Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1846-12-31

HORRlD MASSACRE o. NJ oAAAkS1s
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Sc London papers loeg seeoani e
Z. $1,000, 81 ! lsses nnubet q Ns,iosi,e
u. s,.,ss " order u their great lsfssestsrs
$500 yEt,. ~. il Ire month e 0elooss ~.
!. '.s...N' ,b.t fsasr Khsn By eeilscisd sari-
81, s.,.chnrr,s u troops under ~ eosMsne
" ~ B.,,of Haikas.i snd Dsvsfi. himself e y
- c.n uaua q large bedy ef kaids. uarscn-
a IL. Is. connlry Il he dsisne<iess 400 nnts'
si,sins Nsstsgisns. he shes disid<a'nis aesss
iato snail parties. snd fsll ppen| ~ viAasA..-
The csrfsspondest y he Morning chfopisis
gives ~ following tsvoluns dsssils q III e.
Ipsdiiicp.
Thirty. six 81 these Villages. q The
least. have been thus made the scenes ok
Ihsrrowine Wholesale murders, To speak
Eoi ihsir having been sacked, plundered
and burnt 10 lke ground. would be ID
Idtaw attention 10 ! matter 81 small in.
oot,snce Ia The lace Of thegrea,er horrors
sh,ch these bloody barbarians ccgmit.
sE.ed. slen. women and children cryi1s
lfor mercv: the women and children, 10
The aeonies Of terror. we're PM 70 death
oy every torture which cruelty could ID.
veni! Happy we're those who we're shot.
a. who Tell 6y abe sword, Who bad uol
ls<,r boseis ripped out Of Them while liv.
! or-who we're not impaled amid The
sEnn,s md laIsh.er OF The fhurdefcrs.
{ ..Tvo 81 The bishops of,he Nesorisls,
! l;f M more we're imp.led. and several q
. lthg,r priests. Rutihat was not the wnrsl
,or,n.e that was inflicted Children
/ were ,ofn from their mothers. some from
l,hrir iholhets' breads aad sn The pres.
2 lence ofiheif mothers. Who were obliged.
j srrepching, 10 look on. putin ,hs nos.
4 shocking manner 10 death. TEE mothers
!, .I,,rwards were sacrificed The ycsih
!. M ho,h SEXES under~ent sacrifees which
i c.nnotbe meniione,i. before their ,hross,
% N dissne,t and safely we're cut. The
10 p.n refuses 10 record more ot ahese sfta.
c;,iea though / nigh, 90 on and alluds
!. ahotnina,,ons 81 cratl,y and worse
l,h,n cruelty which call Ter r.tribulioa
= as nearly eqaal 70 thsir eesliai RUTHLESS.
= nAss IL sevrr,ty . can 81 inflicted -
e. T5r,,5thousaad ofiae Nssioriaas hap. pr
lis Ind in tAis npassacrs. on ihe io.5tst cal.
e.Io,foa. The mos. extensive slaughter
=. l,ook placs al large village Or township,
{. inca B;,s where B-der Khan Rey va,
" himself present. Here ihe Two bishops
we,e impaled. and from thi. nlsee wsr.
70. sen,the three hundred heads (p;ekledls,
nd ,he Pacha.of Moussoul with The insult
: ling message. that i the Porte prssuns
ep. I,o molest The sender he would 'end i
h., lCoasisntinoplt. instead 81 Nes,otiaa
Tnkish heads enough 10 make pyta
mid.
ce) Pr while these things .wsre happening,
i've council over which the HISTORIAN PAIR
arch. abo has escaped IRON Mnusaoa
.om lpresided, vas held q, town called. il
recolleci Alright Aariehy one o. the phi
=, c,pai Nastorian setilemen,s. Here il W
- determined that, a. rssisanee was sci
Fsu'l he whole people. OF The Nts.oIians shou
emisra,e wi,hon, an hours delay il
We !. Persia, where : numerous body Of ID
cons try men had settled On The hankt
i. 1.-The lake Ofoomiah. The execution
A;.3l,hi, design was however, difficult PEI
H. OUT and DISASTROUS This fusisives "
ald- obl,sedf-io leave bekiad than allah
up property mos, Of them crossed the mot
sible ltains id struggling, flighieDedl wretch
f-EHI bands. Blu, one corps. o. enigiA
i III s,ronger than The others ceuaa,snded
% on their pa.ssgeby III. .aldisn
Bsder Khan Rey. Al,ef, an ob,,;o
Ill. cqntiiet 'he HISTORIANS gaiaedt Tia vic
he But The whole mountain. d;:tfi.r
'i'h- khrdisian. On The Turkish sits, i. Il Il
me momen, filed with houseles.7 ffar,,sh,
ives wanderers hiding themselves n 4,
II, and caves under all the worst cireums,,
ces and guises of misery. from ihei, %
'sii .uers. Beder Khan Bev. swore bso
ne s'aried or this expedition. with,
ost. me solemni'ies of-his creed before Il
the imanms. thai he would ex,srmirr.,e Il
whole historian people; and all IL lbe
MI ~ s1 have not sfrenelhiio reach PERI. =
mi certainly experience The full realisatie
rd- Of this oath.