The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-02

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good soldiers as any. ! marched with them manv
days and found them very good boys. very oblging.
very patient and most enthusiastic.
DISCIPLINE
among all the Carlist parties have seen IL excel
lent They Invariably pay tor what they take. Z
saw . volunteer severely rebukod by his captain
for having pulled few handouts Of clover to give
to Of the horses Of the party The forces Of tha
Madrid government on the contrary, seldom pay
the regular soldiers sometimes, the volunteers
never. Wherever l have been / have invariably
heard the latter denounced for their excuses and
outrageous conduct.
DON ALFONSO
Prom Apens marched with Miret in search o.
the Prince, nothing Of note occurring beyond the
fact that one night q violent rainstOrm overlook
US and cited us for good long hour. II was too
dark to see the road, and we were obliged to light
matches to enable as TO find our way. We crossed
river some forty feet wide on . single plank the
MASKING Of the matches adding much to the pic-
ture squeness OF the II the enemy had been
abr DAD and crept upon that night he could have
done US an immense amount OF damage. Before
midnight We reached house which could shelter
about half our force, the rest being compelled to
house. l chose to remain with the first
party, luckily finding pile Of beans
under o sned, upon which l threw myself
In my wet clothes and slept till daybreak. In the
forenoon Of the following day reached the town
OF Gronela, near the Province OF Lerida. We
m ade but short stay, passing on to the town OF
Casserras, where we halted for dinner. At about
two O'Clock word sent to Miret that the Prince
was within an hours march Of us, and, true
enough In an hours time we.had the pleas
ure Of seeing Don Alfonso and his heroic young
wife, the Princess D0ha Maria do las Nieves. They
we're accompanied by General Tristany, as the
head OF some four or qve hundred men-possbly
six hundred-of whom forty or nifty were cavalry.
splendidly mounted and armed. The good
condition of the cavalry IL explained BY the
fact that Tristany was returning from sanaujay
. town near Sosona, where he had captured &
force OF nfty-thres cavalry-men horses and arms,s
The men volunteered to serve Don Carlos and, -
far as could discover, they made as good Carlisle
a. any. Tristany carried 1ne neld glass, which
the lieutenant colonel commanding the force "a
Sanaua presented to him ana insisted on his 90
cepting The fraternizng went even further. foe
the Prince and Princess visited that on1cer in the
house to which he was carried when he FELL rather
badly wounded, and mutual expressions Of esteen
and so forth were exchanged. These details were
Highnesses upon that occasion.
AN INTERVIEW
with the Prince was obtained by me 80 soon after
his arrival as It was convenient Nothing could
exceed the politeness Of his manner and the easy
anRbility with which lie entered into conver ton.
Knowing that l represented the NEW YoRE
HERALD, he was an xious to know how that Journal
was disposed. remarking that the respectable press
Of the civilized world was bound to support the
cause Of order against disorder, and Of religions
against impiety. Having ventured 70 ask him n ho
felt satisfied with tho situation in Catalonia he re-
piled, smilingly, "Not altogether. In some respects
there IL great improvement, but there are still
many difficulties to contend against There are
numerous columns of the enemy in the field and
our army is rather small and scattered. The tenn
per Of the people OF the province Is peculiar and
source Of dinlculty. II needs much tact ana patti
ence to manage people so proud and independently
but with tne Divine assistance our dfnculties VILE
disappear. Another great cause OF trouble and
nxety Is the hostility Of NJ. Thers, who uses the
entire machinery Of powerful nation to make an
unjust and unprovoked war upon our cause. He
cuts US on In great measure from all communt.
cation with the rest OF Europe, binders our friends
from sending us necessary supplies and encour%
ages the press and telegraph to caumniate u.s."
REMARKED that things appeared to 60 well in
Navarro so well that it was rumored Don Carlos
had entered that province.
The Prince interrupted me eagerly, sayng:-"Do
you believe my brother has entered Navarro ?
have heard 1t spoken OF, but am not at all sure.
Tho last communication l have had from my
brother was received on the 10th Of last month";
and reliable news reaches us very seldom; we are
so isolated"
spoke Of the current rumor in regard to tina
disbanding OF . large number Of the regular troops
circumstance. II true, must prove both encourage
ing and consoling to His Royal Highness.
He replied, with doubtful shake OF the head:-
"Well. l don't know; twenty-five thousand. OF
even eighteen thousand, IL . very large number I'd
dismiss under present circumstances. Do you be-
leve the rumor hope 1t may prove true, or
even partially 80; but l am afraid It is an exag-
geraton. The Madrid authorities will strain every
nerve to retain the present for now, that the
draft has been abolished by them. they know they
cannot raise another II the present should be dig.
solved.n
After Q few commonplace observations and exc
pressions Of regret the part Of the Prince that
he could not furnish me q horse, he thanked me-
warmly for my sympathy with the cause, and tho
interview closed. had other occasions OF con.
versing with him. and always found him the Same
amfaple, intelligent, thoughtful ana thoroughly
unaffected. "a
During the Interview above recorded
THE PRINCESS DONA MARIA
stood BY, chatting with several persons and. llke
the queen who was In the garden,
Eating bread and honey,
was doing ample justice TO good sample OF
sausage and piece Of black bread. both hands
being occupied. She is quito young, not more than
eighteen or nineteen, q very fair blonde, small in
person and perfectly charming In manner. She
wears long, dark blue riding habit, black
embroidered jacket and o white bona, with
Q long golden tassel. precisely similar tn
that worn by her husband. Upon the sleeves
of her jacket, as well % upon those OF
the Prince, are three ae,Lrs-de-lvs in gold
embroidery. The bona becomes her amazingly;
but, since she scorns veil, the hot sun Of Spain
has done some damage to her delicate complexion.
Though speaking four or Ave languages with ad.