Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-11-03
FROM GREECE-DIRECT.

.,,rp OF the arriVai al fo'"', Va W. -
"a hearing a portion Of the bounty oil our
,.ru.n 10 the furnishing people OF Greece.
c,u,w;rg letter from the Rev Mr.. King,
lied in the Herald, in connexlon with the
# the Comraitlee, bu, as special MI
e mercy from the Ladies' Greek Com
,,,i,,ee Of this city, will DC read wit" peculiar
satisfaction -
ap,aos 9Th August, 1928 y have at length
Il, the place Ct destination, ana nave
me happiness to stand on Gree ian soil
NOW behold an immense held white
Wv - harvest" and | rejoice that am
SrS - ~ labor. We arrived in the barbor
sCur ~, ,be 2eth ult in 50 DAYS from New
y Tork Being quite i'll the day OF our arrival,
~ learning that it was very sickiy IN ms
1pu living no lodgings procured, and as the
P' ".J,, dav vas approaching, | concluded TO
- on boa d IN Monday the 2sh, al winch
,,p"Tcame on shore, aud took lodgings m
'', oc the hes: houses | could find, though
~ 49,, was in It neither beo, chair nor table
~, w.. large trunk, which Mr.. Fisk and
IN, n,ed in the deser, and for long time
W. r..,s,lsm. for a table, ] am now using again
al ttIuSIN h'' -
g. ,hs same purpose
Tbs cargo Of supplies for the Greeks arrived
= .o,, order. ard is now deposited IN maga-
- rnrrishcd gratis BY The Government OF
C,.s,r We have call'd on the presiden', ms
S.,,bsr rCoun, V. A. Capo d"s'ria,l Ma'ro>
~. ,,,o. ard the Governor Of the Island, all oil
Inn cave US the mos, polite and cordial re-
..,,,;oo The President has also been with us
n Examine the cargo, and seemed hig"iy Sra-
Ssed though he several times remarked lna'
.be Kings were quite too sooc.
Oar frs, interview with him was TO me IN
RE highest degree interesting. After he nau
~s,I several letters 0firt-oduction which haa
"a him from Mr.. Gara,.n, frcrr the Duchess
i. BropIir, tho CouG'e,s ST. Auialre, ard 9TH
re or his friends ia France and Switz 'riand,
opr conversation turned upon he prrs5n state
,f Greece, the means TO be en,2loyed TO raise
her from the low state to which she has been
reduced by Turkish tyranny, war and anarchv;
The importance Of establishing schools, OF teach
i,- the youth not only science, but good mo-
rails and the religion OF the Gospel, &c. &c
hich have not now time &c detail.
On nv observing 10 his eXcellency that we
90 Gar as means were concerned, owed our m
lependcnce 10 the n. rr;Hciplrs OF p'oN'ty
which our rorefa,hors possessed, who fled from
ENGLAND % America with the Bible IN their
hands; al know it, sail he, 81 am well &C
With YOUR history" After q long
of this kind, we came 10 The sub
istt OF the cargo sent out BY the Greek Com
mit,ee OF New-YoIk. The letter from that
Committee had been given 70 him by his b"o-
Their, previous TO our seeing him, as De was a6-
sen, at the time of our arrival, AMI our first bu-
sineSs was transacted with his brother.
Twas so unwell for several days after my ar
rival, that could DO little more than perform
the duties which were absolutely necessary,
such as calling Oh the authorities Of the place
and making such arrangements as were neces-
sary for unloading The cargo, taking the house,
&c. Besides mulituGes were calling on me TO
beg the Gospel. | know not that ever saw
people so absolutely hungry Tor books as they
Are in this plac. Not more than three or four
have asked me- for charity have
asked me for books. have many things
which interest me exceedingly, which wish TO
communicate, but cannot now, as the Herald,
by which ! send this, is 10 sail at Two O'Clock
tomorrow morning. Suffice ii to say that the
way is perfectly open for III, TO establish
NN'''''' w a''hosN S'N SANSH>- ~ N'u Nv SS''u
me 6hy thousand dollars | :an employ il for
hat purpose. Could not The aides Of New
York collect money enoug' Tor building
school house and the estahl- Nment OF a school
Of superior order for fems'es in Greere?-
Would not such an act OF charity in The Ladies
0t your city be 10 them a more brillan, orna
ment than chains Of gold ard pearls have
% DAY had another interview with the Presi>
d1n', and he has invited me to vi the schools
which M has established here, - hen 70 come
:" Egina, where he is going ,rsaorrow morn
ing 10 be introduced by him - the Bishop in
hat place, and TO visit the s,hoos which he has
there established
Athens is sill in The hands Of the Turks, and
It'ahim Pacha and the plague a-r 7'ul in H.
Alorea. In this place i, is now sicSlv. Dr..
Russ says tina; he thinks there arc I'VE hundres!
IN "oros, i'll OF feverS.
one word now with regard 70 this place,
and viii cnncludf:-Poros, is q ~s1tl, rough,
,,arSsd, rocky lsiand, separated '-n,n the main
anu The Morea, BY narrow casnnel Of water.
Inc cry, which contains, perhaps, five ,hou>
>4Hi inhabitants, is Suit on the decli,i,ies nf
'NeP hill, and the houses rise one auJve n
nee; 80 that the foundation Of one is about or
nc level with the top Of The other; and i'll the
DIa'' OF these are lodges Of large pendant
NY winch, II would seem, a little s.nking Of