The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-26
HERALD SATURDAY.. SUPPLEMENTS

| Ing the religious customs and character OF the
people, are well worthy OF notice.
sABALLs AND HIS MIN.
| Before General Tristany pronounced Tristan)
left the Prince we were Joined by General Sabals,
at the head OF about four hundred mon. We had
halted In field on the edge OF wood, to await him,
| word having been previously received that he was
coming. After waiting at least an hour observed
two horsemen in naming red uniforms galop mp
to the spot where the Prince and Princess were
standing. There they Immediately dism0unted and
saluted their highnesses with extreme poteness.
They were Saballs and his chief OF stanr son OF
the Marquis de Sabater, for whom as It happened,
had letter. The General had come on In I'D
vance OF his men, who came up half an hour later.
was somewhat disappointed at the appearance
and manner Of the celebrated leader. He
| has not at all the fierce look his photo
graphs give him, but quite jovial,
pleasant expression, Notwithstanding his lean,
brown face and long white mustache combed
across his sunken cheeks with. one might ma
icousy imagine, an evident Gesire to look as ter
rlDle as possible. His eyes are blue or light gray,
and their pleasant TWINKLE impressed me at once
with the idea that he was not such bad fellow
] after all. The first good chance got walked up
| and saluted him in French, which he speaks like
native, without particle Of foreign accent that
! could discover. He shook me warmly by the hand
news Of his family. I was happy to be able to do
so, having the honor Of knowing Nine. Saballs
and his daughters at PerpignaD. He remarked
that he had had no news from his vie for months
and had been much distressed on hearing that she
had been expelled from Perpignan. I explained
that 1t was an idle rumOr, based, however, upon
| the fact that the so-called republican party
would gladly have expelled Madame and
her children from France II they could
| and that possibly some steps were taken to
that end He said he was delighted to hear the re-
port was not true. He then asked, ''What news
| do you bringa We seldom have any," l gave him
| the latest had from France and Navarro, two or
| three weeks DID, more or less. He inquired II
| purposed staying with the Prince or returning to
Perpignan; to which replied that expected
sooner or later to return to Perpignan, and would
be only too happy to carry letter or message to
Madame. He laughed and said, with an emphatic
nod or two, 81 believe my wife knows I have no
time to write letters but II you see her. DO me the
| favor to say you found me and my son pointing to
| youth who sat near him on horseback, listening
attentively) quite well, thank God" At this point
OF our conversation an oflcer interrupted US to
deliver message to the General who saluted me
| with bow and q pleasant smile, and rode away,
| followed by his STAFF ~ ru
In personal appearance Saballs ia q man OF about
| nfty-nve, tall and thin, with a peculiarly wiry,
hardy air about him. he dresses entirely, or nearly
so, in scarlet, and wears long riding boots with
| heavy spurs. On his breast are ten or q dozen
| crosses and medals and one very large, handsome
decoration, about as big a. saucer. His chief OF
stan, Don Felipe de Sabater, and his son, wear the
| same snowy style Of uniform, but the decorations
have not as yet been hung upon their youthful
| breasts. oQI s5aJGW
His men, like their Chief are fond Of red, and the
whole party look more like set OF red-shirted
Garbaldians than soldiers Of HIS Catholic Majesty,
Charles VII. Like the other Carst corps, they are
well armed but without uniformity. counted
eight or ten traDucos, formidable weapon at close
quarters and known to us by the curiously awk-
ward name OF blunderbuss. About half the force
Saballs brought with him formed a special
corps called Guides. A portion Of these, think
about nfty, are well mounted and present quite
good appearance. The infantry Guides number
some two hundred, and carry a small black flag
with yellow border, and the words "Aoajo Ia Re-
| publtcdr '-down with the Republic i-embrodered
upon 1t.
| While speaking OF the Zouaves, ! should have
| mentioned that they likewise have nag, hand
some silk one, Of which they take great care. II
| is the Spanish nag with the words, "VtUa la Re-
| h0ionr' on one side, and "Viua carlos VH.w on
! the other.
THE PRINCES BAND.
| In point of numbers, and resolved to make little
| display. We, therefore, marched to Aviny6 q town
In which there are but few Carlists, and arriv-
ing there preparations were made TO enter with
all the pride and pomp we could muster. then
found that there was an institution at headquar-
tiers known as 1.-THE Princes Band" The band
was not very numerous, but half dozen brass in
struments well played make pretty good
music. And the band came to the front,
the nags wave gayy, the companies formed,
and Aviny6 was entered in triumph. SO far as my
| own experience goes to prove 1t Avlny6 well
merits its reputation OF being republican" and
'liberal," for could get nothing to eat but dry
bread. 1t was the only place found in CATALONIA
| where Jared SO badly, and where there was
| positive up Willingness to do anything for Car
| list. At the hotel there was nothing" at the
| cafe there was nothing" and Whatever others
| did went without dinner. In the evening we left
the .llberar' Avnyo, our places being taken the
same night by column OF the enemy, who, have
o right to suppose, Jared sumptuously.
| LOST.
| An hour or so after leaving AviEyo very I'M
pleasant adventure befel me- A halt was ordered,
and after long conference between the various
chiefs our force broke into three columns, each
marching in O different direction. The Prince,
with Saballs and Camps, crossed the River
! L!usanes, to the left or where we halted and
| went eastward across the mountains. Tristany
also crossed and took path leading due south,
! while Miret pursued the main road running south
along the right bank of the river. Tired and hun
cry, sat by the roadside, not noticing the move
mens OF the troops till all at once found myself
alone. Miret alone remained, conversing with
couple OF cavarymen. dumped up and asked him
| which direction had best take. This chief, VINO
never appeared to comprehend why i was so
| IN foil nj no ri nj " n
| OF men constantly tracked and pursued, advised
me to make the best OF my way to suria, and then
galoped OF to reoin his command, already far
away. was thus left entirely alone, and filled
with the bitterest indignation toward Mret whose
behavior under the circumstances felt TO be cruel
| In the extreme. The little baggage had, small
satchel had entrusted to the care OF muleteer,