Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1868 — Spanish Military Officers. [ARTICLE]

Spanish Military Officers.

The Retklutionafy Leaden. Jcaqnin Baldohfbfo' Esparto, Duke of Vittoria, whom, the fevolutionists are proclaiming “President,*’ is one of the most distinguished living Spanish soldiers and statesmen. He is the son ofa wh'eehrnghfi Wasborn Febrnary 27,' 1*792, in Gfamiatula, province of Cindad Real; and is therefore 70 years old. In 1809 be enlisted as a common soldier, subsequently attended the military school at Cadiz, was made snb-Lieutenant in 1814, engaged in 1816 in the war in Venezuela, and attained in South America the rank of General. Ip 1824 he wai sent to Madrid ti'i a bearer of dispatches for the Government and returned to South' A'diferiCa the ensuing year to witness the triumph of Bolivar and to be thrown into prison. Escaping after a few months’ detention, he went back to Spain with a large fortune made by Snibling, and married a wealthy ly. lie was one of the first to advocate the claims of the present Queen to the succession, and supported the regency during the Queen’s minority, taking an active part against the CarfiSts. For the protection of Madrid against the insurgents, he was appointed Genqr-nl-hi-Chtef df the tfrniy of the north, Viceroy of Havana, and afterward Captaitf-Getieral of the Basque provinces. He was .Created Count of Luchana fojVdriViiig tfc’d Carlihto irom that position, and ( on jtlie occasion oi his raising,' with' the assistance of the British fleet, in December, the seige of Bilbos. Additional victories gained by him over tH* rebels in September, rp April, I'B3B, and in May, 1839, wonjjfor him additional distihdtlohs.' fn June, 1839, he was' cheated a grandee of the first classy with the title of the Duke of Vitteria and Morelia. By concluding the convention of Becgars, in which twenty-four Carlist battalions surrendered and acknowledged the Queen, Esparto did much'to' hasten the fall of the Carlist cause in 1840, the following year. After the flight of Queen Christina,' vripf riSsigued her office as regent',' and retired to France, October 10, 1840 y Esparto was placed by the Cortes at the head of the Government during the minority of Isabella. As previously r«flted;*btfadteHir*tfatiod' was one ofthe best. But nothing oonld prevent the tendency in Spain toward Tcvbhftion. ThepsrtUahh of Christiaha, who “had Had; a stormy qaar rel with Espartero hOfore her'depamfre, 1 tosh if dOnspieuotA part' iti His**-

junta of Baveeibna declared th% majority of Isabella befljriflm had mined St. and put her dfi tsMi throne." Esparto toft Spain for England, in 1847, when he was’fecaffed to Spain and created a Sofia ibt. Ho soon resigned hie seat; and remained to re-, tirement until the insurrection .of ’ Jtrty, IBft4, wnren Chrhftina aim Narvaez were again forced net of the country, and Ksfgfrtb irtfcd'fgain placed qt the_head of the Gov*rnment. Troubles arose, which made it expedient for him t6 n resign in 189 A, aipoe which time bo has lived in retirement. ■,. . The principal remaining’ officers engaged in the rovoitaro understood to he, (Jen. Zah'ala, from Logo; M. Lopez Dominguez, commandant. of artillery ahd'formerly a ntefrihor of the Cortez; Gen. Cabnllerp tty #?oda, Gen. Cordova, Gen. Efahagu’e, Gen. Ilos do Olano; Geti. Csnrvroa; #en. Ustralz, Gen. Messina, Gen. Meina,’ ahd Gen. Alaminos.

THE QUEEN’S GENEVAtp. Gen. Jose de la Concha, Marquis of Havana,,who succeeds. Brave' as President of the Ministerial Council, is also now in flfref command of the Royal foi6&s for the suppression of tho rebellion. brother is In active Command of the District of Castile. Gcr. Peznla. is in coltifiiand of the District of Catalonia, and Gen. Novafiche* commands the third great military division, just constituted, the District of Andatusi&V >4T«i. OonebA’s rejmlatioif fiffhat of art able and stem soldier and politician. He was bdfn in Madrid; abbnt 1800, look part in the struggles in South Arnerioa arfd in Spain, against Don 1 Carlo*; whs -appointed h Lieutenant-General in 1849; add acted as Captain General of the Basque providers from 1843 to 1Q46, He was placed at (tie head of the Spanish cavalry. He fra* fipfetiWled Captain Genefal of Ciiiik: which position he held from 1843 to *B4B. Hie administration in Cuba watf Ixtremoly severe, and’ even crtfel." He treated political offenders wifliomohe slightest consideration or me™, a«d Sa. known to have ordered tUexxecutiou of.a near personal friend who was his political opponent. Nearly fifty Americans engageifcirf tMixiopez expedition to Mexico, suffered death by his decree at Havaoa. Theae and other excesses of a zeal that was natural to him, induced his removal. After hnfretnrn to Spain he joined f his brother, Mafmti W in opposition to the Government, and was banished in January, 1854.} He ■ repaired to France. At the close of the July revolution of .185. t TwirM appointed Captain Generalof Ctoba, and except that his action* were temporarily suspended by N&rvae* in 1856, he continued to be Captain General until December, afyer the difficulties with Mexico. He hi ROW ■ neatly sixty-eiglit years B*B. ‘ hi ’\ G'eri.jffaaiiel Cdncha,’elder brother of Jose Gqrteb*,'bas long taken a •prominent p£rt in ppfitjoa, and is a sympathizer with the Liberal party. fie was banished't!he country four years ago ftfr Complicity in rev-, olutionary movement. Ho has OoW returned to Spain, apd has takm command of the central division of the 'LiberaL troops. .. , - Gen. Peziiela, the vetefSg Count of Ch«SSter, r» noted more for hi* wealth thart his ability. Ho also had the Captain f/eneralcy of Cuba, whiok was gained by his money. He ha* recently been the subject of more nidiLU publication of ms translated *Dilute,* Gen. Novalichez —otherwise Marquis of Jfovalichea—has been Prssar dent of (fie ConnciT 6f Ministers, and figured prominently With O’Donnell in the Vicaluar© movement 6f fS&6,‘ which was suppressed by the gov* ernment. lip i* now fightingfbr the Queen so the Andalusia department,’ it the head of two regiments of cav? airy, eight battalions of infantry, - and four batteries. Novalieh&t* nr' over sixty years of age. —Three railways are being pon-' structed ih Greece. —Africa is clisturUe<f.' Ashanteo and Dahomey are at war. —Apples keep perfectly when’ packed with dried leaves,’ —There are 3,630 honioDopathie in’(ho Uniled" States. f ( —Several letters by Martin Luther have lately been’discovered at Hamburg.” —The library of tbc late Fitz Greene HalTCck Wai9 sold at auction 1 on Monday. Texas', thinks Jthat ten years henee she will be the grandest railroad centre in the South. , —A ifille a minute w*i made by a fram running, from Balliniorc . to’ Washington, on Saturday la**. —Horace Greeley was nominate for Coagress, on the oth insU, front the Fifth Congressional Diafript of New York. —Senator Sprague i* recovering from the edicts of tho accident whiofr occurred to him whfld fie was journeying on horseback to Narragangett. —Fashionable dar-riii|a in Pans* ■ are made in such curious, dwrigft* a* owls suspeudedhy the beak, wonfecya balancing on hoop, squirrels in cages, etc. —An Italian named invented a kind oi felt, etttble which is tougri\ enough to a rifle balk*. Hf flrofoses td dress soldiers in it fbr battW ..'JiNapoluoi. IH thinks