Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-09-23

sec'ioh OF country, you may easily conceive how a
na"uui vi bold skul mounaineers NAV cut M an army
among these mountains and in these iefles have ner
shed Two hundred thousand Turks since the bepinn;p
oil TINS sanguinary contes and this year hope many
more will iind their CORY ombs i'm the same nl,ces. G
tue urks arc making strong eXortons.
do not feel the least anxiety about the result or The
present campaign, nor any fear of Greece being sub
dued by the Turks, for it only be done by exter
innating every Greek. They have tasted liberty and
comparing II with their former degraded situation Lcv
VIII die rather than eturn To it,
expected to find many foreigners here but ba vc
oeen much disappointed; they oled over in the begn
nihg oil the contest expecting to reap larres and dot
lars, but finding the first horns and tho Ias onI,
promises they became disguised will, Greece Tho
"' WIZ" uenl anu the few who could go went
o''e 'e"''ns thcir maiace in slandering The coun-
try; .hatsuch men not fitted to serye the cameo
q! hoef'y, their conduct sufficiently demonstrates
However, the fate of foreigners taken in ,,
pest nSht' rs appalling; poor Byron is dead
h1a nruiray Is oeadDGenera Norman and host of
brave Germans and Poles, have paid With their blood
their tribute 10 liberty and have left their bones bc,c
ing IN the valleys of Greece The lot of Norman :;
particularly affecting; he acuated by the best mo-
yves, aE1 brought over about two hundred brave Cor
mans, whom he formed into \ corns and ot,o,n,oI -,
introduce discipline among the Greeks. He thonrht
mat he had inspired them with confidence enouc il,
~. arms ana tactics, TO Withstand attack of the
urhs I'D me open plains, but Pater he was attacked
by 10000 Turks and his whole army of q reeLs al -,
Tue monntaIns Norman and his 600 Europe,rs stoa
The whole attack again and again the cava,,v d,r,J ~;
| "Pon Tue desperate little band and in vain aenpted to
oreaH heir hollow square; they were REFUSED Will inn,
nense loss, till Norman seeing his men rednced 70 -
most nothing put himself the head of the remainder
broke through tie ranks of the enemy and effected
their escape; but of his two hundred mon mil 80
were ieit alive One of Norman's aids vonno or3
chValrous Frenchman, determine d not 70 ba teI
awe placed hls back aga n tree and actually killed
ten turks with his SABRE la, they broke his INCL viii;
spear, and carried him off: struck W ith
thpv aft
oistah'nope, but on the he watched his onnor
en''y, ana as ms mule climbing along the side of
P'ecipce ne threw himself off and was dashed INTO ,
Thousand pieces. Norman returned IN N1isso,o,o,;
and IN short time having spent HE ,nonsr 10 -
reduced TO absolute want, fell i'll and died in ,iso
Many other foreigners have shared the fate Of -
| norman; some have gone about without shoes m
'helr leet; aud officers who have held brh com,;.
sons under Napoleon have suffered and died ,o;,I.
cent III their pockets. You may conclude fro,
u'ese circumstances, that the Greeks are the ,pos+
eisFa'elui people IN the world that they are migrate
lui' is very true, but in fact they are not able 70
pay or III any way remuuerate the foreisners 1Dl -
nave come among them. They have soldiers br.ye
soldiers who have fought for four years aganst the
without RECEIVING tarthing; and if they cannot
pay 'helr own soldiers, how il be expecte6 IN, "
shah pay foreigners. But they have received =
large loan from England another is Just opened in Pa
IT'S, ana things begnto wear better aspect.
among the Americans now i'm Greece is ion, G.
eiNiS' young man OF hve and twenty, who came 10
.reece four years ago. the service as voInn
io"sn III fourteen different engagements, and uniformly
conducted himself with frmnes skill and prude,ca b ~
become complete Greek in language dress and ,a i"
ana at last he has gained his rewar he has b,ipd 49,
e.e oil the Greeks, and arrived the rank Of Liel,
tenant Hehefai which. though but matter of small cor
sequence al present. will be of the greatest use in 6,
years. 1t is really romantic to sec him ,,sh; -,
we SoicFs w'h all the fire and activity of The hrs,
OF them. lie is slim light figure, blu, well nronor,ioS
ana active; his skin fair, cheeks rosy with LIGHT brow L
curing down his neck. lie is cunning skfil soldie d
OF tried bravery; in fact he oae ho - 'Oiie ana
him birth. ~ ~ '""u '""' gave
NeNt |" 'erVlS may mention Mr. Miller who left Bos
~ h ',.e oeo'e me- an" whom you may have SEEM he is
~ man as ever slept upon the earth, has the most
"egr'y- ana an entire dcvotetness to the cause of
liberty You would laughto see the chance tbn, ba
pee !" MS appearance; lie has his head shaved ;,,Ic
RED cap on top of it, the Greek 6ocat, sd
aG with his pistols stuck in his belt and nuete,
innS over his shoulder, curious figure He ser
Gdpd'h though he has yet taken a commission. .h
low. eeS o'"Fe TEL
Inc creeks are fond of giving and receiving ti,jes Tho
eS' ''at ever get Is "your excellency' have mn, -
put ON the Greek dress, hui shall do il very soon 49,
q IePectahie pair of mustachios having nut razor
y upper mp Tor the space of three months and in some
otnef respects am becoming Greekified
Inc form OF The Greek government at present &c mood ~
!" nay oPmon better adapted 10 the present state of hc
%r"s' 'ndh any other that could have been devised
FiIs'' mey have senate composed of members from, -
parl OF me country, the number is about seventy ,cI
me President, who is in effect commando NJ d. .5
ana admiral Of the fleet; the executive are annoind 10
'e senate and in their turn appoint the ministers who
/ of iustire e
INTERIOR OF foreign afairs, of police Of relioio 49, W
undnce' The duty of these ministers somewhat like +r
! OIL our secretaries OF state, treasury, &c.
The President is in power inferior 10 ours AMI = L
annually by the The senate is the deliba,i I
essatiye body all business of Importance must pass
ronSh their hands, and it has nearly as much power nc
our mouse OF representatives and senate cononed all the
high officers can be mpeaehed before them and lie %
members after being Invested of their oc are amenab
to it, ~ "'o ""e"aOIe
A0"rs' NC S. G. HOWE
rrho ,.u,-, ZANTE, July 6.