Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-03-06

descend and advance, the ascending sialactitr,
the rocks are thrown together in every grotes.
que variety ofiorm and color, the passages be.
come narrow and intricate, and all is seen lost
in impene' aable darkness, The dimiy seer
stalagmies rising in fan astic shapes in the
distant obscuri'y, and spotted here aud there
with few scattered rays Of light, look like
so many specues or COLLINS, lurking in their
silent aud gloomy abodes. The awful sublim.
i'y OF the SCENE is greatly heightened by the
incessant ehirping Of erickets, aud the chatter
ingaud Huuering Of bats. which toge her with
the slow ,rickling Of ~a'er, and The voice or
tread Of some occasional visIer are The only
sounds that ever distu b,he deatnlike stiffness
OF this singular piece"
The mex, ex'rac relates to the distributions
Of The provisions among the Grseks:-
"l, would require he prucil Of Hecar,h
10 convey any tolerable idea of ire squaiid host
thai assembled around Us on The beach Of Ka.
Ismanki; the powers Of pen aud ink are inca.
pahle Of any thing more than feeble sketch
Of The ludicrous, ye, affecting, The disgustin
aad a, The same time in eres ing scene. We
drew up our barrels in hollow square, TO re-
ceiye The charge of the ravrnous multitude:
who seemed eager 10 devour hem whole wi n
outwaiting FOR th dilatory pr cess Of oprni 3 &
netting suI por ions. The cnnfu 81 on and can
tenuon was incenceiveable. General Jarvis,
who was quar,ered at The zine in the Castle
Of Corinta, brough, down detachment Of SOL
diers, consisting often or fifteen men, the flow
er and Strength Of his little band, to keep off
the crowd, and maintata some order in the dis
uibu,ion. To effect This, they were frequently
sbligeh 10 have recourse TO violence, Tor no
thing bu, heaing could keep the people with
in any bnunds; but The soldiers took delight
in i, painful as the necessity was, ard made a
frolic Of sailyiug forth {, ON their tan6ouris Of
barrels, with long rods win which they had
armed themselves for the occasion, and put
ting TO fight unIesis'ing groups Of women
and children. shall never forge the feelings
with which ! was agiaied, when surrounded
by this vast assemblage Of poverty aud misery:
even the brutal TURK, II such thing were pos
sib!e, woulc have felt his heart bleed and his
bowels yeaIn within him, IN beholdiug The aw.
ful desalaion which his hands had wrought.
There were old msn, gIey with years and sink
ing under the in6r mi,ies OF age, - there were
motaers with helpless inian's screaming at
their breas,s,-,here were virgins in the PRIME
of their dsys,-and the re were children, with
out nom5er, in The reason OF playful innocence,
all exhibi ing the same emaciatrd aud deaths
like countenances, oil clad alike in rags, aud
coversdtwi,h filth ami srrmin, The unavoidable
conspu uences Of their homeless and desli ute
condition.
Many among the haprss 'hrong had seen
lar other days, hsd been nursed in The lap Of
plenty, had been cir,hed 10 soft raimrni, and
had ea,sr and drunk al the table OF luxury
ESen 10 those who had been brougal up in in
genre, and accustomed o Struggle wi the
ills OF poverty, the present conflict was indeed
dreadful and appalling; bu', oh! i, was eGough
TO melt the heart that had never before known
one tender emotion Ia see. the delicate forms
Of well bred females, crouching upon the cold
ground, and shivering beneath scaniy cover
ing OF so!ed and iat,ered garmerts; 10 behold
their eyes haggard with grief, and their cheeks
pale and wan with hunger and disease; and To
hear the cries Of distress which would ever and
anon bre * from them in The agony Of heir de-
spair 1t was aftc 'rg almost beyond endur-
auce, TO hear ,he tales Of woe which these
houseless fugitives related TO Us; how they had
I'D e. ON he bleze Of their dwellings, and had
found refuge ia some mountain retreat, from
the swords Of their blood thIrs y pursuers;-
how they had seen their friends and families
bu,chered before their Eyes, aud led away into
captivity more terrible ,han the mos tor
men,ing death; and how hey lhemsrlve. had
been wandering up and down the land, seek
ing rest aud indins none and suffering under
,oils and priv atiors, that had reduced them 10
The forlorn condi ion in which we beheld
them F"
Breastwork.