New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-27
SenOrita SOiedad J uare2o

There is touch Of the romantic in the
| spectacle of the daughter OF PERHAPS tAe
| most inguished man Mexico ever pro-
duced becoming schoOl-marm. And that
ia what .,snori,a SOledad Juarez. child OF
the late illustrous President of Mexico. has
become. The young lady is now about TWEEN.
I ty-one years old. and is said to possess a
I strong mind. which has been carefully cul.
| tivated. She recently received her diploma
as q teacher. and will he assigned tn one of
I the government public schools in the vicin.
! ity Of the capital. As IS wei! known. Presi.
den: jUa-ez was pure Indian. having been
! born in an Indian village in the State of
Oaxaca OF b!anketed parents who never
knew the arts of civilization. The mother
| Of the senovi.a belonged to :he Cast;iian
| stock. The young lady IS possessed Of a
| large share of personal comei;ness st the
| brunette styis-very dark brunette az that.
With all the opportunities which h.. pos.
| sessed to gather riches tor himself. .!ie pa.
triot.c congucror Of Macmillan LETT 20 his
family only the legacy OF an ilius-r:ous
name. q. him Mr. Nelson III a lecture on
Mexico oOsei yes:
THE TINE i,a. not ye: arrived when an
ilnpartia! judgment can be pronounced
upon the public career and eMinea: services
OF Presiden: juarez. bu. his name wi. ever
be associated with the triumph of civi:
liberty and enlightened reform. He will
live N the future as one of the wonders OF
this age. as the lllan sent by Providence to
repe: foreign invasion. crush and destroy
the Lespotism OF tho church. raise the poor.
establish free schools, suppress Insured.
tons. and deal the las. blow at imperialism
in America. This man OF iron vii. and
indOmitaOle resolution seemed to bear
charmed life. He escaped unscathed from
more plots. conspiracies and accidents than
any other man OF ancient or modem times.
and. finally. unlike most Mexican rulers. he
died in his bed. As an inccrruptible patriot
and sagscious statesman, as the champion
OF political and religious reform. as one OF
the patriarehs Of repu5licanism il America,
above all. of the noble. honest man.
History VIII write his s.Oc:ous name
High on beI truth ;iI,um.ued scroll
It is in connection with one of the many
plots to take the life of her father that
most romantic story is told of the Senorita
Soledad. 1t was after Queretaro. The in.
perial scion Of the house OF Austria lay
quietly in his CORY grave. Juarez had
tr!imphed. The republic was established.
Blu: Mexico was still in the throes of unrest
produced by long and bitter strife. So.
ciety was disturbed and Broken up. Feuds
existed and factions coutended with bitter
malignity. Plots and conspiracies were
frequent. The life o: the president: was
more than once in jeopardy to the jealousy
anu "a Suo tultlLdius Nv WuOIu LE
was surrounded. Among the conspiratOrs
of 1868 who sought to gain the favor of
daughter Of a certain ambitious General,
whose soul yearned for the honor Of the
was one Colonel Manuel
Garcia. dasiling young man, who
was personally attached to his Gen.
era!. and understood his weaknesses |
and desires. The General had a |
pretty daughter. and Garcia bowed obse. |
81, II, l.,
The chief had entered into plot against |
the life OF the President. or at least to cause
his overthrow by coao de.ai. Il so hap.
pened that at the same time Colonel Garcia |
was making love TO the Senorita NJ, an.
other gallant was making love to certain |
SenOrita Lozano. the daughter of a tried /
friend of the President. This young lady |
was a sort of companion to the Senorita
Soledad, the Presidents daughter. then
about twelve years of age. The Major
Morclas was On intimate terms with Colonel
Garcia, and, when tire plot was ripenirg,
the latter underworld 10 secure the cooper.
alton of his friend and Givulgei the whole |
plan to him. The major called to see |
ais lady love. and il an unguarded
momen, revealed TO her the whole
plan. The knowledge he possessed was
dangerous. Ee could not expose his
friend; he could not heartily cooperate
" ALL hiL1. <AIo JNp hC W Dc PAIN " tAC pAOl, |
Ind the warm hearted President could not
,e placated. The Senoriea Lozauo and a
portion of the Presidents family were So
burning in hacienda shor. distance from |
he city. The position which her lover Oc.
upied was not only delicate. but dan
.eroUs one. In their perturbat ion OF mind
he lovers walked to fountain shaded by |
roves CT trees. There they sat down and
isoussed the situation. They supposed |
hat the Zapilotes that sailed above them,
nd the Mexican mccking-b bird that sang in
be grove, and the great God who made |
hem. were the sole witnesses to see, and
ne only auditors to hear. They agreed to ;
eep the whole matter secret, to breathe | I
OF word, but let events take their course. {
But they were not alone. The little SEN {
rita Soledad had gone before them. She I
.as not spy, but had gone into the grove t
take a ehobucanO. and watch the butter 6
les, and listen to the murmuring of the q
'atess and the mocking-bird's song. She j
card sometting more. She listened to +
sltated lovers She heard it all. Quietly Z
10 waited, and whom the lovers had gone. | /.