Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-06-25

ket aud his body, and vino az length rn1soro.d ri.
life for $500 The parties are wen Known ana
can DC Identified Mt Mancinella, and the ,na eis-
,saes AZ tnat place are aware Of ID, but advised
OolPhy to be OF as soon as possible.
Since the receipt of the FOREGOING m. ..h,,r.,
Kingston Packet, Fortune, with sh. sloops Ten
Sisters, ana Pioughboy, under her convoy have ar
rived here from Cuba. Capt. Fortune states. that
on wednesday week, he fell in with his Maesty's
senooners Union and Lion. Lieut. Henderson, the
commander of the Union, informed him that n,o,t
'nhuman aud cold-blooded murder had been perpe.
trated ON board the soop Endeavor from this port.
Ihe Endeovor sailed from hence some time sine, In
p sh for turtle among the Keys, and was fallen in
w;th by felucca rugged vessel, who sent their boat
on board.
Happeared that dog on board the Endeayo
attempted to bite the first of the pirates who came
Gu deck, aud that the fellow imne killed the
dos. James Whitaker, the Captain of the Endea-
VOC demonstrated against him for having killed the
dog. Ehe other said, will serve you the same and
INSTANTLY stabbed him three times in tho brea, ST. and
threw him overheard. Whitaker beginning TO
swim, lie lcyellcd his muskct ana shot him i'm III.
shoulder; finding that he still continued to swim,
he got M the boat aud pulled after him. hauled his
head OH the gunnel of the boat and cut his throat
when he immediately SUNK He then returned on
ooaru the Endeayor, and with the other pirates,
killed all the crew except David Smith, who iumT-
ell overheard and succeeded in gcttn. on shore.
lie persons who have been killed, are James
Whitaker, Daniel Gillett, Samuel iIurloca, and a
Curacao negro, named Joln the former were three
persons of color, lives of this place. all modem
sive and lustriouS men, James Whitaker in par
t'cular. lie was married man, and has left his
wife and four children, fear, without means of
support. The statement of Mr.. Dolphy, together
with the affidavit of Capt. Fortune, will be for
warded to the Admiral by the earliest opportunity
P1RATICAL VESSELS DESTROYED.
KiNGsToN, JAM.) MAY 3l.-By the .Iussar
frisate, Capt Harris (Which arrived on F.ilay ev-
enins, we learn, that the ship, accompanied with
the small division, that has been for some time past
stationed of the Isle of Pines, has succeeded in to-
tally destroying we'll organized aud efficient pi-
ratical establishment in the rivers of that Island
The following vessels have been burnt:
P:pe's felucca, naw vessel, which had only
sailed on cr.ze, armed with pounicr, 6
ditto. and ditto.
the Carmen schooner
a clinker-huilt schooner
A felucca rugged boat, with FOUNDER
A thirty-six foot row-boat-and
Three large pratical canoes.
II can he easily suggested the rapnc and dc..i-
ment which this pratical hotilla would have direct
ed against the trade of this Island, not for
the interchangeable eXertions of Capt. Harris and o.
Their officers and men composing III, detachment
sent against this horde of sanguimary frecbooters
The success that has attended the upcratous dds
to the already wcll-earned merit of the officer who
commanded the party. We understand that the
party employed on shore suffered con lcraby from
fatigue AMI privations in securing Island dcsti-
tute of shade and water, and exposed, by day and
night, TO sun and rain; but nothing could daunt
their search-the Consequence the destruction
of the piratical fota, seven of their men killed.
and five taken prisoners who are OIL board the
Hussar.
The remainder of the fcluccas crew are sccrctcd
in hiding places the lsland but it scarcely nos
siblc they c,u!d effect their escape the means Of re-
treat ben, cut of ,ad parties in every iirecti-
on, under the command of Capt Graham, of the l.
carus, i'll hot and urgent pursuit.
From late London Paper
The following letter is from intelligent Enc
lish gentleman at Missolonghi, and is dated Feb.
IL: "The Captains being the most powerful and
influential men in Greece, the following account of
one of them, named Stonari, may be interesting to
you. This Chief lives at villagh called Kutchi-
no. near the river Aspropotna, in Thrace. nor
ton of his property is in this place, and the remain
der in the mountains He possesses about 129 VIII
lagos, in each of which about 20 families. The
people of the mountains are chiefly occupied with
their herds. S;onari has seven eight thousand
head of cattle, and his family altogether own about
Ave hundred thousand. They consist in horses OK
en-, cows, sheep, and goats, but chief1yof the two
latter. The focks remain seven months in tine
mountains, and the remainder of the year in the
men, who are bound to give him yearly for each
sheep two pounds of butter two pounds of cheese
two pounds Of wool, and one plastic. Each family
has from so to $50 head of cattle, and they gene
rally clear small tract Of ground, and cultivate il
for pasture The plains tolerab,y well cutiya-
ted; they do belong to Sionar, but are held by
the cultivators; they pay third of the to the
Turks; one third to the Greek Capitan Stonari;
and one third for the support Of his soldiers.
s. The peasantry live i'll. They have 80 fast
days in the year, and every Thursday and Friday
also fast days. On other days they eat cheese.
butter, and bread, and or Sundays and festivals
meat. The women are treated like slaves and per-
form all the hard labour. The Captains a nd Pri-
pay little more respect their wives than TO
the vassals. When stranger appears, the women
kiss his hand and bring him water, but do not APP
pear at the table with their lords.
"The junior Captains under Stonari receive each
the contributions of three four families and COM
mand certain number of men.
The regular soldiers under Stonari arc 400,
aud he could muster 5000 from his peasantry
They paid only during three months of the year
the first class receive 90, the second fifteen, and the
third 10 piastcrs per month. They receive ratons
from the inhabitants, and live well, eating meat
and bread twice a-dlay. These soldiers fnh their
own arms and clothing, subject To no military
discipline punishment, and can quit their Chief
when they please. They complete scourgc
to the villagers, who compelled by force to sup
ply them with food and quarters.
"There is Il primate in each village they are
under the Captains, who are the Princes of the
country.
I" As To Priests, there are generally two or three
in each village. They receive from 100 to 600
piastres yearly from the inhabitants. The people
very religious. aud fear their pastors. There
several monasterics in sstlisrict, but no