The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-03-23
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APsu Portrait 81 that High Contract
1Se Party.
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H,s appearance a. he came over the side
Of The Tsanusss Vas not particularly inn
nodSr ImAeiae Q little man, even less Of
stature than President Grant or King Da-
via. wearing . blue American artillery
jseist With two-inch tail,
Haeey white pantAloons, patent leather
shos, and q crimson French kept covered
with eolt lAcc, and you have the figure
which astcniShed our Jack.tars on Tues
dr. oossinf. In completion Bsez is of
% vsfy lighta lemon color that he might
pass anywhere for Spanisrd of b'ue
blood, were Il not for the decidedly crisp
curl VI bic iron-gray hair. His finger
nails, which he wears Of an inordinate
length, and keeps a. scrupulorsly clean as
0 Chinese mandarin, show no trace, how
ever, Of The African blood. He wears q
mustache, add long side whiskers, after
the Austfi IN imperial fashion, and stoops
slightly forward in his gait. All these
trails and circumstances Of his OUTWARD
nss ~ easily 70 DO described. But who
can describe toe atmosphere and carriage
Of the man, In which, nevertheless, the
whole man reailes and which 'aell the
s:oryi'
His glance 10 sidewise, reflex and fur
tive. His smile 10 sharp, and cuts like a
knife-b,ade suddenly opened. His move
ments are serpentine. The touch Of his |
hand 10 svssivs and clsmmy. 1t is easy 10 |
believe that he understands the arts by |
which power may be gained and kept in
. ruined sx-colony OF the ex.empire OF
Spain.
President Baez speaks French respecta-
bly,, though with marked creole accent,
and with some slight hesitation in the |
choice Of bis words. When be speaks |
In Spanish be expresses himself
not only with fuency but with
force and felicity, and at times even |
With . certain dry Custilian hunor which |
affords an agreeable relief from the rather (,
Aypoctitical stress Of his deserving moods. (
Re spoke Of Mr.. S1mnor with the clever !
compassion OF = mar who perceived that !,
bic cd versary had Numbered into serving |
him. II really dono, se-' he said to me,
"wby should have bribed General Bah .
cock 70 make treaty with ne. wanted :
70 make the tres,y. Why should pay
mao Tor buying my house when l want 10 !
wants annexation as much a. ] do he
Cabr1 does not want me. If that is n
crime In ne Why does Mr.. Sumner refuse
my treaty with General Grant, on the pre-
text Of things which he was himself ready
70 treat With me sbout2n
W Ill the Spanish annexation he said TO
ne that Allan, Who Was sent out By San
tans 70 arrange for Il, consulted with him
(hs vas then in Psri.) and had his sup
port santana" he said, was a very TO-
noraat - Csbral, and more Jealous. But
h bod sense enough 10 know tina, he could
nes hssp the Hssisns ou, VI Santo Domingo
vithoue help and helped him 10 get help
for our country from Spain. was my
elf Spanish Brigadier, and only re.
signed tAss rank when found myself ex-
Possd 70 serve against Santo Domingo"
H aessgtsd that the Spanish annexation
allied nsinly through tie faul, ofihe span.
Oh 0Svssnmsat. "They had no judg-
msnt" be said, "They went back 10
Osanae end % Bobadills 10 govern free
Deepb b their own country