, 1873-11-23
AsPANISH sLAUCHTER-HousE.

soENE or THE EXECUTIONS At sAST1Aoo DE ornA-
CLUMSY woEk ENJOYED nx nnurAn AUDIENCE.
IRON, khe Ne,o l'ork Tribune, Nor. Fl.
A gentleman arrived In this city yesterday whots
long residence On the Island Of Cuba has nado him
very familiar with ita Typographical aspcct as we'll ~
With tho manners and customa Of its inhabltants.
For many month"; ho hns resided dt Santiago do
Cuba, and on more than ono occasion ho has wit
messed tho vengeance Of tho spaniards at that place.
executions are conducted tB Of peculiar Interest at
tho present time. Tho. City Of Santiago is on tho
4rony I fso epS s h
tha yes,oa nsy il Il anchor o. tho she5a tho eity i
into tho centre Of the city. At distance OF segera1
hundred yards from the harbor Is tho pgjaon whozo
structure, only two stories IN height md is built q
stone or granite. from this place tho prisoner often
S % ihs nnesS %
milo isant. It there hnt tho YirginluB' victims
ended teir M lxes E. From tho prson m i,oar tho con.
somewhat = sudden curve. On tho morning
Of an execution, tte battalon Of volunteers
proceed to the prison. Tho prisoners arc led forth,
death march. ln the van aro tho musicians, whoao
ouly Instruments arc tho drums, which are beat With
low, ominous sound, aud measured regularity The
street leads ont Of tho city toward tue west. nst tho
and, further Oh, tho Office Of the British Consul, Out
into thu suburbs ruus tho broad, unahadcd street.
and, on all enll1eMce, Which may bc Ecen from every
portion Of tho city, stands the building where tho
victims die. Il IL 4 low, whtewashed structure Of
forhdd'ng aspect-an adobe house With steep roof,
Around this building is trench, Into which tho
waters from the roof fall It is about two feet Deep
On tho upper aie Of this building tho procession haa
aud forms hollow square, with tho prlso,ors IN tho
centre. The side next tho sla,ighter-house Is
npcnad, mud the victims led to the border 0f
| the trench, Horo they are bound hand aud foot,
| though their Dyes arc left uncovered. TAcy arc
| then required to kneel along tho trench with
| feces turned toward tho wall. In the mitst of
ths hollow square stand the Colonel nnd tho priests
Tho dntics Of he spiritual advisers being at length
performed thoy retro with tho Colonel, and at alg-
nal from tho latter the company fires. Tho unfortn-
latn Victims all forwn1d into the trench, aoo dca1
some dying, others only slightly wounded. Tho artl-
lcry force who 1ayc been stationed III the background,
advance ad drive thoir clusy carriages over tho
yct3mp. Several times 10 t.!s part Of the ceremony
repeated, aud 1t Is by shat mo supposed TINT NIL
dead Tho dead wagons ton heapcd with corpses,
among which Ia Bonetimcs seen still qivcrtng body.
Aalf milo away they burled and tho soldory dis
| pcrso to their barracks.
Tho slaughtcs-houso is Scared and hatterfd with
bullets Oh its northern Rldc. Hero arc inhunlnnly
slaughtered persona Of n ngcs and sases. The Span
tardH show nlorcy to gray-hatred patrarchs, to
wone,l, or children. Three ycars ago little girl
years OF Mge led forth to her death. The oenso
waa rcf,len1 10 make oTn Acr fsthors hlnEp1aco.
Tho days OF execution gala daya 1n tic CITY, Hun
trctls Of men, woen and children pour forth from
Its hrcote. md press forward IN TUG throng Au tho
,nay forward to Wow tho bleeding bodcs. the mill
tary glyo why for moment, and not until TINT
met arrives tho nppetco Of tho bloodthissy Dpeo
tatorY Batou,