Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-20

should the Emperor Alexander have refused
a mediation which was never offered him, and
could not be offered him !? How should he
have declared that he would settle the business
himself, while, on the contrary, he has caus-
ed his last step to be taken through the metii-
UNI of the allied powers The enemies OF
tranquility IN Europe may ,therefore, renounce
the hope which the article that we have refu-
ted had excited in them. The wretches who
with wicked intentions have put arms into the
hands OF the deluded Greeks, and made them
selves answerable for the blood which has
flowed III the East since March, will havebcen
guilty IN vain of 50 many crimes"
Eriract Of d grioate Letter.
"NAPLEs, Oct. 9.
i" In my last mentioned that the trial of the
murderers of Gampictro was come ON (; il is
aow over. The trial was long, as the best adj
yocates that Naples can boast were employed
to defend the accused. Twenty three were
found guilty, ofwhom four were sentenced to
die, and the restwere conference.-the the SalIeys.
Three of the four were guillotined Yesterday
morning, close by the Porta Capuana the
| fourth was reprieved from death, and sent
with the others To the gal!eys.
1.-The circumstances of the murder, as es-
| tablished by the witnesses on trial, do not
diiler materially from those which have been
generally related and believed The assassins
went to the house ofGiampietro late at night,
and told him that his presence was required
by the Police authorities. Gampietro was
very unwilling to go withtiem and repeatedly
said they should have brought u written order,
for verbal messages were irregular, and of no
| authority. One Of the, laurderers answered,
there was no time to write an order, you are
wanted Instantly. | am an Inspector of Police,
and you need not be afraid TO so with ne.
60 do rot rememhcr YOU, said e'iampie-
tro
"'I have been appointed 10 my situation
since you left the DIRECTION
6 Bat 10 not know any OF you-not one
"' We are all attached 10 the Police, and if
you won't come, we can't stay any longer, we
| must get guard
:. Giampictro sill hesifated, until a gentle
| man who was on visit at his house advised
him to go, saying they appeared 70 be res
pectable tncn, and there was no occasion for
so much timidty.'
persuaded by his f-;end, and urged by his
assassins, Giampictro ut length complied he
went oIt, and in the morning his body was
found on the beach, 50 mangled, that it could
hardly be recognized.
" The man who gave the FIRST stab was or
ginally gold smith, being known TO be a
CarbOnari, he was arrested and thrown in
to prison at the revolution lie was liberated !;
conceiving himsclfto have been wrongad by
Giampetro he marked him out for vengeance,
and boarding up his resentment, patiently
waited for favourable hour ii came, and
Giampietro fell. He was not, however, merely
the victim of private resentment (; there Were.
politicians at that period who imagined that
the assassination of an cX-director of police
was calculated Ia strengthen and ssiain a
scheme of Government from which they hop
ed the regeneration and tue happiness of man-
kind. They called upon the name OF liberty,
and then rushed to- commit a cUwardiy MUIR
der; but the sword has fallen upon them, aud
shall say more 70
IAarE, Sept 3.-We have received thp
following news respecting the operations oil
the Greeks:
Tie Capture Of .8fonembasia, or .Napoi al
! .bdiUciSia.
| The town of Monrn1basa situate at the ex-
tremity of the GHlph Of Argos, was invest
ed by the Greeks, at the beginning of April
and the Turks, taken unawares by the in
surgenis, found themselves biocI:aded with
only the provision which they had laid up foI
! the wants of their families. They despatched
boats 10 Constantinople, Smyrna, and Isle
OF Gambia, to give information To their GOV
crnment and the neighboring Pachas OF tIieil
position, and TO invite them tn assist them in
their unfortunate situation. Almost all ties,
packet boats fell into the hands Of The Ivy
dri0ts, who laid violent hands on their crews
and the months of April, May aud part o
june passed over without their Obtaining q
ny alienation of their distress --aDd thinking
| they might procure support from it, they be
gan 70 drink the oil in the cellars Of the city
The flesh ofhorses, asses, mules 8. rats, bcc;tn
| objects in request. AZ last, some driven b.
famine, resolved to eat human flesh. III
| Turkish commander at length put ali the in
! habitants on rations, in cOmmOn with The gar
risOn, of three o'mcss of bread per day. Th
brsicgcrs, yexed at the pFotrac;ion of tie sieS,
every day brought out their Turkish captive
IN front OF the rampirts and executed seVera
after making them undergo the nost hOrrlhlt
fortunes. This was not the way Of drivin
the besieged to captllaiion. They woul,
have persisted of hunger sooner than snrrcn
der, if the scIf-styled Prince Cantacuzenc ha
not arrived before Moncnbasit.
I BATTLE Or MYCALA.
The battle of MycGu though dehfnc'iYc t
the Turks, has not been SO disastrous as wa
at first reported. 1t would appear that it wa
the Captain Pacha himself who set f5a "a III
Turkish ships the transports were almO:
empty when tie Greeks captured them ui.
a few OF them were Destroyed, aud non
boarded. In consequence OF this event, h0y
ever, the Turks could not attack Samos, at
the Ottoman army was disbanded 90 return
= Asia Minor. 'Tue vessels of the line fur
{ numbcr) escaped AID are now in the Darda
! nelles. AT the sight Of a Russian uniform tn
D Turks took confidence, and consented to
. treaty, by which it was stipulated that me
Z women and children, should be taken to III
), Island Of Chic. On this condition the Turf
II gave up the citadel of Monembnsia, but the
/ were put upon desert isIuid Of Cycladcs b
L the Grecks-M. de BonSor7, the French agei
& at Scala Nuova, in Asia Minor, hearlug