SPAIN. 



753 



November 28th, 1857. The last general cen- 

 sus, taken May 21st, 1857, stated the area and 

 total population of the kingdom as follows : 



Continent of 

 Canary Islands 



Arwof EniflUh 

 quire mile*. 



177.7M 



1.T.-.7 



Population. 





:.301.35l 



The budget of the year 1862, and the first 

 six months of the year 1863,* makes the fol- 

 lowing estimate of the public receipts and ex- 

 penditures : 



can, with propriety, to show the North and the world 

 that we are desirous of peace. The President of the 

 United States, on the other hand, has repeatedly de- 

 clared that there can be no peace without submission 

 on our part, and reconstruction. A people who, 

 under such circumstances, could be induced to per- 

 sist in efforts to obtain peace, outside of the consti- 

 tutional mode, are already subjugated. Such a 

 course, with the blood of their sons and brothers 

 still moist on their soil, the wrongs of their outraged 

 women still unavenged, the ruins of their residences 

 and granaries still smoking, would be unbecoming 

 the great Confederate people, who, four years since, 

 with so much unanimity and enthusiasm, resolved 

 to maintain at every cost their right to abolish the 

 former government " and to establish a new govern- 

 ment, laying its foundation on such principles, and 



organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall -r, ,., 



seem most likely to effect their safety and happi- ORDINARY- 

 ness." We can obtain no peace that would not Royal household... 74025000 



degrade us, except such as we shall secure by the Cortes ! 6232478 



defeat of our enemies. Public debt !!!!!.!!!!!!!!! 575!9S?>!918 



Indemnities 2l'915'542 



On Dec. 19th new State officers were inaugu- Pensions 221 '495321 



rated, viz. : A. G. Magrath as Governor, and ftegdent of the Coancfl 654,000 



H. R. McGaw as Lieut-Governor. In his Foreign Affair's! !!!.'! !.'.'.' !!."!,"!!!!!! ! atiH'iie 



inaugural the Governor thus endeavors to p^V- 06 ' " 4S ' 432 > 935 



arouse the energies of the people : War 1 ?. " " {no'im'fra 



While I would stimulate into activity all the re- ^ avy . !.'!!!! 176!56o!l58 



sources we may have, and prepare for the mainten- t xi" 01 ' ' V 153,078,404 



ance of those rights to which we are entitled, I have Finance! - ' 



the utmost confidence that in this we shall surely iuz,ozo,bo 



pave the way to that peace which we all so much Total ordinary expenditures. 2.997,710,263 



desire, and which our enemies have hitherto denied Extraordinary 'ses'g'cVsS 



us. I have no hope in their forbearance ; for I have ' 



no belief in their humanity. I have no reliance in Total of expenditures 3,563,697,001 



their moderation ; for I have no faith in their justice. 



When their hope of success shall fade away, and Receipts. 



that it will do when they realize the unalterable pur- OcnnrART : 



pose by which we are animated, then will they think Direct taxes 7^4,305,000 



of peace. And that peace only will be lasting which Indirect taxes 755,290.500 



rests upon the conviction of our strength; as that '!?i?^f r^T^T (saltl tobacco) '"- 1 '}5?-^-^5 



peace only can be honorable which involves the 



admission of our independence. Let not the appre- 2,876851 500 



hension that we are exhausted find place in our Extraordinary (sales of national property) 556,498,166 



minds, or its poison sicken our hearts. What peo- 

 ple have ever struggled for more than the boon 3.4S2.S49,66S 

 we seek to secure ? What people, even amid the 



proud list of European dynasties, could have sus- The public debt, on December 1st 1862 



tamed for four vears such a war as that waged upon c .^ r . nnr .^i\ *~ i x nc c*~ -i o- i /*i. 



us (and at the 'close of that period have still main- amounted to lo 066 6<o,13o reals (the annual 



tained in the field an army, in numbers, in confi- interest to 339,994,360 reals), 



dence, and in discipline, equal to that which rallies The Spanish Army, according to the " Alma- 



under our banners). Other nations, for lesser pur- nach de Gotha" for 1864, consisted, in 1863, of 



poses, have striven longer endured more than we g captain-generals, 50 lieutenant-generals, 110 



have, and won for themselves imperishable honor. . 010 v v 



Let us not hesitate in our purpose or falter in its major-generals, 312 brigadier-generals, 9,203 



execution. officers, and 236,301 privates ; besides a num- 



With a voting population of fortv-seven thon- f n ?J 2j2?jSS5 Port Eie > Saa ^ 



service, less than one hundred were within the SaOiitf Vessels. 



limits of the State. Notwithstanding the de- \ g" tcs of the line> ear !7 ir - s "^fc^fe'to* Gnns - 

 fiant spirit shown by the Governors, the State 4 corvettes 

 was regarded as too thoroughly exhausted to \ schooner 



permit another man to be taken from her agri- 10 schooners i to 7 



cultural or mechanical interests. 6 feluccas, i to 4 



SPAIN. A Kingdom in Southern Europe. _ trans P rt5 ' _ 



The present queen, Isabella II., born October ^ sailing vessels. 



10th, 1830, the eldest daughter of King Fer- - 



nindo VII srcopprlprl hprfqtlipr cm fipntpmhpr * The receipts for the yoar : mated at 



O V 11., succeeded ner lauier on oeptemoer 2,031,569.000, and the expenditures . > reals. 



29th, 1833, declared Of age by the Cortes No- tOne hundred reals are equal to ft98; one real, there 



vember 8th, 1843. Her eldest son and heir to {? re ' ' s abo ^ e( i ual * , fiv e ^A** The figures above may 

 , , /Lie TI f A -L therefore, be converted into American monev by dividing 



he throne is Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, born them by twenty. 

 VOL. iv. 18 A 



