New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-01-07

MADRID.
| History Of General Prim's Assnssinniion.
NEW YORK, January 6.-Thc Heralds
| special, dated Madrid. December rs, gives q
| graphic history Of General Prims assassina
| ton, in which the following occurs:
Il was in the Madrid Opera House when
| the news Of General Prim's murder first
reached us. that is, when it was reported to-
the public at largo. Silba, with her still,
sweet voice. was engaged in singing in Rob
ert lie Diable.
The house was crowded. and tho curtain
had just fallen on the first act. As the audi
! ence dispersed temporarily and strolled into
| tho lObbies of the building, u government
messenger rushed in, in hot haste, and al
though breathless with excitement, inquired
| for high official Of the State, who was en-
joying the pleasure Of the theatre ~-2Q-
| stantly, and rs if by magic, after the mes
senger and the executive messenger had
spoken, u cry went forth all over the house.
| General Prim has been shot," "Prim has
been assassinated.'' How or in what man
ner the terrible news was first uttered aloud
or how or what means the intelligence ran
| with electric rapidity over pit. boxes, gal
| leries and away into the saloons, it in i'm
possible to SAY, but as the shouts spread tho
! effect was really tremendous How, where,
| who. or by what means the report was OBJ
tanned on every tongue, none knew. No
one could say. vet Notwithstanding all this
| every second person whom you met had
substantial account 20 relate in detail of the
| outrage.
! The only iificuits 'nthe first instance
| WAS. that the statements were all at vari-
! anCe, each being different, and most posi-
! lively so, from the others According to
| ono, General Prim was shot down in the
! hall Of the Cortes. Another account stated
| that he was murdered while sitting at work
! at his desk in the war office building.
| Others located the scene of blood here and
! there. in all quarters of the city of Madrid.
| A number of persons rushed ut once from
I the opera hOuse; others remained. talkin,
over the matter.
| The performance ON the stage was mere
| dumb show subsequently, and indeed to tho
| last. | was embarrassed for q short period
| OF time, and decided to go to the very foun-
! tain-head for news concerning this foul
| deed. fastened to the war office, and to
| ward the quarter where General Prim lived
| is the establishment. When arrived in
! that neishborhood found that crowd o.
! carriages had collected at the entrance. and
| in the ornamental pleasure grounds whiCh
| surrounded the palace and the Office of war.
A throng of idlers and excited persons
were obstructing the sidewalks and every
| doorway of the establishment. despite tho
| prevalence Of very thick snow storm. in
| which snow flakes fell silently and calmly
! a. if the elements remained entirely uncon-
| scious Of the deadly feeling of freedom
| which seemed to pervade the very air ami
| atmosphere of Spain and its homes. ad-
vanced and entered the building. As
| paced un the wide staircase which leads
| from the great hall, the soldiers o! thu
| guard. which had been instantly doubled in
| force, pointed out with deep sorrow the
! conntenances of the men.
sought an interview with General Prim's
| adjutant, and presented myself to that OH
| Ger. From this gentleman l obtained the
| frs. corrected report Of the occurrence OF
| the murderous outrage. He witnessed the
scene OF assassination, having occupied il
| front seat in the carriage which bore thu
| marshal to his death on the route from the
parliament house to the war office At the
| poiut where Gale del TurcO debouches into
the ALE Eola, the very broadest
| street in Madrid a narrow passage,
| the only one in the locality, was found to
| be obstructed. Two hired cabs which had
! been drawn up at a halt, barricaded the
| side walks on the right and left Of the way
| This event, OF which is 40 common an occur
| renee here. would have scarcely attracted
| the notice of the General, but Lieutenant
| Maya, the adjutant, my infOrmer, dropped
| down the carriage window glass nearest to
| them and looking out into the street, was
| just in time to see the two men carrying
| each gun. The guns We're concealed un-
der their long flowing Anlalusian cloak..
| These men were just then advancin.
| from the shadow OF the barricading cab.
| toward General Prim's carriage. The ad-
Ijutant drew back Immediately, he had
barely time to cry out the words. stop
| General. they are going to fire when
| the muzzles OF the Old-fashioned lbng
| guns or Spanish blunderbusses were
| a. a1,n.l ,,,t.. th., i,I,-
carriage through the windows on bot,
| sides, shivcring the panes with loud crash
The contents of the fowlin. pieces were dis
charged point blank ut the occupants Of the
back seat of the vehicle, who must have
| been almost undistin.uishable <at this
moment by reason Of the darkness The
assassins darted back Immediately after de-
! livering fire
They ran under cover Of the cabs which
| have been already mentioned and so made
| their way around q corner into the ALLIE
Eola. Arriving here the men sprang to
horseback, mounting each an animal which
stood tied to a tree. for their use. In an in
! slant they were safe from pursuit in conse-
quence OF the fall of snow and the obscurity
| OF tho nj ght.
] The coachman dashed the horses forward
| against u number Of cabs, upsetting one,
and drove with hot haste to the war Office
| where the wounded men alishted. General
| fr7m SIMPLY remarked to the sentinel,
II am wounded, but not much" He
I mounted the stairs unaided, steadying him
self with his unwounded hand Surgeons
were Immediately summoned, and an ex-
| animation showed that his shoulder was
riddled with eight sun-shot wounds. and
| that the third finger OF his right hand ws~
shattered. The shoulder Injuries were
found to be most severe. The balls vera
! irregular in their sizes. and penetrated ~
various depths; four or five near the sl,r-
face were extracted.s Long and painful
! probing was necessary to find others; on-
remained under the edge Of the scapula
bone twenty four hours
The sufferer bore tho operation wit,
calmness
Immediately after it was announced tina.
there was no danger he commenced smokin.
cigarettes and convcrsiny.
| Especial to the New York Heraldl
| MADRID, December 3l.-Thc following
the particulars OF General Prim's dan
During the day it had beep |nnc.
known that the Generals cS.crday.
much more serious than At w .aAat
posed. Numerous official bus. Ass'
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