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I'eil vd^fhia, S^pt. %25. KROM JIIJS MEDITERRANEAN, ( > mm Phil. Da ily , .ilvcrt' r. ? L.\ tract of a letter * gentleman to his friend in this ciH', dated Lkguqiui Ko|i>\ July i Tf \*\7. . i Dear Sir- ? Wc sailed from Mahoft on the: Jth chcS^iad rbrwjind anchored in the Bay of Mai&filles, two days afterward*..? The Pratique Officer, fent two men onqpard, a* aguardjjfri ch#6ouncil should meet* wHictenas drc regu lation^. quarantine affairs, ft is common in seffifrl <rf the^Mcd icc r rancan ports, tasencF tote guard on board siips in quarantine, with the oscpnsiofe seeing that they da not infringe Any ttf the 1 quarantine laws j but 1 believe they are s^ies^ kept on board,- to sift the object! of vessekin coming ilno^fc port. W$?Mnd Ckopatra's wee, and the British Fngatc T agus, Dip tDundasi j*ere?. The *Tagus ? *IvJ ^tjiojat ffiMp^rioii, the rttatesi^rig* j ged ship I ever saw, and isJkept in drgant ofder.-^hc sailcd|Ar Malta <he <Aay after <4ft^rnval ; ^|rhave a Emjbroaapr t^the Grand Sk*uor; on boafd, and will carry hlf^^tarmnoplc. . VTOtffficrifhetown with li guns, IfMHWi .Kfcrodl, ttith the like pf jb^^sSP* ordcr e?rcf. The beauty of a sa s in the regularity of time i intervals of firing :? 1 He- $|j^Bm'aid no attention to this, ia returning ouri. * On the third day (after our arrival ^Ihrc informed that wr%e?.<iuaran. tinect^w. fifteen dayill^ffibjpime "'?i 4 our anchor, on account of Shaler on board s the ,.uio6 fromPortMahfen ten davs, from the day a _?(Su^pb rt; Mr.'Slnler iWWn-forirA'lgicrs 40 days ^^jjratiqwji.in^w^/^ "ie Commodoi usual quara _rk of enmity on their deter, minedflp leving the port, with out waiting for pratique, which we ie iNSth ?The day before ' die Spark slipped hfcr i*#t #> ?a gale of J \ Xt > ?iv v^iiiiiiuuvrc : to enter another , :nd, unlem ? ? i?n Mer-# is alongside irejrfnted tint | S^cbftdiwofi. ram \wi joorcr cIj ^T?>urdftsc brel_. savs, that if the people arc d in some winner, com JHKi~--F ranee hers^t, and very a blaze, which , tJPwwI8- to?i<f*tifl-T >. 'Wfo -&m One evening, whiUt we lay in mar seiUes. there WE* boat with six or menly looking men in e .oond^lis shipr viewing KBiv Wticit our band struck u; Marseille* hyrTui.^ffi I tune.- they used toM Bring it throughout the rank:, in ac I fcon, and charge with it ; it inspired them in the same manner as the bag pipes do tfre Scotch highlanders. .The leader and principal part of our bind are Frencn ; and, IWKvf , struck ap this time intentionally, as k is treason to play it under the ex isting government. The tune was no sootier struck up than the people in the boat pulled off their hatt,danc - ed, beat time, clipped, cheered, and I appeared frantic with toy i it gave I them new' life. Tha principal part .of them, could well reccollect the ume wheiuhia tune was^rst brought <1 It - ,i n fashion i perhaps .some- of them h^d rushed on to .-victory with it in, their mouths" hai ideas it mt%i have ^roi^ht mind# f Once it was ccW&lercd a$ a mark^ of a^^fnie Ijiearted French ft art t6 sing or pliy it > nowlt that ota traitor to J u*, ^rUm^ on the 2 i st. The Island of Corsica, which wc passed on out tfay here,, lyirnfliri fcr thr birth place of a oli ancT-Bonaparce^ijpfr. fighs from this ^ptace, as is tK^jpfend of ?Elba. The 'European powef must _havc**had a poor opinion of Bona popularity with theJjjttnch, |When they exiled him to thifllSland ; pthe British act on the surer side. Most^ the French confidently be lieve tkfct Bonaparte will again visit France. There is a ^Neapolitan frigatr and ?$lpop of war bftref^The former Neapolitan princess on board, who came fiere to fctfn Awstr i.in princess, on the point of to the Brazils, to marry a Portuguese prince th?i*e. There was a Tunisi an sloop of war here when we ar rived, but it ycarccly iieserVcs^fhc name. *:-v > wt Wc diy?- JThis is a walled town* has a canal or ditch ryi>mg round it. The suburb* is riftarly as larg? as the town. The only thing worth seeing in the j lace, is a monument, eifect eg9to^e memory of a son or on* of thi^gfand dukes of Tuscany.. A marble figure, larger than life, arnrap:ap?ppee, on a base about IR feet high, is intended - to represent die young duke.~ To each corner 50r;.jke base? is a cqpper Turk, chained ip a sitting ppsturq^ one of which is represented tfithTxis Back tokokc. T he Vadi^on respecting thatjriie f^bt'Turks, a hum* and his im&? sona, ywere pirates, wh#t infected this UflL- > The ^oung", ? V* -ir ? * >^'.<*7* j?, V'-i.i ? t - f *mi' ' 1 auke wen^ut *n:4^ycy m pursuit 6? titan, W urang aha* hi" pulled agjrfBsrhis ~! thrtc sons > *0*Z fell back an<fl5roke hU bade, on - *?&^^hich, the duke cap Athts ;_piace, Ije was so elated success, that ,he ilaiwjcd wi gifting for Dig^p; and wis wuted for breaking the qtiai 5egnlation?i The-, English ' v ^ ya5i-contanj? ??i?e verfliand?om?.j "K place. ^ Thfreja a there> about 400 feet - not known whether it was .built so intentionally, i?r whe ther the foundation sunk more on One^side An the other. There is also g church, whioh contains * number <ff "flags, taken from the Barbtry powers at d tffe r AWmlhe*.^ ' A num6*erv?f djfeofficers have \ been to Florence, ^OUl the time al-.' lowed them was nut "M\ see tRe plice tb^ougfjly;* ;?? ,J The Alabaster work is elegant here, and they h*vc a i r r-. ??* . JhereTare" more ?*" I longing to the Greeks, Turks, pCfE | than in all1- the other, ports we have been into put together. ?lOur eliip his been crowded with visitors ever since we have been here. The governor of this place visited us iiuog and-MsJid not dis-A rcover him till he" w?? .about leaving the ship, lie had been treated very politely and shown through the ship, as all other visitors are. Several of ourjnen deserted here, ;and the governor gave u^thejMice to assist us in finding the men. 7 The inhabitants appeared to be in great dread of the police, and opened their doors immediately for usr and showed us through ?T<yy part of their ? >>-??' The commodore has fctt &?.?>( visit Florence and Romt, 3tid wilM join us at-C i Vfchia, to whica h * dav r? two under commodore: Shaw. AH our tadron is >? From the fait** MUffcOER AND aw of a letter Jr^m \ViL? ,, A?7 C%n*ul qf the United Palermo , dated in .* the newspapers, fcefore rcachcitgilV anr account^ the pi racy and diabolical murder* com mitted by ^Mfcb^dpi^^^retches about, six weKs.a^afc&fe&fc north th\ of this island*^ Jf|vli53^ver.^.y6ii should ncK rate seen any statement of this cold Steodetl business, the following may s^ve: ? >?v ? <c The mi?6njTants armed them selves at .Messina, with muskets, sa bres and long knives, and proceed ed to a pface about three or fouH mile? from, whet^they I stole a small tow boat, and embark ed themselves, taking a direction towards Melazfco, ( thirty frfjtjniles on the Coa^t we*t of Messing ne^jti which .|>lace, i?> the afternoon, they^ toojfea 'station for the purpose 4>f seiaSngupon a small vessel, they knew to be reidy tp.saiiTrom Mus sina for this plac^id^ ^d of which they lirewise knew of paS&engers of whom they ' ihoriey might be fouml . the approach of^is*w?" srl,^m wretches, apparentljrfijrt fishermen, rowedtpwards her, and . at about half p wcyf o'clock^ i being within thcTc^tb ^frnuskct shot, 3 volley was fired into her. Shortly after they bottrded her, and ?> a few minutes murdered and mu latcd every pcrtogpn board^ Of the murdered were 1 2 men, one *woftian, and one'thild j and of the. mutilated and left for dead wcr? three men and two women. Orte 'tfepCft * ' - A~ I, ?*' ? ' ' ? "* ' -of the twelve, men, the woman and the child were of one family. To die yomafy two alternative's wetjf. offer^,<#jJf$f v/iuch was instant death, which she prcfercd. They then searched, fqi1 <nonry and other with Ifll this carnagpl^nrc their cooked victuals, and partook of a*opper and remained on board the vessel until the next morning. jI-Smk * ^cw l'*ys afterwards, t^ese "< ^ti?||Siirctchcs took, another small 'Wjfkth' only 'i fcw?miles distant from this harbor, bound to one of, the Leparir1^tf^?d> afte dering thrye ittn, drove t maining Ji* OTidef down the hatch* for jthe purpo left her ? ? fortunately, .? sqf>all*boy who, in ?hk ... . had cover- td himself the sails,, and'wM.nor ,*?!? *? listpiceof those be|o the hatchway, r < ow?'i o> thr?Vfcj lorttili k waijfcn fltVTiie day- after chery, the villains landed M ***** r 't was impossible, hd* manster* should Ion h m t t1' ? ned. The orders of hne?, the heriditary J AJtoi prince**? prompt ?o_the occa measure*, immediate' I away the possibility of j ing frofP the ijlaod. ?? In x. aft** fow ??f them were apprehended in t?A has since been found in Messina, and the other in a mountain, near Cat &><* " The whole six were this morn ? I-*?" nothing now to > to.* ? ?-s.'sa; ra-ft?hc* :h piacci* The.provyiwej.^ na are nearly desolate ; ? Their pGgpuU " is supposed not to equal one half its for numbers. ? ?In the cities of Cumana Barcelona, it does not amount to one To and the** in the', greatest misery w>30 trews. ? The Congress was not able;ta;f eurc inMh meal or veget* ur? ~~" cription, at either Placet few vegetables ana -a Htt| f;^tatacd with digictttty* A as and Carapcas 1 the others though grt^lj^Limuisbed, cxa docs not iBpntaln 01 numbers. ? TOd, war }s c patties on the omt Uarb is the 'War oPI>^ath. 1 cxcni|itcdv.fp6tn , their * bun In My c suffered of one kf*H4*y but ftupeiior military i and fiat he m*f maker it gfi 4fr*ljub]e <fcfJt?iOn*t arid <>b rard oC his services, I r+i*e tbase hich I have sighed vL I Baxar, tias 0 %*T7. JBHTONIO MAHTTVFo.