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Thanks to thi•ir energy. the character and pecuniary v.: of the oovereign, and the groat-[Till France and England, the r iiiherals, tune many ,•11allgeo of torture. were at Ist fixed in power, and they took good ire to secure to thent-elVes a looting tprenutey. They excluded Doti Eat.- el, the head of tio•coos, From by the revoearion of the a mple law; they deuce hini into exile, WI they expelled his adherents from thee, " wiping nut"-- ex pre,- ve A inerivailiont—the ill tilt' energetic r thorn, :tod ;is far iis po-,otble dioarin ig the rest. The ( 'artists had 11,i fair xense for npoll r,•oistatire while Furth :Mil VII. siirViVcd. lint he toss soon einoVed -dying on (11,- :2.thli of Septent li-,:l:l—and then the wat• broke ,nit. I,ll,erals wielded the government lie great towns, (111,1 the army of the 'artists, wli eh meant the titans of the oral population, Gathered strong in :Mil Valencia, otrotiger stilt n Catalonia and La :Sl:Luella, :old by ens it thotioands in [lie ; inillerolisly, indeed, that hod tlie iiarty :evil organized, it Would have poss,ssed I Very fair rho tlee ut otievesS. Bid there vas nosii,•li thing :I,dg:wiz:Won there ii. Its members were imipliati,•ally all; 'paniards, and old Spaniards never per- M•in anything toulay that eat, possibly to deferr,ul till the iiiorri,(v ; tchieh in his iuotance tool long heel: -ytiony nous with the death of I. l ,•riliiiand. I'llat event, therelM•e, found thorn to ally unprepared, without combination, ilan, or warlike lll:aerial, While their ypolietilS had a'i'ry one of trio, thin g , uud used ow,. wet I. Tit, Liberal roops iu strength met the ( 'AI lists in letail anti scattered Olen: in all three ions. Santo,: I.:Minn, the head of the northern ri,ing, was taken and .hot; Merino was beaten and reduced In a mere guerilla; and most of the um.i. ', t ow; dinper s ed on the approach of the army. In less than a month he revolt was in its loot li rous— t few half-nakeil and dispirit, par tiilas were all that remained in armo by the October; and these crouched among the gorges of the Pyr epees, ready to mull away 'dare the first attack. Nor was thin likely to lie long delayed. A well-equipped force, toll tlO,OOO strong, booing its operations oil [lie cOrlreSses of Biscay and -Navarre, was preparing tosweep the hills. Every thing, in fart, portended a speedy iliac lo the strife, when a single man of in ferior rank and no reputation, wealth, or following—a more half-pay Colonel who had b •ell living under ourveillatiee for the previous two years—joined the fugitives and restored the balance. This NVIIS Zumalai•orreguy, and no greater contra-I to the conventional Spaniard could well lie imagined. lie ‘va-, a short, milocular man lit toady-live, with powerful features, and pier,•ing grey eyes—a r,•soUite, client character, scorning exaggeration and show, contemptuous to eccenti icily of small things, bent on great ones, :mil fully capable of achieving them. IL is not usual to bold alool s [ruin rebellion when it is llOpecil I, just to embrace a at its last gasp as he did. But this wan the result, of cool calculation. ((ail he linen among, the lirst lie could have obtained but a subordinate post ; for lie Was a Mall of action, while it is your daring talker who always takes the Mail at the outoet of popular commotion; and in col iuler i grade, hesnleo being powerless to avert the ruin which he foresaw trout such leadership, lie might probably have forleited his life, and would cer tainly have been too deeply involved in the dingrace ever to hope again for emi nence. lie decided then to wait and watch, and the crisis came and passed with unexpected speed. Every one ill the early leaders lade I, and the revolt,. springing, as he It Ilea', imam fierce, last jog, and almost universal feeling, and .wanting nothing but a head to prove a glorious one, was dying out for sheer lack of brain. This was the opportuni ty of daring ambition, and 'lomat:Lear reguy seized it with au eager hand. 7waling out at nightfall of o,,toher 311, trout Painpeluna, he trudged itwity on fain among the weidern hills. 'Tow ards morning he fell in will) a vary of Carlists uud ill:411111y took the coin- In:111d, tO tllciateusedisgustof lturdde, the former chief, who happened to be some miles otrat the time with another fraction of his band. Nut willing to be superseded in this cool way, Ituralde instantly despatched a troop to ar r..ist the intruder. 'l'he latter was soon mind iii the neighborhood of the 13o rinda pass. " Arrest me!" thundered Zurnalacarreguy, with a look and tone that completely a wed the peasants. "Uo back directly, seize Ituralde, and bring him here." The men shouldered their weapons, retraced their steps, laid hold of their old leader, and carried hint off to the new one. In an hour Ituralde was at liberty, and installed as Zutnala . earreguy's lieutenant, and a good and f dtlnul one lie proved, But difficulties infinitely more serious than petty rivalry were thickening round the Uarltst. 'fen thousand men garri soned the fortresses, and Sarstield was coming up from 13urgoswith10,010 more. That chief was soon on the ground, and then the whole great force gathered iu ' a semi-circle round the guerillas, and bore - them helplessly backward to the ridge of the Pyrenees, where 25,000 Frenchmen held the passes in the inter ests of the Queen. Three days more of a tie I,lartti t/e/t sintettig/cit?et VOLUME 72 Autumn and there would have been an end of Zumalacarreguy, when, just at the nick of time, Winter interposed and chained the Christinos to inaction. But I not the Carlists. All through that Win ter Zumalacarreguy was indefatigable ' 1 e had joined the war not to waste his life harassing the Government as a mere partisan, but to overthrow it as the lead er of an army. And before the melting of the snows that gave him the oppor tunity he had moulded his followers —hardly Silt) men all told—into the nucleus of the instrument he de sired. lie drilled them incessantly, and he brought them into collision with the Christinos under circumstances that rendered success a certainty, thus giving them the great essentials of soldiership —consistence and confidence. He beat up the Christino quarters here and there and everywhere, quadrupling his force by activity, all but sleepless and obi quitons, and writing every error of his opponents in their blood, until, in less than a fortnight, he became their ter ror. None of the smut ler posts were safe from his swoop, and long before the frost was over they were all withdrawn from the inure distant valleys. Of these the Carlists at once took possession, and organized a government of their own in the llastan, under the Presidency of the priest Echeverria. And a very efficient weapon it proved in his hands, its en actment.; being obeyed everywhere, save just on the spots occupied by the Queen's troops: tor the people of the northeast were to a man l'arsists. Sarstield was a good soldier when he his Side or 1111101,111 , 1 10 he sober. )tut he Was notoriously 11dillet.ed to wine, soil more than suspected of Carlisin. Ile, therefore, was speedily removed, and Viddi c., a thorough Liberal, ap pi,olle4l ;11 his Strad, The new general issimo arrived with the Spring, awl his first crusts were directed towards the destiociimi of the insurreetionary gur ermm~ent in the Castan. Early in Feb unary, them he gathered a powerful col umn at l'ampeluna mid marched rap idly on ',molders, where the Carlist Junta 111111 its sittings. Ile had only six leagues to traverse, but over such a road—up ItAl and down, through defile and torrent, the E . irkstone Cass tieing a trifle in comparison. 1f Valdez had ever clreanit rig ',molders he soon abandoned the idea. l'ampeltina was wit yet out of sight when, like drops from the jail of a thunder-cloud, the I'M - list. !sills began to patter among his ranks--three Of four at a time—and from every cover that conduanded the roads. The aim was good, and the cam iLies soon rose to a startling figure; while it was useless to return the lire, and worse than useless to pursue the marksmen. Lumbiers seas reached at last, but the J unta had escaped hours nefore up the valley. Thither Valdez determined hi follow, anal thither the Carlists r• treated before him, skirmish ing as they went. At last the chosen point, was reached; a spot where the road narrowed to a yard or two, and plunged suddenly between precipitous here the larlkto were post ed in tunic. Valdez MideaVored to drive them oft'; hut his wearied ranks attack ed with reluctance and recoiled with alacrity. There was nothing left him hilt retreat, which was dogged and tor- Mented 111110 the eery Walla of ralllflo - The moment. he turned his back ilicilunta was re-cstahlisheil in the Bas tan, which henceforth became the heart of the revolt. A fortnight after Zumalacarreguy made a dash :it Estella--twenty-live miles south-east of Pampeluna—and was repulsed alter a sharp encounter. " Never mind," said he to his fol lowers as he withdrew; "better luck next time." lour days after he made a still more daring attack on Vittoria, and all but took the place. Ile had actually penetrated the centre .f the city, when his Inou 0 tai 0- eers, unable to resist the temptation, seattered to plunder—especially the %vine-cellars. While thus agreeably en gaged, a panic seized them ; out they 'Haired from :mmHg, the casks ' and away they ran in spite of their leader's efffirts to rally them, leaving behind thirty of their comrades who had achieved the rather difficult feat of getting helplessly drunk ill live minutes. Tlitis Vittoria Was lost as quickly as it had been won. Zunialacarreguy, however, carried Ml' a good deal of plunder and 120 pri, offers ; and as his own thirty stragglers were immediately shot by the garrison, he slaughtered every man of them. Nor was this by any means the first instance of the kind. From the outset of the strife no quarter was the rule, and, fur the first time since Religion had ceased 11/marshal armies, Europe saw the black flag' with "the death's-head and cross bones" wave over the ranks of battle, and was horrified with a war of exter mination. A few days liVer Zumalacar reguy made his appearance with a shell; der following under the walls of Pam pc . lima. 'cite garrison took the bait. sallied in strength, 11.1111 was decoyed several marches 01l among the hills. Then, after doing them as in uch mischief as he could, the Earlist suddenly vanished. Tile Le i wildered risti nos returned foot-sore to the city, to find that the light-heeled partisan had been there before them, carrying, Mb a valuable convoy front the very gates. A hundred similar feats followed in quick succession. And every Success strengthened his ranks, ffir, on all occasions, his main ob ject was the Christino tame. These he gathered by tile score, and fur every musket he captured he found a dozen candidates among the moun taineers. Indeed, his HO dispirited fu gitives had multiplied by April to 7,01)0 daring soldiers ; and to a large extent they were an army in eq.iipment as well as in numbers and courage. It must be allowed that in matters of dress they presented rather a motley appearance. Eniforms they had none, except the red Itiscar cap and the hempen sandal.— Along' with these some wore the provin cial sheepskin jacket ; but the majority were arrayed, as taste and fortune willed, in thespoils of the enemy. There was, however, up such variety in arm ament. Each soldier carried musket and bayonet, but neither cartridge box our knapsack. Instead of the first he sported a leather belt, buckling be hind, and stowed in front with twenty till tuLcs, each containing a single charge ; and in place of the second he Lure a canvas bag, holding a shirt, a pair of sandals, and a day's provision, but nothing else. Zumalacarraguy's arsenal lying altogether in the enemy's ranks, he was still, in spite of his successes, short of many essentials. He had hardly any cavalry. 'chat, however, consider ing the character of the country, was of very little consequence. A more serious matter was that the strong places were all in the hands of the enemy, while he had no refuge but the hills. Nor could he hope to Will one without a battering trai n, and a, yet he possessed but a single gull. This was an IS-pounder, at least a century old, which had lain aban dolled and rusting among the hills ever Alice the War of Succession. It could seldom be used for WantnialnlnUllitiOn and then it was continually giving way and undergoing amputation about the muzzle ; so that it -ccanw a by NVOI'd in the army that the abusla, or grand mother, as the piece was called, would be no longer than a pistol lry the time the war was over. On the other hand the Christinos were well provided with artillery, used it well, and frequently owed their salvation to it Ilut the Carlist chief was a man of infinite re source, and having been joined by Tomas Reyna, a young ollicer of engi neers fresh from the military school, he sent him up the Ilastan to cast a few pieces out of pots, pans, and other such articles. And after a world of trouble and countless failures, Reyna succeeded in producing four very serviceable mor tars, to throw the shells which had been taken from the enemy. These pieces were buried among the hills until re quired ; they were then dug up and transported from village to village until they reached the scene of action.— This was the duty of the non-combat anti, and as they, were responsible for the safety of the guns as well as for their transport, they took good care never to be surprised at the work. Finding the contest expand, the tiov ernment organized a formidable body of regulars for this especial service.— 'these, the Chapelgorras or Pesiteros, being recruited for the most part iu Bis cay and Navarre, were looked upon as retiegades by the Carlists, and hated ac cordingly. Nor were the Chapelgorras slow to return the feeling, or to merit it. Indeed, with their knowledge of the country and' their animus, they proved themselves by far the most formidable enemies that the insurgents had to encounter. Zumalacarreguy also had his special battalions. The extraor- •Phis was the favorite banner of the Carlists and was occasionally adopted :by their oppo nents dinary fiscal system of old Spain ren dering smuggling the most lucrative employments in the kingdom, especially along the French border, had trained quite an army of desperadoes in habits of cunning and daring unequalled, ex cept perhaps among the Red Indians. As the war had nearly destroyed their occupation, most of these men took ser vice with Zumalacarreguy, and he soon utilized their special qualities. Dividing them in parties (partidai) of twenty to fifty each, he blockaded by their means nearly every one of the Christino garri sons, as follows : One of these parlidas was placed within gunshot of each gate, t with orders to shoot every man and shave the head of every woman attempting to enter the interdicted fortress. Thanks to the bitter party-feeling of the mass of the people, the partida4 were not very ; frequently required to carry out these orders. But when circumstances de :minded such severity, they shot or shaved, as the case might be, without compunction. As to the garrison, the smugglers were mostly dead shots, and every one that showed upon the ram parts was pretty cute to be turned into a target. Nor were these pests to be driven off, except by a sally in force; and then they retired lighting, to re smile their posts the moment the pur -1 suit relaxed. In this way Zumnlacarre -1 guy had reduced Painpeluna itself to the greatest straits by the time Val dez laid down his command to become War Minister at Madrid. The beleaguered city received the I rompt attention of Quesada, the new chief. Ile gathered a convoy, selected his battalions, and marched from Vitto ria on the ggd of April, Under his protection journeyed several hun dred civilians—merchants and others— having business al Pampeluna ; so that this particular expedition bore consid erable resemblance to the Mecca pil grimage in the days of the \Vahabees. Among the other noti•combatants, on his way to wed an heiress of Pampelu na, went the young Count O'Donnel, the gallant scion of a gallant house, which was almost annihilated in this fearful contest. Qucsada made his first notrell without event. Ile halted that night at the entrance of the llorunda, a very good European edition of the Khy ber Pass. I lere his scouts warned him that Zumalacarreguy lay ill force some dislanee up the defile. Quesada at once took pen, and indite,' a very Spanish letter. '• You cannot withstand tile,'' wrote Le; the " thing is absurd to think of. Lay downlyour arms then, and dis band, while the night gives you the op ity." This letter he addressed to the " Chief of the Brigands," and des patched with a flag of truce. "There are no brigands here," said Zunialacar reguy, with a grim smile, and the let ter was returned unopened. Both ar mies rose betimes; the Carlists main tained their position, and Quesada re sumed his course. A short live miles brought him in sight of the foe. They were posted near Alsassua, in an angle 111 the gorge. But ill spite a his vaunt ing, the Christinochiefshrank from tile assault, and took up a defensive post— alma t the worst thing he could have short of absolutely turning his back. this tacit confession of inferior ity Inv! its full effect upon his followers, and Zumalacarreguy gave them little time to recover their spirits. lie at tacked fiercely in front, mid it after I turalde came down on their flank. 'This was more than the Chris tinos could stand,so they turned and ran, Quesada among the first. Now, Hight through a defile is a tearful thing at the best of times ; but doubly so when a swarm of ferocious mountaineers, who know every nook and turn, and who .1111 leap and like goats, are thun dering in pursuit. But there was one good soldier among the Christinos—the young Count O'Donnel. Rallying with great exertion a. company of the Guards, he threw them across the pass, and stemmed the tide of battle until the majority of the fugitives had escaped. Then, surrounded on all sides, he laid down his arms amid the admiration of the Carlists. Quesada's military chest, :ill his baggage, and many prisoners were taken, :Old anal dead buried where they had fallen, while enough of weap ons were picked up on the field to arm a new battallion of Carlists. And in spite of O'Donnel's defence, the victory would have been still more complete had not another powerful Christino di vision come up directly after. Rallying the remnant of his host under this cover, Quesada turned sharp to the left, climbed the moun tains into I lutpuscon, and march ed upon Tolosa. There lie gathered reinforcements from the neighboring garrisons, and started once more for Pampeluna, by way of Lecumberri. Three miles north of this pass he was net again by the Carlists, who gave way before his artillery, after inflicting a severer loss than they II:01 suffered. By this roundabout way Quesada reach ed Panipeluna without further opposi tion, but, like a true coward, marking every step of his track in blood and fire. \Visiting much to save O'Donnel, Zumalacarreguy wrote to the Christinos proff•ring an exchange of prisoners. Quesada replied by shooting the few Carlists ill his hands. These were but five in all, one being the alcalde of a neighbouring hamlet. In return the stern ('artist shot O'Donnel and the 'three other officers for the alcalde, and twenty-four volunteers. 0' Donne' oiler ed a large ransom for his life, but find ing that inefffctual, he died as he had fought, like a hero. The news of this success spread like wild-lire. Animated thereby, the Carl ists resumed their arms in several other provinces; and a number of gallant spirits, some of them English, but most of them French Legitimists, made their way through the cordon, and threw themselves heart and soul into the des perate strife, generally to perish therein. As for Zumalacarreguy, the open coun try was now in his hands. :Nothing re mained to the Liberals except the fort resses. Nor did they dare to move, ex cept in formidable masses and covered by a powerful artillery. Quesada found it as difficult to get out of Pam peluna as to get into it Muster ing s,oun men, lie made a dash up the Bastan, gained the pass of Lecumberri without opposition, entered puscoa, and endeavoured to reach Vittoria by the great northern road. But Zavalla and the mountaineers of Biscay, fresh from a recent victory, flung themselves into a strong position right across his path and, in spite of himself, he was compelled to cross the ridge into the dreaded Borunda, where Zumalacarre guy lay in wait. Hearing of his chief's extremity, Lorenzo, who commanded iu Pampeluna, sallied out with 3,000 men, and encountered the Carlists at t;oulinas, in the depths of the defile. They were hourly expecting Q esada in the other direction, but they snrank not from the shock. The pass narrows at Uoulinas to some ten yards, and winds thus for more than a furlong between t wo gigan tic roc ks called the :Sisters, that rise perpendicul irly for hundreds of feet. Lorenzo drew back from the tight with the loss of iloo men, as many muskets, and: great quantities of ammunition, and returned to his hold. Thither Q.ue sada followed him a few hours later, the Carlists having unbarred the pass to his comparatively fresh troops. Quesada, it was evident, could not cope with the mountain chief—so he was recalled, and Rodil, esteemed the best captain of his party, appointed in his stead. Rod il came up from a very successful campaign in Portugal with a great repu tation and 10,000 fresh men. A power ful reinforcement this; but hardly so many as had been lost by disease, hard ship, battle, and execution since the commencement of this inconceivably destructive war. Pampeluna was his first object also, and leaving 4,000 of his men in various posts between Vittoria and Logrona, he entered the place on the oth of July with the remainder, and released Quesada. There he paused long enough to issue a fer'ocious procla mation, and then took the field. Rodil was, in canting phrase, " a tower of strength" to the Christinos. And, oddly enough, the Carlists had just obtained a similar object in the person of Don Carlos. 'Phis very respectable, but rather addle-headed prince had at last consented to cut off his mous taches,• and run the blockade nutlet the guidance of a clever adventurer, Monsieur Auguet, alias the Baron de los Valles, a character who had been sol dier, bagman, journalist, political in triguer—everything, except perhaps priest, by turns, and who had shown himself a consummate traveller in dark and devious paths. Directed by him, Don Carlos found no difficulty in tra- ...He began with remarkable cheerfulness by cutting away his moustache—a sacrifice at all times painful to a Castilian. The amiable Madame B. had taken upon herself the task of dyeing his hair:'—DE LOS VALLES. LANCASTER, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING JUNE 14, 1871 versing France, and crossing Zumala carreguy's headquarters, where he arr i rived on the 14th of July. The main body of the Carlists were now massed in the Amescoas. This is a sort of Spanish Dartmoor. a sin- , gular maze of mountain and ravine, covering an area of five hundred square miles, between the Borunda, the Ebro, and the Arga. A few villages, connected by goat-paths. dot its surface. and it is tenanted only by herdsmen and hunters, flocks and wolves. Valueless in an agricultural point of view, it was of the highest importance as a military position, lying as it did in the midst of the principal fortresses, and command- ing the two great roads to Pampeluna, the key 01 the north. Round the Ames coas, Rodil gathered his troops, 7.000 men 1 under Espartero and Jaureguy, occupied the northern road ; white the General issimo himself, with 10,000, held the highway to the south, In th.s position the hosts remained for some days. But Zumalacarreguy felt that delay was his worst foe, and since Rodil would not I take the initiative, he assumed it himself. Early on the :I`-ith, then, a cloud of skirmishers issued front the rocks and assailed Rodil's centre. The latter met them vigorously, and the af fair grew warmer as the day advanced, until by noon 7,000 men were engaged in it on the part of the Christi nos. Zu malacarreguy gave way before this I muss, Rodil pursued exulting, and the light rolled back among the mountains, until, without knowing exactly how the thing had happened,the Liberal general found himself involved in the narrow gorge that communicates between the upper Amescoas and the lower, and as sailed on every side. But Rodil was a , different man to Quesada—an able, iron veteran, who had the full confidence of his soldiers, and he extricated himself front the trap, thought not without great exertion, and touch peril and heavy loss. While smarting from this defeat, Rodil heard that Zumala carreguy's youngest child—not a year old—was at nurse in the neighbor hood of l'am peluna ; he seized the baby, bud, as a military execution was here out of the question, sent it to the found ling hospital. Don Carlos, who:proved no great as , quisition to the army, now removed to the seat of government in the Bastan. Rodil,• hearing of this, determined to drive the pretender over the frontier or take him prisoner. With lids view, he carried the mass of his army into the Bastan. Zumalacarreguy took advan tage of his abseiled to despatch a Ilying column over the Ebro, and then follow- ed hard on his track. Rodil hunted Don Carlos out of the Bastan, followed him to Guipuscoa, chased him back to the Basta!' again, thence through the Am escoas, and hither and thither through Biscay and Amigo'', with the persist ence of a bloodhound, for more than a mouth. The Prince during this time led sonic such life as the younger z'tuart after Culloden. Ile hail a hun- dred narrow escapes, and would infalli bly have been taken but for the devo tion of Eraso, another Carlisthero, and, to our thinking, of a mould even supe rior to Zumalacarreguy. The latter conscious M . his high qualities, had not long before proffered him the CUM mand. But Eraso was wasting in the grasp of a mortal disease, which carried hint off a year later, and made that an excuse for declining the honor. The most ro bust health, however, could not have been inure watchful and unwearying lu charge of the Prince than Eraso, lilld thanks to him,Rodil was always battled. This, however, does not appear, to the eye of cairn reason, to have been the best thing for the Carlist cause. At large Don Carlos proved its ruin. But a prisoner, what could the Liberals have done with hint? Would he nut have been the source of contention among them, the origin of divisions, the centre of intrigue? And how greatly these things would have aided the exertions of the military chiefs need not be told. Rod it took a fearful re venge for his disappointment, burning and destroying wherever he set foot,and conducting his flying march with too much skill to give his indefatigable pur suer Matt chancy. A month without a victory was a new thing to the Carlists, and,w Lb Rodi I's ravages unavenged, de pressed them like a defeat. Zuni alacar reguy looked eagerly in all directions for an opportunity of striking such a stroke as should reserve his men, and soon found exactly what lie wanted. Thinking him sufficiently occupied in another quarter, a convoy was got ready by the Christinos, and dispatched by the southern road to Painpeluna, in charge often. Carotid olet and a sufficient escort. But, as usual, the Carlist captain had timely notice of themovement. Carondo let gained Estella, more than half-way, and passed two miles beyond without interruption. There, however, the road winds through the dense woods and wild rocks of St. ( laustus, and in those woods, and behind those rocks, close as tigers by the jungle-path, lay the Car lists. Not a banner waved, not a mus ket gleamed, not a whisper breathed in their ranks. 'rile Christitm van plunged heedless into the puss; the main body followed singing, and the rear-guard, closing the careless march, disappeared beneath the boughs. Half the green arcade was passed. Then a bugle peal ed up from the mountain fern, right and left flashed a deafening volley and fierce through the smoke rushed the Carlists with the bayonet. Carondolet escaped, but his column was destroyed and his convoy captured. Among the prisoners was the Urandee Via Manuel. Won by his bearing, Zumalacarreguy again attempted to arrest the cold-blood ed slaughter of prisoners. But Rodil had stringent orders to spare none, and his iron heart was only too willing to carry them out. Via Manuel, therefore, perished, ;like ten thousand others, in this terrible strife. Giving up his fruitless chase, Itodil adopted another plan, and set to work vigorously fortifying the passes and building block-houses through the valleys, with the view of confin ing the Carlists to the hill-trips, and thus eventually starving them into submission. It was a shrewd device; but Rodil was not permitted to profit by it. Meanwhile his opponent was just as busy on his side. Carondo• let, as we have seen, had escaped from St. Faustus; but Zumalacar.eguy had not done with him yet. The Franco• Spaniard lay with :int( foot and 0110 horse, in Liana, on the Ebro. There were' fourteen miles of comparative plain between this town and the Amescoas, and the streets were trenched and barri caded. Carondolet, therefore, thought himself is full security, and kept cur , responding watch. Zumalacarreguy, however, held a different opinion. Most of his men were Christinos in dress, and not to be distinguished from (hem at a distance. So, on the 4th of Septem ber, lie moved with four battalions and his handful of horsemen on the town, detaining every one he met by the way. So skilfully did he manage, and so care lessly did Carondolet watch, that the surprise was complete. After a faint at tempt at resistance, the Ch risti nos fled, most of them to a convent too strong for a coup do main; and Zumalacarreguy, having killed 400 of the enemy, and cap tured 200 horses, besides prisoners and baggage, retired before the garrison of Logrono, only three miles off, could come up in relief. The able and energetic Rodil had tax ed Zumalacarreguy's resources to the utmost, and repeatedly reduced the Car list to great straits. He had ravaged to a vast extent, sparing neither hovel, I mill, convent, nor church. But, though the divisions under his own immediate control had escaped any:serious disaster, his lieutenants had been ceaselessly beaten. And, while lie had lost enor mously—not less than 10,000 men—dur ing his short tenure of command, lie had not a single triumph to allege in extenuation. He was, therefore, recall ed, and Mina named to replace him But Mina being in bad health, some some time had to elapse before he could appear on the scene, and Rodil deter mined if possible to redeem his lost fame in the interval. And well did he bestir himself. In a week he had thrown six strong columns round the Amescoas, numbering 30,000 men in all. As for Zumalacarreguy, he had hardly a fifth of that number in hand. He had fifty blockades to maintain, for a great part of his strength depended on the protection which he gave the peas ants against the marauding garrisons. And besides, the withering tactics of Rodil had dispirited his men to such an extent that, in spite of his victories, they had fallen away of late by hun dreds. Dissensions, too, that sure fore runner of ruin, was beginning to appear everywhere, except in hisown presence. But the hero himself was far from des pairing. And never did he display such astonishing activity. To-day he was --- ---- - across the Ebro, to-morrow at the gate hers." And what a " decided superior of Pampeluna ; at midnight he swept ity of numbers" meant in the present the Borunda ; at noon he cut off a de „ demoralized state of their troops, the tachment in sight of Tafulla. For days Christino leaders in general were in. the Christinos knew not Where to look , clined to put at a figure so high that for him, and could do no more than , there wassmall chance of drawing them stand to their arms. At length he took into ah engagement unless by surprise. a wider sweep than usual over the , At length, on the 12th of December, Ebro. Rodil heard of the move- 1 Cordova, with 12.000 men, met the Car men[, threw a cordon along the 1 list leader with something less than fords behind him, and, confident that 2,000 on a fair field, and as nobody could he was now secure fifty miles off to the : doubt that there was here the requisite south, he thought he might safely vein-; superiority, Cordova engaged, and lure a convoy through the dreaded Bo- „ handled his opponent with some sever runda, under shelter of Osroa's power- : try. The defeat, however, was not a ful division. °SLIM paused on the night rout, and three days afterwards 'Guinn of the 27th of October at the village of lacarreguy again met Cordova, not far Alegria, midway between Vittoria and . from the same spot.! But, as on this oc- Salvatierra. At daybreak he heard a, casion the Carlists were rather more scattered firing in the direction of the ! than one to six, the result was very con latter town. Knowing that its governor ! siderably different. They killed and wounded 1,500 of the foe. and deprived was expected at Vittoria with a number i of political prisoners, he con el uded that 1 them of 3,000 muskets and as many uni- ' his march had been assailed by a troop I forms, which meant an addition to their of partidas, and despatched Brigadier I own ranks of an equal number of men.. O'Boyle with 3,000 men and two guns to, A ai milin victory closed the old year, and disengage him. Osnia was right as to , a third of equal importance opened 15;35. the cause of the firing. The Governor I Towards the end of February, Mina, of Salvatierra had indeed been inter- ! who had received powerful reinforce- cepted and driven back with his pris- ' merits, undertook some such chase as , oners ; but by something more formida- his predecessor, only instead of hunting ble than mere partidas. After marching, „ Don Carlos, Mina chased the Carlist or a league, O'Boyle, much to his astonish- ! titlery; but with the very smallest sue- merit, came lull upon Zumalacarreguy ' cess. Zumidacarreguy, too, was fully 1 with a force as numerous as his own, ' employed, though in quite another : -tinged in order of brittle. The Carlists I way. Giving his attention to the were advancing and O'Boyle took up a „ strong places, he assailed Elisonda in „ position a little to the north of the road, , the Basta'', won a battle, and failed. , with his right and his guns on a hill, . He then attempted Zega, in the same and his left covered by a wood. The' quarter with the same result. He re- Carlists, maddened by Rod it's ravages, , sumed his attempt on Elisonda, and had I charged headlong through a terrible fire i to retreat before Mina, Who came up and broke the Christitios. Just at this , with overwhelming numbers, At last, instant Ituralde, who had been detach- „ on the 14th of February, he brought a ed with this very purpo s e, took them in , siege to a successful close, and entered the rear. The fight subsided into a I Los Ana's, There he captured an hos massacre, for the Christinos threw away , pital, WO muskets, four guns, and a large their weapons to ily, and the Carlists magazine, and shot all the officers taken I gave no quarter until wearied with ! with arms in their hands. Some few 1 slaying. 0'D,, 3 1,, , , division was d e _ i days later he pounced on a convoy, and stroyed, and himself falling with I sustained a harsh repulse. Without a i his horse made prisoner. He was I pause, lie dashed straight from the fi eld , brought to Zumalacarregu v. " Lif e — towards the Bastan, Whither Mina was life, for God's sake, life l" pleaded the ! leading 5 000 men. The latter had a prisoner. "-A con fessor, quick:'' re- I long start, but Zumalacarreguy managed plied the Carlist. O'Boyle, his brother ' „ to head hint, and took up one of his fa and the other captive officers were led 1 vorite positions in a narrow gorge, hal f aside, allowed a short shrift; and then i way up the valley. A fierce fight en —six paces, a tile of mountaineers, and i sued, for here Greek met Greek. Mina a shallow grave for each. Sunday morn- i forced his way through, but he lost all ing broke, a dozen priests threw down his cavalry. The government poured their muskets to sing a hasty mass for, reinforcements into the country, until the slain, and tliegod of battles resumed ! their army mustered 01,000 men ; but his sway. Osma was soon warned of 1 the Carlist captain pursued his course O'Boyle's defeat He heard, too, that a! unchecked. Aided by the guns cap few of the fugitives had shut themselves tured at Los Arcos, he took Arenas, a up in A rieta, a neighboring village, and Post Which Rodil had fortified in the concluded that this meant the greater 1 centre of the Borunda. Her , he found part of the division, instead of between 1 four more guns, and the garri -300 and lull men, as was really the fact, ! sou to a man entered his ranks for he never dreamt of such a crushing' , In revenge for this success, Mina defeat. Ile marched promptly to the bayoneted forty wounded Carlists rescue With Mu r guns and 1,0000 men, in one place and twenty in another, all that were left of his command. Hear ing of his approach Zumalacarreguy besides shooting one in every five of the , male inhabitants ig who had marshalled Ins ranks. " Here," said he, 1 been employed in t h e transport of the "comes Osina and his men. We did Carlist artillery. lie had, however, the ! well yesterday, What ,hall we do to-day, ' generosity to restore his child to Fir ma tight or retreat .."' "Fight, light:" yelled lacarreguy, of Whom, indeed, he always the Carlists, rushing unbidden to the j sP"I,O in unqualified praise. " That attack. Osma had hardly time to Onto , man," he was accustomed to remark, his line when the foe was upon and ! " would make soldiers out of the very through it. Nothing could stand before „ trees." On the 34th of March, the Car them, and the field was lost and won in ! list intercepted a body of ,new troops, , a twinkling. But the slaughter was less : tl,OlO in number, near Los Arms. The on this occasion, because, in the first 1 affair that ensued was well disputed, place, the Christinos had a clear course and lasted two days, the Christinos be Or flight; ill the aecond Vittoria and its ' ing filially defeated, with the loss of powerful garrison was at Laud ; and in , their general and 1,000 men. Next the third, Zumalacarreguy had thought'. day the unwearying chief was across lit to cry "Quarter!" The s l a in, l ion , ! the Amescoas, attacking Mitestu, an- ever, were sufficiently numerous. 2,n00 „ other of Rodil's fortifications. 10,- bodies were buried after both actions, „ non Christinos issued Cann Vittoria to and of these hardly 1. - ,0 were Carlists.— . its relief, and the assailants drew off, Many valiant deeds were done on both I to swoop down again upon his prey the days, and among the very bravest atilt, ! moment the column receded. He found victors, ever first ill the lire, was a little : however, that the Liberals had saved shrivelled one-armed old man, wearing I him all further trouble there, by blow a round white hat and a blue dress-coat, ing up the works. It was now Mina's nourishing a rapier as long as himself, , turn to be disgraced. He had won a and stumbling along ou a ragged pie- great reputation hi it great war, and bald pony. This quixotish figure was , against great captains; but though he the Marquis Valdespina, a mull who had had not suffered like Quesada and Rodil, sacrificed ...!iyaint. at year to his opinions. , lie had clearly proved his inability to That night the Carlists retired in two cope with such a man as Zumalacarre divisions. \Vitt' the first went the' guy; so he too was recalled, and Valdez. mass of the prisoners, numbering coo,' the War Minister, took his place. mid with the second marched too more, • By this the Carlist army counted full who had been captured towards the ' 30 , 000 men, all good soldiers, and, artil close of the pursuit, 0,0 late to be sent lery aside, all tolerably armed. 13ut they to the rear. The officer guarding them were greatly hampered by the strong had but thirty men, and felt seriously I places and II e difficulty of obtaining embarrassed with his charge. " What powder, The fortresses usually para shall 1 do'."' inquired he. "Tie th.an," „ lyzed one half of their strength; indeed, replied the General. " There are no I were it not for them they would have cords." " Then kill them I" and Zumal , closed the struggle triumphantly with acarreguy rode off. Directly :titer, an in the first year. And they were again aid-de-camp galloped up to the Cap • . and again checked in the moment of tain—but not to countermand the 1 victory by the failure of ammunition. order—nothing of the kind. "I ;et rid !To conceal his deficiency in this essen of these fellows as soon as you can," tial, ZUmalaearreguy was accustomed to said the aid, " but take care not to 1 delay the distribution of cartridges until alarm I turalde's division by any firing: , 1 the foe was in sight, and thus neither The escort fixed bayonets—the rest is ! friend nor foe could tell with what in horrible. 1 significant provision he went into ac- The last defeats appalled the Christi_ lion. As to the support of this host, nos, and gave new life to the insurrec , t h e country willingly provided rations, tion, which, under the terrible Cabrera, „ and its leader clothed and armed it from soon (lamed up in Catalonia, fiercely than in Navarre. But still the 1 largely only less , the Christi!' o magazines, and paid it out of the Christino military strong towns remaintal with the Li her- , chest. Ile gathered large sums, too, by ails. Their great antagonist lacked even , way of contribution; arid much money the means of winning such a paltry found its way into his hands from abroad Mare as Seonia, which repelled his as, I—some front Italy and Austria, more sault iv in h some I,lSs A short time at"- I from Russia and the Legitimists of ter he was disappointed of a valuable ' Vrance, but most of all from the other convoy, which he would infallibly have quarters of Spain, where the clergy es taken but for that then rare thing pecially were indefatigable in gathering among the Carlists—Marolta being yet finuls for this,in their view,apostol ic con unk nswii_a pi e , of treac h e ry. Ti, test ; though, had they known Zumala alcable of Miranda, a man deep in their ! earreguY, his broad views and great secrets, had been bought over by i plans, and the reforms he contemplated the other side. A ar e of Zumal- ill Spain, they would hardly have been acarreguy's purpose and determined so enthusiastic in his cause. TIIC COllll - frustrate it, he procured at Lib- try where he fought was not so wasted eral priest to write a letter after his as might have been supposed. Indeed, dictation. This he dispatched by a contrary to the received opinion, the trusty messenger, and the convoy was seat of War usually gains in point of saved. That night the three were ar- wealth, unless when victory is directed rested in their beds, tried by court-mar- by chiefs like Napoleon, Attila, and Karl, convicted and shot before daybreak —confesyilig[heirguihi. W \Vallenstein, Who make the miserable confessing their guilt. Indeed, it as people support the strife that whirls useless to deny it. The general showed across their fields. But Napoleons, A.- !Muse' f perfectly acquainted with every tilts, and Wallensteins are exceptional step they hail taken in the matter, leaders. Modern hostilities are conduct though how he had gained his k now l- ed on another plan than theirs ; the corn edge nobody could tell. Thi„., mai t se , batants bleed even more in purse than end similar incidents gave him a striiiige in person ; and while their bodies fatten and singularly useful repute with the the soil on which they strive, their vulgar. They would as soon have money generally goes to swell the pock thought of playing false with the Vir- eta of the natives. So it wits in Holland gin, or cheating the Prince of Darkness I luring the forty years' war with Spain ; as Zumalaearreguy. But there was Iso it was in France during the contests nothing very occult in the affair. Ile iof the League; and so to a great extent made as largea use of spies as the ablest I it was at this period in I3iscay and Nit lemlers usually do, and that was all. varre, whither all the wealth of Spain One of the chiefof his spies was Xime- !lowed in a s early cutteni, until the nes, a little old peasant of Villafranca on treason of Marotta, tfre , sineapacity of the A rga. Unlike the restof his tribe, this Don Carlos, and the wish of many of man served Ii is partyout ,if pure affection. the chiefs to enjoy their gains, put an Two of his sons were fighting, for Bon end to the strife. Carlos; but the eldest, the land ly scape. Valdez was brave and skilful, and not grace, had taken service with the Lib- less generous and humane. He alone snots, and held the fortified church of of all the Christino chiefs hitherto had V ilia franca at the head hf fifty irregu- dared to show mercy to the vanquialied. lass. These brigamls, and particularly He had been known to place the Car their captain, were the terror of the list prisoners in situations that facilitats country round, shooting men, carrying ed escape, and he had repeatedly filled off women, and levying black mail to a the pockets of their wounded out of his fearful extent; but, bad as they were, own wealth, and send them to their being not a wnit worse than any one of homes. But he, too, had been perverted a hundred other Liberal garrisons. Zu- by the strife, and he resumed the corn malacarreguy determined to extirpate wand bent on exterminating the ene th is particular nest of maraudera, so he my. In his case this fell resolve was sent a strong party against them one the result of deliberate reasoning, and night, under the guidance of old not in any particular of passion. Thus, Xi menes. The robbers, ever watchful, and thus only, did he consider that the detecting the advancing column, retired Carlists were to be vanquished. And to their hold; but the assailants came on fortifying his reluctant heart by the in overwhelming force and battered cruel examples of history, he made up down the doors. The irregulars, his mind to play the demon to the ut however, retreated to the steeple, termost. " Submit within fifteen days" and broke away the stairs behind said his proclamation to the insurgents, them. Having no time to starve them "or I give your population to fire and out, the Carlists resolved to try what sword. The measure is a painful one, fire could effect. Heaps of combustible but sentiment must give way to the na matter—were collected, and the flames [tonal welfare; the burning of Moscow soon rose fiercely, lighting the gloom saved Russia. To you, then I bring for leagues. It fastened on the W 301.1- peace, or Extcrmination—make your work of the building, and one after an- choice." But the mountaineers saw other the floors fell in ; then', the bells another and a brighter alternative, and .toppled down ; but the gang, or such continued the strife. of them as survived, wedged themselves Valdez reached Vittoria on the 10th of in the crevices and the deep windows, April ; his proclamation came out ou the and . remained as obstinate as ever. The 17th ; and on the 18th he started with fire died out at last, but the smoke—the 0,000 men to slaughter, burn, and de worse enemy of the two—rose thicker stroy in the Amescoas. Zumalacarre than ever, andthe assailants soon ren- guy was then in Guipuscoa, where the dered It unbearable by the addition of news quickly reached him, and rousing several bundles of pimento to the pile. his nearest battalions, he rushed at After vainly attempting to make terms, speed through the pass of Lecumberri the villains surrendered at discretion. in the midst of a storm of sleet ' and It was then found that ten women and came up with Valdez near Eulate, in eleven children had been with him in the centre of the Amescoas, after a forty; the steeple. Three of the former and miles' march through the mountains.— four of the latter had perished by shot The Christino chief was amazed. Not or suffocation, and twenty of the brig- feeling himself sufficiently strong to ands. The survivors of course, were face these iron bands he retreated at shot. Nor did Ximenes make the once, and, thanks to the weariness of slightest attempt to save his first-born. his opponents, without much loss. By Accompanied by Don Carlos, Zumal- this time, however, several divisions acarreguy next made a sort of triumphal had concentrated at Vittoria in obedi procession through -Navarre. One after ence to his orders, and leaving a power another he appeared before the princi- ful garrison behind him he marched pal fortresses—Los Arcos, Estella, and again on the 20th for the Amescoas at Pampeluna, daring their powerful gar- the head of 18,000 men. risons to battle. But though Mina, who The Borunda divides the Pyrenees of had just come up, was in the last with Guipuscoa from the Sierra de Andia. 12,000 men, all declined the challenge. The latter is a double chain running For the Government had issued a decree east from the plains of Vittoria for twen forbidding their troops to engage unless ty-five or thirty miles ' to the neighbor with a "decided superiority of num- hood of Pampeluna ;.: there: irturns ---- - sharply to the south for fifteen or twenty miles, and ends abruptly near Estella. Between these ridges lie the gorges call ed the Amescoas—the lower stretching east and west, the upper north and south. These ravines abound in strong posts, and are connected and entered by un usually difficult passes. :Southward and eastward to within a few miles of the Ebro lie numerous other broad ridges and narrow gorges—the whole wilder ness, for such it is, being known as the A meseoas. Valdez entered the valley, and the people took to the crags with all they could carry Mr, for whatever was left, behind was devoted to destruction. Zumalacarreguy threw out some of his battalions to worry the front and flank of the invading column, while with the others he closed up the rear.— The Christinos moved on through the valley in a single dense mass, burning the villages and shooting the people and the cattle indiscriminately as they pass ed along, but not with impunity. tirey boulders, gnarled roots, and thickets covered the declivities, and every one of them spouted tire and death on the de stroyers. There were count less impedi ments in the way, and every tulle took an hour to cover; so the night fell long before Valdez had cleared the lower Amescoa. Ile dared not pass the hours of darkness in the gorge; so he climbed the ridge and bivouacked there mis erably, for the wind was bitterly cold, and in the confusion of the ascent the Carlists had captured all the sumpter mules. By daybreak the column was again in motion, still burn ing and destroying, add harassed, if possible, even worse than yesterday. Stragglers fell on' at every step from weariness and wounds, for none dared plunder, and every one died. The second night came, and again the Christi nos climbed the ridge, but not to rest. The sleet fell ceaselessly on their unsheltered heads, and a swami of busy partidas compelled them to stand to their arms till morning. Then the only thought in their honishing ranks was how to escape; Estella was only live miles Mr; but five such miles The I font nila, terrible as it was, was a jest to the path that led thither. That path, however, must be attempted; for as to retracing the march, another day in these uplands l i would have destroyed the army. From the heights where they stood a goat path led down bet wren precipituusclill, and Zumalacarreguy with WO men lined a copse at the bottom. Behind the lat ter tor half a nulls the narrow pass de scended rapidly between a roaring tor rent, un the one side and a wall of rock 500 feet high on the other. Valdez brought his guns to the verge of the cliff, and under coverof their tirellung his van to the assault. But the Carlists kept their ground relentlessly. Again and again, and still again, the Christinos rushed down the hill, but always to be thrust bark by the fire and steel of the foe. Thus four hours dragged along.— .Ran to fail, and he strained his can hear the volleys of his main body in the rear of the Uhristinos. Hut they rang not yet ; for the mountain was hard to climb 1111,1 difficult to traverse. At last a leading officer of the Carlists was struck and fell, some slight confusion followed and suspended the fire, and before it could he renewed 4,000 men had forced the descent. Valdez was saved by a hair's breadth, for at that instant the Carli,ts in the rear came up, and their heavy lire be gan to snide his ranks. The tight was now a curious one. Valdez was fiercely driving Zuwalacarreguy, and U01111.`7., Ituralde, and Eraso were nore fiercely driving Valdez down the rightful gorge. Tile Carlists in thevan sere ill great danger, and their chief !onfessed it, in characteristic form : he lisniounted and sent away his horse. he rushing mass behind threatened to n•erwhelut hint every moment. But not a man in his ranks faltered. Inch y inch he gave way before the ressure, cheek ing its fury every few Minutes with a close volley and the The Carlists followed up this great vie ory with several minor onus. Among (omen beat Espartero. And de- stroyed 5110 of his nwn in Biscay ; and Utievillas and Ilia defeated Oraa, with the loss of Loon, in the liastan. And ese triumphs must have been all the ore gratifying to the victors since they •re unstained by the slaughter of their isoners ; for by this time the efforts of France and England to slay this atro cious system of war had attained success, and the Elliott convention had collie into operation, much against the will of many leading Liberals, hut just in time to stave oil the vengeance which some of them had right well deserved. The Christinos shut themselves up in the fortresses, which were immediately blockaded by the (farlists. Zumalacar reguy attacked the smaller 'wets, hop ing thus to win artillery sufficient to enable him to master the larger ones.— freviso, lice miles from Vittoria, was carried first, and Villafranea, in ffuipits coa, was invested next. Espartero sal lied from ISi:boa with 7,000 men to re lieve it. Ile dreamt of surprising the besieging force, and set out 01le stormy night,—to be utterly surprised himself Zumalacarreguy, as usual, had penetrat ed the project of his antagonist, and taken the necessary precautions. Ac- )rilingly, while the Chri:itiries were arching along the Desearga heights in e darkness and the rain, the head of their column was suddenly assailed by Eraso, and rolled back on the rear. All was instantly confusion in their ranks, and though they ran fast enough. I,tion of them were made prisoners. Villa- francs, with 1,3011 men and large maga zines. surrendered next. clay. Bergara, Eybar, and a number of other places followed the example, and Tolosa, Du rango, and Salvatierra were abandoned. The Christi nos were utterly demoral ized, and had no hope left but foreign intervention. Zumalacarreguy looked round on his followers, II() W 40,010 stroll g, and worth three times the number of Liberals. There was nothing but en thusiasm in his ranks, and nought but apprehension among the f o e. He was satisfied. The longed-for hour had struck. Now," said he, " now for Madrid." It was not to be. The Prince shrank from the daring march, and commanded the hero to invest ltd boa. He obeyed ; but from that instant the shadow of death darkened over him. "He looks as if he were going to a funeral," remark ed the men, struck by the unwonted gloom. And, alas: the impression con veyed by his features was not belied. :Shortly after [besiege opened, a musket shot, evidently discharged at random, struck him in the leg. With anybody else the wound might have been severe, perhaps, but not at all dangerous. His restless spirit, however, could not brook the confinement of a sick-bed. liechaled and fretted himself into a fever, and in a week he was no more. He died on the 23d of June, 1535, leaving a gallant army and splendid hopes to his Prince, and his horse, his sword, and -Ist. in gold to his family. '` As a partisan, I re joice," said Mina, on hearing of the catastrophe; "but as a Spaniard, I must weep. My country has lost a loan fur whose like she may long look in vain." High and merited praise was this, hut not exactly correct. For, as we remarked at the outset, Spain is al ways reproducing Viriatus, that is—Z mAL.kcAuREGt2v. Fruit Culture—tild Errors Corrected. I. Instead of " trimming up" trees, according to the old fashion, to make them long-legged and long-armed, trim them loon, so as to make them even, snug and symmetrical. 2. Instead of manuring heavily in a small circle at the foot of the tree, spread the manure, if needed at all, broadcast over the whole surface. 3. Instead of spading a small circle about the stem, cultivate the whole sur face broadcast. 4. Prefer a well pulverized clean sur face in an orchard with a moderately rich soil, to heavy manuring, and a sur face covered with a hard crust and weeds or grass. 5. Remember that it is better to set out ten trees with all the necessary care to make them live and nourish, than to set out a hundred trees and have them all die from carelessness. G. Remember that tobacco is a poison and will kill insects rapidly if properly applied to them, and is one of the best drugs for freeing fruit trees rapidly of small vermin—and is better used in this way than to make men repulsive and d iseased.— Country Gentleman. • .H. V. Smith, a dentist of Meredith Village, N. H., is charged with the corn mission of an assault upon a young lady whom he had etherlzed. He has fled to the woods, and the people of the vicinity are hunting him. NUMBER 21 A Man Hurled In n Well-7111ritenInni Escape front Death. • Mr. John Wentzel, pump-maker, resid ing at No. 1.148 Perkiomen Avenue, had a miraculous deliverance front what seemed certain death, under circumstances of the most thrilling character, yesterday. Ile had been employed to repair a pump and clean a well, in a private alloy extending front Elm to Buttonwood streets, and be tween Eighth and Cedar. Having made the necessary repairs to the pump, he de scended the well, which Is about forty-two feet deep, and which contained about two feet of wa er, to replace the joints, when he was struck in the head by a stone which fell from above. Seeing the caving in of the entire stone wall impending, he started to ascend the rope, but, before he had gone far, some twenty feet of the wall fell in, burying him in the debris. The death of the unfortunate man was regarded as a foregone conclusion by the workmen, who immediately commenced to remove the immense mass of stone to recover his body. About three feet of the upper part of the wall remained, and these had to be picked apart, the stone falling upon the rest. As the news of the accident spread, an immense number of people con gregated at the scene, and the efforts of a number of the police force, in charge of Lieutenant Haggerty and Sergeant Grand, had to be called into requisition to keep on . [he crowd. The accident ocourred shortly before eleven o'clock. Rebels were furnished, and by noon some progress had been made. About this time one of the men asserted that he heard the voice of the entombed man below, but this was regarded as imagination. About 3 o'clock, however, therecould be no doubt that the man was still alive, as lie was heard to call repeat edly for help. At a fete minutes after four, his head was uncovered, and his tirst cry was fur water. Some stimulus Was administered to him, and his body was at length disengaged. Ile was discovered to be compressed between the bottom see• tics of we pump stock and the side of the well, a couple of . Mot above the water. In some peculiar manner the stone were arch ed over his head, and the NM artn was fast ened under the heavy mass, the other arm being partially disengaged, and clutching the rope. \Vhen drawn to the top the iii jared arm was paralyzed, and it was Mond that lie had suffered throe severe con melons upon the head. Ile could stand alone, and insisted on his ability to walk home, but Was carried thither on a settee. The injury to the arm is the only tine that appears likely to prove serious, no bones having been broken. Ile described his aw of sit uation in the Well, and fully realized the peril he had been in. Despair seized him at tirst, but after a long and horrible sus pense, as the light began to appear above him, lie discovered the effort, being made for his deliverance and t o ok courage. Brent hing was a matter of considerable dif ficulty for a long period. 'rho escape is one of the most wonderful narrated in the category of casualties.--Reading Ttitiee, Just. G. IVorshipping God Oace a Year On Sunday last the annual June festival of the tribes of Indians quartered in Shin necock Hills, Long Island, was witnessed by a vast concourse of whites. At It) o'clock everything for the ceremony was in readi ness, and King David Pharaoh, Chief of the tribe, moved forth from his tent with a large and dirty protocol in his hand. He was followed by live Inert, who assisted him to a stand decorated with forest flowers. Front each of the many cabins came women and children, all humming, an Indian song of worship. When they had assembled be fore the k i ng's throne, they sang in chorus a hymn which the reporter was unable to Interpret. This finished, all bent one knee, and an old white man began to pray. This man lives with the tribes, and is recognized as the great medicine num. Ills prayer was long and loud. After the prayer the lISSOIII - began to shout another hymn, and moved MT/Una the throne. When this had been concluded, King David, with his protocol, arose and made divers motions in the air. Ile then began to speak, and, becoming excited, the per spiration rolled down his cheeks. Ile talked about the (treat Spirit, the happy hunting grounds, the departed braves, the prosperity of the tribes, gave some advice to the whites that he said might save their scalps, and ended with a blessing upon the assembled group. Fires were then lighted. The aborigines formed in procession and marched around them, each one throwing in a piece of ever green. This concluded the exercises. In the afternoon the Indian sports were great ly enjoyed by tine children. These Indians worship but once a year, inn the first Sun day in June, unless some itinerant preacher 'muss along. Many attempts have been made to attach them to some church, hint they: only mock the Christian preachers. King David Pharaoh is an oddity. Ile is tall, and stoops, though he is stout and powerful. Ills eyes are peculiar, one being a brown and the other a mixed gray, one bright and the other dull. (hit of the gray eye he sees imperfectly. Ile waiii stung by a boo some time ago. The brown eye was completely closed, and he had to be led about by a child. Ile us about 9G years of age. The protocol which he carried has been handed down for three generations, and was at one time in the possession a the Iluron tribe.—N. Y. San. A ]I ajar -1: D 1.41 in a New York A few weeks ago, Major-Genoral Charles undeo left his home in Tallahassee, Flor ida, to attend the re-union of the Army of the Potomac, at Boston. Atter the re union he returned to Nero York and called on iienerals Wright, Newton, and Hamilton, who had been his former companions M arius. Ile was at that time very finely dressed, Mit was unusually pale and nor, onus. Upon leaving his friends he went to the low drinking-den No, ltd West street, and bought a partnership interest for $2.50. l le went there regularly each day,tak ing no part in the businessof the shop, but sit ting quietly buhind the bar. 'the whole transaction oven red without the knowledge of his friends, who supposed he had re turned home. On Friday three men enter ed the saloon and were waited on by the portlier of ; eneral M Linde°. After. quit ting, ono of them declared that he had been robbed, went out for an officer, and had the barkeeper arrested. 'rho following morn ing Muncie° was also arrested on a charge of grand larceny, and conducted to the Tombs. About •`1 o'clock that night he was seized with convulsions, and died within two hours. The deceased. was a man of groat wealth and high standing, and had been an ollicer in the regular army of the United States for twenty years. Hie friends can account tior his conduct only on t h e ground that he WI. insane. Gen. Hamilton declares that while with him in the army lie WM never an in temperate man, and was always highly esteemed by his fellow-ollicers. Ile was 4-i years of age, and leaves a wife and six chil dren. When his friends saw the body at the Tombs it VMS clothed in very coarse garments, and a ring had been stolen from the hand. The remains will be taken in charge by Generals Newton, Wright, Sha fer and Hamilton, and forwarded to Tidla hassee.—N. Y. Tribune. Jenloony—A Woman Mhot Three Timex. Newark earns within an are of being the scone or an atrocious murder tin Saturday evening. In one of a row of wooden shan ties in a yard of No. tau Howard street, there has dwelt for some time past a young couple, supposed to be man and wife. In other apartments of the saute house resided a woman named Bridget Murphy. Betwcen her and the other Wo man a feud sprang up, the cause of which seems to have been the man. A few days ago the " wife" became so violent that Mrs. :Murphy went betorea magistrate and caused her arrest on a rhargeof breach of the peace. She was arrested and dis charged Saturday morning. IL then tran „spired that she was the notorious Kate Con nor, arid she was not the wife of the man with whom she had been living. Follow ing her discharge matters grew still worse between Kate and the other woman. Kate entertained an idea that Mrs. Murphy de sired to cut her out in the affections of the man. On Saturday evening, about half past six o'clock, the neighborhood was startled by the sharp, quick shots of a revolver. A few minutes after a man was observed to rush from the house indicated and dash out of sight. Soon afterwards Mrs. Murphy appeared streaming with blood from several wounds. She was bad ly, but mutt fatally, wounded in three places, the roost serious being in the abdomen. It appears her would.be murderer, instigated, as alleged, by the brazen bawd Kate, went into the woman's apartments and there de liberately shot her. Tho attempted mur derer is a young man of German parentage named Henry Elrod, alias Hoe. He is a hatter by trade. While enacting the bloody deed up stairs Kate waited for him on the top, all dressed ready to go. He was still at large at last accounts. Kate was arrest ed, and is now hold in the city prison. Terrible Storm to the Smith A terrible storm began on Saturday at Galveston, Texas. A strong southeast wind forced the waters of the Gulf on the island, and the southern part of the city was flooded to the depth of several feet.— A number of buildings were swept away, but no loss of life is reported. The rain fall since Saturday has been six inches. Two miles of the t,alveston, Houston, and Hen derson Railroad were washed away. Con siderable damage was done by the storm at Houston. The steamship Alabama with a cargo of cattle for New Orleans went ashore twenty miles west of Gelveston on Sunday, and is expected to be a total wreck. The bark Virginia Dare, from Cardiff - for Galveston, with railroad iron, also founder ed near Galveston on Sunday, but her crew were saved. Two sons of John Reynolds, of St. Albans, aged respectively 17 and 19 years, were drowned on Monday, in the Lamoille river, Vermont. RATE or ADVERTISING BIININPAS ADVERTISEMENTS, 112 a year per square of ten lines; t 8 per year for each addi tional square. REAL ESTATE ADVERTISING, 10 cents a line (OE the first, and 5 cents for each subsequent In- insertion. GENERAL ADvERTIenvo, 7 cents a lino for the first, and 4 cents for each subsequent Inset non, SPECIAL NOTICES Inserted In Local Columns 15 cents per line. SPECIAL NOTICIM preceding marriages and deaths, 10 cents per line for first Insertion, and 6 cents for every subsequent insertion. LEGAL AND OTHER NOTICrer— Executors' notices Administrators' notice Assignees' notices Auditors' notices Other "Notices," ten lines, or less, I three times ... — 5 O A Cyclone In Minot CHICA(IO, Juno r—A cyclone occurrol near Mason City, Illinois, last Friday morning. An Inky-hued cloud, or smoke like column was observed gathering. near the earth's surface on an open prairie six miles from that place, and from this column soon shot out throe narrower and spear like cloud columns,whieh continued to as coed rapidly until they reached and seem ed to attach themselves closely to a passing cloud above. This frightful apparition moved slowly toward Alason City, but finally changed its course, touch to the roller of the people of that place. A mile from its track an odor much like that of burning sulphur was inhaled by several persons. A gentle man who stood out a hundred yards front the cyclone when it passed, says that small !lashes of electricity wore constantly visi ble in the storm column passing front the earth to the clouds above, and that rapid popping, crackling reports were heard re minding hint 'flout forcibly of an infantry regiment in battle, tiring their lIIUSkOta as fast so possible. The pathway of the cyclone was nearly three miles in length and from twenty to eighty feet in width, and lit that pathway not a spear of grass, not a stalk or corn of wheat, not a shrub, ton a particle of Vrgt!. tation was left alive. For sonic distance the earth was literally ploughed up to t h e disnuu•e of six inches. The column of whirling air must have been intensely hot, as every green thing in its path wits dried to a crisp. Another feature of the cyclone wits that while its rotary motion must have been of inconceivably great velocity, its progres sive motion way 11 , 4. a b oveo the rate of nix Hos an hour. The outlines of its pathway wero so well defined tutu live feet Irian the enter line of total destruetion of viiii:otation of every kind not. a Vestige of its elicits could be seen. Fortunately no house stood in the bruit do's lino of inareli. I=l I\ - A,II I J une raVe 0,111- plaints are made here against Attorney- General Akerman by departmental officers who allege that he does rut give proper at tention to questions submitted for legal opinions, but allows eases which, if deci ded, would save large sums of money to the Treasury, to go, several months with out so much as an examination of the pa- pers submitted. Mr. A kerman's atitninis tion of the Attorney-General's office, and the manner in Si hu•h he has represented the Government in several important eases before the Supremo Court, have caused a good deal of comment among high oMends, not excepting two of his own Associates in the Cabinet. Him., the retirement of Judge Hoar front the Attorney-lioneral's utile°, matters have gone very loosely and it is reported by persons closely iden tified with the Department and the inter ests of the “overninent, from memo cause greatly neglected. Thu Law Department WILY well organized under Judge Hoar, but Mr. A kerrnan has not, it snouts, availed himself of this organization, but arts as though it was not under his control by not consulting fully those under him In all I uestions of law. During the past low days, intimations have been made in Ad iniuistration ei rcles that a change Is short. ly to take place, and that Mr. A kerman will give way for a new Attorney-General' While there is no moans of fully verifying this, there Memos to he no doubt that two members of the Cabinet have made com plaints that important interesta of the Uov eminent are jeopardized by this failure 01 the Attorney General to render an opinion on questions submitted to him. The Springfield Repubticurt says of Mr reoloy's recent letter, about his noinina on to the Presideney This is not a long epistle, but there Is a groat deal in it. " ' lIIILRO dOep ILS It well, nor so wide as a church door," as Moreulki said of his wound when Tylialt pinked him, "but 'twill serve," It is the cut direct at Grant's renomination, and the best thing about it is the good reason given for not re nominating him. ,The "good old Whig doe- trine of one Presidential term" was inevi table in that party, for they never could muster strength enough to re-elect any body, oven if they tried. But it is a wise doctrine, whoever originated it, and we hopq it will be put in practice, if Greeley is to be our candidate next We [night have a good many worse les, and some whose names begin with too,—hut wo believe the country would think ono tern] of President Greeley quite enough, Just as it thinks about President Grant. And now that the editor of the tribune is fairly committed against ro• election, we wonder if the Preddma will take so much pains to bo reconciled with the iireeley a n d Fenton wing of the Ito• publican party in New York. A tribe of Pottawattomiu Indians in Kansas, tried to steal a menagerie elephant. They unhitched him, a dozen mounted and they rode him in triumph to their But hero the beast went for their wig wams, anti soon braves, squaws and pap pooses were Hying front a ruined village. The Los shot the elephant full of arm ws and turned him loomd, when ho was taken ouro of by his kooporo. LEGAL NOTICES INT ATE J 08E1'11 M ANTERSON, IA Sr.. lute of Itapho Lw p., ileceasfel.—Lettets stalnentarrin said estate having been grant to the undersigned, all hero tic Indebted to Id decedent are requested to make !fumed I settlement., and those having elaltes or de ands against the estate of null tlevedeet, to Ike known the seine to the undersigned Ithout delay , renltll In Kahl township. BENJ. MASTP:IIS , JOHN S. fl/ ASTERSW4, Exec utore. LINT AT F; OF JOHN lIFJOI, x.4TE of t4allsbury tw l i., ilee'il.—Let tern of istratlon on said estate hitelog been granted to the Linden:lt:nod, nil persons Indebted there to are requested to nialte I innieillateitay !neut. and those having elanne or against the estate of said decedent, will make theeitnie known t n them delay. 11AltnIET A. 111 , -44, Itesldlng Sallnhory y,vp MBE It.Psldlng In Yaraaltte twp. N. E. SI.A 1, Ali ER, in., Attorney. STATE OF PETER SINGER, SENIOR, U Li late of Penn town.ahl p, dereased.—Letterm testamenutry on said estate having been grant• osl to the nndersigned, all persons Indented thereto, are requsted to make Immediate set tlement, and those having claims or demands against the sante, wl,l present them WlLtiollt delay for settlement to the undersigned. JOHN :UNGER, In Penn township, CYRUS HINGEIt In Elizabeth township. my 31 Gta•L' EISTATE OF GEORGE SWEIGART MR., Li' late of Weal. Donegal twp.,(leced.—Lettern Ottadmitlid ration on ?odd entitle having been granted to the Itn•tern gned, all pereons Indebt ed thereto are rot ueeled to matte Immediate ittleinent, and those having claims or cle an& aintinot the Marne will present them inlay for settleinent. to Ulu under good, residing in said townshli, IA.V I S‘ii EIGART, Administrator. mat OtwL:• Ut!iiTATE OF JOHN RIUNNF:R. LATE or Little Britain township, deeen.iwil.—Let . term Testamentary on said entitle having boon granted to the undersigned, all persona Intleht- A thereto are roluested to make lintnedlato ,ett•ement, and throne hart nl4 claims or de mands I.l44ilnii. the Hauta whl prevent threat vlthout delay for nettlenlent to the undershot reolding In said townxlttp. SARAH A. IthNNElt. WILLIAM II EN I' RU NN Execulom n)"lNel° A hiSIGNED EpirATE or cizßomAnr B. Neuhauser, of Salisbury twp., Lancas ter county.—Christ lan B. Neuhanser, of Salis bury twp , having-by deed of voluntary assign ment assigned and transferred nil 1118 estate and effects to the undersigned, for the benefit of the creditors of the B:Vt.' Christian B. Neu haus:or, they therefore give notice to all per sons indebted to said assignor, tu make pay meiL to the undersigned without delay, and those having claims to present them to If. S. KERNS, SAMUEL. L. KAUFFMAN, Assignees, Residing In Salisbury twp. Geo. NAUMAN, Attorney, m2-14twiil - ACCOUNTS OF TRUNT ESTATE/4,4M. The accounts of the following-named so ts ten :will be presented for confirmation on MONDAY. JUNE 19,1571: Daniel Schneuler's Assigned Estate, S. B. Foltz, Assignee. Samuel B. Moore's Assigned Estate,S. J.An krlin, Assignee. Isaac Gelsinger's Assigned Estate, 11. B. Becker, Assignee. Jacob Hei d i.' Assigned Estate, Daniel F. lamaker, Assignee. John IC. Landis' Assigned Estate. Adam Eonigmaeber, Assignee Epbtaim Bender's Assigned Estate, Geo. A. Shoher, Assignee. Geo. W. Riga's Assigned Estate, Wm. Bor land, Assignee. C. Edward iddings' Assigned Estate, Levl K. Brown, Assignee. Benj. Meek ley's Assigned Estate, Jacob Meckley, Assignee. Edw. B. Bryan's Assigned Estate, J. B. Meckley, Assignee. Chas. Sharpies' Assigned Estate, William A. Morton, Assignee. Abm. F. Shelly's Assigned Estate, C. W. Brubaker, et al., Assignees. Samuel 13inkley's Assigned Estate, John Gingrich, et al. Assignees. Samuel Weehter's Assigned Estate, Henry Kafroth, Assignee. Benjamin Bei Ira Trust Estate, Jonas Albert's Trust Estate, Peter H. Shim ler, Trustee. keuben ktingtvalt's Trust Estate, David Sty er, Trustee. David and Susan Mellinger's Trust Estate Laborious Bhutto, Trustee. Nam'l Cramer's Trust Estate, John Arm strong, Committee. George liutier's Trust Estate, John N. Eby, Committee. Leah F. Moore's Trust Estate, Chas. Fell. Committee. MIESIIMMMMI Jacob Wissler's Assigned Estate, P. W. Hies tand, Assignee. John Sener's Assigned Estate, B. 9. Getz, et al., Assignee. Christian S. Shuman's Assigned Estate, Ja cob B. Shuman, Assignees, W. W. Steele's Assigned Estate, Samuel Charles, et. al. Assignees, Proth'ys Office,` W . D. Pro STAUFFEß, thonotary, May H, 1811. _ Enamm
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