The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-03
THE TURKS.

In Blackwood for July, some reminiscent
ces are revived Of this amiable and vsrfaoas
race. Of which we viii give one or two speci-
mems.
At the siege of Famagusta, Astof Bagieone,
the Governor. and Marco Antonio Bragodi-
no, heroic officer, 1t the head Of 1000 men,
defended the town most calamity for months
against an army Of 100000 Turks. Famine
1t last prevailing among the unfortunate be-
sieged. and having exhausted the most dis
gushing ailments, . majority of the officers
voted for surrender. The Turks had, in the
meantime, lest 50 900 men and some Of their
bet officers. Word was sent to Mustafa, the
commander Of the Turks, who granted the
terms demanded by the besieged, Landed the
valor of the defenders, and msrvelied espe-
cially at the heroic frmnsss of Bragadino.
whom he expressed wish to see and SPEAK
with that same day.
Accordingly. Brsgadino, accompanied by
Baeleone and other captains, all on horse
back. and attired in his dress of cauemony,
with purple tunic and crimson parasol. betook
him TO the Pashas tent, with calm sounte-
nance and tranquil heart, neither fearing
any risk nor pulled up by the high praise be-
slowed upon him. Various discourses passed
between Turks and Venetians but after some
time it occurred to Mustafa, or thus he dis
guised his Internal win, to demand securities
for the return of the vessels that were to con-
vey the garrison to the island. Bragadino re-
piled that he was not obliged to give them,
because no such condition had been stipula-
ted in the capitulation and on that pretext
and others no less justifable, the Pasha, blind
with rage, ordered Bagleone, Mortinengo,
Quiriro, and the others, to be taken from his
tent, and perfdiously and inhumanly butch
cred. Bragadino was present at the slaugh-
ter of his companions, the blood of his friends
spurted into his very eyes from that torment
he could not exempt himself And who can
relate the fortunes reserved for him? Com
PEELED to carry gabions full of earth, and to
kiss the ground when he passed before his
tyrant, he dragged out painful existence for
thirteen days. when, by Mustafa's order, he
was fayed alive, and his skin, stuffed with
straw, and suspended from the yard-arm of q
galley, was triumphantly paraded along all
their coasts"
This is one example out of a million of
Turkish cruelty and barbarity, qualities in
which they have never been surpassed, even
by the North American Indians. A race of
men more thoroughly and irredeemably de-
PRAYED, 80 much like devils in their hate,
and like beasts in their lust, never existed. A
record of the crimes which they have commit
ted upon the unhappy Greeks alone, would be
the darkest page in human history. All civil
lied Europe ought long ago to have risen,
sword in hand, and driven them back to the
nest of fends and demons from which they
sprung And yet it is this race of besotted
savages, whom Christian France and Eng
land are sending fleets and armies to support,
while they are crushing to the earth Chris
tian, classic, gallant Greece, which has suffer-
ed for ages such unheard of wrongs from
Turkey. To what degradation will not the
loftiest nations stoop from considerations of
State policy!
We fear it is hoping against hope to hope
that Russia may triumph over her enemies in
the present contest. But sure we are that, if
she should, humanity and civilization would
rejoice. Could she enter, sword in hand, in.
to COnstantinople, exterminate the whole
brutal race, and leave not one stone upon an
other Of that modern Sodom, her victory
would be hailed with reclamation by the
whole Western world.