Massachusetts Spy And Worcester Advertiser

New York D. Advertiser.
NAPOLI DI ROMANIA, AUG. 28.
Three times the Ottoman squadron before Samos have approached the Greeks and given them chase, then the Greeks have, by their skilful manoeuvres and the aid of their fire-ship, obliged the Turks to tack about. The Captain Pacha made signal for the fourth time to attack the enemy. It was in vain; terror spread among the sailors and soldiers––the ships gained the open sea, and abandoned the field of battle. Never was the Greek navy covered with so much glory. A Turkish galley, with 400 men on board, was fighting with a little Greek brig, which did not dare to board, on account of the small number of their men. Another Greek brig arrived, advanced directly to the galley, passed over and sunk it. A moment after, the most of the Musselmen were seen struggling for their lives, but soon met death in the midst of the waves.
Constantine Canari left Syra, and reached Samos at the moment when the Turks were landing their troops from the Asiatic continent. Followed by some vessels Canari advanced. His presence spread terror––the Turks landed on the shore. The camp of Dib. Bournou covered our brave Greeks with a well directed fire––but nothing arrested Constantine Canari. He obliged the Turkish ships to retire. The enemy renounced the attempt to land, and for this time Samos is safe. During the burning of the frigate, Canari advanced within ten paces of the Turkish vessel. The Ottoman sailors perched on the yards, threw towards him a shower of balls, and though Canari was on the deck with his twenty-five companions, two only of them were killed. As soon as they had set fire to the fire-ship, Canari threw himself with his men into his scampavia. They were immediately surrounded by a dozen boats, and followed more than a hundred paces; but their valor, their courage, saved them from peril. The Greeks say much of the devotedness of the Turks. The day after the burning of the frigate, and of the other ships, the Ottoman camp disappeared. The Turks, struck with terror, saw nothing but fire-ships on every side. Some thought of regaining their homes; others returned to Scala Nuova. Constantine Canari told us, with a modesty equalled only by his courage, that having landed after this burning at the foot of Mount Mycall with his followers, they advanced nearly three miles into the interior, and did not find a soul. Taking into consideration only the actual loss to the Turks, this event is very insignificant. for what are three or four ships burnt up to them? or what do they think of three or four thousand men killed? Nothing, certainly. But if we consider the moral effect it will be seen to be incalculable. Scarcely are the vessels burnt, than an army of an hundred thousand men is dissolved, and a squadron which was to subdue the whole Archipelago, is not safe except in the harbors where it has been concealed for several days. The news of the disaster of the Turkish squadron spreads here and through the Peloponnesus the greatest joy. The Hellenists feel of what value such examples are to them.