The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-06

They blocked this one safe avenue 70 .ne ciS ual.
lt became skiHul task 10 proceed wlthoul iocAnk
wheels. Those on foot asaD seemed 70 oe uossessel
wigh but one sole idea, which was 10 Bet pale away
from danger. from lying shot that Whistlei nncoan-
fortahly near Ihe women bore their little ones IN
tnen arms, the husbands aad iatAe4s carrsu .ao
sres ans peuates Of the family, Little children tod
dsd aIonl pronisouousy carrying Whatever seemed
opposite to their power or bearing onfuens una
coatirued slream az homogeneous humanity lowed
seawara while ourselves perseveringly hela onEaid
We arrived Ut ths Puente gel Mare, wnien crosses
the broad bed OF tho shallow, muddy Iura anu
tie seething eoafusioa OF anxious agitated, pan
icKy fugltiyes II WAS impossible to omit easing
qzlet critical glance At ms chaF scSerste reilc OF
Gotnico- Morlsco age, with It's seail-rchgiCus semi
0agbarOus features. But surrounded as ye were pY
tAls manifold strsarnei exodus OF Naiencianos. win
its manifold facialtes and being menbers OF the
human race, unless we had heen carved OF aaanaat
could rot remain impassive spectators and what
ever glsnces we cast round were 9rt momentarg
Alter crossing the bridge and driving into y
triangular area, some inAinSs OF tie true nature OF
the strife even then progressing within the Cliff were
to be bal from sSmpathete bgsfanders. groups o.
nioz. with swast faces and Intensely black eyes.
you mig ht recognize to be paisai.os by their rustic
bearing ana dress, were discussing with the treeaem
OF Spanards tho progress OF tho siege ana the state
ana spirit OF tho lnsurrectionists They spoke OF
these things fayorabiy for the republican cauae,
euogishcaly OF their friends but vel not lndutsing
IA any aEathemas against The government Eor yet
ia any ceusuraole Language. Ine most sspiess 1--WE
what barbarty it was to compel ths gov
ssung power to pO'nsard n saS city r "a,
It that such things should be- and directly they
would advert Tor the purpose OF maintaining he IN
terest the ceniabu ations 10 the vaior o. Valcn-
canos Cnot sqanlardsl to their love Of liberty and
20 their warlike spirits. For "hau not the nsuFfec
onss wths9od the army loelo so Ssn ieT seven
decrease CT courage? Were taey not going 10 keep
| 1t up for. ever so long againi Que vaior lwhas
| cou,ageS' al OF winch were commendabe TO taen
selves, though they were non-combatants, Ter had
| tney not been born and reared the veao oil
| under dtaerent circGmstancss5 for Instance, de-
Tending the scored SOL OF Tho happy, blessed vega
against tho entertainments OF foreign invaders.
ever 1t might be to tbem neither 1t prohtablo,
New. who shall we have TO carry our baggage TO
Int 10 come fonda or hoe elose by where we can
SEQ the siege wen, where see the battle Qnd
where we can hear the roar Of artillery and whix-
zing 5ulets9
"Wlll youW we ask strapping peasant, who had
very hkely often done the same task.
"Cu, hcms'e! pshaw nonsense, man; not !, for
dollar" he replied, with an expressive Eum-np-an
shrug; "Ca, hon,ore."
"Wfll youS" was asked another.
"Ca, honabre! Not for ten dollars. What do yeu
take me ferf fool, chr Ca, honaorer'
"Wnl you'll" was asked another.
"Chut! To the devil with you and your baggage.
Do look such an ass :" replied this bravo Da|saao
rather inpatientiy.
Judgment was to be employed here; physiognomy
was to De studied; otherwise-who knows'-we
might get nro1ia In our bread basket or under
small RIB, which would be FAR from pleasant.
.Ah, here Is d boy Of sixteen. modest ana boyish
IN face, coming this way Walt until ho comes by.
in ba a sa that
"Ghtco tboy, VIII you carry this baggage to
"With Pleasure, senior; what hotel?v he asked.
"Hotel de Pariso
"Botel de Parts IL surrounded with soldiers, ana
the nsurrecGonists firing on 1t all the times but
nevertheless, ana your Excellency wishes it, shall
take you there.n said he, Internationally.
street. TO prente ds Mar Ia re ehe
Pfacipe Alfonso. Stopped BIZ soldiers az the en-
trance 70 ,t the Plaza WIN steel Gayones at our
OF begrlr1od faces we turn sharply about, cross
over to glorious Goreta turn up an alley, whisk
ourselves UP another, wheel again, travel zip Gloria
street, steel baTonets rnperiously halt us: mar
tlal voices bid us oegono. Courage seperttss;n
chico eiserone says patronizlney. .We'l fetch mp
ncantly. From Gale del Gloria w few paces
aong Sea street. and thence turn nr san Bull street.
wheel LEFT, emerge into Congregation street, and are
directed TO tha Plaza de Ia Congregation. This plaza
WIS bit fifty yards sqdare, the centre Of it being
t OF 1t ran street called Gale del Mar which vas
the arlstocratlc part of what Is called above Sea
Gallo del Mar and Plaza de Ia ConRrefacion. ard
about 200 Yards up Gale del Mar was one of tho
oo a sn' cn py
towards the plaza and the hotel To set to the fonda
| or hotel the gauntlet was to be run to BE- sure it
but twenty feet OF width 10 cross Sun, when
bullets Kissed ana humncd Ike uoustrous bees IN
| that direction It was dangerous. Soldiers warRe d
rs not 10 cross the citizens WHO were in tns Plaza
missed warnlnFly, oicers reconstructed against the
| folly. But It ls bu. twenty feet2 Count three and
| jn'ar Anxious parents and husbands and CORE
spondent jump; yet take peep at tho harrlcada
in mtair 1lght see three curling pearly-coored
pms Of smoke, hear three or more bullets whi1ziag
savagey nc and we are IN the hotel por.ico safe
with a chorus or brayos IN our rear and welcome In
our front.
Once In the hotel the hinge folding doors are rung
70, and In We dark we ascend TO the second story,
where there are numbers OF soldiers surrounding
the house, In every balcony, behind double mas.
tresses; the rooms Ia ths greaJest disorder, yler
glasses ana small mirrors smashed, furniture OF
parloF with ugly rents anu fractures Them objects
OF vertl in pieces On the floor walls disagure1 by
bullet weals, with waiter wounded in the hcad
al Iffu Iarfrr
corridors; ladies' snugly barricaded within back
rooms; brave French landlord infnsing heroic bun.
comfortable hotel was indoors could hardly
DC iinsFined, while ever and amen fu
s4ss. yS e MS S d ias n sss
coverts OF the cathedral towers which were 152
Zee. high, and were ambushed behind chimney tops
ana tuyrets OF noble mansions. Responsive came
numbers OF bullets, smashing windows and shutters
! budding suddenly against the ashdar or wlndow
sills sometimes coursing through mattress derences
aud skipping IN most cratic fashion from room to
room through slim partitions OF latin and plaster.
The obligng landlord furnished me with front
/ room on the second story overlooking Plaza de Ia
Congregation and Gallo del Mar with its parrcade.
| From the window. keeping prulently out OF harms
way, Was 20 be seen the balconies OF the oppo-
site side OF the street filed with soldiers
who were ai1ng away as rapidly as possible against
tho barrtcade and church towers, roofs OF houses
and whatever high or low, that looked suspicious
With such miscellany OF sights and sounds, such
mated play OF musKetry Imagination WIN enable
oae to conceive tho vast volume Of sound that
UluHeG OUT ears ana uleu tae atmosphere or tao
city OF Valencia At Intervals also were heard the
deep OF cannon, the storrful rushing screech
OF shell as II 1ew on Its deadly crrand and tho
solid cannon shot as 1t rung Us suggestive acconpa
nlmenr an octave lower. Now higher louder,
moro emphatic more In harmonious unison
yoleyed, one might say without exaggeratlon
10000 muskets and twenty cannon OF great
and small cathre, without intermlssion or second's
pause, fierce, deadly amin ating stone barbados
punging en- toooaet against tho atone barriers of
various thlckncsses, and coursing through ana
through house,, answered back by ncessant yelcys
gea
godlers coming down under the eaden ternpes
though hidden behind balconies srrengthcned by
double mattresses. / could see them tumbItn0
hastily head foremost mo the Interior OF
the houses, clutching frantically their com
panions doorsls In q perfect agony
Looking down into the street also could perceiye
such Infinite lodging such frantic leaps behind
cover such squirting out or reach such CUISINES OF
palor oversproad the features or tho ruarksen that
= was barely possible to refrain from excaiming