New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-28
NETWORK. MONDAY, MARCH 90, 1870.

repeat-were there Montpenserists interested In
inPkng people forget -irs that and shall be
long as live, the most decided political enemy Of the
french Prince: and second that there Is reason. no
difficulty. no intrigue and violence that lessen
lhe profound contempt with whSh his person inspires
Just eeng which his political harequnades must
awaken in the minds OF all honest general, and
| all good Spauiards in particular.
of persons who have dsgraced to the
point OF kissing. while they weigh it, the MonipeDsier
Paris in the of Narvaez and Gonzales Bravo speak
with full knowledge of the subject This Prince just
as decetu the Jesuitsm OF his whose nfa
nous conduct 50 clearly attested by French history,
would have been proclaimed King in the waters OF Cadz
mad not one OF my llustr0us comrades In the navy
FUSED TO suy his uniform, and repudated with as much
energy az dignity the greatest treason witnessed by mod
ern times The mercenaries say that Montpensier is
perfect being rainbow OF peace and god Of goodness
III So let all the blood that has been shed and that which
perhaps will yet be spilled until his total disappearance.
all upon his pretenders head! This indeed, is bad
The liberalism Of Montpensler inspired by the feversh
ambition OF regnng is so interested that 1t merits the
from time to time infets lam Spaniard and animated
by the noble feelings OF my country Every time that in
the course OF my navigation passed by Gibraltar said
10 myself When shall we be completely SPANISH" And
every time that stand before the august Of
iardsi" In 1905 when my noble father stimulated the
valiant people of Madrid to revolt our country was a
prey to an armed nvason this day Is the bypocrtca
Jesutcal and corruptng invasion OF the Oreanists in
land weared harassed, desolaed by the grape
shot OF its Governments Fortunately the glorious shades
OF Davz and Vearde and OF the martyrs OF Coeral have
not yet disappeared but are still present TO the mind OF
every good Spanard.
Montpensier the nucleus of the Orleanist
certain spanards of note have been engaged But let
these French and Spanish conspraors understood well
be the orleans family that Wdnd nt but RoeheioIs
that is TO say, the French Republic.
Let them know also, that in Spain the man OF prestige
and national veneraon IL the illustrious Espartero and
not this braggart OF French pastry cook
La Gd"ois gives the following details OF the duel be.
tween Bourbon aud Montpenser
on the 7th of March Don Enrique de Bourbon, after
having written several pamphlets in which the Duke de
Montpenser the object Of unsparng attack published
in the Madrid journals an article he preceding letter.
in IL ba I'll NJ he he In he NJ
severely criticised. When this article appeared
the Duke de Montpensier was In Madrid; He felt u
given to him, to allow such outrageous insults TO pass
aud finally meeting xed for Saturday last The duel
was fought in the open country III field about 200 meters
about eight kilometres from Madrid We well
quained with this part OF the enyons OF Madrid pre-
where not tree not house not blade Of grass espe,
ciay at this season. TO be The can perceive
nothing but inerminable fields so~n with barley or
wheat, and to which the arid nature OF the soil nparts
dusty hue The town village OF Alcorcon Is like all the
sohe so houses built OF earth by SUM- the
face of which crumbes at tho first gust of wind or
the first shower of rain The church the only stone ed
fee in the place. The inn where combaants refresh
themselves when these meetings are arranged for
Acorcon (which Is frequently selected as site
for duelsl. and whittier tie wounded are CON
veyed when their Injuries are too severe TO allow
Of their immediate return 10 Madrid is little
than mud howell like the others. 1t there that
the body OF Don Enrique taken after the duel On the
morning Of the 18th, the Duke de Montpensler accom-
panied by Lieut. Gems. Cordova aud Alauinos-tle uTst
director eneral of Infantry and the other Chief Of the
Division in garrison at Madrdhs seconds, repaired TO
AcOrcon in landau. surgeon accompanied them
Don EnQriue de Bourbon, his part, accompanied
by Republicans-Sehors Santa Maria and ORTIZ. the
latter Deputy for Seyile-and surgeon, Senior RubiO
According TO the arrangements previously agreed
upon, the adyersares were TO place them
selves at first ten meters apart, and were TO draw
each other meter after each fire, until one or
should be placed hOrs de combat IL was decided by
which Of them should fire first. Chance favored Don
Enrique who fired at 10 meters distance without hitting
the Duke. The latter replied with like result. The
distance between them was dlmIulshed To nine meters
Shots exchanged in this position but neither com
Blatant struck They were then placed within eight
meters Don Enrique each time fired FIRST and this time
his ball graZed the Dukes clothing The latter red In his
turn his fell dead without uterng cry lie
was dead The Duke de Montpenser, seriously affected
by the OF the duel and It's catastrophe then lost
the sangffoid which he had displayed during the en-
was Obliged bleed him. The news reached Paris
evening, and we now proceed to describe
what has occurred here As soon as the news OF the
his brother reached Don Francisco dAsslsses
that Prince his nephew, the OF Prince En-
rdue. who duty III the garrison OF Madrid, the fo
lowing dispatch, "
PARIS Evepug-MY DEAR NEPHEW: You know how much feel
viii II afford
which have o. and which desire to replace
fRAEClsCo DAssissKs
Ny UNCLE am desolaton, fnov not What 10 DO bd
BOURBON
The King, Don Francisco, replied " this appeal, 80
touching in its simplicity:
PAks-Perfonn duty Attend funeral then
once, TO Paris Ny TO you. 49,
Don Francisco sent for the daughters or MS deceased
brother from the school where they residing and by
degrees broke them the mOurnful intelligence OF their
on sunday and provoked no manifestation in Madrid.