The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-11-10
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OF the bounty ot our country men Ia th. famisil-
ing people Of GREECE. The following letter from
the Rev. Mr.. King who sailed ia the Herald. II
connection Win the Agents Of the Committee,
but ms a special minister Of mercy from tie La
dies Greek Committee Of this city, will be lead
with peculiar ~sa,isfacti n.
IN. Y. COMMERCIAL 4drsriigrr.
"PoRos, 9Th August, ls2s.
have AT length arrived Ut th, place of ,lesti.
nation, aud have now the happiness 10 : aud on
Grrciau soil. M, eyes nov hrhrld AN imnens.
fcl " white ALREADY 10 harSes,, % aGd reinife
tina, am sent hither "a labor. We arrived IN
The harhor of Poros. the 26ih ult. in 81 DAYS
from New York. Being quite III ON The day Of
our arrival, and learning That It was very sickly
in this place having no lodging, procured, aud
as the Lori's lay " 5 approa hng ! Concluded
to remain on ho trd I'LL Monday the 2sth, at
which time came on shore, and took lodgings IN
one ofthe hest houses could 6nd, though there
was in It neither bed, char nor table. The SAM
large tr,mk which Mr.. Fisk ant myself used in
the desert aud for a long time at Jerusalem, for
a table, | am now using again tor the same pur-
pose. al.
The catgo OF supplies for the Greeks arrived
il good order aud is now deposited Ia magazines
furnished gratis bv he Gofernor ofG ""ce. Ne
have cali Il on the Presidnn,, lus brother. Count
NJ Nt1Dh i-tftd, INNfbtbildltf HiiAl Nv w
f the island. all of whom gave US The most po-
lite and cordial reception. The Presid nt h
al o been with US ~ examine the cnrgo, aud
seemed highly graf ii ID. though he several
times remarked that the things were quite Too
good.
Our frst interview with him was 10 me IN the
highest degree interesting AT r he had read
several letters of Introduction which | had Ia
him from Mr Gallatin, from the Dntchess de
Broglie, the Countess 81. AuIdire, and others OF
his friends in France aud S"tzrrland, our cor
yer ,tion t,rned upon the present state Of hreece,
the means TO be- rnp'oyed 10 RAISE her from the
law state To which she as ppen reduced bY itr
kiSh tyr ,nnv, war aid anarchy the Importance
Of Establishing schools al reaching thu Vnntn ut
only science. bur good mo ais. aud the religion
If the Gospel &c. winch have not now lime II
detail.
On nv observing 10 his Exccllcacy that W.,
50 far a. means were concerned, owed or mir
penicnre TO the irm principles Of prnb'iy watr1
,ur forriathees possessed, who 1-d ron Ea,s
iand 70 Aneriea nth the Bible IN their h,nds +.
81 know it, said he, - an well acquainted
win your history" After 4 long conversation
ofth 5 kind we cam, 10 the subject oi the cargo
seat out by the Greek Com nittee Of New York.
The letter from thai Comui tee had been gwen
10 him hy his brother. previous TO our seeing
him, as ne Vas aaspnt at the time of our hfrivdl,
and puI first business was transacted With hi5
brother
was so unwell for several DAYS after my ar
rival t1at | could do hut lI,tle nor" than peitnrdi
the duties which were ahsolntlv necessai y
surn as calling on The authorities oi me Plar"
and making such arrangements as wprn Iecessa-
!, for unloading the cargo, taking the house,
SC. Besides. mnltiiudrs were calling on me Il
beg the Gospel. | know not t'at ever sa"
people so absolutely hungry for books as they
ARE IN this place. Not more than three or four
have asked me for charily-hundreds have ask
ed me for books. ! hnre many things winch III
ierpSt ne pxceedmgly, which ! wish 70 cnmHni-
nicaie, hun ca,inoi now, as the Herald, " winch
| send this. is 10 sail at two O'Clock ,o-in0rro"
morning. Suffice 10 say that 'hf way il per
fectIy open for mr. 10 establish schools 10 any
extent. If Won csn sen4 me City THOUSAND dol
lars. I can emrloy it - that purpose. Conia
no, the Ladies of New Y nix collect money e.
u ,ugh FOR binding a ,choo, house aud the estab-
lishment of a school of superior order To- te.
males in Greece Would not such m act q
chart ' IN the La lies of vnur c,tv be 10 them a
iBorp brilliant ornament y an chains OF gold anu
pearls1 have to-day Yad another interview
with the President and he has Invited me 10 VS.
it the schools which he has established here, aud
then TO come tn Egina, where he IS gotog 10
morrow morning 10 he introduced by him 10 The
Bishop in that place, and to visit the schools
which he las there established.
Athens is still in the hands Of the Turks, aud
Ibrahim Pacha, and the plague are stu IN the
Morea. In this place it rs now s'ckly Df. kasS
saws that he thinks there are five hundred IA To-
Irs, III OF levers.
One word now with regard TO This place, and
| will cOncludp.-Poros, is a small, rough, rug
gid, rocky island separated from the man iaioi,
the Morea, by.a narrow channel of water. he
civ. which c pntans, perhaps. Eve thousand ia
hahitants, is built on the deciivItI's ol Il steep
I'LL. and the houses rise one above another, so
that the foundation of one is about On the level
wi h the top Of the sther " in the midst of these
are lodges oflarge. pendant rocks, which, II would
seem, a little shaking OF the earth might st N
motion. and roll down in d,solatlon upon all be-
meath.
This Island was formerly called Calavris. II
was here, that Dpmosiheups took refuge IN
the temple Of Neptnne, aud where, - a"otd tall
ing into the hands Of a ryraut, he swallowed
poison and fell dead At the foot OF the Altar.
Here fell the prince of Orators. Here was hush-
Ell 10 silence, more than two thousand years ago,
the ~mightiPst voice of eloquencc, which The IA
gan world ever heard. But the Liberty Tor
which he plead, though fallen, still lives, md
nov half risen from the dust, TO which Turkish
tyranny had crushed her. has seized her S1leld
aud sword, and already performed deeds oi val
or. They will one day be, doubt not, recog-
nized rs such. At present, | hear little else
from foreigners, but " base Greeks, vile ''reeks'
living Greeks. thievish Greeks. unworthy OF the
charities YOU bring them, unworthy OF ASSISTANCE.
,mv orthv Of liberty, worse thnn Bar5afiahs'
Some told me-, before | arrived here, that they
thought it very probable, that the Greeks would
cut my throat. II may be so. ! cannot say what
may, or NAV not happen as to that. | can only
say, for the present, that mI reception here has
been such rs il always was among Greeks IN Ia
lcstinc aud Sgria, Egypt, Asia Minor. and Con.
stantinopir. trieGdly and polite
In much haste, your very obodi"ni friend and
humble servant. JONAS KING.
The Prates.-rhe 81. Christopher Advertiser
contains the following account Of the execution