Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-25

a maoni6ent sight it was assure you. The
French Admiral passing a: the time Fred
whole broadsidc into one, and she Immediately
sunk: the others, believe blew un during the
action. or were sunk Immediately tic Turks
o,er,etl Ere on all sides. We had not time to
fcrl sails, aud crrtainly it is mos, prosielen-
tiaI thing we did not, for allsthe Turks guns
were pointed upwards, expecting us to follow
the sAdmirals motions. The hrst tnei we
found was entirely at our masts AMI rigging
they were very prettily cut up. We turned 10
with hearty good will, Jack llke--lhfec
cheers. 10 use the French Admirafs owh
expression. we proved the Albion to De 'un par
fail diable. There was no stopping them-lhty
KEEP, up a most terrific fire from both sides
We had opposed 10 us originally force OF up
wards Of 300 gUns-one 81, ore %, one AZ,
one 90, one %; the thirl and last We're perfect
iyraking 6res-the one ahead, the other astsrn.
After about half an hours hard fighting, the
| frigate's spring was cut on our larboard quar-
ter, and .hc first lieutenant, your .on-in.law,
aud the rest Of the boarders rushed Oh hs1
deck, and carriedher. We, from on board,
swep, her decks with grape shot ard Canister
THE Turk, huding their vessel gone, set hre
TO her, lump ia,o their boats alongside, and
taking one of ours also, rowrd of. The poor
! fellows, however, did not reach the shore: hey
were all sunk by The fire from our main deck
ers. do not think so escaped; their crew
lswas $50 men. We cut her cable, she dritted
among her own vessels, and blew up about ten
| minutes after was carried below. The "a BE-
| ing the bigger ship thrre was more force di-
recled against her. Any thing soterrlhc as our
Lire was never imagined; it was incessant, and
Iprolong.d until there was not gun bred from
her for more than quarter ct an hour. As
soon as The other 70, c-mcntioned fiigaIe went
adrift two Others opened FIRE on US, and u
very fine 90 g.u brig, tn. finest Of the SORT /
ever saw, warped up cross ourstern wilh The
Intention olraking up. A few wei! directed
| guns were sent between wind AID water, anc
she went down quite suddenly, almost without
an, warning, leaving her masIs above waier.--
A large double banked fiigate lay at The begin-
jnIng Of the ROW on the Asia's broadside, We
directed our treble shottcd fire into her from
one side, and the poor Turk lowered her ports,
and went down in few minutes, hardly firing
| d gun after her first discharge The next day
every thing was wreck and confusion among
| them They were completely ovrrpowered.-
| We sent boat and officer on board he Adml
RAILS ship tothr fore mentioned liner, 20 receive
the swords Of the commanding officers. lhr
description givrnis, that there was not SIM
gle part of her but was literally cut 10 pieces;
her decks, hef beams, her guns brass were all
Fin shivers; here lay a.gun that had burst. there
| s or 7 bad been disnounted; three or more
ports knoe ked into one, and the sid Battered
| in: IN short, the officer Of the boat said never
| were vessels NOR ..comple,ely pidled in the
world. The crews were originally 500 aud $50
men The slaves We took out SAID there were
d, least 500 killed, or died OF their wounds, in
each vessel: the decks were covered with SLAIN.
This accoun, was also corroborated by the Adj
mials sccretarys clerk the 81, who is now
on board, attending on his half brother, who
lost an arm The Turks have no doctors on
board; If any are wounded they die.
The only surviving Officer Of h Genoa, who
was severely wounded IN the battle Of NayarIn,
is Mr.. Herber, 3. Gray, mdshipman, whose
friends reside 10 this ncishbolhood He was
stru,k ia the left leg by piece ofIangrage, but
escaped amputation This young Off er was
in immediate attendance on Captain Bathurst,
and was one Of those who assist d in carrying
that lamented officer below, when mortally
wounded. In The same action, his brother, Mr.
Frederick F. GRAY, Of the Albion, had his arm
nearly severed from his body by shot and II
WAS found ner e,sary to take il off al the socket,
an operationswhicn he bore with the most he
role forltnde.
From the New York Daily Advertiser.
BOLIVAR, with all his greatness, with all
his independence, with all his power, win all
his bravery, (neilher Of which are we disposed
in The slightest degree TO disparage) has en-
cooniered one opuonen. which he dAres no! o.
penly stand against. This IS Public Opinion
Ia it, presence he loses self-contdrnce; lie
feels tina, he is Of secondary importance, tnat
even his great name and his mighty deeds ere
of1rss value than The vii Il in eress OF The NIL
lions Of b"ings who inhabi, the wiae extent oil
his country. That hi objects have been 'ain'-
ed with some ambition there has been too
muc h reason to fear; that his plans have IN
fac, been inconsistent with the principles OF
freedom, and of course with the supreme good
of hi. country we have no doub'; thai hr will
be thwar ed if he proceeds, that he will he
disgraced if he persisis,we have long entertain
ed confident hopes, and recent circumstances
confirm opinions.
PERU, BOLIVIA, sc.
We We been favored by commercial
friend with file Of Lima papers TO the 9th OF
| Nov. l,yr