Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-09-17

The following is extracted from a letter
lately received at Marblehead, from Mr.. JON
ATTAIN p. MrLLE#, of the University of Yer
\+2ont, who, it viii be recollected, was last year
fitted out for Greece, by the Greek Commit
tee in Boston.
"NAPoLI DE RoMANIA,(
l7M March, 1895. {
"Rev. and Dear Sir:-It is, l hope,
with gratitude to God, that | avail my
self Of an opportunity of writing TO you
from this place, where | have been pro-
videntially detained several weeks,
waiting for the payment Of the troops.
Gen. Jarvis, an American, a young
man of28, who has been in Greece over
three years, is the General whom | am
with, in the capacity of aid-de-camp.
Jarvis is a man of principle, and as
brave as a lion. We have been under
marching orders for attacking the
Castle Of the Lepant, nearly three
weeks; but the delay of the payment Of
the troops has detained US, till l have
i. the satisfaction to see al American ship
anchor in the harbor, the Romp, OF
Boston, Capt. Smith.
"To you, ofwhose friendship have
had the most ample proof, l am bound
in duty to give some account Of the
state of Greece, and the prospect there
is of doing good in this country. ar
rived in Greece the 9Th of December,
and the same day fell in with Col. NOW
Gen Jarvis. Thus did the Lord di-
rect my steps; for such wa my igno-
rance of the Greek character, together
with their language, that to all human
appearance | must have been a lost
man, if | mad not found in Jarvis a
countryman and a friend. He speaks
French, Italian, German and Greek,
and has witnessed all the transactions
of foreigners in Greece for three years.
He left New York at ten years oil age,
and his father now resides in Germany.
/ entered the army Immediately as a
volunteer under his command and have
now served in it more than 5 months.
l have travelled over 500 miles in Ro-
mela and the Morea, and by the help
of Jarvis, and an English Missionary,
whom | escorted through the Morea,
have been able to converse with many
people in regard to the religious and
political concerns Of the country. They
are all eager for instruction, and are
transported at the sight Ola tract, DR. 4
Bible. The peasantry are virtuous and
modest; the merchants cunning, deceit
full and intriguing; the soldiers brave,
patient, and strongly attached to liber-
ty. | have given away several thou
sands of tracts, which received Of Mr..
Temple, at Malta, to citizens, officers,
and soldiers. They are much pleased
with reading these feathers, as they Call
them; and l have frequently passed
through the camp and seen n Of the
soldiers reading a tract, with ten or
twelve others listening to hear him
"Superstition is losing ground in
Greece. Many Of the Priests are be-
ginning to preach ON the Sabbath, and
many of the people to eat mea, in Lent.
The Priests, as far as | have been able
TO learn, are generally moral, but devo-
ted to the dogmas Of their Church.
"The Greek women are modest,
handsome and v~irtuous. The astonish
ing examples exhibited here Of morals
by those Franks, who have come from
France, Italy, and Germany, have led
The Greek females to shun a foreigner,
while in his French costume, almost as
much as 4 Turk. Schools are begin
ming 10 be established iii all the prin-
cipal towns and villages. A Mr.. Ed
ward Mason, a gentleman from Scot
land, whose classical and religious
character is Of the highest cast, has de-
voted himself to the service Of Greece.
He is accompanied by a Greek who has
been two years in England, learning
the Lancastrian system Of education,
and who, by the grace oil God, has be-
come experimentally acquainted with
the truths OF the Gospel. Mason does
wonders; he already talks with the
priests and will soon, il Providence
permit. establish a school for the study
of ancient Greek and philosophy at
Tripolizza. DIR. Howe, from Boston,
does onour to his country, family and
friends. His standard of morality is
high. We all love him dearly. He
has done much to relieve the sufferings
Of tine wounded already.
"The civil dissentions have all been
pu, down, in the Morea. Ulysses is
the only chief who is now with the
Turks, anG he, i think, will soon be
subdued.-fhe misery Of the country
is beyond IL observation-disclosures and
children are flying, almost naked and
starved, from the fury Of the merciless
savages-the men with their noses and
ears cat off II there ever was a coun-
try, which demanded the charities Of
the Christian world, that country Is
Greece.-Yet it is my real opinion that
she will again take her place among
the nations OF the earth, as a free and