The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-03-25
II in quest OF The guards, but they were

i'asnedi ,te peril of being crushed to death.
iiii III not forget in my prayers the misera-
.reatures around me. While ! was in
W, atttnde. four or five Turks came near
'.'s nd Joined hands TO pray in their ac
~ tanned way, calling ont ALA Ala ~
ling in sight my safety, and fhat of
''l''.,s,,ds of individuals who crowded TO
w. rate 10 escape, made no reflections,
~, III. p9sgan To entreat them in the name
- God TO help me to open the gate, in
rider TO save our lives and those OF so ma
;adi,iluals who were continually per-
j5hing before us. :.
.nJ nrosidng themselves with large stones,
arcording to my Instructions, in liuIe
a. they forced the bars and opened the
10 No sooner had | quilted it, than IA
r,.,np shock of an earthquake crumbled it
- o;eres. and several Jews were killed by
is fall,
E1ey and affecting scene was now ex.
Ted. A great concourse of people
i,.hed out. and with one accord fell on
,b.;r knees. TO render thanks 10 the Al
,oighty for their preservation; hut, when
The first transports of JOY were over, the
tboncht of having left buried, or in danger
If hemr buried, in the city, their friends
snd relations, made them pour such pier
eng lamentations, that the most hard hear
ted person would have been penetrated
witt grief Lcrept, as well as could, a.
bout twenty yards, to place where | saw
a group of people, who had saved them
srIre5 from the suburbs, where no gates
nre,snted their issuing ont Of the town;
there fell, half dead with cold, and with
tine pain from my sores.
Two or three of those people who re-
ooqnzcd me in that miserable condition,
immediately gave me 4 cloak, and brought
me little water.-When | recovered a
lille nay senses, began to feel new suf-
ferinss, of a nature too poignant to be dts
cribed.
The thoughts of what might have befaI-
len my brother and ms family, who were
at Antioch, and the cruel fate ofmy friends
in the city, besides the melancholy objects
around me-peopIe wounded. others la
mentiog the death of their relations, others
having before them their dying children,
tJken from under the ruins, pIeyed 50
strongly ON my mind, that not the pen of
the ablest writer can give AN adequate idea
Of my feelings. I.spent the whole night in
prayer and anxiety.
Early the next morning, was conveyed
Nv some charitable people, on an ass, 10
the nearest garden, 10 profit by the shade
of the trees | did not remain long before
Mr.. Derche, the French dragoman, joined
me, and gave me the agreeable news that
all the European Christians, excepting a
little boy, had been saved; bat many, like
myself, were greatly bruised.
OF the European Jews, the Austrian
Consul Mr.. Esdra de Plcciateo, and Il few
Others, we're crushed to death and many
thousands of native christians, Jews and
Turks, persisted with them. have now
the satisfaction to know that my brother
and family had escaped from similar dan
ger at Antioch which place had likewise
been destroyed, as well as Latakla, Gisscr
Shogre, Idlib, Iendun, Kills, Scanderoon,
aud all the rest of the towns and villages
In the Pachalick Of AIeppo.
or the interior, as yet We have had no
news.-All those who had made their es
cape out Of the city are cncamped III the
gardens. remained four days without
beng able to move, from my bruises and
sores, having only sheet to screen me
from the scorching rays of the sun. am
now, thank God, much better, and begin
u walk little, but with great pam.
When Joined the rest of the Europeans
IN the garden of lbrahim Aga, was most
kindly received by the French Consul, Hr. |
Leseps, who afforded me every possible
assistance.
cannot too greatly admire the conduct
IF thi. ,GfAPtIy lnt1au in tho Il /
aad affecting position he is in. A father
could not show more affection to his chill |
dreu than Mr.. Lrscps manlte-ts te his |
,ountrymen, as well us Ia ali those who |
ere in want Of his advice or assistance.
The next day, my friend, Mr.. Maseyk,
tame To live among US; in the bosom Of
whose family begin again To ENJOY life,
although deprived of all lis comforts.
Ny heart blccds for the poor Europeans,
Who, without the least prospect OF iaVlng,
tr a time a roof 10 preserve the T. from
tie searching rays of the sun, must soon,
fam the heavy rains of the autumn and
winter, be deprived Of every resource; for
The few effects they have becnabIc to save,
masl be sold for their sastcnancc.
-"evs""-
WASHINGTON, hdTch IL At''aa9 at
4 } o'clock, in the 66lh year ol his age, de-
parted this life the Hon. DROe hiiOLST
LIVINGSTON, one OF the Associate Jus
tees the Supreme Court Of The United
States. This distinguished citizen has long
occupied conspicuous place IN the public
eye, aud his talents and worth are too
Nell known to require an obituary notice
IN the beach Of the state OF New York,
md since, on that Of the Supreme Court OF
lie United States, the public have long ac-
AnowIedged in him the learned aud inde-
PENDENT Judge, the flushed gentleman, aud
tuly benevolent man.
Il lc sn,n t;1.r, u h. mil Y and