Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-04-03

+, ing, but we are glad TO perceive that the
relation in question ends. with an ex-
pre ssion of ,lsub' IS to the accuracy OF
| the horrible ci cumslances sta'eh IL Is
| the detail of more aut ages at<sig'e.s,
| contained in let er from Genoa, OF the
| 5th of January, purporting to be related
by the VIC. >cousul IRON the Sandman
court to alg'ers, who had II d IRON TIVE
scene of horror. 1t is sia''d that ire
vic. chn,u of Sarilin a at A gle lad a.
rived at Gpnea who relates The ioii'wlns
Iac,s: A Sa d nisn brig had been cap
| tgred and carried in'o A!giers, under tue
Or -tence that her papers were not icsu-
| lar. The vice nsul prote ted ssaIns
the p,,~, aud pro- eeded to the palace
f he de,, with his colleagues, tue "ther
con.urs Tie ,ley received hem sword
in !, MI sur ounded b. his guard. The
English consul presented himself at the
ssme time. to comptain of acts OF Wo-
leace which bad been cummitted upon
his son and his two nieces They mad
been slapped in the street.-The Young
man had been thrown int, 4 dungeon,
and the two ladies lad been cm'ysye" t.
the seraslio ii the dey, where Tu k!sh
dresses had been given 10 them TIE
de,, il fury, orle ell hIs captain ct The
guards to bring in The young EDgI shmar,
whose head was cut oti in the presence ol
his father. The bleeding head was ex
posed At the gate of the palace, and the
English consul Withdrew trembling The
Sandman vice consul received no o,hsr
answer to his representation than an or
I der Immediately to quit Algier,, and
they took from him his daughter by
| force
We have some difficulty in giving Gre
dit tn this horrible statement, as he let
ter gays, in concIu.ion, this article has
prbsbly been cnpied from an I'alian
journal. It's content, being happily IN
authenticated, we shall say nothing Of
the duty they would rbyiou.I, in pose
uron England If they should bf found 10
be true. We shall merely say, that il it
shall he deemed necessary to send ano.
ther expedition against AIeiers, wr hone
and trust it will be better managed in its
result than the last.
Ppbruary7
The details of the horrible az ocitips
stated IN The French papers, on the au-
tn ritv nf letters from Genoa, we are
glad TO lid are mt rfrmed bv the ac-
cou ts in the Du'ch anI Tlmbu,ph MATS,
which have subsequently, been received.
The Hambu' Oh mail however, repeats
part of the dreadful intelligence. Ac.
cnrding t. the reformation thus derived.
the murder ri the British vice consul.
son was nor perpotra'ed. bat tn eatened.
The Former acc 1unt, from Agiers al.
lie eel the 'orclble consignment of the
British vice consul's daughter. ~ the ha-
rem OF the rcigri,g lrspo', d he mur-
der IT his son before his eyes by he same
barharOu~ a thority. and in the presence
OF The assembled miris'ers Of the Eu-
ropean powers The Hamburger raners
mention only the niece of the Sandman
consul as being so insur'ed. Thus, how.
ever. from various sou lcs Of Intelligence,
we learn that great outragc has been
committed: hut as truths Of painful
nature are seldom leSspned in the rapefi-
ton. we may conclude that the lattar &C
count is The onlv one Nhrch should be
fully credited. Of the in.uHiciercv Of
treaties with such chiefs as those of
Moorish AT ica, 10 restrain their people
from the barbari'ies which have become
habitnal with them this affa" is another
proof When will the Earring AMI jcal.
aus ambition IF the Europpon pow ers al.
low them tn take the only sroper mnde
Of establishing a civilized power on the
coasts Of Moorish African 1t is stated
in these pspers on the authority IF let
te'S from Constanfinople, that the deys
OF Tunis and AlgierS have concluded a
treaty of peace under the guarantee OF
the grand seignior, and at the same time,
in conjunction with the dev of Tripoli,
have entered into an offensive and defen.
sive alliance with he emperor of Moroc-
CO. II this intelligence be true, il will,
in some degree, account tor the arrogance
OF the present dey of algiers. The king
Of Sardinia is stated to have issued or:
ders. in consequence of the above out
rage, TO III out squadron for the pur.
pose Of demanding satisfaction.
The congress Of sovereisns. It is now
said, is to be held at AK la ChnpelIe
By the articles from Sweden, we find
that prince Oscar, the son OF Be, nadotte,
is authorised to exercise the powers Of
sovereignty in Sweden wherever the
king ard his father shall be both III, or
both absent. The anticipation of such
events, not mentioned as likely ct !. e.
sent, was probably meant only to call out
an indirect confirmation and acknow-