The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-29

the brow of Shakespeare. He is under the aver
age height, and his face has no covering
but thick. dropping mustarhe. You note the
Andalusian type. swarthy. mobile, and glowing eyes
that to burn with the OF the Mediterranean
Castelar's presidency tempest with cariism in
the North and Communism in the SOUTH and The
Monarchy everywhere. How he held it was mar
vel for he had friend in the family Of nations but
America aud that was a cold friendship But he kept
Spain free and executed the laws and indicated the
national sovereignty and set on foot by his incompar
able cloqIence the spirit which pervades Spain to-day
and which, sooner later, will make itself an
authority which the cannon of General Payia
cannot challenge. II picture. not without IN
strucve features this of Cas- tcar the orator and ex-
President or SPAIN conyersng on the platform OF the
frontier railway station with Grant, the soldier and
ex-President of the United States when reach
Madrid" said the General Il want to YOU" Il
will come at any time. said CASTELAR,. The only
i'll Spain who received such message from General
Grant Emilio CASTELAR,.
ARRIVAL AT vITTORIA BY THE KING
SORROW OF ALFONSO FOR THE LOSS OF HIS
LITTLE QUEEN.
yIIroRIA, Nov. II, 1878.
slight rain is falling but all Vittoria is in
glow. The open space in front of hotel is filed
chandise The traders sit their heaps Of beans,
peppers. melons and potatoes. They mainly
women, who quaint Basque cos
tune; the men in red and blue bonnets.
with blue bouses, mostly faded. and red sashes
swathed about the waist These cavaliers spend most
of their time smoking cigarettes, watching their
wives at work. Now and then swarthy citizen
in Spanish cloak saunters by having been to
to coffee. and eager to breathe the morning
air farmer drives the primitive stony street.
His team is box resting two clumsy
wooden wheels. When you remember that it
has taken two thousand years OF Basque
civilization-the most ancient. perhaps, in
Europe--to produce this wheel, you may
guess how far the people have advanced. The team is
drawn by oxen with their horns locked together
and their heads covered by fleece In the cart is
pig ready for the last and highest Office pig pay
to humanity. Other carts come laden with hay drawn
by the slow. stumbling all seeking a market.
You hear drums aud trumpets and army calls. The
town is camp, and ladies are thronging the lattice
windows and soldiers swarming out Of
the streets into the market place. This the
season of the man9uyres crowd of citizens stand
in the street about hundred PAGES from hotel,
quiet, expectan staring into open gateway. This
gateway leads into long, irregular, low range OF
buildings of yellowish stone and red tiles. Over
the gate clings the flag of Spain. its damp folds clus
tering the pole. A black streamer blends with the
yellow and crimson folds, mourning the death of the
Queen. Natty young officers trip about their breasts
blazoned with decorations, telling of victories in
Carlist and Cuban wars all wearing mourning their
arms for the poor young Mercedes. The sentinels
present arms, group Of elderly officers come stream
ing out of the gateway. AT their head is STRIPPING
with slight mustache and thin. dark side whiskers
In this group the first generals in Spain-Concha.
Qucsada- captain-gcnerals. noblemcn, helmeted.
spurred braided with gold lace, old men with gray
hairs The STRIPPING they follow. dressed in captain
generals uniform, and touching his cap to the crowd
rs it uncovers, is Alfonso MI, King OF Spain.
KING SPAIN.
When General Grant reached vittora there were all
the authorities out to him, and he informed
that in the morning the King would meet him. Ten
O'Clock the hour. and the place a small city
hall or palace where the King resides when he
into his capital. At ten the General called, and
escorted into an anteroom where were
several aides and generals in attendance.
He passed into small room, ana was
greeted by the King The room was library, with
books and q writing table covered with papers.
though His Majesty had been hard at work. His Ma
jcsty is young twenty past, with frank. open
face. side whiskers and mnstache like down. He
was in the undress uniform of captain general, and
had a buoyant. boyish way about him which made
one sorrow TO think that these young shoulders
should rest the burdens of sovereignty How much he
would have given TO have gone into the green fields
for romp and a rambe--those green fields that look
80 winsome from the window. 1t only yester-
day that he among his toys and velocipedcs and
here he is . real king with uniform sho wing that he
ranks with the great generals of the world heavily
braided with bullion Alfonso speaks French though
il was his own tongue German and Spanish fiuently
but not so well. and English with good accent but
q limited vocabulary. When the General entered the
King gave him seat and they entered into CONVEX
saton. There little fencing as to whether the
con versation should be in English Spanish. The
General said he knew Spanish in Mexico. but thirty
five years had passed since 1t familiar to him
and he would not venture upon it now. The King
was anxious 10 speak Spanish but English and
French were the only tongues used
THE KINGS CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL GRANT.
The King said he was houorcd by the visit of GEN
eral Grant, and especially because the General had
come to him in yittora otherwise he would have
missed the visit. which would have been regret to
him. He very curious to see tho General. as he
had read all about him, his campaigns and his Presi
dency and admired his genius and his character. To
this the General answered that he would have been
sorry nave Nlsttu WITHOUT seeing
Spain. The two countries-span and the United
states-were SO near each other in America
that their interests were those Of neighbors. Tho
General then spoke Of the sympathy which felt
throughout the United States for the King in the loss
Of his wife The King said that lie had learned this
had seen its evidence in many American newspapers.
and IL touched him very nearly. He then spoke of
the Queen. His marriage had been of love- not of
policy He had been engaged to his wife almost from
childhood-for Ave years at least. He had
made the marriage in spite of many Difficult
ties. and their union. although brief. happy.
No one knew what help she had been in combat
ing the difficulties of the situation, for IL no
pleasure 10 be cxecutve--no easy task The
General had seen something of IL. and knew what it
was. TO this the General answered that he had had
eight years OF IT, and they the most difficult and
burdensofne OF his life. The King continued 10
dwell on the burdens az his Office. Spain was
Tranquil and prosperous, and he believed she
was entering upon a career Of prosperity; and
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