The Portland daily press., 1868-11-20
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A Vienna paper gives good description OF
Gen. Prim, the leading man, perhaps, IN the
Spanish revolution, who has caused Liberals
everywhere the greatest disappointment BY de-
claring in favor of monarchy
Gen. Prim wears common military tunic,
with two Golden stars on the collar and q
white keni similar to that of the Spanish caval-
nv. with a broad gold border. This is all that
shows him to be soldier. When in civilians
dress he gives you the idea of drawing-room
dandy, with hobby for riding, hunting and
love adventures. There is nothing martial
about him. no roughness-not even soldierly
plainness-in his character; and his manner is
not in in the slightest degree that of swash-
buckler. He is slight well-formed, barely
above the middle height, and when on horse
back looks like anything but Mars. But his
bead is far more attractive than dozen ordi-
nary soldiers heads. There is a mysterious
brilliancy about it like that which distinguish
es the fancy portraits of a Tintoretto. The
deep, intense blackness of his large eyes, his
hair, and his silky whiskers and moustache,
are striking even in the South, where dark
people are not wanting, and combined with
his olive complexion, gives an expression OF
strong passion. His countenance is constant
ly working under the impulse of an internal
restlessness.
SPEAKER coLFAX's BRIDE.
A Washn ston paper describes, as in duty
bouId Miss Wade, the bride of the Vice Pres
ident elect:
Miss Wade resides with her stepmother,
her father and mother both being dead She
is the niece of Senator Wade, who resides at
Jefferson, fifteen miles from Andover Miss
Wade is about thirty years of age, of medium
size, good figure, dark hair, brown eyes, and
has pleasing face, indicating goodness and
intelligence. All who know her speak of her
amablity and quiet good sense, as qualifying
her admirably to preside at the house of the
Vice President elect. Three years ago she
spent the winter in Washington with her
amt Mrs Senator Wade, at the house of Mr..
Barrett, on Four and "a half street, where Mr.
Colfax also stopped; and the friendship form
ed at that time probably laid the foundations
for the present more intimate relations Miss
Senator Wade and Mr.. Colfax that came so
| near being cut off by the Indians on their
Rocky Mountain trip. The other ladies of the
party were Mrs. Matthews, mother of Mr..
Colfax; Miss Carrie Matthews, his sister; Miss
Sue Matthews, his cousin, and Miss Sallie
Bowles, daughter of Sam Bowles, of the
Springfield Republican. These ladies are said
to have displayed an amount of courage and
self-possession on the occasion OF the Indian
attack that won for them an enthusiastic vote
of admiration from their companions, and from
the rough mountaineers.
MRS. LINCOLN.
Paris paper notices the presence OF Mrs
Lincoln in France in a very "Frenchy" way,
thus:
Madame Lincoln, widow of the late Presi-
dent OF the United States, is travelling through
France, in order to take up her abode in Nice.
We do not know if the honors to which she is
entitled as the widow OF great citizen have
| been paid to her in our country. And if Mad
anne Lincoln only were Japanese. But, I'M
fortunately, everybody is not Japanese.
Whereupon an American paper impudently
echoes the sentiment, would she Uere Jap
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