New-York tribune., 1874-01-01

the water of which women knd ohidren were bath
ing under the protection OF professional swimmers.
the undertow being so strong as TO render bathing
anything but thOughtless amusement. l saw a
few fine cliffs. 40 or so feet high; / saw rocks 10
porous to have been eaten away by the hungry sea-
which thus formed odd little coves into which the
waves chase another. now in sport and again IN
anger sometimes hugging and kissing promon-
tory so persstently that it wakes up in the morning
to lind itself transformed into island l saw the
square Villa Eug6ne, looking like hotel out OF
employment. i saw not a tree. / stood beside the
ruins of the old fort or lighthouse, PAtslaye gazed
over the turbulent expanse of the Bay of Bscay and
had the sun shone, l should have seen the coast OF
Spain. with the peaks of distant Serras rising be-
hind it.
Here was fine view, the attraction Of Biar-
ritz. After this survey thought of Newport. with
it's charming harbor and dancing boats. its graceful
yachts and stately men-of-war; thought of New
port drives along the sea. and Newport walks along
the cliffs; thought of Paradise with its inviting
shade, and Purgatory with its frownng profile;
thought of Newport bathing. soft and seductive as
woman in love; thought of Newport cottages and
their many charming inmates and said. then and
there, that not Barritz, Bouogne, Trouyille,
Brighton, Margate. and Ramsgate combined land
probably all the other watering places i have not
seem, could approach the varied beauty and com
fort of Americas Isle of Peace. B,arritz is good
enough for Europeans who have never visited New
port and for Superior Beings who are not fit to live
in any part of America whatsoever.
had made a days journey for tho sake OF two
hours dsillusionl 1t humiliatng. To go
through so much to get at 80 little! would be
revenged would go to Spain and sec Castelar, l
would look Carlist in the face, and ask him what
nt,,lI S,n, lard
on their native heath discover Republican If pos
sbe, and to one and all would PROFOUND the ques-
ton, "What are you going TO do about Cuba"
Then Biarritz would not be in vain. Warmed with
expectation / drippngly wended my way back TO
the hotel and proclaimed my resolution. Friends
shook their heads. Acquaintance stood and looked
at me in dazed frame of mind, as though had
gleefuy announced the day of my own funeral.
"You will be shot by o chance bullet" said one.
"You will be robbed!n exclaimed another. All
Carlists are brigands." Whereupon very stormy
browed Spaniard looked over his paper and flashed
lightning from his eye. He was q Carlist refugee
with neither the air of brigand nor that of
murderer. merely saw Divine Right written upon
his countenance He had been born two hundred
years later than his ideas. That was all Nature
seems to delight in bringing the centuries face to
face that they may test one auothers strength by
hand to hand fights. She is determined that the
Past shall be thorn in the flesh of the Present
There is no walk over for the human race.
As usual those persons were most prolific in ad-
vice who knew nothing about what they were talk
ing. Had | been going up in the balloon that acc-
dentally did not cross the Atlantic Ocean could
not have been an object of greater commseration
Unfortunately advice is not always information.
and in all Biarntz there seemed to bo no one who
could tell me the best route to Spain. AT last
handsome English captain. who had been seven
months with the Carlists in the guse of correspond
ent came to the rescue. What did he think of
themf He did Mt think of them. They were not
worth thinking about. They were q ragged lot of
good-for-nothngs and as for fighting i'll Spain, 1t
was a farce. Do they postpone battle on account
of incement weather I" l asked. "Woil. yes. 1T is
almost as bad as that. Don Carlos is a coward. He
has MT slept since he crossed the frontier. There
never was such ridiculous war. and its continuance
proves the weakness of the Madrid Government
But the Carlists can't succeed. you know. They
have neither money nor arms L recently heard
French Legitmist bet 900 francs that Don Carlos
would be in Madrid in twelve months The bet was
taken by one of Don Carlos's OVID officers"
told the handsome captain that was on tho
point of going TO Spain. Could he give me any
advceH Yes Don't 60" 1t seemed to strike hi"
as most extraordinary that woman should want
to do ANYTHING so excessively uncomfortable. Had
he been American he would have sympathized with
Inc at once. Being English, it took him fifteen
minutes to become accustomed to the idea. Az
the end of that time he regretted his inability to
accompany me to Madrid for he said Spaniards were
great brutes and had no consideration for women.
But must not 90 by land. The Carists might de-
tain me; they might take the horses out of the
diligence and make themselves obnoxious in other
ways. No, / certainly must go by sea. taking the
good-sized steamer Diamant that left st. Jean dc
Luz for Santander three times a week. Promising
to follow the Captains instructions went IN search
of an American consul and a banker. both of which
conveniences could only be found at Bayonne. six
miles distant. To BaYonne drove in the hood of q
diligence climbing to it by means OF a ladder. and
sitting for an hour with my feet in ever-increas
ing stream of water, it being the peculiarly of
hood to keep the rain off ones head in order more
surely TO submerge ones boots. This dsci
pine thought. This the necessary prepa alton
for campaign in Spain. If | could go through
water could go through fire. l do not SEQ the
analogy between these two elements, but at the
time my reasoning seemed incontrovertiblo
Who was the American Consul' There was no
Consul but there was Consular Agent. Our rep
resentative was Frenchman who could not speak
English. This appointment struck mo as excessively
wise-in fact, as wise as most of our European ap
pointments-and wondered what seafarlng men,
who are not supposed to be linguists. did to make
their wants known. There is probably an inter
prefer; but why give employment to foreigners who
are not sufficiently interested to learn the language
Of the people they representa- 1t is not impossible
to secure the services Of Englsh-speaking for
eigners.
The Consular Agent would be back directly
,Yould I watt Sitting beneath the wdemread
wings Of the American Eagle, overheard a oOnver-
antinn hntxeen an elderly Enpliahnan and a