Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1840-09-19

SHOULD nenccfOrlh nolest Jew.
But the truth is, the Pacha here of Damascus is
an enemy Of the Jews, otherwise he would not have
answered thus when called On for protecliun; for
all the Christi n, ate considered by him as dogs,
bu, he sets them on; and they depend on him, and
do as they think fl, in this matter.
Such is their ennty, that one night they made
Christian strong man d,ink wne, and armed him
and sent him to the Jews quarter. He went into
one courtyard quite furious, with drawn sword in
his hand, and said, 4 come TO kill many Jews, who
are all brasphemers aud Williams The Jews cried
bitterly for help. Tho guards who patrolleJ the
city heard it, ani the cry of murder; they were
going to seize him, but he said saw this Christian
assaulting you; ii is rot my fault, the French
Consul, the associate of the Governor of the city,
sent me.
They then sent him away free, and the ineu,on
of this trouhler of Israel, this Consul Beaudin,
through whose means all this affair was brought
about, is that the Jews should kill this Christian,
ard be accused of another crime.
After this the Christians went to an old ceme,iy,
which belonged to the Jews since A. NJ. 540S, and
violated the graves, and strcwed about the bones,
and took one of their corpses there and buried it.
The Jews bitterly complained of, this, but received
no redress. They went away with anguish Of
soul.
But still the Pacha is nciiing the accused TO sign
confession to what they had admitted under tor,
ture for he tells them he is certain they killed the
friar. But they all answer, AN that which we have
spoken and confessed was in consequence Of the
blows and tortures and far be il from us 10 commi,
murder And they asked my son, (who is consi.
dered as Mahommedan, which God forbd) What
do you say respecting this matter You have al
ready admitted you killed him.
He answered and said, we Jews neither have
murdered, nor do we murder any one, AMI blood is
an abomi,alion and horror to u.s. and all we have
confessed was only TO escape torture
The Pacha answered, why do you include your
self among the Jews! You belong to us.
My son answered, Il am a J,w, a son of Jew,
and all that have said has been for fear and dread
of the cruel treatments you inflicted on me and
enrea,ed Of you to kill me, to be released from yonr
hands; and through pain have the evil words come
from my mouth
Aud of the Haman, the chief Rabbi of the city,
he requested him 10 sign the confession, saying,
You surely killed him.
(Here follows the answer Of the Rabbi, refusing
to confess to falsehood, which was published in
the exnacts which appeared in The Sun.)
The pnsha thanc A, loa. ts;o hat
by your law the property Of the Gentes is allowed
to YOU
The Rabbi answered, 1t is false
The Pacha answered, In the Talmud (as am
informed) it is said from Habakkuk He saw and
spoiled the nations
The Rabbi said. This verse refers to the heather
ijola.ors, and the despoiling the Gentle is hei.
nous crime
They then taken back to prison, till the or.
der of the Pscha arrives, as 10 where and before
whom they to be tried,
But those who are still alive are mutilated, al
they suffered tortures of horrible nature and they
were SO injured, that they were oil like the dead
from the excruciating anguish
o thou jealous and avengeful God. pour out thy
wrath on those evil doers,
Now we have heard the Consul.General o
France in Alexandria has sent his vice.consul to
Damascus at the request of his Government. to in.
vestigate this matter; but they have written from
thence that this man is also an enemy of the Jews
and they fear there that he will incline to the evil
practices of the French CONSUL and to the leaders OF
the Christians in Damascus; and they write thence
(Alexandris) that Mahommed Ali had already adj.
yiscd that all the confessions of the Jews and that
all that has been written against them ill this day
are void, and investigation is TO be renewed without
any torture whatever,
And we also hear that The English Consul there
has received an order from his Government, that he
should go himself to Damascus to try this matter
and they wrote also tina, nearly all the consuls
friends of the Jews, except the French, who is still
an enemy; and the advice of many of the head.
here is, that should myself so to Paris to demand
that the case should be tired by them, and to dc.
mand that reparalion for the blood Of The murd red
men that have been tortured, and for those that
they have smitten, men aud women, and for those
that they have dcspoiled. Bn, tu'y am feeble and
aged and wish to know the issue of the procee D.
ings Of those persons who are TO investigate AM
then shall know how 10 proceed. My heart biced
for this trouble, and am old and all the great o
the city (Ccnstantinople) leave their property all,
home for The deliveance of Israel. In the affair
Rhodes they do their best, with the help of God, an
with the assistance of the powers Of Israel and ,h
help of Mcssrs. Rothschilds, judgment has beel
pronounced, in truth, in the Turkish courts here