Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-15
of October. The Odessa paper If that day

Of October. The Odessa paper VI that day
says
Our road begins 20 be covered with ships:
new life animaies the town and he haroor, ano
every coun,enance looks cheerful Since me
six,h, so ships have arrived, Of which y were
from Constsn,inopie. Eleven ships laden
with corn have sailed since the third, wheh
exporia ION was again permitted.
From GRxEcE.-The following documents
sp-sk for the mselves. They show iiberaiity
"a noble disin,err sickness Of soul-on the
bar, Of ,be Presid-n, 'Coun, Capo dIs'riss,
with but few par allels in the annals of history:
The London Times makes these splendid evi'
drnces Of patriotic generosity, the subject OF
ieers and coarse merriment.
The following are the contents OF The decree
Of the Fourth National Congress OF Greece
da.ed the Is h Of August, respecting the Civil
lis, If the President, and The answer Of the
Ia,,er:- s.
Considering that his Excelency The Presiden:
as well before az since his arrival IN Greece,
ba. devoted 10 the service Of the country me
remains Of his properly. amounting TO about
million of Turkish piasterG
Considering further hat his ExoeIleney, IN
consrouence Of the deficiency Of he public re-
sources. has no, accepted the $4,000 t,lIarls
Spanish dolarsl which the Pannellenion Of
f.red him for his annual dsbur semeDtS:
Sensible Of the necessity Of furnishing his
Excellency with lhr indispensable means to
maintain the dignity Of his station, and 10 de-
fray The charges Of his house hhuld, the fourth
National Congress DEGREES
Article l. There shall be assigned to his excellency
the President A Capo dIsrs, for his annual rxpen.
o.s the sum OF $780, 900 phGnixes, the national coin
40 600 Spanish pias,ers, from the public treasury
Article 2 The preset mt DEGREES shall be inserted IN
the codes of the DEGREES, and after being confirmed
transmitted to the Government to be printed and CARR
ed into effect.
(SgnedD The President of the Assembly, slSsiNI.
The Vice President, G. MAUROMMATl
(Here follow he remaining signatures.
argos. -4ug IS, 1929.
ANswAR PRESIDENT.
.7rgos, lug l6.-Thc decree No. y, OF the 18th Of
August, Which the Congress has transmitted to me, fix
es the income of the head OF the state.
!nthe same decree, the Congress has regard TO the
little which have been able TO do personally, in or
der prove that the Greeks should raise themselves
b. sacrifices. and not by personal advantages, to the
rank which the national independence and liberty pro-
mise them
We esteem ourselves happy that we were allowed
to deposit The remainder of small property, for SO
sacred Cause, the altar of the country.
We are ver} far from 80, hoping that the nation will
day be alb TO max" it coed to us; but TIL that time
shalt come, shall CAREFUL, avoid burdening it's e.
nances, by requiring the repayment OF the sums adj
vanced by u.s.
We shall also decline to accept, now, the sums
signed for the disburse of the chief of the State
and so long our private property shall suffice, We
shall abstain from touching the public money for our
wants
n the entire failure Of oIr resources should compel
US TO it, shall have to the public treasury,
but burden it with those expenses only which the ex
ercise of our functions renders necessary.
We have hitherto practise the strctest economy,
and shall continue 10 do sos for could not prevail on
ourselves procure those comforts of life which
suppose q state of prosperity, while stand amidst
ruin, and ounded with whole classes Of popu
ia,ion ianguishinS in the protoundest misery.
You. gentlemen, participate in these sentiments, and
have just given proofof by serving the nation in the
Character Of its representatives without any compcn
sation.
We fatter ourselves with the hope that those among
you who IN the provisional admnistrato on take share
in the government, we'll other citzens who ina,
be called such functions, will perceive, with U.S. that
the public officers, unde Present circumstances,
not receive salaries conen urate with their rank
their sryices, but that such salaries must strictly
regulated according to the pecunsry means which the
GOyeInm can command,
(Signed) The President OF Greece,
j. A caro- D'iSrRIAS.
According 10 letters from Il ina, Of Sep,em-
be- 20. received via Legh"rn. nd from Nave
RI o f ihr 81, Cruur Capo d'Istrias wishes 20
cnnv, Ike n.w Ma innal Congress in ns-
Quence If the rur, q Ru>siln .rcs,y Of peace:
but IN he mrsniimr the operations hy land anu
bv SEA against he for resses occupied nv the
Turks on the Cir. ek continenr are To b, conf
nu,d. Admiral MiaulI, is now blockading
Pte,esa w.'h ne fiig.'r Hell,s, and Admiiol
S,chinl bloc xedes the Gulf of Saloniehi wi, h
SIX shi, Of war.
Cent Augu>tin Capo d'Is,rias is TO leav,
Missoloushi, and will march wrh a body Of
troops upot A,nsns. Prince Drmelrius goes
I" Enhoe, vi h snother corps; and third is 10
marcb upon Epirus.
We lam, os ltIers from Corfu, that the
81 uaInn Of Epirus is very mrlanch y one,
and the erta'e>t anarchy prevails every where
Eieh' thousand Albaoians supported the Pssha
ag-iss' 'hr SULTAN; ard as ihey had no, bern
pad tor several months. he Chri, ian and Ma.
home an Inhabitants were exposed To warlike