The New York herald., 1874-11-07

usual. In the Basque provinces. Ii was OF brief
duration. however; Tor before the close OF the
had been defeated and dispersed Don Carlos,
assuming the name OF Marquis OF Alcantara, en-
Oy s
tier. He WAS furnished with an Austrian pass
port; but this and ms tnoogntto iaea to save MIN
from detection. Recognized by the French from
tier guards. he was put under arrest and the
suthorltles at Paris were notified. BY order Of
under escort TO switzerland.
IN the meantime the Spanish Cortes had elected
monarch mad accepted the crown % on DE December l.
For more than year Amadeus managed TO main-
tain peace IN his dominions although the ennis
saries OF Don Carlos were constantly at work en-
deav0ring t0 lncite the Biscayans ana their neigh
bors and allies to revolt. Finally came the elec-
eight Carlist representatives were elected. The
disturbances arising from these elections led
ewensaay 70 ane second Sarss lising 0i tae iast
lamation calling the Carlists to arms. He protested
vigorously against the elections denied the le-
King Amadeus, and declared that thenceiortn ne
would appeal 70 the arbitrament OF the sword In
Deputies declined to take their seats and through.
out Navarro, GupuZcoa, Leon, Huesca aud tie
cries Of carlos V Inc raea
10 the pretender's standard with their customary
promptness and enthusiasm, and by the beginning
OF May the Cariists numbered i5 600 men, and OF
the forty-nine provinces or Spain twenty had pro.
nounced for Don Carlos.
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Immediately conferred on General Diaz de Rada,
and IN few days Don Carlos himself, managing
TO evade the surveillance OF the French gendarmes,
crossed the IRON tier into spain on May 2. He was
received by General Rada as soon as he had
crossed the line, and was everywhere proclaimed
King OF Spain by his enthusiastic and delighted
par.isans.
While the Basques were thus arming how
ever, King Amadeus had displayed equal vlgor In
preparing to crush the new lnsurrectlon. Serrano
was despatched to the scene OF the rising with
1000 men, and ON May 8. the Cariists. surprised
nv al nd ha Ktun}d
troops, were routed at place called oroqulsta.
Nothing now remained to Don Carlos but again to
the French frontier, crossed 1t and thus sue
ceeded IN making his escape, accompanied by
insurrection, avaiiing themselves OF the Kings
ciemency, tney signed q treaty, not long alter,
with Marshal Serrano, whereby The majority OF the
CariistS surrendered their arms on promise OF
O u amnesty Tor past Offences Thus disappeared
the armed Carllst resistance OF 1872, although
the elements OF the revolution, notwitnstand-
ing their acceptance OF the situation, were ready
and prepared to reply with an affirmative answer
to the next summons to the field. As the only
civilian rests IN his presence either IN camp in
his mountain hut. as the case may be, there was
little difficulty In gathering them once more under
the pretender's dag at the suspicious moment Tor
another insurrection, which occurred in the nrsE
When the current war began Don Alfonso,
brother OF Don Carlos was general-in-cnief Of the
Carlists, General Rada having resigned In short
time $4,000 men were enrolled In the ranks
OF the insurrectionlsts. In the month OF May
Don Carlos joined his icgemen Ia Navarro where
he found an army OF devoted followers VINO swore
to die In his defence Their natural attachment
to the CarliSt cause was tanned into q lanatical
devotion by the appeals Of their priests, and the
earnestness into the war. In the beginning
they were ,rss destined & TO undergo great
the lack of arms as well as OF supplies. Often
without shoes and suitable clothing. they were
war as TINS has proved to BE- Especially % were e
they wanting In artillery, although lately, as has
been shown In the HHRALD's correspondence from
the scene OF war, they have established smell
factory at Vera, IN the Pyrenees, about ten miles
from the French frontier, where shells for the fifty
or sixty cannon which constitute Don Carlos ar
tillery are made. AT the same time fuses and per-
cussions are manufactured at Aspatia, where the
Carlists. within lew months past, nave estab-
In their lack OF other military equipments the
Cariists made up for their weakness by tnelr vaor
Gus use or the bayOnet-their MOST efYectlve arm
IN battle. Tney possessed, and stll possess, great
advantages over tnetr enemies IN this, that they
famous country; that they were OF frugal ana
temperate habits and that their lanatical fidelity
which the sors 81 Ss w
the battle. General Elio was appointed to the
command OF all the Carlst forces when hosttlittes
began, and under him were chiefs like Dorregaray,
whose recent abandonment Of the cause Of Don
Carlos ID reported; Ollo killed In one OF the bat
ties near Bilbao few months ago; Esplna Roda
Tristany, Perula and others-not to mention the
terrible independent guerilla leader the cure
ham OF Claverhouse or Carlism.
Tne distinguishing events OF the war since that
period need not be recapitulated, as they form
part OF the history OF the times are doubtless
well remembered BY the reader. The investment
who had promised to himself to enter 1t and within
It's walls be crowned as Carlos VII, OF Spain; the
retirement of ho.:ones who mad been appointed
Serrano to Madrid, and the victories gained over
him by the Carlists; the appearance last spring OF
Marshal Concha in the Held to succeed MoriOnes |;
the raising OF the siege OF Bilbao, the retreat OF
the Carllsts to Durango, and the death of
accomnanied tne. @ n comng =, MAJ nas
shall SerranO to the north to assume command OF
the republican army alter the tall OF COncha, aud
the occupancy by the Carilsts OF their present po-
sitiOn at Estella, where Don Carlos has mis- head
quarters; the appointment OF General Laserna to
tional army-all these successive incidents in the
stirring history OF the war, up to this time, need
only be recalled to be remembered. Letters or the
HERALD'S correspondents from the very heart OF
the theatre OF war have fully explained the situ-
alton up to date. This situation to state it
under the command of Laserna and Moriones.
with their line extending from Logroho on the
left and Yaffaia on the right, IN an Irregular hall
their centre at Estella, extend from La Guardla.
on the right, to Biurrun. on the eft distance OF
has arrived at Estella, and the chief command
OF the Carst forces has been conferred on General
Ello The OBJECT OF the republican .I;s commanders
Estella in the first place, and, In the second, to
capture Don Carlos and disperse his army Il possi-
bic. To prevent the successful consummatlon OF
any one or these results Don Carlos has with him
200 men, veterans in the main, and devoted to
his person. The republican troops, on the other
hand, are largely composed OF raw Ievies, whose
experiences OF the mountaneers OF Biscay have
taught them caution. The rum0rs OF the use OF
Spanish gold among the Carlist leaders, and the
concurrent reports Of the desertion OF entire Car
list batrali0ns, may have closer relevancy than
yet appears on the surface; but until the two
great armies now threatening each other on the
Ebro shall have joined battle In O decisive en-
gagement 1t cannot be said safely that the san
gulnary struggle begins to see It's end. When Don
Carlos shall have been killed or captured. or shah
have ned into France for the third time with
defeated cause At his back, the present Carist In
surrectton will come to an end.
THE GRAIN TRADE.