Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-05-13
GENERAL NINA.

GENERAL NINA.
We have now before concise narrative Of the
origin progress, exploits, and ungraeful treatment by
ms hng, oil one OF the most extraordinary Characters
that SPAN, or any other country has produced.
ms book IN the Spanish language, with an English
Translation on the opposite leaf 1t contains brief,
unostenatus statement of the birth, parentage mill
tary iHe and services of Don Francisco Espozy Nina,
name that ought to be cherished by every Spaniard
To the latest posery, that of the most ardent and in
eXungulshable defender of his countrys liberties
The parents of Nina honest farmers, of the vii
age oil fdoSen IN Navarro where he was born ON the
9TH of June, 1851.
Ills education suitable to the station of his pa
rents Heading and writing appear to have been the
extent OF ms attain'neDts, and he devoted himself to
husoaQdry on the little farm Of his father, which from
his death he continued TO cultivate until the age of 90
years Reused by the treacherous invasion of Napole
on he enlisted as private in Doyles battalion, 1909,
but subsequently joined Guerilla, commanded by his
nephew, Navier NlIna-who being captured, the Cue
rilla dsbanied but of the soldiers nornnat-
ing Nina as their chit, fresh Guerilla formed,
winch led to hs appointment OF Commander n-C hief
OF the Guerilla of Navarro.
'hninediatey after was named Commander, IN CaieI
I Tie Gueriitos of .Frai9c, disarned all those who
were at the head of them, and particularly one named
Echeverra Tins man, under the mask of GueriIicro,
with from O0O TO 700 infantry and about 900 cavalry,
was the terror of the villages, which he pundered and
oppressed in thousand different WAYS; which obliged
them to complain to me concerning him. In conse.
EStea on tie lJth OF JuIy ID
and having myself arrested him, in house where he
was at the time, though force considerably ne
rlor to his caused him the day be shot to-
gether with three Of his prinaipal accompces; and
Incorporated his soldiers with those comma ndcd who
did not exceed at that time 400 men of all
Durlng tins campaign, gave battle, sustained the
attack witiiout reckoning small encountes) in li3 re.
guar or occasional actions.
''Of these actons-n that of Ro,afort and Sanruesa
with scarcely 5000 men routed 600, took their artl-
lery aud caused the enemy the loss of between 600
Killed, wounded and prisoners. In that between Sail
mas and Arban, completely routed the enemy, killed
seven hundred of his men, took all the convoy they
escorting aud liberated from COO Spanar,is
whom they carrying prisoners into France and in
that OF Name u entirely defeated with the loss of
artillery, AbbeS DIVISION, consisting of 900 men, put
the greater part of its cavalry the sword and followed
up the remainder, during the night, for the space of
leagues, to the very gates OF Pampeluna Ii would be
too minute and improper to continue in this extract
the details of what occurred various other actions
81 kept check in Navarro % 900 men for the space
OF % days, who otherwise would have assisted at the
battle OF Salamanca they the march Join
arnonts army; aa by cutting down the bridges and
breaking up the roads, prevented the advance of 40
pieces of artillery which would otherwise have been
employed in that battle.
81 contributed to the happy result of the decisive bat
tie oil Vlttoria for II, by the manuuvres executed
had not prevented the junction of the French divisions
under Claussel and Fol- which consisted of from, 81 to
$4,000 men, and intercepted their correspondence the
issue would have been very doubtful"
"Among the instances III which, during the war in
SPAIN, the enemys squares charged with success
were three squares broken by me, viz that at Pacen-
c'a where notwithstanding the superior numbers ofthe
enemy made ZOO infantry prisoners and put to the
sword the whole of his cavalry; that Sanuesa where
charged the column called the 'Inferna took 900 men
prisoners, and followed up the remainder as Sos;
atd that OF Lern and the plains of Lodosa where, at
the head of my cavalry, and Notwithstanding General
Barbot was only at the distance of musket shot from
the hed OF battle, and that 6000 more were only
three leagues Off broke several times the square form
inf and ~ IoJo Il
prisoners column of 90 men, of whom onlv the com
nander of the column and two others escaped.
Inc French rendered furious by the disasters thew
experienced III Navarro, and by their fruess atcmus
to extermnate my troops having begun horrible mode
OF warfare upon me in 1871 hanging and shooting every
soldier and officer OF nne who fell into their hands as
also the friends of the volunteers who served with me
anu carrying OH TO France great number Of families,
published on the 4th of December the same wear n
solemn Declaration, composed If twenty three articles
me hrst OF winch ran thus:--"ln Navarro, war of FIX
termination, without quarter, is declared against the
French Army, without distinction of soldiers or chiefs
not excepting the Emperor of the Frenchn And This
Sor o warfare carried on for time, keeping
ways m the valley of Ronca great depot of prisoners
so that IT the enemy hung shot one of my officers
did the same with four of his one of nv soldiers | did
the same with twenty his In this manner succeeded
III terrifying him. and obliged him to propose TO me te
cessation OF SO arocIousa SYSTEM which was accordingly
agreed to-"
We would have made further extracts from tbis en-
tertanng and instructive volume had it not been that
might tend to inure its sale, the product of which the
gallant and heroic author generously devoes TO the re-
IIe OF his Decessitous but well-deseryng country
lneD.J
In the case of the owner of the sloop Eliza, against
the soop Decatur, Judge Peters, of the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern District of
FennsyiVana, has given judgment for plaintiff to the
amount OF S198 ~ 1t appeared That the Eliza last
November, was sailing upon the Delaware with all
hands upon deck; the Decatur discovered coming
on the same (the arboard) tack the Eliza put about
and while the crew was trimming down the iib the
Decatur run down the Eliza, and sunk her, so that she
was entirely lost.
as the Eliza ahead an3 10 the windward it was
proper for the Decatur either bear away or tack in
season to avoid the windward yessel.--[ u. S. Gaz
The New York Evening Post, in noticing the recent
decision III y Z. that an endorser note nav under
certain circumstances be competent witness to inv
date the same, says 'The law has been decided other
wise IN this State II has been settled long since on So
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