Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-07-28
THE DIAB0LISM OF WAR,

THE DIAROLIsM OF WAR
We intended to write an article unon tbo nro-
cccdin~s of Tho Tnrkisb and French soIdiorv md
certain English merchant soamcn. nt KortcR and
Ycnikale in the Sea of Azof. On second thouchts.
however, VIC have decided to law before our Toad
ers, without note or comment, the accounts riyen
of these proceedings by cyc-witncsscs, The facts
below will speak for themselves. We leave them
to produce their propor effect unon tho minds of
those who NAV noruse them.
Lord Rarlan writing TO Lord ponmuro under
date of Nav 90 Informs the war secretary that the
Allied expedition to Kcrtcb which left its anchor
age off Scvasto pol on the 22nd, reached its desti
nation on the morning of tho 9th where, the
troops boine landed wiinont doIov tbc war stcom
ors rushed on towards Kertcb ondi Yon;Ialc and
all tbo objects in contcnnIotion ern occonnIis
in 0l bonrs ,rJLouJ ,oojatanco ~, Ic ,o,J nf JLo
encmv ,cToUt lie sJrfI;"@ of n h1o'c dpnJ p ,,iJboT
tie frino of N soSjov sbot tho oII;os fins obto;n.
;na 1loo3loss on5 nonnnso1 nossoss;o,, of tLo 500
Of A1off N PO''N rO''''''' 0- WV
Tho Rrss;on .orp,, onorr+;n, 70 obout o zoo
mon. obondoncd Kcrtch in tho oftcrnoon of tIc
dov ON which tbo AIToI troons Iondcd ~ Ar,Ialo[i
and wore followcd hv n lorTo nnmbnr Of thn ;nIoL.
itants. CONSISTING of tho noblcs Govcrnmcnt en-,
nIo,co ond r,rsors of ,rnolth Who oarr;od iii
them snch nroncrtv os tbov cnnJ collect in tLn;r
trepidaton leayinG bchind tbom thcr houses full Of
furniture and ali articles which ,vcrc foo umhrons
for SO sudden a removal, The norsons lcGt in the
citv woro tho noorcr Rnssinns Grcck lows end
Tartars.
The Allies entered Kertcb tho following morn
inc. The popuIation. one and all maTe Meir snJ,
m Ssion o6eyip1 bread oj,d SoH 10 tboiy couoleroys
in nc coJYgnce 1rh iLe R,,ssjou c,,sto1p Tbcv werc
assured that thov would he orotcieI and their Ircd
and ,,roDeyty spGred. Tho troons moved on 70 Ycn!
ikole IooviEr bcb;nd fou, sailors ond soId;oro +d
puard the citv and destorv certain monuIoctorio4
of warlike instruments. Let ms SEQ What 'foI
lowed
In tho rafternoon the crows of somo merchant
ships landed and beran TO break into tho hons,
of absent proprotors and to niIlaqc d. centonts<
What thev could not move thew smashed 20 atoms.
Towards evening Turkish trareIcrs from, the camn
and others who had fallen ont Of the limo of march
aocked into the town and nernetratcd tho most
otrocious crimes III ,1,,ndor anil ,r0uton dcrnsfo
lion nev al1ed yIoi,ATIoN and MuRprp The
Tartars ioined the Turks. led them from housc
TO house and pointed ont os victims tn thoir
cupidity and lust the Russian trad cs pcople and
merchants who had rendered themselves obnoxious
to their icnoronoo and fnnaticism. Ono miscrcant
was shot bv n French soldier rs he came down the
street in triumnh ,rorjl1 n s,ro,d ,rf ,rL c Llood
of q chilli ,chom he had hacked fo Djcccs OTHERS
we're slain in the ycrv act of COMMITTING tho most
horrible and indescrib,ble outrooes Rcsnnct far
life was only established by its destruction. Such
was tho treatment of tbc pnormcJ unoGcnIinc
| Inhabitants of a city that had cast itself up6n
the mercy Of its yanGuisbers. and had been nrom-
lSeu OrOtectIOn and SpcuritV Some of the French
we are informed, ioined in thc cxccssns Of the
Turks during this terrible niobt of nnmeess horror
and blood. and on the following dav Eu0lish u,er-
chant sailors united with tho fends Already ashore
in the work of rapine and destruction. At the
back of the town stood building erected after the
model of the Parthenon. used ns n museum. and
filled wi th ANTIQUITIES of inostimablc value. The
Irmescorrespondent to whom we are indebted forthc
foregoing part cuars of the murderous and nollut-
ing orries of the 25tb. maid n visit TO tbe edfce
after it had been entered bv the monsters already
referred 70. The ru;n was nrodic;ons The door
was covered for several inches in dopth with the
debris of broken rlnss, Of vases urps statuarv,
the precious dust of their contents. and chorred
hits of wood and hone MINGLED with tho fresh snln
ters of the shelves desks and eases in which tbev
had been preserved. Not n sinpIc hit of onvtbing
that could be broken or burnt anv smaller has
been exemnt from reduction bv hammer or FIRE The
glass was smashed to atoms the statues rounded to
nieces. The only parallel TO this scene of abso
iute demolition was within some of the finest
houses in the town. such MS that of the Governor
where tho ruin was equally indiscriminate and
universal. In tho Governors house not n single
article of furniture remained intact. The floors of
the saloons wore covered with fragments of costly
mirrors. The locks of solid brass, the binres and
the window fnstoninos of the same material were
broken off or destroved-not n sinoIe window had
been left entire in the whole mansion. LEGS of
up, and the git-leather and damask coverings torn