may be traverscd in six
hours, with $1,000 soldiers at hand, cannot COM
prehend why the rebellion might not be throtted
ct once. - -E r. ~. r ,-
1t is needless to state that there are Carlists in
Catalonia, ana some IN Arragon and Valencia.
There are troops in those provinces to attend to
them. It Is In this region of the Amesguas Noun.
tains, environed by lines Of railways which con-
tains more than one-haf Of the Carlist army, that
the decisive battle might be fought and 5000 of the
Carlsts captured without much trouble. Such
blow to the followers OF Don Carlos could have but
one result-viz., the immediate submission OF the
rest.
We had piece Of news yesterday from the camp
Of that amiable priest, Santa Cruz, TO the effect
that Lissaraga mad sworn TO shoot Santa Cruz at
sight. This proves that oil 10 not serene, az It
ought to be- In the Carlist ranks.