The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-10-21
FOREIGN NEWS

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By the packet ship John Wells, which -,
n New-fork 18th iskk London paperx ~ - -
and Liverpool 70 ne 9Th Sept have besn a. -
eeived to
The Paris papers by this arrival are - a.
Ath Of September, two days later than ~ ~
counts received by the I4allah RooIL :,
Charleston.
The London Courier says. the situation ~
affairs al Cadlz Is such as TO cause oonsi5er,'
bic uneasiness 10 the French government
Every attempt at negotiation with the Core.
bad failed, and there was no better ground =,
believing that better success will attend a.,
future proposals. In the mean time liz -.
hngers--the summer Is Fastening 10 clo,o
there is every reason to expect that matter.
viii remain thus undecided till the rains set ~
The French ministers, as NAV Be supposed a,s
fully sensible Of the increasing dif5culties al
che contest, and anxious IL possible 10 eFect
speedy ter nination ofthe Campaign.
During the present year, 39,O48 male. and
394S5 female slaves, have been liberated from
personal slavery in Russia.
A letter from Bayonne, dated 98tb Aucu.t
anticipates The speedy fall Of PampeIuna. bnt
thiulSs II win be otherwise with Cadiz. ana thai
the French troops before that city are NOT al.
eauate 10 take il.
The siege Of Pampeluna was 70 commence
on the 5th Of September.
The blockade Of Santona daily became more
vigorous. A considerable French feet was
before that port.
An entire post Of Constitutionalists are said
TO have crossed the canal Of the Trocadero
AMI Joined the French TROOPS.
When Agesiras surrendered there appears
70 have been found but 80 prisoners, and five
months provisions, in the fortress.
The French ship Gustave, from ST. Domin-
20 for Hayre, with a cargo valued al 100000.
has been captured by Spanish privateer.
SCl0.-ln the last Smyrna paper, received
al this Office, by the brig Torpedo, We find de-
tailed the following singular and affecting
circumstance respecting female Of this IN
fortunate Island. II is one, perhaps, Of hun
dreds Of similar cases Of aggravated horror
and woe-and, il would appear, has even mel
ted the heart Of Turkish barbarism to a sense
Of pity for her sufferings.- .4merioan.
Cognia, tir the interior Of La .NatoiIe) JUN IA
An extraordinary event has occurred, which
has been the subject of general conversation.
ATurk, who was present at the sackng OF
Scio, brought away with him to this Isle, a
Greek female whom he had made slave, and
whom he since espoused, after having compel
led her 10 embrace Mahometism.
One night while the Musselman was enjoy
ing the sweets of repose, she seized cutlas
and in a moment Of phrezy, occasioned BY the
most horrible recollections, plunged it 10 the
bosom Of her rayisher,. aud then withdrew il
in order 10 decapitate him. From that mo-
ment her revenge was satiated; and nature
re-assuming its empire over a heart she had
formed for love and not for crime, the young
Sciote fell and remained long time in a state
Of insensbility. After having recovered her
senses, the spectacle before her eyes chilled
her heart, and deprived her Of the faculty oil
escaping; she swooned a second time, and re-
manned in that state long after day break. Al
length some persons, being uneasy, resolved
10 force the door of the fatal chamber--on
one side they perceived the dead body of the
Turk on the other, a female apparently
waiting Tor some one to arrest her" Hon can
dispose ofme,' said she, " il was Iwbo murder
ed him." They seized upon her and brought
her before the Pacha. Is il you who have
murdered your husband -" Yes" she repli-
cd, " il was | who killed the monster, who in
my house, in Scio, had the barbarity to murder
my father, mother, husband and infant-who
then carried me of, brought me hither, and
thought TO make Turk Of me, while am, in
fact, and only wish to remain Greek" The
populace had assembled in order 10 behold the
punishment that awaited this Sciote; but tie
Paeha, after having listened TO her attentive
ly, granted her pardon and sent her back te
her home. 10 the great astonishmentof all the
Musselmen, who nevertheless, on this, as on
many other occasions, have submitted TO the
will providence,
Respectable Turks, arrived from Cognia-
have unanimously confirmed the contents Of
this statement