American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-10-17
From the Baltimore american.

SCIO.-Most of our readers will remember the
accounts which have been published respecting the
Ienormities committed upon the Greeks of this un-
HAPPY island, after the descent made upon it by the
Turks. The confiagratlon of towns and villages
the general and ndiscriminate massacre of the men,
the violation OF the women and the transportation
OF them and their children TO distant places slaves
in fact, every misery that could be inf1ictedlwas
called into practice, to glu the vengeance Of Ma
hometism, and to check, if possible, the noble
spirit Of liberty which impelled the Greeks to throw
off the yoke Of tyranny and oppression under which
they had so long groaned.
In the last Smyrna paper, received at this Office
by the brig Torpedo we find detailed the following
singular and affecting circumstance respecting a
female Of that unfortunate Island. 1t is one per-
haps, of hundreds Of similar cases Of aggravated
horror and woe--and, it would appear, has even
melted the heart Of Turkish barba rianism to sense
Of pity for her sufferings.
TRANSLATED FOR THE AMERICAN.
CocNIA, lin the interior Of La Notole) July IA.
An extraordinary event has occurred which has
been the subject of general conversation.
"a Turk who was present at the sacking of Scio,
brought away with him to this Isle Greek female
whom he had made slave and whom he since
espoused, after having compelled her TO embrace
Mahometism.
OuC uibHt5 WIilS inc NAuSSdlInaU was ENJOYING
the sweets OF repose, she seized cutass, and in
moment of phrenzy, occasioned by the most hor-
rable recolections, plunged it in the bosom OF her
ravlsher and then withdrew it in order to
him. From that moment her revenge was satiat-
ed and nature, re-assuming its empire over heart
she had formed for love and not for crime, the
young Scote fell and remained long time in a
state Of insensibility. After having recovered her
senses, the spectacle before her eyes chilled her
heart apd deprived her Of the faculty OF escaping !;
she swooned second time and remained in that
state long after day break Al length some persons,
being uneasy, resolved force the door of the fatal
chamber--on one side they perceived the dead body
OF the Turk; on the other. female apparently wait
ing for some one to arrest her" You can dispose
OF me-" said she, it was who murdered him. -
They seized upon her and brought her before the
Pacha. is It you who have murdered your hus-
band Pr" Yes" she replied, lit was who killed
the monster, who, in my house, at Scio, had the
barbariy to murder my father, mother, husband and
lnant-who then carried me off, brought me hither,
and thought to make Turk of me, while am, in
TACT, and only wish to remain Greek" The no
puace had assembled in order to behold the punish
ment that awaited this Scote; but the Pacha, after
having listened to her attentively, granted her a
pardon and sent her back to her home, to the great
establishment of all the MussalmeD, who neverthe-
less, on this, on many other occasions have sub.
nitted to the will of Providence.
" Respectable Turks, arrived from Cognia, have
unanimously confirmed the contents of this state
ment."
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