The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-30

public Is established. To call these men OF ad-
vanced IDEAS intelligent land and property own
ers by hard names exposes the weakness OF the
cause against them. The American States are
sovereign and all confederated together for the
purpose Of preserving common right, common
laws and common government, and why should
not the Cantons or States OF Spain be sovereign
towards the conservation and maintenance Of the
same ends2
THE CITY BEsIEGED
AUGUST al fancy we have seen the last OF the
procamations OF the Junta Revolucionario and that
active, earnest work has begun. But for all the
noise and buster that bombs and shot make one is
not permitted to forget that there exists dissen-
sions even in the city. in the council crypts as well
as in the temporary barracks. RecOncileables, or
moderates, express their strong dislike against a
republican government; irreconcileables or Com
munsts, are never aggard in expressing the dead.
Hest hate against the government OF Salmeron and
company.
Martinez Campos has evidently received mis-
sandbags and mOrtars, for he has begun to reply to
saucy efforts to disturb his repose and annoy his
meditations upon the sublimity OF military glory
under the fig trees Of rustic Mislata. Poor fellow
the philosophy of Plato and Socrates be with him;
but 1t Is bad generalship philosopher too much.
His government expects him to capture Valencia;
the lovers ofthe Republic ofSalmeron and CASTELAR,
hope he Will; but If Valencia falls 1t will not be
through any military effort he has made but
through the love OF the volunteers for their city and
the lukewarmness Of the moderates to the cause of
the cantons. 1t Is two days since he declared his
intention to lombard us, and during the two
days about fifty shells have fallen lin the CITY, the
greatest number in the vicinity Of San Sebastian
church. This was not the bombardment we were
led to expect. The troops under Campos' COM
mand have occupied Chchivilla, Campo Rasso
and the olt-battered villages OF Mislata and Tor
rento, where they stubb ornly remain, despite the
sharp artillery practice from the double lowered
Cuarte and the twin-tOwered Serranos. am in.
clined to think, from the good shots which have
been made at their positions, that good deal Of
damage has been inflicted on the troops; how
much no one in the city can say with certainty.
About six O'Clock p M, while was dining with
companion, an alarming report was communi.
Gated to me by one OF the walters, al rank red as
was evident by the excessive qualification the
delivery OF the report seemed to give him.
He said, "El Enguerino had battle to-day with
villa Campo, and 800 civil guards have been cap
tured, and 900 soldiers have entered the city to
join us but we shall hear more OF it by and by.
In an hour the truth OF it will be known, and If 1t
is true will sit on the balcony OF my house to
smoke the best cigar and drink bottle Of the best
champagne that can be got.n
After dinner we sailed out, and on asking O
volunteer If 1t were true, he said -
mo, l have not heard anything of that, but l
have heard that whole squadron OF cavalry from
Villa Padernas cavalry has joined us''
returned him my thanks, but, rejecting on such
wonderful reports thought 1t would, perhaps, be
strange In the circumstances If the city were not
full Of such rumors Of defeats and vic tories. The
feeling OF the majority Of the people here is de-.
cidedy in favor Of the volunteers, but then, OF
course, the people who remain here are the fami
lies and friends Of the volunteers. Those who are
friendly to the government have probably left Va
lencia, or the greatest number of them; and with
those have gone the tlmid men. women ana chill.
dren, the aristocracy the rich and those who live
on competence.
Ic0nversed with an English merchant who said
he was about to depart for the Grao, and endeav.
Ored to dissuade him from going; but he replied,
mo, sir. l have lived IN besieged cities before
now, and know what 1t is. You will never catch
me enduring such q life again. The consuls have
departed for the port after having kindly assisted
all who came to them for protection; but their
nags still hang from the balconies OF their houses.
The heat is excessive Our clothes hang about our
bodies limp and wet. and shirts and collars
stinened with starch are an abomination and an
annoyance. The drains emit wholesale stencil.
horrible and suocating, ana If the siege lasts any
time fear we shall feel the presence Of @ greater
enemy than Martinez Campos in our midst.
FATAL DESPATCH.
AUGUST Al see by correspondence Struggled
in that the Bank OF spain's agency at Valencia is
robbed by the Communists here, and presume
you have published the report sent by the agents
Of Reuter- at Madrid. or this alleged robbery
must give an unqualified denial. There is not q
word Of truth in the statement The agency of
the Bank OF Spain Is situated in the Plaza OF the
and the Fonda departs, where live,
looks down upon the same square in full view OF
it. Ican see even now the volunteers on guard
around the portals, and those on duty come to sit
in the shade close by. These volunteers have
been questioned about the report and the cnarac-
terstic answer was:-
"Ca, hOn1bre! The correspondence never uttered
o word Of truth In its life, and having been estab-
lished so long on lies 1t is not going to begin to
speak the truth now.n
The intense heat tells upon the vaencianos IN
the same way 1t tells upon strangers Their clothes
consist Of pair Of pantaloons and shirt, with the
usual waist cloth, while handkerchief, loosely
tied around their heads, serves in place Of hat.
"A DEsERTER SHOT.
Last night captain In the service OF the volun-
teers very influential man on the Revolutionary
Committee, attempted to ny, with his son, from the
dangerous post his influence had brought
him. Just outside, close TO the citadel,
he was halted by q volunteer, who would
listen to no entreaty whatever, but called for his
fellows to arrest the deserter, who finding it of no
avail to use mild persuasion took out his revolver
and shot the volunteer. Immediately afterwards
the guard the dying man had called for arrived,
shot the would-be runaway dead and wounded his
son. The latter was taken to the hospital but the
former was permitted to lie in the road all this
day.
There was no revolutionary Junta this morning
to superintend affairs, as those who composed 1t
managed to evade the vigilance of the volunteers
and decamped in the middle of the night, having
first turned on the gas to assist their night but the
news becoming known the most radical reds
elected aJunta Of their own, and you might have
told by their steadily repeated firing that the new