Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-11-07
VARIETY,

Destruction of the Inquisition at Madrid.
COL Lcmanouski, formerly an officer UNI
der Napoleon, gives the following vivid
sketch Of scene of which he was an eve
witness:
In the year 1909, Icing at Madrid my
attention was directed to the Roman Catho-
lie lnquisition in the ncighborhood of that
city. Napoleon had previously issued Il
decree of suppression of this institution
wherever his victorious troops should cN-
tend their arms. Iremindcd Marshal Soult,
then Governor of Madrid, of this decree,
who directed me to proceed to its execution
on this far-famcd establishments With
my regiment, the 9th of the Polish lanccrs,
We had the two others. One of which, the
1l7th, was under the command of Col De
Lille, who is now, like myself, a minister of
the Gospel
With these troops proceeded to the In
QUESTION, which was about five miles from
the city. 1t was surrounded with a wall of
great strength, and defended by about four
hundred soldiers. When we arrived at the
walls, | addressed one of the scntincls, and
summoned the holy fathers to surrender to
the imperial army, and open the gates Of the
'Ni"'7'Vi0"' "N "S"V'lS' WIZ ""S HV''u-
ing on inc wall appeared to enter INTO CON
NcrSation Tor few moments with somo ono
%lthlh, at the close OF which lie presented
MS musNet, ana shot one OF my men. 1his
was signal Tor attack, and ordered my
troops to fire upon those who appeared on
inc wall.
1t was soon obvious that it was an unc-
quail warfare. Our troops were in the open
pam ana exposed TO destructive hrc.--
we hao no cannon nor could we scale the
"ails, ana tlc gates successfully resisted all
attempts at forcing them. saw that 1t
was necessary TO change the mode OF at
tack, ana directed some trees to be cut
down ana trimmed and brought on the
sch'ly inc walls began TO trcmDic, and un-
uGr tie wei alrecteu ana pcrSeVerlng ap-
Pl'GaIloh Oh 'hc ram a Droac9 was MADE
ana tne Imperial troops rushed into the In
quIS''Ioh' -,
mere VIC 'ilcC WIN an lhtidoht "hicn
no'nImg puC ocSu'tioal eHrontGry rs equal
TO- Inc l.'lu'S'tof general iolo"ed by the
lather conicSsofs IN their priestly robes, all
came OUT OF tneir rooms as we were making
our way INTO the interior OF the lnqu'sltlon,
ana WIN i0hg races ana 1helr arms crossed
W. Vno'n n u.e"S''! ~ as Vnoush VhSy h"u DeSn
,.o1l " al Ino .o'Sc W Vhc a'Gack ana ue-
,SnI anu i'I" - I""V lI''.cu ml"I was gong
o Iuu. o'aIu v''o,iS'iN0H III 'nc t'nS'SG OF
IL I'uNo eo U'oi oSn SJiu.I'S' s.J ny
uo Nv ~" ~ ou' i'ionuS ''lc french
th; v iHvvtiGn' 4ia. i hpl"lunvy, WAS 70 i'''.he
80 ,'''"N J''O L V'I'' uoiI"oc wa" "ho'ly u,',
t%voL,~o" .t". ln,o tno.,, nol,nS 'Hey Snoolo
,%o now % HUv'Il oi'ott,"'IS .t -" oic oo,'-
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am oi" ,ho lii J 9o ''JV" "'u;, ''I' 'no
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rh;tootnro woro morfnof pltIu t,n oo;l;na G Wv n5 a."
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thnrn woa oTor,,tbin". 70 ,ino"n i9 o'r"
rrot;fv cu1t;rotnd tasto II' Lmt ,ho Sho n anu
osn orr;d ;,Str,nnta ," ',p 81 J"U "m'aF MY
IU Iod Loo' toIJ ' o ". vT,.u,' or "llon
IN w%;ob G b,,m"m m hnnm. ',~ ,rorn ,.,0 ao;d o
hnr;eJ ai;voS wo snarcbcd % u 1"'" ~a;n - Tpo po
boly fathers assured us that how , had bcnU on