New-York tribune., 1874-02-23

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court dress, Her Majesty resembles bideous over
stuffed pincushon shaped like an ungainly bell
She's good riddance," said the clerk. Span
iards can stand great deal. They enjoy gossip, and
there never much scandal talked as in Madrid
but the Queen went too far and they were all gIad
when she departed. Here's the photograph of Mar
shal SerranO, the man who conspiTed against her.
Isn't il Spanish for the Queen TO be driven out OF
her palace by an old loveri The next thing he'll
do if he is not up 10 il already. will be to plot Tor
| the return of Don Aphonso and make himself Re-
gent This is the game most likely TO succeed. His
wife, most ambitious woman-that photograph
with the long nose and insncere mouth is she-will
do all in her power to overthrow the Republic.
The aristocracy has the money wants Court,
aud will have one. The Spaniards love show.
One great fault they found with Amadeo was
his simplicity in living They didn't like
his conducting himself after the manner
Of ordinary people. Tve seen him walk past here
unaccompanied, followed by boys whose jeering
forced him to take refuge in shop. AT least our
Queen, with all her infdelities, knew how to pre-
her dignity in public have heard Spaniards
exclaim They want state carriages and pomp.
You ought TO a religious procession IN this town.
There il no such private and public display in any
other part of Europe. Amadeo was perfect gentle
man yet he never succeeded in making himself pop
ular. He and his wife did not agree about tue
Church. He hated priests and always enjoyed their
discontinue. She was very pious; consequently,
between them they contrved TO dispease every
body for the clerical party hatod the King, and the
liberal party mistrusted his wife. Here is photo
graph of Amadeo and his suite, paying their last
repects to the dead body of Prim There was an
outrage for you. woman did that" Now like
the Spaniards exceedingly in many ways, but
they think nothing OF murder. A little money If
all one needs TO get rid of an uncomfortable enemy
! recalled the execution Of 1900 Cubans In live
years and thought that perhaps the earrulous clerk
was not entirely wrong "And they think nothing
of stealing he continued. MANY cigar that L
have laid down for moment has been appropriated
by some one of our workmen. They are not brought
up with our ideas Instead of morals they have super
stitions. But they frequently kind and oblgng
They have good qualities, and any one living among
| them must acknowledge the fact" Next we passed
to the Carliss. There is jauntiness about the NIL
iary men suggestive of the theater, and Don Carlos
| himself makes an attractive picture. Very dark,
| with regular features and full black beard, he
seems a gentleman, but the weakness of his mouth
betravs absence of intellect. After seeing his pho
tocraph was ready to regard him as a willing tool
| in the hands of otbers-his wife, perhaps. Santa
| Cruz the ex-Queen's ex-confessor arrayed IN the
incarnation of cutthroat. more brutal
physiognomy ] never saw Lastly we came
| TO the Republicans, beginning with CASTELAR,
| For the first time / beheld thoughtful faces
| None of them, however impressed me as
| men of action of great business capacity. saw
why Castelar, had been placed at their head and l
| piied the Republic Have you or your friends
faith in the existence of the present Government
| / asked the clerk. Government There is none
| Everybody is waiting for something to happen
| CASTELAR, is a fine man and great orator, but yon
can't make coat when you have no cloth. The
| Spaniards are too ignorant TO sustain man Ike
| CASTELAR, for any length Of time. The very poorest
people sympathize with the 1ntransigentes; but L
don't meet any persons who willing to fight for
Castelars Republic. He is accepted Jaate dt @ieur
| Spain is not America, you know"
| Armed with my package of photographs, i next
strolled nto,a'pubc building for no other purpose
than to chat with the custodian, who was the picture
| of benevolence Are you a Republican n asked
| The amable old man smiled and shook his head
No indeed. lie liked no such ideas. He was Carlist
| He would do nothing against the government he
was too old to fight. and his family required his
help. II Don Carlos came, however he would re-
| ioice Where should | find CASTELAR, Republican
| thought discovered him in the gulse Of another
| government dOorkeeper, q young man with fiery
ewes but he too proved delusiye. Yes" he said.
| I'm Republican, but not such as those who are
! experimenting now, although admire SeiOr Caste
| lar The Intransgentes offered to make me cap
| tain if would Join them, but there are too many
rascals among them. They want to burn everything.
and don't" EndeavoriDg to ascertain the young
| fellows principles, found them excessively vague
| but two things he would not do-he would acknowl-
edge allegiance 10 neither CASTELAR, nor Cartagena
| They might settle their own quarrels He would
criticise and bde his time. This he knew he hated
those black flies, the priests lney had mace inc
| Queen what she -
| Going back to the hotel, / rang for The Blinker.
whose sole instructions were 10 buy three pounds of
grapes a day and spend the resi- of the time IN lind
| ING out what shopkeepers and snch people as he
| came in contact with thought OF republicanlsm.
| The Blnker was himself as democratic as finnky
could be; so knew if he he'd AT ALL he would lie on
| the right side well, what do Spanlards say to
YOU about the gOveumentW Madam, l have
| known the Spaniards twenty-siX years - Yes,
| | am aware of that fact. Never mind what hap
| pened twenty-six years ago. Tell me what happens
| now Pardon. Madam. In twenty-SiX years
never knew the Spaniards as queer as they are now
| They do nothing but abuse everybody. They are
| discontented Madam and don't seem to know what
| they want. They call Sehor CASTELAR, chdrmdnt
0arconi who means well; but they insist that Spain
! is not republican, and they expect change In a few
| months They would rather have Castelar, than Don
Carlos but if Don AlphOnso were OF age, they would
| clamor for him. 1t looks as though ne would COME
back instead Of his mother. The Alphonsists appear
wise Madam. They are respectable people, and the
| sbopkeepers want a court. Nobody spends money
| now Senior CASTELAR, does not even keep car
| ragep do YOU mean TO say that you meet no real
Republicans" Z" "Parfaiteraent madame" Was my
| search TO be as hopeless as that of Diogenesf