The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-12-12

ton, and could he productive of no benef
cal result; the fort was untenable, and or
the almost Immediate arrival of the Otto
man lleet, population without blow en-
sued. The news brought by the hostile ar
mament was Of the instant execution OF
the iilfated hostages the moment the &C
counts OF the revolt had reached the Porte.
overwhelmed with grief for the loss OF
their only and dearly beloved protectors,
the family of Kalerdji spent the few inter
Venlng days IN vain but poignant regret,
and, In the seclusion of their bercft man
sion, knew nothing Of what was passing at
the town; where, whilst the Greeks were
occupied III applications and submission TO
the captain Pacha, and the Turks in false
protestatlons OF forgiveness and amnesty.
the troops of the Sultan disembarked at
the fortress. At length the preparations
/ for slaughter were completed, and the
work of death commenced.
1t was on the evening of the Sd dav from
the arrival of the Turkish admiral that the
family of the wretched being who lived to
tell the tale, deserted the flames that rose
from the burning mansions of their friends,
and heard, in the calm silence of twilight.
the distant dcath-scream of their butcher
ed townsmen; whilst few flying wretch
es, closely pursued by their infuriate muir
derers, told them but too truly of their i'm
pending fate. As one of the most import
ant ln'the valley, their family was almost
the first marked out for murder, and. ere
they had moment to think of precaution.
q party of Turkish soldiers beset the house.
which afforded but few resources for refuge
or concealment. From place ofimperfect
securlty, the DISTRACTED Phrosine was an
involuntary witness to the murder of her
miserable sisters, aggravated by every in
suit and indignity suggested by brutality
and crime, whilst her frantic mother was
stabbed upon the lifeless corpses of her
violated offspring. Satiated with plumber.
the monsters left the house in search of
farther victims whilst she crept from her
hiding place to take last farewell of her
hutchered parent, and fly for refuge to the
mountains. She had scarcely dropped
tear over the inundated remains of all that
was dear to her, and made step towards
the door, when she perceived fresh party
of demons already at the threshold. Too
late to regain her place of refuge, death,
with all its aggra awaited horrors, seemed
now inevitable, till on the moment she
adopted an eXpedient. She flew towards
the heap of slaughter. smeared herself
with the still oozing bloot of her mother,
and falling on her face beside her, she Law
motionless as death. The Turks entered
the apartment, but finding their errand an
tICipatcd were again departing, when ono
of them observed brilliant sparkling on
the finger Of Phrosine, returned to secure
it. He lifted the apparently lifeless hand,
and attempted to draw it off; it had how
ever been too long, too dearly worn; it was
the gift of her affianced husband, and had
tarried till it was only to be withdrawn
from the finger by an effort. The Turk,
however, maze but quick work, after in
vain twisting her delicate .i2nd in every
direction to accomplish his purpose, he
drew knife from his girdle, and COM
menced slicng OFF the flesh from the ing-
err. This was the last scene she could re-
member. 1t was midnight when she awoke
from the swoon into which her agony and
her effort to conceal it had thrown her ;
and she lay cold and henumhed, surround
ed by the now clotted streams of her last
loved friends. Necessity now armed her
with energy no time was left for con-
sideration, and day would soon be break
ing. She rose, and still faint with terror
and the loss of blood, flew to a spot where
the valuables of the house had been secur-
ed; disposing of the most portable about
her person, she took her way to the noun
tains. She pointed out to us the cliff
where she had long lain concealed, and
the distant track by which she had gained
it, through a path at every step impeded
/ by the dead or dying remains of her coun-
| trymen. By the time she imagined the
tide of terror had flowed past, when she
no longer observed from her lofty refuge
the daily pursuits and murder OF the i'm
molated Sciots, and when she saw the OF
toman feet sail from the harbor beneath it's
crimson pennon, now doubly tingcd with
blood, she descended, with her fugitive
companions, to the opposite shore OF the
island. Here, after wailing for many te-
dious day, she succeeded in getting on
: board of an Austrian vessel, the master of
which engaged to land her at Hydra, in re-
turn for the quantity of Jewels and gold she
had been able to reserve. She reached
the island in safety, where she new re-
NAMED for nearly two years but, finding
or fancying her various benefactors to be
weary Of their charge, she was now going
to seek, even in the land of her enemies,
o relative who had been living at Smyrna,
but whom she knew rot if she should still
; find surviving or fallen by the sabre Of their
, common enemy.
Her tale was told with calm composure
Of oft-repeated and long contemplated
grief; she she'd no tear III It's relation; she
scarcely heaved sigh over her sorrows
she seemed, young as she was, to have al
ready made her alliance with misery She
had now, she said, but one hope left; and
if that should fail, she had only death to
, look to.
: CHILDREN. The following from the Middle.
sex Gazette, upon the management OF chill
'dren Is correctly conceived;