Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1825-11-01


her most populous towns. The loss oil
the places, in themselves considered, j:
not much, butt shows most lamenta'
bly, the state Of a country, through
which such an army can pass unresist.
ed; and Irepeati it, unless foreign troops
can be brought here by the beginning
of the next campaign, Greece is prob.
ably lost. The next campaign do l
say? God only knows what may be her
situation next spring! The enemy's
feet are probably out, the reinforce.
ments will soon be landed al Modon,
and in one month, all may be over.
However, in this perhaps colour too
highly, and speak rather the opinions
and fears Of others, than my own real
sentiments. lam no, yet discouraged;
Greece has resources, and may do
much. Colocotroni begins to breathe
again, men flock around him; Ypsilan-
ii, whom ] believe 10 be as brave. and
patriotic as Washington, though un-
fortunately without his talents, has now
marched after the enemy with 1000
men. hope he will do something in
the passes. The proud Pasha may have
led his men to their graves in the Mo-
rea But cannot deny that the crisis
is an awful one, and few weeks may
de- ide the fate of this suffering coun-
try for fifteen years to come.
At sea affairs go badly; part Of the
enemy's feet came out Of Suda, and
were furiously engaged by the little
Greek vessels, and two burlcts were
burnt against them, bat unfortunately
without effect; and their heavy frigates,
with troops on board, bore away for
Modon, where they have before now
arrived. One of the Hydriot briggs re.
turning home, was blown up BY Tur-
kish slave on board, and 60, out of her
crew Of IS, persisted. This circum-
stance leads me 10 mention an affair
which shudder to recall to memory,
and which | blush to record. On the
receipt Of the news Of this destruction
Of their countrymen, the Hydricts sell
zed on the Turkish prisoners in this
place, and barbaronsly murdered 200
of them, with their pistols; yatagaus,
and knives. This was not merely burst
of fury-il was not merely the act of a
mob;-no! the melancholy truth can
not be hid, three fourths of the people
of Hydra did not-do not condemn il.
1t was not the act of a moment; the
work Of death went on for three hours;
in all this time the agonizing shrieks
OF TWO hundred mangled, dying victims,
reached the ears of the old Primates,
who sat in their Calednies, smoking
their pipes, and merely saying, ooh! it
is very bad thing!' took no steps to
stop the slaughter Not one friend OF
humanity rushed forward to save them,
though the poor wretches, after being
stabbed, ran shrieking-staggering-
through the streets, shot at by the men;
stoned by the children, until some luc-
KY ball eased them Of their sufferings,
and they sunk down upon the ground;
where they lay unburied and kicked a
bout like dogs, till the Greeks were
obliged, for their own sakes, to throw
them into the sea. Only twenty slaves
escaped by concealing themselves, and
these were Yesterday sent home to
Smyrna, in order if possible, to pacify
the Turks, and prevent reprisal upon
the Greeks there; and it is fact, as
strange as true, that these slaves went
home with reluctance. These very Hy-
driots, who barbarously murdered 200
Turks, in general treat them with so
much kindness and indulgence, that
they consider it misfortune to be sent
home. And is this the people in whose
cause am engaged, and whose feel
ings and fears | make my own? Alas.
they have polluted a cause the most
righteous, with deeds most diabolical,
and almost as bad as their inhuman
enemies. But the philanthropist will
say,"if they are thus depraved, SO much
more need oftheir improvement" For
myself my hopes are not in this gener-
alton, but in the next; for ages past
they have laboured under an oppression
the most horrible, and their regenera-
ton cannot be effected in moment.
The Greek feet has ust anchored
in this harbour: they confirm the re-
port that the Turkish vessels have got
to Modon with provisions, ammuni-
ton, and about 5000 troops. The
Greek admiral says he will be out at sea
again in 10 days. The sailors are not
discouraged; they are brave, proud, and
despise their enemies. In fact the
Turks have uniformly shewn them
selves, at sea, to be the greatest lub-
bers imaginable. They have large,
beautiful frigates, which they manage
admirably: but SO miserably do they
work their guns, that the Greeks suffer
almos. nothing from them. The fact
is, their sailors are principally Greeks,
Maltese, and Italians; but they never
allow any but the faithful, that is to say,
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