Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1824-03-02
THE TURKS.

j he OnhS.
A gentleman has lent US ohe nam.
Der Of an old work. called the Month
~ Mercury, published in London,
1857, which gives an account oil the
events Of tho period; and frsm
which we extract . curious state.
ment regarding the Turks. At the
present time, We think it nsay be in
terosting.
A look into history will remind
our readers, that, after the battle Of
Belgrade, which was fought, we be-
lieve, in 1899, Musthapha II. sue
ceeded Achmed IL. to the Ottoman
throne, aud gained some signal VIC
tories for the Turks, against the
Emperor Leopold and his confede-
rates, at Lippa. Titul, and other pla-
ces, west Of the Danube. Then FOL.
lowed the treaty of Ryswick, in 1897,
which was hardly concluded, when
news came OF a battle between the
Christians and Turks at Zente, ga
small village ON tho western bank Of
the Teisse, in the kingdom OF Hun
gary" In which the Turks were to-
tally defeated.
The famous Prince Eagene COM
manded the lmperialists, and Mus
tapha himself acted as General, as
well as Sultan, on the occasion.-
Fifteen thousand Turks were killed
in fair fight eight thousand were
drowned in attempting to escape a.
cross the Teisse ; stores Of all sorts :
artillery, baggage, powder, shot, aud
all their munitions Of war, were left
behind. "The seal of the Ottoman
empire was taken;" the Grand Vizier,
the Aga of Janissaries, and goodly
number Of Pashas, with followers in
proportion, were foand dead on the
field. History says nothing Of pri-
soners. Conn. Mirror.
ADVICE FROM TURKEY & GERMANY.
The a9th of the last Month, N. S.
the new Aga of the Janizaries made
his Public Entry into Adrianople;
but he had not above Ten or Twelve
Captains of the Janizaries to attend
him, all the rest who were at the
Battle of Zenta being killed. or since
dead of their Wounds. The next
day the Grand Signior arrived at
the same City with his new prime
yisir; but he rode directly to his
Seraglio without entering into the
City, not desiring they should make
him any public Reception, or that
tho Suitaness his mother should meet
him, as she intended, two Miles out
of the City. The i'll Success of the
last Champagne has cast deep Con-
stsrnation into all the Provinces of
his Empire which have heard the ill
Tydings. insomuch, that in some
Places the People began to murmur
against the Grand Signior and his
Government. For Which Reason the
Sultan has caused General Fast
and Public Prayers to be said thro'-
out all his,dominions .atamods de Tur-
aveske, which are to be accompanied
with Professions to Mecca, in hopes
to Appeass the Anger Of Heaven
To which purpose he has set forth
the following Ordinance, wherein are
many things to be observed relating
to Mahomstan Bigotry.
The Grand 'SigniOr of the Turks
acknowledging that the hand at God
lies heavy upon his Dominions and
his Subjects, for that they have 50
often fought and been vanquished as
we'll by Sea as by Land by their g.
nemies the Christians, who have al
90 in little Time regained from 'em
a large Extent of their Country, at
tributes these frequent MisfortuRes
to the too great Confidence be has
had in his siren eth, and his Alliances
against the Emperor Of the Chris.
tians. For wh.ch Reason he Or.
dams and Commands, by these Pre-
sents, for the a1oning the Wrath Of
God, and his great Prophet .uaho-
mst, That every Friday of the New
Moon, as also upon the 5th, 9Th, and
9TH Of the Menth, that all Persons
fast all the Day without eating or
drinking, till tho Stars appear in the
sky. That the Multi and his Cler.
sy, upon those days, bn cloathed
with Sackcloth, girt with Cords,
with long Boards; and that they SO