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THE MUSEUM.
TOR THE MUSEUM,
THE DUELLIST !
O ! mark joy the wretch with the dark haggard
brow * *
And ferocity gleaming like fire from his eye,
Whose mien and whose aspect no feature can
show
Hut guilt! deadly guilt! of the horridest die.
O ! list to his speech, how it faulters with dread;
How his limbs fail their office through height
of his crime;
Remorse and despondence are bleaching his
head,
His youth is embittered and marred in its
prime.
His demoniac soul and liio ossified heart
Are corroded by guilt unrepented of still;
Reflection no balm can afford to the smart,
Distraction and phrenzy his purposes fill.
O say not the deed oftbe deatli that he did
Was sanctioned by custom and called for hy
’ right;
The sun in the heavens blushed deep at the
deed,
Ar.d shrunk in ante ze from so horrid a sight.
’ The duellist’s heart and the murderer’s hand
Together are blended in nature’s dark womb;
And he who with mat dor his forehead can brand,
The gibbet should save from the damps of a
tomb.
1TR0..1 THE WASHINGTON REPUBLICAN.
The authenticity of the fo,lowing com
munication may lie confidently relied on
by the public, as there are now alive those
who heard the person that now furnishes it,
narrate the facts contained therein imme
diately after his return from Mount Ver
non to the city of Annapolis., precisely as
he is now about to slate them. B. G.
Washington county, Met. Sept. 5, 1822.
V( r hilst I was a student at law, in the
city of Annapolis, and the late M . John
I*ol ke Custi* was a pupil under the ltev.
J. Boucher, of the same place, bv permis
sion of his father-in-law, the then Colonel
George Washington, I accompanied young
Guslis to Mount Vernon, tv>d passed the
last week of the year (I think) 1.72, and
the first week of 1773, at said place
Lord Sterling and Captain Foye, the latter
-us whom was at that time private secretaiy
to Lord Dunmore, the then governor or of
the dneient Dominion, (Virginia was so
called at that day.) being on the way from
Wiliamsburgh to the city of N.Y. stopped
at Mount Vernon, and continued there
during three days, the weather being very
tempestuous and-snowy. The last night
that said characters were there, just after
the cloth was removed from die supper ta
b\e, a man of colour named Billy, Colonel
AYan\us,'on’a favnuri e servant, who had
been sent by his master to Alexandra for
letters and newspapers, e.utet ed the supper]
* room and delivered to his master a large]
bundle cordaining letters and newspapers.]
Coloned Washington, with a cast of hisi
hand, placed,the newspapers about mid
wa y the supper table, around which there
weie then sitting a large company, Lord
Sterling ,n ‘he right and Cayt. Foye on
the Ictft l and ~f Mrs. Washington. When
Cotinel Washington sbplaced the pipers,
he requested that, if they contained any im
portant information, it might be read aloud
to the company.* It so happened that I
laid my hand on an Eastern paper, which;
contained an article of intelligence to the:
following effects “That a yankee smug- {
ier, being Pursued by one of the King’s|
vessels of w ar, (and 1 think she was called)
the Uaspee.) hogged the shore so closely!
*hst the former (the wind then blowing
extremely hard) missed stays, and ran
plump ashore The neighbouring brother
Jonathans quickly collected in great num
bers, the tide .gat ebb, they soon board
ed aid burned her.” 1 teau said article
* nud to'be company, and was immediate*
’ |y equested by C. Foye in pass the news
pane* to him, w t, O . when the had read the
Bi ncle. had the audacity to declare that’
The yankee s mu s i be phlebotomised!” and
that he, yes, that he, “would engage, at the
head of five thousand British legulars, to
march from B >st 0 n to Charleston, South
Carolina, and put down all opposition tho
the revenue ads,” that had then been re
ce ,tlv passed by the British Parliament
fir the purpose o *f raising a revenue in the.
British colonies. Colonel Washington, at
th close of this insulting declaration, ins
ton. y fixing hi* 4 e y<s on C. F iye, obser
ve!: 1 question not, Sir, that you could
march from Boston to Charleston, South
Carolina, at the i„.ad of live thousand Brit
ish regulars: but do you mean to say, Sir;
that you could do so, as a friend, or as an
enemv? if a*the latter and you will allow
me a few weeks notice of your intention;
I will engage to give you a handsome check
with the Virginia riflemen alone.” When
Colonel Washington was ottering the
words with th e Virginia riflemen alone,
he struck tne t a b!e *o violently with Ins
clenched hand, that some wine glasses ami
a decanter near him with difficulty main
tained ‘heir upright positions. C. Foye
made no reply, but turned his face imme
diatte’y towards Mrs. Washington said a
few words to her, looked very silly, and
soon after requested to fie showed to his
chamber Col. Washington appeared to be
very much displeased. >lot a word was
sad by aov of the company in reference
o said article of intelligence, while they;;
emained in the room; but when the Revi,
Waller Magowan, ‘O’ho was one of the i
company, and who had resided some years
before in the Mount Vernon family as a
piivate tutor to young Custis, had, with
two other gentlemen and myself, arrived
at our bed chatffier, he remarked that,
during the whole time he had never seen
the master of Mount Vemoijjpo displeased
as he appeared io have been that evening
with Ctpraiti Foye. I lemamed two or
three days at Mount Vernon after Foye
took his departure there from, and then re
turned to Annapolis. This occurrence
took place some years, (say four or five)
before the commencement of hostilities be
tween a detachment of the British army
and the Provincials, at Lexington, and is
now communicated as stiong proof that
Colonel Gwjrge Washington had determ
ined, longToefore hostilities did so begin,
to oppose force to a British army, should
such an attempt be made as the braggado
cio Foye had the aft’ nntcry to say, in his
presence, and at his own table, he would
carry into effect, at the head of. five thou
sand British regulars'.
From English papers.
Dissection of a Dandy. —A most laugha
ble scene took place at this office, before
Mr. Gdfith, the sitting magistrate. A gen
tleman of the name of Laing, having be“ti
robbed of a quantity of wearing apparel, by
a person named Win. Cavanagh, whom lie
emproved out of humanity, applied at the
office, and procured a warrant against thi-!
man, which being placed in the hatids of;
Hewitt, the officer, for prompt execution,
the officer, being first informed that the sus- j
pccted person was a regular built dandy.i
of ordinary stature, but of remarkably flip
pant appearance possessing, as much as hi i
tuition in the capacity of a footman would!
allow, the manners, airs and appearance off
a coxcomb, or'puppyish footman out nil
place, went to take him into ‘custody, and j
on making inquiry ascertained that this)
man was “dressing for dinner at a neigh
booing barber’s shop, to whiclrfie according
ly went, and was almost suffocated veil 1
the va'idy of perfumes which the barber
was applying to the head of prisoner, whom
he with toe assistance of red hot pinchers,
was finishing most exquisitely about the
sconce. The officer haring in timated his er
rand, proceeded very gently t<* hand offth
prisoner, who screamed aloud and called
for help, but was only laughed at by the
passengers Being brought to the office and
placed at the bar, the first thing that was
done was the removal of a fashionable fro -k
coat, wliirh was instantly sworn toby Mr.
Laing, as his property; and on sundry
pieres of old cloth and stockings being re
moved, which were tied round his body,
for what purpose we could not learn, as the
articles were not liable to Excise, unless
the gentleman wanted tosweil his bulk
Mr. Laing also identified his waistcoat, of
an equally modern cut, and afterwards, on
closer examination, tho trowsers and shirt
which the prisoner had on. At this mo
ment an old lady stepped up to the prison
s or, and giving him a box on the ear, which
almost sent him fainting, took a large black
] scarf from his neck, declaring it to be her
property. This the prisoner, in defiance
to all the modern art of cravat tying, con-
j trived to arrange in a very singular manner,
to conceal its very great dimensions, —
I Fiery article on him being claimed, he
| stood indeed a show, anil on a closer
! search being made on the removal of the
| shawl, he had, it appeared, invented anew
i specie* of shirt collar, cut with all the mil
lleiipryand fashionable taste imaginable,
there was found a halfsheet ofline foolscap
paper, very stilly pinned about his neck.—
The spectators present were nearly con
vulsed with laughing; and as may be sup
posed, a little surprised, at the taste anil
exquisite skill of the prisoner in rigging
himself for the lounge in so cheap a man
ner.
THE| SHAKERS,
A letter from Portland, dited the sth
inst. in giving an account of a journey rast
of Portland, among other things mentions
the following.
“ On Sunday morning, we proceeded toi
Thomson’s Pond, the residence of thej
Shakers, and went to their meeting.— i
Kvery part of the village is in the highest
state of cultivation, and looks as it the’
hands of industry reigned there.—Their|
meetinghouse is a white building of wood
with two doors, one for males anil the oth
er for females; the beams on the walls art
about a yaid apart painted black, and var
nished, so that you wight see your face in
them. They appeared ve p y solemn in
their worship—they sang ‘several long
hymn®; the men addressed the strangers in)
a very solemn and impressive mantiei;
they then took oft’ .heir coats, and hun<r;
them up and began to dance; they go for*
ward, and then turn round—they appear
very sincere,and there is no doub’ u.anv
of them are goods Christians. Tiie females!
wear handkerchiefs—the boys and girls!
dress just like old men and women.”
A whale went ashore at high water on
Friday, says tlia Boston daily Advertiser,
at Horse Neck, opposite Uye Island, on
the land of the Hon. Mr. Adams, in Quin
cy. He is over 23 feet in length, width ol
his tail 7 feet 8 inches, and about 12 feet in
circumference. At low water he was leli
several rods above the tide.
A gentleman is advertised in a late Dublin
paper as missing After describing his person
and dress, the advertisement <bserves that tie
“is remarkably fond of getting drunk nith v!us
k*y punch- \
silver mines of valenciana jn Mex
ico •
Valenciana, has a shaft of ICBO feet, from
whence to bring op the Ore. The use ot macliin
ary, to diminish labour, is but feebly adopted,
and, the execution of those few machines they
construct, is so bad, that they are scarcely of any
benefit, As the ore is brougt from the mine on
the backs of men, it is necessary that the descent
should be made verv capacious. That ot the
mine Valenciana, is 1680 feet in perpendicular
depth, and 90 feet in circumference. The pit is
dug in the solid rock; it is beautifully walled, and,
when completed, having cost a million dollars,
imav be considered as one of the greatest and
boldest undertakings in the history even of Mexi
co Mining. The mine has the peculiar property
of being free from water, a circumstance of vast
importance, since othermines, equally rich, have
have been abandoned, because ihe proprietors
have not been enabled to exclude the water,
where the steam engine is not yet adbpted. In
the year 1760, the country around this mine was
a perfect desert. M. Obregan, a Spaniard, with
a vehement passion for mining, with the confi
dence of richer mew who” assisted him, began to
excavate. In 1776. though he had got to the
depth of 260 feet, the value of the produce was
less than the current expcnces He then enter
ed into partnership with a small trader, named
Otero, who had some ready money. They con
tinued their operations, with confidence in the
result, till in ‘771, they came to masses of sul
phuretted silver, mixed with native and red sil
ver. From 1771 to 1804 the mine has yielded a
•gross produce of /250.00 C sterling, and, in some
‘of the most profitable years the two proprietors
have each shared the enormous sum of 1250,000
1 sterling. The spot where these operations com
! menced was occupied by a few wild goats, and in
‘ten years it became a considerable town, with 7
lor 8,(TO0 inhabitants; surrounded with cultivated
•and highly productive fields. As the miners have
[gone deeper for the ore. the expenses of raising
jit haw-been increased; but the quality hassoim-
I proved, that the net profit to the proprietors has
continued the same. The expense of working
‘this mine amounts annually; IX 90,"00 sterling;
three-fourths of which is for wages to the labour
ers, and the remainder forgnnftowder. steel, iron,
wood, leather, and tool sos various kinds. The
cost of powder for blasting the rocks, amounts to<
/lfi.O’ O s'erliog annually. The number of indi
jviduals employed is about 3,000. The principal ;
j manager receives a salary of/2,500 sterling, and
jhas under him several overseers, and nine master
miners. These headmen visit daily the subter
raneous operations on the backs of men who have ;
a kind of saddle for the purpose, and are called
little horses, (caballitos.)
The whole of the labour of the mines is per
formed by freemen; the labour, though volunta
ry, is very severe, and the people are stimulated
to perform it only by being paid, not by the time
occupied, hut, by the quantity of work that 13
performed. The ore is carried solely by men,
who are so accustomed to this kind of labour, that
they remain with a load from 240 to 370, pounds
on their, backs, six hours at a time, during which
they ascend many thousand steps in the pitts, in
a temperature from 71 deg to 77 deg of Fahren
heit. They proceed in files of 50 or 60, anaiig
whom are some boys of 1 or 13 vears old, and
some men, more than sixty, each of them loaded;
according, to his own estimation of his strength.)
In ascending the stairs, they throw the body f'or- (
ward,and support themselves with a staff, about)
a foot long. They walk in a zig-zag direction,
having fpuiulbv experience that their respiration
is thereby less impeded. Tire muscular strength j
acquired by these men must be prodigious; since,;
without any burden, a person, not accustomed to
it, fee’s intolarahly fa'igued from ascending and
descending Romany thousand steps.
1 lie weight of each load is agreed on before’
the a-cent is begun; regiila# registers of the quan- j
tity carried bv each individual is entered by ac-j
countants, and llie quantity*!’ ore brought from
the mine is easily escertained to the satisfaction!
of all parties. Each digger of the ore is calcu
lated to loosen as much from the vein as tlifte of
the porters can carry away. This operation is
, performed by a kind of iron crow, with a sharpen
ed steel point, that requires perpetual re-point
jing; for which purpose, small moveable forgers
are placed in various parts of the mines. Though
the workmen are almost naked and are closely!
watched and carefully searched, they sometime
contrive to embezzle considerable portions of
richest minerals by concealing them in their hair,
under their arms and other parts of tbe body.--!
These thefts are ofien detected, ana a register is!
kept of what is thus seized from the depredators,'.
In the mine of Valenciana it amounted in/fourteen!
years, to the value of 7-36,0 JO sterling.
One would think from the following accounts
from the Milton, (N. C ) Gazette, that the h tp-f
py time has almost arrived, as the poet sings,
When birds ofeverv no'e and feather,
And snakes ami toads shall Hock together. [
And bears and wolves shall learn to browse.
And go to pasture with our cows.
“A few days ago, a tree was felled in the place
called Needy Bottom, in Halifax county, Va. for]
| the purpose of obtaining honey from a nest of:
bees, su iposed to be located in the tree, wln-n j
was found as motley a set, perhaps, as was ever]
assembled in so small a compass In the ho'-!
of the tree, was found, four racoons, three fl ->
[iiig squirrels, four grey squirrels, one fox squir-j
j cel, a scorpion hornet’s nest, and a screech owl |
[On the falling of the tree, vvlieter by the power 1
!of attraction, we will not sav, but it so happen
ed that it fell on the nest of a hornet, commonly
called yellow jacket! 1! After the assemblage
had in a measure dispersed, the hive was broker
up, and five gallons of honey obiained there
from.”
Hard Shaving.— it is the custom in
! Catholic countries to shave the monks grat
is on their making application in the name’
[of the father. A inedicant friar entered a!
[ baiber’g shop, and crossing himself said,’
j “Shave me for God’s sake!” Strap tobe
[even with him for the unprufitab e job he
iiJ-l brought him, selected a razor like u
Isaw, lathered him with cold water, and be-
“an to scrape, or tatlier rasp, (he priest’s
face, tili the tears streamed down his
cheeks. During this painful operation, a
cur in the street set up a most piteous yell.
“\v hat’s the matter with the dog?” cried
the barber, “I wonder what they are dain
to him?” “Shaving him for God’s sake, I
suppose,” said the friar, with a groan.
Mrs. Sarah Monteer, of Pittsburg. Penn,
was lately killed by being thrown from a
carriage, in consequence of the horses tak
ing fright in descending a hill, by which
the carriage was broken to pieces. Se
veral other passengers were seriously inju-
From the N Y American, Sept 10;
Latest from Spain.
By the arrival o's the lirig Neptune, capt Mosh-j
er, in 38 days from Gibraltar, we have received j
our regular files of the Gibral’ar Chronicle from 1
the Ist to the 31st of July inclusive, from which j
we are enabled to give our readers the latest in
telligence from that troubled kingdom.
The Monk of I.aTrappe who has excited the
Church Militant to arms in defence of the (Jaiho-j
lie Faith and the Holy Inquisition, made himself,
master of the forts of I.a Leo de Urgel, in the:
latter part of June. lie lias since assumed the!
title of “First Consul of the Moderate llepubii- j
cans.”
Some estimate of the spirit which pervades the ]
capital may be formed from the language which J
wa3 used in commenting upon the events that j
took place at the I‘cr/10, on the Bth of July,. M s
imajesty, it seems, expressed his wish on that oc-J
icasion, that an end might be potto the effusion of
[blood, but he added, that *it would be iucunsW
;tent with file dignity of the throne, that the J
j King’s guard should lie compelled to lay down its,
[[arms.” On this the editor of the;Universal re
-marks, “Wc know not'what right rebels had at
[that time to call themselves the King’s Guard.—
‘|They had made an improper use of their arms!
j by turning them against their own fellow citizens,
1 and from that moment they no longer deserved j
[ tobe entrusted with them ”
In another part of his common ‘.fie observes, j
’ that a single word of his majesty might, perhaps
have prevented the eight days.exeesses commit
[j ted to his presence; and the day is at hand adieu
he will shudder at the idea that he tolerated so
| [many outrages.
The purport of such observations are very pal
pable—and the freedom of censure thus liberally
1 and openly bestowed upon the king, is such as to j
indicate that bis throne is not based upon confi- j
“defice or affection of his people The tranquil
ity of Spain, twelve months hence, may be hop
ed for; but unless the principles of human action
are treading backward, it cannot be expected.
A small number of the King’s Guards have be- j
taken themselves to a village in the Kseurial
, mountains, and continued there at the latest dates, i
It is stated, however, that they gradually aban-1
don their asylum, on i eceivlng conciliatory pro- j
, positions.
j the cry of “long live the king with absolute I
power!” resounded in Orihuela at the period of;
the late excesses, and the houses of the libera s ;
were repeatedly assaled. Finding no support:
however they they ultimately desisted, and ]
slirtm’ back to their dwellings
The town council of Madrid in an address:
,to his majesty, printed oat the line of conduct!
she is to pursue, iu order to convince the nation, j
j that lie has sincerely espoused the muse of the j
country. One of the steps suggested b the j
council is that his majesty should be at the bead oi [
the liberals!
The battallions of the national militia, which j
had been encamped on the Constitutional square
in Madrid, since the Ist of July, were in tiered
back to their barracks on the 17th.
The army of the Faith, under Quesnda, Baida,
Juanito, and Santos f.adron. was dislodged on the
11th, by an inferior force, under colonel Jaure
gui, from the heights of F.eoz. Its loss in killed
is not estimated at more than 5 ■; but it is asser
ted to have lost one half of its men by desertion i
‘after the action, viz. 500 out of 1090.
An attack upon Viclt took place on the 15th of
‘July. A body of 3000 malcontents cune up to
the gates of the town, but after six hours firing,
.were repnlsed with considerable loss.
I The Chronicle of die 31st states, that
his majesty has granted leave to M. Sail Martin to j
proceed to a bathing place in Iris native countrv. j
) The king and queen went abroad at Madrid for
j the first time on the lUth, escorted by the national |
; militia.
f Many disturbances have arisen in various parts ‘
of the kingdom, especially in the remoter pro- [
; vinces. It is provable that the movements in fa-)
Ivor of the royal insurrection were intended to
have been simultaneous; but the plot exploded!
too soon, and the disturbances have been nni-
tornily put down by the cbnstitrttionai troops
while the ascendancy of the liberal system is
probably establ shed upon a firmer footing than
ever. It seems, however, that the Spaniards are
jnottentirely regardless of historical events, norof
their possible bearings upon ‘heir otvnjinies and
kingdom. The dethronement and decapitation :
of kings, seem to have entered the minds both of
i tile sovereign and the people. One of the Mad
rid Journals (El Espectador) lately published a
] paper said to have been transmitted by the king
‘to the council of state, implicating the conduct of
[general Ricgo,and propounding several queries,
among which was the following: —“’Will the
jcouncil and the nation answer for his majesty’s
by an anarchical faction, and
TV ill he be no longer exposed to such affronts as
i l '. e ha* received?” To the latter querd the conn
jed replied, that “his majesty’s life was in danger
; trom none but the rebels, and the best guarantee
’ was the attachment of an immense majority of
the nation tothe constitution.” Gm. lliego also
came forward with a letter in justification of his
own conduct in the course of which he took oc
i casion to express his surprise, “that he sh >uld
have been accused by the kiughimself befoie the
council of state; remembers (and he shuddess at’
the recollection) that Charles I.in England, and i
the unfortunate Louis in France, were conducted i
to the scaffold by their confidential advisers- and I
ui-ists upon it, that, favourites, &c. are the only l
executioners of credulous and simple kim*j,and ‘
bv no means free constitutions, or the partisans!
ot tbe same.” ’ \
i
From Portugal. —The following pai ticulars from
the kingdom of Portugal, are furnished, in ad
dition to the intelligence obtained by former ar
rivals:
After several days debate, the Portugese Cor
tes rejected on the 4th of July, 11 out of 14 ar
ticles winch one of their committees proposed to
aud to the constitution, chiefly enacting-, that, ex
clusiy© of a genetal congress, composed of 50
members ..(one half to be elected by Portuiral
and the other half by Brazil.) there should be!;
in each kingdom, local Cortes empowered to lc-!
gislate on all the matters relative to its internal j
administration, subject, however, to the revision
ot the general congress winch should ascertain!
whether the decrees of thosz local assemblies
were not in opposition to tbe constitution or to
the interests ot the sister-kingdom To the e-en-1
era’ congress would also have belonged the de
termination of all questions respecting- peace or
war, or tlie commercial relations of.the empire I
he remaining articles, on which no decision!
nasyet taken place, would confer the Uesal pow-i
er, with some restrictions, on the King’s Ddeirate!
in Brazil, rendering Ids ministers responsible for
the acts of his ministers responsible for the acts 1
ot Ins administration, without his bein? liable
be brought to account himself. to i
In the night of the Ist July, an attempt was !
made by some of the men of tiieWimente a 1,1
tered in the citadel of Lisbon, to march out and
to create a disturbance in the city. This h™
ever, they were prevented from effecting- by ?he’
Barrack Guard, and order waj speedily Ltored 1
bv the officers, who in consequence of some pre
iviousinformation, made their appearance it
immediately The only cry heard on thi.-a
jsionwas, “Long five the King,” accom; i
! with the expression of the men s wish to- b
their discharge; but the enemies of the n j
jder of things a’-e evidently suspected of >< ,
i at-the bottom of the plot. Tbicringleadcrst
been secured.
The Portuguese Cortes have divided ths s
provinces of Mlnho. Trassos Montes, Beira, I'.v
tremadura, Almetejo and Algarve into “6 e ect.
1 ral divisions, returning 103 Deputies, and 7.4 j s .
! triets inhabited by 3,006,900 jfKxrls. which tj.
getherwitn 12,500 nuns and friars, and th . JL . r .
Isons attached to the convents make up th&tutal
] population of the kingd /in, 4,010,400 sous.
FROM SWEDEN.
The King of Sweden has issued ail Ortlnnnanee
by which Swedish subjects are permitted to *i l i'.
the places of ihe South American Cor
Incut. To encourage that commerce still im,;,.
the diminution of the custom duties, which hit ‘.
I erto took place only in certain cases, will extra, l
to all merchandize coming from South America
to Sweden, imported in Swedish vessels.
From the N Y C.,minerp.d Anverfiser.
From Gib dU. r. —We yesteulay uinr
[ nilig received a lettei (-rum a friend on
boa.il the United Stales t>lii|i.CouMitu{j',r
jdrt.-tl Giberaiter, Aug. I,giving an accoust
iof the ciuise to that vessel i.om Messina*
via Smyrna. We gather the foilutvin* nar*
; tietihr*:—
The Constitution sailed from Me;ri ina
!on the 11 til id July, for Smyrna, tbe cor
jvtirte Ontario, and kc.hr. Nonsuch in com
j patiy—those three cninporingour squadron
jio the .Metlitjerraiieati. They entered the
Aiflripeingo nti liie. Itiii,, and arrived
Milo on the 17th. Here they (*;ok u (j r; ‘
pilot to carry them to Smyrna. ]„ “
i night they pit reived ~j S ni, ie distance a
; he.i a pretty laige liie', and in about tl.tr
j <>’ inmates, they heard e great explosion.-*
I -Next day (1 fill.) they met an Austrian
, brig; sent her a boat, anil at her return they
I were informed that the Ccpthin of the bri'r
I lml b . jcn Bt!, (>]'^ ! l T -in turkiei, fleet,cut".
[ posed of from thirty six to forty Snips,.vu}
j thn in view of which ten or twelve were
j buttle-hips, or frigates, by whom the c;.r
----! tain el the brig had been badly treated, amt
; wounded in several places vwtli diy-eis,
; rin this info, inalioft,our cunmmdonrC.ipi.
[Jones, turned the ship, and folicw?rj tIA
!bng, which having coininutd her way, u J,
already at some distance. Our tquudroi
soon reached her. and Jj.iv j;i<r a-ain Sl un a
i.oat on boa and, brought her captain, who
repeated tu our Goniiu uJore the bau t eal
ment lie had received from the Turks.-
lie also reiati-d, that Hie preceding eve
j uii?c party ol the Greeks had tuktn tv e
(lire oi ips, lull of combustibles with wide.
[ duty liatf aimed at setting fire to the t’.io
: admiral ships of ihe Turkish fleet—an 4
[that only o:ie of them hud auceeded; that
tins had been so weli executed, that in t
lew minutes the ship, being that of the
Captain i'achu, was in a blaze, and hail
been blown up; anti that was the exji.'n.ic..
j which, wos uearj t.,e precedit.g iiiynt. It
j was an DM gun ship, with a crew i/I aOCfl
men, of which about 300 were saved,
■rest having been blown to atoms with ihe’
j ship. The captain, who gave this iuforma
riiun, was then carried on board his brig.—
[Siioi tly previous, the boats ot our squadron
picked up several fragments of ti.u vessel,
and among oilier things, a beautiful bed
,qu?it, wliirh it was supposed had belonged
/X - I*.''. J
io the Captain Pacha, and which our C;ni
mudore, apprehending ir might communi
cate the plague, ordered to be thrown over
'[ board. It was picked tip again by the Non-*
■ such. Ihe Ontario picked up a trunk of
clothes. From want ot wind, our squad
ron remained several day* in sight of the
Turkish fleet, and c.uot. and thirty-six sail
ihe next day (19th) several parcels ot the
siiip which had been blown up, sucli as her
.nair.-mast, yards, spars, pieces of the hull,
and several dead bodies, weie discovered,
iiiis happened at the Islai.d of Sicio where
the iui ks had massacred the population,
without distinction of age or sex; and lied
burnt fie villages and every thing they
could find, i’lils Island appealnJ ex
tremely well cultivated. Every evening,
-•on,ike and flume weie perceived, which a
‘Oselrooi the inhabitants who had saved
themselves on the mountains, (for that is
land is full of them) fighting fires as sig
: oals tor succour from (fie Greeks who weux
; in possession of the other Islands of My:i:-
{ <ie, m view of them. The 20tli and rildr
our fleet remained in view of the Turkisu
l squadron, between the Islands of Ipse a
land Jscio. The firat of these Islands h
wiiere a part of the Grek fleet is staqenr..,
out the vessels were few and very smalr iff
comparison with those of the l'uiks. al
though these last seemed very much a-
Iratd, the G eeks being better sailors and
commanders. Q„ tne 23d our squad, tv,
spoke anodier Aasu-wu ,nerclw.it si.qw-,
She was from Leghorn 22days,and!) -I
spoken nothing on i.er passage. U i tlu
! 24th, the squadron arrived at Smyrna ami
j a,, j- , Hied at the Mole, where it reuiaim \
j 2-* hours. Next day sailed-an ivtd
at Milo, on the 2oth; discharged tiro {fee,
ctan pilot; and on tile 2d ot July ore’- .ij
for Malta. Remained there - d L u j]\ .*
days, to take in water, am) i ‘
Gibralter, j where the i C ° ‘ ~et*
the Ist of Augu jfc, n - < i u ' lJron Arrived ox.
! and 20’ ‘™. m R|J Janeiro, jf the SOth,
dui* u mention that 9uur vva
*ian‘A 11 w< ” calc ulated that the supply on
band was sufficient for eight or ten weeks,
|J™ car g , | >ea ‘’ ore daily exp -cted. Nine del-
Urs on long credit had Deen the highest
j price offered. It was supposed that up
ards of 14,000 persons hud Lft the place
>r buropo since the deterrnina’inn ofliis
majesty to return to Portugal, f rorn which
circumstances there had been a decreased
consumption of !j>read stutis.