New-York tribune., 1867-02-08

loss, pushed column tmough, al"
fected the passage of his whole army WIN
out further opposition, tho CHRISTIANS re.nlns
to the mountains of Spbalia the southern portion OF
the White Maintains and leaving Selnos to the
discretion of the troops. That this discretion was
devastation and utter rain, we needed no assurance
but tbe destruction there is said to have surpassed
that in any other province. The Pashs once Ill sen
nos the Christians closed in on the ROADS by Whlch
he had entered, and cut off all land communication
with the rest of the island, that he is obngea 70
send for ships to get back to Canea, or effect juno
ton with the rest of his forces east 1f SPhap The
Sphakan Mountains occupy the. southern half OF the
western portion Of The isIsnd, Coming down to the
Afri''an Sea with plunge so bold that no passage
is afforded along the sea side, and the passes
through the mountains are 30 q1nGei'
that no force could pass in the face Oh re-
sistance in the least formidable. The Pasha
spent great deal of money among the sphaki0t
chiefs, and hoped at this critical mQRept that they
would make their submission and permit hiP to out
faaS tbe HeeHss who were in their valleys But they
all deciSgsd against spb;s!S99 or even ae9tEahty
and fired S the boats 6e sent found to receive their
adhesion, T6o whole sphakiot Population took, up
arms and the Pas5S WIS obliged to a5CpdOn any idea
of operations based of their neutrality Esthsfefore
attempted to embark his troops to get them rCqa t9
lions lthe battalion full is OOOj and organize gen
eral attack on Sphakia from the east. But at this
mOmeht sprung up gale from the westward which
has continued until yesterday with excessive vIo-
lence and even now is blowing too hard to permit
embarkatioA of troops a coast without harDors'
So there Ips STAYS communication by land with MS
capital and base On supplies impossible by sea di1
cu, for boat can scarcey land on that coast with
westerly or southerly avind, meanwhile trying the
passes in the mountainss but always Iepulsedi, 10
get into Selinos from Phf ka was GoWn tn iiTI NJ III
hill oTk getting back and 80 MflS tata lus i.f
Mean while, n force of Christians, =, ellS " q.eII qI
ent provinces, under the cOmmSnd OF C9lah2, WIN m
abont so voluuteers attacked the late headquarters
of the Pasha 1T Episkopi in the heart OF the most
thoroughly "cChguered district ana cut & OIL ssnt sn9
garrison almost 10 man, and repuls al force sept
to relieve it. the Turkish losses being tpout oo men
At the same time q largo force app, NfSu III VIC
province of Agos Yasi (St. Basil), and NDli sha,
RetimO to save his bacon from being smo Nu . . Ia
EpiskOpi And we hear that the whole eaS,e,H It
part of the island is IN motion having ron onlS Sk
steamer landed 700 volunteers WITH supplies, ~
near CANDIDA and when Mustapha gets out of SelinCs
he may march back and reconquer the other half o.
the island. go !
1t is thought however that he viii ignore this
change of affairs; and as Sphal1a 1s the only
section not nomnalyl submitted he Will try TO get
foot in there to be able to say that he has con-
Quered every province and then turn the island over
to European diplomacy TO be pached under their
this way saving the prestige ana |
credit of the Porte, while really etfectng nothing
but the absolute beggarng of the CretanS Every |
where all that Is eombustblel is burned ana even |
olive trees tthe principal wealth of the iSland) cut
down for fiTewoOd from sheer Wantonness, when |
the owner was absent and presumably with the |
goes his trees. The families are at the mercy OF !
brutal and fanatical soldiery if they keep in their
houses, and exposed 10 death from exposure and |
if they fly 10 the mountains The general
opinion however seems 10 be in favor of the latter
method of meeting the dilemma
OF course the news has long since reached you OF |
the humane acts of the British ships Assurance and
the Russian Grand Admiral, bat these two ships car
ried away abOut 800 ont of 5000 who are exposed 10
the chances of successful invasion ct Sphakia, and
since these isolated acts ship of any nation appears
to reproduce them Everybody is stupefled by the
fears of the Eastern question that they are deaf 10
the l0udest call of humanity. Meantime the Cretans
won't submit, and If, IN the end, the women and |
children are half dead, who will have been bettered
by nOn-inteTventiOn scrupulous that 1t cannot |
even exert the Observance OF the laws OF ciyulIed
warfare guard against the consequences OF nelr SO
gross infractiOn. The Cretan lnsuTrectOn mas 100 |
deep n hold to be subdued by any appreciable |
measure OF human suffering For all TINS misery /
the baTbarOus measures adopted and the abso-
lutte refusal to render justice To the we'll |
grounded demands of the Cretans. the French |
Government Is alone Tesponslole ana IT'S agents mere
are the most open and energetic advocates and apollo
gsts of the Ottoman policy and the most ardent we'll
wisheTs to its arms. The commander OF the only !
French shin here declared in consular conference
few davs ago that he blamed Mustapha Pasha not |
for being baTbarOus, but weakly lenent ana that IN
his case he would have been far moro severe, ara as
for the volunteers, he would like 10 have all the |
Frenchmen among them TO hang mt his own yard |
arms He doesn't seem likely to be gratfied III tins
humane desire, and if they get back TO France he |
may have TO meet with one or more of them
You will probably have received news by telegraph |
ere this of heavy fighting and possibly of Cretan sur
render at the end of It, for the suenngs OF the fan
believe in the end of the insurrection for long time
yet