Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-07-17
DESTRUCTION or THE iNoUi
SITiON or SPAIN

n no part Of NHrolssn's army which w,
rai1ned 70 Madrid And While 70 that
CITY. said Col l.. used to sp-ak freely q.
rnong tho people What | taoupht Of tn.
Pu'a. md Je,uas and Of the Inansnion
II had been dcercrd hy the Emperor Nnpo.
lean, tint The lsqusiion snJ Monaacrics
Should be ,lpptcs,cd. bni tho decree was
not cSctn'ed Months had passed away
and he pri'ons Of the Inqnsnion had not
bern opened One night, sbom 10 or n
o'clock. ., 10 WAS Nalking on the stre.ts
Of VI 'drd, two AIMED mcn. sprung upon
hin TON m alley mud made furious ut.
taek lie instantly drew his sword, put
himself IN posture Of defence, snd while
rrrr ing wilh ihem, b. saw, nta distince
The tights Of p1,rolrs lie called TO them
~ French and, ne they hns,cncd to his rs
sisanoc, the assa,Irnis took to their heels
and ESCAPED. no, however before he saw
10y ih~rdrcss that they belonged TO the
guards Of ,hoinqu.i,on
lie went immediately TO Marsha Soult
then Governor Of Madrid, told him what
hal nkon place, and reminded him Of the
deere" 10 suppress this institution, Marshal
Son'i Immediately ropIl'd TIA, he might 30
AMI d"s,fy il Col l.. toll him thu, his
regiment was not sufficient for such n sar.
vice but II he would give him two nddi.
uon,i regiments, he would undertake the
work One Was under the command of Col
ID L'" who is now, like Cob l., q MN.
ls,ct Of the Gospel snd pastor oi an evan.
gcI,cal church 10 Marscill's. France The
troops "qnlrrd. were granted, and pro.
cr'd'd, To the lnl1isIlion, which was about
FIVE miles from thc CITY 1t was surroun.
drd With a wall Of great strength, and de-.
f'nd,d by n company Of soldiers when
We arrived nj the walls addressed one Of
the snInrls AMI SUNNI ned the holy fab.
crs Ia surt'n1 ITO The imperial army, and
oorn the gates of the lnqnistion Tho
sentinel. who wns Standing on the wall. an
peaf"d 10 enter into conversation Tor mo.
mrui III some oGc aih.n. ri the close Of
which he pres ,n,"d his mnskct ani sh OF
on ofmy mcn This was n signal Of at
tack, md orl'rcd ny troops 10 fro upon
those who should APPEAR on the walls
Ii was soon obvious TINT II was nm une
qull warflre, The walls Of the Inuulsl.
ton were covered with the soldiers Of the
"
uron Tho wall, behind which they kep,
continually, only as they partially expos~d
themselves MS they discharged their mus.
kcts Our troops were in the open plain.
AMI exposed to dcstruc,ve Ere. We had
no cannon nor could We scnIe the walls
and tho gates successfully resisted all at.
Temps a, forcing them. could No, retire
md send for cannon to break through the
walls, without giving them time 10 lay n
train for blowing MS up | saw tina, i, was
necessary To change the mode Of atnck aud
directed some trees 10 be Gu, down and trim.
cl to be used rs batrrug rams. Two Of
these were taken uphv drtachmenIs OF men
~ns numerous as could work 10 advantage.
and brought to bear upon the walls with
all the power which they could exert
while hrs troops kept mp fire 10 protect
ihrm from the fire poured upon them from
the walls Presently the walls began to
,fcmele, n breach was made. and the i,apc.
rial troops rushed into the InQnisltion
Here we mrt with m incident. which moth
ing bit Jsuitical 'fron,crv is equal IN
The luqujsilor general followed by ,hc,t
father conicssors in their prcs,ly robes, nil
came out oftheir rooms, rs We were ma.
king our wnv into the interior oil the Inqui
silicn, and with long faces and with their
arms crossed over their breasts, their fnp.
ors on their shoulders. ms though they had
been dcafro NIL the noise of the attack and
defence; they addressed themselves IN the
language Of rcbukc to their soldiers saying
"Whyf.do you fight our friends he
Frrneh1"
Their intention M doubt. was IN make
us think that this defence wns wholly IN.
au,hofixcd by them. hoping, # they could
make us b"lIcve that they were friendly
they should have better opportunity IN the
Confusion ofthe moment Ia escape. Their
artlhee was too sha low ,anI d ID moi succeed
caused them TO b. placed under quad and
oil the soldiers OF the Inquislilon 10 be Sc
cur'l as prisoners We then proceeded 10
examine all The rooms ofihe stn,ely edi6ce
We passed through room after room, found
all perfectly IN order and wax candles IN
abundance, bot could discover no eviien
COS 81 lulqnnv bring rrncisrd there. moth.
Ing cfIhosc peculiar G'aturcs which we ex.
p'o'd tn mad m al lnqul.ltion We found
spl'nt - pun'incs and rsh and c,'"r,
t'' library Here VAS beauty aud splon
dor anil The most perfect order on which
my eyes hal cTrr nScl The arci nec-
turtle proportions were perfect The
ceiling and iiaot Of wood were SECURED and
highly polished The marble floors were
arranged aHh snct regard To order. -
There was everything to CRAFTY euhiva
tel TASTE and please the eye Ia, where
were those borrId inarumsnls OF torture of
which we had been told, md where were
those dungeons IN which human being,
were tald 10 have boon burird allyc1 We
"srehrd IN vain The Holy FATHERS Os,