The Litchfield County post., 1828-03-13

not hide their limbs. These people have lived in this way for more than two years, partly upon charity, partly by selling one after another,~ the little valuableS they might have saved from their houses, (for they were once comfortably off, )and buy ing little bread to eat with the roots which they pick up.-You may ask how can they live? I answer that American women could not live-but give to Greek two pounds of bread and dozen olives, and he will subsist on them a week; but they cannot always get this, and many of them die-die from hunger and expos ure. It is no high colored picture which l hold up to you; nay, I do not perhaps put it in strong light enough. could tell you of families with no other shelter than the shade of an olive tree; of ema- ciated, halffamished orphans, who go round to pick up the most offensive sub stances for food: of many d wretch whom I have seen lying by the road side upon the bare ground, parched up with fever x with no other subsistence than perhaps draught of cold water broughtsby the pas senger: but it is not cases of individual misery that you want to hear of: it is the wide-spreading general suffering, which, in this enlightned age, the Christian world has tamely looked on, and seen inflicted on Christian people, by that nation which outrages the most sacred rights of man, & openly scofs at our holy religion.
 The contributions sent out from the U- nited States, though, as | have observed, trifing in comparison with those sent from Europe, yet went much further to remove individual suffering; for almost all the, European contributions were applied to the support of the war, and the people on- ly heard of them; and it is natural that barrel of flour, and garment or two, giv- en to family, would impress it with a livelier feeling of gratitude, than hearing about whole cargo sent to gover nment. This was the case with your provisions they were distributed among thousands x tens of thausands of miserable women and children, and made glad the hearts of ma ny who had not tasted bread for several days. attended to the distribution of a large portion personally; and perhaps it may be interesting to you to know how it was done: we would hire small coasting vessels and load them with provisions. and go to the small ports and thence pene- trate into the interior, and find the distress sed, to every one of. whom we would give an order for certain number of pounds of flour, according to their number and. wants they would take these orders and run down to the sea shore to get their por- tions from the vessels. I have known them to go thirty miles for ten pounds of flour, and sometimes returning from the interior, after giving out the orders, I would meet crowds trudging cheerly home with their bags of flour, and as they pass ed me they would cry out "long live the Americans !" God bless the Americans !'' and would often try to kiss my feet. Whenever we were expected we found crowds of ragged women and children waiting on the beach-it was a general rule to give nothing to the men. Here are some extracts from my journal.
 Mills of Napoli, July 24, 1S27.-Star- ted at daylight, and after crossing the Racinus, penetrated the interior of the marsh, (the famous Lerna) where in a dry spot found several hundred families of refugees from Argos aud the surround ing villages, who have taken temporary refuge in the centre. of this vast swamp, as it affords them security from the enemy's cavalry ;. most of them were suffering from exposure and famine gave them orders for their portion of flour. After getting out Erode out to Argos; found a most melancholy scene; when was last there it had three thousand houses, filled with a busy population now it's streets are de- serted and still as death, and our passage along them continually Interrupted by the ruins of the houses--the fire and sword had passed over it, and of its inhabitants, only here and there was to be seen soli- tary being, poking among the ruins of his once happy home, in the hope, perhaps, of finding something valuable to sell for bread.
 Lerna, July 26.-Started at daylight 1 and rode across the marsh, formerly the Lake of Lerna, to Chevali, a ruined vil- lage: every house is roofess, having been burnt by the Arabs last summer: found here 37 families, all in great misery, and gave to all of them orders.E Rode on a. gain and found groups of five, ten, and fif- teen families, refugees from their native villages, who are living under the projec- ton of rocks, or in caves, or huts made l .,o throa .1sxlao Slant;nU onX