The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-08


,n{a of ten years OF age, nor the matron of
sixty were kept from their brutal violence.
am not able to give you list Of all who
were the victims of this (second) day, being
too numerous but will mention the names
of some # your acquaistances. The Priest
Goicoecbioy want OF the Curate, Erix the
mother in-iaw de Echoniz the silver
smiths wife, BrevAta the keeper of the
Jail the chocolate maker. who kept his
shop in the house of Izarramindi; the other
chocolate maker, vino was married TO the
servant known by the name of the good Girl
and many others.
With respect to the violations Of women
you will excuse me for not mentioning any
names ;. but in orderto give you an idea of
their enormities. will relate to you an act
which happened to an intimate friend of
ours, who was the father of an innocent
daughter of twelve years of age. In order
not to be an eye witness of the horror about
to be perpetrated on her, he succeeded in
ransoming her for the sum of IL dolls being
all the money he then possessed.
1T is impossible to ascertain the number
Of martyrs to virtue on that terrible day, for
numbers of them were burnt to death, and
buried in the ruins of their houses.-Oh ,
my friend! what spectacle was at that
moment presented to the father Of family,
on beholding such scenes MultNudes Of
sentinels prevented all communication with
the houses, when Crueaties of every kind
were committed therein whilst the French
prisoners, their real enemy, remained un-
molested and protected. Neither was our
holy religion respected-the churches were
broken and piilaged; and not finding in one
of them the sacred Chaiee, which had been
carefully securcd by the Curate, they pro.
ceeded to his house. and Compelled him to
give i up, and the Hosts, which they dash
ed to the ground and destroyed. The Gu
rate. ac.uated With religious zeal. attempt
ed to gatherNSem up--but in endeavoring
TO execute his &Qus intention, they seized
him, tore off his clothes, aud. after beating
him nnnercifulk. kicked him naked into
the street.-A shirt. given to him by a wo-
man, was, by those monsters torn off his
BACK. Suffice it to say, that the human ina
gination cannot conceive any species of afro
city that WIS not committed on that day
which will be ever memorable to every
good Spaniard.-The next morning they
set hre Co the city at the corner of one OF
the principal streets. In the evening it had
extended as far as the EScotiUd street and
the f,lloming morning it had reached Pun
zero, and in the evening as far as Jt.an de
Bi6or, aud the Plaza Wuepa in a word
the city was system atically burned and Dill
laged. =, During all this period, the FIRE OF
the enemy was discontinued that is to saw,
from the time they took refuge in the eta
del, until the whole city was destroyed. a
few houses, however. in Gale de Ia 7rintd-
ad were saved from the flames for barracks
for the soldiery. When / reflect on these
transactions, my imagination is lost in an a.
byss of horror. We have not forgotten tina,
St. Sebastian's, during peace, possessed 6
considerable trade with France, which wa.
Injurious to the commerce of Great Britain
we also remember that it was place of ma.
ritime importance-St with small expence
under wise administration of governrn ent,
might become port of still greater impor.
lance. General Graham having retired tc
Oyarzun during the conffagratior, and no,
calling on the inhabitants of the vicinity to
sssis: in extinguishing the flames until the
fifth dav- when t},e -c;sv .aaa einn-. 1J %
drawn from these observations.
Such Is the 1amentable fate of this patti.
otto city, which has adhered to the lust
cAuse OF liberty, with undertaking perseve
rance, amidst French bayonets, for the space
OF six years, during which they have been
sep ratsd from the government 10 which
they have been ever attached. We would
oTmiserate the fate of Pampeluna. Torto
sa, Barcelona, &c. if we had not before MS
the catastrophe of St. Sebassians and il is
TO be feared, that the inhabitant. of those
citics ,y take up arms against the bessie
Us, and we fear the result, if they do not
lake care to ikspire themselves with conn
dence since 1t cannot be forgotten that
the Spaniard who attempts to protect his
hre"-side is respectable enemy, in comma
rison to him who SCOTS ar his virtues. Thus
far for the present.
Receive my cordial affection and com
rnand, your humble nephew, who kisses
your hand.
MlRRINOUI vELAvERDE.
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