The New York Herald Newspaper, December 11, 1874, Page 4

4 TRUN. Bombardment of the Spanish Fr tier Town by the Carlists. THE PRETENDER IN COMMAND. His March to the Field and Chats with a Herald Special Correspondent. SCENES ON THE LINE OF THE BIDASSOA. | Mutinous Murmurs Among the | Carlist Soldiery. GENERAL LOMA’S MARCH. | The Republican Assault—A Bloody | Revenge Taken. TERRIBLE SCENES OF DESTRUCTION Fire After Slanghter—People Per- | ishing by the Wayside. HENDAYE, Nov. 5, 1874 Sight seckers are always prepared to flock | together upon the smallest pretext, but the event | which bas caused such an onusual commotion | during the last few days in this hitherto quiet and | uninteresting French viliage was of no ordinary | character. True, the gambiing tables established by M. Dupresson at Fuenterrabia brought a | certain number of visitors to the railway station, | but very few came into the village, and when | M. Dupresson, warned by the rumors of war, | closed his casino, Hendaye again assumed a dul- | ness and monotony alone experienced tn a Frenen | village. Yet the hubbubd caused here by the ane nouncement that the siege of Irun was about to | commence was enormous. | TOPOGRAPILICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE PLACB. | Tt must be understood that Hendaye ts a frontier | town and ts divided [rom Spain by a very narrow | river called the Bidassoa, Irun is on the Spanish border of this river aod less than half a mile from | Hendaye ; consequently, if anything o/importan ce were to take place In Iran it could be most con- | Weniontly ovserved from the French side. "HK ATTRACTIONS OF GBIM-VISAGED WAR. @n the 4th inst, the midday train that usually | arrived with but very few passengers came groan- ing into the station under a mighty load, and | numbers of people soon crowded the platform. A | Special train came up soon alter, likewise crowded | with passengers. The hungry visitors bemeged the | hotels, clamoring loudly for food, The conseqnence was that we were eaten out; and when | the peaceful inhabitants returned in the | evening to their dinner they discovered It was possible to obtain but very meagre fare. This lam happy to say only lasted for two days, as arrange- ments were made to bring provisions from Biar- | ritz and Bayonne. Bat what had all these people come to see? It was evidently something in the shape of war, but no Innocent sham fight, no harmiess artiliery practice, but a real battle be- | tween deadly euemies, wo were seeking one | another’s anniNilation, or at any rate tov.ew the | destruction of a very picturesqae town; and | there were the crowds assembled ip the fvids ac- Jacent to the Bidassoa, most of them, Lurk-like, | squatting On the ground, watching the BOMBARDMENT OF LRUN. But now let us inquire into the state of affairs. | Irun 18 situate at the edge of the river Bidassva, | the Pyrenees, sterile and majestic, entirely sur- rounding the background. ‘he hills and country | round ‘run 18 entirely In possession of the Car- | lists. For some days they had been busy con- | stracting roads and conveying artillery irom Vera, im which piace they mustered very Strongly, It | Was evidently their’ intention to piace their guns on the hill of San Marcial, trom which position they could with ease bombard the town. But coming from Vera it is necessary to cross the Bidassoa at a point calied Enderiassa, Formerly | the means Of crossing Was @ Strong iron pridge, but now that lies a hopeless wreck, one-valf vainly suetching to reach the other side, while the re- maining portion lies aihwart the stream, ant but impedes fora moment the rippling water in its onWard Course. A sad spectacie, bearing wit- ness to the devastation committed by Santa Cruz about eighteen months ago. The Carlists now bastily Manufactured @ bridge of boats, a strong and pretty Work, aDd over this they succeeded in bringing their artulery, men, provisions, &c. | But they had another arduous duty toyeform, A road had to be made to take these things to the Lop OF the pill. This, imdeed, Was a great wor! but they were determined to carry out their plan: and On the 3d inst. sixteen guns and two mortars were at the top of tue hill, They had three bat- teries, one rather to the leit and bebind St. Marcial, called Santiaso; another one about 200 yards lower down, and the third on a@ little bill cailed [bseta. This was a most praiseworthy con- struction, as It Was very near the town, and had the republican soldiers gone to !ts extreme limits they might lave fired at the Carlists when work- ing. GENERAL ALLAMENY was superintending operations on the hills, while Colonel Arana Was commandant of the ‘own. fa order to give encouragewent to bis meu ne de- | termined to remain in the town with lus wie and {amuiy during the vombardment. THE FIRST GUNS. On the morning of the 4th, at seven o’clock, the first cannon was fired, announcing the commence- meut of the siege. Then in unceasing succession | tue cannon irom the mountains roured, Ihe answer came from the forts piaced behind the town (or its protection. The firing Was very brisk. | The republicans had two forts, one called Mendi- ville aud the other Parque. The Carlist cannon- "d these. In is fell wide of toward evening the firing was more accurate and the jiorts severely—so0 much sO that it was necessary to change the position of the guns. Toward dusk the guns almost entirely ceased firing, but from several Louses ip the town the smoke could be n rising daring the stil nignt The houses being principally built of stone no flames were | visi Early on the following morning the cannonade | Was again commenced, shells occastonally burst- | ing i the town and the pecuiiar whiz of the can- non balls was beard with startling effect, addei to which the tones of Iran church bells might be recognized as voices of warning to the inhabitants below. CITIZENS IN FLIGHT. ‘The poor peopie were hurrying from the town | to the river with what furniture they couid take | with them in order to get into France out of | danger. It was & grand but melancholy sight. | Spectators looked op with interest, even growing | impatient when the fring fur @ moment ceased, but to those engaged it was a sad reaitty. FIRB IN THR TOWN. The slowly ascending smoke from Irun’s burnin, houses, the fash of the cannon from the autereut jort, sad groups slowly crossing the river—many having jost nearly ai) they possessed ;“hen the rain | clouds, brought togetuer by suck anusuai noise, descended at intervals in gentle showers, wile the glorious red of the setting sun beamed curi- ously through jines of darkened sky. Viewing this from the French siae were strangers ot differ- ent nations, brought together, some jor pleasure, some (rom curiosity and others Witnessing with sad hearts their houses slowly consaming, Then again might de seen the light-hearted ones, sitting @own in pleasant groups, scarcely abie to realize that what seemed to them 4 recreation involved the deadly struggle of human beings—impossibie to feel that li were being sacrificed and those Sharing in the strife struck down. ¥ECT OF THB SHOT. For three days this continued. What effect the Irup guns had upon the Car! Dateeries could Not tO be Seen, nor Is it possibile to state the ex- act pumber Of casuaities, The frst shell that fel! 1n the town proved fatal w the chaplain of the forces, who Was killed bya brick falling on him from @ house it struck. I do not thimk that more than three were killed tn the town ttself, but those nt, 1 battery, was not very verely. About four Carlist artillerymen were killed and sixteen wounded. ‘ties in the Field Near Estella—Don a Preparation for the | wounded in the head, but | beheve vy Carlos’ March Assaalt on Ir HENDAYE, Nov, 13, 1874. When the siege of Irun was undertaken it seemed very probable that the rennblican army | a8 are her corn and wine. Toad to within a mile of Pampelana, where, from | | Ing bis hand upon their heads. | rushes. down from the mountains in little knots of five ana | is very grana. | valiey, shut in on all sides by steep, woody moun- under Laserna would moke a demonstration against Estella, and perhaps areal attack. Stnce the battle of Abergums there has been no fighting of any consequence, but both parties have been preparing jor the conflict, and for the last few days we have been expecting an attack upon Es- tella every moment, The republican forces, com- pletely demoralized after that battle, have re- Gained some of their former discipline. The post tions have been strengthened and the army rein- forced until it reached the number of aimost 65,000 men. The Carlist army, on the = contrary, although really increased 4p the aggregate haa not been augmented on the line round Estella, and now some of the iorces that were there all along were withdrawn for the siege ofirun, Under these circumstances I decided to remain two or three days in Estella, to see if the long expected battle would take place. THE KING le’t the capital on the 30th of October, and told me before starting that he would go by easy marches to To1ose, accompanied by General Elio, Minister of War, and that the siege of Iran would provably be commenced in earnest in four or five days. | I, therefore, watted until the 4th of November, in anticipation of the attack. The most perfect tran- quillity reigned along the line, and on the 24 we even received news that a n had been detached from the left of Lo- grofie to reimiorce the garrison at Irun. These troops @ to be sent to Santander, and thence by sea tothe threatened place. Whe day I left Estella was the King’s fete | day. Tne town wag merry with the ringing of bells and the display of flags, colors and stan- dards, ana nearly everybody went tocharch to celepbrave the festival. Even my landlord—a wineskin maker and a very industrious, thrifty man—had shut up bis shop, which was on the first Noor, to go to mass with his wife and daugh- ter, and as I passed through the darx room on leaving the house the headless, inflated skins of hogs and goats, with their stumpy legs, seemed, in the obscurity, like the ghosts of these animals that must hive drunk toemselves to death. SCENES ON THE LINE OF ROUTE. ‘The first afternoon's ride brought me to Ectourri, within @ kilometre or two of Pampe- | luna, where [ passed the night, It was the end or the vintage season. The grupes, the groat harvest of Navarre, had been neariy al! gathered, but the purple bunches in many of the vineyards sull cov- ered tue ground. The Indian corn was yet stend- ing upgathered in the fields, and this, with the brown purple tints of the vineyards and the yel- | low corn, gave the whole country those pecuuar dark brown ana golden tints characteristic of Spain. It would be easy to guess that Murillo was a chid of Spain, uf one did not know it already, and his pictures, with their harmonious shades of tawny brown and golden yellow blending into | each other, are as natural a production of Spain I followed the nigh alow bill, [looked down upon the city, above | which rose the two great towers of San José, and could distinctly see the sentinel at the gate of the town. A more intimate acquaintance with the republicans was undestrable, more se- pecially ag l wore my doina with the chapa of C. VIL, and I therefore struck through the felds to make & Circuit of the town. A ride of a mile and | a half brought me to the highroad leading from P.mpeluna to Bayonne, and crossing the Bastan Mountains the same day I descended into the val ley of the Bidassoa and stopped for the night ina Dice little fonda about a mile from San Esteban. Here ! was told that the King—we all call tim the King here—had been jor the last two days at San Estevan, but that the game day be had moved on to Vera with all his suite. Here I also learned for the first time that the siege of Irun had been reaily commenced, but I could Sear nothing about the result. A four hours’ easy gallop in the morn- | Ing down the beautiful valley of the Bidassoa brought me to Vera, wgere I found the King. THE ROYAL. HEADQUARTERS. The streets were full of people, horses and bag- gage wagons, loaded with rations. The officers of the King’s sta were mounting their horses anu getting ready for the start, [bad only arrived a sew moments when the King appeared and waiked through the streets of the little town, receiving | the acclamations and homage of the people. They formed in line on each side of the street as he | passed and loudiy cheered him. Some advanced forward and kiged his hand, others knelt down beiore him in the street and asked for his bless- ing, which he always accorded by laughingly plac- He shook hands with some and bowed to others, smiled to all, and then, on reacting the end of the village, he | mounted his white horse and started down the road toward Irun, followed by us all, amia the cheers of the whole population. Don Carlos is something like the alligator, inasmuch as he is very awkward upon land and has @ most ungracetul gait. On horseback, how- ever, he is perfectiy at home. When walking he has a most ungainly stride, which makes him lvok like an overgrown schoolboy, but on horseback he has certainly a most gracefal presence. With bis dark, piercing eyes, his heavy black beara, a rea boina with its golden tassel, and ared scarf round lis waist, mounted upon bis large white horse, he must have appeared to the people of Vera tne very personification of royalty and power. It was a Dright and beautiful morning and a slight blue mist hung over the mountains, giving the country that dreamy appearance of the Indian summer and softening the outlines of the narrow | rocky dell through which the Bidassoa here As we proceeded the ste pherds came six and assembied by the roadside to grees their lawful King, Kiss his hand and wish him speed’? m his enterprise. It was evident vhat they were all looking jorward to the taking of Irun as an event of paramount importance. THE STAFF. On the staff of the King were the brother of the | ex-King of Naples and the son of tne Duke de | Parma, brother of Dona Marguerita and brother- | in law of Don Carlos, both very young men. When we reached the point where the French territory begins we saw on the other side ofthe river the suffered | French douanters, or custom house guards, at 4 | Post of observation. AS’ we advanced they ad- vanced also, separated from us only by the river, which at this point 1s only a few yards wide, and we might have kept up a conversation with them most of the way had we been so inclined. No word was exchanged between us, however, and we simply contented ourselves by watching them throught our feid glasses in a way which they may have considered unperunent. 'e were aii very gay, and many were the jokes which we cracked at the expense of the douanters who were obliged very often to march at more than @ doubie-quick to keep up with us, This is the first time Don Carlos has been 80 near the frontier since be entered Spain, and J thougnt he cast a jonging look upon France, where he has possibly passed the happiest days of his life. SAN MARCIAL BATTERY. By eleven o’ciock we reached the font ofthe heignts of San Mareiai and commenced ascending by a road which has just been made for tue pass- age of artillery. At hali-past eleven Don Carlos was in the bat- tery of San Marcial, and we aii leoked down upon | the beleaguered town, which lay aimost at our feet. The view from the heighte of San Marciai Immediately veneath us, in a litte tains, lay lrun, now on fire in several piaces, be- yond Tange of mounteins, forming a dark back- ground to the picture with the houses of the litte town of Guadaloupe, shining white in the bright sunshine; 4 litte to the rigat the Bidassoa, wind- lng Its way to the sca through @ crooked, tortuous channel. To the right, on the French side, Hendaye; beyond, a rolling, undulating plain dotted with villages, among which was prominent St. Jean de Loz, and in the smoky distance Biar- | rita, with Its lighthouse running out into the sea, | and beyond ali, silent, blue and beautiful, stretcn- ing to the horizon, tie Atlantic, mignty im its grandeur. The battery a: San Marcial was firing gun about every two minutes, and three more batseries placed down among the hills near iran were firing away With might and main, answered by the cannon from a De jorts of Parque, or telegrapn, and Mendiville, nhs heer PRENGH SHORE were crowds and crowds of peopie. Not only the inhabitants of Hendaye, bat nunareds of strangers Who had come to witness the spectacle thus of- fered to them, It was @ nge and curious scene, and offered us the advantage of witnessing the bombardment without any inconvenience, be- Cause at Unis time the guns or the town oniy re- plied to tne batteries lower down and left us free to participate in the excitement of the scene without being tnconventenced by unpleasant Visit- ors in the shape of shelis. x It was a be acured the s! scene has ne wutiful afternoon; not and | suppose that such a mise en been equalied. The whole coun- e try stirounding Iran seemed like an immense | theatre, and perhaps there never was stich an Op- | portunity for civilians to witness grim visaged war Irom so saie & Vantage ground. KOYAL ARTILLERISTS, _ During the course of the afternoon Don Carlos fired a shot, pointing @ cannon whick was playing | upon the telegraph fort. He rather prides bim- | sel: upon the fact of his being an artilery oMcer, = shot did him credit, ag it expioced within the fort. The brother of the King of Naples and of Dona Marguerita each in their turn tried a sfot, but their skili did not equal that of Don Carlos. As the guns o! Irun were not at this ume replying to this battery there was very little danger, and sev- | eral ladies, French and Spanish, ascended we | heights of San Marcial during the afternoon to see | Uhelr legitimate King aod «18s bis hand. ADIES AT AUDIENCE. At one time he was surrounaed by 8 whole bevy mg in the gayest manner, and, in fact, he held a kind of reception or levée on the baights of San Marciai, the last, 1am afraid, he wili ever hold. At about two o'clock @ cloth was laid on the green SeanrG, which covered the hill and breakfast was served. WHAT THE KING SAID TO THE HERALD. Seeing me wandering adout breakmstiess Don Carlos invited me to join tn the meal, during which he conversed very freely and spoke with eflusion of the devotion snown to him by the He assured me tnat curing tne i six months the greater part of the people nad ven the whole of their revenues for the war, and ven encroached u) on word of compiaint bad as he did among tif there was mt ; st | 1p many cases they nad | their capital, and yet not | heever heard. He said that goin; | tne people it was very provaple 1 | | any real disaffection among them some one, or pernaps many of them, would have let him see tt | Dy their murmurs, He had never heard the | slightest word that could induce nim io think i Bier, bree to feel the burden of the war too heavily. 1 personally can testify that his statement in this respect is Lid acey Megs Sea In spite of all the stories which have been circulated in regard | to the disaffection in the provinces I have not seen | the slightest indication of it yet, whatever may | be the cage in the future. Itwas even said, and repeated during several days in ail the papers, that two battalions were negotiating to surrender and go \ver to the enemy. in spite of the absurd- ity of this statement the thing was reaffirmed and reiterated during several days. A moment's thought is sufficient to show that such a thing must be utterly untrae. serting to the enemy desert atonce, They Know that any hesitation alter they have once had communication with tne enemy will cost them tneir lives, and it is certain that U these battalions had been negotiating the oM- cers would have been seized and shot and the battalions decimated by the Carlist authorities. that { proposed going across invo France immedi- ately to pass the nignt, With a smilie Don Carlos advised me to stay on the Carlist side. When I asked him why he offered this bit of advice, he | tola me that the intention was to make an assault upon the town at five o'clock. diately decided to remain. WAITING FOR THE ASSAULT. The time supped by, five o’clock came, and still there was no assault. General Elio, who had been WIth us up to this moment, now descended to the lower batteries, Which were steadily playing upon the town, and we expected to hear the snouts of | the assaulting party every moment. Six o'clock came and the sun went down behind the cloudy masses of smoke that rose from the burning | nouses and bung over Iran. The stars appeared and darkness came on apace, and still Don Carlos walked up and down the parapets chewing the end of an extimguished cigar, waiting for the at- tack, which never came, At lengtb 1t became evident that no attack was going to be made. At eight o’cluck his horse was brought to him, and, mounting, we ail withdrew irom the beights of San Marcial and descended to Lastaola. His last words to me when mounting were, “Be here early in the morning.” # SPECIAL FOR THR HERALD. I decided to cross over into France neverthe- less, send off despatch to the HERALD and re- turn in time for the attack, which | had no doubt. would take place at the break oi day. Upon reach- ing the Carlist ferry at La Puncha, where every- body crosses into France, I was informed by the officer in command that I could not cross 1 showed him my passport from the Minister of War; vut it was useless. He said at that moment he had_ received an order forbid- ding anybody to pass ander any pretext what- ever without a special pass irom the generat in command, He even showed me the order, and ‘upon perusing it I saw it was useless and even in- considerate to press it, Just as 1 was turning round to leave two Englishmen arrived who like- wise desired to cross into France. They both showed their passports but the officer told them, in Spanish that it was impossivle. Neither of them spoke Spanish and as the officer spoke no French, 1 for a few moments was great} ing them trying to understand what the officer said. I at last interfered oy simply informing them that they were “stuck.” They were greatly delighted ia finding some one to wnom they conid talk. 1 explained why the officer would not allow them to cross; like mysel!, therefore, they decided | to make the best of it and we proceeded up the | Bidassoa togetber in search of lodgings. AN ENGLISH MARQUIS. To my astonishment | found that one of them was the Marquis of Queensbury, who had just arrived in the Carlist country with twelve dozen | botules of champagne and other luxuries, which he was dragging about with bim over the moun- tain roads upon mules to the great astonishment ol the Cariists, who could not understand what the ; Inglese Was about. Possibly they mistook the | champagne bottles for botties contaning English sherry, aud their surprise under such circum- stances is not to be wondered at. | A REST FOR ROYALTY. | It was now very dark, and we continued our course along the bank the Bidassoa for the ob- ject mentioned. Half an hour’s walk brought us to Lastaola, where the King was stopping. We enterea a building, walf farmbouse, half Sonda, the ground floor of which was occupied by stables. Picking our way with difficulty through the horses and mules we came to a wooden stairway leading to the first floor, which we asceuded, and found ourselves among @ crowd of soldiers and officers, Don Carlos was in @ little room at one side, where it was at first in- tended that he should pass the night, The people | bere were very busy serving people with meat and drink, and in the course of wo hours we suc- ceeded iu getting 4 lair supper, which they served with the best will in the world, notwithstand- ing the fact that we were the only guests, I am airaid, who paid or their meal. About ten o'clock there appears to have been a change in tne | arrangements, TO HORSR. | Don Carlos and his stuif suddenly descended the stairs and proceeded to mount. He passed + me on the doorway on coming out and kindly in- guired if “I hid found any place to sleep.” His brow was clouaed, and | thought! saw upon his usuaily pleasant face a shadow of coming events. We passed the night bere very merrily, drinking, ' taiking and chafing the farmers’ daughters, who showed us every kindness and civility and did ; not belie the reputation of the peupie for hospi- tallty. Atlast we threw ourseives upon the floor to sbatch @ few moments’ sleep before proceed- ing to the advanced post, in order to be present for the attack upon Irun. WITH THE ARMY. Long before daylight we were up and upon the march. We crossed the heights o! San Marcial and descended into the little hollow near where the lower batteries were placed, and rejommed the troops, who were ali drawn up inline. Oficers and soldiers had only retainea their arms. Bag- | gage, knapsucks and overcoats were thrown aside | to engage in the band-to-hand straggie. Every- | body was in good spirits, confident o1 saccess in | the assaait which was about to take place in a few moments, laughing, talking and chafing each | other, and spoke Of the vreakiast hei ex- pected to oave in Irun. There was not the slight- est sign Of hesitation, mistrust or fear upon the face of any of them. They were, in tact, nearly il Navarese, men whose coolness and daring with | the bayonet were so well proved at Aberzuza, AS Yet not the slightest sign of day could ve seen. Is was @ quarter to jour o’ciock and the assault Was to be commenced at four. Suddenly there was sometiing like disorder and | insubordination tn the ranks, There were mur- murs and exciamations, and instead of the orderly | appearance which they presented a tew moments before, the soldiers broke up into groups and com- | menced talking 1oudly. i deron to learn Lhe meaning of this sudden change. He was engaged in @ noisy discussion with several ofmMfcers, by wom he was surrounded, in a aark little room of @ farmhouse, only lighted by one jece Of sputtering candie, It did not take me jong to jearn the Cause Of tuls commotion. Orders had arrivea COUNTEBMANDING THB ASSAULT. Everybody was in a rage. Officers were carsing im & most frigntiul manner, Calderon at their head, and the troops were not in the least bebind them. Some wept, some jaughed, some took tt out in curses, Which Were both jond aua deep. All expressed the greatest disgust—not to say des- pair—and those woo knew the state of affairs un- dersvood that trom that moment the siege of Irun Was raised. Hai! ap bour later came the order to remove the cannoa from the two lower batteries, an order which they immediately commenced executing with the worst grace possiple. By seven o'clock the cannon were ail limpered up, oxen were attached to whe carriages, and they were on their way f the steep mouptain roads crossing the heights of San Marcial in the direc- WHY AND FOR what? on of the Bidassoa. | _ Itt dificult to understand the reason for thts sudden change of pian. Tne reason given was that news had come of the disembarkment of 10,000 troops under Loma at the port of Pas- sages, near San Sebastian, but this is scarcely Bul- ; ficent to account for the sudden breaking up of ‘we siege. Besore | leit Estelia it was known that troops bad been detached from Logrofio to re- leve lrun, by passing round Bilbao to San Sebas- ‘ian by sea, and {tt must nave been known shat Shese troops were on their way iong bejore, their @rrival could not have been unforseen, and that they should have commenced the siege, knowing these troops would arrive, and then raised i sim- ply vecause they did arrive is inexplicable, Be- sides this, Loma had really not disembarked 10,000 men at that time, perhaps not 1,000, The Carlist generals must have allowed themselves to be Irigntened by false news, which, besides be- ing false, Were very improbable, Ten shousand men are not easily transported by sea and disem- | barked ata place like Los Passages, and that the | Carlists should have allowed themseives to be frightened by mere report seems unaccountadie. it is true that had these (roans really arrived at of beautilully dressed iadies, chatting aud laugh- | Soldiers who intend e- | During ‘he course of the conversatuon | mentioned | 1, of course, laime- © a@mused in watch- | { burried to Colonel Ca | they been provided with ra- tions and munitions of war, and bad they carried ‘the Cariist position round Repteria and Oyarzun, Carhs artillery would have been in great in it they had arrived they were ing te @ position to attack the in, As I said belore, the genervls in raising the siege was something inexplicable. Had they attacked that mording there 18 not the slightest doubt that they would have entered Iran. Even | the night beiore they had entered the town and | obtained possession of the church, and the nignt of the intended assault they had carried their scaling ladders into the place and bad again oc capied the church, ready for the assauliing col- umn. To have raised tne siege under these cir. cumstances waa probably one of the greatest military biunders that have ever been perpe- trated by any general. The guns at Sap relat were not removed, but during the whole of Satur- day they fired only a very few shots to keep up appearances, and everybody in Hendaye was at & | los# to account for the cessation of the bombard. me! aes NEWS OP THE RAISING OP THE SIEGE, Iimmediately crossed over into nounced the raising ol the siege. This wi | urday morning, at seven o’clock—by telegraph— but until Monday ocbody seems to have suspected the truth, aud all the papers simply announced that the Carlist batteries nad simply changed posi- tions, The trath ts that the ten guns and two mortars which composed the two lower batteries had been sent on to Vera, and General Elio was | already engaged in dis | the advance of General WHAT Was DONE SUBSEQUENTLY. In order to understand tue operations which followed it will be necessary to take a glance at | the map. It wiil be seen tna@t the three fortresses of San sebastian, Irun snd Pernanl, ali of which ; are in the hands of the Fepuplicaas, form @n equi- lateral triangle. On the south of this triangle, | running paraliel with the road which connects | Trun with Hernani, is a range of mountains called | the Arala, of which the height of San Marcial, over- | looking Iran, is the extreme northern point, They extend in a southerly direction to Pampeluna, and | auring this whole distance they are not crossed by a singe practicable road. Commencing at San Se- Dastiun and ranning almost due south is another | and lower range, -which connects with the Aralg @ abort distance south of Hernan ‘The three fortresses, thereiore, of Irun, san Sebastian and Hernani are enciosed within a kind of mountsin triangle. There is a road con- necting Irun and Hernani—as I have already stated—and another leading from Iruo to San Se- bastian, and, atill another, from San Sebastian to Hernaui, cvinciding as it were with the moun- tains which wall up the triangle. The railway from France runs turougs Irun to San Sebastian, and from there south to Hernani and thence to | Tolosa, crossing this mountain wall near Hernant through a narrow valley. As the greatest distance | between these jortresses 1s only sixteen miles, it would naturally be supposed that the country en- closed between them could be held by their garri- sons. This bas not been the case, however. The Carlists have hitherto heid the country and tso- lated the fortresses from each other as completely as thougb they were 100 miles apart, owing to the apathy or the incapacity o! their adversaries. When the siege of Irun was commenced the Care | lists? line extended from the heights of San Mar- | cial on the French frontier around to the helghts | above Fontarabia on the sea, and it was on this line, within @ thousand yaras of trun, that the Carlst batteries were planted. After Loma had landed troops at Los Passages, near San sebastian, however, it is easy to see that tis ine was tureat- ened in the rear, and the siege artillery, which had only been ragged to its position by almost impassable mountain roads, drawo by slow mov- ing oxen, Were, 1D case of a sudden attack, in which the Carlists might be obliged to retire, 1n the greatest danger. It was to avoid the capture of the artillery by an attack from the side of San Sebastian or Renteria that the Carlist artihery was withdrawn up the valley of the Bidassoa. The only thing that can be said with regard to this movement is that it was CHARACTERISTIC OF EXCESSIVE CAUTION. For, after all, tour hours were sufficient to have placed the artiliery out of the reach o/ a sudden ‘assault, and, although it might have been taken in this way, it would Ouve been just as difficult for one party to drag it of as Jor the other, and the enemy would have several hours’ fighung before arriving at the batteries. General Elo, however, immediately made preparations to face Loma’s army. There 18 8 mMounLain range extending along the coast almost to San Sebastian, Parallel to this Tange, and extending from [run around in a half circle, 18 an irreguiar range of hillg, very precipi tous and more or less difficult of access. These are really the toot billsof the Arala Mountains, nd south of them runs the road from Iran to Her- | nani, Along the sumumit-o! this range of hills Gen- eral Eho deployea bis troops as jar a8 Astragarraga, near Hernani. It may be asked why he extended his ine so far and why he bud not contented him- | sel with maintaining the line irom the sea coast over Oyarzun to the Arala Mountains, which would | have been much shorter and infinitely easier to | defend. 1 am not iu & position to explain this, butl suppose it was to protect the roaa to Tolosa, which, leading from San Sebastian, was only de- fended by a lew irregular troops, It was nece: sary, therefore, to extend the line almost to He! Dani in order to cover this roai, The range of mils occupied by the Carlists was broken in sev- eral piaces, particularly opposite Kanteria, wnere the river Oyarzun breaks through them to fall into the sea at Passages. The leit of the Carlist | line was, therefore,»eparated from the centre by | this little valley and river, and the heights occu- Los Passages, had Cartists round conduct of the Carlist pied by we Carlist left sous Oo this are cailed San Marco. THE LINE FOR OPERATIONS. | Their line, thereiore, exiended trom Astragar- ! raga in a semicircle to irua, with its cenire in | front of Vyarzun. The line was about ten miles | long, and to de:end it they did not have more thun | | 7,000 men, under the direct c mmund of General | | Valdespina. Loma advanced trom the direction | of San Sebastian on the morning of the 10th agatnst the Carilst leit, at San Marco. The heights of san ; Marco were held by General Ceballos with five | battalions of Guipuzcoans, numoering, perhaps, 3,000 men. Ido not know eXactly how many men Loma brought to the attack, put it 1s certain that he bad landed 15,000 men at Los Passages, and that, | occupying only a snort circie around San Sebastian, | his ine was much shorter than that ot the Car- lists. He was thereljore free to throw the greater part of his troops against aay desired point, and as near as I can judge le made the attack against | San Marco with 10,000 men. After about three hours’ artiliery engagement, during which time three or four faiut-learted assaults were mude | upon Sap Marco, General Loma decided upon a | bold turning movement, which, had he been o| posed by any other general than Ceballos, woul ave proved iatal. THR KEPUBLICAN TACTICS, I have spoken of the littie narrow valley of the | Oyarzun, Which separated toe Carlists’ leit from | their ceutre. Up this litle valley, almost to the | road between the town of Oyarzun and Hernan, | Loma penetrated, thus separating the Cariist cen- treirow tne left. Up to this ume the fighting, although animuted, had not been very decisive on | either side, The Oarlists had nov lost a hundred mend and pad not shown the slightest sign os giv ing Way, Wuile the republicans had not more tban two hunureu killed and wounded. When Ceballos saw Loma iis | of the Carlist leit from the centre aud thus placing himself between two fires, Insvead of Wolding his almost lmpreguabie position With greater tenacity than ever, until the Carlist centre under Valuespina attempted to tarow for- ward @ line of troops and attack Loma in the rear and cut him of, he became pauic stricken and gave the order to retreat, in What can only | be termed the most cowardly manner. Had he not done this, had he defended the position with @nything like the tenacity with which the Carlists deiended their positions at Aberzuza, Loma, who | had made a@ Very brilliant but at the same me a | most dangerous manceuvre, would have been | completely cutoff from San Sebastian and sur- rouuaed, The Carlist centre was already in move- | meut to execute this when {rom the height above Oyarzun, where General Valdespina was direcung the movements, Ceballos’ forces were seen de- scending tue southern siopes of San Marco. ‘This was about three o’clock in the aiternoon, The Fepabilcans, | who ligd up to that moment been unsuccessful in gaining the heights, imme- dialely occupied them and pursued Ceballos down tothe Hernani road, The Varlists’ leit was com- pletely cut off tromits centre. Towards evening the weather became wet and rainy, and as night advanced {tt could not be seen from Oyarzun which direction Cebailos had taken, but Loma contented himself with occupying the Cariist posi- tions and burning all the villages and iarm houses afar as his troops could advance. Thus ended the first day’s Sight, as the heighis of San Marco were ff THE KBY TO THE CARLIST POSITION. Their loss was aD irretrievabie misfortune, and the conduct of Cebalios in abandoning them | under such circumstances can only be accounted | for by the supposition of pure cowardice. The | position was a very Strong one, una with the forces at his command—3,000 men and jour pieces of hight artullery—he might have dened the 10,000 of Loma with periect ease. These heights being the key to the Carlist position, he should have de- fended them at all hazards at whatever loss of lile. As it was be r+ haf retreated in good order, carrying of his wounded and artillery. AT THE CENTRE. Don Carlos atrived at Oyarzun, the Carlist centre, at five o’ciock in the evening, and was @reeted with criés of “Viva ei Rey!” and “Abajo Ceballos?’ by the soldiers and people, General Elio arrived ateeven o’ciock, and It was only then that he became aware of the extent of the disaster, Helmmeciately gave orders for de- fending the positions with that coolness and sang- Jrow whioh never deserts him, without showing ‘the east sign Of discouragement or despair. Up to this time it was not Knowo what had become of Cebdailos, Night bad come on 80 soon that it could not be determined whico road he had taken on his retreat, and at ten o'clock no news from him had been received. Is appears that he had retreated to And which 18 just outside of the mountain triang’ we described on the road to Tolosa. In order to do this he was obliged % pass round ‘ne mountains by the fort of Hernant, which baa aways been heid by the republicans, and his rea- gon for retreating 1 this direction, instead of upon Leban, was to protect the road to Tolosa, which ‘was ielt completely uncovered by the loss of San Marco. THE OARLIST ARMY ‘was now cut {n two, and the line was almost as jong as when they occupied the heights of San Marco. It Was now, a8 it were, witnout a left, and General Eilo immediately gave orders tor the * moving of troops from the centre to the lem and from she right to the centre, in order to complete the line, THR AVRNGEMENT. Toma in the meantime commenced burning tha | He | and Spanish rapidly, mixing the two languages up NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. country. Not a village ® house was spared, pa Oyarsan at Toast Gfty fires could be counted, The night was § gloomy to raip at an early hour, and al rae down; vat all nignt long ‘Oyarsun were busy Kea ture and effects to be ready to the break of day, Beds were or the question, so wrapping ourselves in our trave- lung cloaks we lay down on the floors of the aban- doned houses wherever we could find room, to snatch a few hours’ sleep. The next morning the Carlist centre had been extended irom run along the Hernani road for & mile, and then curved off to the south in the direction of the Arala Mountaio: stant about @ mile from the road. Ido not think that the whole Carlist forces at any time exceeded 7,000, and 3,000 of these haa gone to Andoain with Cebullos, and there were Consequently in the line between Iran aud the extreme Carlist left, southwest of Oyar- ae more wan Delwens ao and tee agains v oma cou! ing near! ¥ troops. Badet thése circumstances | do not think that Elio really hoped to defend the position, His only object was to gain time in order to reinforce Ceballos in case Loma should make a movement toward Tolosa and to concentrate his troops about Vera, consequently the left extreme wilg of the Cariist army was only composed of two bat- talions or probably 1,500 men, Ther occupied & position tmmediateiy south of the Hernani road, which bere runs through a deep, narrow valley, bordered on either side by low but steep woody biufs. The republicans occupied the north of the road ,and the advanced posts of the two armies to the morning were not more than 100 yards apart. THR ATTACK, The rain clearea off by eight o'clock In the morn- ing, and immediately Loma commenced the attack with two batteries of artillery, throwing shells into the Carlists' positions. The Carlists bad no artillery, as the only pieces they had risked on this side of the Aralas were the four mountain pieces with Cebailos, 80 that they could Teply a live: fusillade which they immediately opened, For three hours the artillery played into the Carlist positions at a ais- tance of not more than 300 or 400 yards, aud right bravely did toe Carlists nold out against the overwhelming superiority of the republican forces. At length Loma commenced sending his men around by sunken roads and under cover of hedges upon the Carlist positions, at the same time sending @ jorce around the right of tneir left Mank, which, climbing up the siae of the Arala toot Lilis, with 3 mountain gun, opened fire upon the extreme leit of the Carlists, and thus tureatened to cut off their retreat to Lesaca by completely enveioping them. THE ROYALIST REPLY. The Carlists commenced withdrawing, disputing the ground inch by inch, and carrying off their wounded, They fougnt splendidly here, and had Cebailos defended the heights of San Marco with tne same bravery that they deiended this hopeless position, which was only maintained to gain time, the whole result oi the campaign might lave been changed, FALLING BACK. As it was, they simp.y retired up the valley of the Oyarzun stream toward Lesaca. The Carlists Jost in this day’s ight perbaps 200 in killed and wounded, The centre immediately commenced retreating also by the Mulisto the southeast of Oyarzun, Which also communicate with the Arala range. THE BATTLE. The battie, as I have already said, was com~- manded by General Valdespina in person, but the King and General Elio were in the rear about a mile from the battlefield, ou & bigh peak, from whence they could observe the whole position of the contending forces. At tweive o’ciock the centre of the Cariists retired from Oyarzun with the whole of the population that had not already ned, Pewee their movable effects and driving their pigs and cows beiore them and ox carts con- taining their iurniture. Women were carrying great bundies on vheir neads; every animal that Was capable o! carrying the least load was beavil; burdcned, and tae whole went forward up the ro: for a short distance leading to Lrun, and then took to the mountains. The retreat was conducted in the most orderly manner, ‘There was no panic, no hurry, and notaing at ali like fear, The sol- diers did not even seem discouraged, but obeyed all the orders given them with the greatest Prnipeiee: Atone time the republicans, who ad advanced against our centre, suddenly ap- peared upon the top of a little hill not more than 300 yards behind, The officer in command ot the rear guard immediately sounded tne re- call, and @ whole vattalion rusbed back and formed in line to protect the retreating bagrage. ‘There was no weeping, or wringing 01 hands, or other eur of despair on the part of the women. A lew of them were crying silently, but there were noexclamations or otier signs of despair. One might have thought that they were a party of Nomads, who had simply taken up tueir movable effects, as they might do any day, to remove to another station. THE RETREAR Some of the women, who had preceded us up the mountain side on @ very Steep peak witn their household goods and wearing apparel on their heads, sat down among them on the rocks and watched the flight. So Jar from reproaching us or utterring any cries of sorrow or despair the chaffed the soldiers good navurediy as they passed, and, judging by their looks and conversation, one would never have thought that they haa just ex- penienons une of the greatest disasters that could appen toa people. A priest met us on the way with @ large crucifix, which he presented to the soldiers to kiss as they pussed. They all saluted itreverently,. He knew me, and stopped to ask | me about the resalt of the affair, and while talkin, to me the soldiers took the crucifix opt of ois hand and passed it along among themselves, THE CLERGY. He was a priest | had formerly met at Estella, and I nad tormed avery javorabie opinion of him jr the reason that he had expressed a very high ‘Dion of the importance and power of the press. was a Very intelligent man, @nd spoke French togetuer so that { could with diMculty understand him. When he learned the extent of the disaster he turned away and went off witnout speaking to me again with a look | shail never forget. A SAD RETROSPECT. From,the top of the mountain 1 turned and looked back upon tne;town of Uyarzun. steady tue repubiicans advanced. They fired every house and village right up to the towa itself. And now huge columus of smoke rose up like giant pillars supporting the sky, and blended with the ciouas and mist, peneath which could be seen everywhere the gleam of Ores, ‘the whoie coun- try between San Sebastian, Oyarzun and Hernant Was @ mass Of flume. Then the mist settled down over us, for we were now high up on the moun- tains and were lost in the clouds. thick and heavy, ana I could not see more than a few yards ahead. The people were scat- tered over the mountains, and must have passed not only that night but wil be ooliged to pass many nights to come without shelter. It was with diificuity that [ founa my Way across the mountains into the valley of the Bidassoa, and I had at last to apply at @ shepherd’s honse for a guide, IN DIFFICULTY AND DANGER. A’ first 1 couid not make myself understood because But after a& few minutes a woman ap- eared upon the scene, who, understand- ing Spanish, sent a little girl to show me the road. An nour’s descent down precipi- tous mountain gorges and delis brought me to | a road which | already knew, and by seven o’clock 1 had crossed the frontiag and reached Hendaye. Down the valley ofthe Bidassoa | iound the people already engaged in packing up their movable ef- | Jects lor transportation across the river. They were panic stricken, and, altnough they were not aware of the full extent of the mustortune, tt was only too evident that after the los of San Marco and Oyarzun the Cariist positions around [run must be abandoned, The centre bad already re- tred trom Oyarzun, and it now only remained to withdraw the two vattalions that lingered around the beseiged town and the heignts of San Marcial. SAN. MARCIAL DOOMED. As was foreseen, tne next morning the repubii- cans at an eariy hour commenced the attack on San Marcial. They threw a few shells into where the battery had been, and sent alew men up the sides of the mountain to feel the Carlists, who had probably received orders to withdraw during the bight, as the guns had been already removed. They only fred a few shots by way of covering their retreat and keeping up appearances, then retreated up the valley of the Bitdassoa toward Vera, firing occasionally. Simultaneously with the abandonment of San Marcial two companies Of repubiicans marched up the road past Behobte, systematically burning every house ag they ad- vanced. Not one escaped them. When they reacned the Carlist .outpost below La Puncha there were only two Carlist soldiers left, These retired up the road, and as fast as they could re- | load their pieces they turned and deltberately fired at the advancing column. At this post there were three or four farm houses, Five minutes after the arrival of the republican soldiers tney were in flames. Here they DISPERSED, ecattering up the side of San Marcial, burnin: every house as they went. Four or five proceede ‘up the river as far as La Puncha. Three or tour Car- hsts here, together witu the two (rom the outpost, immediately withdrew, fring upon the advancin; column as they went, which did notreply. As saw none of them fali the probability is that the shows went astray, At ten o'clock exactly the | rst repubiican entered the ltue guardhonse at La Pancha where have been seen for so many months the Cariist sentinels, INTO FRANCR, It was here the Carlists had established their ferry across the river into France, it was here they brought in most of thetr stores, munitions of War, and here it was that Carlists and their sym- pathisers were continually crossing the frontier into France, The valiey of the Bidassoa presented & strange scene, It was alive with people hurrying across into France, Some were crossing in boats, some wading, with great bundles on their heads, all they bad time to save of their worldly effects, some swimming, and the Frencn shore was covered with crowds wate! gioomily their burning houses less than frty y; distant, while the ground was strewn with all manner of household goods. It reminded me something of the exodus of the Turcomans of Khiva under the Sabre of the murderous Cossacks. whole of Europe has been going into hysterics tor the last fow months on the sudject of “Carlist attocities.”” It only remains to be seen whether our nerves will be 80 sensitive regarding Serrannist bar- barity. WHO 18 TO BLAME? While 1am on this subject 1 may as well state that it is my firm conviction, founded upon what I have seen since J have been with the Cariisis, that they have been far more sinned against than sinning. Toat public opinion has goae against '‘ The mist was | the people here spoke only Basque. | them arises simply from the fact thas they have not a powerful telegraph agency like that of Keuter, whose untrutatulness ts becoming pro- verbial, to circulate their stories of republican outrages, I believe the republicans have in ovece case been the Orst to commit outrages, and that all the Carlista have ever done as been in the Way of reprisals. There isno doubt that at the “Dattle of Aberzuza Concha determined to burma ste! as he burned Villatuerta, Zabolia and Aberzuza, and that the eighteen prisoners who were caught tn the very Sct Of firing housea were executed 1D the heat of onnet and surrounded by Ce sna peasantry clamoring lou Besides T should like to know who has a right to throw stones at Don Carlos. It seems to me that King William, she good ana pious, shot Pr ners durin jor @ lave Franco-Prussian war lesa crime houseburning—that of defending their homes and firesides against the invader. I have beard thata quiet, good natured old gentleman, called Jonn pail once amused himself by blowin, people from the mouths ofcannon. The Al cans shot prisoners, and not ouly prisoners but hostages during our Little unpleasantness, thus rivaling the Commane in barbarity, and yet we =e paling Loy hysterics Camper tis oly horror oD Carios sho! alew incendiaries. eoeare THE Ri to saturn YR ’ resent agair, The Cavlists have been Signally deleated, instead of Ai Irun they have lost the whole country aroun: that place, tne triangle of San Sebastian, Irun and Hernant, which they held beiore to all intents and Purposes. As to La Puocha, their terry into France, the loss of that can easily be remedied, as they have only to establish another one s mile bigher up the river, beyond the republican advance. Their material loss is, after all, very small, as they have lost neither cannon nor prisoner, and but @ small, three cornered piece of territory, rrano But the moral pli Europe is be upon the Carlists themselv Just as people were beginning at last elieve in them comes this disastrous failure, and they are now lower in public opinion than ever. The siege of Irun was a mistake, It should have been taken by storm, ‘without a siege or the employ of a Single Piece of artillery, and there ts no doubt that if they had made the assault at any time during the first four days the place would have fallen an easy prey, I do Hor bnew mbih of the Carlist generals ts re- sponsible for the failure, It is now difficult to say what the people of the Carlist provinces may do, but ff they choose to continue the strug le without regard to the opinion of Europe, which, after all, has done them little good or harm, but a very slight step has bee made toward their sud- Jugation. WHAT NExT? Secure tn their mountain wall, which extends from Iran to Estela, and frum Estella to Bilbao, they may stili bid deflance to the arinies of Ser- rano. Whether they will choose to do this after the present defeat remains to be seen. The truth: is, Don Carlos was not at all obliged to take up the offensive, Marshal Serrano’s only right torule is. the right of might, and unless he can prove that right by crushing the Carlist insurrection and re- storing peace and order throughout the country he must fall, Don Carlos, therelore, has only to hold his own, to maintain himself to exist, in or- der to overthrow Serrano, THE MAN WHO CAN CONQUER. The only man that can crush Don Carlos is Don Alfonso, the son of Isabella. THE NEW NAUTICAL SCHOOLSHIP. which they will soon Secover, unless leaves enough men to hold it of th Somanie erfect immense, Arrival of the Onited States Ship St. Mary’s—A Model Institution. The United States sailing frigate St, Mary’s—the vessel designated by the Navy Department as a Rautical schoolship for the education and training of boys for the merchant service, under the super- vision of the Board of Edacation of this city—ar- rived at this port yesterday from Boston, in tow of the United States steamer Gettysburg. The commendable object of this new enterprise has already been fully set forth, and the fact that a large number of applica- tions have been received from parents desirous of having their sons appointed to the vessel shows that the idea is generally appre- ciated. It may be as well to mention that all ap- plicants must be at least fifteen years of age, and ‘will be required to produce written testimonials of good character and health, and also satisfac- tory evidence that they have never been convicted ofany crime. Candidates, moreover, must be able to spell with a tolerable degree of accuracy, read with correctness and write legibly. Each boy will be furnished with the necessary articles 01 bedding and clothing appropriate to the season, ‘tne cost of which he will be required to | Geiray. The cow of instruction will | cover @ period of about two years, at tne end of which time certificates of character and efficiency will be presented to succeasiul students. The St. Mary’s, which was built at the Washington Navy Yard in 1844, is a substantial looking vessel, of nearly 1,000 tons burden. For many years she belonged to the Pacific squadron, and ‘made several cruises trom that station. Her dimensions are:—Length, 149 feet; beam, 37.4 feet; depth of hold, 16.6 feet, In view of the purposes for which she is intended she was thoroughly overhauled at Boston, at @ cost of nearly $70,000. What with new rigging, calking, | painting and recoppering, she presents the appearance of a bran new ship, and so far | us her internal arrangements are concerned she looks the very pink of neatness and order. She still carries ten eight-inch guns, so that all the students sent abogrd for instruction may be tamilarized, in vieW of any emergency that mignt | arise, with the general duties of men-ol-war’s men, | The St. Mary’s left Boston on i'uesday, convoyed by the Gettysburg, Lieutenant David McRitcnie commanding. Both vessels experienced com- DParatively lair weather during pa aud late on Wednesday night anchored off Whitestone. Yesterday morning the >t. Mary’s was agate taken in tow and conveyed to the dock at the Joot of Wast ‘twenty-third street. where she was visited by numerous purties during tne day. ‘The vessei Was sent in charge of Captain S. B. | Luce, of the United States Navy, with wstructions to turn her over to the proper authorities. She will henceforth be commanded by Commander | Phytnian, United states Navy, and her exccutive oilicer will be Lieutenant Commander Wadiey. The transfer was jormally made yesterday alter- noon, and it now remains for the Board ot Educa tion to pat their plans in operation. Alter leaving the St, Mary’s snugly moored the Gettysburg pro- ceeded to the navy yard to coal. This lite | steamer periorms more actual hard service | than many naval vessels of greater pretensions. | She is constantly on tue move, so to speak, It wiil be remembered that she conveyed the Interoceanic Canal Commissiouers appointed by the government jast winter, to Nicaragua and subsequently to the Guill of Darien, the prompt- ness and courage of her commander in many tight places eliciting hearty encomiums from those on board. Sue retains several of her former ofi- | cers, among them Lieutenant Jones, her execu- | tive officer, whose geugraphical researches on the Isthmus proved of such general interest. itis understood that the Board uf Education will at once proceed to carry into effect their project, and there can be littie doubt that its successful | operation will redound to the benefit of our mer- | cantile marine. POISONED OONPECTIONERY. | Death of a Littie Girl and Serious Ill- ; mess of Two Others from Eating Candy Containing Arsenic. PLAINVILLE, Conn., Dec. 10, 1874. A gloom was thrown over this eutire community this morning by the death of a twelve-ycar-ola daughter of Mr. Edward Markland. The immedi- ate cause of her demise was the eating of candy tn which was arsenic. Some three weeks ago | the girl, in company with two girls namea respectively Miss Bunnell and Miss Hemmingway. atiended an evening party, at which, by way of entertainment, was offered confectionery pur- chased in the town of Forrestviile, a portion of which was originally manufactured in the city of | New Haven. They partook heartily of tne same, and soon after were each taken violenuly sick. The sufferers were attended by Dr. Woodward, of this place, who, on ex- amining the symptoms, pronounced the poison to be arsenic, and that it was contained in tia candy. Under his treatment the two last named girls were partially restored to health, though they are not yet considered out ol danger, But | with Miss Markland the cage was different, Medi- | cine seemed to have no healing elfect upon her. Previous to death she literally SUFFERED MANY DBATHS. | Her tongue became irightiully swollen, and | some time before sbe vreathed her last inflamma- tion seized upon ber eyes and rendered her totally blind. During tt ail the little creature was per- | fectiy conscious, and patiently endured the most excruciating pains till this morning, when death brougni reuel. GOVERNOR HARTRANFT IN NEW JERSEY. Inspecting the New Lunatic Asylum at Morristown. Yesterday Governor Hartranft, of Pennsylvania, accompanied by General James A, Beaver, Dra. Corson and Curwen and Mr. Johp Sunderland Commisstoners of Lunacy, visited New Jersey, and under the escort of Mr. Beach Vanderpool and Dr. Lally, Commissioners of the new State Avyium at Morristown, paid @ visit of tnspection to that institution, waick is now rapidly pro- gressing toward completion, as iuliy set forta mn whe HeRaLp recently, Governor Hartrantt and his companions expressed themse:ves highly gratified with the plans and construction | Of the building, and were especiauy charmed with | the location and {ts excellent features. In the | afternoon the Governor returned to Pennsylvania | and the other gentlemen came on to New York. | To-day they pay a visit to the Bloomingdale Asy- | lum. “Their object iu visiting the piaces named 1s | to obtain knowledge to utilize in the construchion (Of an asvinm in Warren county, Penusyivantie | |