The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-05-13
Destruction Of ihc lnquisitiOn
at yIadrla,

shall SuN.l, titn bOEtflOf Ol Mdllil, VI !
this decree, who directed him to proceed to
destroy it he informed him that his rcgi- |
mcnt (the Jth Of the Polish Lanccr5 was in
sufficient for such service; but that II he |
would give him two additional regiments he |
would undertake the work. lie accordingly !
gave him the two required regiments one Of
which, Uhc ll7th) was under the command |
Of Col. ID. Lille. With these troops Col. !
Lchmanously proceeded forthwith to the In {,
QUESTION, which was sitGatcd about five
miles from the city. The lnquistion was
surrounded with a wall % great strength,
and defended by about four hundred sol
dicrs. When they arrived at the walls, he
(thc Col) addressed one of the scntincls,
and summoned the Holy Fathers to surren-
der to the imperial army, and open the gate
of the lnousition The sentinel who was
standing on the wall. appeared to enter into
conversation for few momcrts with some
one within. at the close Of which ho present
ed his mu.act and shot one Of the men.
This was a signal for attack, and hc ordered
his troops to iire upon those who appeared on
the wall 1t was soon obvious that 1t was an
an,qUa warfare. The walls otthc lnquision
were covered with soldiers Of the holy oillcc;
there was also a braastwork upon the walls,
behind which they kept continually ; only az
they partially exposed themselves as they
discharged their musScts. Our troops were
in the open plain and gXpo,cd to destruc.
tive fire. They hal 40 cannon, nor could
they scale the walls, and they successfully
resisted All attonlpt. at forcing thsm.-lle
Urnl l,li.,u.u +,y ,,,y that Il was nec,s.
,ary tn rhapg. the mode of attack, and di.
rc.i.j SOM, tro,s to be cut down, trimmed
and l-oual,, o., fine ground 10 be used as
| ha,t.r,n,, rlf,- Two Of these were taken up
/ b, d,tacLlnsut; ormDn. and brought TO brar
| upon the walls with great power, notwith-
standing the continued voll'y which was
| heavily poured upon them from the walls.
/ Presently the walls began 70 tcmble, and
/ under the w.,l directed and pnrsryelins APP
/ pioaton Of the rams, a breach was made,
au the Imperial troops rushed INTO the IN
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-.ourcl until highly goEsh.d. The marble
floors were arranged with STINT regard T.
order
There was Cy,ryt,ing to please the cyc and
CRAFTY cultivated taste; hut where were
those ho'rd Instruments Of torture oiwhIch
We had been toll; and where those dun.
g"pns in which human beings are SAID TO b,
buried alive They searched IN VAN, th'
holy fathers assured them th'y Ia been be
lied, that they h1I -.,n =" AMI Vol. Ich-
manpusky was prepared t. give up the
search, convinced that this lnluNuon wa.
different from any other ol winch he had
heard, but Col. Do Llde was not 50 ready to
give up the search and 5a'4 to hln
"Co!onG yauara comman l,r to-day aud
as YOU say 50 il must be. but if you will be
advised hy ne, let tli, marble floor he exam
81 more. let some water be brought in and
poured upcn il, and we viii watch and see il
there is any place through which it passes
more freely than others
ITc rcnli.J "lo y. Won rIoa.c Coln and
ordrrrJ ,v,,er ,o lac Erought ,cror,inoly