The Wilmingtonian., 1824-02-05


pose to this force. They sustained. how
ever, a murderOus conflict for some time
between the Turks who had landed and
those of the castle who made sortie, but
we're at length driven to the mountains
The Turkish army now entered the city
and an indiscriminate massacre began
The city was soon on fire, and murder
and rapine prevailed till the 10th, by which
thine the city was heap Of ruins. The
sale of prisoners then commenced, and ma
ny thousands, particularly females, who
had been bred up in competence and some
lin luxury, were sold as slaves. 1t has been
asserted on good authority that this was
the fate of $4,000. Some anecdotes OF
uncommon savageness are related IN the
French Moniteur, on the authority OF a let
ter from Scio, apparently written BY the
French Consul, to whose courage and hu-
manity large proportion of those who es.
Icaped owed their lives. Seven hundred
prisoners had fallen into the possession OF
two Turkish regiments. that quarreiled as
to the partition of their captlves. The
Turks were about to proceed to violence
among themselves, when some one propo-
sed to preserve the peace by shooting the
whole 700 in cold blood, which was ac-
cordingly done. A considerable number
who had escaped the first slaughter, redu-
ced by famine, submitted on discretion to
the Turks. Of these thirty-6ve of the most
were sent by the Capudan Pa
cha on board his ship, and 800 others sent
to the castle, till their lot should be dec-
ded. On the 18th of May, month after
the cessation every thing like resistance,
not to say life, in Sco, these 35 were hung
at the yard arm, on board the admlral's
ship, and in reply to this. as a signal, the
95 original hostages were hung from the
battIements ofthe castle, and the 800 stran-
jgled in its courts. The streets of Scio
were so encountered with dead, whom
there was no one to bury, no one to re-
move, that the Jews of Smyrna were or.
dered over to throw them over into the sea
, For their payment, they were permitted to
CLEAN the plumber Of the city, and brought
back with them the copper kitchen uten-
sis of thousands of desolate hearths, oil
which quantity bought as old copper in
the stalls of Smyrna has been seen on the
wharves in this town. There are also now
in this town two children, who fled from
the horrors of that day to the mountains
and having escaped to Malta, were sent
out by our missionaries to the benevolent
care of the Foreign Missionary Society il
this country. When the news of these e
vents reached Constantinople, the ten hos
ftages, notwithstanding the interference o
! Lord Strangford, the British Minister
were also strangled. When this intelii
gence reached England, some friends o
liberty and humanity in both Houses .
: Parliament made the murder Of the hosta
: yes matter ofinquiry. Sir James Mack
intosh and Mr.. Wiiberiorce appealed t,
o. Lord Castlereagh, to put stop to sucI
1Ihorrors.-'rhe minister replied that tn
j. gentleman could not be so quixotic, as t
yIwish him to interfere IN the internal az
J. ministration of the Turkish empire" Br
= if the British and other powerful cabinet
# do actually uphold decayed barbarou
e empire, do they not take upon thenselvt
e the responsibility of its inhuman acts?
(1o beconciuded in our neat
e