Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-07-23

Saragossa Is situated the Fbros In A beautiful lew.
pam extending FAR the eye can reach and with this
me nver vending lis way along this verdap, val, nm
sen's most picturesque scene-but the interior of the
cry not very interesting STREETS are n,,nw md
any and paved with pointed Of sharp stone that nm
"'iS walking very dIsagrecabe-lhe hons,s ate very
hIgh mostly four and five stories There were twn ye
ry superb Calhcdrals The MrropoIllan called l.,
otu, is most magnificent structure supported in The
interior by large gothic columns .eachin. Ia the ceiling
he ceilings the altar are very rich all If the mus,
hnshrd carving. Over une Of the affairs is LARGE ,,ec.
ol sculpture wood, OF most masierly work n,,sh,p
representing the passion u" Savior In lis various
scenes There is satuary IN this church. hut sever.
al very antique paintings Of much merit THIS church
WAS once among the riches, Spain but like all the q.
'her churches in this country has been dtspoed Of ev
cry thing valuable by the leaders of the continued civil
dssen'ions and more particularly by the French when
invaded by Napoleon. The lmposing and exquisite ar.
chl'ec'ue now only remains command the admiration
and wonder o the observer There is aoher very tx.
'ensive and handsome Cathedral (Nore Dame de PilaD
here, bul IL beauii vi as the Newfoundland In
the centre Of this church splendid marble pavilion
under which is preserved with great care the noted
shawl worn by Nore Dame de Pillar II is of red vel
are several silver lamps hung around which are KEEP,
constantly b, rning. did not much admire the shawl
itself bu, really coveted two or three Of the sparkling
diamonds. Among the many paintings is one Of the
miraculous Mad,nni. The whole altar is covered with
offerings to his Madonna of wax hands, eyes, ears. no.
ses ee hands, hair, Sc. 1t is customary in this coun
try. If one loses their sight have diseased limb 10
pray to this Madonna Virgin To resore-and if their
prayer be answered-they make wax representation of
the limb organ restored aud hang up her shrine.
GIN aud make vow 10 say many prayers or do some
charity daily Ill death. There are many historical re-
minscenccs Of much interest respecting Saragossa II
was one OF the few cities which succeeded in holding
out against Bonaparte when he first attempted to make
himself master Of Spain. The inhabitants even now
speak Of their wonderful defence against the fearful odds
OF the eneny, with enthusiasm as i had happened
but yesterday, and still point The relics Of many no.
BILE edtces destroyed by the besegers. An elderly la
dy Of noble birth depicted me- with tears in her eyes
many of the horrors OF the siege. She delighted 10 dwell
upon the heroic deeds the inhabitants particularly the
female part Of hem-how day after day they repuIsed
the French, while shells and grenades were showereJ
npon them IN prouson having only small wall of ten
teet high around the and single bomb prool
building within. Blu. the inhabitants worked with
the greater alacrlty-and women Of al ranks took
part. She recUunled how they formed themselyes into
companies. the wounded othsrs to carry
nourShment TO the men defending the gates and The
paris most desperately assaed The Young delicate
and beautiful countess Barta formed CORPS for this
service and for two long MONTHS constantly exposed to
lmlnen danger from the tremendous fire of shot and
shells, did she cooy pursue her heroic purpose Blu, the
young Augustine Saagossa the a,orite heroine of
the time. When all the men who had defended bat
terry had been killed, she happened arrive with re-
misunderstanding all around were hesitang to man
the guns, she earessy sprung forward over the dead
and DYING sna'ched match IRON the hand Of dead ar
teryman and fired off Of the largest guns-then
jumping upon the gun, made solemn vow never to qnt
II alive during the siege This lady spoke of Pala OK
the Spanish General, who bravey conducted the de-
fence OF The beseged city, snd the valiant reply he made
10 the French General. who, when he had forced his
way into the very heart of the CT and had full posses
SION OF one half ot II, wrote brief TO Paafoy
Head Qn'rters, 81. Engracia" "captulation." To
this the Spanard made the Spartan reply-"Head quar-
tiers, Saragossa" to the knife" This lady delight
ed t" dwell upon these and interested me much in
recounting them to me- but tire your ia tiencp
with relating any of them. After spending a day
| in Sarag lett at at night-our way lying
through some beautiful fertile valleys covered with the
olive and the waving whea-but most of the country
was iaor and sterile, without trees, much verdure re-
sembling many of your out broom sedge fields on
light gray land, but without the shrubs and Aushes
Inc land seems 10 have capacity resuscitae itself
by the Reproduction of forest. Many times the desu-
ailun continued FOR thirty forty miles without even a
habalion-'hen again would pass little poor dirty
villages-looking miserable than the mud villages
on the Nile, in Egypt. And VIVA, few inhabitants we
the road seemed wild and uncvilIzed The
Betoun Arabs, both meH and women bare headed at al
lines. The roads. in parts are ,oleraby good with
substantial bridges the streams but they
are much infested by brigands. We made fortunate
escape in determining, contrary to original intentions
10 larry in Sarayossa day. The Diligence that
would have conveyed attacked by band of rob.
oers time before dayand the only passenger rob
bed and murdered. There is doubtless more safety in
travelling in the domnons Of Mabommed Ali than in
Spain-1here the will Of the law of the land and
always obeyed and tina, will present 10 protect for
eisners aud encourage them to make visits 10 Egypt
The cooking in all lae innsand nothing is more un-
comfortable than Spanish nn--is very bad They
use no butter but abundance of Olive oil, which was
generally hoird, and were i, not for their excellent
bread which in reality the es, ever ate-much
of ii like cake-i should have Jared badly. Vegetables
and beans are peny-and, cooked and covered With oil
are IN UGH used by the natives We saw but few horned
cattle in the centre of Spain, but sheep and goats in a.
guidance and few hogs from which they make most