The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-09-14
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THE dREEHs.

ceived by late arrival, we copy from the
Boston Courier. 1t is from the pen of DIR.
Howe, native Of Massachusetts,, who is
now residing in Greece. Though it gives
no late or even encouraging intelligence,
still /, viii be peruscd with feelings of in
terest by the friends ofthat prosecuted and
oppressed race.
NAroLI, April 80, 1896.
Dear Sir: | write you with an almost
breaking heart. Mssolonghi has fallen
her brave warriors have thrown themselves
u desperation upon the bayonets of their
elemies-her women and children have
paished in the flames Of their own dwell
lIgs, kindled by their own hands, and their
scorched and mangled carcasses lie n
damning proof fof the selfish indifference of
the christian world (? Christian, do say
Alas ! fear christianity has fled from the
lworld. You send missionaries to the East
and TO the West, and from pole to pole ;
millions are annually paid for the support
u pampeTed priests, or of evcr-endowed
Institutions, while the poor Greeks are left
toworse than slavery and death. For ten
mouths have the eyes of christian Europe
oee' turned upon Mlssolonghi they have
seenher inhabitants struggling at enor-
mousodds against the horrors Of war and
lamlnt; her men worn out, bleeding and
d1ylng her women gnawing the bones of
dead horses and mules her walls surround
ed by Arabs, yelling for the blood Of her
warriors, and TO glut their hellish lusts up
on her women and children. All this they
have seen, and not raised finger for her
defence, and Of last they have seen the ca
tastrophe. lou may talk to me of nation
al policy, and the necessity of neutrality /;
but say, curse upon such policy it is
contrary TO Christianity and humanity it's
a disgrace to our age, that two millions Of
Christians should > left to the sabre and
yoke ofthc Turk. Pardon me perhaps
my language is too strong but when
think Of Missolonghi, when think of the
protracted suflerings Of her inhabitants,
many of whom knew, | cannot restrain
my feelings. Jarvis too, poor fellow, fear
was there. have before mentioned him
to you-the young American who ranked
50 high in the army heard few days a.
~ eue nc had entered the place, and been
SwiIc Woupfad - 49, - ,ruo, ne Is .ost ;
Tor he could not cut his way out well,
peace TO his ashes, ne rOugin vrtvn G,r tho
cause, and at least sealed his love for il
with his life.
Ny last letter to you was from Athens,
and think dated about the first of Janua
ry, in that informed you of the need Mis-
solonghi then stood in of provisions, and ol
the eXertions which were making to get
out the Greek fleet to their relief. Misso.
longhl was then surrounded by Albanian
Turks, and blockaded by the Alexandrian
fleet: the Arabian army, under lbrahim
Pacha, was then near SaIona. Soon after
the opening Of the year, Ibrabim Pacha sat
down with his army before Mssolonghi,
and increased the number Of its besicgers
to 10000. On the 18th January, the brave
old Admiral Miauls, with the Greek veg
! sells, arrived he Immediately attacked the
enemy, burnt one corvette, took fireship,
and drove The rest Of the fleet under the
guns Of Patras. lie then attacked and
destroyed the enemy's fleet Of bouts, upon
the shoals before Missolonghi, and threw
/ into the town two months provisions which
were all the limited means the govern.
ment had allowed them 10 send. This sup
ply animated the courage of the Greeks
they brayely repulsed the almost daily at
! NOIhs VI tI4S NbtllNB WIN LNi iulfitu Onb
of the batteries, and entered the town, but
was driven out again with great loss.-
Nevertheless the pacha continued his ope.
rations with great vigor; the town was
bombarded day and night and during the
last three months, It is supposed that two
out Of the three thousand fight'@onnded.
Missolonghi,. WEEK fleet returned to Hy-
iMse.:!anYhc siege was hotly pressed during
tho month OF February, and until The mid
dlt of Merch; at which time the Turkish
squadron surrounded the little island of Va
siadi, situated Of and defending the mouth
of the harbQr, aud commenced a most furi-
Gus bombardment; 1t was desperately de-
Tended by little band of Greeks, who re-
pulsed every attempted landing, until
bomb falling upon and bursting in thel
magazine, caused the whole 10 explode
and left the poor fellows without cart
ridQe. Reduced 10 this miserable sItua
ton. they awaited the approach Of the en-
emy. and perlshed sword IN hand, save a.
bout thirty, who made their escape to Mis-
solongh. Thus was the town again reduc
ed to extremities their two months proyi
/ sions were nearly exhausted, and ever
\ sbould the feet arrive with supplies, the
nossessiou of vnslladi by the enemy rem
dered II extremely doubtful, whether they
could be rotten in. A few days after, An
atol,eo. another island about SIX miles frou
Missolonphi, was attacked at the same tins
by the feet. and by the Arabian army, wb'
wsding across the shallow channel tha
aenaraies Il from the main made landing
and marched up to town. Their first co
umn was cut to pieces and driven back
the second attack was not more successful
bu, AT the third, they broke through tn
rtss aaconc.s oftbe Greeks. hewed dow