The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-04-14

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Wilkinson, Attorney for the Board; DR.. ].
R. Barnett, Hospital Physician; Mrs. H.
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THE GREEK INsURRECTIoN.
Albania, where he rebellion against the
Turkish government has been raging is a
province of Turkey in Europe, bordering on
the Kingdom of Greece. The great bulk of
its population consists Of Greek Christians,
who very naturally have but little sympathy
with the MI selmans, their government or re-
ligion. Since the commencement of the out
break. these singularly situated people have
received large re-enforcements from Greece
in which country the enthusiasm for their cause
is said to be very great. The leaders of the old
Greek revolution, the students in the Greek
colleges, and even number of Greek Junction.
aries, have gone to join their ranks, which one
account represents as having swelled to sew
en- thousand men. In Greece it really seems
as though the country were engaged in an inn
vortant foreign war, from the aspect Of things.
England, France aud Turkey have officially
and premptorily warned the Greek government
to suppress these denominations within its own
iurisdict on, but that government is miserably
weak concern, and cannot do so if it would
Possibly, King Ohio has some idea that, should
the insnrrection prove successful, the revolted
province will be added to his own domin-
ions.
We have accounts Of various small success
ses ofthe insurgents, which are very aporypha';
such, for instance, as that two hundred men of
their force had killed seven Turks and AL
banese at Bergarelle. The late reverse, how
ever in which the Turks defeated the insur-
gents at Aria, more than cOmpensates for all
such which my have occurred Simultaneous
with this, the foreign accounts inform us
that great severity is to be pFacticed against
The re bells; that drum-head law has been yrO-
Claimed against the, and that already some of
hem have been shot. 1t is also announced
hat the French and English ambassadors have
,ent two steamers to the assistance of the
Turks in these districts, and that probably the
1ulfs of Contessa and Salonica and the coast
If Albania will be declared in a state of siege;
md the Baitish minister at Athens has inform |
ID the Greek government that England will
Interfere, Unnecessary, to restore order in the
lsurgent districts. The two CULTS mentioned
re not on the Albania side of the peninsula
tut on the coast of Macedonia and Thessalo;
or it is said that the instruction is not con-
Inedto Albania, but has spread to those two
roVinces. The blockade spoken of, therefore'
vould be a shutting up of the whole infected
egion, SO far as is possible by sea. The an
wer of the Greek government to the warnings
iven it by England, France, and Turkey is
ather significant. It is to the effect that the
overnment of Greece has not the power to do
iolence to the sentiment Of the nation.
Arta, which seems thus far to be the head
uarters of the instruction, is town on the
,ontier Of Greece. A telegraphic despatch,
ated Constantinople, February goth, informs
5 that three fruitless attempts had been made
= the Turks to take it by storm, but it was
! this place that the Pacha of Jamina subse-
uently beat the rebels. SO far as we can
,rm an opinion from the accounts before Us, |
eshould think this insurrection is mere in
asion of Turkey by forces from Greece, and {
lat its radius is very limited one, and viii !,
ION be more so. Il has occurred at an un-
rtunate juncture for Turkey, as il will distract /
sr attention, and that of her allies, temper
IL, from the main struggled on the Danube. !,
here can be little doubt that Russia IS at the !
,ttOm Of the affair, though the insurgents
emselves protest that they no not want Rus
N domination. Il IS stated that the Russian e
fully expects to see risings Of the S
reek Christians all over Turkey, and this ex- p
ictation leads Is to infer that they had plot |,
4 to that end Whatever may Be result Of 4
: Turkish war, the Greek Christians viii be I
8 gamers By i, as It must eVentuate in their !.
Emancipation flom their long SUGGESTION 70 !
1erent race and rule.
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