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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 688, 3 June 1869, Page 4

A SENATOR KILLED IN A DUEL. Don Celestino OlozaGA, First secretary of the Spanish Chamber, has been killer! in a duel, entirely unconnected with politics. The House adjourn.d out ol respect for the deceased on hearing the intelligence. A special correspondent wiites, on March 19, as follows:— Dou Celeslino Olozaga, a bright and promising young man of twenty-six years of age, nephew of the celebrated orator, Don 3 lustiano Oioziga, died inst mtly yesterday morning from a sword-thru.-t at the hands of another gentleman, well know in high life here—the Count de Jara. So late as eight o'clock on Tuesday evening I saw Oloz iga record his vote in the Cortetin favor of the four general committees. A few minutes after nine yesterday morning he was a mangled corpse. Thus the Cortes has lost its first Secretary, and Madrid society one who was everywhere beloved, and whose future political career was expected to reflect lustre on the name he bore ! And all for what ? For something said in the heat of po'itical debate ? ~o! For any extreme and intentional personal insult? No! For a uniple accidental fall of a cane in a theatre ! It appears he had gone to the Opera immediately after the Cortes was over. By the merest accident his cane, which he had placed on a seat, fell and touched the Count. The latter, whose disposition is exceedingly choleric, and has been concerned in more than one affair of honor, made use of some angry expressions. Olozaga explained it was an accident. The Count did not believe it. words passed; they went out into the passage, where Oloziga again endeavored to appease his angry opponent, but to no purpose, and ultimately, urged on by tin gentlemen (?) who surrounded them, a hostile meeting was arranged for nine o'clock yesterday morning. Swords were the weapons chosen, with the use of whiou, it is said, young Olozaga was perfectly unacquainted, but with the Count was an adept. Without recaivir.g a scratch himself, the Count gashed his opponent acros> the stomach —so says one account ; ran him through, says another—and in an in stant had the satisfaction of feeling himself a murderer. Of course he has fled, but only to remain in hiding for a time, when he will come back to Madrid and be the lion of the Clubs. The law is strict against duelling in Spain, yet duels frequent and prosecutions the reverse. The event has made a profound sensation, which it is to be hoped will lead Spanish gentlemen to banish the duel lrom their codes of honor. The grief Don Salustiano Olozaga, who was originally one of Isabella's ministers, but w 10, having incurred her displeasure, had to banish himself, and only returned to Spain alter her fall, when he was made ambassador to Paris, is profound at the death of his nephew, wiiom lie particularly had trained for a political life j and that of Don Jose, the lather, is i inconsolable.