American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-08-23
From LATE ENGLISH PAPERS,

London July7.
Copy of letter written from Leghorn, by GreeI
house, to one Of his friends here
Leghorn, June 8, 1899.
My dear triend--ln my last of the 18th inst.
informed you of the arrival here on that day Of ou
Icountrymen, M NJ. Rodocanachi and M c.. "
zlnia, from Scio; they had obtained their passage,
lon board an Austrian ship Of war, and had perror
med their journey in 81 days from Scio, and 81
from Smyrna. know the anxiety you must feel
respecting the deplorable situation Of our unfortu
nate island, of that We were able to Judge BY the
keenhess OF our feelings on the subject, and as
these two friends had come directly from Scio, had
been witnesses Of part Of the horrors committed
there hardly left them for two days, during who
time they gave the following vivid picture of the
misery OF our dear country, as nearly as can re
member
II was on the 18th April that the Captain Pacha
landed seve al thousand men, but the Turkish feet
had scarcely hove IN sight when the commander in
the castle began bombardDg the town. and from that
time till our Departure il was one continued scene
OF murder, conflagration and plumber both in coun
Try and town, nor we've they satisfied with the ra-
wages hre made upon the houses ; its progress was
too slow for their fury.--They took 20 the castle
ABOUT 500 oil the gardeners of the principal s. most
respectable families, whom by dint of threat of in
slant death, and promises of liberty they forced to
confess, as lar as they knew, where any property had
oeen MD In almost every garden at six or eight
yaros distance were seen pits dug for the purpose
OF grasplng the supposed concealed treasure All
the women were sent into slavery, the men and male
children above IL years Of age, were massacred.
the children Of the enderest age, and the most beau
lhul from among the young women. they sent on
board the SHIPS with great pomp and solemny
under salute of guns. They cjrcumcised n.
male children N fnk nc
etan faith. and then sent off the children of both
sexes by land to Consantinople, by way of SMYRNA.
under an escort OF Turkish soldiery. Two repi-,
menls OF Turks had assembled and shut I'm in a
place ~ the country about 700 persons chiefly pea
SAINTS v hich they meant to divide among them
selves as slaves but not being able to agree in the
Partition, began disputing. An Imcan or priest
more humane than the rest, expostulated with then,
on their dlsst nons, and exhorted them to concord:
wnen one OF those savage brutes exclaimed, the
nnlY way to avoid discussions was to nut them all
TO the sword, and, to the lasting shame of the hu.
man race. in less than half an hour all those in
nocent men were put to death others of these
outchers had IN their possession four families of
nistincton the women and children they sent to
Inc CITY End the men they bled to death as sheen in
slaughter house, near which they were passing at
the time. One of those unfortunate beings N
whom they had not given mortal stab, was left TO
4nger out his existence in excruciating agony and
pain tor two days.
But what will you say of these innocent young
rhiidren who have fallen victims to the mort horri
bic death caused by the brutal conduct of those
into whose possession they fell By all
we have been able to gather, it appears, that from
The very moment the Turkish feet was destined 10
oco, the total destruction of the Island, and ami
hlation OF its inhabitants were resolved upon with
ost any examination of their culpabllity or limo
cence On the 9th May, the Pacha ordered SIS rel
spectacle men, that he had on board, to be hung up
signal 10 the governor to do the same with the
s. hostages, ordering at the same time the 500 oar.
deners who were still in custody, 10 be strangIed.
I'LL 'heioth May, on which day we left Sco, there
had been no cessation to MURDERS consgrations and
rnsaSing, with all their accompanying ferocity.-
Do not he surprised il you hear that there have
been nearly 10000 Turks in the Island; the report
Of the numerous and rich spoils Of those who first