Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-28

MAJESTY Iiau yVuf dheS
better patriots than you, Sweden would
now have been under foreign yoke. l
would put this question: to you--haye you
!! mind to remain as you are-iree anu III
] dependent Swcdcs
/ am a true Swede in my heart. was
summoned to this country by the unitea
j voice Of the nation and Of the king.
,, came with confidence to protect and deicha
! you; but if any one dare to resist the ek-
ecution of orders, the guilty shall be struck
by the arm of the law. as promptly as II NE
were struck by fire from Heaven. l VIII
for a moment put myselfin your situation.
You still cherish remembrance. though
| a melancholy one, OF the venerable Landt-
warn, who beheld the death of one OF his
sons he, indeed, might have been e2cus-
| ed for giving reluctantly his consent to
abandon another to the same fate. fon
have 20 such excuse--and repeat what
/ have already said, il the interest OF the
state required your sons to march, which
|, is not likely TO be the case Immediately,
am ready to march at their head. and they
shall be treated with parental tenderness.
Danish then your groundless apprehen-
sions, and always bear in mind that the
most elfectual mode OF preserving the IN
dependence Of your country. IS to be pre-
pared to repel foreign aggression.
| have bcheid with satisfaction the con
triton YOU have manifested in your coun
tenances, which experience has taught me
to dccypher your consciences. perceive
accuse you, and l am satisfied that your
minis are not corrupted. You have been
under mOmentary deiusion, and suffer-
ed yourselves to be the victims OF miscon-
ception and misrepresentation.
| will beseech the king to extend his
elemency to you, and to bury what has
just happened, in oblivion. in considera-
ton of your prompt submission but adj
monish you TO prove By your subsequent
demeanor, that you we're worthy OF such
signal mark OF the royal bounty.
do not desire even to know the names
Of those who took part in the late distur-
Dances, but shall always hold in CRATE
full remembrance such OF the Inhabitants
Of Wer,noden as have proved themselves
to be good Swedes and happily their
number greatly exceeds those of all oppo
site description.
To convince you OF my wish to draw
veil over recent occurrences, / propose
ere long to pay you visit. accompanied
only by my son no guard shall attend
me, being confident that my best security
is i'll your affections.
FALMOUTH. June %.
Arrived tie Duke Of Montrose Packet,
from New-York and Halifax, % days
from the latter place.
vienna, June 9.
In the late massacre Of the Beys at Ch-
70 the number killed is 25. The whole
family Of Elf Boy, IS exterminated. Scha-
hen Bey was killed among the first. The
tooty made by the troops is incalcuiable.
CoNsTANTIsoPLE, April 26.
The Porte has hitherto published no.
thing respecting the catastrophe by which
the Pacha Of Egypt externinated, by
single blow, all the Mamelukes; all that
We know upon this Gomez through private
letters. according TO which the facha was
forced TO adopt this terrible measure in
consequence Ct the mutinies of the Ma
nclukes. The carnage lasted six hours.
Those who escaped the first massacre were
sought after with great care, drawn from
their hiding places, dragged into the
streets and massacred: their wives and
children were sold as slayes.-The num-
her of Mameiukes who persisted in this
bloody execution exceeded 1900. This
formidable militia reigned long time in
Egypt. where it formed an aristocratic
government.
After the conquest Of Egypt by se'im
I. they ceased to reign. but not to trouble
the tranquility Of it. The Beys who we're
drawn from the;a body. have frequently
reduced the Pacha. who is the governor
sent by the Porte. to be but the instiri-
mept of their will, or the passive witness