Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-07-31

had approached near the h,;s o'. .I
some Bedouus had been wounded bvs. .lisshs,~s
rom .neir guns AND than several Frenchmcn had ca
capped from the mountains, having first uounded n
woman there. These united causen ware r,ohshl,-
THE motives for the massacre Ef.ndi trsnSi
pale on hearing this news, and acompiained "a MI
brnat that the presence of the French Shin hsa a.
tsperated the Arabs, without being OF the riighto,t
assistance to us. On tho following day ~. bnrst
was sent TO Algers by order of the Deys He arrived
mere ontne morning Of the goth, and was instantly
.1sen before the Aga, who repeated the questions
creaay pun to him. "a letter was shown him dated
rom Iouion, which proved that he received Informs
Non P .. All innt was passing onthe day following
va. departure from the mountains, the Arabs
conducted to the river eleven persons inedin two
officers; these were Immediately sent forward 81 AZ
gers. On the goth, at four o'clock 1.-THE morning
the Arabs, with whom and come Of nv ere !, 80
NAMED led US to to the river and placed :. i, The
hands of the Deys officers, one Of whom who mike
French, told US that were very fortundte n E.v
ing escaped the massacre; that 20 heads had been
carried to Algers and that still larger number was
tnlked of-Tbis account wrung us to the heart and
Iversation 4S eS3l ,.a' ~. IN - ITtsiS -
'.We passed the night at Cape Nautilus. ,n,ha
following afternoon at four o'clock, we entered Al
glers, escorted by Turkish soldiers and followedbv
the populace. We were taken in front of ihs Tlev;
palace where the sad spectacle of our misfortunes
struck our sight in all its horrible truth-tl,e heads
OF our comrades were exposed there 10 the ewes Of
furious mob Several of u.s. unable to bear this sad
exhibitions, tainted away. AT the expiration of ten
minutes we were taken to prison. where we found a
bout twelve of our men, who, with the seventyfour
whom ! accompanied, are all that remain Of this
dreadful shipwreck, az ii.7.s So
.".rhe English and ssrdiniin Consus had demand
ed an audience of the Dey to obtain permission for
the officers to reside with them but we beaped them
not to persist IN 1t, determination being IL abd.
with our men aud share their bad fortune The Sor
dnian Consul has taken upon himself to advance tba
FUNDS necessary for the support of the crews the ex
pendturc for which has been regulated by us with the
greatest possible order and economy The Dew him
seif on the day Of arrival sent the objects which
| our hrst necessities required. fs3 eif
| M: ID Assigny concludes his dispatch by RECON-
mendmg for promotion several persons who, had die
'lngushed themselves by their good conduct, and bv
mentioning particularly the devotion of the Maltese
who had so sgnally contributed to their preservation
ne then adds he following postscript:-
| i had Just finished my report when was inform
ed that two OF our men had succeeded in escaping
the fury OF the Arabs; in the first moment of excite
ment, one of them seizing prong struck il into tho
neck OF the Arab, who came to assassinate him
The other seized a Ratchet with which he defended
himself long time, until finding the number of his
assailants increase, he fled, after woundinp several
They wandered for several days, in the mountains
living upon roots and then gave themselves up to the
Dey's officers, by whom they were sent to Algers.s
think that the decoration of the s.I,epion of Hon
nour would not be MISPLACED over the bea of ,b.s
brave fellows who, in addition TO the sufe rings which
they experienced, had, by their former services and
good conduct deserved the praise of their Command
Since translatng the above, we have been favored
with the following communication from an authentic
source: ar -f'-s' y 81 t1..iF lafr -NS'Ns
Extract of a letter which has been received NJ
Toulon from the French squadron off Aloers.
ut is with grief that have to inform YOU thu, in
consequence of gale from tho north ans, tb
pigs Shene, captain Bruat, and Adventure, Captain
Assigny, were driven on shore in the niobt Eorn
the 18th to the 18th inst Cape Rneut about ten
leagues to the eastward of Agers where hev ,vero
appointed to cruze am entirely ignorant of the
details which attended the melancholy even, ~
the return of fine weather these two yessels No.
missing. frigate went to examine their cfniz
ing ground and they were seen on the coast Tha
neaouins were engaged IN breaking up their hus.
which were nearly out of the water from whcI, cir'
cnmstance 1t is concluded that the crews were nor
Owned. But what may have been the fate Of our
unfortunate comrades? f-l-ta lalfF'a - - oi
| "An English corvette probablv tho d ,,,a,.l
anchored in the bay, has also been ,Irven on
VIII send you hereafter further details, if can oh.
tain them" '.ta- sr goo 8-I7-" = N'i'o
DESTRUCTION OF MAcHINERY.-The roll for tho
amount recovered from the county of Lancaster for
damages sustained by various cturers and ,b
ers, IN consequence of the riots of the bandloor,
weaVers during the spring of last year. has Ist bsan
issued. IL amounts to the sum of Clio, 1872 SIS cd.
TVS MAJEsTY AMP THE DUKE OF Sussex Sieve
raj communications have passed between his Mnies-
~ and the Duke OF Sussex, and although no acf,al
RECOMMENDATION has taken place, there is no doubt Tint
on such manifestation of concession by the DIXIE
OF sussex as might be fairly expected by our oraoioa
Sovereign in his afflicted state this desirsba s5
would be accomplished. Short however of an act,,al
meeting the Royal brothers are reconciled for some
OF the communications Of his Majesty to the Duke nf
Intelligence. 1900 = - = 9'y'e7
The LATE SIN z. PEEL The late barone,,s win
was not proved till Tuesday last " zen tho nersorsI
y was sworn 10 exceed 900 oo0L the largest sum ia
SAID that any will has ever before been proved under
The landed estates are also considerable The viii
nentlons sums amounting to about 81 O0Oi (besides
al e OF 9OoOt. year 20 the present baronetA
which Sir Robert had, ut various tines advanced or
settled on bis children, and bequeaths them near
OOo,ooOf more, making the provision for his five
tors $4,000 each By codicl the fortunes If the
younger sons are increased to 1856 0Ook each. and
the residue, perhaps of half nllion to be divided
INTO ninths, tour shares TO the present barsnet and
one to each Of his FIVE brothers, 2
LoNDoN, June IA supplement to the Allre.
meme Zeitnng Of the 5th inst. contains the fol.
lowing extracts, which viii be found interesting a.
the present moment What truth there ia I'm thni