Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-03-24
SIEGE OFMAGDEpuRG

The tC>l,t1urc H., tn. hv>tr. Il was l'' atul
nl >Inat,; hut al lcuath ,"gp',> N,I, tore Il
open lv the hr>l ger, All lilly, mtr,i -. u
part # his infantry st';.c. town. INN, iii tic
" occupied the Uriu i.,al streets. aui win
pointed rtu"ur r,rvr TN. c,tY-tt~ it,,-t it,.i
. dWcl lngS, time tn await tlnIr Gc>tIu\. Nor
! were ihrT held 80 il >u>pcu>o; II Wuld I. Ola
lilly dccld,d the tate IT Mn.ivhurs Elri. u
, more humane g.. neral would have at, mpt, Il
in vain IL r. stain such S'.di,i>: hLt II IL new
rr Gree malt the attempt. llIr >hcncr #
tn, IT Ci,n,rri left the >ri.IciS masters ul the
,ltiZ,n,; and thy hrukr. without rest lant. intn
t'e h"u> : t. crafty every hIuta airv tie
, The pravc'> 1T innocence excited some com
passion IN the hearts Of the Germans, but none
in the rude breasts Of Pnrprnhcim's WaIloonS.
Scarcely Ind the massacre commenced, when
| the oth'r gates were thrown open, and the
cavalry, with the iraIiul hordcS Of CroatS,
poured in upon the devoted town.
Now began 4 scene ut massacre md outrage
which history has no language, poetry no pen.
ell 10 portray. Neither the innocence Of cuill
! hood, nor the hcip le>SnesS of old ag neither
youth nor SEX, uClthrr rank nor b autV, cuud
dlSarm the turv Of the Cpuqu rurs. Wives
were Gi>h0nnrrd in the very arms of th, ir hu$
bands, daughters at the feet Of their parents
and the drirn>clc>> sex exposed Ia the d"uh.r
loss ot virtue aud life. No cnnuiliun, however
obscure, or however sacred, could afford pro.
lection against the cruelty or rapacity Of the
rhrInv.- FIhv.tirte women were found in
single church, with their heads cut OF! The
Greats amused themselves with throwing chill.
drrn into the flames, and Pappcnhciu'S Wal.
innnS with Stahblng Infants at their mothers
breasts Some officers uf the l.raEur, horror.
struck ut SCENES 81 dreadful, vcni,ncd IL re.
mind TilIy That he had it III his power To stop
the carnage. Return III an hour, was his
anSwtr; and Will see what is tn he dnnr :;
thc'snldicr must have sumo rrcomprnSc for his
dangers aud tolls :"
No orders canp-fron the G. neral to check
these haFtorS, which ttiRtiitutd without abate-
mrnt till the smoke ard Flames ut last >topird
the course oi the l'lundrrer>. ia increase IL,
confusion, and break the resistance of the in.
hahltautS. the invaders had, at the commence.
mpnt 1T the assault, tired the town IN several
places, and tempest now arose. and >I,ttaI
the tia'nr> with flehtiul rapdItN. I'LL the hlaLr
became universal, and forced tn vict"r> L.
pause awhile in their work If ralinc aud cav
mage. The confusion was drrIwucd hv the
clouds ui smoke, the clash Of swords, the hears
OF deaa. hniieS streMing the gmnnd. the cla>h
vt falling ruins. and the streams Of blood that
ran along the streets. The atmosphere glow.
ed, and the int rrahr heat finally compelled
even the murlcrcrS To- take refuge in their
camp. In less than twelve hours, this strong,
populnus aud ilouri>hing city, one of the finest
IN all Germany, was II heap of ashes, with the
exception Of only two churches and i few
houses
Scarcely had the flames ahatti when the
soldiers returned tn Satia anew their rage for
rund,r amid the ruins and ashes ol the town.
Mnltitudr$ were Suincatrl by the smoke; hut
many found iich booty in the cellars who're
the CItlZtnS had COncraCd their most valuable
effects At lcngth lilly himself Appeared in
the town. after the streets had hvct cleared ct
ash, : and curp>cS Horrible and revolving to
humanity was the scene that presented its 4.
TIr few survivors Crawn. from under tie
dad; little children Wandering about, with
hrart'r ndng cries, III qu' st If their par n
M" Il" InII, and infants std sucking the cad
bwli sol t1nir m"tIct>. More tnan tive th"u
>a"d h"ii y w,rr thrown into the HE Just I"
clear the streets; far greater uumhcr had lie, n
"n>IWd Ivy Iiir flames; tue rntirr amount
WAS estimated at thlriy thousand; and in yiat.
| utc IL the God of I'racr for S,.ch huw ii sue
e. IS in the huthcry ut his children, for TINS
tIumnh of Ch i>ilan over Christian it, bl"0 :
aud tire, and raj in,. and brutal lust, sol M
mass wa> pvI formed. and lie Usua. sung amid
the discharge nf artillery!