Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-02-17

y = Sses.-Dhl Tue Calunny was Clrcu-
lated ana II dla lis Office, and the truth
will nei reach enc in hundred who was
thus mlsied.
+ To return, however, to the events of
this year. We have seen that the first
operation ia the Turkish campaign, The
reduction OF Mlsolungbi had tailed. In
The month oi May, general rising took
place 10 the Villages about Mount Pelion
and the eastern side ol the Gull oi Volo.
This was deemed OF sufficient impor-
lance by the Seraskic induce him to
sri.d strong force to reUuce the Greeks.
The lorce penetrated 10 the islhmus Of
Inkeri, where II was successfully re-
sisted. The Oriental Spectator failed
not 10 inform tie friends OF humanity,
that the lsthnus had been forced and
Ifkeri, one Of Ire most fouiishing
Gi,ek towns, reduced TO ashes. In a
subsequent number the measurement
was acknowledged: Trlker was not
YET taken, though ii probably would be:
only twenty -feur villages III its neigh
borhood were destroyed" The event
has proved tina. the ia,hmus was never
forced, and the Turkish army without
hsylns elected any thing, Was recalled
to head quarters.
On The FIRST and third Of Nav, the fleet
i the Capudan Pacha sailed from Con
siantinople. According to The NEST pro-
babe accounts, il consisted Of seventy
ships Of war oil all sizes aud thirty trans
port vessels. The hips OF war, however,
; in the Turkish navy, also serve The pur-
pose al transports, and considerable
{ body oimen WAS pun on board, TO REIN
, force she various garrisDns. Though
: the general plan ofthe Turkish campaign
: was well understood to consist Of the ionr
! Oh The inrtresses aud debarkallon OF he
J truups 81 Patras: yet, as tne Capudan Pa
: cha, the last year, has made powerful
eHor to regain Sco, so it was thought,
tbs year, hat an attempt would be made
: On some one OF The islands, Ipsara and
: Samos were thought to be particularly
exposed, and the most active prepara-
, iipps were made to defend Them. At
lDsara $50 batterihg cannon were mount
Ell on different parts of the coast, itself
iidle else than rock. Twelve thou-
! sand men armed with musquets, were
/, organized 10 appear at a moments warn
me. Twenty-Five brigs, mourning each
} 10 cam, rs, and carving crews OF from
: 10 to 100 men, fire sh'pS, and 100
/ gun,boals or sra mhQpia@ were 10 perfect
. readiness. We give this stalemen of
the strength IL ihe island with confidence,
G far VIC find II in the SmYrna paper. fhe
/ noiiy Of the editor in thus letting the
] furk lsh Admiral know what he might
expect, il he attempted landing, can be
estimated
No attempt, however, was made on
any one Of the islands in the possession
81 the Greeks. Abpnt the beginning Of
: June, the Capudan pacba appeared off
, the coast of Nosrnpont ana landed a
laF2r force. TINS beds OF men obliged
, the Greeks 10 raise the siege OF Carys-
tos. The garrison Of the place, uniting
with the forces thus landed, and the gar
ri.on OF the city 81 Negropont made an
excursion into Auica, as Tor as The walls
of Athens. The inhabitants Of this city
deserted il, al the approach OF the Turks,
and took refuge in Salamis and the other
: islands. The fortress OF Athens, how
ever, was strongly gaTrisoned and we'll
nrovisioned BY the Greeks, and the
: Turkish troops from Negropont were
I soon obliged Ia retire, to check The pro-
gress that he Greeks were making in
their absence in that island. HIRE end
ed the corporation, which the Turkish
commandant of Negropont was to afford
to the general plan OF the campaign.
With the appearance Of the f1eet OF
, the Capudan Pacha, the Seraskier Meh-
met Al, in Tbcssa'y, put himsel. in mo-
ton. Ulysses at his old pos, Of Their
{ mopylae, and with small army kept
i',.. oa.aae tiIne in check; the rather as
rumors began to prevail OF general
rising among the peasantry ri many
j nouDtain villages around the plains OF
Tbessaiv, who had as yet taken no part
in the war. The FIRST symptoms of this
rising were experienced BY the Pscha Of
Scnlsr, who with 5000 men we're to
pass through The def les of Agraphs, on
, his way to Livada, The A raphio.es
, took arms and resisted his passage, and
; under the brave chiefiain Stornari, kept
, the Pacha long stationary, and cost, him
many men. A reinforcement. however,
, Of 1000 men enabled him finaly TO force
his wav. We now for the last time
quite the Oriental Spectator, the great
, source, we repeat, from which intei!i-
/ gence, unfavorsble to the Greek cause,
, is circulated in Europe. The editor of
d. that paper, who appears 10 be an ultra
t Frenchman IN Turkish paw, in his paper