HORRORS OF CIVIL WAR-SCENES IN-SPAIN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1796, 8 May 1874, Page 2

HORRORS OF CIVIL WAR-SCENES IN- SPAIN.

There is no doubt, says a correspondent of the Standard, that Carthagena fell by treachery. The public belief is that Fort Atalaya was sold by its commandant, and rumour even mentions the. sum he ; received to have been 10,000dollara. The correspondent, who telegraphs from Marseilles on Sunday, continues : — Galvez,*who was not in the plot, suspected treason, and sailed from the city with reinforcements, but he arrived too late — the castle was already occupied. He was met with a volley at point blank, and his followers fled precipitately. Saen, the postman, fired for six hours on Atalaya, but the troops of Mendigarria and ' Iberia began showing symptoms' of discontent.... His own men compelled him to cease firing. The white flag was hoisted, and a commission of six apponted to go to : the head -quarters camp to negotiate terms. They demanded, an entire pardon, and s liberty for everybody, retiring pensions for the mutinous officers, and permission to the garrißom to march put with the I honors of war. General Dominguez refused, but in consideration of the heroic - [defence of the place he drew upacapitula- • tion granting an amnesty to all insurgents, except those guilty of. offences against the : common law. The soldiers of Mendigarria and Iberia were to be Bent to Madrid .to be distributed in other corps* no peni alty attaching to them for the crime of rei bellibn. The grades of officers were to be preserved,, the life, property, and interest of every insurgent to be respected. Only the Junta were to be excluded from the amnesty. These terms were accepted by the Junta, which agreed in exchange to give up the place with all its forts, ships, "^ arsenal, and army. The entry of the l troops did not take place till half-past one o'clock on Wednesday, when 400 cavalry rode in and out again. Later in the day a column of infantry 2000 strong, consisting of half a company of every regiment outside, marched in with bugles playing. No demonstrations of any kind occurred. The town was silent as the gravegyard, and a picture of desolation. The streets were in ruin, and choked with the wreck of shattered : houses. : dis.? mounted guns, live shells, and putrid car: cases of gats and dogs were lying about the thoroughfares. Awful havoc appeared in the Artillery park, whioh is one mass i.f shivered masonry. Three hundred persons, mostly women and children, are supposed to be buried under/the ruins. Hardly one house has escaped inj ory ' and the hospiial is crammed with wounded. Comparatively little robbery occurred during the .liege. The, people; are Btill Bullen and defiant. They are ferocious at the bombardment which they were subjected to for4sdays, and say < thny have not been conquered but betrayed. They promise themselves an early revenge. Arrests are taking place during' the last days; mostly of convicts. Much dissatisfaction is felt with the Junta. They were sus? pecked of playing false by the convicts, and the Tetuan was set on fire with ' the intention to blow them up, they being on board at the time. An inspection of the fortifications betrays great ignorance on the part of the insurgents. No cover for the men or the cannon existed, and powder was lying losely about. Everything was rude and insecure. The losses in. the town are incalculable, and the misery deplorable, yet still ho actual hunger seems to have been experienced. The deserter^ of Mendigorria ajnd Iberia looked dirty and disreputable.' Their officers walked about armed, talked impudently, and •were on the best of terms with the officers of the -besieging army. Both regiments were sent to Madrid last night in cattle trucks, the railway having been re-opened General Lopez Pinto is named Military Governor. English, French, German, " and Italian war ships are in harbour. Two brigades of the besieging army are already detached for service against the CarUata. Several Mgiments embarked today for Tarragona. • <