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"I PUSHED THE BODY IN THE GRAVE, WHEN, TURNING, I BEHELD THE GOOD CLERGYMAN,
HIS HANDS UPTURNED, AND HIS FACE WHITE WITH HORROR. 'CHARLES, CHARLES,' HE
FALTERED, 'YOUR BETROTHAL WITH RACHEL WAS THEN CEMENTED IN HUMAN BLOOD.' WITH
ONE BLOW I BEAT HIM TO THE EARTH WITH THE SHOVEL, AND LAID HIM IN THE GRAVE,
BESIDE THAT OF GABRIEL."
THE BEAUTIFUL JEWESS RACHEL MENDOZA, HER LAMENTABLE CONNECTION WITH THE DARK AND EVENTFUL CAREER OF CHARLES BERNARD OTHERWISE CALLED "PRINCE CHARLES." The late termination of whose adventures in Madrid, near the Palace of the Queen, has created so much comment, and such intense interest in the American press. Thousands throughout the United States are familiar with portions of the career of "PRINCE CHARLES," but this narrative sets out in plain colours his whole career; especially his connection with the rich and beautiful Jewess, Rachel Mendoza, who only a year ago, mingled in the first circles of New York. After relating his adventures in the United States, this Narrative conducts us to Madrid, to the ROYAL COURT OF SPAIN REVEALING THE SECRETS OF THE LIFE OF QUEEN ISABELLA.
PHILADELPHIA: E. E. BARCLAY, 283 MARKET STREET.
1853.FROM A PORTRAIT. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by B. B. BARCLAY, In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
[The manner in which the present extraordinary narrative came into the hands of those who now make it public, can be explained in a few words. Last summer, a Spanish gentleman, (Don Raphael De Aranga,) who had been exiled from Spain, for certain court intrigues, called on an eminent New York lawyer, and consulted him upon some civil business, with regard to the purchase of property, etc. He left with the lawyer a package of papers, title deeds, etc., and soon after disappeared, no one knew whither. Among these papers the following extraordinary narrative was discovered; it is in no wise connected with said papers, but as there is some hope that its absorbing and peculiar revelations, will afford some clue to the fate of the missing Personage, it is herewith made public.
B. T.
