, 1874-04-08

forces the Government can send him, but
he is determined not to re-commence 0pe-
rationS till all arrive. When the decisive
hour comes he may possibly have $4,000
to 10000 men, but, as the bulk will be
recruits of the last reserves, | cannot help
thinking his position exceedingly critical,
and it would not surprise me to find him
resorting once more to a ~c0nranio instead
of to a battle. The spirit Of the troops is
excellent, and, according to the Madrid
press, they burn with ardour to renew
the fight"
The capital has somewhat cooled down
in its patriotic demonstrations, but the
subscriptions for the wounded and the
donations of lint aud medical comforts
continue on an extensive scale. 1t is plea
SAINT to find that scarcely a word Of poIiti-
cal rancour is uttered at this solemn mo-
ment. Would it were always SO!
That YOUR readers may have an idel OF
what Carlism has doae for Spain since it
raised its head in open rebellion in 1872,
| will give you an account of part Of It's
ravages, committed from January to De,
cembar, 1878. extracted from the Repista
de Ojras PubAcas, or Rerjsw Of Public
Works. This list only embraces injuries
to rail and telegraph in the one year The
destructive work continues on an i~ncreas-
ed scale, and now paraIyzes the enormous
iron industry of Bilbao.
"CARLISTS OPERATIONS, 1878.
"January.-The Carlist factions burnt
the station of Hermann, on the Northern
Railway, that of Miravelles, on the Bilbao
Railway, and those of Alcala de Gisbert
AMI TOrreblanco, on the Valencia line.
In addition to these stations they burnt a
merchandise train in Valencia and in
Guipuzcoa cut the railway and many sec
tons Of telegraph line.
''February Burnt the stations of Viii
I%afrancl ana Caplrroso, on the Pamplont
line, anl those of Amurrio, Areta, Holds,
AMI Lazlnl, 0 the Bilbao line. Besides
this they cut the railway lines in Alcazer,
in BenicarIo, and Arbos, and destroyed tire
Geographic apparatus in the station OF
VllIacanas.
"Marcl,-Burnt the stations of Santa
Olalla and OIazaguitia, on the Northern
line anl that Of Echarri, on the PampIo-
ma line, besides destroying much of the
Bilbao line.
"April.-Burnt the station of Monaste-
rio, on the Northern line, and that of vi
neixa, on the Tarragona and Larida line.
Destroyed one of the bridges on the Pam
pIoaa line.
"][ay.- Burnt the stations of ViIIageran,
QlintaniI'a, Venta de Banos, Torrebem-
barra, SeIva anl NanistroI, hes des some
on the Bilbao line Cut the Northern
line at QlintilIa AMI between Miranda and
Manzano, besides two kilometres Of the tele-
graph line in Tarragona.
'.June.-Burnt the stations Of Beasain
and |Irurzun, on the Northe n line. At
Beasain, besides the station, they burnt all
the carriages ana Wagons Sufficient to
form three large t%rains), many of the wag-
CONS being loaded with provender and
marchanliso. Cut the Northern line near
Vit0ria ana the BIblo line near Bilbao.
Also cut the Bridge of Luchana and that
of Burcenl, on the highway to Bilbao.
" August Burnt the stations of Lodo-
sa and of Alsasua, on the Northern line,
and those of Mules, Buariana, VilIareal,
TorrebIanco, Vinaroz, Santa Barbara, and
BanicarlO, on the Valencia and Tarrag)na
line. In the station of Al8asua they burnt
IS carriages aud two locomotives. In