Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-01
DIR. HOWE,S NARRATIVE.

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e detailed account Of the situation uerng' aud pros.
pees II the Greeks and motion Of Col Stone voted
that the balance Of the fund, in the hand, Of the Executive
Committee Of that he appropriated the maintenance OF
hospitals in Greece We make extract from the interesting
narrative Of Dr. Howe believing that ~lLe generally seeeP
table.-Bo'ton Gazette.
sIleh America for Greece in November 1924: filed with
that srsns enthusiasm for her which then
lent there every thing charm young enthusiast Greece
the land Of Leond and Themtoele, up, aud struggling
Tor political exsnce; the Descendants OF ancient heroes
fighting for freedom in that land covered with the broken col
umns and the still splendid ruins Of former greatness, above
ALL Byron the generous and noble had joined them aud
yosng Hoekng from Europe to as volunteers,
% arrival in the Mores, found every thing the friends
ess could wish II Government had Ja" put down the
~ haeis ani had them pt-ouers loan Of ten million
dslrs had been negotiated rsssr troops organizing
Lsnca'srn schools establishing every where Greeks
coming in from Asia Mnor frigaies building in
Ansiea, and steam vessels is London. The Mores, the is,
lani-s-i Rones tranquil every part eutivsted
ind tie '.se. Sss.a to swarm with happy g.,n who
which destined TO attack Pass, and drive the Turks from
their s strong hold in the country but the attention Of the
expedition directed the south Of the Morea where Ibrs
him Pssha with 1900 disciplined Arabs had just landed-snd
marched 10 him full Of confidence and hopefor the
Greeks yea had continually beaten the Turks, driven
them from strong hold another till the country al
most free Of them What their dmay then on sPproash
ing Navsrine to meet small parties carrying oil the wounded
others Struggling ngy considerable bodies Of 'sder all
flying with evident marks OF modification, defeat aud despair
in vain to try TO persuade them to turn hack talk ohe
soldiers: "they European iactcans, who beat without
hs,ins" In Fact the poor fellows had by scientific move
nen been driven from the positions; and looked fatal in
deed to Greesn liberty to see the newly arrived troops NOV
ing about the plain below u, with cavalry artillery and
cry sPPuensnee Of regular while the Greek oldic
gazing o he mountain side which he could
eomprehe and sstonhed at the glitter Of the bsye
net, which he had never before In few day. Nsya
rno fell aud the Arabs prepared to make da' upon T.PP"
then the Capital Of the Morea with population Of $1,000
There mean, Of defending H. aud the inhabitants una
Bile to their effects set fire to il and fed towards Napo
% of hsS
who could walk fastening AWAY the very old and feeble
and the sick, le behind the confusion nde.erb
able; women got separated from their hu'bands-ehdren
from their paens-he feeble sank down and died.
oyertak aud beheadedand many seized with
pang, labor by the roadside Nearly hundred thou
sand persons driven from their homes, and flying TO
the 'eahore before the Arabs who laying waste the country
burning the villages, and 'lansherng all they met pursued
marked by the plains Of Csanas TrPpouza and Argos and
only under the walls Of Napol h, they stopped.
From that time to this the PelPonnem ha, been one wild
wae and thu pleasant villages and fruitful vslits hnt three
year' be found in part Of IT. are only now TO
he recognised by the ruins Of the houses and the bones Of the
inhabitants Thousands and tens Of thousands taken prison.
er aud their fate horrible indeed first Ibrahim Pa'ha In
the hope of inducing the inhabitants submit treated his Prs
omen with some mercy but finding inefsstu. he gave loo.
tail to what ksow Of Turkish cruelty you might deem
h,ble you might blink impossible that in the 18Th century
such drPravy exist. The have he best fate, they
generally us'saced the spot though often with iormenu
many have had sharp pointed stakes driven through the whole
length Of their body and been left to whs and die them
with all mpae ements and heightened pang those kept for
slave, have their and cut vh and sometimes the
tongues cut out the all violated, sen by dozens o
Arabs in succession, and then put to death; beautiful are
sold ch Turks and when their beauty fades, they are
Put to the mo menial occupation Of 'aye' and 'ek cast
% upon srsss 4. die fs. HGy and F
eaPtos ino, Greek female ever taken prison
er by the Tsk' e she young0 but she ray"hed
such has Seen the fate Of Thousands who have fallen INTO
their hand And what has become Of the rest Of the PeO-
ple why half OF the inhabitants Of the PeloPonnessus
snd Of Roms, have taken refuge the mountains in the
islands, the Shore about strong town some few Of
hem .sved money enough perhaps to et. ,eany ut.ns.
upon their backs have for three years. lived they could
The situation u these refugees principally and chill
dea, indeed deporabe and not be conceived Of by cen-
parson with any misery in this country. Perhaps
can give you the best idea Of by describing particular
plsce'ay Napo d Romana. Around this town, besides its
poor, collected about 5000 miserable reu
gees who have fled from their devastated villages and live IN
small hats wigwams built Of bushes mud dug
in the ground In Of these huts you will hnd perhaps,
widow and three four children without table, chair bed;
saow from long eSposure pale from famine aud with hardly
'ufcent clothing their nakednes' have often seen
children going about with nothing but shit-and that too
ragged have known young TO keep them.ryc' hid
all day. because their ragged clothes would not hide their
limbs These people have lived in this way for than two
years. partly by charity partly by selling, after another,
the little vanabe they might have saved from their houses
(or they comfortably Off and buying little bread
to eat with the which they pick uPYou may ask how
they live anwer that American women could not live
but give to Greek pound, Of bread and dozen OF
olives and he will subs't on them week but they cannot al
ways get this and they, many fbem die-de from hunger
1t no hsh-eolored picture which hold up to younay,
do mol perhaps put in strong light enough could tell yeu
OF families with other shelter than the shade OF an olive
tree of emacaed, half amishcd orphans, who 90 round to
pick up the most offensive substances for food Of many
wretch whom have living by the road side upon the
bare ground pached with fever and with no other sut-
than perhaps Of water brought by the passenger;
but not Of individual misery that want to hear of
that wide spreading general suffering, which, in th,
lshehed age, the Chan world ha, smely looked on and
iaocd on Christian people, oy that nation which out
ragcs the most sacred rights OF and openly seo our
holy religion The unproyoked buchery of the Patriarch and
all the Bishops Conssntnopej the wideprcadng 'na.a-
Scc Ip,ss Gambia and Cyprus, where than ty
thou-uJ put death cold blood, looked upon
by Chan Europe and America, almost with indifference
Nor this alone but that long oppressed and degraded people
fond hore Of being assisted by Europe were fowned on
and deoused and the anthems Numbered at them from
rope Their policy has been mos, yexatious hey have not
observed the cobooded neutrality which they profess
Ell Austrian vessels brought the Arabian troops TO the Morea
and have always served transports 10 bring them poVon'
Austrian ,hpi Of conveyed Turkish vessels and pro-
teced them from the Greek brs they have even ed upon
Gr Il ,.Ya upon the slightest piovocstion passed spciIa
lst ,nnreer while the Austrian Admiral bombardng e
place, sps attempting to burn the shipping IN the port and
Gre< somen and children were killed by shot med ron
.ader 1rhan flag. France, too, and Engand, have helped
their good hi,nd the Turk The Greeks were refused per-
build ships in the ps Of France where rgstes and
& were sons up Sr a . ay was
offered those who abandoned enough TO and de-
Pne the Ara'i aye, they are disciplined and Instructed by
European officers encouraged by their most Chrsfian Mges
ties. Ammunition and supple, could not he sent tom Eng
land and the and shells made for Greece London
obliged be brought America and shipped to Greece
from this very port. The battle Of Navano ITSELF merely
the result Of accident and doubtless ' cau,ed =, much
a'loni'hmsn in the Cabinets in the Dnan But while the
governments OF Europe pursuing this unyencron' sud
unmany rs of conduct the people have not failed to P-cm
aloud their sentiments and in every country committees have
been organized for the svowed purpose Of relieving The Greeks
Much has been done in America but nothing comparison
what doing 10 France Swrerlas and throughout dsrma
ny the generou, and unweed ererion Of the Phlheene
Of Europe hiss been the MEANS perhaps, Of continuing the us
gle for Greece could have done without the Po's'on
ammunition, and money sent TO them.
The contributions from the United Ststes though
observed riang in comparison with these sent from Eu-
rope yet much further individual suffering
for almost all the European contribution, spilled To the
support OF the war, and the people only heard Of them and
natural barrel dpur. and two, given