Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-03

Que evening, Wills; we !@y ut Nalseilles,
there was boat with sax or eight gent,enianiy
looking men in it, pulling round this ship view.
irg her, when our band struck mp The Mar
settles liNmm. NOa viii recolivct, uIat, ia the
time Oi tie French Revolution, this vas al enc
time, the national tpne. They used 10 sing il
throughout the ranks, in action, and charge
with IL il inspired them in the same manner
as the baspip.s do the Scotch f;i-hianders-
The leader aad principal part OF oar band arc
French; amt, i believe, struck ap This time
Intentionally, as il IS treason to play il Gader
The existing goveinnn ent. The tune no
sooner struck up. thau the people in the boat
pulled oil their hats, danced, beat time, clap
il gave them new life. the principal part pf
thcm could well Iecoi,ect the TIME when this
tune was first brought in fashion; perhaps
some of them had rushed on to victory with 1t
IN their mouths what idsas il must lave
brought into their minds! Once il was consid-
cred as the mark OF a true hearted Fronc;sinan,
10 sing or play il. now that OF a traitor to his
hiuy-Thcse triilins incidents tend to show
the disposition OF the people.
We anchored in the Bay of i.cshorn, OF Il e
Sist-ihe Island If Corsica. which we passed
orour way here, famous FOR the birth place of
Paoii ga Eonararte, ism sight n ON this place.
as Is the Island ctEiba. The European powers
must have bad "a poor opinion Of BUnap"r;e'S
popularity with The French, hen they eAiied
Ian to this island; the British act on the
surer side. Most Of tic French confident
~ believe, that Bonapartc will again visit
France
There is Npspol;an f,igate aud s.oop of
war here. fhe former has Neapol.tdn irin-
cess On board, who came here to see AZ Austii-
an Princess, oG Il, point of going 20 the Bra
us, TO MARY Portuguese Prince there
There wasa iunisian siaop OF war here when
we arrived, bar il scarcely deserves the name.
We were only quarantinrd Two days. This is
walled town, AID las a canal CT tcl running
round Il. The SUBURBS is nearly a. large as the
town. The eny thing worth seeing In the
place, IS a monument erected 10 the memory of
4 som OF one OF thV Graad Duke OF Tuscany
marble i.gu,r larger than life. armed capaIie,
or base about six feet high is intended 10 re-
present the young Duke. TO each corner of
the base, is copper Turk, chained in sitting
posture, one OF which l. represented with his
back broke. The trad ton respecting il is,
that the tour TURKS, a man and his three sons
were pirates who infested This sea. The Young
Duke went out in galley in pursuit of them
lie old man was SO strong, that he pulled d.
ga'nsl his three sons; his oar broke, and he fell
back and broke his back, by account of which
the DUKE captured them. When he returned
to this place, ne was so eiated with success
that lac landed without waiting for pratque,
and was executed for breaking the quarantine
regulations The English grave ward contains
some very handsome monuments.
Pisa, place nearly as large as Leghorn, IL
situated on the banks ofthe river ArnO, nearly
two miles from this place. There is leaning
tower there, about 400 feet high. 1t isuOt known
whether il was built so Intentionally, OF wheth-
er the foundation sunk more on one side than
the other. There is also q church, which con-
taps number of flags, taken from the Barbary
powers, at different Times.
number Of Our officers have been to Flo
renee, but the time allowed them not suiii-
Gent 10 see the place thoroughly.
The alabaster work il elegant here, and very
cheap they have a very handsome bust OF
Gen. Washington, and another OF DIR. Franklin,
for sale here
There are more ships here belonging 10 the
Greeks, Turks, &c. than III all The other ports
we have been into put together.
OUrship has been crowded with visitors ever
since we have been here. The Governor OF
this place visited us iacog. and We did not dis.
cover him till he was about leaving the ship.-
lie had been treated very politely, aud shown
through the ship, a all other visitors are.
Several OF oHr men deserted here, aud the
governor gave MS the police TO assist Ia finding
the men. The inhabitants appeared To be in
great dread or the police, and opened their
doors Immediately for us, and SHOW ed MS thro'
every part of their houses.
The commodore has left us to visit Florence
and Rome, and WIFI join us at Civita VecchIa
TO which place we will sail in day or two I'M
DER commodore shaw al our sguadroniS now
here, as is CleoPatras Barge.
trnoM TIE SALEM REGISTER OF SEPTEMBER 23.l
CLEDP NTRA'S BARGE
ELtT"ct o. lftfcr from a gentleman on board
ISiT ~ -
You have undoubtedly heard of our move
mentS in The Mediterranean indeed vou must
aave heard of us from every place al which we
have touched-tor the Cieopatra's Barge is
more celebrated abroad than at home Even
me hOorS OF idng'er visited us, though they
abhor the Christians. At Gibraltar The En-.
giishinen were astoniShed. In Malaga, Car
thagena and this place, the Spaniards have
been thunder-struck. For these four DAVIS
past, the whole of this great city has heen in
an nptoar. They begin TO crowd on board at
day hsht, aud continue to press upon us till
night. This morning the Mole was so crowd
ed with people waiting TO come on board, that
we have been Obliged TO get under weigh, and
stand out of the Mole yet boats, with men wo-
men and children. are rowing after us. Thus
~ has been in every piac we have visited. Ia
Port Mahon. we were visited by all the Off
GERS Of our squadron.
Yesterday we were amused with one Of
tile professions of the Church-it was a
splendid show. The whole was preceded
By eight giants, four men and four women,
gorgeouSiy dressed Then followed music,
frisrs, priests, people, with lighted wax torch
es; children dressed in muslin aud gold, hav-
i9g wings OH their shoulders, aud Strewng
flowers in the way. I hen the mystery OF the
real presence. carried on the shoulders of
prIaSis and others, burning incense before it,
This retiiue was two hoars in passing, and the
iDaumPrabie flags, standards and gilt devices,
were almost indeSCriba bIe."
The CieOpatia's Barge arrived at LeghoriI
July lj.J
SPANISH AMERICA.