Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-01

AVE MARKET AT CoNSTANTlNoPLE
i"r. nd an opportunity afforded me OF seeing
80, borrid place, where, perhaps, theelove-
;s., women in the world are bought ana sofa
;E cattle. inspected by every scoundrei who
-. urban, and submitted to the scrutiny
.srerv yirago who affects to be a Judge OF
s Franks are not suffered to visit this
,'- ,,,r hut now and then, when an opulent
20 I-,rc.merchant falls sick, Christian hah6In',
rSortor. gains admittance. The slave ba-
,,,r is large quadraugular courtyard, with
sbcd running along, range OF narrow cells
.. tho Ground floor, and gallery above,
,,bcb surrounds the building; on the second
,aga the chambers arc reserved for the
60 a9d the Georgians below arc the black
,,omen Of Daafrr and Sannaar and the copper
,olored beauties Of Abyssinia, the latter are
remarkable for the symmetry OF their features
md tbe elegance oftheir forms they COM
,,onI, sell for $50 dollars, (3OO while the
k,ek women seldom bring more than so
loIars 10 The poor Greek women were
b,ldlcI together! | saw seven or eight III
ono cell: stretched or the floor, some dressed
:, the vestises of former fnery,, some hall
,,krl. some of them were from Sclo, others
from Isparia they had nothing in common
IutdesDair! All of them looked pale and
gckIy, and all of them appeared to be plning
,icrthe homes they were never more to see
,gain, and the friends they were to meet no
more. Sickness and sorrow had impaired
,Aeir looks, but still they were spectres of
a., ,,,,l,1,h,l,- StillpaSS of thRIr
cells was ably contrasted with the roars of
mcrrimcrt which proceeded from the dun
qeogs of the negro women. No scene of hui
man wretchednesS can equal this. The girl
who might have adorned her native village,
whose innocence might have been the solace
Of an anxious mother, aud whose beauty
might have been the theme of many tongue,
was here subjected to the gaze of every licen-
tO,s soldier who chose to examine her fea
lures or her form, on the pretence Of being a
buyer ! saw one poor girl OF about 10
brought forth to exhibit her gait and figure
to an old Turk, whose glances manifested the
motive for her purchase he twisted her ell
bows, he pulled her ankles, he felt her ears,
examined her mouth and then her neck; and
all this while the Save-merchant was extoll-
ing her shape and features and protesting she
was only turned Of thirteen, that she neither
scored nor started in her sleep, in every res
pectshc was warranted. loitered about the
bazaar until | saw this bargain brought to a
CONCLUSION the girl was bought for ESQ dol
lars, ,ahout ssh sterling.) The separation
Of thus young creature from her companions
Indebtedness, was ncw scene of distress
she was pale as death and hardly seemed con-
scOus OF her situation, while all the other girls
were weeping around her and taking their
ilst farewell Her new master laughed at
ne sad parting, and pushed her before him to
me outer gate; bat there she stopped for
moment, and entreatcd permission to go back
or The remainder of her Greek attire, which
g're say She priced more than any thing IN
ne world, Tor probably it Was all on earth
na'remalned to her of what she brought
rom that home which she had for ever left.
Inc old Moslem accompanied her back, and
ma lew minutes saw her returning to the
que with little bundle under her arm, trem-
'''s from head 10 foot and weeping bitterly.
MadiSon'S 1raUeks.