The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-16

The following is from letter recently
received by prominent merchant OF
Boston, from correspondent in Alex
andria, Egypt, dated Julyls
Our intelligence from Crete is still
unsatisfactory, Christian blood is run
ming in rivers from one point of the
island to the Other-nOt that of armed
men, because, as / told you, only small
skirmishes take place, in which ten or
twenty insurgents lose their Ii, es-but
the blood of innocent women, children
and sick men. This, too, in the center
of the Mediterranean Sea, and in the
heart of Christian Europe. In vain the
Government has appealed to the civil
lied world to stop these barbarities.
They still go on, aud we can easily fore
see the despair which will seize the
Cretans at the approach of next winter,
when the remnants of their families
will be left to perish in their retreats
among the snow covered SUBMITS of
Mount Isla and Stakia. In the parox-
ysms OF their rage they VIII say with
Sampson, Let me die with the breth-
rem"
From Crete, we have news of the last
week, according to which Omar Pasha's
situation is not in the least better than
that of Mnstapha Pasha nine months
age, so that all the blOOdshed aud pia-
terial destruction of the war has gone
for nothing to them. The whole of the
island is in the hands of the Greeks,
while the Turks occupy only the fort
resses and a faw acres here aud there on
the coast.
Whenever the Turks, with overwbel-
ming forces, enter one village ill which
the harvest is still in the fields, the
peasants pay submission, deliver sever
al scores of guns, and Omar Pasha re-
ports to COnstantinople thar So many
thousand persons rendered their sub
mission, and delivered up so many thou
sand rifles. The next thing, i'll All Eng
lish newspaper, in the latest intelli-
yence column, you read of the event in
d telegram from ConstantinCple, to the
effect that Omar Pasha bas gained. a
victory OF dispersed the insurgents. 1t
is all throwing dust in the eyes of the
80 called civilized world, and atfording
new matter to that rascal Layard, to
convince Lord Dervis or Derby that the
insurrection is over. So this struggle
will 90 on for generation at least, If
Greece does not join the fight against
Turkey, and bring TO our aid iron-clads
and disciplined troops.
Our tiny craft, the blockade-runner,
Arkady, six weeks ago had an engage
ment with Turkish frigate before the
island of Cerigotto. The Turk received
eight balls, and had about thirty killed
and wounded, while the Arkady receir-
ed but two balls, and had but one man
killed and no officers wounded. Two
more blockade-runners, sister vessels TO
the Arkady, have arrived at Syra. They
are each armed with large Armstrong
gun, and intend TO repeat the scenes OF
the old Greek war of Independence, II
they are lucky enough 10 catch any OF
the Turkish war-vessels, because every
one of these three blockade-runners is
match for any Turkish frigate. There
fore. look out soon for some romantic
sea-tights between those old friends, the
Turks and the Greeks.
We sent to your capital one of our
best men, Mr.. Rangaby. hope he will
find the means of keeping your great
and free people fully awak ke to the i'm
portance of sustaining the Greek ma
ton, that for five years bled, and is still
bleeding to preserve the faith OF our
fathers and the free institutions that
made Greece immortal in other years.
Boston Trdreler.