Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-23
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100 Nav iotk lleraiu Nlsurll eOrTa9rOa-
dout icIcsrspLs lie following
Forty days ha7ics elapsed ENC, iao birth CT
tho Iof4nta Mercedes i~o cu:ious o. rtmooias
took pl,c, il lbs Pa'sc, to liy on tho occasion
Ct IL, FIRST appearance, 10 pubic ct Qu,en
Ch.is:ias Before ten o'clock this morning.
crJwds CT pooplJ assembled before tho PasO,,
AID carriages deposited many ladies' wearing
black CT WAito nantlss. Ministers. generals
AID dioomatsts followed 10 full uniform.
Whco they got to tho galleries on The first
floor they fcuod them filled With brilliaot com.
ray, er6 the Chapel Royal alread occupied by
marshal+. jldgc5. graudees aud the royal house
hold. Many priests aud choristcrI clustered
around tha altar. which Was sIland'd!y lit up.
ard tho Cardinal Patriarch OF the ladies' and
Pima.o were both ready with cfoes borne
aloft with paIiiom ard holy water, 10 church
Q lean Christina
They all went to tho DOR of The chapel to
aasi! tho 0lncn. who sppesrsd. preceded ty
erandecs. eeal!entn. lords aud generals, al iu
full eo1I; crcsa. Tho Qlecn looked pale uoder
her d!a9em aed magnificent lac, mansiila. Her
5ng pale pick train of satin aad lao, vas borne
By tWo Dakes Tho Kiog WIS iD marshal's
Z
took the Infart, Mercedes fren tho srms IF her
poveroess, tho Duchess CT Msdiaa do lss Torres,
and keel. 90 velvet custioD, holding her child
willis The Cardinal Patriarch read the Gospel
oil Pu,iGc ,tion ever her. Then sho rose and
catered tia church, followed ty tho prirc,sses.
al il light blue ealio traias aud white mapiI!aa.
TIC Kipg aud Queen during tho m ass. which
vas beautifully c5anted By tho choir ct tho
Chanel Royal, sat under dais of curious aud
aotqao tapestry 800 years old. The curt yards
and stairoascs of the Palsc, were coupled by
thnusaods Of people eager to enter. but 10 vain.
Directly after tic ceremony the Papsl Nunclo.
arrived NJ the palace with his suite in etste car
riaaes escorted by the Royal Horse Guards
and troops In the courtyard he was rtcsiVed
with royal honors. The Nurclo was conducted
to the Throne Room by the Lord Chamberlain,
and there the Cardinal read 10 the King. sur.
rounded by his Ministers and courtiars, Papsl
brisf in which Leo XIII. expressed grest SYM
pa.by for the sovereign of Spain. and sent his
particular blessing to the Qleen and her infant
daughter. The NuLcio, acc 'mpsnled by the
King and his ministers, went 10 the chamber OF
Queen Christina, who was Standing with the
prir ,gses and her ladies.
The Infarts Nero les was held In the RrEs OF
her goyernees, the Duchess Medina de las Tor
res. The Nuncio, after short address TO tho
Queen, opened splendid alabsster and gold
embossed c,sket, containing two magnificent
dresses in s.tin, several beautifully embroidered
covers for cushions destined for the Infants,
several precious relics for the Queen, and also
pspsl brief and relic for each of the lrfantss
Isabel, Eulalie and Psz. The principal relic,
c,oss of brilliants, was Immediately hung around
the neck CT the Inf4nta MeIc .des, and ladies in
waiting also swsthed her in beautiful ssshes
en- broldered by Roman ladies and blessed by
the Pore. The ante.chsmbers were crowded
with the nobility and ladies anxious ID SEQ the
papal presents.
To-day Queen Cbis.ins and InfaEta Mercedes
60 in state to the Atochs Cathedral for TIE
Deum. On Saturday (to.day) levae will he
held in tho psltc snd banquet OF 10 covers
will be given 10 the Hall CT the Colu mns to the
Ministers and the chiefs of the diplomatic corps
a Mosr HORRIBLE CRlME.-The Dsuver
Tribuue has Information from Hereford county
that Antonio Mestes. Mexican, murdered bis
vito and babe mcss horribly lew days ago.
He firs. knocked The woman down With q club,
aad then .eizsd bis kri!e, aud Nth i: ssVagel2
lscsratei her body. cuuiog immense pieces Of
fash. lie then took he sill Ii7ioe child from
her which be dnsbed to The a,ot api stamped
upon Ill! life wastxiiDct. After this hs took
the body Of his wife sImcst apart, aDd. after
further nutilaticns, f,d. he was found near
his old home, aed placed in the school house.
fer asfe keeping, With guard Of Two map. 1t
having becams generally known that be had
been oYertekcu. AID his whereabouts being as
osrtsiued, body of sixty men were soon got
together. They marched TO he school house,
ell bout 10 clock at right. end taking him cut
proceeded to administer punishment to hin for
bis crimes. His body was mu.lated ia precisely
The SANS naurer as was his Wits. bis scalp
was then lifted, rope tide about tho mans
nt ok, the other eud beiog attached to the born
of sadd!e. and be Wss then dragged sb,us %
The ground un,l TIE body vas entirely un-
irahl