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THE GREEKS.
The following extracts trout papers
received at Boston give a mote panic-,
ulaftaccoun; from the losses sustained
by the Turks than we have before pub-
limbed.
Extract of a letter , dated Trieste , July, I
27.,
“The island ol lpsara, a little north-!
west of Scio, has been attacked by the
Turks; this was asmall place, but the
inhabitants were considered able mar
iners, and brave determined men whom
the Musslemen resolved to extirpate.
After a desperate resistance which is
stated to have cost the Turks 14000
men, the place being srong, they suc
ceeded in gainii.g possession of it.—
The surviving Ipsaiots, resolving not to
let iheir wives and daughters not 10 larli
into the. power of Then foe mir.dtul of
the fate of St to, assembled the remain
ing population in the fort and blew
themselves up, involving multitudes of
their conquerois in their destruction.
The islanders, about* 8,000 oi 10,000
persons, were thus all destroyed by the
sword, or their own act in tnis tragedy.
The following narrative written by
one whose heart was apparently wrung
by anguish, is more circumstantial,
and of a later date than the preceding
account: it attributes the fail ot lpsara
to corruption and treachery.
From the Journal des debuts of Wed
nesday.
Zantk, July 18.
private letter. —l informed you, in one
ol my f-liner letters,that laige sums
ot money had been serii from Leghorn
to the cap „ Pacha; I mentioned Hie hou
ses whin. oad made too payments,the
vessels and Captains employed in trans
porting it, the pleasure of the enemies
of the Greeks, who anticipated treason.
I pointed out to von a person who was
directing all the ini’igu.es; a part of
these maneuvers have succeeded; the
standard of toe Cross is again bathed
with tht blood of Martyi s. The Capt.
Pacha, Khoreb, who had beet, lying
at anchor at Metylene for two months
provided with money, and convinced
that he had no chance of success flora
foi ce, resolved to employ corruption,
Being informed that the gairison ol the
foit oi lpsara consisted ol 2500 Scyp
etars, mercenaries and infamous like
all those who sell their blood fov mon
ey, he addressed himself to them, and
gave them earnest of a greater reward
promising each man 1000 piastres if
they would surrender the batteries they
were appointed to defend. The thing
was kept secret, and the Ipsariots, in
formed that the attack was to be direc
ted against ther Island, though l them
selves in a condition ioieptil.se the Bar
barians, when the Turkish squadron
appeared off die island on July 4th. A
part of the Ipsuriuns kept in the offing
to fall tin the enemy at ihe moment
when the action should begin. The
Turks we l eto be attar kid by fit c ships
while the battf ies on shore vvete fir
ing at the ships. The people weie
animated with an excellent spirit; men
Yotnen, old and young, received ihe
jrrement, and prepared to die.fight
g. The Icbaram was hoisted at the
degrapljs, and all the people, with the
|gn of the cross on their fore heads,
jtplored of heaven to grant them victo
jy, or the palm of martyrdom.
On the 4 li a> 5 o’clock in the morn
fig, the Turkish advanced squadron
doubled the Cape and appioached the
harbour; the batteries were silent; th ■
forts garrisoned by the Scypetals hois
ted Turkish colors. The Christians
hurried eagerly to the spot, and found
their guns had been spiked duting the
night by the traitors, who immediately
began to fire on their fellow Christians,
Every thing is lost —save your
selvesAt this unfortunate signal,
the seamen of Ipsaia began to fire at
the Turks, whose large ships could not
come near the shore. All the Chiis
tians who were at hand embarked on
board the vessels and some of them es
caped. At eight o’clock the Ostnan
lis landed, and the Schypetars, to whose
treason they weie indebted for success
weie their first victims. The Greeks,
who could not get onboard ships,took
refuge in the mountains, and the town
was set on fire. The whole of the 4th
was passed in fighting and in murder
ing,—On the sth the Captain Pacha
caused it to be published, that he would
500 piastres to whosoever should bring
in a prisoner alive. This was a use
less promise. The tygeis wereatli
berty, and ail the 9th and 7tli of July
the wot k of massacre was going on.—
On the Btli Khoreb blew up the forts;
7300 heads of women, old men, and
children weie hung to the shrouds
and to the yards of his ships. The am
bassadors of the Christian powers will
soon these glorious trophies of bar
barism arr ive at Constantinople.
About two thousand sailors, tliiity
ol their best ships, and the Primates
succeeded in reaching Samos. On the
13th, the Captain Pacha returned to
Mitylene with ten old vessels which he
had captured. Treason only could;
have given him success, but this suc-|
ces will inspire the Greeks with fresh
energy, and it may be dreaded that the
lives of the eighteen thousand Mnssle
mcn who are in their hands will be sa
crificed, to expiate the crimes of the#
Asiatic brethren* i
The Island of lpsara, which the Tur-!
kish Commander has obtained at such
an expense of men and money, is not j
five miles long, and scarcely any who*e I
two miles broad, being very little, if at j
all, larger than the island of Lundy in
the Bristol Channel. The 14,000 men,
by whom this little island was invaded, ,
would, if drawn up in the usual patade I
order, extend in a double line drawn,
from one end of it to the other. The
ships which conveyed these men were
80 in number, and they were enough to
have surrounded the island with a con-;
tinued chain at an intervakof 200 yards,
from each other.
To refer to military superiority the j
conquest of this little island (defended ■
only by its inhabitants) by a naval and j
military force such as we have tlescri-;
bed, were manifestly ridiculous. Such i
an island, so circumstanced could make j
no effectual defence, and the length to
which it protracted its resistance, ought
to be in the highest degree encourag
ing to the friends of freedom. *
Naxos, June 20. —The whole pop
ulation of the Island of Caso, no longer
exists. About thirty individut.fi> of
both sexes, have just landed here, and
have told us as follows:—“From the
6lh to the Bih of June, about 5 o’< lock
in the morning, the Egyptian squadron,
consisting of 17 vessels, which was
cruising off Camiia, made sail for Ca
so to land troops. The inhabitants im
mediately ran to arms, and placed them
selves at every accessible point, resolv
ed to conquer or perish. The Turks,
protected by their ships, endeavored in
vain to effec t a landing. They were
constantly repulsed, with loss by a well
kept* up fire on our part. Night put
an end to the combat, but not to our
uneasiness, for we saw a long time
lignts at a distance, which convinced
us of the piesence of our formidable
enemy. At cl ty break we again saw
the Egyptian vessels advance. The at
tack was made very briskly, and con
tinued till 4 o’clock iu the afternoon.—
The squadron of Ismael Gibraltar was
then lost sight of. We hoped that we
had saved ourselves, and, aftet having
relumed thanks‘Ho God, we looked af
ter out wounded. But on the 10th, Is
mael Gib) altar, followed by the,great
er pan of his forces, directed his march
on the strongest part of the Island, and
began a tenible fire. The combat had
lasted several hours, when we i.eatd
loud cries in out reaiw” ihe enemy
had landed on the northeast side of the
Island. We were thus taken between
two fires; our efforts at resistance, Were
unavailing, and we were soon dispers
ed. Four or five hundred of our coun
trymen perished with aims in their
hands; the remainder took refuge in
the mountains and neighboring Elands.
The greater part of cut women and
children, we suppose, have fallen into
the hands of the enemy.
CARRACCAS.
We have received our regular files
of Caraccas papers to the 26'It August
which contained nothing,of any mo
ment. It is currently turnouted that
Loid Cocln ane had obtained the con
sent ol the ‘Emperor of his assum
ing once more the command of tne
Chilian Navy, and that he is at present
in co-operation with the liberator with
a view, of intercepting the Spanish man
of war “Asia,” and other vessels lately
from Spain. When Lord Cochrane
accepted the overtures of his Brazilian
Majesty, and assumed the command
of his Navy, it was under the express
condition that he should be allowed to
return to Chili, whenever his services
might be rcctuiied.
The celebrated Pedestrian Travel
ler, Capt. J. D. Cuchrane, British Na
vy, had arrived in La Guayra. 1 hat
enterprising gentleman has travelled
on foot through great part of Asiatic
Russia, a route of more than 3000 miles.
Bent upon further discoveries he now
intends to explore, the yet untravelled
part of South America, and to ascend
the Andes.
The troops about to reinforce the
Colombian a”tny in Pent, were expect
ed to leave Puerto Cavallo for the Isth
mus on the 25th instant. The Cumans
division had already arrived at Puerto
Cavallo, under the command ot Col.
Monagas, and the total amount of troops
about to eminti k was near 4000. An
equal number were to join them in Car
thdgena, under the command of Gen.
Valero.—-V. Y. A mer.
St. Louis, July 29.
We understand that considerable ex
citement prevails on Salt River and the
Upper Mississippi, because the relin
quished Land of that District is not'in
cluded in the President's Proclamation
of the Land to be offered for solo this
year. . .
Major Biddle, who has just afrived
from the Upper Mississippi, informs
us that four men have been lately mur
dered on Lake Pepin —suspicion rests
upon a party of Chip pew as. We un
detstand that this affair had been offi
cially communicated to General Atkin
son, who is expected to take prompt
and efficient measures to demand the
murderers.
> We learn that the ‘Auvickarees are
re-building their old town —and that
the Gros Fantres have robbed Major
Henry’s party of a large quantity of
Merchandize.
VARIETIES of CALCULATION.
The North Carolina Fayetteville
Observer gives Mr. Adams 154 electo
ral votes; thus unnecessarily overdoing
the business, for 131 were sufficient to
elect him'.
The Philadelphia Observer, equally
sanguine with its namesake, though in
behalf of another gentleman, calculates
on the election of Gen. Jackson by the
same overwhelming ntajoi ity—to eke
out which, the Observer is reduced to
the necessity of casting Viiginia into
his scale. t
The Philadelphia Aurora at last de
clares itself ip favor of Mr. Clay—ar.d
avows its belief that “Mr. Clay will be
the highest on the return to the H. of
Representatives.”
Thus ivC'go —Now, the friends of
Mr. Crawford too entertain the most
sanguine expectations of the result.—
They confidently rest upon the convic
tion that he will be the highest on the
return—and they trust to his own su
perior meiits, to the interests of the
nation, and the consequent and uncon
querable zeal of his friends for his ulti
mate triumph.— Richmond Enquirer.
Extract of a letter from Carthagena,
dated August 4
“The political state of the country
improves every day, and the supply of
one million of dollars, landed a few days
ago from England, has improved things
wonderfully. .he officers and men of
the army and navy received their pay
regularly, and this puts mini) cash into
circulation. Ihe fleet of transports,
consisting of one frigate, font men of
war schooners ami four merchant ves
sels, with men, money, and provisions,
are to sail for Chagres on the 17th in
stant.”
FROM THE MISSOURIAN.
THE WORM.
—“ 0:i! venoms all the worms of Nile.”
Shakespeare,
Who has not heard of the Rattle
snake or Copper-head! An unexpect
ed sight of either ol these reptiles will
make even the lords of creation recoil;
but there is a species of worm found in
various pans of this state, which con
veys a poison of a natuie so deadly,
that compared with it, even the venom
of the rattle-snake is harmless.
Tb guard our readers against this
foe of human kind, is the object of this
communication.
This worm varies much in size.—
It is frequently an inch through, but as
it is rarely seen, except when coiled, its
length can hardly, be conjectured. It is
of a dull lead colour and generally
lives near a spring or small stream of
water,and bites the unfoitunate people
who are in the habit of going there to
drink. The brute creation it never
molests. They avoid it with the same
instinct that teaches the animals of Pe
i u to shun the deadly Coya.
Several of these reptiles have long
infested our settlements, to the misery
and destiuction of many of our fellow
citizens. I have, therefore, had fre
quent opportunities of being the me
lancholy spectator of the effects produ
ced by the subtle poison which this
worm infuses.
The symptoms ot its bite are terri
ble, The eyes of the patient become
red and fiery, his tongue swells to an
immoderate size and his ut
terance, and delirium of the most hor
rid character quickly follows. Some
times in his madness, he attempts the
destruction of his nearest friends. If
the sufferer has a family, his weeping
wife and helpless infants are not unfre
quently the objects of his frantic fury;
in a word, he exhibits to the life all
the detestable passions that rankle in
thebosom of a savage, and such is the
spell in which his senses are locked,
that no sooner has the unhappy patient
recovered from the paroxysm of insan
ity, occasioned by the bite, than he seeks
out the destroyer for*the sole purpose
of being bitten again.
I have seen a good old father, his
locks as white as snow, his steps slow
and trembling, beg in vain of his only
son to quit the lurking place of the
worm. My heavtbled when he turn
ed away, for I knew the fond hope that
his sot; would be the “staff of his de
clining years,” had supported him. thro’
many a sorrow.
Youths of Missouri, would you know
the name of this reptile? It is called
the Worm of the Still.
Hew -York* Sept. 18.
Cotton —The import from the 10th
to the 17th September, was 130 bales.
From South Carolina, 14: New-Or
leans, 116. The market is still inac
tive, holders exhibiting mere indiffer
ence since the accounts from Liverpool
of 2d ult. giving advice of a trifling im
provement there, confiding in those ac-.
counts (and the certainty of our crops
going late to market this season) for a
future advance. Good Cotton has be
come very scarce, and cannot be bad
undet our highest rates. On the whole
we may remark that the market ap
pears fixed at our rates with an indis
position both on the pait of purchasers
and settlers to do any thing until fur
ther advices are received from Europe.
Upland, (lb ) i3£ a 15 cents; Louisia-j
na, 15 a 16$; Tennessee, 13a 14; Ala
bama, 13 a 14$.
Rice. —There have been no impor
tations, and but very few sales chiefly in
small parcels for the W. Indies. Hol
ders are disposed to sell those parrels
badly weaVeled at a trifling reduction
fiom our quotations, while the prim
es! parcels at market are still held a.
our highest rate, go 50 a 4 25.
Exchange. —There is no alteration
in hills o’ England. France has im-,
proved. Bills on London, 60 days 9s;
do. Fiance, 5 25 a 5 27.
Charleston, Sept. 17.
Cotton. —S. Island, 23 a 26; Std. do.
14 a 15; Maine do. 23; Santee, 22 a 23;
Short staple, 12$ a 14. Ric< g3f; in
ferior to good, J§2 62$ a 3. Flour, Phi
ladelphia, Baltimore and Richnnnd,
(superfine) fresh, g6£ a 6s. Alexan
dria, do. S6; Fayetteville, §ss. Corn,
39 a 41 cents.
Cottons. —Sales of new Uplands
have been made this week, from the
wagons, at 13 cents. The disastrous
effects of the late rains an 1 gale, at e
expected to have an influence upon the
prices of this staple, but to what ex
tent cannot yet be ascertained.
Rice. —Pi ic es are without variation
for the last two or three weeks; there
is but little doing in the article. The
extensive losses in this staple, accounts
of which are hourly reaching us, will
tend to sustain if not to enhance its
price.
Flour. —is selling at the quotations
of last week. The stock sofnewhat in
creased since our last.
Corn. —Some cargo sales have been
made a little below our last week’s
quotations; present price, 39 a 41 cents.
!
EXECUTION OF PIRATES.
The Not folk Beacon of the 22d inst.
contains the particulars of the execu
tion ol the pirates, condemned to death
in Jamaica. On the 24th August, the
ten pitates who were convicted of mur
dering Capt. Undet wood, and plunder
ing a number of vessels, were hanged
in pursuance to the Governor’s war
rant. The following is from the Ja
maica Public Advertiser:—
At four in the morning they were
guarded to the wherry wharf by the
Sheriff’s Officers, and a detachment of
the 92d regiment. They were then
embarked on board a wherry which was
towed to gallov/s point. During their
passage, several of the prisoners pray
ed most devoutly, and continued with
redoubled energy, their appeal to the
mercy of their Creator, when they be
held the final scene which was to close
the bloody tragedy they had so long
acted.
The chief of the pirates (Francois
Vale brouge) preserved the most de
termined silence, and seemed indiffer
ent to his fate.
Jean Joseph Dumeertte, a good look
ing youth, not yet 17, wept bitterly.—
j He said that his associates, had per
suaded him to join his fortune to theirs:
and that he did not know what their in
tentions were till they had committed
the crimes, for which he was about to
‘suffer with them. We are informed
by a respectable gentleman, who con
versed with this youth in goal, that he
declared himself to be the son of res
pectable parents, from whom he had
; absconded; and that after wandering a
bout some time, he fell in with his fel
low culprits, who were one of those
gang*'of lawless ruffians who have so
long pet petrated their atrocities in the
j seas of the W. Indies. Not having any
! mode of obtaining his subsistance, and
| either unable or unwilling to return to
j the friends he had deserted, he allow
! ed himself to be seduced to join this pi
i ratical crew, and to participate in those
crimes, for perp tr&ting which they
have all suffered an ignominious death;
! the well merited meed of their direful
deeds. Just before this wretched
youth ascended the scaffold hejequest
ed a draft of water, saying it*vas the
last thing he should require in this
world. A few moments before the drop
: fell, his countenance depicted the ftx
-1 tremest agony; his eyes raised to hea
ven, and with a voice, scarcely heard,
among the sobs which involuntarily
| burst from him he exclaimed, “Franee
—my poor mother I .’’ The rest
inaudible; his voice became i nar> - f
late, and the drop failing, U le
the misguided youth, without one Sil ,
gle quitted its earthly tenement f 0 e
The apparent sincerity with v
repented of his ct imes has, v e ,
obtained him forgiveness of that tTf
nal being, whose delight is in
Francois Valebrouge, the capiaj,
this lawless cte'w, prayed, but n ,
dibly. He was a man advanced in y e|
and his countenance strongly pou n ,
ed the wretch familiar with and
less of guilt. He suffered with tJ
posed indifference.
Antonio Hernandez, the coloreds,
niat and, wh.os;- i uthiess hand had bet
the unfortunate Underwood of |,i s |
1 a ciime hich h■ pe petrated with;
m<*n co cl -blooded atrositv; tike m
fernai demon > ootl on l-l e pla!f (if
cateles* of the past, dt and tig the j,,
sent, and heedless of tne future;
joined in the prayers, but we fear,,
his lips alone, for his heart seemedi
duv ’• te and closed to every feeling
‘Umanity. Never can w e forget
expression of his countenance, as
looked round on the
tators, for afe moments* before j
exist* nee termina ed. He lookedii
fiend whose delight had been in tom
ing man. His physiognomy dent
strand that his crimes arose, noth,
the impulse of sudden rage, or leu
tation, but from the deliberate sugji
tions of a mind hardened in guilt i l(
a long traffic in blood and murder
Indeed, never did we before vie*
countenance so hellish,not that hisfi
tures were ill formed, but because
general expression was pat licuiat y
abolical. His last words weie o i
executioner whom he cursed as |
cursed as he drew the capovet hiseti
saying to-him “go to hell.”
Marcellino Nor iego, (the bias
Sambo) with a stupid, ot rathci vatai
look, surveyed the scent of his lattt
moments. 7 Tiis man had in the mu
der hv his hands, of Mr Stephemg
emulated the bloody assassin Hernai
dez. v
Hernandez and Norriego, whenswH)
pended, struggled violently with dea'lfl 1 ’
They evidently parted witlv existcncA
in great agony—their convulsions .-A;
‘inued Song after those of their Idle®
culprits had ceased. Tne rattling
their throats, and evident gasps A
breath, almost induced us to <■■ nsidA
that they were not destitute of sen*A
tion. The superstititious pan •t i
spectators, as usual, attributed utisacV
cidental diffi rence in the cleat A
these pirates, from that of the oli A
to a judgment on them as the artuA
murderers. The case of the boy alorA
excited commisseration. A medicaA
practitioner was desirous to oWA
Hernandez’s head, but the shei iff’solA
cers did not think they were justifiefl
in complying. JL
The same paper of the next day.haA
the following account of the extcotioA
of the seven, convicted of VnurderinjH
Lieut. Layon, Midshipman Strode,
sailors, and captain Whitaker, and oil
plundering vessels: —
On arriving at the place appoimedß
they were guaided by a detachmentoil
the 9 1st. E
The prisoners, after praying witliß
much apparent devotion, aseended the!
scaffold. Benito Cassel. was the inti
who ascended. JFie addressed the spec-1
tators, saying, “Hear what I say, for.il
am telling the truth, before God; it!
would be useless to fabricate a false-1
hood when I am just about appealing!
befoie God and his Saints. The sen-1
tence by which that poor man (Estevan!
Martinez) is about to be hung, is most I
unjust; for he had no concern with us,|
who were the pirates; he irlurdered no I
one; it is most wicked to hang an inno-l
cent man. Hois not guilty: no, he is I
not; by God he is not! lam guiltv dnd
so ate the others, but not Estevan Mar
tinez, who is unjustly judg< and. I mur
dered the officer, for I killed him alter
we took him, and tied him to a tree,
and I am suffering justly, but poor
Martirez is undergoing this death for
the crimes of us. Isfow and ever I’ll
declare his innocence, and again lie
invoked th names of the Almighty in
attesting the truth of this statement of
the innocence of Martinez, hoping some
good persons would let his friends in
Cuba know that he was not guilty.
Jose Maria de los Santos, also con
fessed his guilt, but strenuously assert
ed the innocence of Martinez.
Estevan Martinez, was a decent look
ing man. He several times declared
he was innocent —and when the cap
was drawn over his eyes lie begged it
should lie withdrawn: and as if fearing
that fleath would prevent the expres
sion of h'm feelings, with rapid utter -
ance and shivering he exclaimed —“An
innocent man dies for what he never
did—my last words—Oh God!”
The drop then fell.
Calisto Morales also said he was in
nocent. _ v
Another said he was a thief and a
a murderer but no pirate.