The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-02-12
rev publications.


uuroAy or ruE Rliys of Pmir Tit SEC
osp HIsu or srNls. ry WIN Il Prescott
noron Phillips, Sampson Z Go.
The tlirl volume Of This history - now
published. The las, work orthc er,s, blind
historian va. done upon this history SIS
volumes wSs, d,.,rucl-thrcc er which have
been published. The work mus, now Tan iu-
to o,h,rhauds, bot %, public viii hardly fil
TO observe the line whore "a, one Finished
and lhc other begins Mr.. Prescott wa, one
Of the greatest historians Of his, or ans age
and was 90 acknowledged IN Europe .s well
as his fa,her-and-anl Philip the Second Z,
his mas,cr-piesr.
This volume begins With the conquest Of
=i...ia Al-iAe Arals in liG0.7. Much Of %,
however, is taken up With tbcIcbclii04 " III
Mori'eocs, and the terrible war # o,or
two years duration between them aud the
Sp1uiardi. Those familiar with the Con.
quests Of McN.ca nul Prru,-hy the same
oulhor-will End much in this war to remind
them Of the h.ody m1ssacrcs of the Kings
and lncas Of those uohappy lands, The s,o.
r. /. told IN such an Interesting, exciting way,
shat though IL is mostly tale 81 blood. there
IS a charm about {, that will cnchaiu the az.
,sr,ion Of hcrrader ill the book i, finished.
We will append q paragraph or two taken
from the very last Of the Morse, rebellion,
when the cou,cndiug parties were mos, dcs-
pcraie ;--
Mare than ono instance is recorded Of
fIp tlpaINuFuft n ,t.l.fr't th.a
as wei! rs the men we're reused in their cx.
trcmiiy. 4 Alorisco girl whose father had
perIthcd in the FIRST assault IA the Gardens,
after firing her dwelling is said to have drag
god her two little brothers along with one
hand, mud welding scimitar with ,hc 9th.
cr, TO have rushed against the foe. by whom
they were ull speedily cut To- pieces. Anoih-
ar instance is told OF man who. after kill
ing his wife, and his two daughters, sailed
forth and cHiiiuF out, ~ here. is nothing
more % losci let US die together"
threw himself into the thick Of the enemy
Some fell bv their own weapons, others by
those of lheir friends, prelcrr:nB to receive
death by any hand, but those OF the Spau-
iArds.
-, Some two thousand Moriscocs were hud-
died together IN q square not far from the gate
where strong body Of Castilihn infantry
cut Of the mems Of escape. Spent with toll,
and loss Of blood, without ammunition,
without arms, or with such only as were too
much battered or broken for service, the
wretched fugiti,cI would GLADLY have made
some terms with their pursucrS who now
closed dHrkly around them. But the stag at
hay'might as easily have made terms with
his hunters and the fierce hounds that were al
ready on his launches. Their PRAYERS were
answered by volley after vulley, until not n
man was lett alive.
More than four hundred women and chill
dren were gathered together without the walls,
and the soldiers. mindful Of the yoluc ofsuch
booty, were willing to spare their lives.
This was remarked by Don John, and no
sooner did he observe the symptoms of leni-
ty in the troops, than the fiuty-husr,ed rhiciI
rebukcd their rcmianess, and sternly remind
ed them Of the orders Of the day. He even
sent the hulberdicrs Of his guard and the
cavaliers about his person. to assist the sol
dieTs IN their bloody work while he sat, Il
cufIn spectator on his horse, as immovuhlc ua
marble statue, and as iusensibe TO the ag.
onizing screams OF his victims, and their heart
breaking prayers for mercy"
SHELLS pnon TnH SRN.sHonr or LIRE. gathered
by pgNuLY SHELLY New York. W. II. c.
Clark 4 Co.
This book makes a pleasant addition to the
light reading Of the dOy--bOing short ssetchy