Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-09-29
GREECE
From he Boston Carrier.


nj. Town. sailed from here some months since
9Th an intention OF joining himself to the
sock army. We have been obliged by afriend
A~s his with he perusal OF the hrst letters wn'eh
have been received from him since has ARRIVAL
an Greece, and With permission to publish such
,arts as may be thought interesting ihese
letters are dated March %; as news much hter
has reached us from the Greeks, tue details OF
uarIike occurrences at that date cannot no" DC
,snbiecis of importance. The following Passa-
PES we have selected ~ containing n''ofli'a''on
OF another character that may be interesting 10
a portion our readers
ssMost of the information which you
receive in America, comes by the way
Of England, where they either know no.
thing of the true state of this country, or
wilfIlly misrepresent it; | do not mean
I, saw that the accounts are all design
edly iniurious-far from IT. Inc
friends Of Greece magnify and extol
boras unreasonable as her enemies RI
d;cnle her. For instance, have Just
read in an English newspaper OF hlsh
credit. a long and pompous account OF
the reception OF Sir Frederick ADAM,
Governor of the Ionian Islands, at Ma
mol; di Romania, the seat oil creek
Government; the paper stated that he
was escorted into town by 5000 Greek
troons. was met by 10 senators, clothed
in white robes. with wands in their hands,
aud conducted by them to the senate
chamber. Now let us see no" mucn
truth there is in this account; SIR Il.
Adam nspsr ,gas in the .Hored; and
there never have been half the number
of troons stated, in the NapolL | cite
This example not only to show that II
was a sheer fabrication, but that Its Ia
bricator knew nothing OF the country.
For my own part, have found, oy the
.exnerience of three months residence
IN Greece, that all the ideas ! had con-
ceived Of her, from the information l
was able TO collect in America, were
entirely false; have been d'sappolnt-
ed. but my disappointment is pleasant
one. Contrast the situation OF Napoh
with its state six years ago; then the
Greek was trembling disposed slave;
he dared not to lift his eyes from the
ground as the naughty Moslem passed
.by him: now behold him in the senate
>of his own nation, freely and boldly de-
.lberating on the good OF the country
have been astonished to find that the
IMPRESSED. despised Greeks, who were
not allowed to possess arms, have freed
all the Morea with the exception oil "a
tras Modon, and Coron; and knowing,
as do. that the Greeks began the war
with clubs and stones, that they nave
slain two hundred thousand Turks dur
ing its progress, and that they now dare
think of carrying the war into the enc
zmy's country, | cannot but nope macn
from their exertions; ] cannot pat 'hihk
that latent spark of the fire OF their
ancestors has been blown into a famei
which will spread till it has BUNDLED the
mower of their enemies
"You must have heard ere this OF a
serious disturbance, OF rather an open
.,YebeIlion, carried on by Colocotrones,
,Rondas. and ether powerful Chiefs; this
isentirely quelIed, and the chiefs have
surrendered themselves to the authori-
ties; the affair was very serious one,
and the scales were equally balanced
for some time; but after the crisis the
provisional government became esta-
bEshed more firm than before; and this
eryrebellion has proved useful to the
country, inasmuch as it has inspired the
people with confidence in govern :
ment, which could not put down so Tor
midabIe an opposition.
~sThe Turks, it seems, were we'll a.
ware of this state of things, and nave
opened their campaign much earlier
than usual, hoping to profit by the divl-
sion, and gain over one OF the pafues'
It now appears that Odysseus, common
" called ULYSSES, a most powerful chief
was concerned in, and perhaps the Sc
-cret spring of this rebellion; when he
found his plot had failed, and that the
loan had fallen into the hands of the
provisional government, he became
convinced that his hope OF establishing
3 a military despotism must fail, unless
he struck bold stroke; he has there
; fore thrown off the mask, replenished
his cave. or castle, with provisions,
and Joined himself with the Turks, who,
it is said, have promised him the island
~-of Negropont.
He is now with body of his follow
, ers, and an army of Turks, threatening
90 ponr down upon Attica and take
Athens. Ulysses is a dangerous man,
since he has many friends among the
lower class of the people, and since he
is decidedly superior, in point ct militia
nv talents, to any Greek living. How