The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-11-07

tltt bafhe all ralchlaN6ns, ard Vf lan only
do our best, and calmly await iir result.
Go,ernmpnt begin to find thai ti.y can
moi oppose the regular army If IN. enem.
with their Wild troops, who positively
know nothing more of bfder or dncpllne,
than our Norlh.Amefican indians. They
bygin ip talk seriously If raising 8 Dr 1000
mrn M Ireland, or elsewhere, aud most OF
them wish for American officers. On con-
sderallon, !, hss appeared To me imprac.
iicable 10 have troops, in sufficlcOt mum
bers from The United States since, a
nong other reasons, they would expect
higher pay than could possibly w gwen
them III Greece.
Our news iron Missolonghi are favour
able the enemy have made three assaults
upon the place, and been thrice mpuls'h
with great loss. The inhabitants far not,
and will doubtless be able to defend them
selves az aust any nnmber of ths Wild Al
banians that can be brought there /; but
should lbrahln Pacha with hrs tactics be
siege the place, he would carry II ina short
time.
In my letters Of the 9th and 2sd NJ June,
! had gwen yon an account of lhs public
proceedings OF sreece, which had inten-
ded for the good of orr country, az yon
are SO entirely ignorant in Amerleaof eve
ny thug relating to aifnirs here; and !
wished yon To make the most imp irtant
facts public, in any manner you chose--
but as think those letters are lost, shall
! give you a rapld summary Of what there
detailed at hngtb. | told you of the cap
| ture OF Navarlaa by the Turks, and Their
strict observance of all the terms II cdphu
lalion; of Their advance upon, and success
ave destruction of the towns Of Nice and
Cadmata Of the entire Dispersion of the
Creek army, and the universal discomfort
ofthe country, winch made the pt opie de-
mand that tolocotroni should be set AT H.
1 berry, and made generallsslmo, which MAS
done. Immediately after ihV falI Of Nava-
rina, Fletcher tthr minister of ihlerlor) adj
vanced with about 900 men TO Smhll
| Hin, 10 rndeayour TO cover the provinces
of Arcadia; in day or two the Turks ad-
ranced against his position, and entirely
cut of his army, leaving the brave feuo"
dead upon the spot. Fletcher WAS priest,
but amongst the first to rise against lhe
Tuks, and during the whole revolution
had distinguished himself by his bold and
active exertlens /; he enriched himself
much and bis talents procured him thr
place ot minister of interior, in despite Of
the tlenrss af his moral character. On
the I'll of June, the feet from Constantine
pie, consisting of 100 sail, followed Ivy
division of the Greek feet, appeared Of
Hydra on which an attack was expected,
and all preparations mate for an obstinate
defence. But On the 9th the Greeks at
tackled the enemy with their fre-sInpa,
burnt two frigaf,s, drove two other, u
| shore, and destroyed several cOrvettes and
transports. This bold stroke and decided
advantage 10 weakened and scattered the
enemy's feet, that they bore away for Seo-
u where lay also the Alexandria hrrt.-
Here the Greeks blockaded them for
month, when they made an attempt 10
come out, but were driven back with the
loss of one large corvette !; hut they To *
advantage Of II gale Of wind which mad dis
prrsed the Greeks, and ran Out IL sea
| After the destruction of Nice aud Calama-
| Ia lbrahm Pacha secured all Arcadia, aud
then came ON boldly, aud as The Greeks
! thought blindly to Leondarl, where he was
met b, ColOcotronl who Immediately sue
cceded IN cutting of a division of his ar
my, and enclosing them for two days in n
defle but, on the third day, another dlVI-
sion making a dCtour, came &c the ASSN
lance of tue first: an engagement ensucd,
! in which the Greeks were worsted, mas
much as the EN- my eKtrlcatcd themselves.
| Lenndari was then taken the route lay
open TO Trippolh8za ; the distance was
hut five hours, and nothing could stop the
progress of the enemy. II then remained
| for the Greeks to show themselves worthy
| of their name. Now TrippolIzza was by
far the largest and richest town III the No
rca, and was always the Turkish capital
situated in the centre of the country, sur
| roun,led by mountains, II seemed rally
| ing point, and one that could not be taken
hut when the inhabitants found the enemy
were advancing upon IT in such power, that
| their walls could not resist the cannon, aud
| that they would be unable TO retake it II
| the enemy got possession, they gave the
| order for its destruction the torch was
| applied, the walls were levelled, and, IN
! three hours, the rich and populous Trlpo-
| LIZA was left a smoking RUN, and heap
of ashes. On the 10th ofJune, died Gen.
Ulysses or Odysseus; he had been takcnpII-
by the troops government, y conin-
ed IN high tower, charged With treason
| from this tower he attempted to make his es-
| cape BY letting himself down with rope
which broke, and precipltated him from an
immense height upon the rocks below. In
! MN Greece has lost one OF her bravest
nut most dangerous sons /, the fact uf his
,nit cannot BIZ questioned, and by his
death the tumults of Attica are bnshcd.
| judy I4.-News from the Morea better
dod better: it grows certain that lbrahlm
Poeha is in great trouble he has made ST.
vrral Intellectual attempts to escape from
the plains of Trippu!lzza, but has b en-
prevented by the Greeks, who, TO the nun
her of about $1,000, Gil the passes. -Four