Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-12-08

poliiza, and il Ibrahlm cannot relieve
them soon, they must surrender for
want of provisions The Greeks are
now in very good spirits, and Coloco.
tropis army, when crossed the Mo
rea five days ago, was between IL
and $1,000 strong, and was dali III
creasing, by the Moriotts coming
down from the mountains to JOIN him
Their affairs in all quarters have as
sumed a favorable aspect Tn
Greeks are more united than they have
ever been, and this campaign may be
considered as approaching to term
nation"
The Diarlo di Roma contain, the
following intelligence dated Corfu,
Sept. l5:-"Letters from Ithaca and
MIssolonghi, announce that Ibrahim
Pacha having killed with pistol shot
he Pacha of Gambia, the nephew of
the latter fired at Ibrahim, and killed
him on the spot"
Extract OF a private letter of the 9TH
inst from Trieste Missolonghi
holds out, and defends Itself valiantly
Several more Austrian vessels have
been taken by the Greeks. The brig
Severe. of 6000 stayos, the finest YES
eel of onr navy, having been met on
It's way to Smyrna by Greel, armed
vessel, was attacked ON accoupt Of
having 80 Turkish passengers on
board, and the Captain being obliged
10 defend himself, the vessel was cap
ured, the men killed, and the brig
sunk. Three rich Turks were kept
for the sake of obtaining ransom
The Austrian Observer informs US,
hat in the Morea nothing has taken
|place but few Insignificant actions,
and as proof Of their being nnimpor
ant. adds, that at Constantlnop'e. not
more than one hundred pair of CT eek
ears had been eGhibued The Jour
nal des Debats pertinently inquires
| whether these ears were conveys ed TO
The Mutt by Austrian vessels
A Frankfort Journal says:-"We
learn by recent advices from Corfu,
hat dissention has arisen between
he Egyptian troops aud the Arnsuts
and Turks, under the command OF |
orahim Pacha. They even came to
blows several times during their re
treat from the interior Of the Morca to
he coast"
Latest from Greece-We have re
ceived by the Ouer, from SMYRNA, a
regular series of the Oriental Specta
tor to October Z. On the 10Th Sept
a fire broke in Smyrna, in "A house oc
cupied by Moreote Turks, and rang
ed in consequence of high wind 10 a
frlghtful extent for the space of four
'een hours Two thousand houses nc
cupied by Turks, Greeks and Jews
ivere destroyed. The inhabitants de
prived of their homes, to the number
of ten thousand, were quartered gla
tutiously by the Pacha, in the villages
and in the houses, which had been
previously deserted by the Greeks.
Ibrahim Pacha seems to have been
in undlaurbed possession of the grea
ter part of the Morea, except the city
of Napoli, yet it did not appear that
he was undertaking any enterprise
He was apparently waiting for rein
forcemeuts from Egypt, to enable him
10 undertake the siege of Napoli The
Spectator contains several letters from
/ Alexandria These confirm the &C
counts which we have already receiv
ed, of the bold attempt of the Greek
fire ships upon the port of Alexandria,
on the 10Th of August, which came
near meeting with the most signal sue
cess, in the destruction not onl y of the
Egyptian fleet, but Of great part OF
the city The Turkish squadron, un
der the Captain Paeha, after ahan
doning the siege of Missolonghi in the
beginning of Aug sailed for Alexan.
dria, where his unexpected arrival af
Ter the unsuccessful attempt of the
Greeks, caused serious alarm 1t
was expected that the reinforcement
for Morea would sail about the end of
September; and it was said that it
would consist of 1900 troops well
disciplined in the European manner
Il is asserted in the Spectator, tina. The
Hydriotes were experimenting an at
tack from this division of the Egyp
tian army upon their island, and were
Engaged in strengthening their forti-
fications.
These papers state that MissoIong