, 1874-10-18
SPAIN AND THE SPAHiARDS.


SPAIN AND THE spARIARDs.
SPAIN AND THE sRANrAnDs: ~ l. Ta1En1E X
ARa1uQt-Batuk.n In Two Volumes. 12mo., pP
$50 snd GIG. London: Husst Bachett.
II. Thieblin has been known as q 1acy writer
for the English press since 1868 He first &C.
quired distinction while in command Of the for.
eign department OF tho Pail Hall Gazette, and
afterward sustained a brilliant reputation a.
correspondent for the same paper during the
Franco~Gcrman WIT. Subsequently, the New
York Herald engaged his services as special re-
| porter from Spain and from March to October,
Of the year 1873, Le was vigilant observer
Of the Carlist campaign. The result o1
his searching inquiries into the life and
! character Of the Spanish people, as we'll as into
the conduct Of the Carliet forces, Is embodied
in tho work before us. We have had 10 modern
treatise upon Spain which equals it 10 the extent
and value Of it's information. In saying this. we
do not forget the charming volume Of Wander
,nss in SPAIN" by Augustus Hare, which ranks
foremost among the late contributions to ou1
knowledge OF this interesting, ittle-Inown. and
unaervaluea country. But NO writer, however
echo1arly aud indefatigable in his observation
and research, enjoys the opportunity for wide
aud accurate inspection that is quickly afforded
the Especial correspondent" With the superior
facilities which the latter commands, and With
the peculiar ability and training he generally
brings to tue performance Of his work,
ho is able to catch the spirit, aud
tue purpose, and the drift Of any subject, civil,
natural, or human, that be Is set to stady, as no
other specimen OF the genus homo can. II, to
crown Ills qualifications, he has, IS in II. Thieb-
1;.r,o ~ ta tyit1
tell tie most in the least space, OF irs: those
matters which are OF chief Importance, and which
the world should best understand
u. Thiebin entered Spain by way of Bavonne
and Biarritz, and penetrated to the Carlist
camp, which Was, in the spring Of 1873, located
: in the north Of Spain. he was cordially vel
coined md Hospitality entertained by Gen. El1o.
ths commander of the Ca.list army. mud court
eousIy honored With every advantage for obtain
ing whatever information he sought. Hewas even
accorded the uncommon privilege Of En- inter-
view With Don Carlos, who Was at the time hid
ing in the isolated Chatoau Of St. Lou, in the
Landes, on tho French frontier. Altar = two
hou1s' tete-a- tete With the Prince, during ~hich
conversation aud cigarettes were equally free
and agreeable, II. Thieblin produced the fol-
lowing sketch Of his sfable companion:
Tue present pFeleuQeT u l1@UHe u sL31eu
by his followers charles VII. and BY the word At
large Don Carlos ds Bourbon, Duke Of Madrid is =
years Of having been born in Austria in March.
lB45, He ia powcrfuf-lookt1Q man, About feet !;
aud, in his frank but soewhat curt manner, reminds
ons Of the Emperor Alexander Of Russia when
hs wa some twsntyhcs n ss5' y09nge q;' His
has becomo quite handsome, though slight
ly-atobbe1ing aspect OF his mouth, and the
bon Louse, not being in harmony With his manly phys
ical appearance spoil the frat pleasing IMPRESSION
Ho il Of access nnd without any trace Of haught
meas. When horseback ut some distance, es-
pecalIy when saluting people aud frankly taking of
his Basque cap, he has something picturesque about
him. Iis bearing in private life resembles thst Of the
younger sons Of tho English nobility Who entered
The pEofee sonR- Like tnem he seems to hare cse-
ity Of enduring, for while any .1aount Of hardship
statesman, or the warrior, there i absolutely nothing
in him but be il vary fond Of playing The part Of
hs I'd 4 fashion ias Of "sna spsn.s ns
not excluding even his councillors, some Of whom
thrice hs age; and OF surrounding himself with
large nunaneE of chambcrlains, Ade-de-camps.
Secretaries. and similar people, all Of whom have
other merit duty than tha Of aattaIns his pride
sa~. myself, genuine span:sh d n9olsnen t ear1yins
uaig engaged in seeing that his topboots and spurs
were properly polished he Is undoubtedly religious
ia geier1y supposed, and, for III could Observe tho
Spanish clergy DO rot seen to exercise any undue in
a. BIZ bis Is nn1 bad .hd thd n e5ogt
months time I aaw him ruin thrcs excel
lent horses. -, A. an indiy5dual he is
is a1uiabe and polite to everybody. He sleeps much.
and smokes much, and 1e rather "hen-pecked by
Dona Margarita, Duchess OF Parma whom be naarried
In February 1867, aud BY whom he has two daughters
sud son,-the eldest fnfanta BLANCA, being years
old, and the youngeat 1nianta Flvira, years. His
son. 1nfante jaime Charles who, according to his
Charles VII, was born on the . Of June. 1910.
Dona Margart.a has the reputation Of beng very
clover woman. Handsome she is certainly not al
fhcucf In hprA
is, on the whole, something rather attractive. But
surely no one would ake her for ; Queen
h her 7p: husband, and of moro dssided east eass
Of mind. sho exercises, undoubtedly, great
bean :. tines under lie influence Of Jesuta and petty
courtiers her counseis and viewv would probably have
had upon Don CarIos salutary influence At ali
events, ahe reads much moro thao nef 1uAo2ou, and
fsr more accomplished.
II. Thieblin experienced ridiculously little dan
ger and difficulty IN travelling in Spain. while
the country was supposed to be plunged in the
horrors OF civil var. The Spanish soldiers arc
the bestnatured fellows in the world, and per-
formed their duties in the mildast and most un-
military manner imaginable. Except for the
slight fo1t;dcations in the villages, and the occa
sional appearance Of An armed man, the ton-
1ist would haro little suspicion tbat an
interuecine struggle was passing on
around him. Republicans and Carlista
were on the friendiest tern1s with each other;
and both had, as usual AL abundance Of leisure
and pleasure in their lives. II. Thieblin Was
hard pressed much OF the time, to find the San
culinary materials for colo1ing his dispatches to
the Herald in the expected Sensational crim-
son. The memorable Wednesday On which oo-
cured the Fedaz2list coup. d'etat, tho enterpris
ing Journalist waited in vain all day long, On his
balcony overlooking the Puerto In Madrid, for
the spectacle OF fight There Uas no robbery,
no destruction Of proporty,-not 30 much a. a
poor little quarrel between couple ct pugua-
cious civilians,-to reward his anxiety for brutal
ard bloody proceedings.. But there mas no
dearth OF entertaining Incidents and Of inter-
estiug people to occupy his attention. Ihs
Counteas of Montiio wa1 residing in Madrid, and
II. Thieblin had tho entreo OF ter salon.
The mother of the ex-Enpress Of the French n H.
most blind now; but her mind Is fresh and hrigh.
~ eyer, and her houxo remains still the centre vbere
Ill notabilites cons1rgAts in Madrd- II called the
Counters early the afternoon, and found her Aoue
seated in her fsvorte, Artihcall dar&ened corner Of
vast hall trAntfor1ncd into 1tnergarden. The
versaton tel quite naturally tho eyenA Of tho day,
and tho old Iady 1T Ill times capital takcr, morn
so1oe hafadozcn friends dit dovn At the coantoaa'
table from which tho national pochsro is nizs-
Sn,s IL ain f7At.fc1YH 9f