Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1843-10-19

From the New YORK sun.
HORRIBLE MASSACRE.

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.Nestorian Christians, dwelling III print
tive simplicity and happiness in then
mountain Businesses, have been sought
BY the Blood -hoaass of Mahanmed, aud
doomed to annihlation. The cifeaa-
stances connected with this sad event
are melancholy in the extreme. and are
detailed By a cores pendent OF the Lon
don Morning Chronicle (wrltlng from
Gonstantinop!e under date 7th August. }
DIS follows:
You have been informed Of the com
biEatioR between the pacha Of Mosul
aud several powerful kusdgsadbt i aha thris-
the.saasdd 81 f'''rtt iiaadeans. Letters received
the day before yesterday contain de
plorable account OF the results Ct the at
tacks OF the united troops. They had
penetrated iato the centre Of The Tiya-
rec district, burat tie villages and chur-
ches, destroyed the crops, and pat the
inhabitants OF beth sexes to the sword
Three, Tor. according to other accounts.
hve) brothers of the Patriarch have been
slain, his mother was cut in halves, and
his sister horribly mutilated. The Pa
triarch himself had fled to Mosu and Ia
ken refuge IN the British yice-consulate
Thus sect which had preserved its in
dependence during centuries, and had
resisted the prosecuting sword Of Islam.
when welded By the most powerful and
most lnt0lerant of the followers of Ma
hammed-whlcb, in its simplicity and
isolation, bad maintained the doctrines
and forms O! a primitive church for above
fourteen centuries, and which had es
capped the corruption Of religion, Of NOR
ais, and OF character, so conspicuous in
all other Christian sects of the East
has now, in the weakness of Mahammad-
anlsm and In the strength e European
Christianity, been delivered over to des-
tructlon.
Although the Turkish authorities mer-
it the strongest condemnation for the
part they have taken in this massacre,
yet there are Others concerned who are
almost equally responsible for the re-
suits. The history of the fall of the
HISTORIANS is a new example of the con-
sequences Of a system pursued by for
eisners in the East, which we cannot
without the ntaaest isul nae.
tiun. Al. those Who have been the d.
rect or indirect instruments of their des-
although they may not lave an
ticipated result of so serious a nature
TO their intrigues, and although they may
now shelter themselves under the cloak
OF religion, have been guilty of great
cgime against humanity. In their noun
tain Businesses, the HISTORIANS had re-
tanned their independence for centuries.
The first western traveller who suceee-
ded in penetrating into them, was Dir.
Grant, an American missionary. His
object in visiting them was the establish
ment of schools and other means of ia
structl9n. No sooner had DIR. Grant met
with some success in the mountains, than
the Roman Catholic missionaries at Mo-
sui, supported by French political agents,
endeavered to counteract it. The En-
gllsh High Church was also Jealous of
American encroachnents in the midst OF
a sect still generating episcopacy and
an additional frebrand was thrown into
the country, last autumn, in the person
of the Rev. Mr.. Badger. During last
water the three parties-the American,
the Puseyite, and the Roman Catholic
have waged an open wa4fare amongst
themselves. The Americans. who had
beer first in the FIELD, only acted on the
defensive; the influence they had already
acquired among the HISTORIANS, enabled
them, without much difficulty, to retain
t!.eir position. The object of the two
remaining parties was to eject the Amer
leans, and to establish their own influ-
ence. They did not act in concert. for
their mutual enmity equalled their hos
tiIity to the Americans No means were
icit untried to eject their object. The
agents Of the Church of Rome received
the earnest co-operation-in flct. be-
came the tools-of the French political
agents. AIr. Badger enjoyed the sup
port Of the British local authority.
"A report began to prevail that the A
merieans were assisting the HISTORIANS
to build forts in their mountains The
ignorant inhabitants Of the surrounding
country. and their Governor, the Pacha
Of Mosul, readily believed the assertion.
For some time. access to the mountains,
from the west, was denies; to the Ameri-
can missionaries. Mr. Badger and the
Romanists renewed their separate at
tacks. Both had interviews with the
Patriarch, and both believed that they
had established their influence. The
suspicious of the Pacha Of Aosul were
excited; frcm both parties he received
accusations against their respective ad-
versailles, tending to increase hrs ALARM
Mr.. Badger pointed out The danger Of
Roman Catlailcism.and French influence
ID the mountains; the French, in return.
the danger Of English influence. AZ
length, the combination we kaye de-