Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-14

occasioned great rejoicings 10 the Chero-
kee nation. and the lives Of great nuns
Der ofthe defenceIess prisoners had been
sacrificed, in most barbsrods manner, by
their savage conquerors.
The Cherokees took large quantity o.
skins. furs, and other property, from the
Osages, a considerable portion Of which
was burnt, they being unable to bring it
With them. Among the articles brought
in were the hats. clothes, &c. known to
have belonged to one or two white men
who are supposed TO have been muir
dered.
The Cherokees were SO, elated with
these successes, that it was thought ano!h-
ar war party would soon be sent out.
From the Baltimore Federal Kepubh-
car, Of january IA.
TRANSACTIONS.
We have received extensive files OF
German papers from our attentive corr
respondents at Hamburg, Bremen, &c.
which contain great variety Of inter
esting matter, portions OF which We
shall translate and publish IS speedily
as our engagements permit. The Ham
burg Borssn Halle, Of which we have
files to the first December, contains
minute account of the late victory of the
Greek over the Turkish fleets, which
states that only forty vessels OF the lat
ter returned to Zante, and that the rest
were entirely destroyed At one time
of the engagement twenty eight Of tho
Greek vessels sustained the fire of the
entire Turkish fleet. The battle lasted
ten hours The same paper has an OK
tract of letter from Csnstantinople, da-
ted Sept. Ia, which remarks, sWe still
live here in fear and tsrror-the hatch.
| ct which was lifted over us has been re-
moved for moment to fall on our un-
fortunate countrymen. Blood still
flows, and butchery is at its height.
Great numbers of pcaceable and inoffcn-
sivs Greeks from Moldavia and Wal.
lachia are daily brought in. These in
nocent victims are accused of treason,
| and killed; daily do we SEQ these victims
dragged through the town by the execu.
TONER, and their blood flows In our
streets. Thisis the amnesty which "his
highness'' has SO GRACEFULLY granted.
The following is an extract ofa Firn'an
which has just appeared: 81 now sec
musslemen, to whom we are Indebted
for our uneasiness, and for the rebellion
of our peaceable Rajas. II was the
treac herous Russian who excited the
Greeks aud placed arms in their hands;
were it not for his treachery, and dis
stimulation, and his money our Rajas
would still enjoy our sovereign protec-
ton, and would not have been induced
to abandon their duty in SO cu!pabls .
manner. Therefore, Musaelmen, l re-
commend my Rajas to your mercy, in
asmuch as they would not have done
wrong had it not been for treachery and
deceit, Meet them with forbearance
and mercy; treat them not as enemies,
for my vengeance shall light on the gull
ty. As the Russians, this iaJfdel md-
ton, attack us not openly, but injure
and attack us in the dark, as they re-
| quire of us the independence ofthe Ra
jas, which the dignity of our empire for
bids, therefore command you faithful
and intrepid Musslemen, to be on your
guard, both by day and by night, 60 that
our treacherous enemy may not sur
prize us. assert fearlessly that the in
dependence Of the Rajas, and all simil
ar requests are SO inconsistent with the
! Ottoman power, and the dignity of the
sublime Porte, that we shall never con-
sent, if even wa. long and bloody shall
be the consequence
The Hamburg papers contain many
articles, either from, or relative to the
| United States, one of them remarks.
The New York convention is very bu-
sy in the performance of it's duties. A
mong others, it was proposed to allow
the right OF suffrage only to zchites,
which would have excluded all yelloD.
broom, red and black voters, but mo-
ton was made to erase the word aohite,
and was carridd IS to SO, SO that aohits
broom, red, and black, may vote in that
state
BLACK spirits and white,
"Red spirits and grey,
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