Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-29

Corinth-they had crawled forth from their
damp and gloomy retreats, to bask in the rays
of the sun, and lay stretched upon the ground
amid heaps of Wondering ruins, pale and
emaciatedby famine, or wasting with disease
produced by unwholesome diet; for they
had known no other food for months, but the
few wild herbs with which the hand of nature
had supplied them. This is no fanciful de-
scription; it is picture of misery appalling |
indeed, but literally true to the lfe-for fancy
could add no horrours to the dreadful reali-
ty.
We assembled the wretched sufferers,
such of them at least as were able to walk
SO far, upon the beach at Kalanki, and dealt |
out to them individually in proportion to their
poverty and the numbers of their families, so
! far as we were able to ascertain these par
ticuiars, such portion of meal or grain, as
our limited supply warranted; many to
whom we distributed the unground wheat
began to devour it upon the spot by handfuls, (
and others stood cleaning the solitary grains
which were scattered 'by accident among
the sand. The news of our arrival soon
spread far and wide, and thousands more
than we had the means for supplying soon
f1ocked 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
distributed among the helpless and desti-
tute people at the southern extremity of
the Morea. The remainder was applied
to the relief of about twenty thousand
individuals at Arcuiro and Scartharnonia
small towns on the same side of the bay
The scenes Of accumulated suffering in
these places, Mr.. Post says, were too
affecting to behold, and too horrid to de-
scribe. The country was in complete
state OF anarchy and confusion, and Mr..
Post experienced difficulty and embarrass-
ment in the progress of his operations, but
was carried safely through by the firm
ness and decision of General Jarvis. The
hospital at Paros was in fourishing state
when Mr.. Post left there: the number of
patients which applied for relief during the
first three months of its establishment, was
two hundred and fifty. At the conclusion
of his letter Mr.. Post says
81 feel happy in being able to assure the
committee and the benevolent donors, that
the greater proportion of their charities has
been strictly and faithfully applied in CON-
pliance with their wishes, to the feeding and
clothing of the aged, the sick and the desti-
tute; and could they have witnessed the
JOY, and / may add the gratitude, with which
their bounty has been received, they could
only regret, that the whole amount of what
has been done for the relief of Greece has
been so utterly disproportionate to the wide
extent of misery in which the country has
been involved-I know that it is customary
to charge the Greeks with an ungrateful
spirit towards those who have assisted them
during the horrors of their protracted con-
test, and the charge may be nerited so far
as relates to the rich and powerful, who
have been placed beyond the need Of assis-
lance, for they indeed arn,near to know little
of that wise, refined, and generous principle
which prompts man to the acknowledge
ment OF favours conferred upon his friends or
countrymen. But as to the poor people who
have been the immediate recipients of our
charity they have evinced the most lively
and heartfelt gratitude; and have no doubt
that the friendly aid and sympathy of the
American people, have left with many feel
ing of respect and admiration for the
American name which will not be soon for
gotten.
at is much the fashion among certain
class OF persons, to decry the character of
the Greeks, and to endeavour to weaken the
general interest in their behalf-and it is
indeed to be lamented that they possess SO
few usual virtues to recommend them to our
esteem: but we should not be too severe in
condemning them for vices which they have
unavoidably contracted during long and
ignominous bondage; we should rather adj
mlre them for that unbroken spirit which
they have maintained, through centuries of
oppression, and that persevering attachment
to their religion, which has remained rooted
In them, through ages of persecution and
disgrace. But whatever may be the mortal
qualities of the people, they are suffering,
ana suffering under pressure of calamities,
almost unequalled in the history of the world.
his is OF itself sufficient merit to entitle
them to our sympathies. If their misfor-
tunes, and the glorious recollections which
attach themselves to the soil that they In
naDit, should fail to awaken feeling of
Iriendshlp towards the people themselves,
who can withhold his appreciation and SIM
| port from the noble contest in which thew
are engaged !? 1t is cause of no local no
national interest, but one in which the whole
human race are deeply concerned and
whosoever lends his aid to Greece in bar
struggle for independence, advances the
cause Of liberty, of religion, and all the best
interests OF mankind."-Bost. Courier.
HE MORGAN EXCITEMENT IN PoRru-
GAL. The anti-masonick fury is not confin- !
ed exclusively to the western part of the |
State of NewYork The same enligbtened |
feeling peryades the Kingdom of Portugal. |
lhe journals of that polished and well regu-
lated nation declaim against masons, and
demand that they should be put to death |