New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-09

The men were speedily sepaised from the women.
snd driven, With blows and imp-ec ,:ions Ike many
cattle 20 place # cOuhn,m-n'. frop this losta.
some prson they Ora s.-d out three or four
tine dsy after day. tire longer 20 protrs; their suif-r
Iss then, With their arms pinioned h.hud them, snd
stripped Of Their clc;h.cg they sefe thrown into the
midst If irfurisri mob, consisting os bth sexss,
VITO armed With sroria hat,aets ard bIdgeou' 90 "a
filled their victims 10 the ground and completed toe
blroiy work.
TIE mode Of Death was often varied 20 sa, toe
csprcions cruelty o. the eIccutiorers. At Gl-cijA
where he olive crew abundant thsre was a cJLvert
OF August he NO ks, who az. murd red by bein,
itroNn INTO cslirons Of boiling Oh s,ne;!m"s the
death OF the victim was attended WIKI Circumstance
OF ci7bohcsl cruelty Dot surpassed by anything re-
corded ~ our NoUu-Amencen savsg,S. NJ place
called P-es ce ferreyrs, the priest Of TIE village was
raised by he If pnley 70 beam that pr +ctsd
non Tie tower, and sAs then allowed 10 drop tom
greet hight upon the ground. Toe at was repeated
mor- :hsn once int = pre.cpre If hrs sgd mother
WHO, IN al agony OF srf, ell ,cing Der dyug s5o,
bcso1gh; bm Ia trust in g II aud the b, ssei Nugin
who, through these turmcD,s, would buos hin mt
et.iual hir. The manSled oascsss of the or victim,
broken .nd dslocateo 10 every hmb. thea turned
over 10 the Noon, women. Who. with ter ,cs.rrs
b,dbu- and other feminine implements spee,illy tis-
pach,d blm.
Tie women. irdeed. throughout this perseeuii n,
se.n 20 havr al rs rubi tlIrst for vengeance ~
the men, Even the children w-re encouraged To- play
their part in the bloody drsns; ant many miserable
captive set uy target "a 10 shot at vita the
arrows Of the NJ rish boys.
The rage Of the barbsrans vas especially directed
against toe priests. who had so often pourA forth
austhtnas against the religion which the Mo>.sms
loved, and who, as their sprtds directors, had 80
often called them tO acco mt tor otenses against the
religion which they anhOrret. A. toadb, the priest
Was stretched out before brazer OF va Goals lltl
his feet winch rad been smeared with pitch ami OIL
were burned 20 cinder. HIS two si-te.s were com
PEELED To witness the sgoLies OF their brother woch
re stl fuJther gh'eued by the brutal treatment
which be saw them endure from t1eir t"rtncutOfs.
Fire WAC employed a. 4 common mo1e az torture, by
Wv Of retaliation. il may be. T similar sniierngs
il fc,ed tie irfi-l by the lnqaisitior Sometimes
toe puniments seemed "a be contryed Al a. 10 iorm
iepdsh parody on The eN rclses OF The Roman
Catloc religion. In the tosu o Fix, the pas or was
msdo II TAX. bis seat before the altar, with nis two
sacristsrs, one either side If him. The bed was
rurc. asst - call the people together 70 worship.
containing the rames OF the congregation, winch
they required to call over, as usual,
before the services, IN order To see that NJ
ole was absent. As each Mvrsco ans Fercd Ia his
name he passed before the priest, ana oett nun
blow with his .ist or the pucked his beard and
hair accompanying She act with some bitter talnt, tx.
pJessiNe of Their mortal hate. When every ooc had
thus had the opportunity Of gratifying his personal
ernJge against his ancient pastor the exc uuoner
stepped forward armed with razor, with " lich he
scored the face of the eccesastc 10 the detests form
Of the cross and then, beeoniDg with the fingers, de-
hberaiely proceeded Ia each Of the joints OF as
wTetc, ed victim
From the scenes Of terror, which are so wildly
depicted on Mr. Prescoits animated pages, We
take The following account Of an event that occur
red III Granada, which may remind the reader OF
some OF the atrocities Of the French Revolution.
Iu the begi, ming of the troubles, the President bad
caused humber of Morscoes, Amounting u Dot les,
tbsn hundred and fifty, It l. -ad to be arrested aud
thrown into the prison of the Chancefy; Cef'hn
IL. NIL hoy
pe,teo 10, long time furnished the feebl. pretex N
This violent proc. eding. Some few indeed were in.
prisoued for debt. But the greater number were
we.ltby men, who enjoyed the higaest eOnsiderauoe
among their eountryuen. They had been suffered TO
remain conhu.u ent daring the whole ~ the c am
paign thus s'ryin in come sort, as hostages Tor the
good behavior Of the people OF the Albaien.
Early in March rumor was circulated that the
mouniaiueers beaced by .IIumeya, whose father
and b,otber among the prisoners w.rc prepared
Ia make d. scent On the city by night, and, with tho
assistance ii the inhabitants of THE Abaicn, - begin
the work of destruction by asautng the prison of the
Chance ry, and lberatiDg their counuynen. This re-
port readily believed, cause the greatest alarm among
the ctzens bodpg Do good to the unhappy prisoners
On the evening Of the seventeenth D"za received IN
terg,ncc that tights had been seen on sonie ct the
IA, ipLboli,e mountains which seemed 70 be Of the
nature Of rigDals they were ans Scrcd by corre-
spending lights some OF the houses In the A'bacin.
The assault, il was said, would doubtless be made that
very night. The President appears 20 have taken no
cevirg the niormstoD he at once communicated 1t to
the Acayde of the prison. and directed him " provide
for the security of the prisoners Tho Acsyde lost
time in gathering his friends about hun, and caused
arms be distributed among body OF Spaniards, VI
whom there appears to have been considerable
Der confined III the place at this time. Thus pre-
Jared, they all remained, a. in saent expectation Ut
rome great event.
At lepgtb some time before midnight, the guard
posted i'll the Campana, one OF the towers of tue Al
halibra struck the bell with succession Of rapid
strokes, such az ueci Ia give an alarm. Ina
moment every Spaniard IN the PRISON was on his teet
and the Acayde throwing open the doors anu Lending
th. way they fell at their doienseless victims
confines in another quarter Of the building. As may
of these were old Ifrm end most Of them lnofen
siye ciuzeIs Uhose quiet way OF HE hsi ltte httei
item for brawl battle, AMI who were now de titute
Of arms If AIRY kind they seemed to BE- easy victims
as The sheen into whose fold the furnishing wolves
have broken the absence of the shepherd. Yet they
cid not give mp their lives without Al effort 70 save
them. Despair lent them strength and snatching up
chairs, benches, or any other article 81 fnfnitd,e 10
Their cells they endeavorcd TO make good their defense
against the sssssLts. Some, e1eri!ng vigOr winch
pair only could have given, succeeded 10 wrenchng
stuf. from the walls iron bars from the Windows,
and thus supplied themselves with the means, not
merely Of defense, but OF doing some mischiei I" tae
assaanis in their turn. They fought, in short, Ike
N. VINO lighting for their lives. Some, how''er,
losing all hope VI escape, piled together hehp OF Gats,
be,dipg, and other combustioes, AID, kindhas
them With their torches, threw themselves ihto Tue
flames intending in tis way to st IRE ~ the
building ard to perish in one general COZ igretion
with their muIderers. Boz the flames they h ID kn.
Md were soon e1inguishod in their own blood, aud
Their mar Id remain, left TO blacken among the
cirders of their funeral pile.
Fortwo hours the deadly conflict between parties 40
VIZ qualy metct cd mad continued; the one shouting
itl ot w.rcry Of Saint Iag),' ~ il fighting Oh al
olen fej: the other ii may take the Cistilan
sccouut ealing their prophet 70 come 10 Their
l4sss. ffusra b nm Ter
posrd IN ther behalf; and rotwltlst inding the Wild
uproar caused by Zen engaged 10 4 mortal struggle,
ty the sound II heavy blows and falling missiles, ny
the ye.ls 81 the slctors and the dying moaas aa1