Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1845-08-16
HoRlnLE TRAGEDYtN ALGIERs.

tOhHhII AhSEpA I'm ABGIE1kDs
The last accounts from Algiers bring In.
telligeneo Of ono Of the moat Btfoeious and
diabolical cases Of massacre that ever oceur.
red In the history Of any age or nation. Il 10
Thus recorded In the Rerfprme, Parislas pa.
per t.-"Oa The 18th Of June, the Oxpeditln0
arrived before tho prottp Of tho Dahafa, n
which the ARABIA had taken refuge. Two u
these hillUcks (n1npaetoag) are united by .
sort Of natural wall Of nearly 100 inaireH in
breadth. which cfoasos o. very deep FagiHeI
ThiB wall il called The Cantefa, Il forms
one ofthe largest grottoos Of the Dfbafbs and
since lbe tune Of thn Turks, the Afaiy tribes
havo here found i refuge .againBl tyranny,
The Cantefa on enc eide has two entrances,
placed tho one Shove the ethers On fhe
ether side, there are only very narraw t~saaFea,
Colonel Pelissisr drew I'D HE enlann u
front Of thu laFRo ~opanings "A bot fire WAS
raised frdn the openings, which wbg answer.
oil BY a fsifiladB from tho iroapH tlat waa lsae
effective than It would otherwise have been
from tho darkness .uf the place. During
this time he troops were busy gathering
kbundlss of wood, and heaping up stumble ADD
other rubbish. Colonel Polfssier inlsaded
nothing leas than 10 smoke md hnrn the
| thousands Of Arabs whom he sapposed 10 be
Blocked up in theHe eubterranean s~eayeffia
The business commenced. The eomhnatis
blep we're thrown into the raviue. Ere tq8s
put 10 them, and the FIRE was kept ubtlIf even.
ing, This occurred ~ lho 18th ofJuaes On
Tho morning oltlu lUth, Tho Arabs v~giIlHred
"a come out Of the eavetnE They came II
hear the lilapositioha oF tbe Colnnpl. They
@ero made 10 paes through tic camp, where
| they could zoe the immefse heaps prepared
farthetr destruction, the lighted tofehea, &c
They returned 20 their Gavefas, there 20 per-
iph with their wives, their children, nnt
their property The conditions made II CO.
hienel polissief weto an severe that they conit
not listen to them Then The fire commone
ed. IlataatGd the whole day from two o'elncl
and continued through thH night. Tae al
diefs were kept To this detcatibla work hJ
gangs, and it gaa, assure you, a frightfI
duty for them amidst the haartsrendiHg erinl
and buundR which arose from The interior
For q long time the iite rose in doable col
umn at The Two entrances 10 the cavern, bu
on the 2ett, there only remained a mass 0
half burnt and emouldering charcoal, and al
EHnundafFafn the interior had 6eeased. 1t wal
decided that the cavern should be entered. A
thnnpand persons were accumulated In ihil
horrible dungeon, from which there was u,
isBae. AT The bottom dead bodies were fount
standing, the faces nfthe victims being press
cd against the assures Of the rock III III,
f~fuitless hope of getting O mouthful Of air {
breathe. About seventy persona, who wert
still living, expired ae soon az they weft
brought into open sir. Others died from be
ing crushed bv pieces Of rock, which wert
detached by the heat A great nurnher wefi
found with stabs Of yatagane upon tier bod
les. Some have D great number Of wounds
and II was evident that In the course Of fha
dreadful right, and ii the horrible darkness
d terrible struggle had occurred, Of WhieI
Ihese were the marks. Already nearly Bfi
hundred bodies have been taken out Of tn
cavern, and there are many more yet in il
which we have been unable to reach. Eeh
hundred men, woman aud children have per
ished. The whole Of the Riahs is exlermin
ated."