The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-04-14
Death Of . Dictator English Farm

Death Of Dictator His English Farm.
His Excellency, Gen. Juan Manuel de
Rosas, Ex-Governor and Dictator of the
Argentine Confederation, died lately at
his farmhouse, at Swathling, about
three miles from Southampton, Eng
land. He was born on the 3Oth of
March, 1898, and was consequently with
in fortnight of "a years of age. The
deceased, who has resided at and near
Southampton for the last twenty-five
years, was seized with Inflammation of
the lungs on the 9Th of March, after hav-
ing imprudently exposed himself to the
inclemency of the weather, and, despite
the careful and unremitting attention of
DIR. John Wiblin, +. X. c. S., who has
been his medical adviser and cOnfiden-
tial friend throughout the whole period
of his residence in England, succumbed
to the attack at the hour named. La
Dona Manuela de Rosas de TerrerO, the
devoted daughter and companion of the
ex-Dictator, arrived from London the
day previous to his death, and was in
attendance upon her father during his
last hours.
Her husband, Don Maxine Terrero, left
Southampton SO lately as the oath of
February, in the Royal Mail Company's
steamship Mimic, for Buenos Ayres, with
all the necessary authentic documents to
recover his wife's and the Generals
property, which they inherited, apart
from that acquired from the State.
Manuela was the deceased General s
only child, but she has two sons, aged
respectively 81 and 10 years, the eldest
| of whom completed his examination re-
Gently at the School of Mines in Lon
don. Gen. Rosas arrived in England,
after his overthrow in Buen0s Ayres,
1852, being brought over in an English
man-of-war. under the command of
Capt. Day, a member of Southampton
family, and at once adopted Southamp-
ton, rs his place of residence. He Oc-
cupied a large house in RockstOne Place.
Carlton Crescent, for several years, and
then removed to the farm, where he re-
manned till his death. This place, called
Burgess Street Farm, of the extent of
about four hundred acres, he rented I'M
der the late Mr.. John Fleming, of Stone
immense sums of money, finding his
amusement and pleasure in its daily
personal superintendent. The General
has been quite infirm from govt for some
years, but he might be seen constantly
riding about the grounds, and his great
est happiness seemed to be to sit on his
horse and give orders to those employ
ed. His love of what may be termed
despotic command was so great that no
one was allowed to speak a word eX-
cept by way of acknowledgment of
commands or in answer to questions.
Gen. Rosas always paid his farm attend
ants and laborers about one-third more
than the current wages in the district,
but he had the popularity of only en-
gaging them day by day. Each man
was paid daily, and told whether he
would be required on the morrow or not
This singular feature of his character
sprang from determination never to be
bound by any permanent engagement,
but in the result the men found them
selves generally in regular employment,
and very few changes were made. Sc
strictly disciplinarian were his habits
that each mans time was calculated
hour by hour he worked, and fully to
carry this out, particularly in the sum-
mer months, he had always night
Waterman specially employed, both win
ter and summer, to ring large bell UNI
der his bed-chamber window every hall
hour throughout the night. 1t wis al
ways characteristic of the deceased
that he paid well for labor, but
he was rigid in seeing that the
labor was performed. Gen. Rosas fled
from his country without any thing in
the shape of property, but short time
after his. flight Gen. Urquiza himself
successfully beseiged the city of Buenos
Ayres, and then disembargOed Rosas' s
property, which enabled the refugees to
realize by the sale of his cattle about
f10O,0OO. This large sum he prOfusely
lavished, and, indeed, squandered away,
during the first ten years of his residence
in England, at which time his liberality
was umbounded to all with whom he
was brought in contact. In the latter
years of his life the eX-Dictator was en-
tirely and absolutely dependent upon
his former finance minister, the ex.
officers under his command, and the
amiable family of his daughters hus,
band. For many years Gen. Rosas and
the late Lord Palmerston frequently ex-
changed visits at the farm at Swathlin9
and the manor of Broadlands, and an
extensive correspondence was carried
on between the two.