Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-20

and usases d such cases. fhs y. 'ue lass
'dersf Of Greek vessels shall soo s,un'aaa-
cause to be published this resoia';oAv e y
the government have acquired ihs "sl lll
ty that il has reached wherever i si.al-
cessary, The present decJara,;o,. !" De-
be besides communicated 10 ali II. slall
suis Of the friendly powers in the d;s. Con-
states of Greece. 0us'ea
The President Of the executiy. -.
A. mAURO cOKDAfTynss
The Minister Of Fo,eign AZ:
Corinth,
March 10, 1922.
Smyrna, Moyl5.
Extract Of private letter from vo..
Greek.
"My Dear Brother-prepars yon,
self on reading this letter 10 SUNNI,
to your aid the strength Of YOUR eb,'
racter; the blow which has struck !.
is SO terrible that all my reason j, y.
CURED not to succonnb under It hi.
opening alarms you-estima,s a, ON.
the extent of our misfortunes-wsh,w
to weep for our country, the beautilal
Scio. in the power Of our barbarou, !.
nemies-we have to deplore the loss q
our numerous family.
"Of all our relations my youus,n
sister alone escaped; by miracle, ov.
ing to the protection Of a generou,
Frenchman, she has been restored 10
my embraces. How canI speak to you
OF our father? Alas this venerable Old
man now implores the Supreme Beir.
for his country, aud for the unfos,uua,s
children who have survived him. The
following are the details of his dreadful
assassination. You know that he and
our two brothers, Theodore and Con.
stantine, and your father-in.law, were
amongst the hostages shut up in Ii.
castle on the 9Th inst, they went on.
with the archbishop, aud it appears
that, notwithstanding the promises Of
the barbarians, they had been all the
time confined in dungeons they were
either hung or put to death with The
most prolonged torments.
"Our father and his companions wit.
messed with tranquility the preparations
for their executions, and these martyr
to their fidelity did not lose their pre-
sence of mind for single instant. Gu
sister Henrietta is slave, and | haN
not yet succeeded in discovering t
what country of Asia the infa,nousr "a
yishers have carried her. Nor have II
yet been able to obtain the least infOt.
nation respecting the fate Of our dear
mother and three other sisters; the
destiny of your wife and her family has
also escaped my search. In short, our
misfortunes are SO great that | can
scarcely credit them.
"On the llth inst. quilted Scio-
saved by miracle from the dangers
the must sanguinary catastrophe,
which any one can form an idea. b.
! do not feel that joy which one mgl
experience on being delivered from ID
dreadful perils to which have been e.
posed. Hatred and indignation ags'n'
our executioners are the only SENT
ments which can henceforth dwelln
my heart. Thanks to the European
costume, which lhave adopted, thecsp'
tain of an English vessel agreed 20
take me on board; but my dresdful" 81
tuation interested neither Turks Dol
Englishmen. The captain of the .e'
sci would not allow me to embark :"
had reckoned out to him 500 PlasI'e'
and it was not till sitter he bad exam
ined them one by one. that receive
from him permission to set my ioo's
board the vessel, whatever was my asn
ger in remaining longer on boaro'p
chaloupe. ] have left the island ID hr
es. The Turks, after pillaging the NV
SOS, Get them on fire, and joining ss w.
TO fro to demolish them more reaoDy
they demolished them to the last Nv.
in the hope Of finding concealed w.
sure. -,
g Throughout the opulent Sc'o :' oa'
fifteen houses are standing, conls"
our mothers, our sisters, and our :. osuY
tiers, reduced to the most dreadio' ~
very. There the monsters pro'a'.,.,
cry thing to crafty their rage ano .. !ps
passions and often the virgins WV,
they have sullied by their emOi as.d
receive from themselves the ~.
which they wish for. All the cI.s ~. !,
which rendered our island the pO'
greeable in the Mediterranean, OUT ,:s CO.
deny, the library, the superb e :. ihs
Of Saint Anaigisoso, Saint Nic1O',i j. ii
81 Churches, and up"su, ~ ,hs
40 villages, have been consumer !"
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