The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-08-30
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TUESDAY MORNING. AUG. 80, 1850
The Outbreak In Germany Further Par.
ticuiarS.


TUESDAY MORNING. 49,. AUG. 30. 1850
The Outbreak In Germany Further Par.
ticuiars.
A letter gives the particulars of the recent
disturbances between the different troops sta
toned at Frankfort-on-the-M Main. The spots
where the most desperate encounters occurred
were at the Boekenheimer and Allerheiligen
gates, at the opposite extremites OF the city.
The last mentioned gate was several times
stcrmed by the Prussians, and as q strong
mixed patrol with fixed bayonets, opposed
them, they acted on the offensive, whereby
the commander of the patrol, native of
Frankfort, was fatally wounded. 1t is stated
that many civilians were on the side of the
attackers, and it was certain that many were
captured. On the morning of the next day
several Bavarians and Austrians came TO
blows. The writer gathers his account from
the report of individuals, as it was dangerous
to visit the streets, the soldiers running
through them with naked weapons but II Is
stated that two Of the combatants were killed,
and in The hospitals are between twenty ana
thirty wounded Great excitement prevails.
A letter, dated Frankfort on the-M Main, Au
gusts, from the correspondent of the London
Star, says:
We are in the midst of war in this republi
can city, devoted to commerce and the other
arts OF peace. 1t is no fault of ours our
German federal allies, by garrisoning our city
with their troops. Austrians, Prussians and
Bavarians, have brought this scourge upon us.
The German soldiery, unlike ours, is permit
ted to carry side arms when not on duty
How dangerous this practice is must now have
become evident to the most obtuse military
apprehension. The strife has emerged 1T last
from the confinement of the taproom, and made
g the street Ii
longer the fist, but the sword, that is employ
ed, and for days past no soldier off duty is TO
be met with in the streets of this city who does
not go With his sword drawn, TO prepare
again st at tack by the other soldiers. In gene
raj the attack is by Prussans on one side and
Austrians, IayariaEs and our trooPs-that is
to say the Southern Germans-on the other !;
but blows have been likewise exchanged be-
tween the last named three. Fighting is going
on almost in every street, and yesterday the
excitement of the soldiery became SO great
that most OF peaceful inhabitants were
afraid TO leave our houses. at the Ailernelli-
gen Gate and the Bockenhem Gate, 1t came to
real battles. The former was stormed by the
riotous Prussian soldiery, who, after having
overpoWered and driven away the guard, ac-
tuaily mounted guard themselves, ana thus
defied the decree which shut the gate against
the military large patrol, composed OF
Frankfort and Austrian soldiers, was dis
patched against them.
How any commander in his senses could
commit such foolish actis incomprehensible.
Itis very evident that the soldiers of each IA
tion should be coerced into obedience by their
own brothers in arms, not by those whom
they have accust toned themselves TO look upon
as enemies. The result was as it might have
been anticipated. The riolous Prussans ia
possession of the guard house refused 10 yield
to the patrol, and no choice was left but to
charge them with the bay0nrt But the
charge was altogether unsuccessful, which
rather tends 10 corrobo-ate an opinion held by
many military men III Germany. that The
sword. when used with courage and skill, and
under the influence of great excitement. Is Il
superior arm to the bayonet. The officer lead
ing the attack was killed and the patrol driI Ell
back and dispersed, leaving many wounded III
the street, ol whom the inhalJii2nt5 ct the
neighboring houses had 10 take care. To-day
there is fighting between Austrians and Bay;t-
rians the bridge over the Main, where the
traffic is altogether stopped i'll consequence
People talked of two killed and many wound
ed, but in the excitement it is difficult 10 as
certain what is true, and it is too dangerous to
go to the spot, as attacks on quiet passers-by
are by no means OF rare occurrence.
DESTRUCTION OF A CITY BY AN EARTH
QUAKE.-The entire destruction Of the ancient
city of Erzroom, in Turkey, by repeated shocks
OF earthquake within the last three months,
has been mentioned. The frs; earthquake oc-
CURED June 1st, and letter from one of the
missionaries of the American Board gives a
vivid description of the first great shock. He
says
THE first shock which was not very severe.
was felt about : O'Clock A NJ. June !, and al
10 O'Clock, A. NJ, the following day. came the
fearful earthquake, which laii i'll ruins 1900
houses, nearly destroying 1850 more, and in
juring i,2U0 others; leaving according 10 the
accounts of Turkish ofiicials) over 800 houses
unharmed but l do not believe that there are
100 houses IN Erzroom as sound as they were
before the earthq uaEe. The shock was not
only felt throughout the city, but the villages
on the plain, and even at Hassan- -kalIah,
twenty miles TO the east
According to official returns, $50 dead bodies
have been taken out from the ruins, about 2ul
wounded, and 10 are missing The heavy shock
which did the mischief, is said to have contin-
ued about eight seconds, and it was followed by
three others less severe, the same day. Shocks
more or less severe, were also felt al intervals
during eight consecutive days, since which
there has peen perfect quiet, and the work OF
building and repairing Is now going on as ra.
pidiy AS possible.
Itis singular fact that the destruction was
almost entirely confined to the Moslem quar-.
ter of the city, and only twelve Christians los
their lives None of our Proies tant friends
were injured, though several barely escaped
with life. One woman, sister OF our native
preacher, b. Hohannes, feeling the waving X
and fro OF The house. seized her two child rem aC
escaped in time to see the roof and wall come
down wi III crash where she had been sittin Z
Part OF another house, adjoining ours was
crushed, but no one harmed. lhe two mis-
sion houses were injured, but not very Sc
riously.
TRYING GUN.-A letter from Old Point tc
the Fayetteville IN. g. Observer has the fol.
| lowing:
| This morning at dawn, whilst the moon was
| shiring most brilliantly, l was awoke by the
reNeille within the fort, calling the soldiers tC
| parade. / thanked my stars that / was not a
| soldier, and turned over to finish my nap
| Not long after commenced the discharge OF
| great guns, which has been continued pretty
| constantly Since till noon, and will be contin.
ued from day to day Till the purpose is accom-
| plished, viz: the bursting OF a gun weighing
| 1860 lbs, loaded with 10 lbs. of powder, and
| firing shot weighing l29 lbs. The shots are
| fired into a sand bank raised close by for the
| purpose, from which they are dug out and
| fired again and again. The object is to ties,
| the durability of the iron ont of which this
| and o.her guns are made. The gun in ques
| tiop has been fired more than n thousand
| times. ard will be fired till it gives way
| Captain Dyer and his subaltern are perform.
| ing this duty. l saw, on the wharf, two guns
| OF about the same weight and caiibre, which
| We're fired upwards cf 2.5J0 times each, al
| Pittsburgh, when the neighbors became Sc
weary of the incessant thunders that they
| complained and obtained n transfer Of the CUR
| to this place TO be finished. Here nobody ha:
/ a right to complain, for the whole island be
| longs to the United States and most Of it,
| deaizens are connected with the army.
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