The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-08-28

could be done 10 ave tbetp ~ "a' h"'
through scenes narrowing 10 the soul, lost
we a, last resched ,he ship that was 10 con-
vey us 10 Smyrna. Yei, rs il our cup oil al
fic,ion and DANCE was not YET full, we untS'
pectedly found on board this vessel 81 young
women, ot the best Of families, on their road
10 CoDstas 'inople by the way Of Smyrna, sent
ihithef by the Pscha as presents to the Grand
Seignor many Of them we were personally
knowp TO; the least sign OF recognition on
their part would have Immediately discover
ed Us TO their Turkish guard, and our lives
would have been forfeited. IL was with the
greatest difficulty we veiied our features from
obscrv rvstioD, keeping all the day below decks,
and only for few hours in the night breath
ing the fre sh air or deck. Al last We reach.
ed Smyi na, we're Immediately Transported on
boatd tins Austrian ship, and fnaiiy arrived
here. Bui wha, tongue can uter The pefils
ADD dangers ef every kind we have been ex'
posed to : IT'S God, and God alone, that can
give aid aud consolation to this hunIiiated,
pcrsecuied race OF beings; those that ae gone
TO another life are the moot happy---li IS ,heis
ensiayed survivors that claim ou' pny. These
are, my dear friend, the gloom accounts that
The above es,ee med hiends gsve me. ] have
heard and now tel! you with bleetl.Dg heat
and tear fraugh, eye, tha' my poor fnher and
uncle were among the hostages. oh, God
what blow! q sessel has Just arrived from
Cons,an,inople, giving US the advice OF the
execution here Ut Ten boassGs. Wii this
neve, end 7! really can wine no more, feel
SD sick 1t heau. Adleu!
SMYRNA, May 10.
Extract Of hriva'e ie.er from young
Creek
"My Dear Brother--Prepare yourself on
reading this letter 10 summon 10 your aid the
strength o. your cha'acteI the blow which
has s,Iucs us IS SO terrible that all my reason
! is requi ed not 10 succumb under 1t. Ihls
| opening alarms you--c,timstc OF once the
extent of out misiortunCs--we have TO weep
! f., our county, The beautiful Scio, in the
| ppwel of our ba'b enemies-we have TO
| dspiore the loss Of our numerous family.
| "Oi all our citation, my youngest sister a.
lone escaped /; by miracle, owing 10 The pro-
| lection of generous Ftenchnan, she has
bero restored TO my embr aces.--H W Cen !
| speak 10 you of our is,he Alas this vene
rablc old man now implo'es ,he Supreme
| Being Tor his count y. and toe The unihTiunatt
children who have survived him. The fol
| towing are the details OF this dreaGtul as ASST
nation. You know that he and our Two broth
er., Theodore and Con os,eniinc, and your ia
ther- in law, were amongst the hostages shu
ND ia the castle on Shr 9sh iass; IhGy wen
OUT with the A chbshop, and /, appears INA
| moi wit hsiandino the promises of the o'iba' 1
ans, they had been all the time confined, il
dungeons they were placed in two lines, an
were either hung or putt death with pfo
longed tormcnts.
"Our fatnet and hi. companions witucsse
with uanqui'Ity the preparations Tor their ex
ecuuon, and these martyrs TO lhsir hdeiI
| did not lose their presence of mind for a sin
gle instant. Que sisteo Henrietta is a slay
] aoI have not yet succeeded IN dIscove 10
to VIVA, country of Asia the infamous 'avsh
crs have carried her. Nor have I yet bee
able 10 obtain he least inior nation ,especun
rh,- tate of our dear mother end three olhe
sisters the destiny Of your wife and her fam
ly has also escaped my search. 10 short or
mi-lo'tunes arc so great that cIn scarcei
| credit them.
"On The llth inst. Quilted Scio--save,
by = miracle from the dangers OF the mos
sanguina'y catastrophe, OF which any one ca
firm an idea. Bu, do not feel that il
which one might experience on being de!iv
cred from The dfeadiol peris to which hav
been exposed. Haired and indigestion a
eainst our exccutiooers ace the only sen,i
ments which can hencetouh dwell in m,
heart. Thanks 10 the European costume
which have adopted, the captain Of an En-
giish vessel agreed to take me on board; bu
rny dreadful situation interested neither Turk
nor Englishmen. The captan OF Tho ves,e
would not allow me 20 embark ill had reck
oned out TO him 5000 pias,rcs, and it was no
till after he had examined them one by one
that received from him permission 10 Sc
my foot on board the vessel whatever wa
o,y danger in remaining on board the chat
oupc. have left the Isisnd in ashcs. Th,
Tarks, a!,or pilloging ell the houses SC, then
on ire, and 90 joining the sword TO fire &c de
molish them more readily, they demolshe,
them TO the last stone, in the hope OF findin,
concealed treasure.
"ThroughoOt the opulen, Scio only /
houses are standing, Containing our mo,her
our sisters, and our daughters, reduced Il
the most drcadir, slavery.-rhe monster