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

centuries, defiance of all the poten,ntos of Cbr
tendom; and till 1916. successfully resisted its inya
GERS ~ Ia, indeed, an historical phenomenon TINT
band OF lgnorant and lawiess Turks who can scnrco
~ Eeep the natives, where they have ntruded in sinh
Jecton, should huve compelled the most mighty States
ehd the Proudest soyeregns to pay them tributes and
thnt neither peace nor war have ever been made on
them by European powers to any advantage nro,o,-
sources. WV IL
The town is surrounded by lowered walls upwards
OF ~ ieet IN height, and 10 IL feet in thickness;
they are built Of brick, on a substructure of stone
Without faussoraye or outworks and around them is
a dry, shallow ditch with dwarf wall on the conn
terscarP rho y. w. part terminates in kasibba.
or cltado an octangniar edce the most elevated
spot within the walls and separated from tho bouses
by deep moat. The streets arc wretcheJlv mar
row; indeed, with the exception of that leading
from the Bao-Azoona to the Bah Abowetta they are
mere lanes The houses square, Wi h galleries
supported on columns enclosing court yard in the
cc,.trc, whence light and ar are derived for there
are no windows oytwards. Thc roofs are all fla,
with angles coi,in1tcd by ornamental chmneys; and
hlgIers Is singular and eranG. Thcro uTo slx gates
but no public squares Of any extent. Tho chief
building consists Of mosques. barnos kasern {bar-
faeks aud the Deys palace, tho latter being in the
centre OF the city, with tolcrabc 'front.' of two well
constructed arcadcs Of marble pillars BIZ. tho audi;
ence hall and courts are exceedingly plain Thoyo
arc several fountains for the uso Of tho people, conf
ousiy supplied from two aqueducts for which tbcv
are oOhBcd 10 HoasSsa, one OF the Moors expelled
from Spain: these might easily DO DESTROYED BY a
poeieger, but as every house Is provided wi h a reser
Vor' IN winch ralD-watcr 10 preserved, IL would not
occasion much distress. The city was formerly cal
ea siusgunna by the Woors from one of their onrly
princes, but afterwards named, says Leo. Gcze;r,
because II eth near the isles of Minorca Maorcn
ana WA" This explanation, however is rather.in
INC spirit OF the sintude between Maccdon and MOI
noutn' 'or there cannot be question that s present
hraolc name was derived from the rocky set before
the town; and the appoatcn of M Je=eira, Ell n=-j
or nigiers the warRc," has obtained from the time
OF Iioyradln BarbaTossa. The Spaniards of that
uay differed widely III military cnorgy from those Of
the present, and with consummate bravery had con-
sIrnctcd tort on the iset which with garrison of
2Oo mon tormentod and intmlJated AlGiors for
period OF bitcen yeors IL fell, however 20 the for.
tunes OF HeyradiD, after an inccasant cannonade of
fortnight, and the heroic governor wns carried dos
Pcrately wounded. into the town where no was short
~ afterwards basnadoed TO death 70 prevon; tho
luure occupation OF such spot by an enemy nnd
10 form haven for his gallies, were not he objects
OF the conqueror. Three years Of severe and .or
roWfui iabour. wrung from Christian captivcs cna
oied nm to connect tho Sit al Koist, or ht-houso
rocB and tho Rab al Bdkkn or mole head, with the
town, by pier Of extraordinary thickness and mas
sive construction; and THE by lnclosing an erca or
aooiit ten acres forms tho small and insecure port
whence the shores Of Europe have been so long in
suited The lighthouse IN separated from tho mole
~ narIow et:h, o7cT which Is wooden bridge