The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-11-13
IMPERIAL FAMILY OF THE GREEKS

from the LOHl0n -ft1Fnlag CNF-tl-tr
Never diJ the Greeks forget the spIendor y.
their ancestors When the woelul days "a
the Low Empire succeeded the heroical times
Of Ml;iades, Themi-tOcles, Leonidas, am
Ph:loPemen, virtues worthy Of those herOe--
and which testified that they ever preserved
the remembrance Of their origin, were s:iH 70
be found among lie Greeks. Il was amidst
tie mountains named Taigeies. that NicePi-
orous took refuge, when, il 1852, " .tothet
'te III, raused BIZ father, David Comneue,
vino was tie last Emperor Or the Greeks, y
be mastered. The descendants ofthe Spar
tans granted an asylum u this oTspuag VI
twenty soyereigns. They did more they
gave him the lille 81 Protogeros, which was
perPetuated 70 bis sous, whose courage never
s!ackencd ii the constant struggle taqt existed
between The children cf LaceJem0u, now
called MainOtes, and tie Turks. But W 1876,
whIls. Constantine Stephaaypoli Comene shed
his blood 81 the head Of Tue Maino.es, ana
defended their mountains against new an
lack made by the TURKS, some deserters from
the Porte succeeded m rendering his power
suspected. StephannopoIi was obliged to a.
bandOn this country, Greece, dearer 10 him
than ever, on account Of the oppression under
which i Iaboured. Followed, D had been
hl' ancestor Ncepborus, BY all lhs Greeks
vino had He'd from Treblzond, he did not try
e escape from the Turks he fought them.
y Ih 5000 mea and six ships, lie rushed ca
tue Ottoman feet, crossed through It, anI
came 70 Genoa, after having lost half bis
The Senate OF Genoa gave
lands 70 these fugitives il Corsica, and ih4
new Colony ever Acknowledged as is chlel,
lie Commences.
BY one Of those effects Of chance, Of which
history offers but TOO many examples, the same
Greeks, 50 devoted to liberty, thought them
selves obliged to become the instruments Or Y
desPotic power. They contracted an alliance
with tie Genoese, who were forced u recur
TO arms in order to maintain their ever con
tested authority III Corsica and The ISLANDERS,
Tor The first time, met with enemies worthy
Of being faced by them, under he Ligurlan
standard. One gift made them by the Greeks,
must have compensated, in tue eyes Of the
Corsicans. the crime Of having joined their
yFants one Of the colony introduced inocu-
laton in Corsica long before il was practi5cd
ID the other parts of Europe.
When the island Of Corsica was united 10
france, the Count de Marbeuf, who was nam
ed Governor Of it, took particular care of the
formed by the Grecisn colony,
fixed near Ajaccio. Demetrius Comnene,
great grandson 10 Constantine Stephsnopolf.
who bad led the Greeks from Morea. bad his
titles Veritied by Mr.. Cheun, Genealogist 10
Louis XVI. /; apd this monarch, after having
acknowledged them, bad Demetriu. Comnene
presented ohim, as being he descendant, 10
direct line, from the last Grecian Empero..
a regiment Of cavalry was solicited and o.
tanned il 1879, by tie son Of u many Empe-
rors, who in France went BY the name y:
Connt de Comnene
This testimony still exists in Corsica, and "
still honoured there, not only BY the islanders
Of Grecian origin, but likewise BY the na-
Hves, who are hospiiahle people, and whose
ardent and gigantic imagination is greedy Of
what even surPasses the common events ofhs-
tory.
have just assisted at The marriage Of An
gela Eeice Comnene, with Sir. Pierre de Bra
u, whose ancestors are counted among the
founders Of Sariene, the principal town OF the
Province desia Race.
The beauty Of The bride, her wit and grace,
accompanied with dignity. would have made
ne acknowledge her both a Grecian and
Princess, even had not the Court OF France
decided The question before me.
! thought that al moment when all EYES
are fixed on Greece, these particulars would
not interest you, and that you would no! be
sorry to add to The sublime ideas Of religion
anu liberty, some rene nbrsnce less grand,