Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-21

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night. They give you all thry have, without
omplimcn,s, bull in tie open frankness oil dis
in,erestedness Some Of ,hem are grea, cut
,hroats, but il you place confidence in them,
they will seldom he treacEel Gus. In short,
they are an honest, good hearted people, c"n>
tented with little fond OF drinking little, but
not to excess. Their children a,e brought up
with li.e clothing and no education, as know
not or single school in any part CT the coun>
try The houses are made of dirt and mud'
wi matched roofs, without any chairs, niue
table and bed; as all except the heads Of iami-
lies sleep on hides on the ground. The eou"-
try is but thinly inhabited, the houses being
frequently ten or twenty miles apart. The lana
is chiefly covered With ca,,le, which Is the
wealth and subsistence oerhe country.
A friend in Mexico has seat US The ioiiowln"
notice OF an eccentric man, who has hsureo !"
the affairs of that country, whom some o. our
readers NAV remember in the United States
and who receaty dicd.-Nof. Int
"rae Padre MlHR is dead. This singular
man YOU may have known liz the United States,
when he arrived with General Nina. Here
he assumed The title Of Bishop CT BALTIMORE.
He had been all his life martyr to liberty; na'
was by no means friend TO the existing !nsi
tutions Of he country. He thought the Con-
s,i.uton of Great Britain ought 10 have been
adopted in Mexico; and, being arery vain man,
was fond Of pomp and show a monarchy
or President for life. a House OF Peers, HER
chy, were obiec,s of his earnest wishes. Sen-
sible Of his approae hing dissolution, he weh'
about inviting al the diSniraies OF STATE, civil,
ecclesiastical, and military, to assist at the ce-
remou, Of his receiving he Holy Sacrament.
and arranged himself the pageant Of his tune
rail- After ne had received the Sacrament, he
pr onounced long political haIrAngue, The Oh
iect of which was 10 dscredlt republican anc
federal institutions. Although he always pro-
fessed great personal rcsprcl Tor oar MINIS
ie~, he, for some time previous TO his death,
used TO assemble the People in The por,icue,,
and declare that his existence in tie country
was extremely preiudcal, as thew never could
expec, to enjoy the only f.rm OF government
calculated 10 ensure them permanent tranQuiI~
lty, so long as he RENAME, in Mexico. lhtre
were many strange anamoic, in the character
of this man He vas sent TO SPAN by the In
QUESTION, for preaching aga nst The mIracu-
lous image of our Lady of Guadaioupr, aud
v he was devoted 10 thr abuses of he Romlsh
Church. lie was the most violent .oppnsrr Of
the usurpation and tyranny Of ltui blae; and
vet he would have deprived the People Of all
mower. ! am sorry ] have rot Tine 10 give
you a more particular description # tins most
singular eng, who, in the midst oil his ecccn>
tricities had very many noble and excellent
qualities"
Extracts froa Gbraitar papers, ,eeeesa at Her- YORK;
The BRUSH Admired published the following
general order, after the Baule uf Na'arino.
GENERAL ORDER,
| ASIA, Gath Oct. 1897, in the Port Of Nararin.
| : Before the United SquaGrons remove from
| the Theatre on which they !ave gained so com
pleta-a Victory, the Vice Ad1niral, Commands
| in Chief is DESTROYS Of making known TO the
whole Of the Officers, Scamen, and Marines,
| employed in them, the high sense which he has
| of their gallant and steady conduct on The 2olh
| inst He is persuaded tnat there sno ms, ance
of the Fleet of any one country showing more
complete union Of spirit and Of &C ton, than was
exhibited by the Squadrons OF the three Allied
Powers together, IN this bloody and destruc-
tive battle. He attributes 10 the bright exam
nle set bv his gallant Coll, agues, the Rear Adj
mira!s, The able and cordial support which the
Ships Of the several Squadrons gave to each
other during the heat and confusion 81 the bat
tie. Such union Of spirit, and al purpose, such
GOODNESS and bravery under FIRE; and such con-
SeQucnt DTeCl>iOu III tht uSS vi '''N u So''1 III
sured victory over the we'll pared arrange
ments Of greatly superior numbers, and the
whole Turkish and Egyptian fleets have paid
the penalty of,hsir TIRE ache rous breach Of faith
The boosted lbrah'm Pacha promised not to
quit Navarin, or oppose the Allied fleet, aud
baselv broke his word. The Allied Command
ers promised 10 destroy the Turkish and Egyp,
tan Rpets, If single gun was fred al either oil
their Flags; and, win the assistance OF the brave
men whom they have had tho satisfaction oil
commanding, they have performed their pro-
mise to the verv letter. Out OF fleet compos-
ed OF sixty Men Of War, there remains only
ore frisa,e and fifteen smaller vessels in State
ever to be again put to sea. Such victory
cannot be gained without great sacrifice CT
life; and the Commander in Chiefh has to dep!ore
the loss Of many of the best and brarest men
which The feet contained. The consolation is,
that they died in he service OF their Country,
and in the cause Of suffering humanity.
The Commander in Chef returns his most
cordial thanks to his noblcColleagues, the two
| Rear Admirals, for the able manner iii which
they directed the movements Of their Squat