New-York tribune., 1841-04-28
From Blackwood'- Magazine for April.
THE HOLOCAUST.
II.
Ncw-forkcr.
EPISODE OF THE rEs1ysuLAR WAR.

concluded.
About hours after dark Sicrino attended by aide
de-camp and BY orderly leading his spare horse rode
round bvouac visited the guards that had been mounted
gave short orders for Prccauion to his second in
mand and length, having completed his inspection, LETT
the ground occupied BY las troops, without perhaps single
being able say which direction he had taken. Still
o his and a1sacd bis Way
than quarter of an hoar During this time he followed
road full of turngs and windings that would have been
nearly for who previously unacquaint
cd with il to KAYE retraccd his steps in the daytime
Having arrived at wha, he considered fitting et he turn
ed TO his orderly Tu aqu Coop here he sald " and IN
two hours be ready The soldier accustomcs to Ncrno
habits dismountcd and occupied himself in unsaddlng and
feeding his horse and the one wmch he led meantime,
the Cura pursued his way by the side OF precpces and
over smooth rocks and stones which appeared every
moment that the horses feet must slip from under them
NOW through deep ravines ovcrhung by old snte oaees
whose branches bowed downby heavy masses OF darKceh
ivy Nv nis,lctoe and other parasite plants formed com
ac arch and shut out the smallest glmmcrng OF hight from
those who passed beneath their shade At some distance
from his orderly the cautious priest left his adedc-camp III
ncorv m nccrcmonous ne had done the Sou'cI
and proceeded alone to spot of smooth TURF sheltered by
trees and shrubs surrounded by steep rocks and accessible
only ly one narrow and difficult path more hitting tor me ee
of goats than of horses men, lie uhsaouieu ms O
and after carefully covering hun with blanket, fastened Oh
his nose-bag containing ample ieed OF corn ne tch
took from his vase small iron pot fragment OF bread
and some chocolate He collected few sticks ana III
fire and fetching water from ncghooufahs r''e''
procured himself in very few minutes, cup OF chocolate
ovino eaten his frugal supper he took large draft OIL cola
yotr and stretching himself under tree was III an instant
asleep :, Nj:
In somewhat less than two hours the ndcatsable Nlerno
was oOop in the saddle and his road back TO the bvou
of his troops calling his way for his adedc-cafip anu
orderly 1t past midnight: and the SKY Wcn '.1
So, had left clear and starry, ovcrsread WIN
which rendered the darkness complete, cspcciais |" '
n.shborhood of the mountains The CuTa however I'i-
M noyisc embarrassed BY this circumstance bat guided MS
horse through the intricate and dhcu paths WIN a
b facility as il he had been in broad daylight on soo,
"a Having arrived at the bivouac, and satisfied hmSeii
Of its webeing and of the acrness ct the se'rc ne
turned his horse head south; and soon hhoitS h'se va
~ ,ocrohly open country he struck into caHlcr wh'ch
It'll, trough, him 10 the vicinity of the Gamma hcal OF
Lh,, from Bursos to Madrid, which Amanda del Dne-
70; suncd Here he halted and, dlsmountnsA listened
,cpvelv: but for minutes no SOUND DroAc uc SUR
~ &C the nrht He had laid his hand on his horse name
70 rmount when the regular nonotonouS NOISE "
~, ,arch or body OF troops became audible Inc Cui
ns into the saddle, and with his two companions rc''e
ibid broken hedge, which bordcrcd part OF the ROAD
The noise increased and shortly appeared coming "t
5econ of Amanda OF cavaliers whose sina' oiaCH
49, ,,d long lances denoted them TO be foieS OF the
Frnch imperial guard. These were followed at short IN
,l y nearly two hundred more, and 10y oataion OF IN
fnntrv also Poles; OF which nation there were u,t
;ny with the French armies IN SPAN nat art
L =, exclaimed Meriue. soon as the hrst hoselneH
in sight; and when their near approach enaoed MN
80 DISTINGUISH the character OF the troops his voice trehoeo
.;b soyacc eXultatIon, as ne turiSd 10 M CIV"
WIZ. l.' o3. They are French" He allowed the whole
column to pass him. carefully noting their numbers and then
snurs TO his horse galopped of to the corral
The hsroad which the French troop, we're ' o e
= ,orrherlv direction passed on inc eastern 0' - Wv
a non'' :h 40 introduced Alcrino the reader, a'c
,p GsDe ce h. lane crooad by which the Span
;ls arrived al their bivouac ground, lea west"ti G
lane cbouche the Of heath or waste D nne voad
toned the further extremity OF wiG% was nr, band ha
70
r'n"cs caner across the country reached his troops
whilst it would take the French nearly an hour 10 81
the same po;n hy the more crcuous route they were w.
ow;ns Bcar thew had entered the village the Cura ma
returned 10 the corral and called person in the CARP
coun,rymnn. who was lying wrapped in wooien rug