The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-07
FOREIGN NEWS.
DESTRUCTION OF CHIOs BIZ Repeat.
Ed EARTHQUAKES.
OF Affairs In IFeland-BOme In.
EOFmatiO :ElieiIsd By Victor HugO-
Affairs Between turkey and
Greeee-MAIIeEs In,OIheF
Eastern Lands.
TIE CALAMITY AT oHIos.

Some Information AbOat the Town De
atFOyed by Last Sundays Earthquake
Scarcely Recovered From the RAVagel
OF War when Visited BY . Terrible Up
heaVAl.
sYRA, GREECE, April 6,-ContinuOul
shocks OF earthquake have been felt d
Chios since sunday, and the houses which
were only shaken by the first shock have
tottered into ruin from the later oscila
tons, The open spaces in the town are
filled with wounded, many OF whom are
in q hopeless condition. Many dead ant
wounded are still under the ruins. The
survivors are emiGrsting in oil directions
There are far more evidences OF damSgt
In villages than In the town. Supplies or
rive daily, but are insufficient 10 cope
with tho destitution. Chios was
FHE BIRTHPLACE or HOMER,
The ancient fame OF Chios has almost
wholly passed away. Il Ia to-day little
more than stopping place for the packets
between Smyrna and Constantinople,
The currents Of the tideles sea glide wave.
lessly around its shore; the rays Of the un.
Clouded sun beat fsECely down on its un.
sheltered hills. It's once famed vine is
rarely cultivated now, and such wealth As
II has It mainly acquires from the mastic
which 1t sends to the seraglios OF STAN.
boul. It's natural advantages are great. Its
area is nearly four hundred square miles,
aud Il Ia only separated from the shores Of
Asia Minor by q strait about seven miles
across. Before the Greek revolution the
island contained numerous villages and
several considerable towns. The Capital
was built chiefly by the Genoese, and has
been compared with its environs to Genoa
the Superb. II contained $4,000 inhAbi.
tants, and was remarkable for the beauty
OF its churches, converts and houses
Ardent promoters OF education and
passionately fond OF their native
land, the rich Greek citizens en-.
belllshed It with colleges, libraries and
hospitals. Throughout the Leyant, as In
Western Europe, the Chi,ns had estab.
lished the wealthiest and most consider.
able greenhouses. The character partook
Of the soltness Of their climate and ot the
delicaCy Of the products Of their soil.
Mild, gay, lively, acute and industrious,
the men succeeded alike In commerce and
inliterature,t the women were celebrated for
their charms and grace, and the whole
people, busy and contented, neither
sought nor Wishsd for change in their
political condition. They were hurried
into the insurrection oil 1882 and bands OF
adventures from the neighboring island
Of sAmos, an: army Of ianatical Mos
lens was ferried across from Asia Minor
and let loose upon the Island. The In.
habitants, taken by surprise, and enervAt.
ed by long peace and prosperity, offered
no effectual resistance. The Archbishop
and the heads Of the clergy, with many Of
the leading citizens, were hanged with
every mark Of .ignominy, and their
bodies were thrown into the sea,
where, with shoals oil other corpaes,
they hoated around the Ottoman
ships. A populous city, fifty fourishing
Villages and many splendid converts and
churches, all reduced to ashes, attested the
fercsness Of Mohammedau revenge, and
Il was calculated that within two years
q, 900 Chlans had fallen by the sword and
5000 had been dragged into slavery. But
the Greeks Of neighboring Psyra were pre-.
pairing their revenge. Constantine Cana.
ris and his thirty.three comrades ran into
the midst OF the Turkish feet, grApplsd
their freship 10 the huge vessel Of the
Captain PAchs, blew 1t up with its crew oi
1000 men, and, shouting Victory to the
Cross" made good their escape to Psyra
without 4 single wound. Greek independ.
ence was won, but Chlos was ruined.
Fifty years have passed without effacing
the signs Of the havoc which then was
wrought, and the earthquake Of Sunday
comes 10 desolAte the groves Of olive and
mastic that were slowly bringing back
prosperity to the island.
LONDON, April GA telegram 10 the
foreign Office states that the authorities oi
Ohios ask for 1900 tents. Only fifty
houses are standing and on all sides cries
Of distress are heard from the ruins, but
nobody dares approach 10 render assist.
anCe. The Controller Of Chios and family
are still under the ruins crying for sucCor.