The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-04

opimpns az that place while he was there
| WIN respect TO Spain, that country was fai
Tom oeinS conquered there had been al
immense loss OF unen on the part Of the French
supposed to be not less than 10000 OF til.
vast humber. who had entered Spain, scarce
| ~ any ever returned, except in 4 miserable,
diSabied condition. rhe Pttriats under Gu
est", Romano, Reding, &c. nlajntained the
war in various parts, with success. AT Ma
drid there had been popular tumult for
several DAYS that they were Obliged to
call King Joseph from Aranjuez to quiet it /;
Det IL was Thought he would not be able to
remain long III Madrid with safctv. The
oaragos,ans were also greatly excited, and if
force did not arrive to oYers,we them, would
probably be socn liz arms again 1t was re
ported that large reinforcement was on its
way 10 Spain, 6ut it had not yet appeared :;
ana II was the prevailing opinion, that if it
cid not arrive soon, the French wouC.-be o.
iigcd TO abandon the country.
Mar. Thorndike was in Bsyonne when ma
ny OF the prisoners from Saragossa passed
through there. They were carried on ley
i"fced marches and were i'm mos wretch
20, worndown Condition they had been cru
eiiy treated Gil the road, and ) az 900 were
,saIu to have been actually shot, because they
Cou'd not support the march. o. thIs bar
oarous deed Mr.. /. has not the least doubt,
tor 1t was declared ohm not only b. Spa
hish but by French oficers who were pre-
seat; and 1t was the suGjecrof com anon CON
vcrsation, and of horror, in all circles.
lie saw also the brave Paiafos on his way
70 the interior us aprisoner He was then
considerably uuweil. rs al officer of rank
lie was allowed some Indulgence, and lodged
at the. same house with Mr.. r He coIWelSed
freely, and lamented the crueltics to which
MS suffering companions had been subjected,
nut unmarked, that they were not behind
nand OF the French in their inveterate hatred.
Whcn Sarragossa surrendered, marshal Las
mes refused, with a compliment upon his bra
very, to take his sword but he had since
been deprived of it.
Mr.. /. saw there the Emperor Napoleon,
who did not thea keep himself so impene,ra-
o!y guarded, as he was said To 90 in the ear
~ periods OF his usurpation. Curiosity fire.
qaentiy caused the people to crowd round
nm; he was frequently in the harbor, in a
barge, IN an exposed situation and had one
oeen desperate enough to attempt his life,
frequent opportunities were not wanting. /
With respect to the war with Austria,
weli-lntormed people, who know how to make
computations from what is, suffered to be
punished. did not doubt the French had lost
at least $4,000 men.
Mr.. L. having spent about two wears in
France, and been in different provinces, has
mad opportunity to observe the misery pro-
duced by Bonaparte's ambitions measures
a constant state of warfare has drained of
the men, so as to leave agriculture as well
as commerce, IN a languishing state and i'll
travelling the country, he frequently observ
ed SIX or eight women to one man engag ed
IN the labours of the field, and was assured
this was the Cause oft. The system of con
scriptionis horrible, The best families are
broken in upon and many ruined by it. He
has seen many thousands of these conscripts
at Bayonne, where they were drilled a few
weeks in marching, &c. without arms and
then sent, many OF them broken-hearted, in
to Spain, to be Incorporated among the old
troops. Not Injured to military hardsh ps,
and most OF them perhaps never having
handled musket--raiw and ines perienced
destined to warfare among the noun
tains of Spain, and against their hardy in
habitants--rhey entered that kingdom as
certain victims to Bonaparte's ambition
never to revisit their country and friends
never again 20 enjoy the domestic comforts
from which they have been torn away.