Delaware journal. [volume] (Wilmington [Del.]) 1827-1832, 1829-01-27
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| We have before us statement OF the population
of Greece, the principal part Of which was received
6y Mr.. King from Count " A. Capo D'lstria, bro
ther of the President 1t was taken iron the keg
ister of Ali Pacha Mr. King says = have not
much confidence in its correctness still think 1t
may be an approximation to the truth with regard to
the pppuIation of Greece, as 1T was es9M or ten
uears ago. g have made some other lnvestisa-
lions respecting the population of Greece which
intend TO send soon. For the present will say that
| suppose there are not more than about l,oOO,0oo
or l. 300 600 Greeks who can be called free-hat
is inhabitants of Poloponesus and OF the Islands.
| The Islands Mr.. King supposes to contain from
500, 600 to 900 inhabitants. They are not IN
cluded in the following abstract Of the document
mentioned above.
rhessay is divided into IL cantons or depart
ments, containing $50 Turks, and 39S,0OO Chris
tans-tota 439,2j0 In Eastern and Western
Greece are 90 cantons, and 4S6.s45 inhabitants, of
whom only Is, 900 are Turks. Epirus embraces ] 8
cantons, and has 1922 $50 inhabitants, OF whom
7654O are Turks. The population of the Morca is
estimated at $50 O0O--that of Southern Macedonia
at so. 600 Of whom $4,000 are Turks. In round
numbers, the estimate mentioned above gives to the
districts enumerated an aggregate population OF
about 2,Oj0OOO viz. Turks 1901 900, Christians
100000.
We hope ere long to have from the ndelatigable
, trustworthy statements on this subject
t Jour. of Com.
) Mr.. Frarly Deaves, of the Montgomery Guards,
who wa, accidently wounded by the waddng OF a
musket discharged during the representation of the
military spectacle of the . Battle Of Waterloo at
the Chestnut street Theatre, on Thursday evening,
! died yesterday afternoon about O'clock
The grand Jury Of Niagara county last week found
bills Of Indictment against Jeremiah Brown and Sol
ONION c.. Wright, for participating in the abduction
) of William Morgan. These bills we're found upon
The testimony Of a witness who was called upon by
Wright to assist in guarding Morgan in WIS barn,
while the bandits were waiting for the Loekport re.
enforcement This witness is a Royal Mason. He
has been in Canada ever since the outrage Great
cyerons have been made to get his testimony but
; had heretofore failed He states that Morgan was
pinioned, blindfolded and gagged.
4 .2ati Masonic enquirer
, Charleston, l0tbJaa.-Ne were visited last night
with the first sew. IRE weather have had this win
ter, the temperature since the commencement OF
the season having partaken more Of The mlldness OF
Spring than even the mitigated cold OF our South
ern climate. The ice last night was about an inch
thick. and he thermometer stood early this marn.
ing at The Post Office at o. l-2 degrees. Patriot
4 We learn from SoutherG papers, that company
has been Incorporated by the legislature Of South
Carolina, for the construction OF three Rail Roads
One to extend from Augusta to Charleston a Sc.
conl from Columbia. and the third from 0rangcburg.
; TO the same place. Three hundred thousand dol
lars of the stock subscribed in few hours at!
ter the books opened. 1t was thought the whole
amount OF the stock would be taken very shortly.
The cost of construction estimated at $1,000 per
mile The Railways are to be of wood, with tracks
Of iron The iron 10 be imported from England, al
S62 ID per ton. The distance from Columbia to
Charleston is 20 miles and the toll for this dis
lance on bale Of cotton is to be 25 cents.--rhe
present price OF conveyance, by canal, is S So.