Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-20


arrived safe and sound. The Greeks found
sixty pieces of brass cannon OF from q to So
cai.ora, eight nlortars, two thousand muskeis,
and vast quantity of ammunition and stores
Inc princlpai mosque w;,s Instantly converted
into church, under the name uf ST. Dionysiu.
the ArcopaSite.
Fron. tie .fe,c FORK National 4dsoea,e1
The late arrival ofthe packet, ON Monday
evening, having prevented us from noticing. II
the length we could have wished the contents
OF the papers brought by this conveyance, we
shall now give an additional summary of what
appears 10 be most interesting.
GREECE.
The struggle for independence in the lana
OF Percles, Socrates, and Miiiiades. me
rlis the first attention. 1t is evident upon the
whoic, mat the cause of liberty is gaining
ground i'll this quarter.
Accounts through Italy state. that the To-
reiSnefs who had arrived in the Norea, 10 ion
the Greeks, had been well received, and had
formed an European corps in Etolia. 1t is sta
TED IN Dublin paper, that private party of
military men III that city were about to set out
for Patrass 10 join the Greeks in the Morea.-
On the other hand, it is said, that the authori-
les OF V Ienna have caiIsedit to be made known,
thit tiey VIII act with rigor against all persons
who may favor the adventurous projects which
y
revolt ofthe Greeks. Notwithstanding this, the
accounts from Corfu, so late as the S0th of
september, represent the cause of the Greeks.
particularly III Eprus, to be 50 gaining ground
every day"
The Albanian ,HaSSelnien, of the tribe of
Iorkides, had Joined them against the Porte
upwards of 1000 of these, accompanied by all
the Greeks called Riziotes, who inhabit the
piaiiis, ana the bottom ofthe mountains orirus-
llG. I'D H..
camped i've leagues from Joanina In Mo,e
da'ia and Wallachia, the Greeks are repre-
sented as Wy indignant at the Russians for
abandoning them 10 The iury ithe Porte. In
a proclamation issued bysi ordack, one of the
patriot chiefs, he cmphadcaliy says Europe
has learned how TO appreciate the sons oF
hellas. The aid promised by Russia comes
too late for US. The Muscoyite Nohes wish
To see the flower of Greece destroyed be(ors,
'helF help arrives, that they may have only
the uncutIvatcd mass to conquer; aad after
the destruction of the better Informed elassr-.
they may not have to receive among them
any seeds OF future fermentation, which they
dread IN regeneration" 800
1t seems pretty evident, that Prussia IS se
cretly aiding the Greeks. The following ar,i-
cles in the .iHgea;ine ZeiiGng, OF the 18th Cc-
ioher, is considered as ailuding to that power.
1t will be agreeable TO the friends of tie
N'cSh S''uSe to ic'iil, lHdt lately L great Court
has given Instructions To its Diplomatic Agents
in Foreign Counties, to deliver passes 10
those persons who are DESTROYS of repairing TO
the seat of War, without any enquiry into the
object oi their j arney. These instructions re-
move at least the positive obstacles out OF thu.
way, which have hitherto opposed the exc
cution OF several magnanimous designs and
we have grounds for announcing that several
persons viii soon make their appearance in
the ranks of the Greeks, whose names are
known TO the world from the reputation thew
acquired in the hast war"
While fortune evidently fayours the cause
OF Greece III the Morca, we regret to find, that
| there: IS little chance Of their succeeding III
MoidaVi,, owing 20 the Turks having coGcen-
trated the greater part of their army in thar
and the neghbouring provinces. Account,
from Vienna, of the 18th October, give the
particulars ;of an attack made by the OTTO
mans upon the fortress Of Scike, near Nyamz,
occupied by the Greeks IN which the former
| we're successful, having taken the place by
Storm on the 2lth September, aftera terrible:
bombardment of several days. All the patri
OTIS were put to the sword, cx cepte their two
captains, Jordacki and FUrmaci, who were
sent prisoners to- ConsiautinOplc. The fur.
of the Janssaries, i1famed by the obstinate
resistance of The bcsegcd, is stated to have
sacrificed ON this occasion the innocent aud
the guilty. Even the Monks in the con
vent were not spared, bat several of them
were killed without mercy (; which cruel
/ treatment SO much alarmed their brethren in
! The neghbourinS converts. that they all lefi
| their abode5 and souglh safet in fight Two
hundred of them had arrived Oh the Austrian
! frontiers, where they found an asylum and
| protection.
BY the taking of this convent, the last re-
mains OF the patriots here are destroyed, ex-
cept a few, who being separated from the main
body at the tirnc of its being blockaded, are
shid TO be wandering about on the frontiers O
the BuckOwina. We must therefore, in IN
iurc, conine our attentiOnto the M0rea, when
contemplating the progress of Grecian indie
pendence. Aud what generous heart what
soul accessible to the noble passions, can alb
stain from wishing success to such cause 2.
Must Inquiry be made whether the modern
Greeks are worthy of their ancestors They
are slaves, and slavery is the source OF many
vices, the tomb of every virtue the absence Of
all great aud liberal IDEAS TO Judge them,
sc must wait until they are free.
From the Charleston Patriot.
, The following reflections on the present
; political state OF Europe, arc comprized in a
letter from an American Of intelligence, under
the date Of London, 18th September, 1821.-
Our readers will not fail to discover in our
3 travellers account the marks of an observing
mind
5 &" With respect 10 the prescnt political state
Of Europe, of which you viii expect me To
say something, | have seen so much and
! heard 50 much. that could fll a volcnne.-
Since was in this country, a third party has