Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-11-16

superior generosity OF gen. Eatont and
lest he should iun away with all the he.
nors ofthe pacihcatiou. Col. Lear is SAIL,
TO have concluded III. treaty, from lear
lest The Bashaw should execute his threats
OF putting 10 death The American cnD-
lives. II such was really his inducement,
the conduct of Gel. Lear certainly needs
no other jrstiiicaticn. The loss of three
hundred Americans is not surely 10 be
put into competition with ransom of
90 900 dollars; aRd even the risk and dar-
ger of such catastrophe ought not To
baves been encountered Tor so small sum.
Had Col. Lear waved the negociaiion ue-
I'll the gallant Eaton had ransomed our
prisoners with the sward, Cur triumph
would have been much more glorious
but 1t would have been an indei,tle dis.
grace upon the annals of cur nation, had
the lives of so many men been sacrificed
through misguided economy.
| With respect To the Ex- Bashaw of Tri.
poll, Gen. Eaton has merely informed
the editor, that he left him al Syracuse
in Sicily, and that he had no intention OF
visiting this country.
As Gen. Eaton left Gibraltar about RE
goth of September, IL may be supposed
that he has, brought some recent and per-
haps important intelligence fiom The Me-
di:erranean. The Information which he
has given us on this subject, is in faci not
without its The most interesting
aud the mast authentic is the event which
we Ind announced in the following letter
from Mr.. Nounlford, secretary ii Mr.
lear and now cur charge d'affaires at
Algiers; fs the copy Of which we. are
indebted to the poli,eness Of Gen. Eaton.
COPY.
.6iyirrs, September 9, 1905.
have only a few moments to inform
You, our affairs here are we'll.
On The 3oth uil. the soldiers rose in q
oJdy and mulderedthe Dey and his prime
minister. n
| a new Dey was Immediately. elected.
and not life was lost except the above
mentioned.
forhcarto de,ain the Nautilus, having
nothing very urgent 10 communicate.
! have the honor to be, sc.
(Signed) J. MOUNrFORD,
Charge d'afiaires, at Algiers.
. Capt. CAMppkLL.
( In our paper of the 4th Oei. we have
I already detailed the causes and the GAIA
! miles OF the first insurreeiion at Algier,
on the 2oh June. The Paris Monitepr
OF the Sd Sept. contains the same misc.
! rabie record of carnage and rapine down
to the 97th July. 1t gives the most AZ:
f'ct'ng picture of the murder and the ro,,-
befy OF the unfortunate Jews. "The ge.
neral massacre OF the Jews, says that pa-
per, save only-the women and children.
was principally conducted by The soldiers.
ihey were assisted by the barbarous no
puiace OF the city: they were animated
oy The Joyous shouts of the women, more
bideous than the iuries, who were scatter.
ed over the terraces and the streets. For.
tunately 1t was Saturday, the holiday ne
the Jews, when very small number wax
10 be seen in the streets. On many oc.
oas,ons however the soldiers broke in,o
Their houses, but The riches which offered
themselves to their view, were the saw.
ours oil The Hebrew tribe: they abandon.
! ed The carnage TO give themselves nm n,
pillage.' The Moniteur adds lha, the as
| sassin OF Busnsh, after he had received
the chaplet of pardon, and obtained osr.
mission 10 leave the country, had taken
refuge IN the English pavilion, and that a
lew days alter he was dispatched bv the
English consulto Gibraltar and some sa;d
to London. Every thing in faet announ.
cea me dissolution of order, the reipn ne
an infurlaied soldiery, the massacre of,hs
urks by The Moors, and the downfall of
the Dey. The intelligence which i. nov
brought by gen. Eaton, confirms tbea.
iore6odIngs and announces the catay,yo-
Phe OF the insurreelion. The desor;n,;-
on which Mr.. Eaton gave ~ of,he cans.
ard consequences of this tragical event
was upcommonly bold, appropriate and
Picturesque. o
ne dialogue between the CAPTAIN and
the Niuiii was given in the hghest s,v,s
Oh the Drama. His technical accuracv :,
IS enough for us TO admire, but we sbsls
scarcely presume TO initiate. He said
Tia, the Dcy had rendered hjmselfuo-
popular at Algiers. by The peace end Zee.
bleness OF his administration. His cru;.
seFs were idle in the port the country
was disturbed by the dissenlion of a FAM,
TIC who bad visited Mecca; and the e;,y
was deprived Of its customary sunpl;es.