Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-03-29
RICHMOND WHIG.

TAXING OF THE MOROCCO CITY OF TETUAN.
Alter the dcitut of the Moors the 4h of February,
they have considered TIE defence of the fortified
city OF Tetuan hopeless. The Moorish troops, there
fore both regular aud irregular to prevent the movable
property rom falling into the hands of the Spanards,
hasteled the city and commenced sacking il; On the
9th, renegade Cadjz Matchmaker, RObes by name,
came to General ODonnelIs headquarters and informed
him OF what taking place and asked him to take
possession Of the city for the protection Of the regular
inhabitants. On the morning OF the 9TH, Gen. O'Donne
eut forward Gen. RIOS with Lis corps, and after
followed with the main body The entry thus descrb
ed by the correspondent ofthe London Times:
Before General ODonnel reached the rough pave
meu Which covers the last quarter of mile of the road
10 Tetuau, and while paUsng moment in a field TO al
low The passage Of troops. Spanish soldiers
lie roof Of Al Cosbah and the next moment the gor
geous red and yellow standard lunted its folds from the
hatl,emeuts Il was exactly 10 in the forenoon. The
sight seemed TO animate the General who put his horse
into trot aud staff and escort ratified over the rugged
stones aud close to of the city gates
which two gapsd out of their eubraSureS. To
the right was cenetry steep, cragTy ground, lead
ing up TO the citadel While troops entering and
pending the reception Of the report from Rios that the
place occupied, ODoanell dismounted and walked
rather climbed, over the rocks and among the tomb
stones t he reached the fort two Of the guns of which
had just been fired by the Spauards at some Moos seen
rctrea,ing across the plain.
Il siih pull up 10 the top but the view thence
obtained repaid the toll beautiful valley have
seldom eyes upon than that which opens in the rear
of Tetuau. Il Is Of oval form, and after il has near
~ closed at the further end it again opens out into Sc
cOnd and smaller oval Around il fertile hills par
italy wooded with "a background of mountains. Near
the first rise of tie ground the right the road,
rather track 20 Tngier, along which, ia the distance,
a large number OF Mooys were seen fastening away la
den dorbtirss with the punder of the previous night
Descending from the citadel 10y the path as before,
ODouurN vas uc- bv an aiide-camp 10 report the
complete occupation of the city which lac thereupOn en-
tered The gate, through which be passed led at once
ilo the Jews garer aud It very difficult to describe
tie scene Of dcsohou which there presented itself On
citlCr side Of the street small low shops of kind
very commonly seen IN COustaiinOple and other Turk
sh cities square apcT;ues foot ortwo from the ground,
closed hy shutter az night aud in which in the daytime
the merchant sqults among his All these, with
ont exception had been broken open, pluudcred, and
their thrown out into the street and broken to
pieces Such complete ruin and desoatiOn | never yet
/ witnessed.
The narrow filthy streets were paved with dsbris Of
every kud-hr0heu drawers and boxes torn garments,
pgry merchandise Of all descriptions, fruit, grain,
/ smashed ctoc,ery the whole blended in confused
mass which almos, Gclet analysis When the spoilers
bad taken all ..ey thought worth their while, or that
they were able 90 carry Of they ptles-ly destroyed
ia. rrst Tho .Trus who as ! afterwards learned, had
shown signs O. terror, and Tor the most par, hidden
themselves ON tac entrance OF the first Spanish troops,
h.i taken courage percejyng that these were order
! v and w,-leaayci and did no one barn. and now be-
tu io come out into the streets and TO welcome
Tine soldiers with cries OF Bc, rcgidos 'Iira In hey-
| ,g and tie like Doubtless had the action of Satur-
tsy hal .gca. result and MGiey Abbas hordes been
returning y.,torols from the combat the smiling
/ criugia- welcome would have been shouted, and the
g.res would have been given for the Moorish En-
| psIor.
Be after 40 they bad gone through during the preyi-
Ous thrjy.. lou.s t can hardly be doubted that the
poor Hebrews really riOc-d 10 ODouners orderly
esious within tasr walls They had evidently suffered
/ much Mur OF ,aeu we're nearly naked, others had
/ l.s gfrmau.s torn us ii from rough treatment Like
a he African and Turkish Jews, they spoke Spanish,
su hey were vc.gl D the.r description, o: what they
had uu3.Troae They pointed 10 jheir trOs, and told
us hos narrowly they Lad escaped having them cut by
tie luiyt all .I. of the Noy:s The city itself re-
s.a.a.s 10 u.t- have ever seen and mus; postpone
aG aueup, %. ,.s description uuul better acquaintance
and greater leisure. Some srlu Is tgGres appeared here
aud Ie.'i.Aag beads with al the marked phy,og-
uomy o.! he Jewish race In s very strongest develop
ment-oli mra with their thick white boards reaching
nearly 20 their griesa few ugrOe-, whose inky black
ness cou'as.ed Na tle generally sailow complexion Of
/ ,Ie children o. Israel.
We met with several dead bodies of Aoors
lying tay street IN different parts OF the town-some
naked. Others .Hptr,.-y covered with their hacks.
They he'd $40 r..t violent deaths, but a. whose hands
whether a hgos among .hemsagea disputes oyer spoi',
or from t.e Jews they r,tcatad f,Om the OF
! their Geyli~u orgies, t was impossible to learn. We
reached i-rg. square iu which two or three battaons
Of filNurY auj som, ijEDt artillery were drawn up. We
Vc,c at ,uc S from te jews quarter Al short dis
| 'al,g vas tte Iapcii palace, which used during
tl Uaras Grro, OF provisions and stores for the army.
Here tic Moorish oiary had also run rio. before quit
tiuE le l.,er Tur7 had taken al. they could and had
DESTROYED ,ac rest Nroc suites of rooms were food
el vi,a e hy clrheu .,s hat had contained it lying
/ broker about Oinr were paved with grain, We, and
/ tramp. Be- H-r, an .acrr rluPovder was scattered,
and .as vas also tbc ease oD the mare -i4hoar
VILE tha General and h- -.sH were wandering-not
very praasufy ua.sr 80 circnmstaGcee--th the
! corridor aud nruyrOg, apartments OF The palace two
explosions took place Nitlia and the other outside
sh soldiers badly 1grut. Some say the explosions
were acydeG;al caused hv sparks from cigars but 9th
believe they were intentionally caused although this
| appears TO me Improbable. Water was thrown over
several places hiclv Strewn with guupOWder and the
aiarm reited sgb,dsd. 4 visit paid 10 the
house Of the Governor That dguittry had disappeared
On .ur1irug whether he had led with the Moorish army
WIS told by d' jews that il was more probable he had
aed from t. The sodiery, whom the people here desig
nate as Be5H0S, and the irregular of the tribes OF
Kabyes, who are spoken of LrJIros or barbarians
seem To lave given themselves up without anybodys
attempting restrain tbem TO the most insane license
aer er leiel, saturday. The two brothers of the
Emperor fod fed psecptatoly from the lost po
.on ami rode through Tet4au -i;hDai t.aEiag rein,
and the so'iery dd they liked. Their o1cesses are
said however have been confined chiefly the Jews
quarter.
Wha, amount Of damage they may have done in that
o. .L- G1ors, have not vet been able positively 20
,ertaiu &. reported 10 have been comparatively
small. Many OF lie Moorish inhabitants had led from
the city, bu, many still remain, although In great part
hidden. The piiage began in the night Of Saturday
rather az o'clock Sunday morning, and lasted until
Yesterday moruiug. The Jews say that the Spanaris
saved lcr lives by coming FOR that otherwise the MoOrs
having takcu all their property, would asSuredy have
cut their hr0lts their refusal reveal the hiding
places OF wealth. they longer possessed Il piteOus
hef Che tle Of suffering of Of the poor wretch
es who found themselves in lew hours reduced from
easy circumstances the auiect poverty enter
ed some Of their houses and heard many Of them tell
their story Some of them had their clothes torn from
their backs 10y the Noors, punishment for
STRANGE and prayers 0f mercy and turned out stark
naked iao the street while the most fendish violence
perpetgated IN their dwellings. fully believe that
there b. oxaggeration in OF their tales; in fact it
may be said that We have practical proof of it, for where
our first entrance hoy met with cries Of hunger
declaring they had eaten nothing for three days and
forth before left the town, in which passed nearly six
hours, they having discovered that the Christians paid
for al. they took, selling very fine fowls for few
reals apiece.
Under such crcums ances il is well known that Jews
well as people of other religions are apt to make the
most Of thciy msorngs but there il no mstaking or
DENYING the fact that The Moors have behaved Ike the
brutal lages they are and there IS evidence enough on
al sides OF tn heavy osess Of the Hebrews Neither
could the emotion be iegned which of them show
ed when relating what they had gone thrugh in the pre-
ceding two DAYS | f in with one highly Intelligent
jew whose hands and manners showed that he belonged
20 tie higher class of his people, aud who narrated
me bis sunerines He showed courage and fortitude
but there parts Of his story when his voice became
shr With ar,ation and the lot tears started from his
ewes. nav doubt ,hat he is quite ruined man rs
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