Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-07-23

other reasons, the Glowing Ell is TN.
doubted, tina; the public mini is not per-
iected That the sentiment OF indepen-
dence is not as much generalized as vas
to have been expected that enemies to H.
berty exist among US; and that each OF
these classes form so many dangers which
the nation must subdue in order to pursue
the majestic march, which it has common
ced. And am under any necessity of
stopping, to prove the truth OF these as
sertions Are you ignorant that parties
exist upon the system OF g0verrment to be
adopted that decided parties exist, to con
tinue forever the old dominion that there
exist disconnected parties; and that men
there are, who not having gained any
thing through the late change, because
they merited nothing. pant for revolu'
ton, without any other motive than the
prospect ofvarying their fortune! Have
we not already seen an explosion, having
in view to cause US to retrogade TO the e.
pooh, forever accused, Of slavery and
baseness And if this be true, is j: not e.
qually so, that the government stands IN
need Of an armed force, in order to reduce
to obedience, the spurious son OF the coun-
try, the uugrateful. stranger, the seditious,-
and the genius of mischief?'
Capt. Bodily, to whom We are indebt-
ed Tor the Vera Cruz papers. states that
duty of per cent. was exacted on the IN
voice at the Castle St. Juan d,UIloa for
passing into port-He also states that the
>c m ar
The expectation of specie was strictly pro-
hibited by an order from Mexico, and eve
ry one searched on leaving the shore,
Ertract ofa letter dated Marsellles, Way
nth, to q house IN London.
"We have accounts from Sclo up to the
18th of April. The city was entirely de-.
stroyed, all the houses were opened and
ransacked of their furniture, &c. and alter
being thus plundered, were SET tire to
which continued until the 18th, date OF the
last advices. Up to the lth the hostages
in the Castle were still alive, but nothing
further had been heard OF them since. on
the l4ih, great numbers OF the Turks DIS
persed themselves over the face OF the
country, plundering and burning all the
country houses they net witn-they then
advanced to The villages of Calchios, Thi
miana, assilionica, which were all burn
ed and destroyed. All the churches both
in the city and in the country were broken
open, robbed, and many of them burned.
They even vented their rage on the Cath"
Ollie Church OF St. Nicholas. in the city.
and on two others in Frangovuni in the
country, and which were used in the same
way as those of the Greek communion.
You may judge if they have laid violent
and sacrilegious hands on the Catholic
Churches, what they must have done to
those belonging to the Greeks w bat a.
picture for humanity! The streets filled
with heaps of men, women, and children,
cruelty butchered by the Turks. The
large place before the fortress, and the for,
tress itself. filed with women and children
OF the most respectable families, expose
TO the brutal conduct and savage terOcl'y
OF the AsiatiCs. Nor is it The sword or!hre
alone that the poor Greeks have 10 suffer
from, they are also threatened with an I'M
mediate famine. The French Consul has
provisions only for 5 days. for he has gil
ven shelter in his palace, a very large
dto Ou hb'"'/ W so'o
souls, among whom are sac Greeks, and
the rest Lalins. Among them is Mr. -,
with bis tamily-he was taken there by
Turk, to whom be gave handsome sum,
but who afterwards repenting of bis hu
mainly in having placed them in safety,
went with some other Turks to demand
them back from the Consul, who, howey-
er. peremtorily refused, ard forthwith re-
queaed the Pscha TO give him guard,
which was granted, and FIVE Turks were
placed there as protection. The Consul
bought VI IS sister, found after great
deal of difficulty, in the possession OF a !
Turk, for $50 pia.tres. The wife OF poor
Mr.. -, and his two lovely boys, were
bought by an Ale erine, and taken to Alex
andria. Should any vessel arrive here
from Smyrna, we shall have fuller &C
counts and particulars respecting this i'll
faled island, as the clerk OF Mr.. - who
is FreDchman. went to Scio for the pur-
pose of assisting and redeeming the fami
lies of his employers. He has taken with
him large sum of money, and eight cwt.
of biscuit.
"You can form but poor idea of the
state of my feelings whilst reading the
heart-rending recital of those caIamitcus
events. God only knows what will be-
come OF our unfortunate families"