Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1846-12-31
Horrid Massacre Of HISTORIAN Christians.


Letters from Constantlnope IN the London pa
pers, received by the last arrival from England,
narrate sad tale Of the shocking massacre of sew.
eral ,housand Nes,o,;ap Christians and tho dos.
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~ :, 80. -
"e'' ii'e'e'"o e"e'"y' Deue' h"an pey, III '"S
month OF October last. IL seems that Beder kha.
Beg collected various delachments Of troops un.
der the command of the Beys of Haikasai and Be-
~; h;,,..lr ,.L;rr comr,nd ~ 4. l.,ao .oJ, ar
v.,.a- .,a - 49, a.. -.
MUS ""u "'"''"eu '"'o VIC eo""''y " ."e
ienceess ana unresising Neslorians lie then d.
vided his force into small parties, and fell upon the
villages. The correspondent Of the Morning
cb,oniclc o;yes tho foiIow;ng revoliing details of
al. a,,od;,;oo
'''' III
"Ih'rty'slx Of these villages at The least, have
thus been made the scenes oil the most narrowing
Wholesale murders. TO speak Of their having been
sacked, plundered and burnt TO the ground, would
be TO draw attention TO an incident OF small Impor
lance IN the lace Of the greater horrors "heh These
bloody barbarans committed Men, women and
children crying Tor mercy the women and children,
~ The agones oil terror, were put 10 death by every
species OF torture winch cruelty could invent
Happy were those VINO were sho', or VINO tel oy
the sword, who had not their bowels ripped out Of
them while living or who were not impaled AMID
The shouts aud laughter oil The murderers. Two oil
The bishops Of The HISTORIANS, 81 not more, we're
'mpaled, aud several ol the priests. But that was
not the worst torture mat was inh'cied' children
were Torn from 'heir mo'hefs, some from the"
mothers breasts and IN presence oi the'r mothers'
VINO were oohged' screening 10 look on put ~
The most shocking manner TO death. The mothers
Afterwards were saeilhceu. ne you'h o' oo'h
sexes underwent sac.ihees when cannon pe men
honed before 'he'' 'hfoa's, IN disgust ana sh,ey'
were cut ihe pen 'e'oses 'o'eco'o more OF '1ese
afocn'es though J might go on, ana allude 10
NOMINATIONS oil crue'ty, ana worse IMAM cruelty
whcn can 70, reu'oupon as nearly eqhai 70 iheif
ocsa'ial ru'esshess IN so'eI as can DC 'nh,eteo
imee thoHs"'d 2, ue Ntsforiaas mare Psrishtd ~
'n.s Tn '"e 'D,o' eo'oa'D,iOn nc '"os'
eNehsfe "angn'sI TOOK pace al large ''Iage' or
n'1sen present. mere une ~o bishops were IN
P~ep, an1 to" ,'ls pace were sem uhe 'lIee nun
u'ou "eIus tP'eANu/ 10 ,he acna o, Mo"ssou'' WIN
''e 'usuns "ess"ge' "a' "e oiis P'eSHMen
,Ie ;ns,s.d S Nas,s,;s,, ,r,L;ah ~. ,,,.i ~
make pyramid
While these things we're happening. a council
over which The HISTORIAN Patriarch. who has eseap
cd rom monssool. presided. was held at town
s;."i N.,..:s "s", A'I IT, 'ue VI ."e p.,u-
mined ,ha, as resistance was vain The whole neo.
pie orthe Nestorians should emipra,e. wilbou, an
hours delay. into Persia, where numerous body OF
their countymen are settled on the banks Of the
,aAe o'oom,sn. nc execution oil ihls design was
S,.;,;vo. ,re,a ohI;..S 80 49, hsh;nd ,sa =. ~;
property; most Of them crossed the mountains in
struggling, frightened, wretched bands But one
corps Of emigrants. stronger than the o,hers-com
handed, | am told, by the Pairiarch--wa, attacked
on their passage by the soldiers of Beder Khan Bey
After an obstinate conflict. in which MANY fell on
both sides, the HISTORIANS gained the victory.
Bot the whole moun,ain district OF Kurdistan.
on the Turkish side. IS al this ,nomen, filed with