American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1863-04-03
THE TRIALS or WAX.


privsts-ss dsriag the war, sc do not believe
that there has been a want and sar-tsnsr s.y
where in the country equal 10 that whfch NE
frequently read of an history When Morsdrr
aud Money made the secosd sttscS on sara
gesss, the enthusiasm and moral courage %
the bcseigsd was excited 10 The utteruaost,
was il found wanting At the aesr q peril
The gallant defenders resisted for tozS
time the impetaous attacks Of the fario1s
sssailants, and yielded ~ last aaly 20 the
overwhelming influence Of the rsia~rs- Vita
a loud explosion its massive walls were reat
asunder-heaved in awfal eoux1lstoa Ser =
moment and then came tumbltng iowa
crushing ali beneath-the citadel. the caG~c1-
es. the converts. AID every tezasse place
were eontended fer with the most deadly eb-
stinacy-the women. the aged sad the chll-
dren had been placed IN TIE sltsrs for sststys
want and pestilence reigned among tasrl.
and thousands there found their last resting
place from huager. But smidsr these aCcu-
INFLATED horrors the spirit and courage -
Saragossa's defenders remained unshsk~u-
They continued to make almost sGpeFhumzn
efforts. but at last the city feu. whsa the
enemy found the cOrpses and bones Of more
than 10000 persons streSing the erOund-
Out of so 600 Inhabitants when the Frsuch
invested, but y. 600 living skeletons were 20
be found when they took possession o. tAls
scene of ruin and desOlati0n-
At Corona, when the pablic magazines
were exhausted of provisions. the people
shared sheir supplies with the soldiers
svery day and hour added 10 the distress e5
the Spaniards. The remaining cora was
ground in the she'll ef bombs With Cannon
balls, and mules aud horses we're slaughtered
fer the hospitals and shambles = list was
made OF all within the city. aaa they EeEe
taken by lot The garrison VAS EreatiH re-
duced; the hospitals were nc longer shie g.
contain the number Of reeEirea u&nfss5. -,
-. =
Still not a word of espitulstiOu wa racegaf
or heard Of Fuel became exceedingly
scarce, and nearly all that remained wss
placed in creSsets At the coruErs - tAe
streets 10 illuminate them in case of 3snEsr.
! The summer fever became acre prevaleus.
the bodies OF the sufferers were frsqEcnsly
covered with minute ecuPtion which VA
/ usually fatal symptom haxes also reeaa
/ to prevail. The French knew their eoue1-
/ ton and redoubled their vigilance: they
/ threw their lines closer TO the city, st-etehed
/ cords with bells along the intersPaces ard
/ kept watch dogs at all the pests The few
unslaughtered mules were prevented from
/ feeding about the walls Of De Paula BIZ the
/ French advanced posts. sud the wretched
animals thus deprived Of their Only feed, Sc
/ tually gnawed the hair from each others
names and tails before they were Ted 10 the
! shsmbles. The stores also FROM which the
/ citizens had supplied the failure Of the mag
4 ~
to set guard over the ovens, and the food
/ for the hospitals was sometimes seized en-
the way to the furnishing PoPulsre- Tas
/ enemy trieo TO tempt the garrison TO desert
| by calling out TO them 40 come over aud eat
and holding out provisions During the
whole seige, however, but ten deserted At
| length human nature could endure ne longer
| The chief Surgeon presented Alvarez with a
| report of the condition of the city. whlch
showed that there was not a house IN Gero-
ma but had been injured, not house was IN
| habitable the people slept in cellars and
vaults and holes amid the ruins, and FIRE
quently the wounded were killed in the hos
pitals The rain water and sewers stagua-e ed
| In the broken streets, and the pestileutIal
| vapors which arose were rendered more mex
| ious By the dead bodies that lay r0ttiHg
amid the ruins. The dogs we're consumed
by hunger; the fruits withered IN the gar
| dens and scarcely any vegetables could be
raised. In three DAYS Ave hundred Of the
garrison had died In the hospitals dysen-
| tery was raging aud spreading. and the sick
were lying on the ground without beds and
almost without food-the daily ratiOns being
| a handful of wheat, or Eve ounces Of mules
| or horses flesh every alternate day. Still
/ Alvarez would not hear the mention Of sur-
render, and it not Until he himself was
| seized with a dangerous Fever that Corona
was surrendered b. Juan &c Bolivar.
/ ST. Sebastian, Badajoz, and many other
places might be mentioned, showing the
heroism, forbearance and devotion Of the
people to their cause, but enough has been
| recited for our purpose. We have an enemy
who has renewed in the 18th eenturT. the
| cruelties of the worst sayages and AT the
horrors that make tremble in perBsing
the history of the eruptions of the barha-
rians of old, but among ourselves there has
been comparatively little want We should
bear our temporary privatiOns with the best
grace possible We feel them keenly be-
cause they are novel and in contrast with eur
former condition. In war we must expect 20
undergo many trials and hsrdships- We be-
leve every thing is being done TO alisvIats
our necessities, and in few days those who
are on the unpopHlated Hill tops Of tbs
Gibraltar of the Confederacy" wiH have al
they want VSeis5urg Wing