Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-24
Grcni scandal in spain.

A Great Scandal in spain.
The following pleasant Spanish story
liz moving the rCuud Of some ~ our
|crtemroraFies in the shape ct Ma no
CCrIeIpondence, though the origin OF the
rauort IA said 10 be tracesbls to tn Office
Of a Spanish paper in this city: Revolu-
iton Is a gain imminent in Spain. The
u-uzl precursors Cf a storm (cisndrs,ine
hAud1ills addressed 10 the army aud 10
t1s people, nave already made their sp
ur-,fance on the streets, snd are siyiy
passed from hand TO hand under the
Vety noses Of the police, and IN spite
ill their efforts 10 suppress them. The
spirit Of T.voutiou is Just nov douhly
fomeuted 10y s. mysterious and foul
tragedy, al knowledge Of which the
authorities sr3 vainiy endeavoriDg to
cover up. Several persons have already
Leea arrested aud hurried off into dun
gsops, nobody knows where, simply for
having cen b. ARD speaking 4 th5 sub
.isct un the streets OF 10 the cye3. The
negspEpas have been threat sned, and
LC. one of them dsres lisp Il syllable
Oh the suite But il is constantly
talked Of ia bated breath, with
al, SD doors; in fact tue whole
story has be II printed on smslI sips o.
uSper and -eCretly CiEcu 'ated. The iacts
appear 10 Re ~ fJlluw5: The King anu
t1s Duke nI SextG have been CorIuptlng
the daughter snd toe wife OF SD Cfhcer
in he army, whose home IL second or
third door from Mr. Cushing's. de was
IN the north fighting, but hearing O. me
kings ffequeut visits at ms mouse, ne
Cd lle suddenly u the city, aHd entering
his home late at nigat, found the king
aud the Duke Of SsGt) IN the mouse
SHOT st the king, but missed nm, abd
was himself shot dead by the Duke Oh
seKto, who was behind him. 1he street
police heard the pistol shots, ana came
running 10 the rescue, but were sent
akCut their business. Inc Lody WAS
Given To 2 night Waterman, VINO carr e.
Il nobody knows where, anu Is no" re-
~eivirg. il is said, four hundred dollars
nsr month. Tne maid servant, woo was
al eve witness OF the murder, dissp'
o, a.ed the nest day-some say Wss as
- qsinated. But she had had time ID
feJI her lover. When lie i0und she was
di.oos I OF, be bid himself for some days,
out ventura out a. last, was fund dead
in the street., t4bbei-ODe morn
ing, The iulge tet re whom the case
IF the firEt murder SHOULD have come
being a man of more than usual hrm-
~ s , of character, a0d having a BLOW
Ielva of the facts, was determined thaL
come kind Of Justice should lie done
Sapv q AtteriI Off ;iai positions were
Offered him if ne would desist from MS
purp Jse, which be steTnly fused 10 Do
W. en- suddenly one Of the papers an
DOuu, q th-t he had com mitt5d suicide.
The ether papers do Lot dare even To
mention his de0t1, or to make any
comments. Aud the courts have taken
no notice OF the whole business, though
he story il already repeated from Lis
/ ban ID Bsrct Iona the M tler and
q 4ughter have been privately hurIlt q on
TO B ,yonne. Already rhyme like he
following have teen printed and circu-
lsisd on the streets:
En- Ia doctrina Christ'ana
Dice enQUintO, no ma ar;
Peru Is ente AliOnsina,
Por hiedO de no p car,
Tiene un eXLo que aseslna.
Which rendered literally is:
In the christian doctrine
saws the NTH commandment, Do not Kill;
But the AlfOn~ist sentry,
For fear Of not inning,
Have "A sixth: Do Jnou asSassinate.
4
convenient second commandment, the
sixth has become their fit,b. The u
Oh the Duuue de SeXt IS Iameis very
telling, as the last line may also be READ
In Spanish, /" Have u SeXtO, who assss-
sirates.r | cannot vouch for the truth
fuln ness of all the details If this horrible
St, nv But there seems to be no doubt
that the officer came home at night end
found Alfonso and the Duque Ge s -xto
in the company OF his wife and daugh-
ter; that he was shot by one Of Them,
and his body disposed of secretly; that
the maid servant and her lover have
suddenly disappeared; that the wife and
daughter have been secretly conveyed TO
B4yCnne; that tie judge died by VIC
fence; that there has ben 30 judicia
investigation; that IN re is intense feel
ing in the community; that the papers
4iavs been profoundly silent; that several
persons have been I;ni risoned for talk
ing of the subject; that CanOvas del
Castillo, the prime minister, has re
signed; and that a radical change mas
been made in the ministry IN LIBERAL
direction in the hope Of wardlng oil q
revolution. The young king appears 10
be pOlrp the way OF his mother. AS Is
customary III Spain, those who surround
The sovereign try to govern him by his
passions. So, it is said, Amadeo was
iulned and the peace Of his family d.
strOyed. They SOW the wind and reap
the whirlwind. TIE corruption in high
places and in low is appalling. From
the crown Of the head 10 the sole OF the
foot there is no sDupdness ID them.
None of the E glish, French or Ger
man papers MAKE any allusioa to this
scandal. 4 Circumstance which makes
tie story still! more dou5tiul. is that the
young king had ample means for send
ing the colonel to tuba or some other
distant station, whence he would have
been unable to return so unexpectedly.
The Duke Of SextO, Marquis Of Alcani-
ces, who is ssid TO have been the assas-
sin of the colonel, is man about fifty,
and the husband Of the widow of the
Duke de Moray.