Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-16

r
hourly arriving half dead with terror and
want of food. The Turks Had already APP
proachcd1 within nineNmiles Of the placeg'
and, whether they ,massaeTed the fugitiEes,
Tor spared them, many would soon perish
of cold, and hunger, 1t is needless 70
lsay anything about the misery Cap
tain Pym Witnessed ofs1t 1hprayefsi
that were addressed toIhimI to- save ebil75
dren If he could save none else, FrQm
the description; Of what he saw, he
would not have been able to sleep for
many a night had he not rendered all the
assstance in his power. English sailors
are ever lGng ~ coming to q, a,decision, and,
their decisions are generally to do boldly
what common sense dictates must be done
quickly. Without hetitation, Captain Pymi
embarked 3406ugitiyes Qnboardthe AsSprTT
ance. OF, these 192, were women, 37,were
men, old sick or disabled, for the armed
Greeks Who were ghafling the villagehearl
the place of embaf4Sation. aidedin prevents
ing any, man capable of bearing, arms from
getting into the boats; the remaihdef, were
| children. Those who are acquainted with
the state of that part Of Crete gsRy there isC
such "a want of food linDthe, neighboThoQd
that the absence of these 340 souls has 10
all probability prolonged Tire lives of iasi
many who have REMAINED behind, atileast
for a few days. II Armed men, said ito be-
Sphakiotes, were seen at "a distance, but
| they, never approached near, and it ap-
pears that rs soon as they learned that the
Assurance was saving the women and
children they withdrew out OF sight.
Though the Sphakiotes made, their sub
mission on their own account, they do not
in this district mOlest the villages that have
not submitted. On the 18th insta Captain
Pym quilted Sennos with the 349 helpless
creatures who SO Unexpectedly escaped a
miserable death by starvation.
suppose nobody was more surprisedby
| the arrival of these refugees at the Pir@us
than her Majesty's Minister in Greece. Mr..
Erskine Immediately sent Mr.. Agar Ellis,
the Secretary of Legation, TO concert meas
ures with the Consul for landing, lodging
and feeding them. The Mayor of the
| Pireus had, however, been.equally prompt,
| and was nearer at hand, Boats had been
| seLt, lodgings prepared, and arrangements
adopted for providing for their wants be-
fore Mr.. Ellis reached the port. ,aa s..,.
| When the news arrived at Athens that
an English ship had saved several hundred
Cretans the people of Athens made enthu-
siastic demonstrations ofjoy. Animmense
crowd assembled spontaneously and hur-
ried to the square before Mr.. Erskine's
house, where they shouted loud "Zetcs" for
| Great Britain and the Queen. They then
proceeded to the Russian Embassy and be-
slowed equal applause on the Emperor
| Alexander to encourage him to 90 and do
! likewise. The arrival Of the eXiles was in
terpreted blythe peOplelas declaration
that the British Government now tavors
the cause of the insurgents, and the men of
Athens offered their appreciation as a re-
ward to England for her good conduct, and
to Russia for her good intentions, vH.r.
A committee of ladies was formed at
Athens some time since to assist the wo-
men and children who fled from Crete, aud
liberal subscriptions were collected. But
the funds of this committee are 4ata very
low ebb, ,,for thousands have arrived where
hundreds were expected. Nevertheless,
money has been Immediately advanced for
the fugitives by the Assurance, and the
first remittance from the committee, which
Mr.. Trikoupes has been informed is already
In existence in London, is to be applied for
4 this purpose. 81 % '..' @'. lNlohi .iI4'8
| 1t isneedless to inquire whether it was
wise on the part of the Cretans to appeal to
arms before waiting to learn what meas
4 nres the protecting powers were disposed
| to adopt in ther favor. It was uhdoubtE
edly an i'll judged act TO attempt dict at
ing lihegOf policy to the great powers OF
Europe by q premature declaration OF union
| Will IuS III lbo PiSSSh'
state OF disorganizati0h. But am error oi
judgment on the part of political enthusi-
asts and inexperienced patriots ought to
have no weightin determining what's right
for private individuals In a question OI
Christian charity. HalT of the inhabitants Of
Crete knew nothing of the insurreCtionl lun7
til it reached their doors, and the men were
called upon to sacrifice their lives and
property for their country, and che women
and children we're forced to quit their
homes and live on common charity, For
Imy own part fear greatly that the liberia
tion of Crete will be delayed instead of ac-
CELEBRATED by the insurrection, which can
not help regarding as premature and i'll
timed, however unpopular the opinion may
be. But, whatever the appeal to arms or
the interventionof European Governments
may decide concerning the fate OF Crete
thousands of poor Christian women aud
children have been driven into exile with
out any fault of theirs The number in
Greece already exceeds 1000, and hundreds
arrive every week. Muss of the refugees
belong to the families of small proprietors
accustomed to plenty, who lived in theil
, own houses and cultivated their own fields
, They are of the very class which suffers
beyond all others when driven into exile
Charity can do something to relieve theti
suiterings, and on few can Christian charity
be mere justly Bestowed! 9hn9i 'Eya' n
alGj1 tFrom the Cincinnati BnquirerliHJ gr
, | ..4F TTIanOrvs sRananainE. ltself. 49,.