Litchfield enquirer., 1832-01-12
MISCELLANEOUS.
From he Ne,c. YOi

EiOns the NeU- Fork Spectator.
 We have received the following interesting com municnsion relative to Capodisrins from gentleman lately returned from Greeee-being an extract iron hs journal with "reminiscences ofthe family ofhiav romichaEs.
 GREECE-COUNT CAPODISTRIAs.
 February 9th, l83l.-We saw Count Capodisirias to-day, for the first time.- 1. He resides in house like a merchants country seat in America, and the best but one in Nauplia. We were conducted to his study. He is a man of sixty three, of Ia middle stature, with very white hair and black eyes, and the expression of his coun- tenanee is one of the most amiable have ever seen-his manners are fascinating.- In short, nc is finished gentleman, and seems formed to be loved. He was very polite-but l blundered by calling his Ex- cellency Monsieur, which might have pass ed for Americanisn,, had not been SO bad a republican as to lay it 10 the account ofmy imperfect French. He seemed quite < anxious to discover our sentiments, speak 2 ing in half doubtful tone, with his eyes on the floor, of the three days at Paris 1; {" Il parait que ces braves gems s'enten- dent," said he, with an evident design to draw us out" Oui, Monsieur" and thought, if he does not know an Ameri- cans opinion in this matter, it is not my business to inforM him.
 He spoke of the Poles, whom he seems to consider as incapable of any high exer- tions in the cause of liberty. They have animal courage" he said, "but not \ education sufficient to enable them to make great sacrifices for freedom"
 Capodistrias has the manners of a per- feet diplomatist, and you would not per- ceive that he felt himself superior to all who are around him. In fact, at dinner in his house, he seemed to consider himself sunder the orders of the English, French and Russian Residents, and MT. D., the English Minister, appeared to be of more Importance than the President himself.
 Such was the opinion I formed few months since of ono who has fallen a sac riice to private vengeance. The deed is the deed of an assassin-but Greece is a gainer by his fall. Among such people as the Greeks, anarchy is better than the tyranny of SO determined a despot. have no doubt, all who knew him in social life, loved him sincerely. A friend in Paris who gave us letters to the President, spoke in the highest terms of his character. He had known Capodistrias in Switzerland, a. s a private gentleman, and assured us there could be lit,le doubt of the purity of his in- sentions with regard to Greece. We wis. si,ed his capital, and left it with the most favorable opinion of his private and pub- lie life; for the complaints that wero eve- " day poured into our cars, could not O. scseomo the impression we had received from his friends before visiting Greece, and the high estimate we had formed oi his character from our own short inter course. He treated us with great kindnes, ---offered us every facility-furnished u. with letters to the different magistrates $ spoke with us of our plans, and particular 5 Iy seemed anxious to assist my friend, y6ung clergyman from Copenhagen. in hi' inauiries for manuscripts. They are al nS6st all destroyed" he said, |" we eanno d0 much for you in Greece-ws are very poor,-but we will do all in our power"
 How different the acts of his private and public life !-lt still remains ques sion, whether, educated as he was in Ven iee and Russia. he knew any better system Af government. The hallowed voice o liberty never penetrated his ears-th' Maehiavelian dictionary has allotted n' page to the article, Freedom. He looked npon such republicanism as ours. as we d, anon the Republic of Plato; and thougl ha had heard the sound. yet he knew littl 0fshe reality. He forbade Benthylos t' road she Gorgias in the school at Egina M tor Rlato's ideas are rather fanciful tha
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 Bat ! will speak more particularly ofth
 cifenmssances which led to his death.-
 Wkils at Nauplis, we one morning sa, the tlaamboat going out of the Argoli Gal. w here is the Presidents steam
 Boat noing was the universal question
 1a wal salia mystery to US. In few day
 che steaulboat was seen returning. and th
 nsxt mSFniDg we heard that Petro Be
 tlanVkamichalis) was comfortably lodge
 in fss A6stress of Its-Kalee, . hill abov
 Nannlia. instead of his own house, 1
 which the old hero wondered not littl'