The Litchfield County post., 1826-09-05
T0RPTCN TNT'ELLTGENCE.

rival. Though it gives no late or encour-
aging information, it win be read with some
interest by the friends of Greece.
NAPoLI, April 30, 1896.
Dear Sir-I write you with an almost
breaking heart. Missolonghi has fallen !
her brave warriors have thrown themselves
in desperation upon the bayonets of their
enemies-her wome and children have
persisted in the flames Of their own dwell
lings, kindled by their own hands, aud their
scorched and mangled carcases, lie dam
ming proof Of the selfish Indifference of the
christian world, Chr istian do say lalasl
/ fear christianity has fed from the world.
You send missionaries to the east and to
the west, and from pole to pole; millions
are annually paid for the support of PAM
pered priests, or ofover endowed institutions,
while the poor Greeks are left to worse
than slavery and death. For ten months
have the eyes of christian Europe been
turning upon Missolonghi they have seen
her inhabitants struggling at enormous odds
against the horrors Of war and famine cher
men worn out, bleeding and dying; her
women gnawing the bones of dead horses
and mules her walls surroundedby Arabs
to glut their -hellish lusts upon her women
and children. All this they have seen and
| not raised a finger for her defence, and at
last they have seen the catastrophe. You
may talk to me of national policy, and the
necessity Of neutrality but say, a curse
upon such policy---it is contrary to chris
tianity and humanity, it is disgrace to our
age, that two millions Of christians should
be left to the Sabre and yoke of the
Turk. Pardon me, perhaps my language
is too strong-but when / think of MissOl-
onghi, when / think of the protracted suf-
fcrings of her inhabitants, many of whom
knew, cannot restrain my feelings
Jarvis, too, poor fellow, l fear was there.
/ have before mentioned him to you-the
young American, who ranked SO high in
the army heard few days ago that he
had entered the place, and been twice
wounded-if this is true, he is lost; for he
could not cut his way out well, peace to
his ashes, he has fought often for the cause,
and at last sealed his love Of it with his
life.
MY last letter to you was from Athens,
and I think dated about the first of Jan !:
in that informed you of the need Missol- |
onghi then stood in of provisions, and the |
cxertions which were making to get out the |
Greek fleet to their relief. Missolonghi
was then surrounded by the Albanian
Turks, and blockaded by the Alexandrian |
feet; the Arabian army, under lbrahim |
P acha, was then near Salona. Soon after
he opening ofthe year, Ibrahim Pacha sat
Town with his army before Missolonghi,
and increased the number of its besiegers-
% $4,000. On the 18th Jan. the brave
Did Admiral Miaulis, with the Greek YES
sells arrived; he Immediately attacked the
enemy, burnt one Corvette, took fire ship,
md drove the rest of the feet under the |
runs Of Patros. He then attacked and
the enemy's feet of boats, upon
he shoals of Missolonghi, and threw into |
he town two months provisions, which
we're all the limited means the government |
had allowed them to send. This supply
the courage of the Greeks they
bravely repulsed the almost daily attacks
Of the enemy, who twice carried one Of the
batteries and entered the town, but was
driven out again with great loss. Never
theless, the Pacha continued his operations
with great vigor the town was lombard
I'd day and highland during the last |
hree months, it is supposed that two, out |
# the three thousand fighting men Of Mis-
olonghi were killed or Wounded. Mean
while the Greek feet returned to Hydra.
The siege was holly pressed during the
month Of February, and until the middle Of
March at which time the Turkish squad
.on surrouded the little Island of Vasiladi,
situated at and defending the mouth Of the
narbor, and commenced a most furious
/; it was desperately defended
BY a little band Of Geeks, who repulsed
,very attempted landing, until bomb fall
ing upon, and bursting in their magazine,
caused the whole to explode, and left the
oorfellows without a cartridge. Reduced
to this miserable situation, they awaited the
approach Of the enemy, and persisted sword
in hand, save about thirty, who escaped to
Thus was the town sagain
reduced to extremitiess their two months
provisions were nearly exhausted, and even
should the fleet arrive with supplies, the
possession of Nasiladi by the enemy rem
dered il extremely doubtfnl. whether they
could be gotten in. A fsW days after, Ana
tolco, another Island about s miles from
Missolonghi, was attacked at the same time
~, tbas flaS+ nnd hv the Arabian army who