The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-19
THE REYOLT IN s,5PAIN.
The InsurrcctIon In Cndxs--Thc Conflict
Between the Military nSai tho People
Exciting Scenes and Insatdents.

Between the Military Raj tho People
Exciting Scenes and Incidents.
The Seville orrespondencSs Of the London
Times contains the following graphic account
OF tho lnsurrectlon in Cadiz, a.. 1 the surrender
Of the so-called rebels: s
When the sun rose on Sunday, the 9Th, the
relative position of the twoE scties was as fol-
lows The troops, altogetherl, l,out three thou
sand, held the barracks, thus9 Commanding the
land gate; but as the suburb ef San Joso, Just
outside, was occupied by the insurgents, th,
gate was available to neither party. The troops
held the customhouse, which they made their
headquarters, and the whole Of the wall be-
tween it and the barracks, MS keeping pos
session Of the sea gate and a gate near the Gus
tomhouse called the Seville gate. Two forts
San Sebastian and Santa Catalina-with the
park Of artillery, were in the possession of the
military, but, boing isolated and only slightly
garrsoned, they took little part in the conflict.
!. Tho town-house formed tho headquarters Of
the militia, among whom one Salgochea. and
also Junco. o master tailor, seemed to have
acted prominent parts. It had been aban-
taken refuge in the customhouse. In the
basement Of the town-house. the insurgents
placed thirty ty-six-pounder cannon, directed
towards the sea gate, while at the left Of the
building, across the ends Of the streets, which
there opened on to the square, were two bar
rlcades, each armed with similar gun, and
on the right very strong and extensive two
sided barricade constructed Of barrels and
crates filled with stones, which likewise was
provided with two guns OF similar calibre.
pointed across tho square. The converging
tire OF five guns could thus be brought to bear
on any troops attempting to assault the town
xuo mn 1nI,
the sea gate end than at the other. These
guns. which proved so frighttully destructive
to the troops, were loaded with every variety
;aood Of old l ,llonmnas n, screws locks keys fat
heaps Afterwards in the basement OF the town
house.
Besides this, every streetswh;ch opened to-
wards the walls, and most of the great thor
oughfares, contained loopholed barricades
from five to six feet high, constructed of paw
lnS-stones, or occasionally OF barrels OF CO.
ment, bales OF brown paper, OF sacks Of coffee,
&c. stones were carried up to the roofs Of
the houses, and also saw two 8-inch guns in
position on the south side, bat which did not
seem to have been fred, the principal attacks
being made on the east side OF the town. Tlo
troops in the customhouse directed their ef-
forts against the houses Opposite the custom
house and the streets leading from it into the
town. They succeeded in 20. sessing them
selves Of several OF the houses; but in the
streets they seem, from the marks on the
walls, to have been uniformly unsuccessful,
never penetrating far up them, and, from the
immense number of marks Of rifle balls,
either they must hive irea very wildly or
these attacks that General Pesalta received
serious wound Ms ttae ss,ssseh later COM
neIfa ra1 4.aasrns n,,,s "a
The troops from the barracks effdeayored to
storm the barrica les on the square and to take
the town house, which they cannonaded from
the wall with shot, shell and grape, the marks
and destructive effects of which missiles, to-
gethec with innumerable rifle shots, are yisi-
BILE over the entire facade OF the town house
and most OF the other buildings on the square.
The trees which grew there, now torn by grape,
present. most curious spectacle, as do also
the municipality, the statues, busts, clocks,
chairs, lustres, writing tables, &C., being per-
torated and destroyed by the numerous pro.
1ecti!es that entered through the windows.
found any attempt to count the number Of
shot marks on the houses which had suffered
most quite useless, and it seems utterly unac-
countable how the force engaged should have
been able to fire away so many shots in the
sixty-fve hours during which the fight lasted.
Spaniard stated that he counted three hun
dred IN space eight metres by four on the
JGc0de OF the town-house, which building was
struck m thirty times by cannon shot and shell.
The most fatal attack was that made on the
9th by the Cazadores de Madrid, who landing
from Trocadero, came through the sea gate.
and rushing on, notwithstanding the fire of
the cannon, succeeded in crossing the first
Darr1cades; but being unable to take those be-
hind them. were killed almost to q man be-
tween - two. 1t is said that out of one hun
dred and twenty-five not twenty-five escaped.
1hrougnout the next morning the fighting was
unabated; the troops were reinHorced by three
hundred men Of the regiment Barcelona. and
q vessei IN the harbor commenced boml ard
menu whlch, however, was discontinued, Ow-
ing, 1t is said, to the energetic Intervention Of
the American and other consu!s.
Several AttemDta had haan odo 1,v posoalo
IN the harbor to furnish food and ammunition
10 the troops through the Seville gate but this
Deng perceived by the insurgents, they were
stopped by the fire from the houses. The in
surgents. too, were running short OF cartridges:
Du6 IN the afternoon they succeeded in possess
sing themselves OF the wall and sea gate, the
centre OF their enemy's line. thus dividing the
forces opposed to them into two, gaining pos-
session OF the mole aud relieving the town.
mouse from the cannonade to which it had
peen hitherto exposed. That evening the fire
dlminlshed, and next morning the flag for o
pariey was hoisted at the custOmhOuse.
A truce was then agreed npon to bury the
dead, during which, also, those so inclined,
were to be allowed to leave the city, permis.
SION afterwards limited by the insurgents to
women, children aud old people. and OF which
1t is said, some twenty Thousand people availed
themselves. In the meanwhile, too, the con-
suls who, till then, with some other foreign-
ers, had been kept in the city as safeguard
against bombardment, made strenuous efforts
to arrange matters aud save the place from
further bloodshed.
The government willingly continued the
suspension Of hostilities from day to day,
thinking 1t prudent to remain passive until
the preparations Of General de- Rodas were
completed.
Thus it was that the truce lasted four days,
until Cabeller0 de Rodas, being quite ready to
assault the place with an overwhelming force
by land and sea, sent into the city on Saturday,
the 11th, proclamation. stating the means at
his disposal, but at the same time promising
personal safety to the insurgents should they
lay down their arms within q limited time iii
the places he appointed; il they refused. 1T
would not be- his fault il il became necessary
that he should carry out the disagreeable duty
imposed on him. Tue result was depu.atlon
from the insurgents, accomsanied by the Uni
ted States consul, accepting the terms. The
following day the army entered, and on Mons
day the people begun to return to their homes.
Thai evening the Plaza Aan Ar.ca,c piS~
sented very animated scene. The army mad