Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-23

IsH THRoNR.-Don Carlos, the claimant TO the
throne of Spain, has been interviewed, and Jus
unes ms pre- sent source by. saying that the &C
by which the throne OF Spain was given to Isa
bella was a violation of the organic law of the
kin ydom, therefore illegal, and he proposed 10
continue the bght for the rights of his house be-
doubt as to who is really the rightful possessol
OF the Spanish throne will be better able to de-
eide the question after reading the following
Don Carlos is not the descendant OF Henry v: OF
SPAIN. Ferdinand VII, the grandfather of
Don Alfonso NIL, was the elder brother of the
Dol Carlos whose grandson is the present Don
Carlos, who lays claim to the throne i'm virtue
OF the Sale law which prevailed in Spain from
El3t to 1859. But this was merely French i'm
novation brought into Spain by Philip V,
grandson of Louis XIV, who himself ascend ed
the throne as the heir Of Donna Maria Theresa
For seven centuries the right of females 10 in
herit the Spanish throne has, however, been re-
cog 1iZtd. and the Salic law, too, was ey plunged
froIa the Code OF Spain in 1888. Ferdinand's
natural successor was his only child, Donna
Isabel. and, notw1h standing the fact that
when dangerously i'll in 1882, the King signed
"a dc cument reeogr izng his brother, Don Car
los, as his successor, yet when he recovered i'm
lS3 he swore fidelity to his daughter in the
church OF ST Jerome, at Marid.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER IN CouRT-James
Gal agher was one Of the dodgers in the Newark
poiice court at Newark yesterday, being lut
among the others on the charge of being vag-
rant During the morning he was put TO clean
ing out spittoons and refused TO do it. He fin
ally consented, however, and did the work he
was ordered to do. He was excessively over
bearing IN his manner to the guardian of the
prison. When broue hit before Justice Lambert
the prisoner was Informed that his sentence
was three months in jail Justice Lambert de-
hYering the sentence OF the court. When G al
lagher was sentenced to this penalty he rushed
at The keeper with "a drawn knife, but the lat
ter was too quick in his movements and then
Galiagher sprang upon the judge and endeav-
orod to stab him. The judge was only lust in
time TO parry the bow, and attempted To de-
TEND himself against the furious onslaught At
length the Judge was rescued, and the assailant
the spectators in the court were excited TO the
widest degree.--N 7. Herald, 20dt.
THE GERMAN NAvY.-The memorandum
pre- sented by the German admiralty to the fed
eral council expressly states that In future all
the snip building for the German navy will be
performed In the country. The following YES
sells are to be built up to the year ISs2:-Three
iron-clad c0rvettes, three monitors three IRON
clad batteries, four screw coryettes four ayiSos
hve large torpedo ships and eighteen torpedo
boats, or forty vessels in all. The coryettes
which are to he used in the irOn-clad squadron
on the Baltic, will be armed with eight cent?
metre guns The new monitors will carry from
thfee TO four guns of the heaviest calibre, and
the batteries from twelve to sixteen such guns
Inc new guBboats, two of which-the Nautilus
ana the Albatross-are already afoat, are to be
ana Two twelve centimetre coil guns, and the
gunboats viii probably carry one gun
Of the heaviest calibre apiece.
DESPERATE LEAP or PRISONER FROM
TRAIN.-Albert Fortune, the notorious horse
thief, desperate and convict, captured in Bal
timore Saturday, escaped from the custody of
Deputy Warden Strother, of Virginia, yester-
day morning, soon after the tain passed Ash
land, which is fifteen miles from Richmond.
ouother and Fortune went to the stove to
warm, and the latter, seizing an opportunity
when the door of the coach was open, slipped
out upon the platform and leaped from the
tram, winch was running at the rate of twenty
i've miles an hour. The train was stopped a ter
e had gone three-quarters of mile and search
Tor Fortune was made without success ALI day.
Az the time Of his escape he was manacled and
ID ained at the feet. He is supposed to be lurk-
ng IN the swamps or woods, and will probably
Dc recaptured, as large band OF mounted
men are securing the country for him.
Tue LATE Mrs. James Gordon Bennett was
he daughter OF Mrs. Creed, who kept small
hosiery and fancy store, in williams street.
shen lower broadway was still place of resi-
ience. She was a bright, vivacious woman. of
arge frame and great vitality. At the time of
lis marriage Mr. Bennett made the occasion
conspicuous in the columns of his newspaper.
md atterward faithfully recorded the birth of
&c children in the same manner. Four children
we're p,crn to them, two of whom, a son aud A
laughter, si,rvive. Mrs. Bennett at one time
wrote number Of letters from Europe for the
Herald, and they we're distinguished by much
Tiyacity and dash. It's well known that :" ~"
alter years OF their married life, Mr. and Mrs.
Sennett lived unhappiy, and this is said to be
he reason why the entire property was left at
he disposal of the son.