Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-15

tese territory. Ours is the royal ensign; il
bears the generous eagle OF Savoy, aud we
follow no other.
Gin the fourteenth century, that eagle
was displayed in Lombardy to protect that
country from a horde of Adventures who
were the terror of the north Of Italy. Your
yalor being again appealed to you to reap
pear to give freedom to fraternal nations,
and to revive the glory and the virtues of
Italians.
"Our colors are those of the King, tho
however, it has pleased Providence to put
our courage to the extreme proof Of afflict.
ing us with the double misfortune of the ab-
dca:ion OF king dear 10 his people, and
the absence of his successor, in whom our
hopes were SO confidently placed. but who
is now among our enemies, and obliged to
speak language which we can never recog-
mise as that OF his heart. We will always,
in good or in bad fortune, remember that
our fidelity 10 the Princes Of Savoy ought
to correspond with our attachment to the
institution, from which our families ihave
to expect security and happiness.
youthful soldiers! Seize with joy and
confidence the arms consigned to you by the
country. None OF you will fail to appear
10 the day of honora bic danger. You will
have skliul officers 10 give you instruction
You will see men advanced to military ho.
nors according to their merit, not by favor.
Those officers will set you examples of mi
, litary discipline and 6rmness. You will see
them in the foremost ranks in the day OF bat
tie. That day is near at band. Piedmon.
tese warriors! you rejoice at the thought
You will be acknowledged the true sons OF
the defenders of Cosseria, whose undaunted
courage excited '.theg wonder of Napoleon
Bonoparte, and who would perhaps have
then prevented the conquest Of Italy had
we not had Austrians for Allies. And you,
Genoese! on seeing the name of Genoa in
scribed on the standard of your legion. our
enemies. struck with terror, will exclaim-
Behold the men Of I74e!'
''Givsn at Turin, March l6.
(Signed)
Count SANTORRE Dl SANTA ROSA.
Regent of the Ministry of W ar & Marine"
The following extract of a letter
written on board the Macedonian, and
received this morning, gives the first
direct information of the bloody con-
duct of the Syaniards i'm South America
towards our fellow citizens.
". Y. Ev. Post.
Callao, U. S. frigate Macedonian, !
November II, 1890.
GAS you, no doubt, long before you
receive this, will have heard of the out
rage which has been committed on our
flag here. will briefly state to you
what was an eye witness of, and what
has since transportation the night of
the 9Th inst. at past ~, Lord Coch.
rane sent in fourteen boats to cut out
Spanish frigate Uhe Esmeralda) of IS
guns-she was lying within musket
shot of tine batteries. with s gun boats.
and two briggs of Is guns each, around
her. He succeeded in gaining pos
session Of her in about Is minutes.-
We lay about half cables length a.
stern Of her. As soon as they had cut
her cables and paid her head off shore,
the batteries. castles, hulks, and in
fact every thing that could mount gun
began to play away upon her; upon US,
and even upon the inoffcnsive merchant
men in the harbor. We and all the
American and English merchantmen
Immediately slipped our cables. and as
the wind was very light, it was some
time before we could get out of reach
Of their guns. 1t appeared to me that
they pointed their guns particularly at
us. The shot few about us thicker
than if we had been engaged with a
vess of the same force, within musket
shot. But as is usual with towards,
they were too much confused to take
deliberate aim, otherwise they would
have sunk us in ten minutes. The on
ly injury We received was our cross
jack yard shot away, with little of
the running rigging. Immediately on
slipping the cables we paid the ships
head the contrary way to Esmeralda's
and kept her so until out of gun shot,
at least half a mile apart so il js self