Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-08
GREEKS AND TURKS

I|lH"C'S " tttcFS from an .5nleT1cTu gentleman
| TO has friend IN Boston, dated Saionica, .4prii
Ia, 1928.
g could not proceed To Patross, as the
Greeks were bockading that Gulph Tn.
Turks there have good stock of provisions :;
hut the Turks at Coiinth are very badly of |;
they ear each other for want of (ood.''
Ertruct from, Smyrna, Nay Q, 1923
"a few Greeks have been shot within a
few days past, but we are now all Tranquil!
again"
"At Vourla, the Turks have committed
horrid atrocities. Many Greeks have been
Killed and females nhumauly treated. The
captain Pacha has not yet come out. The
Aigerine fleet has left Constantinople, and is
anchored near Mytiline: say about 80 to 40
| sail" Ros,o, pan
Extract ola letter 10 a gentleman in .Ne,c Y.rk
"SMrRNA, April 20.
| "Aflars go on in this country in a strange
manner visitor in this city, at this time,
would, after all that has been sad. be aston.
lshed to observe the perfect tranquility. The
government now shews great desire that the
Greeks IN Asia should remain unmoIpstpd.
ana nave taken such measures as 10 produce
this desirable event ;-in the mean time great
preparations have been made on both sides
but particularly by the Greeks for the ensuing
campaign.
"The Turkish fleet is expected to sail in
pared for them. | am more than ever con
tirmed in the opinion, that the Turks cannot
prevent the Greeks from obtaining their ind-.
pendence."
| We have been favored with Smyrna papers
to April 10, from which we have extracted
The following paragraphs Boston ID. .fdp.
SMYRNA, April 6.-The squadron, proper,
ly called Turkish will BE- composed os abnu,
40 vessels of different sizes. United with the
| I'Op 0rt, IA. a ~. r,I u
rrs, IT is calculated that it will amount 10 the
imposing aumber of 100 vessels. The Frcnch
commander, de Chuisi, has returned from
| Athens, where he had carried twelve Greeks,
Oh whom we have formerly spoken, TO ex-
change them for more considerable number
OF Turks, and in consequence there have beer
twenty nine individuals of that natinn, women
and children, brought here. There are still
reniainlng some a, Athens, in the hands of the
Greeks, who are not willing To give them up,
because they have prospect of making ano
Their exchange Ulysses still commands in
hat city, the citadel of which is defended by
| three thousand men. At the 2Ist of March
the Tanks continued masters of Patras, OF
Mond"n. of COron, and Corinth.-Ths las,
city must ere long be in want of provisions.
and the Greeks already flatter themselves,
which to be sure IS not the sGiFs; time, That
this place at the end of 90 days must be forced
|
| KARAD CHI three days journey from Sa
oncnl April lon every side of this country
motions are making.-Levics of troops are
n,ade for the Murea. 1t is said that more than
tIghiy Thousand men are To he put on foot
They are TO be commanded by new Pachas.
Inc Pacha of Adrlanople is 10 march at the
head at twelve thousand men. Each Bcv will!
be followed by Thousand or fifteen hundred
soldiers. The Bulgarian Greeks are also en-
/ a. IhaN.
Some of the Greeks OF Macedonia and Thes-
sally have been forced 10 march, but ONLY in
the quality of domestics. The insurgents in
the FeioponDesus are making on their side also,
great preparations, as am assured by people
from that quarter. They expect ia be attack
ed IN very serious manner this wear, and
they are taking all measures TO make a vigor-
Gus stand against the Ottomans. They do
not propose 10 attack the places of which The
latter are III possession, hut at first 10 fight the
enemy which advances towards their peninsu-
la. They have fortified the Isthmus of Co
rInth, and they have transported there bombs
and cannon. Ii is said thai if they are victo-
ri0us IN his campaign. as they are nearly ger
tain they shall be- they will then turn 10 the
places of war, and the forlressrs which still
hold out, and which sooner or later will he
forced to surrender in the mean time they
VIII keep vigi!ant watch that these places
are not supplied with provisions from land or
| sea.
ATHENS, March Give are quite trassuil
here, but we fear that the calm will not be of
| long duration ; the clouds are gathering i'm the
north of this classic land. The Turks are col
lecting great numbers on the confines of Atti
ca. 1t very probable that every thing will
be terminated this year.
| SALONICA, April 1.-The situation of this
place is truly depIorable. Greeks. Jews
Turks, all iremble before the Pacha He has
caused deep bitches to he dug, into which the
bodies of condemned criminals are thrown.
and IN the silence ofthe night il is that exrcn
lions are made. Commerce is stopped under
this state of affairs, and in the midst of a sad
calm, the inhabitants and strangers hide their
| money, and become feeble with misery AT
TINS moment all the property of Gregory Kiri.
! ako, who has fled, is selling by public auction.
| According to late adviccs from the MOrea the
Greeks are making there great preparations,
and their feet was designed 60 prevent the
| union Of the Algerine and Ottoman feefs-
| There were fourteen Greek vessels at Tasse
| The memory Of man cannot recOllcct a period
when so great cold has been felt in Macedonia
as has beer experienced this year The
mountains there are covered with snow, and
the road from C0nstantinope is so bad that
several persons have persisted there. The
lair at Sores abOunds with merchandise
which for want of money remains without
| purchasers.
! ALEXANDRIA. March 2O.-The nntilh Of
| Mehcmct Mi is nearly ready 10 sail III
composed of thirty vessels among which ia
one superb frigate. 1t is 10 transport seven
90 eight thousand troops to he disembarked
on the shores of Gambia