The New York herald., 1873-09-09


intervening
The next day left Montserrat bctimes ant
went on to Mamesa, where troops and volunteers
were busy as ants constructing fortifcations and
barricades. The town has been surrounded by .
strong wall and the houses Of the principal street'
fortified In such manner as will make 1t very dif
hcult for the Carlists to take them and advance
through the houses by breaking down the walls
the rooms, as they did In Igualada. In all tht
rooms OF these houses loopholes have been made
In the walls, plugged up for the nonce with bock
OF wood, so that all these precautions, combined
with the naturally strong position OF Mamesa' rem
der 1t proof against any coup de naGtn without Q
considerable force OF artillery, which the Carlists
| OF Catalonia do not possess. They have
ONLY THREE PIECES sERvICEABLE,
| and whoever says they have more knows nothing
at all about II.
SARAGOSsA, August s. 1878.
| After o horribly tedious ride OF eleven hours
across the chalky, dusty desert OF Aragon. we ar.
rived safely at Saragossa, our heads full OF Paaiox
and the Maid OF Saragossa Here, as throughout
the country, perfect tranquility prevailed. Tne
Aragonese peasantry are celebrated for their OBJ
stinacy and adherence to old traditions and as
they never did take any part for the Carlists IN
former wars that is an all-sulcent reason Tor not
doing so now. The natives are called testaTudo
(hard-headed). They are said to knock nails into
the walls with their skulls. and II once anything
obtains hold of their brains nothing will ever get
1t out. At present
LIBERALISM -
Is inside their skulls, and an idea that order and
tranquility is better than a mock patriotism repre-
sented by Don Carlos Property in Aragon is also
so equally distributed that there Is no fear OF any
intransigent movement and as for paying any
kind Of taxation to the Carsts or any one else in
advance catch them at It'll With their love of in
dependence they hate the CatalOnians detest the
Castilians and utterly abh0r the French, as is but
natural, considering the way the myrmidons Of
Bonaparte treated the inhabitants of this province
during the Peninsuar War. But as long as opin-
ions do not cause the country any expense plunge
1t into trouble every one may think and say what
he likes At the casino met quite number OF the
civic magnates, representing all parties, and each
one expressing his hopes and opinions as freely as
in any city OF America or Great Britain. But all
were equally determined to put down any party
who should disturb the public peace OF mind.
Hence, when $50 Of the Chasseurs de Madrid, who
had shot their colonel In Murviedro, came to Sara
g0ssa, they were surrounded at the railway station
by the forces Of the Guardia Civil and made to
surrender their arms or, as the Governor says in
his report, "It was reserved for the noble, honor
able, sensitive and very liberal city Of Saragossa to
convert itself into a temple OF justice in order to
sit in judgment ON these so much to be condemned
criminalSn
In Saragossa there is no turning the churches
into barracks, or taking the images OF the Virgin
and the Saints for targets. The old Cathedral and
the Church of the virgen de la Pillar are thronged
with devotees OF all kinds OF political opinions,
and the clergy walk the streets as quietly as in the
dov Of Arhn
QUIET IN sARAGOSsA
that one can scarcely realize the fact that war,
Carlst or intransigent, is raging all round. In
Lower Aragon, 1t is true there are few Carlists;
but so few and so Indifferent that Gamundi, the
Carist Chief, appointed to raise the standard OF
volt-or rather the banner OF Carlos VlL.-has been
quite unable to form band ana has retired In
disgust to Navarro, to the great satisfaction of the
Aragonese; for this Gamundi, whose acquaintance
have had the honor of making, Is a kind of Santa
Cruz, and even the Carist officers used to tell me
that he could not eat his breakfast in peace unless
he had shot somebody or other In fact he Is one
Of the revelingngore class, and has as little con-
sderation for other peoples lives he has for his
own. 1t IS account OF this tranquility that the
Madrid government has selected Aragon as the
province where the reorganization OF the army
can best be conducted, and with which General
Turon, regular martinez, severe and fearless has
been intrusted He also 1t Is who has been desig
mated to choose from the ranks OF the present army
those individuals whose character and intelligence
fit them for the corps OF the Guardia CIVIL which
is to be increased to the number OF $1,000.
LOGRONO, August 0. 1873.
Like Diocletian, who retired from the splendors
OF his Imperial palace In Spalato to plant cabbages
at Salona, both the Counts of Morella have sought
a refuge from the muddy, turbulent waters Of
Spanish politics in the charms of country gentle
mans life. The one, Count of Morella, by the
grace OF His Majesty Charles VI, who never wore
crown, lives at Virginia Water, where he married
toe wealthy heiress Miss Richards and is known to
all the peasants of Catalonia by the familiar appel
lation OF Don Ramon; to the rest Of the world as
Cabrera. The other, Count OF Morea and Duke of
Vittoria, by the grace OF Her Majesty Isabella,
lives in this quiet little country town OF Logroho,
which, with its population Of 14000 souls, does not
even possess newspaper. and is known to all the
world as Baldomero Espartero The names OF both
OF these notabilities have been freely made use OF
lately. The Carllsts, We'll knowing the magic force
Of Cabrera's name In Catalonia and Ma
varre, are continually assuring the peas
antry that Don Ramon is coming shortly
in person, and that, in fact, he is really
directing the movement but remains in England
of arms and ammunition SO industrously were
these reports spread that even the Epocd was stag
gered, and itself an Alfonist paper brought the
news with all gravity that Don Ramon de Cabrera,
Count OF Morella-thus even giving him the title
which as an Alfonsist paper 1t cannot recognize
was really coming at last TO take the comma OF
the Carst forces. have the very best authority
for denying this news Cabrera has entirely broken
with Carism and does not dream OF coming, nor,
indeed do the present advisers and generals or the
Pretendant wish him TO come. His sun would ex-
tinguish the light OF their little stars, and the
clergy are AFRAID OF his liberal opinihns.
As for
EsPARTERO,
both the republicans and Alfonsinos arc nghting
for him. The Alfonslsts declare that he Is work
ing actively for them, and vow that when the
right time comes one word from him Will conjure
up an army-from the ''vasty deep" suppose, for
/ don't see where else 1t Is to come from-and
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