Alexandria gazette & advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1822-1824, 1822-08-15

| ing with him all The ~ WdS suI1-
dersteed that number OF the peasantr5
had Joined The Saiaiptes; they were jh q
manner forced to it, being apprehensive OF
! the Samio,es themselves, and. they were
1.only armed with sticks and slaves Ele>
ven days after, the Turkish fleet arrived
at the island, and landed 5000 soldiers,
| who, Joined BY 5000 in the castle, being
unable TO attack and defeat the 5000 Sa-
miotes, used their weapons against the IN
| nocent and disarmed inhabitants, and turn
ed sheir fury against women and children,
| killing, burning, and taking in slavery all
the inhabitants Of The place, the men they
slaughtered. the women and children they
brutality treated s. buddIed togetberin one
Of the large squares, which contained Sc
veral hundred of the most res~pectabfe'fa-
miles; they have not lett a stone upon a
stone--all destroyed, all ruined! 1t would
Eli volumes TO recordth different scenes OF
horrors which the ~rufians were guilty Of
! humanity shoulders at it. But this univer-
sal desoiation had not satisfied the blood
thirsty followers OF Mohammed; they had
J beaped upon their trembling and tender
victims all the bitterness Of their fanati-
cism--65 men, the FIRST OF the nation, both
as to character and property, pen who
had always followed the paths of rectitude
i'm their commercial transaCtions-whose
relations were established in almost every
known commercial city in the known
w%orld--men innocent OF any machlnatlon
against the Turkish government, and who
could not, if even they would, have been
participators ill., the rising OF the island,
since they had been Id months under the
grasp Of the Turkish satrap. len OF these
were at Constan.inople, the remainder at
Scio. Lord S%trangford made strenuous Ell
forts to save them-neglected no iemon.
strances-evinced the greatest ardour in
the cause OF suffering innocence and tho't
he bad succeeded in sheltering them from
their impending fate, having obtained a
promise from the Porte that no harm should
be done them, when it suddenly gave Or
ders for their execution. The ten in Con-
stantinople were beheaded, and the 81 10
| Scio were hung outside of the Castle. in
! that very square where SO many OF the
slaves were placed, in sight of the Turk.
ish feet, who had their decks covered With
Greek slaves. Oh! how the heart sickens
at such refinement Of cruelty, and turns
win lOITOF iTOui lUc mdiiIc tuol SoS'u
take delight in deriding the mental agony
of sthe innocent sufferers in this tragic
| scene! What a number of wives were tor
ced to be spectators of the cruel death OF
the husbands OF theirs affections, TO see at
the same time their sucking babes, torn
| from their breasts, thus bereft at once OF
their support and hopes! Many driven TO
| despair by this barb.ar0us usage tnrew
themselves into the sea, others stabbed
themselves to prevent the loss OF honor, TO
them verse than death, to which they were
every moment exposed from the barbara
ans. But, alas! let US draw a veil upon
those who have thus sunk untimeIy INTO
the grave; let US not harrow up our souls
with the recital of their atrocities; their
sufferings are over, and their felicity, let
us hope, begun! 1t is now time to turn
your sympathy towards the unfortunate
survivors OF the general wreck-to call,
dear countrymeD. your attention to the
miserable naked state of thousands OF our
Sciots, with which the markets here, at
Smyrna, and Scio, are glutted Picture
to yourselves children of the tenderest age,
till now nursed with the most delicate at
%tention, driven about with only a piece OF
cloth round their infant limbs, without
shoes or any covering, having nothing to
live upon but a piece of bread thrown to
them by their inhuman keepers-ill treat
ed by them-sold from one to the other,
and all in this deplorable situation, expos
ed 10 be brought up in the M~abometan re-
ligion, and lose sight OF the precepts OF
our holy religion. We see all this; yet,
alas! what can we do here, reduced TO 5
or 4, who, if found out, would also be ex-
terminated without mercy? What we could
do, we have done; but how little among
so many claimants to our charity. You,
brothers, friends, and countrymen, are in
the capital of England, the centre of phi
lanthropy you live amongst a people al.
ways famed for their generous feelings to-
wards the unfortunate, for their dislike to
tyranny, and their support OF the Cypress
ed. Beg, pray, %entreat, appeal to their
feelings, call upon them as Britons, as
men, as fellow beings: it is in the cause
OF humanity and of religion: they cannot,
will NOT. be deaf to your prayers. They
will afford US, as far as lies in their pow
er, the means of redeeming the captive,
OF al dlng those families that are in a state
OF nudity and starvation, who will soon ar
rive in almost every port of the MedIterra-
mean, when they have been enabled TO ty
from a yoke worse than death. we rely
upon your endeavors, and still more upon
the high character of the nation among
whom you inhabit: thousands o. hands are
raised towards you TO claim your Interior
ence in behalf of your oppressed country
men; thousands OF hearts will feel CRATE
full fol your assistance. Brethren l. coun.
trymen, exert yourselves in behalf Of hui
manity
"With fearful eye we cordially salute