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Yelerioua,
A WOMAN S'IOKY.
The following' description of ihe combats
of the Woman Gladiators, is published by the
ihiitof of the London l.i'erary C .zettc, as a
specimen of the style of tiie above work,
which, he remarks, is evidently written by a
hand oftbefiner order, and is a production
of the finer order, and is a production of
classical intelligence. The scene is of the
same kind with the tournament in Ivanhoe,
ami there ary many passages in these volumes
which would not disparage the great un
known himself: though we think there are
other parts which, even in his must careless
mode, he could not have written.
“ Such was the enormous crowd of human
beings, high and low, assembled therein, that
when any motion went through their assem
bly, the noise of the rising up or sitting
down could be Jikrned to nothing, except,
perhaps, the tar off sullen roaring of the
illimitable sea, or the milling of a great night
wind amongst the houghs of a finest. It was
the first time that I had ever seen a peopled
ampnitheutre nay, it was the first time that I
bad ever seen any very great multitude of
men assembled together, within any fabric
ol human erection ; so that you cannot doubt
there was, in the scene before me, enough
to impress my mind with a very serious feel
ing of astonishment—not to say of veneration.
Not less than eighty thousand human beings,
(for such they told me was the stupendous
capacity of the building,) were litre met to
gether. Such a multitude can no where be
regarded, without inspiring a certain indefin
able 3cnse of majesty ; least of all, when coii
gregrated within the wide sweep of such a
glorious edifice as this, and surrounded on
all Sides with every circumstance ul orna
ment and splendour, befiiting an everlasting
monument of Roman victories the munifi
cence of Roman princess, and the imperial
luxury of universal Rome. Judge then,
With w hat eyes of wonder all this was sur
veyed by me, who had but of yesterday, as it
Were, emerged from the solitary stillness of a
British valley—who had been accustomed all
mv life to consider as among the must im
pressive human spretae'es, the. amal passage
ol a tew scores of Kgionaries, through some
da k alley of a wood, or aw o struck village
of barbarians. Trajan himself wus already
present, but in no wise, except from the
canopy over his ivory chair, t< be distinguish
ed from the other consul that sate over a
gainst him.”—
“Ihe proclamation bring repeated a se
cond time, a door on the right hand of the
arena was laid open, and a single trumpet
founded, as it stented lo me, moumfu iy,
while the glaialators marched in with slaw
Steps, each man—naked, except being girt
with a cloth about ins toins—bta ing on tua
let* arm a sin* J buckler, and having a sbon
■tra ght sword suspended by a c-ord around
his t.eck l iny marches!. »* I hare said,
flow iy and steadily ; so that the wh de a—
sen blv had sud leisure to contemplate the
forms of a man. while those who were, or
who imagined themselves, skilled in the busi
ness of >tie are .a. wi re fixing, in nc. -awn
minds, cn such as they h >.gh! moo l.keir
to be victorious aid iaying wages concern
ing their chance* of success, ai has much
Unconcern S’ *1 tltey had contemplating s>
many irrational amount, or rather, indeed, I
fh-iild Mv, so many arnsele-s p.ecea of in
gi-nn us mechanism. The wide div ruty of
comps xion and feature exnibited among
these devoted athleta, afforded at once a
majestic ide* of the extent ot the R nan
empue, and a terrible one of the purposes
to which that wide sway had too often been
made oh.ervient. the beautiful Greek,
wuh a countenance ol noble serenity, and
limbs, after winch the sculptors of his coun
try might 'lave modelled their g< ddike sym
bols t graceful power, o aiked side by side
with the yellow bearded savage, whose gig
antic muscles ha l been nerved in the freez
ing wafts of toe Elbe or the Danube or
whose thick strong hair was congealed and
ahsggcd on his brow with the Scythian or
Brand;navimi winters.
Many fierce Moors and Arabs, and curled
Ethiopia s were there, w ith tn c beams ot
the southern sun burnt in every various
shade of swarthiness upon their skins. Nor
did our own remote island want her repre
sentatives in the deadly procession, for I saw
among the armed multitude—and that not
allege'her without some feeling of more
peculiar interest-two or three gaunt bar
barians. whose breasts and shoulders bore
uncouth marks ol blue and purple, so vivid
in the tints, that I thought many months
could not have elapsed since they must have
been wandering in wild freedom along the
native ridges ol some Silurian or Caledonian
forest. As they moved around the arena,
aonie ol these men were saluted by the
whole multitude with noisy acclamations, in
token, 1 supposed, bl tile approbai ion where
with the teats ol some former festival had
deserved to be remembered. On the ap
pearance ot others, groans and hisses were
heard Irom some parts of the amphitheatre,
mixed with contending cheers and huzzas,
from others ol the spectators. Bui by far
the greater part were tiffered to pass on in
silence i —tins being in all likelihood the
first—alas! who couid tell whether it might
not also he the last day of their sharing in
that tearful exhibition.”
. “ ' heir masters paired them shortly, and 1
in succession they begin lo make proof of
tliiir taial skill. At first, Scythian was j
matched against Scythian—tireek against ]
Greek—Ethiopian against Ethiopian—Spa i
lard against Spaniard; and I saw the sand
uyed beneath their IVet with blood stream
mglroni the wound* of kindred hands. But
these combats, although abundantly bloody
and temb.e, were regarded only as pre
ludes to the serious business of the day,
w Inch consisted of ducts between Euro
peans on the one side, and Africans on the
other; wherein it was the well mgh in
transgre-aible law ot the Amphithea re, hat
at least one out of every pair of combatants
should die on the arena before the e.yes of
the multitude. Instead of shrinking from
t'n desperate brutalities of these la ior con
flicts the almost certainty, of tiioir fata! ter
mination deemed only to make tne assent
d gate on them whn a more intense c t
i* i" 1 ’ ’ t,'* * nmrc inhuman measure of de
.l Glbmks 1 Irrl as if it were but of
trar l. y ’ Whc, *r MCkl, ied with the pro
ucird u-rrors ofaco .ftict, that seemed as
bo hih r ” U * vc **«'«». although
both the uunbalants were alrcadv c vi ed
al' over wi h hideous gasnes.—! *.'i | low .
ed .uw n my head, an.i e'-asped my tiands
w, i u> eyes, tft ave them from torture of
gaz.!i£ tircreon farther.** • •
! tiia. m vaitt all were silent, in the
c ■ ci.ipUtion of the breathleas strife i ,s»
lime i, that a groom the first that hadescap
td from either of the couibauuu, although
j low and luxuriant, and half suppressed
j sounded, quite distinctly anmd the deep’ |
I huSli of the assembly, arid beingconstrianed
i thereby to turn my eyes once more down
j wards, I behold that, at length, one of the
j two had received the sword of his adversary
! quite ihrough his body, and had sunk be
j fore him upon the sand. A beautiful young
man was he that had received this harm,
with fair hair, chi.-,tered in glossy ringlets
upon his neck and brows ; but the sickness
of his wound was already visible on his droop,
ing eye-lids, and his lip# were pale as if the
blood had rushed from them to the untime
ly oulct. Nevertheless, the Moorish gladia
tor who had fought with him, had drawn
forth against his weapon and stood there,
awaiting in silence Hie decision ot the mul
titude, whether at once to say the defence
less youth, or to assist in removing him
from the arena, if perchance the blood might
be stopped from flowing, and some hope
of recovery yet extended to him. Here
upon there arose, on the instant, a loud
voice of contention ; and it seemed to rne
as if the wounded man regarded the multi
tude with u proud, and withal a contemptu
ous glance, being aware, without question,
that he had eseculed all thing* so as to de
serve their compassion, hut aware, more
over, even had that been freely vouchsafed
to him, it was too late for any hope of safety.
But the cruelty of their faces, it may be, and
the loudness of tlieir cries, were a sorrow
to him, and filled his dying breast with
loathing.
Whether or not the haughtiness of his
countenance had been observed bv them
with displeasure I cannot say; hut so it
was, that tliose who had cried out to give
Inin a chance of recovery, were speedily si
lent, and the Emperor looking round, and
seeing all the thumbs turned downwards,
(lor that in, you know, the signal of death)
wa» constrained to give the sign, and fortli
wun the young, man, receiving again with
outastiuggle the sword of the Moor into
Ins gashed bosom, breathed forth his life,
and lay stretched out in Ins blood upon the
place ot guilt. a joyous clamour
was uplifted by many of those that looked
upon it, and the victorious Moor being
crowned with an ivy garland, was carried
in proctssiou around me arena by certain
young men who leaped down tor that pur
pose trmn the midst ot the assembly.
In the mean time, those that had the care
of such th ugs d igged away, with a filthy
h ok, the corpse ot turn t.ial uud bee i s a n ;
and then, raamg up the sand over '.he blood
that had ta ten from him, prepared the place
with indifferent countenances, for some (
o her cruel tragedy of toe same kind; while I
all around me, the spec ators were seen r.s- i
»*f bom their places, aid saluting each t
other; and there was a buzz of talking as !
uansild as the she we had been during !
i tne combat . so n« speaking of it. and pa - j
j mg and receiving monev W*st and upeo its ‘
I tt’-ie ; v.-tac already laughing memv.vd I
. diseasing concern* ig other matters, even *»
i if nothing unco moon nai be i wiuteaHcd; j
w ide O hers again appear -d to 3- tstre-v
occupied aith toe satiai sri-ic raid ever
struck up imj ruai v at -ucc. paosea ■
| the courses ot the cruel exmtakion; t -re *
beating line upon the be cites before them
j other, ligtn v j ,j, g their voices 1a u-•
< *iih tli ptjuJ n„ es of the trumpets a d
cUr.u - i
i
laox a zvsx to soon rim.
Sir John Purcell.
In the y ear 1011, the bouse of Sir John j
Purcell, of H.gniort in Dutuin, was attack
ed by a despt rale gang of robbers, w.io ;
forced the windows of the pa; lour adjoin- ,
mg to the room 111 which lie had jus; ret.r
ed to rest. —They appeared to him to be a
bout fourteen in number fie immediately J
got out of bed, and his first determination 1
being to make resistance, it was with no I
smalt mortification that lie reflected upon
the unarmed condition in which he was .la
ced, being destitute of a single weapon of
the sort. It happily occurred to him, that
having supped in the bed chamber 0.1 that
night, a knife had been left behind by acci
dent, and he instantly proceeded to grope
in the dark for this weapon, which fortun
ately he found, belore the efuor, leading
from the parlour into the hed-chamber,
which had been broken open. While lie
stood in calm but resolute expectation that
the progress of the robbers would soon
lead them to his bed chamber, he heard the
furniture w tiich had been placed against a
nailed up door expeditiously displaced, and
immediately afterwards the door was burst
open. Ihe moon shone with great bright
ness, and when tins door was thrown open,
the light streaming in through three large
w indows in the parlour afforded Sir John a
view that might have made an intrepid spir
it not a little apprehensive. Hi* bed room
wa» darkened to excess, in consequence
of the shutters of the windows, us well as
the curtains, being closed ; and thus, while
he stood enveloped in darkness, he saw
standing before him, by the brightness of
moonlight, a body of men, all armed, and
of those who were in the van of the gang,
he observed that a few were blackened.
Armed only with this case knife, and aiJed
oniy by a d mbtless heartj lie to .k hi* sta
tion by the side ot the door, and in a roo
-1 ment alter, one of the villains entered from
the parlour into the dark room. Instantly
upon advancing, S.r Jo in plunged tile knitfe
■ imo ihe robber’s body, who, upon receiving
1 this thrust, reeled back into the parlour,
crying out blasphemously that he was ktll
-1 ed ; shortly -Iter another advanced, who
was received in a similar manner, and who
also staggered back into the parlour crying
out that lie was wounded. A voice from
the outside gave orders to fire into the dark
room, upon which a man slept forward w ith
a slmrl gun m his hand. As this fellow
stood m the act of lire. Sir J tin had the a
maze g coolness to look at hi* intended mur
j derir, »n l, without betraying any audible
j emotion whatever, that might point out the
CVict spot where iie was standing, he calm
| Iy calculated his own safety, from the shot
1 " '" ch »» s prepared tor him; and in this
1 state tie stood. Without flinching, until the
piece was fired, a id Us contents harmlessly
lodged in the wall.
A, soon as the robber fired, -Sir John
made a pass at him with Ins knife, and wound
ed him m tne arm, which he repeated again
in a moment, with similar efi'.-c:; and, as
the o hers had done, the vitlia 1. upon being
wounded, retired, exclaiming that he was
wounded. Ihe robbers immediately rush
eu forward from the parlour into the dark
room, and then it was that Sir John’s mind
recognized the deepest sense of danger,
not 10 be oppressed by it however, but to
surmount it.
Be u,ought all chance of preserving Ids
1 »as over, and he resolved to sell that
I life still dearer to his intended murderers,
I than even w hat they had already paid for
the attempt to deprive him of it. He di
not lose a moment after the villains had en
tered the room, to act with the determina
tion he had adopted ; he struck at the fourth
fellow with his knife, and wounded him, and
at the same instant he received a blow 01.
the head, and found himself grappled with.
He shortened his hold of the knife, anu
stabbed at the fellow with whom he found
himself engaged.—The fl ior being slippery, I
Sir John and his adversary both fell, and
while they were down, Sir John thinki .g
that his thrusts with the knife, though made
with all Ins force, did not seem to produce
the decisive effect which they had in th»
beginning of the conflict, he examined the
point of his weapon with his finger, and
found that the blade of it had been bent
near the point. As he lay struggling on the
floor, lie endeavoured, but unsuccessfully,
to straighten the curvature in t ie knife ; b it
while one hand was employed in this at
tempt, he perceived that the grasp was los
ing its constraint and pressure, and ma mo
ment or two he found himself wholly re
leased from it i the limbs of the robber
were in fact unnerved by death. Sir John
found that this fellow had a sword in his
hand, and this he immediately seized, and
gave him several blows with it. At length
the robbers, finding so many of their party
had been killed or wounded, employed
themselves in removing the bodies, and Sir
John took this opportunity of retiring into
a place a little apart from, the house, where
he remained for a short time. They drag
ged their companions into the parlour, and
having placed chairs with the backs up
wards, by means of those they lifted the bo
dies out of the windows, and afterwards
took them away. When (he robbers retir
ed, Sir John returned to the house, and call
ed up a man servant from his bed, who dur
ing this long and bloody conflict bad not
appeared, and consequently received from
his master warm and loud upbraiding fur
his cowardice. Sir John then placed his
daughter-in-law and grand child, who were
his only inmates, in places of safety, and
took such precautions as circumstances '
pointed out till the daylight appeared. It
appeared in evidence oil the trial of one of
the robbers, that they were nine m number,
all of whom were armed, and that two of
them were killed and three severely w ound
ed in tile conflict.
BALTIMORE, August 23.
The ship Elizabeth lias arrived at Boston, |
in 40 day strum Liverpool, whence she sail
j ed on the Bth ot July, making her intelli-
Ige nee five days later than last dates. The
Eng ish papers, it is stated, contain the con
firmatory account of the death of Bona
j parte received in E.igiaiul direct trom St.
Hc:en». He died on the fifth of May of a
cancerX>n the stouuch. The account was
received in E g.and directly from St. Hele
na, and couriers were immediately despatch
• ed to every court in Europe with the intel-
Heath of mYapoleon Bonaparte.
London, Ju y 5.
Tbe t Jawing intelligence arrived in
* ' r.»« yesterday from St. Helena.
“ St. Helena, May 7.
j_ Ba ~parte died on Saturday, the Sib, at
i o, V. M. af.er an illness of six weeks—die
i si=t lotto ght only considered dangerous. >
j ’be b-cjy Has been opened, and the disease
| ascertained to be a cancer on the stomach,
j with a great extent of ulceration,
j *' lie r.as been lying in stare since jester
, day afternoon—the Admiral, Governor, and
he-ds of departments, having first seen the
: bu.iy.’’
During the first four weeks of his illness,
J it did nor assume any very dangerous ap
i pearauce, ttiuUgh lie appeared to be him
i sell conscious that it would terminate fatal
ly.—During the last fortnight it was evident
to all the medical a tendauts that he could |
not recover, it is sa.d that he gave direc- ]
tious ab jut Ins affairs and papers, nil five or
six hours betore. he died, having returned
Ins senses till that period.—He said he wish
ed to be opened, in order ttiat his soil mignt
be informed ot the nature of his disease.—
Ihe body was opened by ins own surgeon.
We believe that he left a will, wlncu, with
his other papers, have been or will of course
be, transmitted to this country.
The despatches were brought by capt.
Crokat of the 2dih Kegi neut. They were
immediately communicated to all the minis
ters, and to the ambassadors, by whom cou
riers are understood to have been despatch
ed to their different courts. Cornier.
rCRTUEH PART!COCAttS OF TUX DEATH OF NA
POLEON BOXAFAUTK.
The despatches brought by captain Cro
kat, announcing the deatn of Bonaparte, are
dated St. Helena, May 7. That event took
place on the 6th ot slay, at ten minutes be
fore six in the allernoon. The illness of the
ex-Einperor lasted in the whole, six weeks ;
and its effects on his frame, as described by
an officer who had frequent opportunities
of seeing him during that period, were so
powerful as nearly to reduce him to a skele
ton, and to obliterate all traces of his former I
features. During the latter part of his ill- j
ness he frequently conversed with his me
dical attendants on its nature, of which he
seemed to be perfectly aware. He declar
ed that it was hereditary, and that his father
had died of the same disease. On examin
ation after dealt, me stomach was found in
a stateof extteine ulceration, so that it ap
peared in some places perforated in large
openings. His medical attendants gave it as
their decided opinion, in-wtuch the physici
an who w'as ca led in coincided, that the disv
ease was meurab e, and that the climate had
had no effect la producing it. One trait of
character d.splaied itself in his last mo
ments, which marks the “ ruling passion
strong in death.” As lie found his end ap
proach, he was habited, at his own request,
in las uniform of Field Marshal, with the
boots and spurs, and placed oil a camp bed,
on which tie was accustomed to sleep when
in health, and preferred to every other. In
this dress he is laid to have expired. It has
been asserted that the Heron, which brought
the despatches, also brought the body of
U >a»v<urte to England , but this we under
stander not tile case. His attendants wished
Ins body to be conveyed to Europe ; but on
opening his will, it was found that lie had
leit a request that it should be interred on
the island, and pointed out tne spot in which
he wished his remains to rest, in a beautiful
valley near his residence. Though Bona
parte i> supposed vo hsve'suffered much, his
dissolution was so calm and serene, that not
a sigh escaped him, or any intimation to tile
by-standers tliat it was so near. At the de
parture of the Heron no day had been fixed
fbr the funeral, but it was understood that it
would be solemnized with the military hon
ors due to his rank.
A likeness of Bonaparte, after his de
cease, was sketched by an English officer,
and is brought to England. Count Montho
on, we hear, aimed by the ship which
irought the intelligence of this event, and
n,mediately forwarded it by am extraordin
ary courier to the French ambassador, Nu
merous expresses left town yesterday morn
ing to announce the death ot Bonaparte to
the different European courts. The news
will be conveyed from Calais to the French
capital by telegraph, where it will probably
be known in less than 24 hours after its ar
rival in London. [ Times.
[Thus has terminated the life ot perhaps
the most extraordinary man who has ever
figured upon the stage of history. Born
obscurely, and without evident means of
advancement, he rose to supreme power,
not only over France, but over the contin
ent of Europe, and his authority was ex
tended to both hemispheres. Disdaining
man but as the means ot his own exaltation,
he probably surpassed all other personages
in Ins ascendency over every one who come
within the vortex of his personal influence.
Afier having delhromd Kings, and over
thrown Em pires, he bt Came himself the
football ol tortiine—was dethroned and ex
iled to a high rock in the midst ol the ocean,
under the guard of the greatest powers of
Europe. There he was imprisoned, and
there he lias expired—a striking example
of the inevi able destruction attending an
uncontrolable ambition, and a warning to
despots. Bonaparte had too great talents to
he at libertj. He had violated all law when
he exercised power, and the doctrine of ne
cessity, abrogated all law, in his imprison
ment. The European Potentates were a
ft aid tu suffer this fire brand to touch the
combustible materials winch c imposed their
respect ve nations The death of Napoieon
has perhaps brought into activity the pre
lens.onsoi a living pretender to the throne
ol France. Tim effect of this event on that
nation is not easy to be foreseen, or even
conjectured. Ii gives Austria some power,
| and takes away from the influence of Great
i Britain. — We hope those whom his death
; lias a. ready placed at ease upon their thrones, ;
will be induced to reco lect that legitimacy
cannot secure loyalty—when it endeavors
to oppress, instead ot benefitting mankind
and aims only at the perpetuation of pow
ei, instead of increasing hit nan happiness.]
, Soon at er the arrival of Captain Hendric
in London, at the admiralty with despalch
| es, announcing the death of R maparte, Vis
count Melville forwarded the substance of
the despatch to Carlton House in a box, by
a messenger. Mr. Groker, the Secretary to
the Admiralty, followed soon after to the
King’s Palace.-
Tuvlus\\ Empire.
Baltimore, Augubt 18.
By the politeness of Capt. Chandler, of :
the br>g Torpedo, from Smyrna, we have
been favoured with the following interesting
intelligence The Torpedo sailed from
Smyrna on the 20th of May—-In passing the
Castle was deta ned all night and suffered to
proceed at daylight. Adairs continued in a
very unsettled state throughout the Turkish
Empire. At Smyrna on the 16th of M..y, a
general Embargo was laid, prev.ous to which
nuuy serious alarms had taken place, and a
; great number of Greeks had embarked,
with their families and property, for the Is
lands ot the Archipelago, tearing to await th.
result ot ail impending siruggle. On the
liftn, the city presented a most distressing
scene; the Churchyards and houses of the
Fl anks Were filled with Greeks who hid fl i
tlutlier for prolet tin.. : Tne luk.,ii an
thorities find lost ah Control, the Janissaries
| having assumed the command of the city.
; Many Greeks, Amenians and Jews had been
i assassinated and numerous other excesses
| committed, which were generally attributed
j to a body ol Turkish troops, that had coltec
ted in the interior, which took the city in
then- route for the Morea, their original de
stination. Such was the alarm, that every
vessel lying m the harbor was rapidly filled
by the fugitives and a great number who
coulu not obtain that asylum, rather trusted
themselves to open boats on the ocean, than
lay themselves open to the scimitars of those
nii rciless barbarians. All business was of
course suspended, and every hazar closed.
1 he. nay previous to the Forpedo’ssailing, a
i'ashaw fortunately arrived, whose first
measure was ordering the troops from the
city to the Castle ot Smyrna, and placing the
city in such a posture of safety, as to permit
business to re commence, the Greeks having
been previously disarmed. The British
sloop ot war Spy, in passing the Castle,
bound m, had a volley of musketry fired into
tier trom the Fort, which the commander
prudently did not notice at the time—fear
ing the effects it might produce in the city.
No G eek is permitted o leave this city, and
all vessels previous to sailing are searched,
and any Greek found on board, taken on
shore. We were, informed, that all the Is.
ands in the .leighbourho >d of Zino, where
we saw the Grecian patriot flag filing, were
under similar colors.—Saw several of Hie
I Grecian fleet standing to the northward. O
| tpe 26th, at Milo, was informed that the fleet
consisted of one hundred and fifty sad. The
report of the capture of three Turkish ships
ot war was confirmed—one a corvette, was
taken in the harbour of Milo, and all the
I urks on board, one hundred and ten in
number, were beheaded and thrown into
the sea—another brig taken in the neigh
bourhood ot Milo, after a desperate action,
was carried by tile Greeks, and the remnant
ot a numerous crew shared the same fate.
We were further informed that the Greeks
had captured two thousand Turks principal
ly bound to the Morea, everv man of whom
was unmercifully slaughtered. Most of the
Grecian fleet had rendezvoused at D .rdan
elles, to watch the motions of the Turkish
squadron. [C<ue.'/e.
I lie editors of the American are indebt
ed to Captain Chandler, for a paper, the
translation of which a triend has accompa
nied with the following remark :
[Annexed you have a free but correct
translation of th; manifesto of the Ottoman
Porv. The French copy, which you hand
ed me. has doubtless been translated word
tor word frum the Turkish—something like
Voltaire’s translation of Shakespeare l— The
Translator.]
Translation of the Safta* of the Creek Pa
triarch.
It is the duty of all magistrates, carefully
to protect the interest and happiness of
those they govern. The Patriarchs appoint
ed to superintend the spiritual concerns of
• Safta. a Turkish word signifying a sun,,
mar’j or abridged histerv. ■!
aU who enjoy tranquility under the shadow of
the Imperial pou er, should not only b* vil.
gilant pastors, but faithful, sincere ar.d loya
-übjects. It is their especial province to bel
come acquainted with the principles and dis
positions of all, who are placed under their.pa
ternal care ; to ascertain wnethe.* they be
well or ill affected, and by the seasonable
exercise of council, reproof or chastisement,
to evince their grautude to the Subleme
Porte for the countless favours and privi
leges, which have been heaped upon them
for so many years.
The Greek Patriarch once was true, hon
est, faithful— but perfidv and dissimulation
have recently characterised him. He was cer
tainly privy to the machinations of those
w ho, following the phantasms of their own
disordered intellects, vainly endeavoured
to overturn ihe Mahometan power, and sub
vert the Mahometan religion ; a religion
that has flourished for upwards of ten cen
turies; a religion that will last to the great
day of judgment, for so we are assured in
our holy books and prophecies.
I he Patriarch, though aware of the plot,
never revealed it j but on the contrary, was
the covert chief o{ the rebellion. But his
insidious designs the whole Greek nation,
and many innocent and virtuous subjects had
well nigh become the objects of divine ven
geance and resentment.
No sooner were the police made acquaint
ed with the plot, than the Sublime Porte,
With a view to recal the misled, reclaim the
l ignorant, and re-establish safety, confidence
and order, immediately issued a Eouyour.
ouldoo' j - to the Patriarch containing some se
rious reflections upon the existirg state of
things. He was ordered to fulminate ana
themas, if he considered it expedient, against /
al. w'lio continued in open religion; but the
wretch was himself deeply implicated in
these nefarious sch. mes; he was the au
thor of all the disorders which have thus
far troubled the public repose.
A traitor alike to his country and to the
Sublime Porte, he was condemned to die,
and according y suffered by the hands of
the hangman—a woeful exathple to all, and
an awful to rebels.
t Jlonyourouldo, the Turkish for edict, pro
clamation.
MOST DARING OUTRAGE.
Yesterday about 12 o'clock a negro man *
about two miles from the town of Carters- ‘
ville, with a gun in his hand, laid violent
hnmls on a very respectable married wo;
than; threw her down, and attempted a
rape. Summoning all her strength, she
rose with Inn, after a strong contest. Find
ing Ins efforts unavailing, he presented the
gun, she seized the muzzle, and averted it,
till her mother whose house was near could
approach to aid her. She escaped from
him, and as she ran off, he discharged the
gun at her, but missed his aim. Within an
hour after, lit appeared at the house of ano
i tner very respectable married woman about
o-4 ol a mde distant. She was gone to the
spring : he wailed for her return j and im
mediately, in the yard, attempted to ravish
her. Unable to vanquish her, he drew a
knife which she wrested from him, and see
inganot her suspended at his side she grasp,
eel tliat also, and got possession of it. He
then sprang at his gun, winch stood not far
oti, but Before he could fire at her, she had
attained the distance of 30 or 40 yards
He put 26 shot into the back of her neck
and head. Not disabled however, she>uc
ceeded in escaping with her two little chil
, "■ w, "le threatened to kill all the
white women he m ght meet with. They
bo.h accord in describing him to be a ne
gro ot light complexion, moderate siature,
slender form, and thin visage; cl. athed in
mixed homespun, a white hat with black
crape or ribbon hand. One of them thinks
Jit nus a scar in his fore Lead.
1 lie cit.zens ot Carters vile and its vicini
ty, wi, pay a reward of 100 dollars to any
one who snail apprehend the rascal, so that
he be brought to condign punishment.
It is hoped that the editors throughout
the state will give the above an insertion.
Cartersville, 15th Aug. 1821.
H— mw i— M
PRESENCE OE MIND.
An instance ol this description (observes
the Richmond Compiler) occurred lately in
tins neighborhood, which deserves to he re
corded. At Cuniiffe’s coal pits in Chester
tie d, about fourteen miles from this city, the
workmen had sunk a shaft near two hundred
feet deep. At the bottom of it, they were
blowing rock. An Irishman was alone, en
gaged m this operation ; he had charged
with powder, fixed the match, and lighted
u, before he gave the signal to those above X
io huii) him up. It is, of course, necessaiy
on tliese occasions for those at the windlass
to draw the person up as rapidly as possible,
to avoid the effects of the explosion. Ihe
Irishman had been drawn from thirty to fifty
■ et in the air, when the rope broke, and lie
was precipitated with ail his force to the
bottom of the shatt. Nearly stunned by so
violent a fall, this man had still presence of
mind enough to recollect the eminent dan
ger he ran ot being blown to attorns bv the
powder; the match was yet burning, and in
“ moment more it might have been too late
\et he immediately clapped his hands on
die ignited match, and extinguished it.
! here in probably not one nian out of ten
thousand, whose wit would have been so
ready in so painful and perilous a situation.
GEORGIA Richmond County f
Ry the Honorable the Court of Ordin
ary of said County.
To all whom it may concern,
Hugh Nesbitt, Ad-
V V ministrator on the estate of
John Nesbitt, deceased, hug applies
to ihe said Court for letters Duuis
sury.
Now therefore these are to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said deceas
ed, to hie their objections (if any they
have) iu the office of the Clerk of this
Court on or before the drst Monday
in September next, otherwise letters
j distnissory will be granted to him.
• Witness the Honorable HHand
i NFTue, 9ae of the Judges of the said
| court this 271 h day of t-ek. 1821.
Ota Isaac Herbert, Cl'k.
Cierh of the Cou’t oj Ordinary.
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