The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-03-07

peace, and waiting his will.
S.-The Lord has this day manifesto
that the attack of my dear, dear wife is tn
plague, and of very dangerous and malio
nant kind. AS think the Infection can hay
only come through me, have little hope q
escaping. 1t is indeed an awfnl moment
the prospect of leaving little family i
such a country at such time.
9.-My wife is still alive, and not appar
emily worse than yesterday.
H-This night has been the most tryin!
of my life. The plague has attacked tw,
more of our household, the scheol-master'
wife, and our maid servant, and how far i
will extend now, no one knows but He VIII,
guides it by his sovereign will.
13.-My dearest wife has reached the
light Of another day, still quietly sinking
without sigh and without groan.
have just heard that the streets 5egil
again to be crowded, shops here and Their,
to he opened, and the gardeners bringing
things from without into the city. To thinl
that SO near the end we should have bee
thus visited, how mysterious
l4.-This day dearest -Mary's ranseme
spirit took its seat among those who ar,
dressed in white. and her body was con
signed to the earth that gave it birth.
l6.-I have heard to-day that the Frencl
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Babylon ha.
been dead long time, and two of his priests
and the remaining two fed. The poo
sehool-master's wife is dying, and our ser
want, trust, recovering. The rest of ou1
household within and without, all, thank G cd
continue in good health.
Mr.. kits, a very intelligent gentleman
who accompanied Mr.. Groves to Bagdad, il
letter dated June "a, gives the following
account Of new calamity, which befel the
city Immediately after the cessation of the
plague and the inundation.
You are probably aware that before the
plague commenced, we were expecting thai
Bagdad would be beseiged by persons sen
by the Sultan to depose the Pasha. All i'm
mediate fear of this ceased when the plague
came, for no one supposed that any woult
he mad enough to come whilst the plague
was here; and had there been any suci
danger, the inundation soon rendered it i'm
practicable.
1t was believed, However, during the
plague and inundation, that the Pasha o
Aleppo only waited the cessation of these
calamities to bring third 1.-THE sword upol
this devoted city. The plague had scarce
ly ceased and the waters subsidized, before
the Pasha of Mosal actually came as The
representative of him of Aleppo, who wa,
stated to be advancing behind, and aftel
much firing and tumult, on the evening O.
June II, the palace of the Pasha was brok
en- into, he was taken prisoner and consign
ed to the custody of Salah Beg, the only
survivor Of the family of the last Pasha, the
rest having been put to death by the pres
ent captive. The next day the people, l. e
the mob who had been active I'M the prece
ding transactions, set about plunderinp
After having been to the house of Mons
Davaust-a Frenchman in the service o.
the Pasha, and whom they would have kill
led if. he had not consented to exchange
the profession of Roman Catholicism, fnl
that of Mahomedism-they came hither
1t pleased the Lord to put into their hearts
greater gentleness than we could have hop
ed. They indeed fired in the first instance
through the door, but after some parley
with Mr.. g., consented that four of thei
number should enter instead of the whole
gang. These, though they knew we had
no means of resistance, behaved with 9
great deal of rude courtesy, and were salts
fed to receive 100 piastres as present, af
ter which they retired, and we have no
since been molested. In the evening O
the same day, the Pasha of Mosal entered
the city and assumed the government as {
representative of the Pasha of Aleppc. He
Immediately caused it to be proclaimed tha
every man should return to his own bust
ness, and that depredations should cease
So peace seemed TO be restored again.
But the very next day the strife was renew
ed. Some were for killing Davoud, the
old Pasha, others for saving him. The last
doubted whether the Pasha of Mosal had
authority for the part he had acted, and ap.
peared to believe that fiIman had really
been sent from Stamboul confirming Da.
YOU'D in the Pashalic, but that the messen-
ger who came with it had been stopped by
him of Mosal. They soon came to blows
The palace was again attacked and set on
fire, the Pasha of Mosal was taken prison.
er by the opposite party, his soldiers were
either killed or driven away, and the cap
tive of the preceding day was again pro.
claimed Pasha, and Selah Beg (whom he
seems to have found means to conciliate,
his deputy, till he RECEIVERS from an indis
position orcasioned by an attack of the
plague. The Pasha of Mosal was put L
death the following night.
After this civil war had ended, the Pa
sha of Aleppo, hearing of the fate of The
Pasha of Mosal, proceeded with his troops
under the orders of the Sultan, to renew
the attack upon the devoted city. His sue
cess is thus announced in an official bulletin
published at Constantinople.
The 18th of Muharem, 1247, 9Th Of July
1871 the Pasha of Aleppo arrived witt
his troops in the neighboring village o
Imam Azem, situated one league from Bag
dad, where he established his head quar-
tiers. He soon surrounded the town witt
his troops, and gave notice to Davoud Pa
sha, by letter, that the only means of safet,
for him was 10 return TO obedience, and t,
await the mercy of the Sovereign; but tina
if he persisted in his rebellion, he 1.-THE Pa
sha Of Aleppo) would enter the town, tax,
it, and the blood Of the inhsbitants woul
necessarily be shed.
Davoud Pasha did not answer this letter
which sufficiently indicated his refusal t.
comply. During sixty days he never ceas
ed firing on the camp of the troops. Th
Pasha of Aleppo waited with much for
bearance, and endeavored TO spare the in
habitants the troubles and disasters of
siege, but in vain. Seeing that Davou
Pasha persisted in his resolution to defen
the town at any price, and that all hope wa
lost of making him submit he ordered tn
assault to be commemorative assemble
the principal officers of the regular and il
regular troops, and ordered them 10 she
as little blood as possible, and to prevent a
pillage. On the 18th of September he a,
tackled the town during the night on a
sides, and the regular troops, having pass