The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-02-17

''eu' '"oso was 10 Oe l0st, procured q
rope, and FASTENED again to the spot, when
the result was - we have already describ.
cd. lie now related 10 young Silva tho
substance Ola singular conversation which,
~ he lay concealed, he had overheard be.
tween the Christine commander and his
subordinate officer. In reply 10 some in.
quiry Of the latter concerning tho authori
~ Of bis Information with reference to tho
visit OF the Carlist officer. "Oh,. said the
superior IN significant tone, tiny intclli.
gence must be authentic, since have had
i from on high"
"Whst" exclaimed the subaltern, laugh.
.ng'y; shave you got correspondent in
heaven!"
"Why, not exactly was the reply; "my
correspondent is yet a resident on earth,
and yet ! receive bis communications liter
ally from the clouds. At another time,
however, may give you further informa.
ton concerning my celestial informant.
AT present, am not ut liberty"
Tho peasant who related this strange
conversation discovered nothing in il Le.
yond an unmeaning POPULARITY bordering
on profanity; but Silva, who, during his sc.
clusion, had naturally been specializing on
the probable channel through which the
Christinos had obtained information Of his
presence, conceived il 10 convey much
more than met the car, and TO want but
ccrtnin key 10 explain the import Of i,s
mysterious illusions. A few minutes az.
tcrwnrds, he found lying on the floor Of
the hall what little reflection led him to
regard as furnishing the key which be re-
quired. This was nothing more than
scrap Of paper, less than the palm Of
man's hand, greatly crumplcd, o. if il had
been rolled up and thrust into small space.
much soiied, and slightly burned, on which
was written, ia characters almost illecible,
from the treatment il had undergone "Sil-
va, lieutenant, - battalion Carlist in.
lansry, will spcnd tonight at his fathers
house on the river side, close to the shore.
Sergeant - knows the spot, and can
guide party ththcr." Having read this
important document, which had been acci-
dcntally dropped by the Christine officer,
and examined its appearance atscntiyclv.
noting the burn, he raised it 10 bis nose,
when i decidedly smolled Of gunpowdcr.
Ito Immediately crossed tho river, and in
another hour was safe within the Carlist
lines, when his first net was 10 wait on the
colonel Of his battalion, recount the events
Of tho night, and acquaint him with the
suspicious he had formed.
Il 10 necessary TO state here that SiIva's
battalion was posted on steep height i'm
medissely overlooking, indeed oveshanging
Bilboa, and that % closely, that II termina-
ted ON the side next the city 10 q perpen-
diculsr clid, which actually formed part Of
tho wall bounding the military ground sp-
propriated 10 the use Of the queens garri-
son in the city; 20 that any object thrown
from the top would necessarily, after de-
scent of between three and four hundred
feet, fall within the limits of the belengured
town. On the table land at tho top Of this
d,zzy height Carlist sentry vas regularly
stationed, whose chief business was to OBJ
serve the movements Of tho Christine
troops below, and report accordingly to his
superioss. Il had been remarked, TINT %
invclcrase was the hostility ofthe man Mu.
rito-of whom mention has been already
made % having, at an early period Of the
siege, deserted from the garrison--towsrds
HE former comrades, that invariably, on
bsing relieved from bis guard, be proceeded
10 the edge Of the cliff and discharged his
musket At the Chrisiinos beneath, the great
height Of tho psecipice precludine oil dam
ger from . return Of the FIRE. Lieutenant
Silva remembered having made inquiry Of
this man concerning the safely Of the road
adjoining his fathers residence, and felt
convinced that no other individual in the
Carlisl camp was acquainted with his in.
,cntion Of proceeding thither at oil.
Nothing further Of importance transpired
that day. Towards the close Of the next,
il happened to he Muriio's turn again to
mount gusrd It the top Of the cliG. A the
hour which would terminate his guard sp-
preached, LioutenaEt Silva aud bis colonel
appeared sauntcring along the platform,
sad shortly after the relief arrived. The
customary form having been gone through,
tho fresh sentry took bis posi-, and Murito
was about 10 advance, as usual, to have q
shot ut his friends below. To his surprise,
tho non-commissioned officer Of the guard
seized his musket, and nj tho same moment
he found himself in the iron grasp Of the
men. The charge ofhis musket was drawn
upon the spot, when il was discovered that,
instead Of tho bunk end Of the cartridge,
tho ball had been bitten OF in loading
whilst, rnmmed down over the wadding,
was found slip Of paper, containing the
words, IN tue handwriting of Murito--.Zu.
snalacarrcgui 10 dead; The siege mnst soon
he raised i the garrison hold aut." This
discovery fully vindicaied the Justice &C The
suspicious which Silva had formed CONCERN
ing mysterious illusions Of the Christine