The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-01

cst words" on which he sagely and pertinently
replied that the beat way in which she could
show her gratitude would be to remain always
az true and faithful" as ahc was then. During
the Sumo visit to New York our Princess met
Mrs. James Gordon Bennett. whom she found
" in possession Of a very handsome income de-
rived from one or two Advertising columns OF
the Hc1dH. which her husband had presented
her on her marriage and which then yielded
revenue Of 100000 n year. We are also APP
prised Of the interesting circumstance that Mr.
flames Bennett. who was then Il nice. dashing
young man" gave the author n promising ter
ricr pup. which was solcmnly chrstcncd Jim
my over u bowl of punch. and carried home in
the lldys pocket. few days afterwnrd, on her
way 10 join her husband in Tennessee. she en-
countcrcd in Pittsburgh that renowned citizen
and warrior" MAJOR General Charles S'huZ.
and was vastly impressed by his YER
satile requirements. In the evening he
made speech before an immense crowd, and
after this great excrtion." went back to the
ladies'. and entertained them by playing on
the piano, which he did in n masterly manner"
without drawing further on these American
rcmin scenes. we may noe In general that
this writer IL very careful to give no offence in
her personal illusions. a course. We need not
say. by no means favorable 10 vigorous and
truthful portraiturc but for which she may
have had gool reasons She speaks for
example. with cxtr mo caution ~ Stanton.
although he was a stan ling ohsfl 'le 10 tn su'-
coss OF her man cuvrcs for promotion. shown
himself quito blind TO tn" military capacities Of
her husband ~ we'll as ~ hcr individunl fas IL
nations. On The whole. VIZ imagine that the
part II tn Prn csss carccr host worth remcm-
boring did not take place in the United Sttt's.
and therefore, merely glancing at tho curious
'art that during part ~ our war she held in
her own name a captains commission. AMI
trcw pay on il. W, follow her. her husband.
and hrr dog to Mexico. whore she dil rrrtlinly
Isl in very crcdiiihlc ana Usual rolo at the
dcnoucmcnt of n trascal history.
This section of the narrative Ia much less
tame. being written with y sharper pen which
H. not always dipped In rose water. Tho posi-
ton OF Colonel ON the Imperial stan, which our
diplomatic Princess secured for her husband
gave her ample opportunity Of Observing the
performances uf the French in Mexico. and She
uusptringly dcnnunccs what sh" saw. We now
know from cumulative evidence that nothing
she could say would bc too caustc. 1t is clear
enough that the French wore anxious 10 rid
themselves OF Macmillan AMI como To- terms
with the Liberals. and that for months before
the evacuation Ba7anc maintained secret re-
latons with Juurol. II is equally plain that the
Emperor was eager 10 abdicntr and was re-
strained only 10y point II honor an unwilling
ness to desert no church party. and abandon
such supporters Ne Miram6n. Mera MARQUEE
and others TO the fate which manife-tly awaited
them. What hni hopalrSsly ruined the empire
in popular est 'rm was the conduct II ~ foreign
defenders. oriins 10 the author Of this
book the French of crs treated even loyal
McVcans with the utmost brutality and con-
tempt. Gentlemen who met them in the
street were insuted and kicNrd or the
sidewalks without having given any
offence. Ladies' dared not venture out
Of doors in the capital for fear Of annoyance.
and in the country tic soldiers committed
actions of such cruelty and shameless ness
against women. before tho eyes Of the parents.
that the pen refuses % describe them" Tho
army was encouraged to its arrogant. lawless
bearing by ti- example Of Bazaine who " be-
haVed u II he wcr, tho Emperor AMI Maxi
miihE his suhordinai".' The Marshal was
cruel and rapa"ou-. ana employed the shabbi-
c-t articles 10 enrich himself II was well
| known. for example TIM h. kept two shops
conc a grocery. ant am Thor in which French
goods a. dra-- '-. lace. SILKS. g.. were sol"
/ Conc d"rins That tran-p uriation cost him
nothing. aud that he paid no duties we are not
surprised to hear that this irregular sutler
business made him rich. To screen his fast
! growing f'rthne IL WIS said, and is still cur
| ronilv reported that he had married a Mexican
| lady ~ enormous wealth. Now the Princess
Salm -Salm, who knew the Marc hale. tolls us
that this b. utterly false fol the girl he mar
ricd WIS poor
The few Au-trians and Bogans who ro-
main ''l after the departure II tic French were
oi cour~' an inad-quAt" force. and We need int
r'mlnd the reader that before many months
Quer"tro had been sold To- the Liberals 10y