Delaware journal., 1828-12-16
their country-we see by what is here told OF the
youthful Marco Botzaris

ale entered by night the castle Of the beseged Ali
Pashaw and thus addressed him A, the Suotes, your
old enemie and whom you, after long Struggle drove
from their country and whose country you now hoia nave
from this moment, common interest with you II you
will give mountains and the fortresses; pay usa
sum of money sendto families, who are IN foreign
land and deliver 10 your nephew AS hostage Tor your
faith or know you of old to be fithess) we WIN TO-
morrow quit the army of the Suan take possession OF our
cost Ali Pashaw asgh resign thator winch he had out
country and from every moest your besiegefs
is long and hard but he was closely pressed ne knew
the advantage would be to him to detach from the be
segers such the sulioes the harm they could
do them by carrying guerrilla warfare IN theFI
rear and he did not hesitate n,omens to com
ply The arranged; the suiotes received
$4,000 the nephew of Ali hostage; and orders to
his captains in the ortresses Of Su, to deliver them up
-p. l2
! Their love Of t,les.-One would be half ready to
imagine that Dr. Howe writing history OF the
late war, when our officers, If they were notappoin-
ted by their own men, in the Revolutionary strug-
gle were appointed to rank and authority at SO much
a head for the number they enlisted. NO one is
content to be soldier he who can support ten
men is a captain double the number makes him
colonel thirty, or forty lieutenant general and
he who can show 80 or 100, is dubbed general no
military knowledge whatever required the groom
ofto-day is a captain tomorrow"
"sroling one day in the camp, one of the pitanis
passed richly ressed and followed by the usual tran
of dirty soldiers; the counenance was familiar lookeI
again-t fellow had seen six months before the
servant of friend he had picked up, bya lucky hit,
some money; the commission easily procured and he
was captain at once."-p. Al
And now for brief account of the behaviour of
Sir Thomas Maitland---the gentleman who for aught
Mr.. Hobhouse knew, might be very good sort OF
a man in private life, though his deliberately pre-
pared proclamation, put forth under the authority
and published with the great guns OF The British EN-
pre, had the appearance OF being " issued IN
druken frolic."
ga division of the Greek fleet had again put to
and directing its towards Patrass, tell in with d
vision of the Turkish Aeet consisting chiefly OF Barbarian
vessels An followed the result Of which was
the complete disorder Of the Turks, by the superior ma
nuuvering Of the Greeks ad their heet fell back, an
took refuge in port of zne, one OF the onan Islands
few Greek vessels then steered Nortl with the inte
ton of attacking Turkish coryettee, AMI tour briSs
which had taken refuge at Mourto: but what was then
a,toushment, at being accsed at the entrance OF 'nt
channel of Corfu, BY Eugsh brig of war, and torbi
den pass the channel Ii was valniy asked, by d.,
YOU let the Turks pass there why shelter them from s?''
Pass not the channv! of Corfu the only answe
The Greek Admiral atoused at such strange conduct
sent vessel hc Terpsichore) To Corfu, with letter ct
compliant On entering the port, she was seized her flag
TO- cbly lowered the captain ordered TO unt his snip
the envoy pu under arrest and kept for some week
What the preext for this strange proceednSt That
some Greek sailors had formerly landed at Santa Maurs
and stolen some sheep!
"I isdicult to suppose that the British Government
with policy ber, it has h!tcg pursued, could have
iven inst uction- the local authorities n the iona
Islands, such line Of c'nfuct towards the
Gre ks But the following account Of the affair OF the
rerpScOle, will serve as scecihen OF tneir Pohcy al
that time;
"Thc Greek Government, in very unassuming letter,
requested the de,ve OF this vessel the answer oi
Sir H. Maitland vas rude and iilbera well as nconsis-
tent reads thus His EXcelencv has Just received
letters from persons who give to themselves The name OF
the Government of Greece by messenger no" IN TINS
port His Excellency is absolutely ignorant of the exis
tence c pro,sonarp Government OF Greece and there
fore recognize such agent Tie necessity only to
maintain, as his ExcHency always has done, the most
strict neutrality, makes HIM consent to answer some pas
ssges of these letters He will not consent to enter INTO
a correspondence with any nominal power which he does
not know And his determination in this: no ve sse calling
herself Gree k and under flag known and not author
zed can be received in British ports. HIS EXcellency
not obliged enter into discussion with an unknown
power on the proprety of his own measures but ne III
saw that he considers the whoe channel CoJa from Muir
toix to Cassapo, as the port OF Corfu!
The government of the Ionan Islands cannot but lie
pore the foolish presumption of one OF the two hegefen's'
which has occasoned the present state OF fthings
uTh;si speaks for itself II first absolutely denies
the existence of Greek pnwer then talks about neutrality
between the belgercn.s Neutrality! Why admit Turkish
vessels But the last cutting and d'scoragg sentence
wa, meant 10 produce peculiar effect t" cl The hopes
G nennle who were eagerly stretching out their to
the Governments of Eur pc, tor assistance bya cool-bood
ed contemptuous condemnation OF 'e'r stfugeie as
piece of folly and presumption
Ru the villages we're laid waste with fire and
sword old men, women, and children, buchered
bv thousands in the midst OF their vineyards and
flowing olive woods. and the representatives OF Chris
tan tan Europe stood by and looked on-Almighty God
w,y;tbont so much as putting forth iiuGer-and
finger would have been enough-to stay the des-
royer, and roll back the deluge of wrath to its foun
lain head--the seraglio of bood-thirsy and abom-
Unable tyrant. After the DIES ruction OF sco where
or o;ohty thousand human creatures, twenty thous-
and we're carried into captivity while fifteen thous
and had escaped 10 the neighborins islands and the
res, were hiding among the mountains and rocks
savsr, thousands took refuge in the houses Of the Eu
| ,ean Vonsus whose flag they kiev would protect them
en- The Turks But how did these Consus treat the mis-
h,e f,y,yes who had themselves upon their mer'
d he faith of their aagsp Are their stories OF their