The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-10-12
DESTRUCTION or rHE IxQUIaTIos 4
MADRID.

1ADNlU.
The ioiiasing nsTraliFs a. shilling ~
.sfsss. 70 IRON core. poad. o. IL me
Western cHnzen. ID % hlrh n .pne.t.d 1
ia wssks slncr:
ola EAsrsAm:-Among ny frlla~
passengers On Inc Ohlo rissr. vas CT.
l.Flmshously. formerly an efIirsr unesr
Nsp"lesn. and now . minislrf o. shs I.a-
'hefsa church. lie. ho~evsr, remsn.he,s
ihs sfenes Of olds n times, and describes
them y IN sondsIiul interest OF his lee
lures on The character and life az Nala-
lem had often heard. bn, neser bsIors
bad % eesh ny privilege 10 nett si,h
nm. lie 70 Indtsd . IfmsIka ble man;
although pact lkrte score sld ten years
old, he retains The erect pcs.rrs. snd 6rm
step. and seil,iiy OF IN officer Of fily.
His skin has III lhs soilness and d.l,eaey
Of middle life; vile Ihe Vignr Of his O.
ganic frame. The qu'ckn,ss of his z, Q, and
he power II his saice, al Indlcala that
= would be no difIicull thing for him. did
circumstances render II NECESSARY, 10 re-
sumo hls place upon Tie var horse. aud
again lead forth his troops 10 deadly CON.
bal. sEd cause his soire 10 be heard iron
rank 20 rank. amid the din ol conf CT.
Ils lectures have slwsys heard repre-.
scented Sc intensely interesting. Such I
can well concriye they are, Er tesides
possessing mea DRY of remarkable ieus-
city. sndan unususliy ready uis rance. be
has had means such perhaps as no other
living man has had. certainly none in this
county, OF knowing the men and things
Of which he speaks. Iii, scqusin anee
with Bnnspsrle rou msnced on his FIRST
enisring,he army. when he found himstll
private solder under this distinguished
man - his captain. For taeniy-three
ears he ssired ~lih him in stations ii
trust. which rendered The musi inlimste
relations necessary, and u as only hen
Napoleon Vas confined on The Island
81 Elbs, tina, Col. Lehmfnousky reiired
from the service. lhsye dweli thus long
on The cha acter and Circumstances Of this
ssraa officer, Tor The purpose Of inuoduc
ing 10 your readers. one nf the many mar.
Isnses with which he favored us While
passing up the OHIO. Ard III could i'm
part 10 u, on PAPER. 1.-THE ol The inle-
resi- II possessed as il fell iron, his bps.
and besmed forth from his eye, l should
have no doubt Of its being read by every
member Of the family to whom your pa
per goes. Oh one thing am sure. ,hal
81 all be rewarded car wnring 10, by the
pleasure i, will afford TO at least one OF
,hose families. ! give il. ss nearly as
my memory serves Ine, in bIs own Ian.
guage.
in the year ls09." said Col. I.eh.
manousky. being then al Madrid. mysl-
tention was directed Co the Inquis,iion in
the neighborhooJ Of thStciiy. Napoleon
had pre- i"usly tsued decree for the sup
preston OF thus institution, wherever his
v Glorious 'roops shouldextend their arms.
! reminded Marshal SOUL, then governor
Of Madrid. Of This decree, who DIRE cud
me to proceed TO destroy il. | informed
him that my regiment. The 9th Of the P"-
lish Lancers, we're insuificien, for such a
sersire, but tina, il he would give me two
additional regiments. lwou'd undertake
the work. He accordingly gave me the
two required regiments, one of " hich. the
Ia h, was under the command OF Col.
Dc Lille, who is now, bike myself. a mi
nistr Of tie gospel. lie is pastor of one
ol The evangelical chur, he's in Msrs.illes.
wuh these ,ro"ps proceeded ior,h~n nh
10 The lhqu'si'i"n. which was situa'pd
about five miles from The cay. The ln.
| QUESTION was sutrounded With wall Of
great strength. and defended BY about four
hundred soldiers. WHEN we arrived a,
the alls | addressed one of the sen,inels.
and summoned the holy fathers TO sutren-
der 10 The imI er,al army. and open the
gates of the |, QUESTION. The sentinel v no
was standing on the wall, appeared to
enter into conversation for few moments
with some one within, at the cluse of
which he pres, ntrd his muske, and sho,
ose Of my men. This vas signal 81
al ack. aud | ordered my troops to fire
upon tI,ose who appeared on the walls.
| l. was soon obvious lhal il was an un.
equal warfare. The walls Of the lnq"isi
ton were covered v i,h The soitrers Of the
> holy office; there WAS also breast work
up the wall. b. hind winch they kept
con, nuslly. only as they partially expos-
ed themselves as .hev discharged ,teir
nus kets. Our tcops we're in the open
I.la,n, and exposed to destructive fire.
| We had nucannon. nor could We scale the
walls, and The gates successfully resisted
all alt. mp,s a, forcing them. Jaw that
/ I, was necessary To change the mode OF
attack. and directed some uees 10 be cut
dawn and trimmed and brought on the
ground. TO be used as b: tering-rsms.
Two of these we've taken up by de'ach-
menls Of men, as numerous as could work
to advantage. and brought to bear upon the
" ais with all The power which they could