The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-14
(Continued.)


August18.--Was not permitted to bury our
dead. Our squadron stood to sea. AT even
ing the Bashaw went to his country seat,
and the Bey came in to keep the throne t'.l
his fathers return. They never both leave
the castle at once. When the Bashaw leaves
1t, the gates are shut till his return, Tor rear
of incursions upon the throne. In the e
yening, the moon shining very bright, the
prince or Bey ordered out the band OF music
which was very ordinary, and made Chris
tian Turks, Arabs, and Guinea Negroes,
dance before him, according to the mode OF
their respective countries, at which he SEEM
ed highly diverted.
August 19.--Between and 10 o'clock in
the evening, Mr.. Church. a respectable
English gentleman, was shot through the
head in the street, OH his return from visit
ing his neighbours.
August 24.--In the morning, between .
o'clock and daylight, two of our small YES
sells hove about thirty shells, as was suppos-
ed, for the round fort, but they all fell short
of the mark. Such attempts served rather
to encourage than to intimidatc the Irlpo-
litans; and the Bashaw was i'll high spirits
on the occasion.
August 26.-At about a o'clock, L. NJ.
the fellow who murdered Mr.. Church, was
executed near the spot where the CRIME was
committed. 1t had heretofore been custom
in this country, when person had commit
ted murder, to hv to the tomb Of Ndrd-
6e7pt (or priest) where they were protect
ed from jnstce, and a fee to llarabc7't
would procure them absolution. lhis tello"
fed to place ofthi kind Immediately after
killing Mr.. Church. The English consul
Mr.. Langford, on being informed OF the mur-
der, addressed the Bashaw, and demanded
Justice The B lshaw then found out by boy
who accompanied the murderer when he
committed the crime, the particulars OF the
affair: and immediately sent file OF men
and ordered them to prevent any person car
rying food or drink to the murderer.-Ihey
watched them until night, when the Bashaw
sent his bhrdbezrt, who coaXed him away,
brought him to the castle, and confined him
in irons. The next day the Rashaw called
his Divan, when it was decided, that the
prisoner was guilty of 2ilful murder. and
ought to suffer death. 1t appeared by the
evidence and confession of the prisoner, that
Mr. Church had lent a sum of money to a
Spanish carpenter i'll this place: that Mr..
Church had pressed him for payment; and
that the carpenters wife hired the Turk to
kill Mr.. Church for forty dollars. The vii
lian took his watch from his pockets after he
had shot him. The boy who accompanied
him, and carried lantern, was bastipadoed
with 500 blows. The carpenters wife was
ordered to leave Trpoli.
August 27-Our squdron stood towards
the harbour.
August 29.-tAbout o'clock in the morn
ing, was awoke by heavy and inccssant
fire of cannon, and the whistlng and rat
L 4, ~ In
found that our gun-boats were close in, and
were firing upon the town and batteries.
Every gun in Tripoli that could be brought
to bear, was returning the ere. The Tri-
politan gun-boats were close under the cas-
lie for protection. The firing continued
until sunrise, when one of the largest gun
boats ventured out, with an intention of
boarding the nearest American boat AS
soon as She got withil- pistol shot, the Amer
leans discharged their piece, loaded with
crane, ard killed f,nr and wounded two OF
the enemy.-They then put about aRd re-
treated. 1t the same time, commodore
prebe bore down and gave the batteries
at the westward of the town two broldsiGes
The sonatlron then stood out aud anchored
off h,rbnur. The damage done to the
town was considerable. \ large vessel Was
sunk in the harbour and others damaged
Many men were killed and wounded.
August 29.-1hc Bashaw sent me TO ms
palace in the country, to see his eldest son
the Bey, whom bled in the foot. He re-
uucsted me to spend the day and dine with
him. which did.--He endcavourcd to have
the dinner in Christian stilc. IT was set
on a table, and consisted of q large dish o.
boiled rice and stewed fowls, out of which
we bo.h ate, he with wooden spoon, and
with a silver one, without knife or to.i.. The
princes servant stood by him, and pulled
the foul in small pieces, with his fingers, fol
the prince to eat. made use OF my finger
and teeth to get mine in pieces Our dcs
ers was dates and watermellons. Our drnE
was Lagby, (or the juice Of the date tree
which We drank out OF large gold cup. ii'
Showed me the garden and took great pain
TO cr .rtain me.
= August S0.--A truce was held. | toch
ride upon mule, about eight miles g -
westward Of the town, in company WITH NJ
guide IIamet, a Turkish officer, and stye
footmen. | there saw boat, which ha
drifted on shore, with a dead man, and sev
eral muskets and swords in it. he ma
appeared to have been shot through the bc
DIV with cannon ball, which had also pierc
ed the bottom of the boat. The Turks
officer collected ,bout twenty Arabs, VIII
hauled the boat unca the beach, dragged til
dead man out OF It, stripped him entircl
nahcl, and left hiH on the beach. tre
in vain to hire the Agabs to bury the bod!
they said it was contrary ( heir religion