The New York herald., 1873-09-01

but those granting free pardon to all engaged In
the revolution, and the irreconciables nocking
under MS standard processing his principles made
1t absolutely dangerous for the Junta to deliberate
upon the terms the Commission brought rom the
General at all.
THE COMMITTEE or SALVATION AND DEFENCE"
as the Junta styles itself, seeing which way the
wind blew, came silently to an understanding to
surrender, and sent secret letter to the CON-
manding general outside that the city would sur
render at nOon anu, having communicated 1t to
the volunteers OF order, each member OF the CON-
mittee silently and secretly absconded, leaving the
reds to come to an understanding between them
selves.
Until midnight 1t was not known what the reds
intended to do. sergeant Of artillery IN charge
OF the Cuarte Tower declared that he had orders
TO blow 1t up at ten A. M. of the sth. Cavalotti.
the chief OF the volunteers OF order, when asked
about the probable issue OF the whole, said he be-
lieved that very bad things would come pass he
could not say what exactly He feared that vio-
lence would end 1t all. Timid people solved the
issue among themselves, and numbers OF them
were seen bearing their beds their backs to the
grao, or port
At midnight however, people began to breathe
freer. There was report that the reds had
marched to the port and taken the steamer
Mathde for Cartagena. In a short time the re-
port was confirmed, and people fervently blessed
God that the danger was passed.
At the port as the reds arrived, they were noOted
and insulted by the valencians, who ali at once
seemed to have plucked up courage to reve the
fallen demagogues and as they heard the curses
loud and deep directed against them, and some
wicked wags started report that the troops were
coming they launched themselves into the boats
and tumbled on board In manner that elcited
laughter from hundreds who witnessed their de-
parture SO great was their anxiety to be OF that
they manned boats and tOwed the steamer far out
to sea, until she signalled that steam was up.
The Sth OF August came, with It's cheering news
and promise OF peace. The barricades were at an
early hour levelled and the taranas, or carriages,
which had been collected together outside rolled
in, and commerce began to revive again. What
healthy, happy, cheery sound wheeled vehicles
make in streets where they have been for
hidden for time city seems as II 1t
were beginning life anew, as If 1t had
been resuscitated with all its beautiful organiza-
ton into life from death The shops were opened
and people thronged the streets once more.
Where had they all been hiding for the last four
teen dayss nyou were only to mark the excessive
pallor of their faces you need never ask that ques
ton. They had been living within their houses
else they took they obtained in the inner courts,
which all Spanish houses fortunately possess. 1t
has also been noticeable that soon as any revo-
luton Is spoken OF
THE BAKERS SHOPS
are thr0nged, and all the bread Immediately
bought out. With the experience derived from
peated revolutions, Spanish families proceed in
buslness-ke way to invest small fortune In
edibles, with which they garrison their fortress
like houses, and their large inner courts furnish
them with abundance OF fresh air and sufficient
room for exercise to keep them In moderate
health.
Still, when we saw the unusual number OF people
in streets which had been absolutely deserted we
could not but wonder, and with wonder came a
feeling OF contempt for the species. Enough stall
wart, able-bOdied men had been hiding within
their houses to have crushed a force three times
superior to that OF the violent Reds and these men
had permitted their business to be stopped and
their houses ruined by cannon balls because they
had not spirit sufficient to take up arms and quel
the insurrection. The Peace Commission repre-
sented these skukers, men OF families, and men OF
property and standing high in society," and they
stopped so low as to travel backwards and for
wards from city to camp and camp to city to en-
treat Martinez Campos to do what they could (had
they desired it, have done very well for them
selves.
Al noon 1t was said the troops were advancing
upon the city. Accompanied by some English
friends walked down the Gale Cuarte, and at the
extreme end Of it l saw the great gate was open
and over the defiant frowning towers waved
THE WHITE FLAG BED sHEETY
Two soldiers, armed, quietly passed us and hur-
ried forward, as II they were bent on some errand
OF love and charity, along road they well knew.
clans, and they hurrying on. probably, to OBJ
tain news OF their dear ones.
Outside the towers OF Cuarte we looked at the
scars which they had received in battle. The
marks were numerous enough-there were, proba-
bly,, hundred OF them; but, excepting two or
three pretty deep holes, they might as well have
been made by musket balls for all the material
damage they had done The towers might have
stood such battering for ten years and, probably
stood just as formidable at the end OF that time,
whereas dozen 100 pound shots striking them
fairly would have destroyed them.
The neighborhOod OF the Cuarte Towers, outs de
the old city limits, had, however, been fearfully
punished. Each house had been visited with mi
traille and pounded with shot roofs had been shat
tered balconies, with their iron raiings had been
wrung from the walls shutters lay awry, doors
were unhinged, and lay riven and splntered; In
teriOrS or houses mad been gutted, furniture
broken, walls perforated, peted, SCARED, dishg-
ured with Jagged holes and ugly rents, and the
streets were Uttered with the rubbish.
THE POOR OLD CHURCH OF ST. SEBASTIAN,
with its new DOME was pitiiul sight to see. Its
stone ornaments had been sheared from the walls
and It's stone balls had been powdered. Stone
saints and monks stood headless and armless, and
the new dome had been almost clean halved But
such details might be expected, and, having ex-
cited your imagination, leave your fancy to
sketch the thousand other such scenes and desoa-
tions.
ENTERING THE CITY.
The troops were at this time pouring into the
city by the gates Of the Cuarte Towers, and the
St. Vicente mounted civil guards in advance, sap
pers and miners following; then squadron OF civil
guards, inlantry and artillery; finally, vilacampa,
brigadier general, who turned out to be very
n I Iad Va-