The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-05-29

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."o" premier and peer but ha.ins = :
psI' ~ man, or politician. All
raised only BY management. Ne a., anu Eco
told that he IS in ANY degree a No. "o' . C.
views IN the French government. |, y abeis
onhed States and m England onl,, = ~ It.
; that capacNyand character ere allowed 'spDa'.
per weig hiti affairs aud tins tra;, -
affords hIkh'moral distraction. hu, - uftg5
essential superiority ia then relation, - a.
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MR. CANNING. ''''''s'
FROM THE LIVERPOOL ALR,os
we cannot, at a period when Mr. e
IN 'he ef'ss OF his fame. resist the ternn,a. u
,ranscfibe few sentences from \ rne,ia, =
ne delivered IN Liverpool during N. eia' VIC
1910; sentences which seem 10 us To h." .
: coi,aI interest al the present moment y
"sntleIaen, there is yet a heaye, -.
r .''da e''hef OF those have stated to Won H.
ehen, 'hai am AN adventurer. To-.
charge as 1 understand it. | anu ,yiln,, -. 40 'hs
guilty As representative of the noa,I ~ pead
one oifhe people and 1 present mysslc,a,. !, atl
who choose me only with the claus Of c' ''o's
TOE they what they nav unaccredit,a NC,
e'c'an patronage aor party reconnepds, ps
MOI Is II VA this free country, where in
Walk OF lite, the road of honorable succsssi
10 every indivldusi,--I am sure it is no, W. ~
p'ace'--that ishallbe expected to apolop,yo GU ,'S
presenting myselfto our choice. H. 'o's9
Is a political creed, which assigns 10 = uel9
combination Of greatEfames right IN S'.@'
10 the sovereign and to influence the ,oa.,
and that this doctrine Of hereditary antioI pre
administration is. singularly enough. mo,,s.. w
."' a"ons those VINO ind nothing more la.,L
Die than tfo principle Of legitamacv in tbsoro"t
1 Eaya
depend direesi5F upon the people, as then ".
sentative hhqg,iiament If, as n s.ryan, iel'f'
crown, TO lean on no other support than,
public confidence, If that be TO be an al. u
er, plead guilty TO the charge, and wonJ W.
exchange that situation, 10 whatever fam,
may expose me, for all the adyanto,es s,i.
might be derived from an ancestry of n bnndr..
generations" "u'sa
SIEGE OF MISSOL0NGHI-A H;c,,r.
the Siege of Missolonghi has been Dubl;sboi
fdfiN, 10y NJ. Auguste Fabre. II contains n,a'
Der embarrassing details with respec, 10 ,ba,
memorable event. The bravery and sefdo.a
ton of the unfortunate Greeks are pain,od 49,
IA mastery pencil. II is well known. thai aa''
having been disappointed in all their homes -
aid, feeling their ramparts crumbling undp-
then feef. seeing their fathers, their wives ~.
'her chiidren' Perish'ng by famine, the garri.
son sent communication to the onlv -
which was able TO give them any succo9r n.y.,
OF karaskaki, requesting it to attack the rear -
Che enemy on certain day, and TO AMMAN
Its arrival by general discharge Of nu.ke,,y
al which moment the garrison va.gld make y
sortie, ana endeavor to cut theifNay throush
the beseglng army. On The appointed dav i5y
population of MissoloDghi was assembled
| There remained three thousand soldiers inrl,.
ding those who, although sick or yonnda1
were capable of marching with the assistant,
Of their comrades, thousand artifcers or oh. 4
err men unused to fighting. and above five tbor.
sand women and children. The Grecian va
men who fancled themselves strong enough IN
brave the fatigue and danger OF the sortie dres,
ed themselves IN mems clothes, in order thai i
they were unable to escape the enemy, they
might be mistaken for soldiers, and put 10 deaf,
instantly. Many of them hung round their
necks and round the necks of their children. a,
protecting talisman the revered relics other
ancestors and wore concealed daggers, with
which either to strike the enemy or to secure
their not being taken alive. Those whose weak
ness forbade them to follow the trOops Joined
the desperately wounded, the sick, the aged. and
the infants, and resolved 10 bury themselves in
the RUNS otthe town. II twas a terrible moment
Almost all the families of MissOIongh were d,
vded into two parts those who remained in
expectation of death, and those who were on tfe
4 point Of rushing forth to vengeance and to Dew
dangers. The hardest warriors were subdnei
TO tears and the bravest hearts quailed at the
approaching separation. All these preparations
were, however, rendered abortive by the nfs.
nous treachery of Bulgarian soldier, who had /
deserted to lbrahim, and disclosed the whOle
plan. The Turks suddenly attacked the town,
| hathpd s,,( Ill
scene that followed was hideous but onr /
voice was heard among the despairing women"
says NJ. Fabre " 10 the sea 10 the sea I" Ma.
ny precipltated themselves into wells into which
they hrst threw their children. But he wells at /
length became full, and il is a long way from me
Tainparts to that part ofthe harbour which was
Sulhclentiy deep for the purpose of death. The
Conquerors, anxious for slaves, followed close
on their victims Several women and even Sc
veral children, had the address and the good 10Y
tune TO free themselves by throwing thenseye;
on the naked swords of the Arabs Others pluns-
ed into the flames OF the burning houses; twelve
hundred, who could discover way OF destroy
ing themselves, fell into the hands OF the enemy
Inc attention OF the conquerorS was oondra"a
to the powder magazine. The size and The 50,
lidlty OF the building induced them 10 believe
that the wealth of the iuhabiI ants had been there
and children, and Capsalis ION. of the pnmaie
vi the town, who, having obstnately refused
accompany the garrison in THEN projected 'O
tie, conducted to the powder-magazine c"v1
OF women and children, saying, " Come, and u
still will myself set fire to it,') They wII
not they had no parting TO appTeheno WIG
grave was about to unite them forever. ldI
mothers tranquility pressed their infants to lh'
breasts; relying on Capsalis. In the msanJ
while, the enemy crowded round their asylum
some attempted TO break open the doors som
to enter by the windows some climbed to u
roofs, and endeavourod 10 demohsh II.
length, Capsaiis, perceiving that vast nuinD'
had assembled, uttered a brief prayer, fan''o
to the Greeks" Lord, remember me
applied the match. The explosion was so "o
lent, that the neighbOuring houses were 'nlO%
down, large chasms were producedm the ea'u
and the SEA, moved from its bed inundated u"
part Of the town. Two thousand barD@l'a.
were blown up with Capsals." Such wa
catastrophe OF this terrible drama.
To be Drawn in LynchbuI6