The Sun. — 1851-09-08 (London, England)

NEW ORLEANS, AUG. 23. " There has been a tremendous riot in this city, growing out of the Cuban revolution. For the past two or three days business, to a great extent, has been suspended, and the affairs of Cuba have been discussed more thoroughly. Our city was never before known to be so much agitated. The excitement of the people knows no bounds. Hundreds of Men are pouring in ready to take part in the patriot cause in Cuba. A large body of Cuban Liberators, composed mostly of western men, having become exasperated by the tone of the Spanish paper Union, this afternoon attacked the office, broke the windows and doors, and rushed into the office. They threw the press, cases of types, and furniture into the streets. The mob totally destroyed everything belonging to the office. The crowd outside was so dense, and the excitement so great, that the police could not interfere to check the riot. After the office was demolished the Liberators marshalled their legions, and proceeded to the cigar store (kept by a Spaniard, who has made himself obnoxious to the patriots) at the corner of St. Chaples and Gravier-streets, broke the doors and windows, and destroyed all the stock and furniture, which were very valuable. By this time the crowd had swelled to an immense number, and the cry was raised—' Let's pay a visit to the Spanish Consul.' This was responded to by a tremendous shout. The crowd then moved on to the office of the Spanish Con. sul, and a scene of the wildest disorder ensued. The men •appeared to have run mad with excitement. They fiercely attacked the house, threw the desks, papers, and furniture of all kinds into the streets. They tore down his sign, and marched in triumph with it to the meeting in Lafayette-square. The meeting in the square was one of the largest ever held in this city. The proceedings throughout were characterised by the wildest enthusiasm. The excitement of the 21st inst. has lost none of its interest this morning. At an early hour a body of 2,000 of the Liberators surrounded the city prison. This outburst was caused by the Spanish Consul, 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 prison as a place of safety. The Liberators became clamorous, and demanded that the Spanish Consul should be delivered up to them, or they would demolish the prison. A force of about fifty policemen is on the ground, endeavouring to restore peace. The cigar shops kept by the Spaniards in different parts of the city were nearly all destroyed during last night. The most painful part of the affair remains to be told. The Empire City brought the remains of Colonel Clendenin and Captain Victor Ker, who were so inhumanly murdered by the Spanish Government at Havannah, to this city. A deep feeling of awe pervades the whole community. Thousands of people endeavoured to get a sight of the coffins containing their dead bodies. This gave rise to the sudden outbreak last night. Minute guns have been fired since sunrise in honour of the murdered Liberators. The attack on the office of the Spanish Consul was caused by a report (which is undoubtedly true) 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:' The President, accompanied by the Secretary of the Interior, had returned post haste to Washington, the terrible intelligence from Cuba having abruptly ',lit short the programme far the continuation of his Virginia pleasure tour. The steam-ship Sarana has bean ordered by the Government to Ilavannah to institute an inquiry into the circumstances connected with the shooting of the fifty Americans, as well as the firing at and stoppage of the American mail steamer Falcon. Our dates from Jamaica are to the 11th ult., but the advices are v ,ry meagre. It was stated that cholera bad broken out at Newcastle among the troops. In some of the districts small-pox was very prevalent. The arrest of a fugitive , at Poughkeepsie had