Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-03
Whole No. 1893.

,,siehie surpfiae the eity, set ne king az,
liberty ,and make prisoners OF The min
isieFs, he might in al probability have
done i. When the French army on
tered Span under the Duke d'Angosi-
eme.it was considered amatter oF po..
hey, inefder. mol toalarm the national
pride ofti,e Spanish, that the vanguard
ofthe army should consist ofthbSpanish
royalisis. at tho time called face osos and
| fOeias, faciious and faith men. Bes-
sieres wasrselected TO command this
party, and he and his followers seemed
TO hasesasailcd themselves Ia the ut,
most extent Of the occasion, which was
thus offered them, of indulging their
cruelty. rapacisy and revenge. The ,
fear of the powerful army. which back ..
ed this band OF robbers, completely dis
armed the liberals, who were still nu-
iaetoas, particularly in the large towns,
and delivered them over To- the tender
mercies of The iellon Bessieres, and his
4 bandit crew.
The massacres and pillage, commit
tod by these people at lras, Bilboa;
Nittoria and Burgess, viii be lasting
memorial Of the kind intervention of the
Bourbons ofFrauce In the Internal gov
eminent Of spain; and Of the humane
| and honorable manner in which II was
conducted. II was in view ofthose en-
normities, the fame Of which preeeded
the march of the rutfians who perne--
trated them, that Gen. Soyos, the con-
siitutional commander at Madrid, pro-
ceeded to the camp Of the Duke dan
gouleIne, and lemandednf him con-
venIion for the seenrity OF the lives and
/ property ofthe peaeeable citizens of
Madrid To this demand the Duke ac-
coded, Circumstance which would
| seem to show that he had not authorized
nor sanctiouedthe previous proceedings
of Bessieres- lie must, however. on
military principles, be considered res
ponsible for them, for they were exe-
cuted By men who formed part OF his
army, who could have done nothing
lbut, find the gallows which they desorS
yed.) without his aid, whom ha had q
sufficient force to have annihilated in
one hour, and whom therefore he might
both by positive and negative means, by
giving his order, employed force or
Withholding his support, have completes
iy controlled. The substance Of the cons.
ventiou agreed upon betwixt sayas and
d Angouleme, was that a strong rear
guard OF the constitutional army should
keep possession of Madrid I'LL the arri-
val OF a detachment of the French army.
and that the former should then retire
unmolested by one gate, and the advan-
ced corps Of the French should enter
Simultaneously at an opposite one. AZ
ter efeeing this arrange ment Sayas re-
turned there with 1900 good troops to
await the arrival Of the French. and.
then retire as had been agreed. While
thus waiting. aud while the Frenchwere
yet FIVE lea CUES distant, an irregular
force Ut 1000 men presented itself at tho
gate of.atcala and demanded admission.
Thiswasdone Of course s. the chiefwax.
asked whohe was. The reply was, II
am General Bcssieres accustomed to-
conquer" But do not you know that
IL has been agreed between nae and the
Duke d'Angoueme that | shall keep
possession of this city till the French ar
river lido not understand il so, said.
Bessiere., and enter will. An attack
was then commenced and maintained
with considerable obstinacy, but was
finally repulsed with loss to the assail.
ants of seven hundred in killed and.
wounded, and aboutthe same number Of
prisoners.
Upon the final submission II the con-
stifntional party at Cadiz, and the return
of Ferdinand. to Madrid. Bessiereswas
promoted TO the rank of Field Marshall,
and subsequently Il is believed to that
Of Major General; but he was UNDER
stood to be disconnected from some
ca,ise or other, and TO he verv imporiu-
nate intriguing and troublesome to the
government Of Madrid He was after
wards, Gil is not known precisely when,}
made second in the command Of the
Royal guard lie was from the com
mencenent Of the crusade against the
conshtntionalists, one of the most fu-
riots ofthe fanaticalparty, and it would
seem, continued so, ill tardy lnstire
finally overlook him. This event. ac-
conpanied as by the death of ssoeg
other officers for The same offence, will
probably discourage the pattizansof the
infanie non Carlos. II viii be fortu-
nate for Spain if this should be the case,
for this Prince is more bigpted, more
able, more courageous, and, if possible
more cruel than Ferdinand II has long
been well understood that he would