The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-01-28


TO have The affair differently They even accused
the Duke dAlbe OF having covered before winos boy.
Every e1psdieni sought for Ia order plaster the
whole hing over sresh, 10 give aspect
favorable 10 the Duke, personal interview sugxest
cd bus yonrg Scale showed no inclination for H. Finally
council was called which lew dipomatists
said. We're present IL presumed have been held ill.,
in TACT u was held at si) thousand mes distant
from the French embassy IL length decided shnt
the Duke d'Albe should address letter Col Msns
Of the Of Melville Souea le,ler which, under
plext Of establishing in fall the facts Of the cass repre-
scented the interview between the Duke dAlbe and
OF young Soule having determined tho explsna
in the apoogetc letter of the former Not tbs slight
reference made 10 the challenge Of Mr. Soute,
which thus seemed 10 be put wholly out Of sight The
import OF this proceeding was at once perceived and the
following reply AFTER having been communicated to Mr..
soue, Immediately sen. to the Duke d'Albs- A
Frenchman my elbow right in calling 1t Sss rtPeass
ndyoyantf-lt Is "a crusher| a&sNe a ,f8i31H
Ii would pain much. my dear Duke, IL the difficulty
the Of the slightest embarrassment for
You viii find me ready to do a that depends
this end alter the character OF what has taken place.
Your letter Mr. soule grounded upon the one which
had written you and alone explain under what
Impressions and for what purpose you addressed him Il
,Iae that. presenting yop the letter OF Mr. SouS re-
marked after the frank nd noble plantations hich
you had just given its object was accomplished Sti.
delivered y % YOU and you took ~ and you replied % y!
loyalty and good with which made paa
tunes fail into eor il is their pssrogativv a.o % know
better than others how to repair H. NY dear Duke you
had my esteem before unhappy incident which has
given r,se TO this and you see how iaf
from thinking that anything In what has occurred has
rendered you unworthy OIL -
Truly yours, MlLANS.
This letter was sen, TO the Duke dAlbe, who, on meet
ing Mr. Miians couple Of days afcrward thanked him.
and declared that If assured Of his he was indf
what the evil tongues oil others might cay OF him
But those evil tongues would wag, although tho AFFAIR
seemed have been terminated. At length the Duke
dAbe conceived to be his duty TO demand satisfaction
young soue the ground Of certain articles which the
AFFAIR had occasoned in the English journals A. NOT
word had been whispered line written by the Soul6s
either father son. relative the subject, and Of nature
10 afford pre,ext for such demand young Souls declined
ofIe ring any excuses The Duke dAibc him
challenge, which was edatey accepted. "Tho DUEL"
states Mr.. Allied Iercier brother inaw OF Mr.. SoulS in
communication in to-day's Jouyaat dss Debats, which
has this omen, laid before mehc duel took place
on the l4h December. After combat Of thirty minutes,
the seconds inerposed and honor having besn declared
satisfied the advessrcs shook hands. My nephew did
receive the slightest wound Il was this morning."
continues Mr. Mercer, he morning Of the day which
the duel between the Dake dAibe and my nephew
to take place. and while Mr. Soue. SEN. supssn-
tending preparations for that the latter after having
received information which reached him At that very
meni, M. Turgot the letter already known" The
following is corrected version of this last letter
MONSIEUR LIZ MARQUIS The difference which has arisen
between the Duke dAlbe and my took place in your
invited guess and ON the occasion Of isss Of Which, by
kind representation the Duke dAlbe might conaidsr
without anything having hitherto happened
you from the solidarity which thai circumstances
weigh on you. Its positively stated that the ineu
ing afterwards OF by the Duke dAbe
and molly taken up by my son, hrst proceeded nom
have right 10 go to the which places 4
the hands of the Duke dAibo and OF my son. TO
personally satisfaction which you cannot refuse M
Perry, Amefcan cizen, and my llend - charged 70
your reply have the honor to be, Monsieur 10
ms'l'i'' your very A'''''' PIERRE soULE,
tha In ~ts
NJ de forgot declared his honor through his seconds
Lord Howden British and General Cailisr
that did of the expression imputed 70 him,
but refused admit that the insult took place In tho
parors OF the embassy, he bound give sasa elton
for H. Mr. Soule insisted NJ. do Turgot's meeting
him. Sunday, the 18Th, sgrecd upon for the
Bat midnight Fiday, while MIR. SOULS busy In
uiatng his affairs message came from Lord H0wden
one OF the the Marquis de Turgo tho eject
thai Spanish had got wind OF the dus and
that the cabinet council Sunday iog the
purpose of preventing and there fore proposing thar
should be Saturday The friends Of Mr. 0ouS
objected 10 proposition but he psrcsving snarc
had been laid Tor him. waived his right aud did
TO declare he would be ready Tho thar
spoke OF distance Of forty sss be-
tween tire combaisnts. Upon seeing this Mr.. SeslS
laughed heartily. els that" asked he, what II called
answering at the pistols mouh"-d ID g~eSis DE- y,sto
Lf7 Such was the expression of tho Marquis de Tar
got receiving the challenge OF Mr. Soueyy revosdrai
la gueufe da pisfoet MI. Soae suggested ten PAGES
or less" But the Witnesses oil de Turgot afsr dns de-
hbcraiion declared that they would have buchsry
they termed IT, and that II PAGES insisted upon
they should withdraw. This another snare, but not
more successful than the first compromise srnseed
and the duel took place Saturday, with ais
twenty feet A, the second fire, Mr. Souls lodged
bali ia the thigh of hi, adversary Mr. Souis witnesses
noble aud celebrated General Valdez Kovsrnor
Of The island OF Cubs and M de Gamminde member of
the Spanish Coftes.
The foregoing statement Of the principal facts relative
the Madrid duels be useless In aiding public
opinion In the United States the missaassnts
which have already been submitted TO II.
single expression-now popular at Madrid-serves In
show the direction which public opinion there has taken
since the termination of the struggle oil M soulS
with bis enemies"THE AMERICAN NAILED THEM TO rax
cRoss 7"
&C.
BY TELEGRAPH