Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-07-24
WAND Observation-Disclosures OF PRIVATE
PROPERTY,

,u,r h,in- Won feel flied with june mir or like
meadow OF clover in blossom The h!pecf'r
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF PRIVATE
PROPERTY.
The Russian papers complain Of the wan'on de-
truc,ion Of private property nj the capture OF hefcI
bv tho Allies. Tic following graphic and "m"S'""
account as the London Standard calls it, shows what
,ood couse existed for such complaints. The writer
SAYS:
81 went on shore to see the troops land Mt en'.
kale and was highly amused. About wv" hunureu
fellows soldiers aud acknowledgement, FrcncN anu
Turks-nsdc Tor large house. from wnlc!i TIC oceu'
rants had He'd in such haste rhut they LETT their Dinner
ON the fire and the cloth laid The dinner consisted
of n LEG of mutton, pudding aud vegetables; and
happened to be Of u few who got Sn"i oihnei'
The house was magniccEty furnished. During din-
n.r two Prcnchnen played upon the piano, while
two others danced on III presently. our fellows lwh"
evidently had no taste for musicl ch"h"" '"e 'HS.'"
,nsnt IN piercs mi ptrkaTc. As me COMPANY Hi'S
ed their dinner, they M'r" me P'f'S an" "'"'s
fkromrk he mtndouS; run their J"yoaetsrongh
he PICTURES, some oh pa'nstmgS, perhaps Vaina'i,
others amused themselves jy burning tie %"HlHhy
bound Gooks, and there nppenre, 10 DC co':il''.""
between half dozen ~ soc which c"nH destroy INT
crca,eS! gravity o. tTa't"rc IN TIE M'''f"' ''m'
Ey ,rd bv some eight ar ten Freuchlnen came ou I"
tho cellar where they had been locked dowi'' whch
every one began 10 regret thai lie had h"' io"' "'
there was u cellar before. OF course @ehtF" ruSn
was made and IN an lilcrcaibiy sh"'' ''h'e "'''' ~
| not Il full bottle cask lett. ,.
| .Wbile this little piece being acted within
doors ..-aud advertisement was BENG pc:"rin""
without, The conservatory, very handsome ou'i,:
i,r about LOU fec: long was totally destroyed l"
90 ,,,n iunws chasing the pigs and poultry was anu.
sr .nounh which were all Killed aS soon us caught
| an! cooked too. The village t.! kanieSSn was Sc o
fire to cook " several fine cows were kiIci ana cu
IN with swords, cooked, and ca,ch III "n"' Is :',
|
mud suno were drawn about by others, who act" III.
mr., of rnuht either horses Or asaes, wlc
! you please :
Tho CORRESPONDENT Of the London Times confir,,''
,bis account, but enicavors 10 lay the blum" 80
Turks and Tartars. He s0ys: ,
In the afternoon of the dnY w:'ch I;Ss ,!o,,
Y-nk ale the crews Of soinc ''e "t ;,t ,Ir.. ~.
AIubclali landed and began 10 p' nmJ ios.cna, nm.
| ioar houses "i i nmnt.pt. As they cnaid not re-
anu " ~ furniture 'cy smashed II 10 atom.
towards evening Turk.h snaes.e.s To"' 'T'
aud Others who had nud rrroc,rr.cI the most afro
Hooked mo 10 piage and wanton devastation,
cous Gr, ui Violation and murder. The Tartars who
'!ty thc town hailed the arrival "t IN, Osnnnii
delight, aud received them Is iJeruors, aud as
i,ira,Ercn to whom they bound by the tIcs OF re-
liyion OF language, and Of hatred tn ie Russials-
They led the few Turks from house to h9nse' pointed
out ms victims To their cupld and lust, those VINO hnd
na;icsm aud fed fat their ancient grudges to the Rus
sian traLc.-pcoplo and merchants. The Frenr: pa
trolls cnravorc to preserve order, ana Sncccc'cd 10
| some extent, but until until they had kii:! anu
| wounded several Turks aud Tartars. One nScrchnt
was shot as he came down The street in triumph, wav-
ing sword wet with the blood of poor cid whom
he had hacked to pieces. Others were snin IN me
very act Of committing horrible outrages some were
borne off wounded to the prison TO the hospital ana al
last rrspect OF life was established by its destruction
There was not to be cure, general massacre. Even
savn-cs would have resraned from slenshterng the IN
hahi,ants Of town which had submitted, ana thrown
itself upon :hcr mercy. Il was with dincnty howcv-
or that the French controlled the excuses Of INC
| Turks, and Of of their own countrymcn. Some
English merchant salors next day aided III the WORK
| of pliage and destruction.
| A Museum was also sacked, and the News cores
pendent says:
| The floor of the museum is covered for several
| inches in depth with the debris OF broker glass, I"
vases urs, sta:U:rr the precious aust oi 'he'E con
| tents and LharreI bits al wood nnd bone miinS"o
with the fresh sp!ncrs of the shelves, desks allt
cases in which they had been preserved. Not a SIN
Gil. bit of uuytllip. ;ha. could be broken or burnt
any smaller than il was, had been exempt from re
| du,.tion by hammer or fire. TIE cases and shelves
h:,, been torn from tic walls the glass smashed t'
atoms, The statues pounded TO pieces. II was 10
possib,e 10 do more than Euess ut what lEcy mas
| orce contained. On ascending to the ledSc 81
which the cinerilry urns had been placed, the run
| was nearly as complete. \ large dog lny crouch
ing IN fear anon. the remnants oil the vases, ahl
howled ,li>inay at the footsteps OF n sra'i- er'-
! The burnt bones which the vases contained were
scattered about mixed with dast anu ASHES OH lh'
floor and there scarcely an urn or cnrtcrn Vcs
| sci Of any kind uubroken. Here and there sro u
marble, q which were traced ole nr two Greek let
tiers, could be- discovered aud the slabs anu pieces
sta,;,ary outside the buildings were generally to-
large aud too massive to i:i Of irir being rcaii!
broken; but on the whole the work of d"structo,
was complete. aud lis oaly parallel could be f"ln'
within Of the fines; houses IN the town. such a.
that of the Governors, where the ruin was equal,
indscrimna.e and universal One sentry pncc'
over the door wnu!d have prevented all this ints
crcditablc outrage which will doubt bo attributed
BY tho enemy to on: generals and our troops
| man sevcnty-;hrcc Year, Of age died in the In
dinna pcntcntiary Mt Jeferscnvilc, on Friday last
Of an affection Of the heart, having on the day pre-
vious performed his allotted work. The Louisville
Journal says OF him
ale leaves a property valued ut Sl0O.nG0 and va
ncarcernted for the period OF two years for the Grim
of forgery to the amount NJ twenty-five dollars. ln
old chap miscrly IN the extreme, denying 70 HIM
self the smalles; luxury beyond the prison fare
bread and water and beef head broth. At the TIM
of h;s arrest for the acC"i forgery he cndere'
| counsel WHO pledged IL, nseives 10 clear hm Tor
fec of i've hundred dollars. To this the oil man &c
pied tlat, ii convicted, the sentence would only b.
Tor two years and he did /. think thathe conld maxi
on, Of tho pcnltentary, and il would cost him moth
ing TO live there, and he would save that much any
how. ="
v HE TREASURES OF Sir. PETERSBURG are always
E removed TO Moscow in time Of war. correspondent
otthe Boston Transcript who is now visiting the lat
S ter city says
was assured that the bullion now in the treasur,
Q greatly exceeds tho sum held by the Bank of Eng
I Inu' ana Inc estimated value OF gems and Jewels
a,, a ieouons, before which the crown jewel
nuo resaiia Of England sink into comparative insight
4 hcanee. Herc! saw the richest man in nil Russio
WIN Que exception lie is said to be worth 7OUOO Oui
rloes SILVER, have since heard tina; there is ONT
whose reputed possessions are 100 0UO rublrs all
], yer. saw this Cruesus in the most fitting Mac th
treasure vaults where is stored the bullion.'
. THE TUCKER TRAGEDY.-Tbe pro,.;aor,
Journal now says that on the examination q, Hear
NJ Tucker, on the charge OF having blown un his e.
e Tiers house, the prosecution have utterly fa.I