The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-05-04

upon e%vacuAting to fire the city, aud his
soldiers were firing allthe time, aud the ruin
which epsued arose from this eatse. On the
second day after the fist bombardment. Mr.
Adams was with party which went ashore
10 establish q consulate and restore order,
and be says be taw only one building which
bad been struck by . shell. That wts a
mosque through which q 1900 pound shell,
thrown from the oighty.one ton guns OF the
~1nfexible, had cut q hole big enough for q
two horse wagon TO be driven through. The
shell fortunately did not explode, "Had one
OF those shells struck our vessel and e1-
ploded,h taId Mr.. Adams, "thers would not
have been 3 piece left big enough 10 swim
ashore on-nor anybody 10 swim ashore
on 1t"
Nj. Adams s,ys the alleged navy Of this
Government Is complete except vessels. The
officers are admitted 70 be the finest educated
OF any couutry's, even Great Britain yield.
ing the palm to them. But the contrast be-
'ween the American ships and those OF other
nations Is anythiEg but creditable TO the
former.
The Neipsic was ordered to Constantinople
cd the occasion OF the murder Of an Ameri-
can missionary by two Turks, whom the nu
thorities were slow In Furnishing. Her pres
ence bad a ~saIutary elect, and the murderers
were promptly sent 10 prison for life.
The vessel brought over Stephen 2. Muir
gan, a naturalizsd American citizen under
sentence Of imprisonment for life for. the
murder fan Egyptian Bey. Murzau served
In the army during the rebellion, and was
afterwards q broker in New York, though u
native OF Greece. He went 10 Alexandria.
and started q newspaper opposed TO the 40
ministra,ion OF the ruling khediye. 1t
became desirable for The powers that be TO
stop his guns, aud accordingly a com missioner
was sent 10 negotiate for the purchase OF bis
silence. He agreed for a specified sum 10 stop
bis paper, aud did so, but never received the
money. Meeting the man who had promised
iton the street one day, he demanded the
mocey. A quarrel .eusued, pand the Bey
struck Muizlu with AZ umbrella. Mu1Eau
drew his revolver and shot him. The muir
lsrer being a Christian the feeling against
him was high. He was tried by Minister
Maynard, and sentenced 10 be hanged, and
the Neipsic was ordered. to proceed to Alex
andria and See this sentence executed. Be-
fore arriving there, however, President
Arthur had commuted the sentence to I'M
prisoument for life. He was taken TO Smyrna,
and there confined in the Consulate prison
until the Neipsic was ready to sail, when he
was taken aboard and brought over in irons.
He is now In the Albany Penitentlary.
NJ. Adams expressed great sympathy for
Muizln, who he said was driven TO despera'
ton, seeipg his family in want, aud feeling
The Injustice which had been done him. On
the vessel the officers were forbidden to con.
municate with him. This treatment MI.
Adams coutrasted with that Of "Rnss"
Tweed, who was brought over from Vigo,
spain, on the franklin, by the officers OF
which vessel be was treated more as a guest
than o prisoner, being allowed to share tie
officers quarters, rn0 up wine bill, and
COZ duct himself generally as a prisoner Ell
Ar. Adams, who left Wheeling IN 1873,
looks as II lie on q man Of war tgreed with
him. He Is q brotherit-lsw Of ex.Congrtss-
man DlDford, OF St. Clainville.