The Beaver radical. (Beaver, Pa.) 1868-1873, May 23, 1873, Image 1
Btmtx Bafrfrai VOLUME V. HailtoadiS. 1 Pittsburgh, ft. wayne and r CHICAGO RAILWAY.-On and after March y will leave sUUobb as follower TKA.' NS GOING WEST. EXPB 1 9. i MAIL. EXPB’S. KAFR'S STATIONS, 1.45 am 6.00a* : 9.10 a» i •52 ; 7.22 i 10.25 , 2.40 5.15 110.25 | I.SOP3T 5-J» fisl 12.19**; 3.07 ; 7.06 855 3.15 I 5.09 9.11 aiiO , 4.00 5.40 i 9.40 <) 40 5.55a* ! 6.00 ! 9.66 ilioS i 7.40 i 7.55 11.15 1-* 03p* 9.00 9.15 12.17a* •140 11.50 12.03A* 2.45 4.45 i 3.35P* 2.50 [ 5.05 .50 i 6.80 i 6.50 I B.BOP* TRAINS GOING baht. A ■ iiace ' JUii^ eld I Ar f De Forest bi 3» t'iirr Wayne F.monih. MAIL kxpb’s.; kxpb's. KXPR'S. stations 5 15am !».20ami 5.30 pm 9.20pb al3 12.02 PM 1 8.55 :13.15AM 1° 20PM 2.20 i 11.20 j 0 00 0*43 4.07 : I.lBam 1 8.05 pm 4 m 5.08 : 2.27 9.27 Via 6.? ft 4.05 jll.lO o’.OOaM 6.50 4.15 ill 30am i; 4(1 7.19 1 4.43 :11.05PM 020 9.20 i 6.37 ; 2.13 11 Go H.OO ! 8.25 !4 20 2,50 pm 1.12 am ,10.42 ; 6.55 4qO 2.20 ! 11.45 AM 3.00 , (W.- . • ■ Fori Wayne I® Forest I Ar f De C:e=t' ine jlaasSfld Orrvilk ■ A'.Uanw..- Rochester. F. R. MYERS, !l Passenger and Ticaet Agent. Genera: Cleveland & Pittsburgh r. r. r or. and alter Dec. 33d. WTS, trains will leave daily, (Sundays follow a. OuINO SOUTII—MAIN LINK. EXFR’a. MAH*- : , ACCOM STATIONS - : \ eland. Hudson .. • Kivcnna . •• • Hoard. ■ WGlaville. p it-dmrgh NORTH— MAIN LINE. going expb’s.l mail. STATIONS. Pittsburgh Wensnll?- Bavard Alliance. . Rjveana . Hudson . Cleveland AST—RIVER DIVISION going b. ACCOM, STATIONS 5.45 am 10.50 am 3.35 PM I 5.55 11.00 3.45 6.57 12.12 pm! 4.45 8.15 1.35 6.20 0.30 2.35 ; 7.15 10.40 ,8.40 8.20 BelUir Br.UL’ep-in . stv. ibeu-’ille \V/ ; >vi !!■■... Y nh-s'-r. . p.c.iiiarzh EST-R 1 going ACCOM f-ATIONS, tfgitorgh. . ■EoiisstCr.. Feiiivllie.. S'pnhcnvllle Bridgeport.. Be'iitr TUSCARAWAS BRANCH - Leaves Arrives N Phila.fi 40ntn * l.OOpnvl Bayard. 51.45 am a 4 00pm Bayard, IC. IO i 5.00 p. m. IN. Phila. 3.00*7.30 p m ' F. R. MYERS. General Passenger and Ticket Agent. PENNSYLVANIA R. R. 1 —After December CCd, 1872, Traiiis will arrive r,-. i Oep irt as follows; eastward. westward. T-i.-.i igh Trainx Leave Through Trains Arrive Irion Depot: Union'.Depot. Exp's, 2:.Vi a m Mail Train, 1:05 ani y-iii Train. 7?45 a m Fast Line, 1:35 a m C-yc >:n Ex 12 20 pin Pittsburgh Ex. SOO a m < a.nati Ex. 1:10 p m Cincinnati Ex. '8:40 a m P:.i ide’ip'ii Ex. 5:20 p m Southern Ex. 12:40pm Fa-t Line. 3:50 p m Pacific Expr's. 1:10 p m local. Way Passenger, 0:50 p m V,r.-.No 1, 0:40 a in local. V. ;:t>!i'g Ac Walls No 1 0:30 am 7 05 a in Brinton Ac. Nol, 7:30 a m 10:20 a m Wilkinsbnrg Ac 11:45 ain Nol 8:20 a m Walls No 2. 0:10 am 2:40 pni Johnstown Ac. 10.10 a m -Nol. 3:20 pm Walls No 3, 1;45j) m An Ac. 4:00 pni Walls No 4 3:20 p m "•i Accoin- Wilkinsburg Ac i' ’. r'n No 1. 450 pm No 2 4.45 pm Ac. No 2 5:10 |> m Walls Ac. No. 5 5:55 p m -5. 11:15 p m Brinton No 2. 0:50 p m o’ Ac No 3 0:20 p ni Brinton Ac. Noil 7:25 p m - A No .0 11:05 pm Brinton AcNo4 ll;10pm .jo Express. Cincinnati Express, Fast Line li-.’.um Ac. No. 3 leave daily. :':j Kxpre-s daily, except Monday. A 1 other trainsdaily. except Sunday, i'.i Express leaves Pittsburgh at 2:50 a in ar : ll.i! rlsbnrg at 11:40 am; Philadelphia 3:30 [~' B .in more 3:00 p in; Washington 5:40 pm . '■ 5 oik '.slip m i ■ i V <No -2, V i. N No 3. rsburL’ Ac I - ’ , ;; Wi \ I. w _-i. Ksprej-s leaves I'iitsbnrsb at 12.2<l p m; - Harrisburg 10.2 b pm; Philadelphia 2.-'5O a in; V"i k c. 10 a m. • ■ :nn«ii Express leaves Pittsburgh at 1:10 p ' w--at Harri-djur" 10:45p m; Philadelphia 2:50 i !’ diimore 2:15a m; Washington 5:00 a m. New ■ ■ '■; 01 a in. i' "i'i l|ihi{i Express leaves Pittsburgh nt 5:20 p at Harrisburg 2:55 a m; Philadelphia 0:55 ■: N-w York lh;14 a m. ■ -• Line leaves Pittsburgh at'B;sopm: arrives nt i ■ 5:45 am: Philadelphia 0:50 a‘nr. Balti -1 vou am: Washington a m; New Y’ork < tmrrh Trams leave Wall's Station every ■ > it *.*:in a m,reaching Pittsburgh at 10:00 am. ring leave Pittsburgh at 13:00p in. and arrive i 1 > S;at ion at 1:30 p m. Leave Pittsburgh , -i-riv.' BrintonV p m. '■iVTUKKI' OFFICE—For the convenience ■ vi/.’ii'* of Pittsburgh the Pennsylvania <'"inpany have opened a city ticket office > Filth avei.ue coiner of Sinithlield street. Tickets. Commutation Tickets ■ si Ticket- to principal stations can be pnr ' .;t any hoar of the day or evening at the 'o a* are charged at the depot. . will he checked through to destination i ci> and residences by .Excelsior Baggage '--so on orders left at the office. ba-a;: i information apple to : t’ASSATT. D. M. BOYD. Ju.. ' '•■neral Manager. Gen. Pass. Agent LLKGHEN Y VALLEY*RAILROAD nt’er Monday. July 13th. IST-3. Three h Trains daily, except .Sunday, will leave -at Pittsburgh, city time, for Franklin, . PalTalo and all points in tlie Oil Region*, ■ • 'ii and ( entral New York. . ■ Leave. Arrive 7.10 am 8.35 pm .10.40 pm 0.15 am ,10.50 am 4.45 am 0.40 a m 0.30 a m 0.30 a m 8.03 a m 11.40 am *2 10 a m 3.25 p m 10.30 a m 500 p m 8.55 a m 0.00 p m 5.45 p m 8.50 p m 7.20 pHi v :ni4a> train leaves Pittsburgh etfery • I' l a in. arriving at Parker at 11.25 a m. ~ i":n es Parker at 4.40 pm, ami arrives at ■n at 8 35 p m ’ rain to an. i from Soda Works (Sunday) Put ■"■burgh at u. 50 a m. and leaves at ■nil . , 'l. Ac ■' Ac > i., ' Ac ’ A" Ac ■: Ac, . . . w . *V ■' ■ » i I, 1 : !• tn . . J.J. LAWKESCE.Gen'I, Snpt. ■ "‘‘AY, Ticket Agent. 4.00 PM 5.18 5.48 6.35 :1.55pm ' 3.02 3.33 4.13 4.44 6.00 8.20 8.30 am 9.43 .10.15 j 11.10 11.44 i I.lopm 3.40 | EXPB’S. I ACCOM. 6.30 am 1.15 pm j ; 8.55 I 3.15 10.30 ' 4.30 11.25 5.10 I 7.10 am i 12.12 pm 5.48 1 8.00 12.45 | 6.14 j 8.45 ! 1.55 ! 7.13 110.C0 MAIL. EXPB'S. ACCOM IVER DIVISION MAIL. I EXPB’S. ACCOM- 6.30 AM j 1.15 PM ! 2.20 8.50 [8.20 0.50 14.20 11.00 : 5.23 j 11.10 5.40 , 4.23 pm 5.30 7.00 8.00 0.a5 9.20 Hew §^vertioemettt£. JJEAVER COUNTY, ss: i —o— i In the Orphans' Court of Beaver conn* -(SKAL vty. In the matter of the petition forpar j —-v- j tition of the real estate of Polly Hice, late of the township of Hanover, in said 'county, deceased. And now, April 30th, 1873. Rule on the heirs and legal representatives of said decedent, to-wit: Jo seph Minesinger. residence'in Fulton county, HI., Anson Minesinger, George W. Mine singer, Eliza beth Minesinger, residing in Beaver connty, and Samuel Minesinger, residing in Wilson county, Tenn., David Minesinger, residing in Venango county. Pa., Mary Minesinger, Abaeail Minesin for, residing in the State of California. Ruth iinesinger, residing in Beaver connty. Pa., Eliza beth Minesinger and Martha Minesinger, residence unknown, James Minesinger, residence in Mon tana Territory, Henry .Minesinger, J. Q. A. Mine singer and Martha Needham, residing in the State of Indiana. James Minesinger, residence in the State of Illinois, John Minesinger and Thomas Minesinger, residence unknown, Anthony Mine singer, residence unknown, Rosanna Barnum, res idence unknown. Ailsey Minesinger, intermarried with Alexander Nash, residing in the State of In diana, and all others interested to show canse. if any they have, why an inqnest to make partition ol the real estate of the said decedent, ohonld not be awarded at an Orphans' Court, to be held at Beaver, in and for the : county of Beaver, on the Second Monday of June, A. D. 1873. A true copy of Rule. Attest ; JOHN C. HART, Clerk. CHAMBERUN WHITE, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, May 6,IST:!, —my9-3t NOTICE. Uenrici & Lenin. Trustees. 1 In the Coart of Com vs v man -Pleas of Beaver W. F. Modes, et hi. } County, Fi. Fa. No. 36 and 37, March Term, 1873. Dominic Betohe Her, 1 FI. Fa. No. 37, March vs. vTerm, 1873. W.F. Modes. 1 John Miller ) vs > FI. Fa. No. 38, March Term, 1873. W F Modes, ) And now to wit: April 29th, Joseph Led lie. Esq., is appointed an Auditor to distribate the proceeds of sale of personal property sold on the above writs, and now in the hands of Sheriff White. By the Court. BEAVER COUNTY, ss: A true extract Irom the Record. Attest: • JOHN CAUGHEY, Proth’y. The Auditor above named will attend to the da ties of his appointment at his office in The Radi cal building. Third street, Beaver, Pa., on SAT URDAY, MAY 24th, 1873, at ten o’clock in the forenoon. JOSEPH LEDLIE, Auditor. my 9 3t. NOTICE In the Orphans’Court of Beaver County: In the matter ofthe flnalaccountof William Brnnton, and James M. Reed, executors of the last will and testament of Elizabeth BrothcrtoD, dec’d. And now to wit; April 2«th, 1873, the Court on motion appoint F. U. Agnew and J. M. Buchanan, Esqs., Auditors to report distribution of the bal ance in the bands ofthe accountants. From the Record. Attest: JOHN C. HART, Clerk. . The Auditors above named will attend to the duties of their appointment at the Court House, in Beaver, on WEDNESDAY, the 28th day op MAY. 1873, at 10 o’clock, a. m.. when and where all parties interested may attend. F. 11. AGNEW. ' I myti-St. J. M. BUCHANAN, OF APPRAISEMENTS. The following appraisement* under the act of Assembly of the 14t.h of April, 1851, of property al lowed to"be retained by the widow or children of a decedent to the value off3oo*. have been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans’ Court,‘and confirmed A'isi. viz: Personal property to the amount of $299 07 re tained by widow of Henry Scheibner, deceased. Andrew Carothers, administrator. Personal property to the amount of $299 98 re tained by widow of William Toland, deceased. Samuel Oorsuch, administrator. Personal property to the amount of $2OO 40 re tained by widow.of James M. Smith, deceased. J. M. Smith and James Christy, exetntors. Personal properly to the amount of $3OO retained by widow of John Eaton, deceased. Nancy Eaton and James Eaton, admr’s. Persona! property to the amount of $299 68 re_ t,-lined by widow of John K. Buckley, deceased’ Jacob E. Sharer, administrator. Personal property to the amount of $3OO retained by widow of John Doherty,’■deceased. J. H. Do herty. administrator. Personal property to the amount of s3ooretained by widow of Robert Wilkison, deceased. Robert Patton and Win Wilkison, executors. Personal property to the amount of $3OO retained by widow of Ingraham Boyd, deceased. M. Camp, Jr., administrator. Notice is hereby given to heirs, legatees, dis tributees and all’others Interested to appear at the next term of said Court, not later than the third day, it being the 19th day of June. 1873, to sliow cause, if any they have, against the final con firmation of the above appraisements. mylo-3t JJHN C. UART, Clerk O. C. J>EGISTER’B NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the following ac counts have been examined and passed by the Register of Beaver county and will be presented to the Judges of the Orphans’ Court on Wednes day. June 11th, A. D. 187‘i, for confirmation and al lowance : Pinal account of John Edgar, administrator of the estate of Andrew Stratton, deceased. Final account of John Freshkorn, executor of the estate of John Mink, deceased. Final account ipersonal i of Andrew Watterson. executor of the estate of Samuel Harbison, dee d. Final account of John Sterling, guardian of Elizabeth It., minor child'Ol William Sterling. Final account of Margaret McMahan, admimstra tpr of John McMahan, deceased. 1 Final account of Daniel Figley, guardian of Ma tilda Erb, deceased, minor child ol J. C. Erb. de ceased Account of David Scott, executor of |he estate of Dr. L‘. Elder, deceased Partial account (real) ofWllliam Leaf, executor ol the e s’ale of William L. Dickinson, deceastd. Final account ( Personal) of William Leal, execu tor of the estate ol William L. Dickinson, dec'd. Final account ol Sarah W. Brunson, administra trix ol the estate of John W. Brunson, deceased. Final account (personal) of William Beatty, ex ecutor ol the estate of Jane Rowan, deceased. Final account (real) of William Beatty,executor of the estate of Jane Rowan, deceased. Final account (real) of Valaria Dunlap, adminls trawix of Pressly C. Dunlap, deceased. Final account (personal) of Valaria Dunlap, ad ministratrix of Pressly C Dunlap, deceased. Final account of J. C. Wilson, guardian of Jsancy McCracken, minor child of John McCracken, dec d. Final account of Samuel Mitchell, executor of the estate of Sc rapt a W. Dust on. deceased. Final account of Robert Cooper, guardian of Charles, Abraham G. and George VN ~ minor chil dren of Abram Bruce, deceased. Final account of S. B. Wilson. Esq euardinn of Sena Russell, minor child of Ralph M. Rus=cll, deceased. mylfUt NOTICE. ESTATE Of JOHN- ROWK, DECEASED. 1 etlcr« of administration on the estate of John Rowe deceased, late of South Beaver township, Ivivin" been granted to the undersigned, all per ion"indebted to said estate are requested to make fmmedhte payment, and those having claims or demands the same to present them proper- IS a„,hcimc a to<l for j^ TZ , Mm . r „ Ohio township. aprll-Ot PUBLISHED SYBBY fBlpAYi J. I. STOKES, Register. BEAVER, PENN’A, FRi|||y,; SfAY 23.1873. %mtt JMilrai. coOTTaarrd: Page I— Waahtogton Letter— The Progress of the Spanish Revolution; ’■ Paqb S—Elective Affinities. Page B—Yellowstone Wonders—An Irish Mystery —Takes are too high—Domestto BUsa. Pag* 4— Vienna Commissioner Scandal— Dress Reform—Our Nominating System. Paqe s— Local Items—New Advertisements. Page G—History of the Beaver Valley. Page 7—The Rural Granges—Choked Cattle. Page B— Miscellaneous. FROM WASHINGTON. Secretary Richardson and the Civil Service—The United State* at Vienna —Satisfied for Once—Louisiana Hat* term. Correspondence of the Radical. * Washington, D. C., May 19,'1873. It tarns oat that the reports pat ia cir culation some ten days or two weeks since relative to the recommendations to be made by Secretary Richardson,concerning certain modifications of the present civil service regulations, were not strictly true. Mr. Richardson has been greatly annoy ed by these misrepresentations, and has, at last, concluded to furnish the press with a true statement of his views upon civil service reform. He says that betore the present regula tions were adopted the places in the de partments were filled by competition be tween members of Congress i that the most “cheeky” members were always the most successful in obtaining places for their constituents. He thinks the present system a great improvement upon the old, yet sees that it needs many modifications before it can be regarded as the most de sirable system that could be adopted. He does not propose to go backward in the movement at all. He will make no re commendation that be does not regard as a step in advance. He has no notion, whatever, of recommending that a new rale be adopted looking to consultation with members of Congress in ma&Hig ap pointments. He says that under the pres ent system the competition. ? has been changedJrom.a strife between membersof educational qualifications, without regard to practical business Jacl Of moral char acter. Mr. Richardson will, therefore, recom- mend the continuance of competitive ex aminations, but will further recommend the giving of greater prominence to the fitness of the applicant for the particular duties to which he orahe is to be assign ed. In cases of examinations for promo tions he suggests that greater weight be attached to the habits and character of the applicant. He farther suggests the pro priety of making absolute the prohibi tion against making removals simply for the purpose of creating vacancies. lie will insist upon the retention of the pres ent rule making all appointments proba tionary, insomuch that no appointee can consider himself firmly established in his place until after six months trial. He thinks that there should be some limit to permitting ladies to compete for positions for which their entire experience in life gives them no qualification. , The report that he would recommend the apportion ment of appointments among the several States is correct. The last suggestion will be that the ex amining board consist of persons not in any way connected with the departments; that they be required to remain in per petual session and to examine applicants at any time without the formality of a written application and designation. This is putting a quite diflerent face upon the matter. Though it is quite plain that there is still great room for ment, yet, without question, the above re commendations are valuable and are, in truth, a step in advance. The enemies of reform who seek to break down all sys tems and return to the old Democratic plan of dividing the spoils have gained nothing by their misrepresentations of the position occupied by Judge Richard. son The task of exhibiting In the European world \yhat the Great Republic has done, is doing and can do, in the fields of art, agriculture and manufactures, has been left to private enterprise. Though re ports indicate that the American depart ment at the Vienna Exposition is still in a very backwark condition, so much so as to call out the ridicule of certain English newspaper correspondents, yet we have very good reasons to believe that before the great World’s Fair shall have come to a close the “yankee nation” will appear in a yery creditable light. Of course, we will have beaten the world in reapers, mowers, threshing machines, hay rakes, big putnkms, squashes and the like. In the manufacture of textile fabrics, cutlery and the finer goods generally, we will probably be left in the background. But there is something more than big pump. terms - i»ER axxttm; rx advance. • , ■ : - L kinitfid mowing machines to be shows nation we have done a. con- of boasting on the sub jectofOnr eupeflor educational institu- ItonsMOne would think it out of the question to mate an exhibition of this kind;ojFthing atafair, bat our native in* riot beendaunted by the dif ficult!*; in the way. If we conld but get tbe of our European neighbors to gcitipt; a grand »peUing match there cont&lhe no doubt as to the result. We would spell the last one of them dowrivfßut.aawe canft get them into this kind#lran arrangement, we can do the nexi-hcit thing, and Commissioner Eaton» of tbs National Bureau of Education, is doingf&l He proposes to show them the in our schools, the maps and Charts that adorn the walls of our schoolrooms, the various kinds of desks and r «ats that onr boys and girls occupy* and Agreat many other kinds of school aparqtns and curious contrivances that we &i|c about our schools. A full sized, fullysiequipped, school house is being erecti on the Exposition grounds. Pho tographic views of *some of onr finest scboo| buildings will be exhibited. Wash ingtori: City has sent a model of the building, one of the finest and most.conveniently arranged buildings for educatlonal purposes in the United Mr. Eaton haa already made threeClarge shipments of this kind of matetlalto Vienna, and, in a short time, will uke another. The Enropeans may tben to learn what makes ( he Amer icauri|p very sfhart and shrewd. They will, at that we have ideas of our owqooncernlng various educational sys- this particular we will uot be besi^f.;;.. . General Grant has done one act, at lea&ribout which no one. Republican, nor Liberal Reformer, baa been ' fault. He has tendered to 'igrrepont, of New York, .Mr. Pierre? Hod, (fa*' evi President any presents* and, t. jre ; they are not able to charge him with hav ing been bribed* It is really refreshing to have & little change. It does one good to see them contented with even this single act of the administration. Judge Pierrepont, though in no sense a partisan, is in perfect accord with the President on questions of public policy. He is one of the most eminent lawyers of the country, and will reflect great credit on our service abroad. His character is irreproachable. He has a national repu tation for the strictest integrity and the highest sense of honor. The appointment is certainly a most excellent one. Such* terms as “Kellogg usurpation,” “federal interference,” “bayonet law,” and the like, have been so frequently and constantly used by the editors of Demo cratic and make-believe Independent journals that they have lost all meaning. There is a maxim about the possibility of there being "too much of a good thing,” but these journalistic gentlemen seem to have forgotten it. There is an old story of the boy who cried “Wolf when there was no wolf, but these pretended guar dians of the liberties of the people have forgotten that, too. The people have heard the cry, aud they have come f irth to drive away the wolf, but in so many instances they have found themselves de cieved that they are beginning to pay but little attention to the charges of usurpation and fraud and corruption. Some day there may be veritable usurpa tion and fraud, but the cry, however ear nest, however loud, will'not awaken the people. William Pitt'Kellogg may be a bad man, a corrupt man, an unprincipled man. As to that I know nothing. Mr. McEnery may be a most excellent, just, charitable, honorable gentleman. As to that I know nothing. But, what grounds can any of these things furnish for the use of suph terms as “federal Interference” «and “bayonet law?” What has the general government done to cause it to’ be cen sured for the unhappy state of affairs in Louisiana? What would these fftem have the administration do? Would they have President Grant recognize McEnery as the lawful governor? Would they have him furnish United Stales troops, upon the requisition of McEnery, to assist in another Colfax massacre ? Would they have him do this ? or would they simply have him do nothing? Would they have our soldiers stand by and witness the murder of hundreds of men, without putting forth a hand to queU the disturbance ? But enough ? Enough of this. If such be “independ ent journalism” may Heaven preserve us from entering such a field. Sam. THE PBOGRESS OF THE SPASISH Spain is evidently in for much more than a series of changes ofgovernmeQt, She is undergoing, nearly a century later, something very like the same process that France underwent in her great throes of 1789 and the following years, but under going it in a milder form—milder partly on account of the familiarity of the mind of Europe with the character ot the so cial movements which created so much wonder, enthusiasm, and terror then, partly on account ot the more phlegmatic nature oi the Spaniard, which does not seem to take the malady of suspicion nearly so violently as the nature of the Frenchman. There was—as De Tocque vllle very well brought out in those latest chapters of bis book on the French Revo lution which Mr. Henry Reeve has Just added to the second edition of bis excel lent translation—a universal expectation of completely new social farces and new | possibilities of government, prevading Europe for years before the French Revo lution, an expectation which added enor mously to the exciting character of that great event. Throughout Europe men believed that they were ou the eve of changes in which society would be quite transfigured, and this belief, which, curi ously enough, prevaded most completely not those classes which were most misera ble, but those which were far above want and living in luxury, stimulated every wave of emotion and passion which spread over France, and intoxicated «the actors in those great scenes. Spain has at least the advantage that the changes which her political and social life seems destined to undergo are no longer waited for with awe, as if they were the results of the inspiration of a sort of divine Muse. The excitement of the drama bag | been in great degree discounted by the j history of the revolutions in 1789, 1830, j 1848. Spain knows that no golden era of society la to be expected from any changes, -tfciidi cental j that alteroa- IV tr leot’a, •4 - s __ - mbst ent again been much sev ,t offerers (ban even despotic States; that if a Federal Republic is to the Federal Re public must not hope r restore a social Paradise, but must drill its troops, impose discipline, resist riot, adjust taxation, and enforce justice. There is now, thanks to France, no vast illusion, no rainbow of imaginary hope, to dazzle the eyes of ig norant Spain There may be great chan ges for the better, or great changes lor the worse—and for a time, at least, we' fear the latter are the more likely—but there will be no such wild intoxication as alone rendered the great French hope and fear possible. And fortunately, too, Spain takes differences of political opinion easier than France. Carlists, Al fonsists, Radicals, and Republicans get. on very fairly together, except during the crisis of a physical struggle. That “fear” which Gambetta justly tells us is that the great curse of France does not seem to take root easily in Spain. The danger rather is of an apathy too great to admit of the people taking any side definitely, so as to render organization possible. As the French have always had a genius for centralization —which it is a pity, by the way, they did not manage to impart more effectually to the Spaniards during their occupation of Spain—the Spaniards ap pear to have always had, and still have, a taste tor decentializalioD, and the fear is that this will so favor disorganization as to render the process, of new political crystallization difficult, tardy, and inade quate. The example ot Madrid has none of the fascination for the other great cities of Spain, for Barcelona, and Seville, and Malaga, that the example of Paris has lor Lyons, and Marseilles, and Bourdeaux. This, indeed, is the argument for that “Federal” Republic which is now appa rently in the ascendant. But this fact makes the political future of Spain even more uncertain than political future of France ever was. Spain is like a ship built in cellular compart ments, less easy to wreck as a wholelmore easy to break up into distinct parts. Now that the array is in active decomposition, and that the voice of the only actual au thority left is favorable to Federalism rather than unification, it becomes a very difficult matter indeed to anticipate the course of political change. It seems, however, from the accounts, that the actual Government is not only not in fault for suppressing the Perma nent Committee appointed by’the Na tional Assembly before its separation, but that it was almost compelled to lake that course. A rebellion had been apparently organized by the friends of the Perraa REVOLUTION* NUMBER 2! nent Committee against the Government. The Government was called upon by the Permanent Committee to revise the course decided on by the National Assembly, to recall that body, and put off the election of a Constituent Cortes. An armed de monstration, it is said by “Monanchical” Volunteers, was made in favor of policy, so that It became a question of life and death between the Permanent Committee and the Government. If the Permanent Cbmmitteehad won, there would have been a eoup d'etat and a reaction. But the victory of the Government only means the d isolation of the Permanent Committee. The amitary party, some of them Reactionists—including apparently Marshal Serrano—some of them radicals, clearly demanded a retrograde step, and the indefinite postponement of the elec tion of the Constituent ©ortes. They have been beaten in fair fight, and Senor Castelar and bis friends, remain at the jhead of affairs, and intend to convoke the- Constituent Cortes for the Ist of Jane, when there seems at psesent little doubt that the idea of a Federal republic wilia be broached, and probably command the votes of a majority of the members. But to our mmfb, it matters far leas what kind of government is to rufc Ma drid tbau what sort of authority that gov ernment is to exercise. The reason that we look upon the crisis at Madrid as & new stage in a slowly-developing revolu tion, is that hitherto in every change in the political kaleidoscope since the death of General Prism, there has been cleat loss of administrative force to the Government. Amadeo found little, and that little ebbed gradually way during bis short reign. The republic which succeeded Amadeo inheri ted. a very small remnant of authority, but even that it baa wasted through the fear of incurring unpopularity. It cannot maintain any of its captains in Catalonia, but removes one after the other for their unpopular measures for restoring disci pline to the demoralized army. The last rejport, not ryet confirmed, .before, .the it is the special danger of a federal gotr ernment to yield too much to local opin ion on all political matters. But a federal government without a eentral army to de pend upon is not really a government at all, it is only a board for bearing com plaints from all sides on which it has no power to take action. With the Northern provinces overrun by the Carlists, with secret Allrunsists clothed in whatever military prestige may be left to the officers of the army, with Radicals dreading the break up of Spain into a federation, and Federalists governing only by the favor of the masses* and without any power to enforce their will concerning any matter , on which the masses do not regard it w ith complacency, it seems to us more than ' likely that Spain is on the way to a com plete dissolution of her political unity into its elements. * But though we see, or think we see, signs of a much longer interval than we had hoped before civil order can be re established in Spain, we are disposed tc think that the very process of disintegra tion itself is as lively as not t° overcome that strong municipal feeling, that prefer ence for the authority of local juntas and the federal idea, which is now for the mo ment clearly in the ascendant. History seems to show that a despotic monarchy, while it admits of something very like practical federation under it, without en dangerlng.the outward form of national unity, has very little tendency tovproduce such ardent popular love of national uni ty as we have seen prevalent in Europe of late years. But it seems also to show that the inevitable tendency of popular revolutions like that which is now pro gressing in Spain is to bring about— through much grief, through tribulation and anguish, and much blood—that sense of mutual need atfyd mutual dependence out of-which true unity grows. Revolution on the large scale—on such a scale as Spain seems but too likely to un dergo—is a terrible fire ; but it does fre quently seem to fuse the component ele ments of national life as nothing else fuses them, and this in spite of the bitter party animosities it is apt to excite. V*e fear the Federal Republic In Spain is little more than a name for a period of revolu tion ; but we should expect to find that the Federal idea itself would hardly sur vive the chaos into which it will probably plunge Spain, and that Spanish unity will mean a much mwe solid thing after the chaos than it did before. The case of Stokes will be heard bo. f're the New York Court on the 2Gtb.