The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1828-07-30
From the Boston Courier.
GREECE.


Mr.. Post, gentleman who was sent out to
Greece by the Executive Greek Committee of
New York, has recently returned to this coun-
try, and addressed to Mr.. Catlin, the chairman
of that committee, letter, giving an account
of his operations among the Greeks and the
present prospects of that people Soon after
his arrival at Poros Mr.. Post states that he pro-
ceeded to Kalamaki, small town in the Isthmus
of Corinth with portion of the provisions and
clothing which he carried out, distributing them
to about four thousand starving persons, refug-
es from various parts of Romelia. Of these
wretched people he gives the following ac-
count.
1.-THE principal part of them were living at
small place called Loutraki, on the other side
Of the isthmus, in caves, and holes, and miser-
able hu.s rudely constructed of mud and grass
and The branches of trees-even the clefts of
the rocks we're converted into human habita-
tions, and were resembling with the cries of
furnishing children, and the sighs and groans Of
their disconsolate parents others reduced to
still greater suffering, had taken up their abode
in similar tenements in the environs of what
was once the city Of Corinth--they had crawled
forth from their damp and gloomy retreats, to
upon the ground amid heaps of Wondering
RUNS, pale and emaciated by famine, or wasting
with disease produced by unwholesolne diet !;
but the few wild herbs with which the hand Of
nature had supplied them This is no fanciful
description it is picture of misery appalling
indeed, but literally true to the ife-for fancy
could add no horrors to the dreadful reality.
-" We assembled the wretched sufferers, ouch
of them at least as were able to walk SO far.
upon the beach at Kalamaki, and dealt out to
them individually in proportion to their power.
ty and the numbers of their families. so far as
we were able to ascertain these particulars.
such portion of meal or grain, as our limited
supply warranted; many to whom we distrib.
uted the ungfound wheat began to deyour il
upon the spot by handfuls, and others stood
cleaning the solitary grains which were scat
tered by accident among the SAND The news
of our arrival soon spread far and wide, and
thousands more than we had the means for sup-
plying soon fiocked in from every quarter +; we
were under the painful necessity of sending
them back to their starving families, empty as
they came, to perish perhaps ere long through
cold, hunger, and disease"
Another portion of the cargo Mr.. Post dis.
tributed among the helpless and destitute neo.
pie at the southern extremity of the MorAa.
The remainder was applied to the relief of about
twenty thousand individuals at Arcuiro and
Scarthamonla, small towns on the same side of
the bay. The scenes of accumulated sufferinrs
IN these places, Mr.. Post says, were too affect.
ing to behold, and too horrid to describe. The
country was IN complete state of anarchy and
confusion, and Mr.. Post experienced difficulty
and embarrassment in the progress of his one.
ratlons, but was carried through by the firn1ness
and decision Of General Jarvis The hospital
at Paros was in hOurishing state when Mr..
Post lett there; the number of patients which
applied for relief during the first three months
OF ITS establishment, was two hundred and fiftv
At the conclusion of his letter Mr.. Post saws
" feel happy in being able to assure the
gfsa3sf pfop pod 81 ter chs h. ba t the
strictly and faithfully applied in comnlionco
WIN their wishes, to the feeding and ciothing
OF the aged, the sick and the destitute "a
would they have Witnessed the inv and +
may add, the gratitude with which the;r
bounty has been received, they could only 70.
greet that the whole amount of what has Ioer
done for the relief of Greece, has been 40 utfor.
" dlspfoportionate to the wide extent Of nn;s.
cry IN winch the country has been involyed--I
know that 1t IS customary to charge the Greeks
VIVA an ungrateful spirit towards those who
have assisted them during the horrors of tbe;r
protracted contest, and the CHARGE NAV be nnor
tied so far as relates to the rich and nowerfnl
who have been placed beyond the need of ossist'
ance, for they indeed appear to know little nj
that WISE, refined and generous principle which
prompt man to the acknowledgment of fayors
upon his friends or conntrvmen-Bnt
as the poor people who have been The immed.
ate recipients Of our charity they have evinced
The most lively and heartfelt gratitude; and I
have no doubt, that the friendly aid and symua.
my of the American people, have left With
many, feelings of respect and admiration for the
American name, which will not soon be- for.
rotten. '"'
IS much the fashion among certain
lass OF persons, to decry the character of the
5reeks, and to endeavor to weaken The oono.aI
interest in their behalf-and il is indeed 70 ho
lmented that they possess so few usual virtues
, recommend them to our esteem bnt we
hould not be too severe for condemninp them
u vices which they hare unsvoidably contract.