New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-29

he is the representative Of physical force than Tor
the that according to the doctrines OF isai,
spiritual authority is necessarily an appehuagc "
temporal power. .,
The mountains OF the conntiy form the only de-
fence Of these tribes. and the character OF these
fastncsses conIensates fer the small number OF tlle
defenders During the summer the krouinlrs iahe
refuge in thicky wooded hills, where approach j. IN
the highest degree difficult. During the winter they
rcappear IN the rocky parts Of their TERRITORY icy
pitch their camp on some high cltf near one OF the
mountain streams which few hours OF ram can
transform into torrents impossible TO be crossed, ana
enabling them to defy an invader.
TIE BARBARY PIRATES.
Half century ago the corsairs of the Barhary
States the terror Of every merchant vessel ta
entered The Mediterranean Sea and had to keep near
the African shore. History tells what punishment
the gallant Decatur inflicted on the pirates of
Tnpoli. An English fleet under Lord IN
mouth bombarlcd Algcrs in retaliation for divers
outIaces on vessels sailing under the English dag,
but the system was not thoroughly broken mp I'LL
the French in 1890 seized and kept possession of the
hcadquarters of African piracy the city of Algiers
The sea rovcrs who had been long terror to the
lesser Mediterranean States no longer dared to ply
their trade, aud navigation became safe anu lrce'
I}ut the shpwTcckcd mariner IS SUI exposed !"
dangr at some points of tie iuhospltable shore lhe
Kin pirates in Morocco, and the kroumlrs, sun con
tiruc 10 pundrr any vessel which storms hlTl on
their coasts. Little has lately been heard Ol the hli
pirates they have received severe lessons from the
maritime powers and the vicinity Of Spain keeps
them IN order }ut the kroumirs continue the eNll
practices of their ancestors.
A TALE or INHUMANITY.
Tie Rcrue de Geographic for August, 1879 tells the
fate of French vessel shpwreckcd on their terri
tory. The Caycrgne. vessel belonging to n steam
ship company sailed on January u, 1878, from
the harbor of Ccttc for Bona a storm suddenly
arose the sea ran high and dense fog came on.
The hurricane vas terrible the waves were furious
and the winds blew with extreme violence from the
northeast When the ship had experienced consld-
cradle damage Captain IsnaTd determined TO run
for Tabarca near La Gale, as being the only
safe refuge from the fnry of the tempest. Bat
his ship would not answer the helm, and went ashore
The men landed safely. we were rcciycd,' the cap
tain wrote in his report, "by tho Arabs. who At once
stripped us of our clothes and then proceeded 10
plumber the ship. There waS a large number, ana
all armed 10 the teeth. Before such a force re-
si-tancc was impossible. Completely naked, we di-
rcctcd our steps toward the town. We had scarcely
gone twenty PAGES when we were met by drtach-
mcut Of the Tunisian garrison. who conducted ns 10
the fortress aud showed us every care The dilier-
rnt tribes IN hc vicinity then went systema really
- work at the plumber of the Caycrgne. Each trbe
had a day ASST gncd 10 H. Everything was carried
away even the simplest wooden utensils and moth
ing but the bare hull was left.
This act OF barharity was prrpotrated on French
~iltI- nv a lllN bl NJf fdEfN huia i'Hi Nh'h'
distant from the fortress of the colony of NJ
girrs and the French Government never In
ilictcd any punishment on the robbers. BY a
trcachorous comp de main the TuniSian Gov,
| rnmcni succeeded in sciNng twcnty-sN OF
the plundcring Arabs, who were imprisoned
in the Baido. The Bey agreed to pay 220,0OO francs
indemnity for the loss of the ship; In December
/ ISIS. the kroumir chiefs who had been made
prisoners were set M liberty. II wonld have been
dangerous for the Bcy 10 keep them longer in con-
/ furmcnt for il seemed probable that their deten
iion would lead TO general revolt in all the regions
/ in which the kroumirs had any power or influence