Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-23

nousss s~.s m. .Aicazar." the great
central fortress or citadel OF the Moois'
.I~o rer,alna very much as they iert H.
lis lofty and frowning waits appeaiins'
from the outside. az least, aimost on-
touched by the hand Of time. On ine IA.
Sic however. there are many evidences
- dfian,dation. which the shrubpery OF
me somewhat neglected gardens anu
,,e,eure- grounds. laid out within us
sncsent courts. but poorly serves 10 con-
zeal n belongs TO the Spanish Crown. anu
,s occunied as a residence by the Duke
Of san Lorenzo. dc Valhermoso, one vi
the "grandees" Of Spain, OF the nrst RANK,
by right of inheritance from an heioso
ancestor, from whom he Is iineaiiy oe
scended. and who was chiefly and va
,antly instrumental In wrestling 1t from
me Moors In their final desperate strus-
Gle 10 hold Jerez md the rich couhuS
Tributary 10 n. In consideration OF ms
0he ancestor's) gallant services aurihs
the four or five months SIEGE anu ~
DARING and successful assauit Wiz w.
ended II Din October, 1850, the Ride,
Aionzo the wise. made him military
Governor OF the city, with the right o.
residence In the Alcarzar, besides iapos'
titles. and emoluments. The rlght Oh RS
dence and the titles still remain In .ne
family. but the riches and emoiuine"''
have mostly disappeared.
The present Duke is young man Oh :, y.
q. and at this writing has porne tue Wy s,s
nt,Ia more than forty-eight hours, MS
father having died only the day Delo'e
yesterday His funeral in which toon
,ar, as an act Of courtesy, was ono
~ the most imposing, II not the larges tc
have ever seen. Nearly. or quite, l.yvV
rentlemeh walked in the process..sUn'
and most OF them were In tuii fece ;n~.a
dress Besides these were tne ,a~ars
~ civ authorities and ohlciaiS'
,n their antique regalia; mintaly
no,tingent and a long line Of CARRIAGES
,,trr-ine, m the rear. 1t was spec'aSie
20 = IiTeti,ne tossee this immense ana 10
American eyes curious funeral cor..se
diiug out through the great archeu Ill, s
way 10 the "Alcazar," ana grauunny
stretching it's slow and solemn We"
through the quaint and winuins So" '.ora
tbronoed ON boht sides throughout tne
ro,,te with thousands OF people, WIN hp-
norentlv as many more LOOKING oo"n
s~or, the crowded windows ana oVeI-
hanging balconies. The wnole oeiion
s,ration showed in a marked degree
the iueradicable "aficion' or the spanish
neople for the pomp and ceremony uia'
characterized the gallant and heroic pc
~,od of their country's history. inc
man. and in his later years had peen
barassed by many troubles; and, aside
from his personal friends, there were
doubtless very few in all that great
crowd who had held him In any par
ticlIlar esteem or reverence. but hS
was a link that connected them one an
all with a glorious past, IN WIFI
their own ancestors had propaoly
e.yure5. and hence. when he died, tney
no,,ld NOT chow too much honor to his
memory. Poor man, He died from an
excruiciating form of heart disease ana
bls final agony was prolonged for week
ar more by his physicians susing mt
chanism to produce artificial respiration.
AS a closing paragraph in regard 10
Jerez. ] will say that IL Is nIse
vell-built town, of nearly 6O'VDo inhapi.
tants. and contains much weaith ~
Is In fact. one of the richest towns IN
snain without regard to population
though. perhaps, not so rich now as
twenty wears ago, and ranks third IN
the Kingdom as a tax-paying centre. Inc
nrincinal streets are wide, and substarr
tally paved with Belgium block. ana au-
mirably hghted both gas ana eiectrlci,y
beine used The town Is abunoahtiy
supplied with the purest water, prought
by gravitatlon from famous sWns
I'm the mountains at Tempul, twenty
saven miles away. Richmond can never
hone 10 have such a service, so Tar as
drinling-water Is concerned. III has
direct railway connection with Saville ana
Madrid. on the one hand, and with
radiz and Port ST. Mary on the other-
the former thirty, and the latter, at ,he
mouth of the Guadelete river, only zen
miles distant. There Is also branch
i,na 10 san I,ucar. at the mouth OF the
C,uadalouivir distance of twenty
miles. The three places last named are
All norts. Cadz (Which Is almost opposite
Norfolk. Va.)being the principal one.
WAR TALK.
You will have learned ere this mat
the prediction made in a previous iet-
ter IN regard to the removal OF Generai
Martinez Campos pronounced Mar-teen-
eth Camp-os) from the chief command
In Cuba. has been fulfilled, ana more
quickly than / thought at the time' con,
s,dering his tremendous popularity anu
influence in Spain. His successor, Gene-
al Xevler sails from Cadiz for Ha-
hama on Tuesday next, with his stan'
THE same vessel will carry several squad
IONS of veteran cavalry Zone or them
fro,n this Mace and other vessels
sailing from various ports on or ABOUT
the same date, will carry adoiuonai re-
Inducements, all drawn from the season
ed and veteran troops that nave
Very naturally the highest hopes ana ex-
nectatIons of the war element among the
snanish public go with General Weyler
and these troops and VIII begin 10 iook
for big results as soon as they iaha on
ga Gran Antilla." He viii soon con-
vince the bold and saucy rebels, say
his admirers, that they nave man Vi
much sterner mould to deal with than
the humane and kindly Campos, and
make them realize that war Is some
| thing more serious than q pastime. lie
| is expected TO abandon at once the poncy
| of Cancellation and indulgence ana 10
| inaugurate luna guerra sangriente "a
| war OF blood) though not without quarter.
| He will arrive at Habana ABOUT
! the time this letter reaches you. or
| shortly afterward, and then we shall sec
what we shall see. General Weyler HIM
self seems TO feel that he will be some
what handicapped by the bloody repu-
| tation that has been given him and has
| denied in published interviews, that he
! is as cruel and implacable as has been
| made 10 appear by over-zealous parti-
| sans. He intimates that rebels who
| surrender voluntarily will not be "fusi-
lado" Cshot," in plain English), but
| will be sent 10 some secure place for
| safekeeping until 1t can be ascertained
| whether or not their "arrepentlmiento"
| Is sincere. But to those caught red-hand-
| ed in acts OF war and pillage no mercy
will be shown. This is his programme as
I gather from his public utterances.
The British war-cloud which appeared
In so threatening form on the political
horizon when / last wrote you seems to
have entirely disappeared, or at least TO
have dwindled TO a mere speck no big
| ger than a mans hand. Still we should
not forget in the present prospect OF a
peaceful settlement of the Venezuelan