The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-01-03
FROM HAVANA.

We received, on Saturday, the New Orleans
papers of the Oath ul,., containing news from
Havana by the Empire City. We make the
following extracts:
Advices from st. Jago had been received
to the 5th inst. On the I'd and 4th light shocks
of earthquake were again felt there. The in
habtants were leaving the city in great mum.
ber,, fleeing from the menaced destruction by
the cOnyulsions OF the earth and the raging
epidemic.
Three physicians of high standing have ar
rived there from Havana, having gone down TO
render their assistance to the inhabitants of the
unfortunate city.
Accounts from Sagua de Tamano and Bara-
Goa say that the earthquake was also felt there
but few minutes later and with much less
severity than at St. JagO.
The Diario de la Marina denies the truth
of the rumor that Gen. Canedo was to be re-
moved.
The Captain General held state levee on
the 18th, being the birthday of the Princess OF
Asturias.
On the sugar estate of Senor del Vale, the
boiler of the steam engine exploded, killing five
people and destroying the boiling house and
sugar mills; the head of one OF the untortu-
nate men was found completely separated from
the body. Eight or ten other persons suffered
from contusions, but the most of them were not
dangerously wounded. Loss estimated at
$50,000.
We perceive by the Gaceta that processes
against people for treason had not ceased
Among the new ones cited TO appear, we nhd
the name of Don Francisco de Armas, a lawyer
of high standing, formerly oi Ha'ana' 0u' Nv"
residing in New York. .h
Tie D;nrio de Ia Marina comments on the
Presidents message and the washington cor
..sT"nJance of the New York Express, while
ps,ar Hicks. its New Y )rk correspondent, dr.
ia,es upon the Presidents letter TO Mr. Max.
we'll and Geo. Laws possession OF i44,3o3
muskets. Its New Orleans correspondent oc.
cnn;es himself with the obsequies OF Clay,
Csihoun and Webster, and in view of the re-
publication of the Peiayo here, says that the
Spanish spirit has not died out.
ATRAGEpY ON THE EGLACIERs.-Two OF the
most adventurous chamOls hunters IN Switzer-
land have Just lost their lives at the glaciers of
Argentieres, under circumstances peculiarly
Distressing. M. Carrier went out with his son,
a lad of nineteen, 10 hunt mermots. The tath'
er had discovered a burrow such as marmots
are accustomed to dig, and laying himself on
the ground, face dcwnwards, began to enlarge
the entrance, hoping TO take the animal al the
bottom. suddenly a large quantity of earth
fell on him, and he was unable to rise. He
called 10 his sen, who crept in after him, and
tried in vain to exricate his father from the
load which was pressing upon him. While
thus engaged, a second slip of earth took place
and covered both. After two hours OF suffer
ing, the son died. lying on the back OF his
father. His last words were full of filal affec-
ton and anxiety for his parent. Three long
days and nights, without food or light, far from
ali human aid, unable to move, and with the
corpse of his son on his back, did III. Carrier
lie in this place. until his friends, who had
come out in search of The lost hunter, found
him at the point OF death. The unhappy suf.
ferer only lived long enough TO communicate
these particulars, and died while bis friends
were carrying him home.