Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-12-27
DESTRUCTION AND sAcKING OF scIo.
HI REV. j. S. c. ABBOTT.

ScIO Of the largest richest and most beautiful
islands Of the Grecan Archipelago contained the
OF the Greek revolution 120 900 inhabitants Ex-
tensve had brought to the island the Of
the East and the West and her opulent families refined
by European travel and with minds highly cuvat-
ed, aong the most intelligent and fascinating society of the
East Schools fourshed upon the island and richly
ed colleges crowded with Gecian youth. The traveller
ured by the moonlight Of that gorgeous cline evening
stroll through the of Solo, heard from the dwelling
the wealthy Greeks the of the piano and guitar touch
ed by fingers skilled in all the polite accomplishments Many
Of these families living in the enjoyment of highly cu
tvated minds and polished manners rendered douby attractive
by all the establishments of wealth.
The Grecan revolt extended this island and Sultan Ma
hommed resolved upon signal vengeance. He proclaimed
all the desperaes of the Bosphous that the inhabitants
Sco male and female, with all their possessions
entirely surrendered to the adventures who would embark
the expedition for its destruction. Every ruan of Constan
dnope crowded the Turkish feet The ferocious and semi
hating r.oe., who power, I'D crime thruneea the lanes
and the alleys of the Mosem city, eagerly to the
squadron.
Every scoundre and renegade upon the frontiers Europe
and Asia, who could with knife club received
with welcome. In this way reinforcement of about
thousand assassns the very refuse of creation collect
ed and other thousands followed in schoones and oops
and fishing boats, swelling the number to fifteen thousand
men, join the sack and the carnage The feet dropped
down the Bosphorus amidst the acclamatons Of CONSTANT
nope Pera Scutar and the reverbeaons of the parting
rolled along the shores Of Europe and of Asia
1t lovely afternoon in the month of April 1922 when
the feet the bosom Of the Egean approaching
Scio. II anchored in the bay, and Immediately vomed forth
upon those Inflated shores the murderous hodes collected for
their destruction Who imagine the horrors of the night
which cnsued The brutal mob, phrenzed with cenous-
and rape, let loose with unrestrained liberty gu
their vengeance The city fred in every direction In
discriminate massacre ensued. sH.a.@
Man and children yver ehotd thouf
Every house eneredevery apartment ransacked
The scmetar and pistol Of the Turk every where busy
The frantic cries of the pershng above the Of
podng artillery and musketry and the clamor Of the
Mothers and daughters in despair rushed into the flames
their burning dwellings And thus for six dreadful days and
nights did the work Of determination continue till the city and
the island Of Sco heap of ruins.
Several thousands Of the youth of both saved
be sold slaves The young taken from the literary
secuson and intellectual refinement Of the College Of Sco
sold the degrading servitude of hopeless bondage
The young ladies taken from the paors of their opuent pa
rents from the accomplishments Of highly cultivated e and
who had visited in the refined circles of London and Paris
who had been brought up delicaey says English w
ter, uxurousy and almost intellectually those Of
the classes among ourselves became the property
most erocous and centious Of the human race
is said that fortyone thousand thus carried into
slavery For weeks and months they sold through all
the of the Turkish empire like cattle in the shambles
As the fleet returned to Constantnope from its murderous
excursion the whole city the alert to witness the m
umphant entrance As the leading ship rounded the point Of
land which brought il into view Of the whole city, many
tured Greeks standing the deck with ropes
around their necs and suddenly they strung up to the
bowspr and every yardarm, struggling in the agonies OF
DEATH And thus, ship after ship turned the point the
struggling forms of dying swung in the breeze These
the hod and trophies Of barbarian trionPns
In view Of em the very shores Of the Bosphorus seemed
shaken by the explosion Of artillery and by the e1ung
shouts the millions Of inhabitants who thronged the streets
Of Consannople, Pera, and Scutari
These outrages however terminated the sway Of the
over the Greek They aroused through all Europe unve
sal cry Of horror and de,estaon The sympathy q ne peo
pie was 80 intense that the Government OF England ana
d No longer refsc 70 interfere Their fleets allied
with that Of Russia The Turkish feet was ann'mated al
Navarino and Greece was free.