Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-09-05

ihey conceived on proclaimns their jndenendarcoI
may The Congress and the Senate achieve this work,
ana 'nen may they glory that the nation has not in
vain deposited its confidence in them.
From tie Boston Slae,racn.
LIE HhEEhS.-The annexed letter from m
Howe was received by late arrival Tboneb !,
gives no late or encouraging information il " In he
e"' WIZ" sumo interest by The friends of Greece
NAPoLI, April 80, 1926
Dear Sir l write you with an aImos, ha.,.;
heart Missolonsh has ialen her brave war, io,s
nave thrown themselves in desperation upon thu
Dayonets oil their enemles-her women and ch;I
den have persisted In the flames of their own dwell.
Hngs' kinuea by their own hands, s. their scorch,d
and mangled carcasses. lie damniDp n,oof M H.
selfishness and Indifference Of the Christian ,o.in
Christian, do say? alas! fear christiani,v h.
He'd from the world. You send missionaries tn The
east anu To- the west, and from pole 10 poIe mil
lions are annually paid for he support of pamrsrs
priests, or oil over-endowed institutions, wbiet The
poor HreeEs are left to worse than slavery and
death. For ten months have the eyes of christian
Europe been turning upon Missolonghi; thew have
seen her inhabitants struggling at enormous odds
against the horrors of war and famine: ber nn.n
worn out bleeding and dying; her women gnawinp
the bones OF dead horses and mules; her walls sur
rounded 10y Arabs yelling for the blood of her
WARRIORS and to sut their hellish lusts upon her
women and children. AT this they have seen an,
no. i"'eu hhSer Tor her defence, and at last they
nav seen the catastrophe You may talk TO me Of
ma lohai policy and the necessity of neutrality
Out say curse upon such policy, it is Contrary I'm
christianity & humanity; il is disgrace TO our aoe
that two millions of christians should be left TO the
Sabre y yoke otthe Turk. Pardon me, perhaps NV
language Is too suong-but when think of Mi.
solonghi, when think OF the protracted sufFerines
oil her inhabi ants, many Of whom / knew, can
nor restrain my feelings. Jarvis too moor fellow
rear was there. l have before mentioned hin,
10 you the young American, who ranked so bieh
In the army; heard few days ago that he bsd
entered lhe place, Y was twice wounded-if this ia
irle, he is lost; for he could not cut his wav nu,
well, peace TO his a.hes, he has fought often e.,
tne cause, and at last sealed Lis love of it with b;
life. = wan ms
MY last letter 10 you was from Athens. ard 7
.'ihA uated about the first of January; in that in
formed you OF the need Missolonsh then stood in
! OF PROVISIONS, and OF the exertions which xye,e
making TO get out the Greek feet to their rel;,r
niisSoioneh was then surrounded by the Albanian
ufks, and b!ockaded by the Aexandrian fee,. rho
arabian army, under Ibrahim Pacha was Their near
sauna soon alter the opening of the wear Ib,a
M" "cHa SAT down with his army before Misso
loneh and increased the number of lis beseeers r.,
oO'"oV' Va the 18th JAN the brave old Admiral
Niduiis, with the Greek vessels arrived. bs i
,"eu'"'edy attacked the enemy, burnt one Corvette
look IRE ship, and drove The resi- of the Gee, un
oer 'he guns OF Patros lie then attacked and de
sroyed the enemy's feet Of boats, upon the shoals
"I Hiissoionshl, and threw ihto the town tvvo
months provisions, which were all the ljmi, ell
means The government had allowed them TO send
us supply animated the courage OF tie Greeks.
'ney oTaYeIy repulsed the almosi daily attacks os
Tie enemy, who twice carried one of The b,,te,;a
ana entered the town, but was driven out again
wlth great loss. Nevertheless the Pacba con,in,,.t
ms operations with great vigor; the town o.
Ooilo"ued DAY aud night and during the last tlree
months, II Is supposed that two out of three tbons
anu hsh Ing men OF Mi-soIonghi were Killed -,
wounded. Meanwhile the Greek feet returned tn
ii'dfa' The siege was holly pressed during the
ihoh'h OF = eOruary, and until the middle of March.
al winch time the Turkish squadron surrounded tine
ittle Island Of VasiIadi, situated at and defend;
The mouth Of he haibjr, and Commenced NOT
U''ouS Doi DaldmenIi II was desperately defended
W H'lle oand 81 Greeks, who repulsed every at
| tempted landing, until bomb falling upon. and
burs ing IN their magazine, caused the whole to ex-
piode, and Ieii the poor fellows without a CARTRIDGE
reduced 10 this miserable situation, they awaited
the approach Of the enemy, and peIished sword in
mana, save about thirty, who ESCAPED TO Missolon
EA'' linus was The town again reduced 10 ex
uenilies; their two months provisions were nee,
~ exhausted and even should the fleet arrive v,,l
supplies, the possession Of Vasilsd by the enfrn,
rendered IL extremely doubtful whether thew =, Nh
be gotten ia. a few days after, Anatoliro 80
! leland about miles hom Misso,onsH 90
at ackej at The same time by the fleet, and bv The
Arabian Army, no wsded across Tie sbsilo,I
channel that separates it from the main. made a
landing aud marched up to the town. The first
column was cat 10 pieces, aud driv en- back; second
/ attack was not NOE successful; but at The third
they b'o ke through the feeble deiel ces of the
greeks, hewed down lie soldiers where tbey stood
aud bu'chercd or carried of as slaves, 5000
women aud Children.
Meanwhile every excrtion was making 10 re,
out tie Greek feet With provisions Tor Mi,solon-
CHI; bot this was moi effected until the Ist Of An
Ri. il soon arrived rere, and tie sight of !, for
moment che red tbe iamshng Mi.scIooebiote..
tut only moment, tor o. was soon found impossi
bic TO get In provisions, though MauIis made tbree
attempts, ba. ling with tbe whole Turki,b souadrcn
protected as 1t was b. the guns OF Va.iladL H.,
did al that brave Patriot and sklful sailor could
do, but ~ VAIN The rhsbants of Aisso Iongbi
saw Do Sc 'ucmpis, and saw their hi,iIity. tbe0
men knew heir only sleruatiy 10 he death O, q III
IT. ss'on. Tnsy had been days without a,norssl Of
bread; they had eaten up sli tie iacksssss dogs
aud rats, DO me, ever thing that could be CON
yer ell into nOunshmen'; aud 1sd orly the last re-
sort OF the brave, death, with their swords in their
hands. The sick and rundeJ, the old people
children, vi o some men 81 o would not leave.
were den slut uD some buildings over mine.
where bad been paced all heir powder; the ret
then sailed Out upon tie enemy and made des
l no al r~f. ~ tl.fr