The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-12-04
Beauties Of War.
THE DESTRUCTION AND sAcKlNo OF scIo.

THE DESTRUCTION AND SACKING OF sCIo.
Scio was one of the larges'. richest and
most beautiful islands oflhe G., eclan Arch
Iiprlago. 1t contained, at the crmmeucr-
mtni Of the Gree revolution, 1870 900
lnhabnan s. Extensive commerce had
brought TO the island treasures OF tn EiS
aud the WEES, aud her orulrnt tamllrs
refined 10 manners by European trav,,
aud with mIuds hlghi cultivated, afforded
| he IN al Intelligent aud fascinating socle-
ty OF The E ST. Schools nuprshrd upon
he island, and rlcby endowed colleges
were crowded with Grecian yonlh. Tnr
traveller lured by the moonIlgh hi Of tha,
gorgeous cline to an evening Stroll
through the streets Of Sclo, heard from the
dwellings, OF the wealthy Greeks he tunes
Of the piano aud guitar, ;cuched by 6ng-is
skilled in all polite accomplishments
Many Of these families were living IN the
enjoyment Of highly cultivated mu.ds aud
! prIishrd manners, rendered doubly al
Irac i've by all the establishments Of
YEA III.
The Grecian revolt extended 10 this
island, and Sultan Mahamoud resolved
upon signal vengeance. He rrocI,im' d
10 all the desprrAdoes OF The Bosphorus
that the inhablanis OF SEQ, male and ft.>
n'a'e. with all their posse sSous, were 10
be entirely surrendered 10 The adyentnrers,
who would embark IN The expedition for
lis destruction. Every ruffian Of Con,
lstantuope crowded 10 the Turkish flrr,
! The trrocious aud sehi-savagr bOaluen
OF The B '-photus, the scowling, Christian
haling wretches who, in poverty and
crime. thronged the lanes and the alleys
OF the Mo>lrm cIly, rushed eagerly TO The
squadron. Every scoundreI end rsnrgad,
upon the frontiers Of Europe and of ASIA,
who could come Win kulf. or club was
received with a welcome. In this way
reinforcement oil about len thousand assas-
sins, he very refuse Of crealion, were COL
lrcttd, and other thousands followed on in
schooners, and Shops, a"d fishing boa's,
swelling the number 10 81 thousand men,
TO JOIN IN the SICK and The carnage. The
feet dropped down the Bosphorus amid
the acclnmllons Of ConstAniinnp.e, Pera,
aud Scu;ari, and the revtrbeFa ions of the
putting rolled along the shores OF Europe
and OF Asia.
|. was lovely afternoon 10 the month
Of April, 1922. when this feel was seen
on the bosom OF The E Iean, approaching
Scio. 1t nchored IN the bay, and lm,ne-
dlelv voniIted forth upon those iII-fled
shores the mutderous hofdes collected for
their destruction Who cnn imagine The
horrors of TIE night which ersued This
brutal mob, phrenzI~d with lcenionsn'ss
aud rage, were let loose with unres:raned
liberty to gIut their vengeance. The city
was fired in every direction. lndiscrml-
nate massacre ensntd.
Men, women and children were sho,
down without mercy. Every house was
entered livery apartment vas raushcked.
The symrtar and pistol of the Turk were
he perlShlug rose above the roar OF ex-
pcdlng nrlIIIery and muskelry, and the
cIamor Of the onset. Mothers aud daugh
ters in their despair rushed INFO he flames
Of their burning dwellings,. And thus,
for six dreadful days aud nights. did the
work of determination conluue, ill thu
c,ly and the island Of Scio were a heap of
ruins.
Several thousand of the youth Of both
sexes were saved TO be sold as slaves
The Young men taken from the literary Sc.
cIusion and intellectual refinement OF the
College of Sciu. were sold TO The deg radeC
servnude OF hopeless bondage. The
Young ladies' taken from the parlors OF
their opulent parents, from the accomplish
ments of highly cultivated life, and who
had visited in the refined circles of London
and Paris, who had been brought up as
delicately, says an English writer, ''as
luxuriously and almost as intellectually as
those OF the same classes among ourselves,
became the property OF the most ferocious
and licenlious outcasls of the human race"
Il is said that foFty-one thousand were
thus carried into slavery. For weeks and
months they were sold through all the
maris of the Ottoman empire, like slaves
in the South, or cattle in the SHAMELESS.
As the fee; returned 10 Conslantinople
from its murderous excursion. the whole
CITY was Oh the alert 10 witness the trium
plant entrance. AS the leading ship
rounded the point of land, which brought
it into view Of the whole city, many cap
tured Greeks were seen Standing on deck,
with ropes around their necks, and sud
dedIv they were strung upto the bowsprit
and every yard arm struggling in the ag
onies Of death. And thus, as ship uIter
ship turned the point the struggling forms