Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-09-12
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| ed us from Charleston the fancy story-news to
all of us here--that the Spanish Consul took ref
| uge in the city prison, and that "two thousand"
Liberaors were claporous around the walls threa-
tenng to pull them down if he should not be de-
lvered up! 1t should create but little surprise
that we cannot get authentic details of what is
| Transporting in the mountains of Cuba, filled and
INSTRUCTED as the communication is by hostile
forces in open battle array when the simplest de-
| tails Of fact are transmitted in our own peaceful
| country twenty four hours after occurrence in
such shape that they cannot be recognised by
those who were present. Scarcely telegraph
c account to the North, that has come under
our observation, has given anything like an in
tegble idea of the disturbances on the 2lst ult.,
and some of them, as we have seen deal in ex-
| travagant fictions. The story about the mobbing
of the prison by tho Llberators in order to get at
the Consul, although it is destitute of a plausible
fact to support it, is outdone in ingenuity of fct-
tIous details by the following, which we find
spread out in long bulletin in the National Intel
llgencer ofthe 9th ut., credited to the Philadel-
phia Inquirer
Inc most painful part of the affair remains to be
lod. he Empire City brought the remains Of Col.
and Captain Victor Kerr, who ere so inhumanly
murdered by the Spanish Government at Havana, to
this city. deep feeling OF awe pervades the whole
community; Thousands OF people endeavored 10 get
sight OF the collins contain lining their dead bodies
This gave rise to the sudden outbreak aet night Mi
mute guns have been fired since sunrise in honor ofthe
murdered Lberators."
This bears date August 22d one day after the tout
break, which traces to the excitement of the popu
lar feelings reused by the sight of the cons contain ing
the bodies OF the Havana martyrs when could not but
have been Known that the rumor OF the arrival of their
| remains was utterly uniounded. La fact. they
reached here, and though at some future day. the bones
which are now buried in promiscuous heaps in Span
sh Poers Field will be collected and enshrined in
mGugQlpum fudo nt
freed nation, there is longer hope that parent or
relative ia this country will be able to distinguish
or reclaim the relics OF any individual There has
been, say the least deplorable carelessness in send
ing abroad such false news, in reports that have not
particle of truth.
The New York Express in publishing this apocry-
phal story, substitutes the name of Clendennen for
Criltenden and considers it "mysery" how the bod
les were brought to New Orleans. Capt. Clenden-
men, who was reported to be in this expedition, and
classed as among the victims at Havana. did not go,
but has brought" his own body home from St. Louis,
where he was when the telegraph startled his friends
| with a report of his death.
which figure SO extensively in the Northern papers,
proofs of the feeling Of awlessness and revenge ex
hibed towards Spanish residents in this city. The
impression is hasy inference which the facts do not
warrant, aud which is repudiaed by every in the
city acquainted with the facts. The riots sprung up
suddenly were carried on more in spirit OF rowdyism,
by few mschievous and reckless persons than in
cordance with any ruling ieelina and did not in their
worst aspects display any personal rancor against nd
vlduals. No Spaniard was menaced or moesed in his
person. there any oucry against Spanlards
class The cutting OF cigar shops criminal act
but it does not appear that it done in any fierce
spirit OF national animosity but rather by class who
would have been equally ready TO execute like feat
any opportunity for disorder. This is frank adms
sion of teebeness in the administration of the law buti
is true description of the character OF the riots, which
had only temporary success by the nacton OF the
vast majority who disappoved OF them 10 toto and are
Inundated at the remembrance OF the license which
two or three hours indifference on their part gave to
SO insignificant gang did all this mischief. Wesay
it with perfect confidence, that amidst all the excite
ents In this city at their worst there never has been
feeling which would countenance the persecution in
Jury OF any Spanish subject citizen here, for the acts
OF the Government OF Cuba, and that the apparent
cepon the 2lst accden tai and can by posi-
bty be repeated again.-N. 0. Pic. of the 4th.
Swiss WATcHEs.-The browning glory of the Swiss
department in the London Fair, is the magnificent dis.
play OF Watches from Geneva simply to enumerate
which, with all their varieties OF size, style and orna-
ment, would require half dozen letters. Two large
watches of magnificent finish, contained enameed por
traits of Washington and Robesperre; others set
with sprays of pearls, diamonds and other precious
sones some are engraved, others covered with exqui
site enamels for which Geneva has long been famous;
some exceedingly small that it would seem i'm
possible Tor them to go, yet they do, and with the ut
most precision Look these tiny time keepers set in
to card the frames OF eye elasses brooches, and
even into rings; this brooch, in the form OF serpent
| from whose mouth hangs little gem OF watch,
rather hic ker but much smaller in diameter than five
cent piece and said to be the smallest in the world and
this elegant gold pen holder OF ordinary size, the top
of which, richly ornamented with rubes, is time
piece. with three dias each of quarter of inch in
diameter going for week, and showing the minutes,
hours, days, weeks and months.
STREET SPRMKLER.--Mr. Henry d. Price, of
Washington county, Md, is now in Baltimore for the
purpose of exhibiting invention of his which it is
thought by many will supply the great want which has
been experienced of machine which will cheaply,
rapidly and thoroughly sprinkle the streets. Mr. Prices
invention consists of large cask or hogshead designed
to hold four hundred gallons ofwater and itselfrevov-
ing on fange wheels. The motion of the reservoir
puts in operation two pstons by which the water is
forced into ian air chamber and from thence distributed
by rainbow sprinkler, The water can be thrown
distance of fifty-eet to sprinkle the whole width
of the once, any portion of it. The arrange
ment of the machine is such as to save much motive
power and it is believed will perform the work for
which il is ntented much more cheapy and expedi-
tousy than any machine that has yet been tried tor the
purpose.