The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-03

dren Nil the air. There might have been groans
also, or prayers uttered; but who needed them or
heard then. at such moment, lrauyht with sad woe
TO the city OF SafGgossa ald her inhabitantsr FOR
Where the cry OF Roman and Gothic warriors. OF
ViSlgots ana Huns-for where tho Ir-rnize tue bat
tie shout Of Berber Tarlk, was OF old heard. now Is
resonant among the solid streets the modern cry
whica browns all others-all prayers soDs ana
groans-"Vtca Ia Repubiicd Federd!."
The soldiers slow to recover from the aston
Ehnent which has paralyzed them, astonishment nc
an insurrecton irrupting before their iaces-insur-
rcclon Of guiescent, comparatively submissive
tsng wapsy 1s psoP o
aStonishnent But what ghall we dor" ask the
captains and lieutenants one OF another. They are
loth TO make up their minds and while thus foth the
republican volunteers have poured down the streets
and given the alarn-have shouted "The republic Is
proclaimed have knocked up barrio San Pablo
from its afternoon slesta; have invited La Leo. La
Pillar TO speak, and taey proceed To show tnem row;
co6ble stones curb and nag stones, aud with
the swifness Of magic do erect barricade
formiaable wide-a granite aud cobble stone fortia
cation breast high. one, two three. four aud i've
aye ten barbados are thrown no almost as fast as
tongue can count them; for what is impossible to
such men when life and death are IN the balances
SO quarter or barro san Pablo, La Leo, La Pillar IL
cut or from iis neignbors, surrounded by these
granite barrcsdes and stormy Arrogoncse castles.
There Is method IN the WHOLE The republicans are
shut in; late corners leap over the Darrcades are
they do with plckaxe aud shovel, with crowbars
and bayonets, While the women are In the balconies
hair pillows, exparto screens and baskets sacks
Of hour by the side OF sliken cushions.
possible TO note the whole for there are hundred
things, and q thousand scenes, doing and taking
place Carts are thrown on the summit OF the 6arri-
cades; cabs caught unawares are launched on high;
sofas and bureaus and the staugest kind or obstruc
TONS are piled above all. An extemporized chief at
tho barbados OF san Pablo. which engross my
attention, bethinks himself OF something essential
which all hal forgotten hereIoiore IN the hurry
Dukes Gate" cries he, 'is open. Volunteers to
MI II up" hundred offer themselves.
Fifteen minutes eapso, and the Dukes Gate Is
blocked up ard guarded ny two traverses and dank-
ing barrcades, SO strong that 1t VIII take cannon
TO destroy them. II one could only abs tract him.
self from the dim and scething CONFUSION within che
the pOrtent or oil this he could compare the enclosed
area OF the street into nothing opposite as to q
hugo quarry, with The men I'D arms handling their
muskels as sentinels over chain gang; Just so 1t
appeared TO me when mOmonts ABSTRACT on seized
me; but the fascination to see ana to note was TOO
apparent confused, dls0rderly Knots OF men, and
the maadest rage the :, different c'amors
purest. unrestrained, klndled with hate possessed
gone into raptures as what l saw; for here was
chance TO see With naked eyes what philosophers
for the time were transmitted into demons.
How the astOnlshed 600 soldiers, with the gallant
colonel parayzesa got AWAY from Pa1 1 sMagaaena
barricaoes the republican insurrectlonists their
heroic wives and their brave boys, the multipex
determination to die visible on all faces, absorbed
all my attention from the "cogn OF vantage" bal
cOny on winch 1 stood, not within the 0arricadeS,
but hall q block outside.
All which have relased took not long; the whole
was done within the hour, and during all tins time
you must not suppose tho troops were idle. could
hear the tones OF the cavalry and artillery bugles.
the infantrys tamDor and the long roll; could
hear the peculiar grinding. son0rous SOUND Of the
artillery wheels, and caught sight now and then of
stray aiddecanp ealoping across distant street.
Nor were the citizens Indifferent 10 what about
TO take place. The merchants and traders had
locked up their shops and were busy slowing
Jewels In the Immediate nclghborhood outside
OF the barricadcs leading FROM san Pablo into the
Coso there was not single individual 10 DE seen IN
IL, but rom the second TO the fourth stories tae bal
comics were packed mostly with women, looking on
with various emotions, fear prominent curiosity
p1ppermosI, al the preparations OF war earnestly
The captain General, Sonor Bassols, knew almost
intuitivey that an Insurrecton would take place.
and had accordingly taken MS precautions; but the
passage OF the morning hours without any event
and he mad begun to think h3 sagacity mad
been al fault anu had almost como 10 the
his caught the hum OF the insuirccLion and ne
prepared himself for IT like u man who knew he
Eighteen hundred men were at once ordered to be
mustered In the Coso, with sixty rounds OF anmuil-
ton eacn, two batteries OF mountain train artillery
o battery or horse artillery ana two companies OF
cavalry were also called out to muster.SThe Captain
General came out to the Coso ana narangued them
upon the duty before them, wherein tDcre was much
wrong usage OF the sacred name Of liberty The order
to march was thci given.
But though all this occurred we who were needless
OF all save what was being done at the barricaies
knew nothing OF 1t at the time yet we guessed taat
seine such dispositions were being made The nrst
indications we had OF the approach OF the military
force was the sinultaneicty OF the rush towards
their respective barricades by the insurrectonists
aud the creeping TO the balconies OF the defenders IN
the houses anu The bright sparkle Of steel barrels as
they were laid athwart the DaI1cade5. WITHIN five
minutes OF the Grst alarm there was not man
absent from his post and looking down san Pablo
counted 1--WE Darricades three oil which were built
across the debouchare OF three large streets which
deDouched Into this main artery OF the peasant
quarter and ono at each end OF san Pablo Us II con-
nected with the area OF tho Dukes Gate and the
Cos0. and beyond guarding the area around the
DuSe's Gate were four more.
Soon after observing these noticed battery OF
mountain train artillery, mounted on mules, coming
down the Coso which vase the street over whicn
my "coign OF vantage" looked into as wen as San
Pablo About 200 men posted a themselves behind a
which being the strongest was also tne most import
ant being, ~ near as could Judge, Ave feet
and half high ana ten or twelve ieet broad. At
the other barrcades judge there must have been
about $50 ut each. thus making altogether some
thiag Ike 1900 men, II you Will include some 40
men who were in tho balconies, within the enclosed
and fortified area OF San Pablo ana this ratio may
be fairly given to those OF La Leo and LA Pillar thus
making q force OF ABOUT 5000 insurrect0nst5
against $500 regular soldiers. From La Leo a
chosen band had left the Guy % soon as 1t was
determined TO light and mad cut the telegraph lines
and destroyed the railway between Madrid and
Saragossa, and had afterwards taken the direction
OF the serras Of keyDOsa, IN AragOn.
The battery just mentioned halted ~ the distance
OF $40 yards rom whore stood, and watching their
operations OF dIsmounting the guns aad prepa ring
for action, observed they were proceeding about
their work with elaboration and GOODNESS which
seemed TO indicate rs II they entertained the idea
that the humiliation and the capture OF the barri-
cades were work Of no moment In the meantime
sections OF batteries and the battery OF horss artil
lery had been planted before each OF the other barr
cades, which wise disposition. for by TINS
means convergent fire could be poured on the
Insurgents from sixteen seven aud twelve pound ers,
against their divergent one while the battery in the
C0so was so situated a. to rake almost the whole
length Of San Pablo.
Now all seems ready, the battery ID mounted ana
moved to within 800 yards, but before they
halt those 200 outwardly calm, patient men, rregu-
larry divided into three ranks. finger their nuskets
uneasily ana crack oi o musket Is heard; head Is
lifted cautiously ABOVE the barrcade. as II to note
the effect; the bullet speeds It's way passes hum
minUly below my balcony and punges Itself among
the artilerlsts creating CONSERVATION and causing
retrogade movement. the artillery is TOO close,