Murray begins an account of the life of Don Alfonso and Donna Maria. He has been with them since their first evening in Llusania and finds them both very heroic and inspiring to the whole company. Don Alfonso's devotion to the Church and the Holy Father is genuine and he seems to show very few human weaknesses. Murray sent 3 letters to the Universe but does not know if they were published. The letters treated the views of His Highness Don Alfonso and of the admirable patience and dignity of his wife, Donna Maria. The prince acts very humbly with Murray and treats him as a brother officer. He began as a simple Zouave in the service and by gradual merit he was promoted to the rank of officer and sublieutenant like Murray. Donna Maria is a Portugese and has bravely borne the vicissitudes of the campaign for nine months. They have all been harrassed by lice, locusts, and mosquitoes, but she does not complain. There is no vain pride in this aristocracy. Both the prince and his wife show signs of suffering having often been refused bread by the Catalunians. Each morning finds them at the Chaplain's Mass thanking God for their success. Probably continues as follows The Zouaves were prevented from coming by the almost brutal action of Lavalls, and if the troops were properly organized Lavalls would surely be dismissed for the injury he is doing. There are many men capable of replacing him as a general. Office seekers always upset every thing and it is really the soldiers who suffer, but they still seem determined. Their brother of Wills is to command the Pontifical Zouaves there and Murray promises to send personal details on him soon. The fame of the campaign is growing in Europe and the Spanish nobles should be anxious to aid Don Alfonso in such a splendid company of soldiers but they show no tendency to raily for the Sacred Heart. The education of the upper classes in the country seems to be of inferior degree. If the clergy could preach to the 15 or 16 hundred men there, they would be men more inspired. The priesthood there is very serious and is made up of a fine group of men but all are poor financially, dependent for livelihood upon their families and the generosity of the faithful. Wills was killed at Igualada. In 1869 while on a Carlist manouveur he was captured by the French without Papal authority but Murray does not know the outcome of it. During the FrancoPrussian War, Wills served as a lieutenant in the French cavalry. His brother, Wills, who now commands the Zouaves, was a lieutenant of that army in Rome and a member of the French army during the Franco-Prussian War. He was also captain of the Military Train, and now at 30 years of age, he is a man of ruthless bravery and energy. :: I-1-o A.L. incomplete 8pp. 12mo.