SEATOX, WILLIAM W. 



SPAIN'. 



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am! so linked h'n ln;r life- ami groat reputation 



with his country's honor that tho ample ob- 



l-aid I >y the American people at his 



. hotli testify to liis per-onal qualities and 



iis fame with all tho older glories of our 



arms ;t nd >ur American national polity. 



\ I (>N, WILLIAM Wixsroy, an American, 

 journalist, horn in King William County, Va., 

 January 11, 1785; died in Washington, D. 0., 

 .Tun.- 16, IrtGG. Ho was a descendant of the 

 i Seatons, one of whom, Henry, an ad- 

 herent of the fortunes of the Stuarts, came to 

 this country a political exile toward the latter 

 :' tho seventeenth century. Ilia mother 

 i cousin of Patrick Henry. Ho was edu- 

 at a celebrated academy in Richmond, and 

 nt tho ago of 18 entered the field of journalism 

 a-s tho assistant editor of a Richmond news- 

 paper. Ho next edited the Petersburg Bepub- 

 . but soon purchased the North Carolina 

 Journal, published at Halifax, then tho capital 

 of that State. From Halifax ho went to Ra- 

 leiu'h, on its being made tho capital, connected 

 himself with tho Register, then an influential 

 journal, edited by Joseph Gales, senior, whose 

 daughter he subsequently married. In 1812 he 

 removed to Washington, founded the National 

 Intelligencer, in company with liis brother-in- 

 law, Joseph Gales, junior, which partnership 

 continued until the death of Mr. Gales ia 1860. 

 From 1812 to 1820 Messrs. Seaton and Gales 

 were tho exclusive Congressional reporters as 

 well as editors of their journal, one taking charge 

 of tho Senate and the other of the House of 

 Representatives, where prominent seats were 

 officially assigned them. Their '' Register of 

 Debates " is now considered a standard author- 

 ity, and tho Intelligencer has ever been one of 

 tho leading papers of the day. Since the death 

 of Mr. Gales, in I860, Mr. Seaton had been the 

 principal manager of the latter until its recent 

 sale to its present proprietors. In 1840 he was 

 chosen Mayor of Washington, holding that po- 

 sition for twelve successive years. 



SPAIN", a kingdom in Europe. Queen, Isa- 

 bella II., born October 10, 1830; succeeded her 

 father on September 29, 1833. Heir-apparent, 

 Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, born November 

 28, 1857. The new ministry, formed in July, 

 1866, is composed as follows: President and 

 Minister of War, Marshal Ramon Maria Xar- 

 vaez y Campos, Duke of Valencia ; Foreign 

 Affairs, Eusebio Calonje; Grace and Justice, 

 Lorenzo Arrazola; Finances, Garcia Barzanal- 

 lona; Interior, Luis Gonzalez Bravo; Public 

 Works, Commerce, and Instruction, Manuel 

 Orobio ; Navy, Counter- Admiral J. G. Rubal- 

 vada; Colonies, Alejandro Castro. The area 

 of Spain, inclusive of the Balearic and Canary 

 I-la:ids, is 182,758 square miles. Tho popula- 

 tion (inclusive of the above islands and of the 

 Spanish population in Tetuan, on the coast of 

 Africa) was estimated, in 1864, at 16,802.' - .:2">. 

 The Spanish dominions in America (Cuba, 

 Porto Rico, Virgin Islands) contain 2,032,065 

 inhaliitants; those in Asia and Oceaniea (the 



Philippines and adjacent inlands;, 2,679,500; 

 those in Africa (Presidios and (Juinea Islands), 

 17,017; total population of Spanish col 

 4,528,633. In tho budget of tho financial y.-ar 

 1865, the expenditures were estimated at 2,747,- 

 832,370 reals (100 reals are equal to $4.93); the 

 receipts at 2, 749,360,290 reals. The public debt, 

 on March 1, 1865, amounted to L6,J 

 reals. Tho army numbered, in 1866, 230,301 

 men ; the navy, in tho same year, consisted of 

 122 vessels, carrying 1,264 guns. Tho imports, 

 in 1862, were valued at 1,679,312.703, and tho 

 exports at 1,120,532,270 reals. The merchant 

 navy, in 1863, consisted of 4,859 vessels, carry- 

 ing a burden of 395,270 tons. The movement 

 of shipping, in 1802, was as follows: 



On January 3d a military revolt broke out at 

 Aranjuez and Ocana, and General Prim at once 

 placed himself at tho head of the insurgents. 

 In several other places attempts were made to 

 gain over the soldiers, but without effect. In 

 Madrid, Barcelona, arid other large cities, the 

 greatest excitement prevailed, and thousands 

 appeared to be desirous to join the insurrection, 

 but the Government succeeded in preventing an 

 outbreak. Martial law was at once proclaimed 

 in Madrid and the whole province of New 

 Castile, and General Zabala pursued the in- 

 surgent soldiers, not leaving them time to col- 

 lect reenforceraents. On January 20th General 

 Prim, with 600 followers, crossed the Portu- 

 guese frontier, near Barrancos, and declared 

 his readiness to deliver up his horses and ac- 

 coutrements. He was ordered, by tho Por- 

 tuguese Government, to leave the country. 

 Small bands of insurgents in Catalonia and 

 Valencia were dispersed on January 22d. The 

 martial law proclaimed in Madrid was abolished 

 on March 17th. On June 22d two regiments 

 revolted in Madrid, without their officers. Tho 

 barracks they occupied were, however, retaken 

 by the troops remaining faithful to the Govern- 

 ment, and after an obstinate resistance tho 

 insurgents surrendered at discretion. General 

 Narvaez was slightly wounded. The insur- 

 gents had 26 guns, and furnished arms to the 

 populace, who threw up barricades. Tho troops 

 succeeded, however, in quelling the move- 

 ment, and order was soon completely restored. 

 Six hundred insurgents were taken prisoners. 

 Simultaneously with the revolt in Madrid, some 

 companies of troops in the garrison at Gerona 

 belonging to tho regiment of Baylen revolted, 

 under their subaltern officers, and proceed**! 

 toward the French frontier, closely pursued by 

 Spanish troops. They succeeded in reaching 

 France, when they laid down their arms. In 

 consequence of these disturbances, the iuiL>is- 



