Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-25

sas al Ws sd All Pacha is with this feet,
hsOe iml" NOT return To the ports OF Egypt
lnd ~ w." end of the war. Smyrna has 6een
lal 'n' months in situation very dithcuit
pf sh me: after some days of calm, the
10 oe'S .s broken out with new violence;
Storm ALTERED ourselves, we had dared
We H G,lge hope, when unforeseen events
10 inI1 nnened to Overtnrow the Pubhc
ba'e nIIfj and Danish all confidence
iIauq me beginning OF our calamities we
~" suffered nothing in comparison TO
h1's has pas, Tor the last few days The
Saa' . na Of November 90 and 2lst, have
.i'ss,s,,nassed those of June 10th. Tins
Or M murderers, tired OF alta cklng al
une he same victims, have tried TO turn
vN. rage upon the Europeans, bat rem
p's , ii respect. and still more sentiment
p eeTi.asrcaused by the ships OF war. has re-
l';..d them, and the ever unfortunate
S' have suffered almost alone, as IS
Vl'Jl mon these horrible occasions.
u'I roon the evening of the 18th, Sclavo-
IAN Austrian subject, was assassl mated
1 "%e middle oil the quarter OF the Franks
u !, miserable Turk, who did not even
W the precaution to hide himself, SO
90 he fell that his crime would remain
'Daonished. The Austrian consul de-
a~aroded satisfaction; il was refused him,
.odsr various pretences. In the course OF
.so week several Franks were insulteG and
S,s,teped, which spread so much alarm
.mong theEuropean population that every
""s took arms for his defence, and the con-
,nIs could not oppose this precautionary
.a.snre which wa. made lawful by eX-
,-,ordipary circumstances. The 18th
n,.sed tranquility. A vague apprehension
seemed TO announce an approaching CHS
). me ships OF war were on their guard;
Gr Europeans kept upon the defensive;
and the Turks, furious at finding that be
or, beng able TO sacrifice their victims,
,sey would be disputed with them by Cou-
rare or despair, plotted IN their quarters
me- destruction OF the Franks and Tue rum
oflbe city. Meanwhile, quarrel which
look place between some European sailors
and Turkish guard, decided the dread
h bulchery OF the next day.
Upon he quay OF the city where the
Fish market is situated, some drunken
Turks attacked some Europeans OF the
bssr Class-the latter defended them
xlyes-the Turks 6ied, the Europeans
lid the same. An Italian was killed, aud
sTeiaI wounded, and among the Turks, a
black man was killed or mortally woun-
ded. The guard FASTENED TO the spot but
was itself repulsed. This furious troop
carried the news to the MusSelmen who
we're already enraged at the report that
the Franks carried concealed arms. he
authorities could scarcely prevent an al
lack in tue night, but al day break ban1s
Of murderers overspread the quartet OF the
Franks aud carried there the greatest ter
nor. Forty Greeks who were IN the pri-
son of tue city under different pretedCes,
were given up and murdered. Murders
we're more numerous. because this was
festival day among the Greeks. These
unfortunate people went ID security 10
their churches ignorant generally OF what
was passing; very few regslned their
bones. But this attack, directed al hrst
against the Franks soon changed It's OBJECT.
There was but One or two massacrss IN
these detached quarters, they were con-
siantly respected though they had aban-
dONed their houses aud intInued TO pass
as usual in the public slrests. Their tlrm
tOuOlenanCe and the certainty OF finding
hem on the defensive imposed on the a.
aSsins. fhe boats OF the men OF war APP
Peared on the quay, we'll armed, and all
these measures produced so powerful an
eject upon the base assasslns that they
ed not nun der even Greek in the quar-
eTs OF the Franks. They venle1 their
nse uoon he unfortunate inhabitants OF
TIE interior. and upon the gardeners =
ABOUT ten O'Clock In the morning, the
ftcha fearing for himself the conseq en-
tes Of such contest, despatched note
BY one of MS officers To Tie Consus, with
rOaclllstOry proposals --He accepted the
'NSTer made him proposing that no Turks
@Ou'd De permitted 10 enter the quarter
altbe Franks, &c. A conha grafton was
SpPrehended but ii Gid not take place
would take too much tine 10 relate the
NIFOrs OF these two days. Whole genera
uOnS nave been eXterIninated at the same
moment We have seen father, mother,
sOl child, borne in the same cotln We
Id'e seen tbe aSsassins OF the husband, OIL
Er to the wife, for small compensation,
uS horrible assistance TO protect the fune-
~ oil hIs victim Affairs without beConi-
SSE settled, take less frighttul iurn; we
s q Tor some days of quiet. TIE house
VI ne French Consul has been threatened
ITO nocturnal attack, but this coura~
gus magistrate has been able by ms
T %0ness 10 defeat the plots, which were
"a Sa' being executed. We are assured
val more than three hundred persons
s;s persisted in tue course OF this at,
ae situation of the Europeans, and the
possibility of access to the stone-h0uses
u'C0 Contain their merchandise, renders
Sy attempt upon them vain. When
NJ. attempt shall be made; the loss can