Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-10-12
HORRIBLE MASS Z

r - III a
IANs Ri raE rUREs.-rn pure aud up
grImIt1yo simplicity ani happiness IN
their mountain ~Tastne>s, have been
sought by the bloodhounls OF. hOhdtH
med, and dcomed To aanihiIai,on. The
circumstances connected with this sad
event are melancholy Al the extreme,
and are detaIed by a correspondent Of
the London Morning Chronicle, writing
from COnsluut,noplc under date lf.h u
gu 81, as follows:
You have been informed OF the CON
binalion between the Pacha of Mosul
aud several powerful Kurdish chiefs,
for the determination Of the HISTORIAN
Christians, or Cnoldeans. Letters re-
ceived The day before yesterday contain
Il deplorabie account Of the results OF
the attacks of the united troops. They
had penetrated Into the centre Of the
Tiyaree district, burnt the villages AM
churches. destroyed the crops, and put
the inhabitants OF Goth sexes TO the
sword. Three, or according TO other
accounts, five brothers OF the Patriarch
have be,u slain, his mother was Cut Ia
half, and his sister horribly mutllated
The Patriarch himself had de TO Mosul
and taken refuge in the British vice con.
sulate. Thus u sect which had preserv.
ed its Independence during centuries,
aad had resisted the prosecuting sword
oC Islam, when welded by the most
powerful and the most imtoierdEt oil the
followers Of Mohammed which in its
simplicity ana isolation, had maintained
the doctrines and forms Of a primitive
church for above fourteen centuries, and
which had escaped the CORRUPTION o.
religion, Of morals, and Of character, So
conspicuous in other sects Of the East
las now, in the weakness Of Mohamme-
danism aud in the strength of European
Christianity, been delivered over 10 des
tTucton.
Although the Turkish authorities mor-
il 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 VI the
HISTORIANS is 4 new example Of the con
sequences Of n system pursued by for
eIgners in the East, which we can no!
contemplate without the utmost indIgna
ton, All thoss who have b en- the
direct or iallrecl Instruments OF their
destruction although they may not have
anticipated a result OF so serious a ma.
ture To their antiques, AMI although
they may now shelter themselves under
the CLOAK OF religion, have been guilty
OF a great crime against humanity. la
their mountain Businesses the HISTORIANS
had retained their independence for cen.
turies. The hrsI western traveller who
succeeded an penetrating into them, was
Dr. Grant, an American missionary.
HIS object IN visiting them was The cs-
tablshmeat of schools and other means
of instruction.. No sooner had DR.. q
met with some success in the mOuntams,
than the Roman Catholic missionaries
at Mosul, supported by French p]olitica
agents, cnJeaYored 10 counteract it
Thr English High Church was also zeal
ous Of American enc%roachmcuts ln the
midst of a sect SIN generating Episco-
pacy sud an additional fireGrand was
thrown into the country last autumn, in
the person OF Rev. Mr.. Badger. Oar
ing last winter the three Iarties- the
Americev, the Puseyile, ami the Roman
Catholic-haVe waged an open warefafe
among themselves. The Americans,
who had been first in the field only act.
ed on the defensive; tine influence they
had already acquired among the Neslo-
Tlans, enabled them without much diff
Guilty 10 retain their position The ob
Ject OF the two remaining parties was to
EJECT the Americans, and TO establish
their own influence. They did not act
IN concert, for their mutual enmity
equalled their hostility to the Americans.
No means were left untried to effect
their object. The agents Of the Church
of Rome received the earnest
tion-in fact became the tnols-of the
French political agents. Mr.. Badger
enjoyed The support o. the British local
authority.
A report began to prevail hat the
Americans were assisting the HISTORIANS
10 build forts in the mountains. The
ignorant inhabitants Of the surrounding
country, and their Governor, the Pacha
Of Mosul, readily believed the asse rtlon .
For some time, access to the mountains
from the west was denied the American
missionaries. Mr.. Badger and the Ro-
manists renewed their separate attacks.
both hed interviews with the Patriarch,
and both believed that they had estaJ.
llshed their influence. The suspicious
OF the Pachu Of Mosul we're exciloI;
ftom both parties he received accuse
tons against their respective adverse.
ries, tending 20 increase his alarm
Mr.. Badger pointed out the danger Of
Roman Catholicism and French info.