The Russellville Democrat., 1879-10-23
ALPHONSO'S WOOING.
Pecuniary Incidents of His courtshir

Pecuniary Incidents of His Courtship.
 A correspondent, writing from Paris
 says
 "Don Alphonso has written an affec. tionate letter to Queen Isabella" Why did he not do so sooner? The object oi
 his dutiful epistle is to obtain from the queen-mother a settlement for the Arch. duchess Christina Marie independently of what the cortes will grant her. The one obstacle to the marriage is the in capability of Don Alphonso to make such a provision for the archduch- ess as would enable her, in the event of revolution, to live with dignity i'll exile. Her dowry is not rich one. Part of it is derived from the revenues of an abbey in Hungary, of which she is the prior ess-a religious office which brings her in $3, 900 year. The duties are vicari- ously performed by a sub-prioress, who receives $2,S00 annually. If Isabella chooses she can enable her son to ob- tain the hand of the archduchess, but I am told she will only make the pecuni- ary sacrifice demanded of her on one condition. It is that if Alphonso have children, the crown prince of Austria shall marry her daughter, the Infanta Paz. There was sort of understanding that he was to have married the Infanta Pillar, who was, perhaps, the most beau tiful royal maiden in all Europe. Queen Isabella has come to Paris from her country seat of Fontenay- y-en-Brie, and she is to meet the Archduchess Eliza beth and Marie Christina, who have turned their faces homeward. This looks as though she inclined to yield to the advice of the Duke Decazes and other friends of hers, who promote the Austro- Spanish match. Don Carlos denies that he ever agreed to renounce his claims to the Spanish throne. Owing to the impertinence of Don Alphonso and his sister last winter to the French Republic, Carlos is allowed to reside at Passy, with his wife and children. He has been interviewed" by members of the press When asked what he thought of the Archduchess Christina, he replied that she was charming being, but that his personal acquaintance with her was Slight. Aiphonso, he said, was animated by noble sentiments, and was greatly to be pitied. He was restored by the will of military clique, and would be cast down, perhaps, by another; but if he was not, he would all the same have, before hC iS OihCi, tO That country, Don Carlos opines, is di- vided between two great camps. namely, the Republican and the Legitimist and Catholic. The Alphonsoists are confined to Madrid. Don Carlos offered the jour nalists, who came separately; exquisite cigars and invited them to smoke with him. He received them in sort of mu- scum, furnished with souvenirs of Car list battles, and he called attention to the splinters of bomb which burst under his famous white horse, when he was in the saddle, and killed that animal. Don Carlos did not attach any importance to the new Alphonsoist departure of the house of Austria. An invalided Carlist soldier, with wooden leg and arm, ush cred the journalists into the morning room of the pretender. The veteran be- longs to the nobility, of Catalonia, and does not now disdain to serve his king in the porter's lodge.