Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-06-17

= extensive pfephTHlioas mhhihs ny ''"'s
I her contemplated stack o" Ag'en' s"''''
q .eem 10 leave 40 doubt Of her success over he'
= barbarian enemy. Besiirs large aud ehsc
, tive naval armament, sue will employ nn
. ,n.rou. aud well appointed army 10 prosecute
! III. ASSAULT on the land side. where the deifn-
. ,.s al Alsists are sand q he comparatively IN
. considerable A Isie English paper contains
+ \ letter from person abO has 'ised long
. lime At Algicfs which gives the following &C
. count of its ensrons, means Of defence, anu
resources
Alg,ers Is hui ike an amphiihrsire, bat
! forms a triangle one Of the points - washed oY
J the sra tue other rlsing up towards tho i"eu
+ forms ano Their point at The extremity OF v hieh
, Is the new palace ol the Dey, called the 1hso''
/ The town - commanded by tort called feT'
Emperor, which sweeps the pam OF Babazon,
the town, aud the Casba. The star TORI, sun
. marked on the SEVERAL maps, eIsts no longer.
From tie garden OF the Dutch Consul aud me
country that surrounds the residence oil tue
Swedish Consul the eye oserlooks / oH bun
petaT and eau even reach INTO The inleIio'
court. THIS fact Is important, aud Is mrhtioned
In show how easily this iort, on winch dfpen h'
the Tate of Algiers. may be reduced. though
the dr(ences oil Algiers on the sea sde' arc
truly formidable, II Is not capable oil sustaining
i. sicpe from the land side Tor TIN ~ days. II has
"a
are broken at snort distances by houses, whose
walls spring from The bitches, aud give an APP
peafanca OF foriGcalion, but, III fact, are Of M
/ streopih The bitches are always DRY, and
i there are no means Of filing them nor, On hc'
count OF the Iapid descent, would wafer lodge
! IN them. The town has three gates on The land
side the Babaonet IN the West the new gate
on The Vest, and BabaEon on the East. us
only supply OF wateris from an opfh a4ueduct'
on level with the ground, ani II comes from
abont half league from Aislers' Nothing
/ eau 10 more easy than Ia cut TINS OIL ana 10
/ fnrcc the place 10 surrender Tor want of water.
/ The garrison consists OF 4,o0O Turks, ana -,oop
more are distributed IL the various surrounding
posfs The Qualifications are mounted with
| 5000 pieces Of cannon, OF different calibTe,
| awards tho sea, aud from 100 TO 100 on
the land SIDE.
The writer admits. however, that the great
difficulty eich the French will experience,
will be in eleciing landing. They VIII be
opposc I'd by host of Arabs, VINO will dispute
the ground with them but these Arabs (he re-
marks nre totally nndncipllned, and badly
armed,.mnny OF them suil using ma oh lock
guns They will come down VITA provisions
for a few days only, aud hunger will spon drive
them back 10 their mountains, II they are not
previously put To fight The French maps call
that the invading army viii be dsembarked,
Ioureua Chlca. lbls point known IN that
country by the name Sedl ferench, is about
four lragues from Algiefs. on the Nesl but
whether the landing be effected on the N,st or
on The East, great abundance OF water will
be every where found. Inc climate, also. is
declared 10 be healthy.
In connection with this subject it may
not 10 ~ interesting 10 snbjoln the annexed
notice Of the several attacks which have been
made upon Alglers wuhn the last three cen.
turtles which we find in the Albany Advert.
ser.
The celebrated effort of Charles the Fifth
was complete faiiare. In l5ll he appeared
lrelo,e Alriers with large force of men and
ships, and LAID siege 10 the town b. land and
water violent icmpest and earthquake
threw his forces into disorder and to,nlly de-
srroyed 80 ships and ID gaies with their crews.
The rain aud hail made it impossible To carry
on any operations iIotn tho land sde, aud the
Emperor rtturned TO his own domlnons with
prcat loss We have before us very curious
pamphlet published in II, called a amen-
tnbe aud plteous ,reaiise' of tho " high enter
ptlse and yalenun'ness OF The Emperor, aud
/ also of the mysernhc chuanoess OF wind aud
welhet - hdbie ~ m0ue tatn story heat 10
bruHIle the same -
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cerded against lhc advice olthe Pope OF Rome.
aud Andrew D0lia aud that II wus only by
the greai exertons OF the latter that the rem.
nant of his army was relmbatked. The Cause
/ of this WI was the nneeaslng deprecatoHs Of
! The Az riues IN the Mediterranean sea and upon
the COASTS Of spain. History informs as thai
watch towers were erected on the shores, and
guards placed IN them solely 10 give the inhab-
i'anIs nmel, signals OF the apptoach of these
mnrandrrs. Ihe miSiot,aaes OF Charles only
! increased their audacIiv.
| In thp reign OF LOUIS The llth, the Barbary
pirates received a well merlted chaslsemeut.
/ Da Qnesne, famous for his tn Ties wi.h De Ruy-
ter hombsrded ADgiers III the year 1851. On
this occasion bomb vessels were used Tor the
first time and i've OF them played upon the
town with the greatest eject The Medncf-
rancan was cleared OF pirates, aud the Chrls,
Gans held ia captivity by the states OF Alg,ers
Vanis and / : po ~ere liberated aud stored 10
! their friends aud country.
\ similar effort was made by the Spaniards
under Count q Reilly in Ell, which wns un
successful. aud Injurious 10 the reputation OF
the Spanish commander.
In 1888 Don Barceo with another Spanish
fleet bomharded tina town Tor four DAYS, but
he was forced 10 retire without making much
impression
In 1872 the De, Of Algirrs commenced his
oulrages against the United States, as IS belie-
we'd upon the expectation mat we should be
unable to resent them, and on the representa-,
ton OF certain Jew merchants, OF the mepkress
with which inroads upon our commerce would
be permitted.
From this time 10 1915 the conduct Of the
Dey WAS decidedly hostile. The American
Consul had been robbed, and an American
vessel had been captured. In March, war was
declared by our government and a squadro II
under the command OF Com cambridge con.
sisting of three frigates, a sloop, a brig aud
three schuoners sailed to chastise the Dey.
, On its wav Tie squadron captured two
! of his vessels IN the fa,iest manner, ship
10 ship, aud on the 2Sth of June appear
ed oil The port Ia Two DAYS airerward, a
treaty wns signed, VIII ich exempted us from
the farther payment of tribute and the lights
and honor oil the Unlted States were establish