Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-02

SAVOY. From thence he was, The next Gay TAX
en- of by French rover, who trea'rd MN We
nv kindly. and with whom he therefore maze
The tour of the whole Mediterranean, both on
The Mahometar, and the Christian coast. Al
length, after a desperate battle, having taken
very rich Venetian ship, the generous french-
man set him ashore with his share oil the pr'zr;
amounting to Eve hundred sequins in specie,
and hox Of rich commodities, worth near as
much moro. And now out of curiosity ranging
all the regions aud municipalities OF llaiy, ne at
last went TO Vienna, and entered him,eh
gentleman volunteer, in count Meidfitch ie-
gimenl against The Turks.
He had rot been long in Che CHRISTIAN
army, before he was distinguished Tor ma"
of grea; personal bravery; and In the sieses OF
OlumDaeh anc Alba RECALLS, he was the author
of some stratagems, which Showed happy
talent for war, and did signal service % the
Christian cause. He was lhereupon immediate
" advanced to the command Of troop oil horse;
and was, soon after, made sergean'-maIor OF
the regiment, post at that time next TO inc
Iieu,enant-colonei. But count Meldritch,
Transyvanian nobleman by birth, afterwards
passed with his regiment, out OF The Imperial
service into that Of bis natural prince, oig's-
mohd Bathori, Duke of Iransylvanla. Ana
here, endeavoring TO recover some patrimohla'
lordships, then in The possession oil tie iutk,
he laid siege 20 s'rnng town, chiefly inhapi'ea
by renegsdo.s and banditi. Whilst 'heir
works were advancing slowly, and with grea'
difficulty, Turkish officer issued out oil The
town, aud challenged any Christian. oil me a'g-
My OF captain, to single combat. many
we're eager of The honor of humbling this
| naughty Mussulman; but il was at last dt cIdrd,
| 4 A
the ramparts of The town being filled with TAR
danes and men in arms, and the Christian ar.
my drawn up in baualia, the combatants entered
the field, well mounted and ricbly armed, 10 the
sound of hautbo,s and trumpe,s; where, at the
first encounter, Smith bore the Turk TO the
ground, and went off iIiumphanlly win MS
head. But the in6del garrison being enraged
ut this, he aferward engaged two other ofhcers,
land being great master Of his arms, ana the
mana ement of his horse, he Carried OIL ihelr
heads in the same manner After which, beng
| attended with guard OF six thousand men,
with the three Turkish ho ses led before him,
and before each Turks mead upon spear, ne
was conducted 20 the generals pavilion; VINO
received him with open arms. and presented
him with fine horse, richly caparlsoned,
and with cimear and belt, worth three hum
dred ducats Soon AFTER, The duke himself,
coming TO view MS army, gave him MS picture
SET in gold-setiled three hundred ducals upon
him, a yearly pension, and issued his iet'ers
patent Of noblesse, giving him three urks
heads, in shield, for his arms-which coat he
ever afterwards bore-and it was admitted and
recorded in the Herald's Office il England. by
Sir William Srgar, Garter, principal king al
aaa fSHn as II ai da4 bs Il Il Ron
ton, in The year 1902, was left upon the field,
among the dreadful carnage Of Christians, as
dead. But the pillagers, percevng life in
him, and judging by the richness of his habit
and armour that his ransom might be consider
able, took great pains to- recover him. After
that, he was publicly sold, among the other
prisoners; and was bought by bashaw, who
sent him TO Coas,antinope, as present 10 his
mistress, CharaIza Tragabigzanda, beautiful
young lariarian lady. Smith was then twenty
three years of age, in the blonm Of life &, as it
seems. oi very handsome person. For this
! young lady was so moved with composition or
| rather love, idr him, that She treated him with
the utmost tenderness and regard; and to pre-
vent his being i'll used Or sold, by her mo, her,
| she sent him into Tartarv, 10 her brother, who
was l imor, bashaw of Nabrits, on the Palus
Mep'is. Here she intended he should stay
to learn the language, together wit, the man
make her mistress of herself But the Bashaw
susperting something of The matter from the
atiectionate expressions with which she recon.
mtnded and pressed his good usage, only treat
ed Smith with the greater cruelty aud inhuma-
nifty. Smiths high spirit, raised also by con-
seriousness OF TragabgZaDda's passion, could
but Ill brook This rash treatment. Al last
being one day threshing alone, at a grange
above league from the house,,he Timor came
and took occasion SO 10 kick, spurn, and revile
him, that forgetting all reason, Smith beat out
his brains with his threshing bar. Then re-
Hrcuns upon his desperate state, lie hid the
body under the straw, filled his knapsack with
corn, put on the Timor's clothes, and mount.
ing his horse Aed into the deserts Of Circassia.
Alter two or three days fearful wandering, he
happened, providentiaIly, on the Castragan or
great road that leads into Muscovy. Follow
ing This for sixteen days, with infinite dread and
fatigue, he at last arrived at a Muscovite gar
rison, on the frontiers Here he was kindly
entertained and presented, as also al all ,he