The evening Argus., 1871-02-16
WEo KILLED PRlM !
Particulars OF Assassination
The N6urderers Erred and Paid.
Madrid Cor. London Times !

4 Deputy OF the republican minority
ssnor Rogue Barcis, has published al eA-
traOrtinsry letter In the lgnaidad with The
object OF clearing his party from the odiuu
0. being the lnstIgstors OF the essas sinatiou
OF Gen. Prim. He gives some parGlcu arr
OF the affair which have not before been
made public, and which, If true, add a mel
ancholy interest to what we already know
lie Contends they must have been Tired anG
paid. The maiesactors of the Gale Turco
must have been impe!led by maLefaclors
who tread on carpets. No crime like that
Is ever born III poor mans house. The
most stGpendoos crimes are engendered in
great houses" He says
We must look upwards and no. down
wards for the explanation OF this mystery
II cursed be the hand which fired, curse d
also be the hand which paid. Despots in
corruption and luxury sbove-parians,
slaves, a3sasslns, in misery, superstition. in
toXlcatlon, and brutality below. Some bod '
must have paid the workmeB. The men
who waited for the two carriage lights were
the woramen. Who were the masters ?
Cursed were the hands which received
cursed the hands which gave.
la one section Of his article, which is
headed, The 30.h Of Decembe Senior
Ba-cia says:
Prim couprehended the gravity of his
situation N e moment. Mounting the stone
staircase 0! the Minister OF War, he held on
By the hand rail, which remained vet with
his blood. Arrived at his own apartments
10 the inquiry of his anxious aud alarmed
wife, be prudeutly and considerably answer
ed that he was slightly wounded When
tbs hrst operations we're over friend ssked
him
How do you feel"
Il feel death replied Prtn, calmly.
Can you give snY guess at the ssssz-
sins ?"
No, 1 cannot. / don't know who they
were, bat those who killed me were no,
republicans
The day be died ne said to Gen. Bregna
"What day OF the month is it?"
"The 31th."
The 36th The king will disen bark to-
day, and | shall die. Long live the king
( FL dia 80 FL Reg diseDtbQrca hog. a 10
me muero : Vtea ei Boy :"
Sad enthusiasm. He viva'd the ne W king.
and the new king killed him; not BY leadeu
bullet or steel weapon, but BY his coming
II Amadeo had not come, Don Juan Frim
would not now lie in the sepulchre. At :
taat night he tried TO take leave of his fam
lily. Ine congestion Of his brain disturbed
his thoughts. Passing hls left hand before
his eyes, as ifto clear his vision, hs srticQ
lated accents which chould not be under
stood. Oh, God Eternal Did he see the
shades Of Csrvajal, OF Cullen, and
OF Bohorquez, whose young life was SO cru
ely snatched from a q tender father
These references msy not be understood
IN Engisnd, but they are here. Carvaial
and Cullen were two republican deputies,
who perished in the iRsurrecton Of Andaln
sla, shot in action, say the authorities:
murdered in cold blood after defeat and
without trial" say their friends. Bohorquez
was the half-witted boy shot by order of Col
CasaIis near Barcelona. after making use OF
him as guide to conduct him to rebel
haunt. After making this allusion, Senior
Barcia burst out
"Jusn Prim. breath thy last breath with
ont anguish, without sorrow, without re morse
Those victims pardoned thee. Pardon thou
likewise the infamous ones who took thy
iit-! Pardon them, Sonora widow Pardo
them, children of the asssssinated Pardon
th5m, all of us. o, when shall we be done
with these fearful CARRIAGES? When shall
we live like men?"
Senior Barcia concludes his article with
an impassioned appeal to the Duquesa de
Prim not 10 carry ont threat she had made
in the frat burst Of her agony, to the effect
that she would take her hus bands body
away from Span and shake off the dust of
her feet and that OF her children from the
country of 80 much ingratitude and so much
treacherv.