Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-14

feated and dispersed. Many surrendered
or fed into France.
In list Of new books received yester-
DAY from the publisher. Lea 1 Shep
ard, Boston,, the APPEAL mentioned =
little book entitled Spain ana the Span
iardS. written by " L. Thieblin, the
Spanish war correspondent of the New
York Herald. This book is full Of in
terest. especially Low that every news
paper readers attention IS Jailed to the
condition of things in Spain; and it is
with sense ot great satisfaction that
We find ourselves able to reproduce from
its Introductory pages the following
statement regarding the sources from
which the apparently hopeless cause of
CarlIsm gathers its stimulus of ercour-
ag-nent as well as its sinews Of war.
Bayonne, France. Mr. Thieblin describes
IS the great Csrlist center, and although
the French authorities make a show Of
vigilance In preventing that city from
being a rendezvous OF the adLereuts o.
Don Carlos and the base Of supplies for
the ragged armie. of tie Bourbon cause.
''all this (prctense of maintaining the
conditions of strict neutrality "does
not much affect Carlisn, for its chief
support in the Basses Pyrenses Gomez
not from the Spaniards, but from tine
French landed proprie:ors, who, in that
province. are nearly all legitimists, and |
from the mass of the population, who !
make a good deal OF money out of Carl |
ism in every possible way: by smuggling !
AIMS across the frontier, by the supply |
OF horses, uniforms and other war re-
auisites, as wsll as through the general !
aftiuenes % people this side of the Pyr- |
enc.n frontier-an inevitable result OF all |
Carlist risings on the other side of it, -
Further on, narratisg something of his
personal experience, this pleasing writer
says: when arrived at Bayonne, I
was soon brought into contact with some
Of the leading representatives. Of these
(Carlist) committees. AMI, as my duties
implied, tried TO ascertain in what way
the Carlists Lad managed to organize
themselves, and where they got money
and arms FROM I knew that there had
been a committee in London and an
other in Paris; but the London commit
tee did not send ont any money at ali,
Al. D.v-- oc,,,,;t.o, o,1I.c.5.j ,,Iv !
little over FIVE thousand dollars. which
coBld not so long way. From all that
l have learned subsequently. it appears
that the present Carii.t movement began
with about twenty thousand dollars.
which Don Carlos uncle. the Duke of
Nodena, supplied to ths young pretend
er. If. at the outset, the nobility and
The population of the so,l of France
had not assisted Don Carlos as they did,
lie would not have had any chsree at all
Of arriving where he now is. A few in
stances will show by what practical con-
triTances they managed to help him
"Some three Thousand uniforms OF
the Mobiles-a souvenir of the Franco
German war-were (for example, TO b.
sold at Bordeaux, and at once a gentle !
man was instructed to buy them while !
q couple of landed rroprietors of Ba- j
yonne stored them until a party OF re- ]
liable contrabandists could be secured to a
amugsle tbs stock across TIA frontier. Il
In few weeks, Six or seven battalions
Of the Carlist army did not, except O
through their Boina Basque cap. diff il
fer in any way, III their outward appear 7
ance, from the motl5ts the Prussians !,
used TO capture and slaughter SO freely.
Another similar affair took place at Ba-
yonns itself. The municipality pos
sessed there another souvenir of the last
war, n she shape OF some ten thousand
cartridge pouches and sword belts. One
Of the councillors, gentleman Of a Carl
ist turn Of mind, suggested that time had
arrived to realize the public money 50
invested, and proposed that !
the stock should be sold by auction. but !,
another member, of more Republican !;
shade, opposed the motion as likely to
serve The insurgents of country which :;
was on friendly terms with France. A
rather sharp discussion ensued, without
leading to any result. But