, 1879-01-01

mnn. He In. large, dome ike head, witt, M
nrrhing brow that recalls IL It's outline the brow
"t seaisnesre: ", H. !, un,cr the a:ttr9ee t! yht.
Ing mtistache. Aon nota the Aninlusian tTre.
swnstIY. mobile. and glowing rye that tce',l tn
hurn with the sun Of the Mediterranean. Cas-
the Nur.h and Comsnuntsm in the South, and the
Monarchy everywhere. llor lo held II was
marvel, for he had M friend In tho family Of
q ions but America. anu TINT was coll! friend
Tie ' laws M and 7ndsateS nps The s n.o"a .osefean
ty, nnd set on foot by he inrosnparahlo slo-
auence the spirit which pervades spain to-day.
md which. sooncr or Inter, will make itAeif an
cannot challenge. It was = picture, not with.
ont instructive features, this Ut CASTELAR,, tho
orator aud ex-President OF Spain. converstng on
the platform Of the frontier railway station
The intel States. "When rcach Madrid,','
said the General, ~ want 10 sec YOU" ~
will coms a. hny time" tald Castelar,. Tie
only man in Spain who tcccl, ed sMch message
fruIn Gen. Grant was Emilio CASTELAR,.
AMRtvAL At v1TToR1A-RxcEivkp DT THE
VsrToRrA. Nov. 11.-A slight rain is failing,
but all vit.oria L. In glow. The open space in
era in gralns and other merchandise. Tho trad
ers sit uvcr their heaps Of beaus, peppers, mel
ons, and potatocs.. They are mainly women.
who wear quains Basque cossumu; the men IN
FE4 @l1 UIAE U4HuEtef WIFI UlA9 ulOuhC9f tHQ4tlf
faded, md red sashe. swatbe4 about tic waist.
fheat cavaliers spend most of their ttn1c smok.
ing cigarettes, watching their wives ut work.
Now and then sxarttly citizen ln spanish
collce. and eager to breathe the morning air. a
farmer drives uvsr The primitive stony street.
His team Ia box resting On two clumsy
wooden wheels. When you remember ahpt It
most ancient, perhaps, in Europe-to produce
this wheel, yuu NAV Efess how far tic pcQpte
have advanced. The team Is drawn bv two
oxen. with thelg horns locked together and thcr
ready for thc last aud highest otilce pg can pay
to humanity. Other carts come luden with haY
drawn by the slow, shamblluH oxen, all seeking
market. You hear drusns, and trumpets, anI
throngtug The lattice windows, and so1dters coma
awarming uut ot The narrow streets Into tho
market place. Th!a fs tho season of the tnaneu-
vres. crowd Of citizens stanl In tho stree. about
tunured paces from our hotel. quiet. xpcet-
ant, aud staring into All open gateway. Ths i.atc-
way leads into long, Irregular, low rauxc OF
buildings Of ycltowEsb ssone ana red tiles. Over
the Ratu clinGs tho flag Of Spain, its damp folds
with the yellow and crimson folds, fnu,lrnny
tho death OF the Queen. Natty young officers
trip about, their breasts hlaxoued With dccora-
tions. telling Of victories Ia carllst and Cuban
the poor young Mercedes. Tic sc,lttnc]s pre-
sent arms, group OF elderly oi11ycrs coma
streaming out Of the gateway. At their head IL
stripping with slight snustnchc md thin,
| dark side whtskera, In this group arc tho lrst
Generals in Spatn-Concha, Quesala-Captair-
Generals, noblcmct,, heimetctl, spurrcd, braided
| with gould lace, old mcn with gray hairs. THIS
stripping they follow, dressed tn Captain Sem
| erals uniform, and touching his cap to the
crowd ~ it uncoyers Is Alfonso XII, King Of
| Spain.
TUE KIso or srAls.
.When Gen. urant rearhea V.ttorta there were
informed thnt Ia tho morning the Kiu9 would
| meat him. Tea o'clock was the hour, aid tho
place was small csty-liall or palacu whcrc tho
King resItes when hs cotncs to hIa Capltul. At
anto.room where wero several allos and uener-
ais lu attendance. lie passed into small room,
and was F-ccted BY the king. The room, was d
library, with books and writing.tsb!e covered
With papers, - though l'is Aiajesty had been
~ past. with frank, open face, sds whiskcra
anu inustache like down. liz was in tic undress
uniform ot Il Captain. ucneral, and had huoyan,,
ho!ish nay about hi1n ,shlrll tnado nne sorrow
to thiak that On these young shoulders ahonld
rest thu hurdcna of soyetclgntY. How
much l would baye given to taye gouo
lnto the grrcn t!e'da Tor q ro1np anl|
vlnsoms from tho window. Ii was only yc1ter,
saS ts E e ff ka ~ Ea 70 saufas ss~
Ing that he ranks with tile grealcst Generals pi
/ Lug WQElA, nEAFlb9 0EAlUGu Will uutllGHs Al{On
80 sueak. French as though t was bis own
tongue, German and Spanish flucntly, but moi
| 50 we'll, mud English With good aeccnt, lut 8
limited vocabulary. When the lcner4s entered
conversation. Tiers vas little fencing .. te
whether tha conversation should 10 III Engltsi
or Spaniah. The General aa!4i he knew SpantRt
In Mexico, but thlrty-hve years had passed aiurt
turs upou it NOW. The King WIS anxious 4
speak Spanish. but English and French were tut
only tongues used.
TuK K1Nu's CONVERSATION WITH 0Ey. anANT
The King said he was honored by the visit o
Gen. Grant, and especially becauss tho GENERA
l,od come TO sec bin In flttorta; otherwise b.
would hare missed tlle visit, wi,tch would lluy,
bern RECRUIT to itiu: 10 was very curious Il
:ee the 0saeral. - he bad read all about him
lila genius mud hls character. ~ this the ten
eral answered that he would have been sorry t,
have visited EIIrope without seeing Spain. Th'
two countrics-Spata and she United statcs-
were 80 near zach othcr tn Au.crca that tue,
intescsts were those of nelghbnrs. Tho Gen
Pral then spoke OF tho sympathy which wAs fcl
throughout the United statea for tho king II
tho loss Of h's wills. The King said that he has
learned tl4!s, had seen lts evidence IN nlau
American newspapers. anu 1t tollctled btu
very Dedrly. lie tllen spoke OF sliu Qure,,
lls MARRIAGE bad been ong Of love, not o
policy. iie had been engngedt to bis vito a1moa
from chiIdhoou.-ior fye yeara Ut least. il,
had the marriage iu spite OF many difficulties
auti thels union, although brief. was happy. Nj
one knew what a hclp she lad been IN cusubat
iug the difficulties Of the situtlon, for It waa Iii
pleasure TO b an Exerutlsc.-no eaay task: TIL
ticneral had seen sonsthln2 OF It. and knc,
what II was. ~ this tho General answered. ttla
he lind had eteht ycafs, Ut It. aud they were III
NEST tiiiI1cut mud buFdensonls OF his life. In
King continued TO dwell on tna nurdcns Of hi
office: Spaiu was Tranquil and prosperous, an'
he believed sha was cntsrliE upon u career .
prosperity; and from Vi! patts OF bIs kinRdon
cttaS assurauces Of cou.cutMcnt aud o,aIsy
Tiers were NO lnternecne wars liks the CarlLsta
tn tho North or the commuulsts' In TIC South
and Cuba was pacliled. All thta was
pleasure 10 him. but thtre vera dtttlciltle
tnsepara1lo fsotn the Isoyal olliee. While hi
wills lived, together they T,se thstu, aud nus
'sils was gt'ne., l!is ouly solace, ho continued
wis activity, iuectsapt labUr, LII described III
way OF liyiuR--rising early iu tho morning, sla
lting barracks, reviewing troops, aud golOg frou
| town to town.
SORROW.
AL this WAS said 10 tlc trankest Hanner-th
younH King lesmlug forward In his chatl
pleased, apparently, at hayiog. Sonic ono {
| whom llo could talk, sntne onG who had been i
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