The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-08-28
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Trv ORLraNs, August 2l.-The editors
b;.,y,,pe have received by the. Empire Clty,
- from tAeir regular corr eSpondents IT
,.,1o and ofher parts IF the Island.
- }+rar states tha, Gen. Mauzauo has re
- =, Santiago, abandoning the field 10 Ine
patriots. who are daily increasing.
NJ otr;ots have now entire possession Of
.,aoo-r+rr surrounding Puerto Principe.
'I c. Io1ez was making efforts TO capture the
n-;,o+s PiIarro on shore off Bahia H fonda.
Cen Lopez advanced TO San Diego to cut OF
49, -etreat of the Spaniards. The men under
ionez were in high spirits, and they were hourly
-acaiving ACQUISITIONS TO their force.
The 6eople are rising IN many places, and
.,-oIIinr themselves in the cause of freedom.
{bout five hundred men left Havana TO join
,bs forces of Gen. Lopez. Fifty of these were
r1sde prisoners by the Spaniards. Their fate
;s easily foret0ld.
There are now only seven hundred troops in
Havana. and the most intense excitement pei
ysdes all classes.
There has been q tremendous riot in this city
New Orleans, growing out of the Cuban Rev
ov-ion For the past two or three days bust
ness. - a great extent, has been suspended, and
tbe aFai-y ef Cuba have been discussed more
thoroughly. Our city was never before known
= Se 90 much agitated. The excitement Of the
oecple knows no bounds. Hundreds of men
ere pouring in, ready to take part in the Patriot
cause II Cuba
: large body of the Cuban Liberators, COM
posed mostly Of Western men, having become
erasperated by the tone Of the Spanish paper
la Patria, this afternoon, attacked the Office,
broke the windows and doors, and rushed int 0
the Office. They threw the press, cases Of type
and furniture into the street. The mob totally
destroyed everything belonging to the Office,
The crowd outside was so dense, and the ex-
element so great that the police could not in
tsrf re to check the riot.
After the office was demolished, the Liberators
marshaled their legions and proceeded 10 the Sc
var store kept BY a Spaniard who has made
himself obnoxious 10 the Patriots. at the corner
cf St Charles and GraYier streets. broke the
doors and windows, and destroyed all the stock
and furniture, which were very valuable.
Bv this time the crowd had sweIed to an i'm
mense number, and the cry was raised Let's
pay q visit to the Spanish Consul" This was
responded TO by tremendous shout. The crowd
then moved ca 10 the office of the Spanish Con-
SUI and q scene of the widest disorder cnsued.
The men appeared TO have run mad with excite
Eaeut They fercely attacked the house. threw
the desks, papers, and furniture Of al kinds iHte
the streets. They tore down his sign and
marched IN triumph with il 70 the meeting in
Lafayette square.
gest ever held in this city. The proceedings
throughout were characterized by the widest
enthusiasm.
August 22.-The excitement Of last night has
lost none Of its intensity this morning. At an
early hour & body Of two thousand Of the Liberia
tors surrounded the city prison.
This eutburst was caused by the Spanish Con-
sui, who fearing that he would lose his life on
the night previous, asked the protection of the
American Flag, and was placed in the city pri-
con as place Of safety.
The Liberators became clamorous. and de-
manded that the Spanish Consul should be deliv-
cred up TO them, or they would demolish the
prison.
A force Of about fifty policemen are on the
ground enaesverTRg TO restore peace.
The segar shops kept by the Spaniarls IN diff
i5Tent parts Of the city, were nearly all destroyed
Iaring last night.
The most painful part Of the affair remains to
4e tod. The Empire City brought the remains
i Col Crittenden, nephew Of attorney General
CHttenden, and Capt Victor Kerr, who were so
'nhumanly murdered by the Spanish Govern
laent, at Havana, 70 the city. 1 deep feeling Of
ave Pervaded the whole community. Thousands
f people endeavored to get q sight Of the collins
obtaining their dead bodies. This gave rise 10
he sudden outbreak last night
Minute guns have been fired since sunrise in
honor Of the murdered iberators.
The attack on the ofice Of the Spanish Consul
vas caused by report which Is undoubtedly
nue. that he received by the Empire City, letters
from some Of the murdered Americans, and he
refused to give them UP when demanded by their
friends
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 23.-The fifty men who
we're executed at Havana were engaged in a flank
movement IN conjunction with Gen Lopez when
hey were captured by the steamer Habanero.
ten. Lopez continued victorious at last ac-
counts and cne entire spanish regiment had
l0Iled him.