Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-08-31

afterwards,
cadas feet was shattered and dispersed by furious
castcrly gale; and in October, l541 the powerful Ar
mada of Charles the Fifth. commanded by Doria
himself sacrificed Is ships of war, 40 transports
and 5000 men, to the rage Of the clements. On the
last occasion, the Agerines attributed their deliver.
ance to the etbcacous applications of the holy Sidi
Utica, and after his death, the marabuts persuaded
the poPuace that a similar storm might be produ-
ced on emergency, by merely striking the sea with
one of his sacred bones; it unlikely but that they
will resort to the experiment in their present diem
ma.
The climate is temperate, and toloruLly equal
Easter!r winds ore the most preva during the
summer mon .hs but those from Vest to North bring
the finest weather. The South winds are oppressive
and the oasterly ones loaded with vapour; the land
Ones from May till Octope: generally set off in the
evening, aud continue until lato n I've Inornins and
the harder it blows the oinr from aSv particular
quarter, the frcshcr will be the land breeze All he
winds arc violent at the equinoxes but the most o.,
sructIVc storms have happened few DAYS before
or after tho time called by them Af Aasoin, which
10 from the 25Lh of Feb to the Sd of March. and
the sapient Moors dislike going to sea for fortnrht
before this period commences lest they should en-
counter prctornatural brass galley, which dclrhfs
in running vessels down!
The position Of the several defences tooe,her
with their relative bearing and distunco from each
other, will be best under God By reference to tho
accompanying sketch. And although srunnino rea
dcrs profess to dislike tho formal severity of positive
terms, there ore also those who look TO utility.
shall, therefore, venture 10 saw that the lshhouse
stands in $50 48 10" of ~. Latitudc ind g. Or IOn
Of Longitude II. from Greenwich Such gesgraphi-
cal Sargon may be trite and intrusive when merely
hshed from shallow gnZetteers or usty aliases; but
be who has, at some hazard, and with very cxpen-
sye instruments, personally determined the fact nnv
surely be permitted to submit II
whatsoever knows Algiers cannot be Ignorant of
IL, said that experienced seaman, Sir w. Mo,son:
and tue observation is Just, that it is almost SUI
perluous to mention its formidable profusion of bn
tories. IL may, however, bs shortly stated that a,
my lost visit TO this 'cursc Of the Mediterranean in
september, 1898, the castles, walls and batterics
were mounted with 637 heavy pieces Of ordnance
exclusive Of the distant works and the Kellahat
or Emperor'sFort This important post is a sonare
castle OF 60 guns and stout keep, which nds
INC town; 1t derives Es European appolation from
oc'ng tho spot OH which Charles Y. uniurled the
cameron tho Cross Tho mole is on entire foriif.
caton' b'isicd with 2i5 heavy guns and Ia brass
InoTtars; nor are thcro any inunmate ernbrazures
iBdccd, slHcc the castigaun it received from Lord
L&iuoutb 1t las acquired such increase of strength
as To dciT The attacks Of assaants and il mora
over, eitcciuaIly ilanked by other works But tho
lahd Ooioncos arc go comparatively mean, and the
general situation 60 bad, that look upon the ''ncst
OF tbieVeS as being incapable of sustaining a rcpu-
af siege IN iae there is moro than one height from
whence u may be pounded to dust while tic terra
ced dwellings,, rising in regular progression above
each other seem to invite 6omberdment Yet has
N' cen o. piracy and slavery maintained Itself for