The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1822-11-25


years imprisonment. The Gazette, how
ever, is loud in its praises OF royal Gle,
mency for having pardoned 90 out of
the so condemned, and for having com.
muted this punishment into imprison.
ment and bard labor for so years. A.
mong those condemned to death is gen.
Pope, who il will be recollected. made
his escape alter the oserrnmibE of his
country by the Austrians, and is nov at
Madrid-some say in expectation Of the
command OF body OF constitutional
trooIs-which, however, 10 Improbable
as the constitution does not permit the
grant Of a military command to 70.
refgner. The only two unfortunate men,
against whom sentence of death (for at.
tempting to emancipatc their country =
could be put in execution, were Moreli
and Silvati. Son Wednesday fortnight,
says private letter, sthe.e two we're
4 (according to tho custom used with con-
dsmned persons) put in a cahhella, or
little church, where they passed the
night, surrounded by priests the horrors
Of THE place, and the near approach of
death, made an impression on Silvati,
who listened to the priests, confessed him
sef, and received the sacrament of the
Catholic church.. Morelli, however, re-
NAMED obdurate he expressed his dis.
beAef OF the doctrines of the church and
his contempt of its ministers, and would
not attend to their exhortations. About
seven O'Clock. on Thursday morning,
they were conveyed to the place of exc
cudon, outside of the Porta Capuana, a
few PAGES from the prison, as they were
sentenced to suffer with the ulfinia ieno-
n'nia, like PARTICLES their eyes were
bound, their faces covered with black
Grape wells robe of coarse black stuff
was thrown over their bodies, and their
shocs and stocking were taken off They
wakes firmly to the guillotihe; a priest
with crucifix in his hand; walked by
the side OF each; when they assembled
Inc scaffoid, Si.sati knelt down on the
4 steps, listened To the instructions of his
coniessor, and acknowledged The Justice
of his sentence but Morelli, remained
standing, firmly refusing to listen to the
priest, saying, 'he wants 10 deceive me =
and when the confessor renewed his ex.
hortations, with the words Sod is lust.
Morelli answered 'God has not been lust
to me in this business; have always been
an honest man, and now an to die like
u villain Both tie unfortunate men
met their late very resolutely and calmly.
The body of Morelli was, in consequence
OF his impenitence refused Christian bu-
| rial.
| DREADFUL EARTHQUAKE.
L fI,a
We have received calamitous news OF
an earthquake in Aleppo. A letter from
Consiau,inople, dated Sept. 8, describes
this event in the following manner -
Aleppo, one of the most beautiful cities
| OF the Ottoman empire, has been visited
by an earthquake resembling those which
laid waste Lisbon, and Calabria in the
last century. The first and most severe
shock occurred onthe 18th of August,
about ten in the evening and instantly blu.
ried thousands cf the inhabitants under
the ruins of their elegant mansions of
stone, some OF which deserve the name
ofpaiaces. Several other shocks sue
ceeded ,and even on the 10th shocks were
! still experienced, some of which were
severe. Two-thirds of this populous*
city are in ruins, and along with them an
immense quantity OF valuable goods of all
kinds from Persia have been DESTROYED.
| according to the first accounts ct this
event, which through alarm may have
| been exaggerated, the number of the suf
ferers amounts 10 from % to SO,O0O.-
| Among them is one Of the best men in
city, the imperial consul general, The
chevalier Esdras Won Piecoto. Having
escaped the danger of being buried under
the ruins Of his own house, he fastened
with some Of his family towards the gate
ofthe city but as he was passing khan,
new shock occurred, and wall fell
down, which buried him and those with
him. Iartars who have arrived from
Demascus,reportthat they saw The whole
population OF Aleppo encamped in the
environs. They state that several other
towns in the Pachalat Of Aleppo and Fri
poll, particularly Antioch and Laodicea,
have been destroyed by this earthquake.
1 The captain OF French ship also has
1 reported that two rocks, at the time OF
the earthquake, had risen from the sea
in the neigbborhood Of Cyprus, which is
4 almost under the same latitude asAleppo.
1 AS soon as The Arabs and the Bedouins
Of the Syrian desert obtained information
of the calamity which had befallen Aiep.
pc, they FASTENED in hordes to exercise
their trade Of plumber in that immense
grave. Bebrem Pacha, however, drove
4 them hack and also several Janiaeariee