The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1854-06-08

near Malta.
A later account says that Macedonia is
invaded by 1000 Greeks, under Chants
Karatsso, former aide-de camp to King
Ohio. They have committed the most
excesses. LII one place they shut
up 15o Turks-men, women and children
in mosque, and burned them to death.
The subsidy given by the Gar to the
Greek Government amounted to 1000,
600 drachmas per month The Russian
Government is reported to have given let
ters Of marque to the Greek pirates that
are how infesting the LeYant
Spanish Preparations for the Defense ef
Cuba---Estimate of the Results.
Correspondence of the London Times.
MARRID, Wednesday, May 10, 1854.
The 5000 men ordered to the West In
dies will sail in three divisions of 1900
each, under their regimental officers, and
without any General in command, as they
are merely to reinforce the garrisons of
colonies already amply provided with of
fcers of nigh rank. Their destination is
Porto Rico, the garrison ofthat island pro-
ceeding to Cuba, probably because the
men, Injured to the climate, will be less liza
BILE 10 disease, and consequently more i'm
mediately efficient than the new corners.
The Spaniards declare themselves deter
mined to make good fight in defense of
Cuba, iffghting there must be, which it
is to be hoped may be avoided. They are
in hopes, if not of coming victorious out of
the struggle, at least of inficting severe
punishment on the aggressor, and of rem
dering the conquest, when achieved, less
profitable to him than he anticipates. The
reinforcement about to be dispatched will
raise the strength of the army of Cuba to
nearly $4,000 men. Under the Ministry
of General Lersundi, a very large number
of Paixhan guns were sent out to strength
en- the defenses of the island, and great re-
forms were introduced in the arms Of the
infantry, previously of an antiquated and
unserviceable description. am assured.
that some of the best troops in the Spanish.
army are now in the island of Cuba.
am far from oyerrating the value of
Spanish troops, having seen enough Of
them both in the field and in quarters, to.
estimate them at what they areworth, and
I do not believe that they could cope, on
any thing like equal terms, with English
or French armies, nor do I think they
would have much chance in the long run,
against the ill-disciplined but well-armed,
utterly fearless, intelligent, self-relying
volunteers with whom the United States
are wont to operate when at war with their
panishAmerican neighbors.
If all other means of defense should fail
tits notimprobable that the spaniardswould
arm first the mulattoes, who are numer-
Gus, and ultimately, if driven to extremity,
portion of the blacks the whole of whom
they talk of setting at liberty, if all hope Of
preserving Cuba to Spain be extinguished
"a desperate expedient, the consequence
of which would probably be terrible mas
sacre of the whites upon the island, though
it might not prevent the Americans from
ultimately subjugating it. Another means
upon which the Spaniards reckon for an
noying and grievously injuring the enemy
is the cloud of privateers which under the
Spanish flag, they expect would quickly
cover the seas. 1t is possible that the
consideration of the injury that might thus
be done to their commerce may have a
weight with the United States, and COM
bine with more elevated motives to make
them pause before they drive feeble ene-
my into a corner, and compel him to stand
desperately at bay; but the war once en-
gagged, there can be little doubt that the
Americans would persist, at any price, in
carrying their point, and finally would at
tain their object, unless Spain found aid
from allies more powerful than herself.
Piracy in the Greek Seas.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May /, 1854.
Piracy is spreading more and more eve-
ry day on the coasts and in the islands of
Greece. The Salamander left here on the
28th, with a strong body of marines, for
hepurpose of chastising the robbers, who,
for the want of better prey, have had the
impudence to attack some of the hired
transports while filed with troops. A
brig, on board of which there was a de-
tachment Of French artillery, was pursued
by f1otilla of these corsairs, and was not
able to shake them off till it had fired upon
them. 1t is high time, tnat the English
and French Governments should adopt ef-
fective measures against the Greeks
These attacks terrify the captains and
crews of the merchantmen to such de-
gree that they no longer venture to leave
the harbors alone, but ait till large body
of them can start together, under some
safe escort. The effect of thisis, that slow
as the conveyance of troops has hitherto