The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-04

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ALCIERs, July 4.
NO flvourite, not even Il Turk, ever enjoy
Ell an Influence over any Dcy equal 90 thar
which the Jew NAFTALI BusNAH had acouir.
ed over'the prefrnt.-He treated directly with
the Agents of the different powers, and uttered
them not to approach the Prince, whom he de,
ceived, day and night, by means of his Creatures.
and whom he governed entirely, by mcaos of "a
tisfving all his wbims. BusNAH difrihuted
places he created and depofed the Beys ar
Governors of Provinces, witt, whom he always
kept up private correspondence he fixed The
tnns they were to fend to the Dcy; he held the
keys of the RbdSua he had monopolized al
commerce, and iufiered no compettiou he 90
vcined the marine of AieierJ, and that of al o.
Their ports of the kingdom the corfairs failed
only when he Judged it expedient, and direGaed
their courfcs according 10 advces received nv
him from Europe, where he lad numerous cor
refpondents he took pofefiion of all prizes,
without allowing them TO he fold at auction :;
he, in fhort, violated all the ancient cuitoms
which are here facred laws. Th s fyltem was
Imported by tyranny, mixed with the mof no.
toriouS meannefs, but Joined with much ccn
rage. A confpiracy was formed againft the co.
vernment four years ago. A price was fet upon
busNAH's head and the piIlage of his ftores
proclaimed. The prime miniiter had received,
fifteen months ago, feveral Grokes of the yatag
ban, even at his poft {; the Dey was attacked and
dangerously wounded by -four Turks; and Bus
NAH was the object of thefe various outrages
buSNAH himtelt, year ago, had mira"uioulIy
eicaPed two TABS of a poignard, aimed at him
by j urk. He had not been terrified by any
of thete terrible warnings; he had paid no at
tentIon TO the advice which had been given him;
his Infolence, on the contrary, had augmented
and become, particularly for the llit feven or
eight months, infupportabIe.
The indignation of the militia was extreme
the unprecedented fcarcity that we fffered by
!caion OF BUsNAH's frndirs all the grain of the
kingd0m to the enemies of government the re-
vols OF the province of CenRant;ne, aud that a.
bove all the mof ferrous of lMaJcgra, originating
from his exattions on the Beys, could not fai! of
encrealng 1t. The 29th of Taft month, at o.
CLOCK IN the morning, he was ihot near the
Dey,s houie, with piitol, which a Turk, nam
I'd YAHIA, fired al him, faying, d" beaitbf 10 f6e
goerrnor Of Aig1ers." Some Noubadiies of the
Princes guard, ran, and would have srrrn, d
The alaflir, who preierved 4 firm countenance,
and tax ng in one hand the piRol which remain.
ed charged, and in the other his ystaghau, fad,
baze hiAled tie mjfra6ie Jtezv gvbo has 10 lore
tyT"'hi@ed o'e',yo", yoR are Jtzv5, like bin. if
y2n attempt TO ininre my perJoa." The NOu-
hadlcs retired, and the Turk went peaceaby to
ms lodgings. BUsNAH was carried TO his houfc,
where he died three hours after.
1AEIA Confeffed to his comrades the ACTON
he had committed, and afked them if they were
determined to defend him he faid, that if they
would not, he would 6y to the mountains.
They all fwore to die rather than deliver him
up. DeputatoGs from the other bodies of mi
litla came to him, and made the fame OK Ii. A
great number of inhabitants initiated this exam
pie, and wifheG TO kits the hand Chuien, as they
ldId, by providence, to- deliver their Country
from the montter who had oprrened it. In the
evening the Dey pardoned the aifaiin, by fend-
Ing him his chapIct, according TO cuitom. il
was neceiiary to accompany the body of Bus
Nah with numerous guard. The people were
for burning it, and ftoniGg thofe who carried it.
The 3Oth, very early, the militia iiiied from the
barracks; they maifacrcd all the Jews they
could find in the Rrects; hey then went to the
houfes and flores of Bujqab, which were broke
open and Pillaged. The Mours and barbarcus
populace OF the PiRr;J and Kbnii5, joined with
the militia; they broke open the doors of all the
Jews, and the plumber became general; they
were encouraged by the cries Of Joy OF the VIC
men in the ftreets and on the terraces. After
lone hours of this deadful havock, the Dey,
Whole guard had remained iinmoveable in tie
P"dCt' oHpatChed lone members OF the Divan
to the barracks, who were ordered to fay to the
militia, thai the Prince loved the Jews as li.tle
a. they, and that if they dcired it he would onlv
inffer to remain in AIgier5 thoie who prof,Gtd
the mechanical arts, the number of which was
fixed Ivy the convention aucjtntly made bv B,y.
66rG7d with the Hebrew nation
Thi. Rep of the Dey bad the eFc[a TO cslm
the militia, who retired quietly to their bar.
racks. Echouch's and the Noubadies nopned
the carnage and piIage by degrees, and aSed AZ
police guard the remainder of the dav. Go.
yernment caufed the dead bodies that v,e,e
found III the tteets to hr drawn by naves TO the
place OF Ba6ei Omae, anidh the accIamatiops of
an inmenfe croud. Nothing occurred ON the
III INIT. excepting that the aGsfiin of BU6,abl
prclented hmfef in arms before the pal5ce oil
the Dey, laying he had been informed he ,y,q
to he puoilhed, and was ready 10 fubrit 70 the |
lentence. The Prince FEM him for anCwer. that
his word was facrsd, and that he had nothing ~ |
tear. The Jews carried the dead bodies from !
Their houic, to the buyirg plices efcorted bv
Caiidbadjies. |, Appeared, however, certain |
that there were in the barracks mary conft,ira- !
cleS forming to attack the palace ard maG,cre
The mobiles. The difference Of parties, and of o. !
P'''cns, upon the pcrion who fhould be chof - !
I lint abr III I,a