New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-16
From Gleip's Veterans.

A SCENE IN SPAIN DURING THE WAR.-Re-
seRge.-it was late one night when party OF
which was one. weary. cold, and furnishing,
reached the place where directed To halt
till the morrow. Almost all the army had prece
ded us, and the waysidcs were strewcd WIN is
wrecks, Tor men, women, children. horses ana bui-
locks had dropped down from sheer exhaustion,
to die others Ind what rest they might,
in utter Indifference of the consequences that wer"
10 fellow, Of which the least distressing would Toe
capture by the enemy. Moreover, the face oi The
country bore marks of the moral whilwind "lich
had passed over it, \ few cottages were mere
and there, with village or "a hamlet al remote III
tervals not one Of which had escaped the Jury oi
the m.,auder. and of which several were in ruins
Well then we were at our ground about two
hours after dark The snow was falling fast, and
the wind blew cold aud keen, 81 that any lima OF
shelter was in onr eyes Invaluable; and hapPI
were wien that there Wa a hohes'e'"
at hand into which without waiting TAR any orders
from ou, .u,.r,o,s. ". entered. 1t was not in IL
external she'll IA run; the walls stood upright and
the root had not Vet been removed, but >uch "a
scene of devastation and misery rs the intcIorprc-
scented, the eyes of civilized men have seldom been
shocked by bchodidg not Il shred or particle of
iuraiurc was left, the very door had been torn
from il, hinges, aud snouldcling ashe, of huge
fire pointed out the uses to which thcy had been
turned. There were two or three lamps burning,
Ly the light Of which We discovered an old man
and woman seated on the ground and a youth ~
ing dead between thcm He was still bleeding
from the forehead, through which IA ball had passed,
and la. parents, iOr afterwards | understood
Them Z" be, We're gazing upon HIM IN silent agony
They never moved when We rushed in: they did
IiI, even seek to carry their dead 0ut Of the way
and the woman at least con,inucd regard him
with stare that altered not. The old man, on
the other hand. looked zap. and the scowl, the
ierce and angry glance he cast round him, ! shall
not forge; to my dying day. Unfortunately, sew
cral of our people had drunk just Is much liquor
a. 10 madden, without absolutely supplying or
rendering them harmless and oacof them, swear
ine at the old man, made denaI d for bread
The Sfanard returned no answer but pointed 10
the dead body. "Nou old -, exclaimed the
drunken savage, I" do YOU think we can eat that
Give us brcad-bread. or we II burn the house
aood' your ears IA he sand this, ne struck the
old man with the butt OF hiS musket. but the blow
missed the marx Ii tell on the cheek of the corpse
with crushing sound. which caused nv aesb ~
creep. With wild yell the Old mar sprans To hi.
feet tie seemed To grasp in us bosom for some.
thing which either not there OF he had the
prudence MOTTO produce: and rushing cut OF door.
did not make his appearance all that night. There
was a prc.entment Of evil in my mind, which
was sure would hnd it, iuhmeat. The strange
aud most dlsgrsceful scene operated upon u all.
We spoke kindly to the old woman. removed the
dead body To one corner of the room. and spread
piece OF sackng which We found Ih9rc. over him ;
and then, lying down Ourselves, cndcavorcd To for
get both hunger and fatigue in sleep. Bun VIC did
not all muster what they called the parade
ground whenthe sour for getting under arms arrived
The maa who had acted 50 brutay w.s found a
yard two from the cottage door. pierced with
three wounds in the breast. and quite dead and
though we could not tell whether he has gone
there OF his own accord, been ured abroad, OF
first slain and then dragged OUT thcre no, one
among US who entertained the shadow OF a doubt
~ to the hand from which the blow came. Such
is u specimen an cxtrcre one believe % the
mode in which feelings, cxasPcra'ei by much suf'
ferng both sides, relieved tbewseres ber, end