Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-04-29
DOM PEDRO.
Interesting incidents of His Tour to
California.

nicle, who jnurreyed frornWinnemuccat to
San Francisco on the same train with
our Imperial visitor. contributes the fol
lowing interesting incidents of the trip:
Tie tram arrived at Reno at ii 40 on
Monday night. John Mccullough. the
tracedian. who has been spending week
in Virginia City as the guest Of John W.
Mackay, and has been exploring the
honeycombed mining regions In that
town, was on hand TO gree: his Imperial
Majesty III response TO a telegram sent
to him BY the Herald correspondent.
Unfortunately, the Emperor was not
aware of the intended meeting. apparent
II. and NJ that hour the Imperial car was
epsh.ouded In darkness, and its nristo
cratic occupants in the embraces of the
drowsy god. The trnsedian betook HIM
self TO his sleeper" with the design Of
prosecuting. The acquaintance on the
morrow.
THE uUE CANYON COUNTRY.
On the following morning the Emperor
was awakened II the early hour Of ,, in
accordance with q previous request. He
had been appraised Of the grandeur Of
CalifoFnis srrusry at certain points az
tie route and he consequently antici-
mated an sCreeRble change from the bar
rem wastes Of Nevada, with its tiresome
growth OF saseh-ush- His expectations
were moIc than realized. and the beau
full paLorar.,a in the vicinity OF EniSrant
Gap, Blue CANYON and the adjacent
country elected the warmsst eucomiUmS
He had substituted for his ieht-colored
granger hat q neat navy cap, which orrs-
inenied his snowy hair very pre:tily. AZ
O'Clock fhstrain reached
CAPE HORN,
Which is famed for its moro than ordi-
nary beautiful scenic surroundings, and
for the purpose Of affording His Majesty
an opportunity for viewing the grand
scene the train was stopped. The En-
peror accompanied by his suite and such
Of the active passengers Of the train who
had risen with the lark, descended to
the ground and stood in little groups
gazing on the country and indulging in
expressions OF delight. The Emperor
amused himself for some minutes by
casting large stones down the deep de-
clivity and watching with eyes Of interest
their progress to the bottom. It was
that auspicious moment which Mr.. Nc
Cullough chose fo- making his bow TO
the ruler Of an empire. Assuming
TRAGIC STRIDE,
With one hand inbedded in the rseesses
of his coat-tan and the other thrnt
Familiarity through an inviting crook in
the Herald correspondents arm. he ap-
preached his Imperial Majesty. The
representative of the Herald went
through the ceremony OF an introduc
ton, while the tragedian executed an
obsequious bow Of the most elegant
character, the which can only be imita
ted after long practice. The Emperor
digniiedly listened to the name. and the
following interesting dialogue ensued:
Dom Pedro-What il your buEinsss?
Mccullough Tin deep and rolling tones,
and With modest smile)-I am an scaor,
sir.
Dom Pedro-Ah! An actor. What
10 you act?
Mccullough with manifest pfide)-I
enact "Hamlot, '.Richslieu," king
Lear" and others, sir.
Dom Pedro - All, yes; you are a
Shakesperian actor. Put on you hat,
sir; put on your hat.
The Emperor turned on his heel after
this order and resumed his fruitless
efforts to stone tree at tho foot of the
hill. Suddenly the conductor shouted
"all aboard and the most Of the passen-
gers hurriedly sought the train. The
Emperor, his party and few of tho pas |
sengers failed to hear the warning.
although the conductor repeated it a !
number Of times. After o few moments
the conductor, who imagined that every
body was ON board. signaled the engi-t
neer to move on and
TIE TRAIN ROLLED OFF
Down the hill at a rapid rate leaving the |
unfortunate party behind. A shout was |
raised, and the conductor, noticing those
whom he had left behind, jumped off |
and gesticulated wildly for the engineer
TO stop. 1t happened that i: was a |,
down grade and no steam was on. Some
Of the passengers on the trnin, imagin-
the ingineer did not see the conductors
signal, seized the bell rope and tugged
ut it until it parted ind cut of connec-
ton with the engine. The train ran a
mile before it was stopped, aud in the
the belated party struggled on
ut as rapid rate as possible along the
track, the impearial legs stretching out
The Emperor was intensely |
amused at the incident, and remarked
hat it had given him what he long de-
tired. good walk. On getting mp steam
he engineer backed up the train half o
uile, and the walkers being taken once
more on board, tho long line of cars
attled off at lively pace into the
alley heYord - |