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FROM Me Bosio1l Dan


From 0ie Boston Daily 7dacrtlsc7
Letter from DR.. Howe to gentleman in this vicin
ity, twenty-five days later than that which pub
ilshed on Tuesday last.
STEAM SNIP KETERrA, SYRIA, Dec. 13, 1896
Sir: My last was from Samos, dated November 22.-
This vessel having been left there TO about foi
some days, after performing this, without falling in
with any enemy, returned here, on the l5tb aud arr
now able to inform you of many things. of which was
then ignorant, which have occurred since Athens
holds out and will hold OUT the rainy has
nenced and must every day make the situation of the
enemy worse The garrison well supplied with
all necessaries, and we are under apprehension
for The place. CutuokIs FaCba met with severe loss
the other day, in affair with Karraskailsas This
commander as informed you, had changed his plain
from that Of openly attacking the enemy upon the plan
of Athens to that cutng of his supplies from dis.
! lance He had taken post for this purpose when a
cody OF 500 Turks sent cut by Cutuoss had advan
ced almost to Saloa. He fellow ed Their, up attack
ed them in defe, killed eight hundred and forced
the remainder to shut themselves up in Venitian
chateau, almost without provisions, AID lie holds
them in blockade. skS
ibrahm Pacha remains Within remnant of all ar
my at IrirozZa, entirely inactive snd probably We
ry weak; though lesEnNYh SORROW that tweaty trans
port vessels ladc @a provisions and supplies have
arrived safely al fSggasIh. No troops, however have
fe long time suspected that;sSa PaoAa of Egypt is
hardly in state TO support tse tfops he nov has in
the Morea, much less to send fresh ones.
The expedition of Coe,,i to Euboa has failed; no
ping 10 ind the Turks off their guard he landed and
attacked them. But 1t appears he was perfectly pre-
pared for and expeeted-;hey fought; the Turks bea
them back, and drove them on board their sbit,s
bus ends the expedition of Colletti-froro which
had hoped something for be is decidedly man of Ia
lent, and his plan was good one but he vas nisera-
bly, supplied with funds, and too crippled in means
enable General to execute design with sccresy
and despatch His failure will much diminish his ia
Thence, which until now has been very great especi-
ally over the Roumeliotes. Colletti is a man bard to
ifahom;-that he has talents, IAN doubt,-eIse
ho,r t.
any striking military successes. could he have risen
from tire place of simple physician, the endowment
fan extraordinary Influence, which l.. has kept un-
diminished from The very commencement OF the rey,
luton?
Tire regular troops, nov diminished 10 a sna uurn-
ber at Ne.iDa entirely deprived of the means of
supporting this body, Government would have been
obliged toahan'on IT, had It not been for French phi
lantborpy,their committee having placed at the dis
posai of Col Fabvier thirty thousand francs per month
The conduct of the French people towards Greece has
been really noble and generous; neither have the
Germans nor Swiss been behind The safety off
country now. in the days of ThemstocIes lies in bel
wooden walls Mistress tie sea she secure Dor
the continent This leads me 10 mentipp the arrya
OF the frgate built in America, and which has df,sed
Joy among che Greeks. learn that Maulis has rone
on board, and taken her to Egna where the National
Assembly is now sitting. How she will be disposed
Of know not yeti The general wish is that she NAV
be commanded and manned by Amercapss-but this
seems hardly possible. Government have received
letters from Cochrane, dated barseilles where he is
for the purchase of large of ttrty-two
guns, built fer the Pacha of Egypt but which he has
(, pot the means of paying for.
Lord Cochrane's Expedition is the sheet anchor o.
n Greece, AMI hope brightens into certainty
=. Something will be done in the Spring; the Greek
t. have already two of the most powerful vessels tina
swim, in their service; speak of this one and III
sixty-four gun ship. More will probably arrive thu
winter and they have been able, with their little flee
Of merchant brigs, TO meet with the Turkish line ohat
tie ships, what may not be hoped from an equal force
Give us the sea, and Turkey may pour in upon US a
many bovdes did Persia, and Greece will be
little harmed by them.
Iumy next hope TO give you an account Of the ODE
Fations of the National Assembly, which have Just bee
convened al EgBa.
IS MEANWHILE remain yours sincerely.
$ s. G. HOWE.
,f The appearance Of squadron the Arcbiuel Ia
go, impressed upon the people high of our ma w
The Greeks speak in rdpuTes Of North Carolina
Some old Iydriote sailors, speaking her, said "we ne
knew what ship before went OH board q
her, and have the ships Of every ia ton in tn
world Whatever may have been the policy the 90
II vernment is sending large up the Mederfa-
has least had the effect heigten the repu
taton Of our country in Europe. see much of the ma
val officers OF all nations and say that where off
GERS are best Known they esteemed. I remeu-
Der the other day have heard British officers
Well 30 tell the truth, and shame the devil see pothuf
in the faukce ships inferior Then, the