The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-18
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oaSss1.-' 1 - uutiHS paEids. BeautIful women /
was wash on gallant palfreys followed by
-@ lgaily attired pages, and attended by /
young noblemen mounted on spirited Anda- I
lusian coursers The signal for departure had 4
been given, and the eortege was about tomove,
when the Count de Hernandez, Grand Justi- /
eiary Of the city of Antwerp, presented him |
self, followed By strong escort of Ffsmish
bowmen. he respectfully approached the
Duke de Sandovaf, and, having drawn him
aside, he presented to him Paper bearing the +
great seal of Spain, and said IA low but /
earnest tone, Senior Don Alvarez de Sandoval |
y Cerda, in the name Of our Sovereign Mas
ter, his Catholic Msiesty Philip IL King Of |
Spain, the Duke of Alba, Governor of his
Msjesty's Netherlands commands you to fol-
| low me. This was an injunction which ad-
mitted of no reply, and besides, Don Alvarez
too well knew the ferocious Duke of Alba to
attempt any resistance.
''He accordingly made the best apology he
could to his friends, and begged that they
would pursue the chase without him, pleading
as an excuse for not accompanying them some
| urgent business relating to his official duties.
| In few minutes after the hunting party had
| penetrated the thiekets of the forest, and were
pursuing the chase to the enlivening sound of
| the bugle, whilst Don Alvarez, pale as death,
and agitated by tormenting presentiments,
| silently accompanied the Count de Hernandez
| ard bis escort.
"The unexpected message of the Duke of
Albs referred to nothing less than charge of
| murder of which Don Alvarez stood accused.
The singular discovery of the dead body by
Catharine and the boatmen, the disappearance
of Peter Grifits, together with a striking con-
| currence of other circumstances, raised an
overwhelming mass of suspicion against the
Duke de Sandoval
al neod not" pursued the artist who related
/ to me this curious story, I" need not weary
you with the Diet ails of this famous trial of the
| Duke; suffice it 70 say that suspicion was con-
verified into certainty, and that he was found
| guilty of the murder of young Spanish lady
named Rafaells Marriages.. The most conclu-
| sive evidence against the murderer was a pa
/ per which was found convulsively clasped in
the hand of the victim. This paper was to the
following purport:
my name is Rafaella Marriages., and | am
the daughter of Pope Marriages., MARQUES of
Calatrava. i was born in Seville, and pos
sessed a rich dover of wealth and beauty.
thought myself happy-but the happiness l
then enjoyed was nothing in comparison with
that which felt when l obtained the assur-
ance that Don Alvarez loved me. Surely no
one ever died of Joy or / must have died when
/ Alvarez uttered the words, Rafaella / love
thes Alas! why did I live after that
mot1ent? Had / then breathed my
last, how much sorrow should l have
beea spared l reposed faith in the
| promises of the Duke de Sandoval, and sur
rendered to him my honor, Cor / loved him
more dearly than 1 loved honor or life Yes
Rafaella Marriages., the hiShborn daughter of
one of the noblest families N Spain, eloped
with her lover, c2used her aged father to die
of grief, and cast a stain on the previously I'M
sullied scutcheon of the ancient house of Gala
trava
nOur journey through France was an unin-
terrupted interval of love and happiness. How
enchanted was with my visit to Paris, at the
gay court of Charles TX. From Paris We
proceeded to the Netherlands, where, shortly
after our arrival Informed Don Alvarez that
was about to become mother.
From that moment his conduct towards me
became entirely changed. He took me from
Antwerp to his country seat, where he as
signed to me a suite of apartments which he
forbade me to quit. These apartments con-
sisted Ola few small, gloomy rooms, elegantly
furnished, but the windows of all of them
looked to a little court yard, where ne living
creature was ever to be seen. Alverez him
self brought me my food, and was not per-
mitted to see any one but himself. gave
i birth to a son, and when it was two days old
Don Alvarez declared his intention to take il
from me. Hitherto had endured all his cru
city with resignation but / could not submit
to q separation from my child. Was it not
1 enough to have taken me from my father snd
my country, to have consigned me to dishono-
and Reproduction, to have withdrawn from me
even his affection ? Was not this enough,
without wishing to deprive me Of my child2
reproached him bitterly for his baseness and
treachery, and he darted at me q look Of hatred
which sufficiently assured me that my life was
no longer n safety. There was no possibility
of escape. The door of my apartment was
strongly barred and bolted, and the windows
were forty feet above the ground; therefore
resigned myself to my fate. was pacing up
and down my apartment in despair, when ]
CHANGED to cast my eye on billet which lay
on the ground; it was addressed to the Duke
de Sandoval, and contained the following
lines: Yes, Alverez, I love you. and it is with
pleasure bestow the hand which nv father
] has promised you. Signed, Julia dAraDjuez
The cause OF the cruel treatment had SUI
fered was now sufficiently evident. Alverez
loved another, and he now regarded me only
as an obstacle to his happiness. How 1 wished
to gain an interview with Donna Julia, anC
J unfold to her the cruelty of Don Alverez; e
tell her how he had betrayed and ill-treatec
me, and to express my conviction that it wa.
} his intention to murder me- Should that
murderous intention be accomplished, j trus
! these lines will be found on my person, tina
they will serve 10 expose the tnrpitude anC
: cruelty of Don AlvereZ de Sandoval and K
| consign him to the vengeance of man, unit
the time shall come when he must be visiteC
by that of. Heaven. May my misfortune
serve as warning to others-R afsella Marine
) Cos de CalAtraya.T csses1k 81 .azaea a-l~
: ain the course of the trial which terminated
, in the condemna. ion of Don Alvarez it wa
!, proved that he was likewise the murderer @
; Peter Grifiss He had held his dagger to tn
hass,,,o oF tha moor shnrn1an and time f,,rca,
! him to take the body of Rafaella in his boat
and cast it into the Scheldt. The fear of detcc
i ton afterwards impelled him to murder tn
fisherman.
! ssOn the third day after his conviction, tn
= body of Don Alvarez was seen suspended on