The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-30
From the Journal az Commerce.
PEIRour, syria. November rs ms

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PARTICULARS OF THE IssURREcTIox AT Arr.
Po.-By the last mailt forwarded an account
Of the recent insurrection at Aleppo. ] am able
to inform you by the present Of its suppression.
The details you will find in the enclosed trans
laton of letter from Aleppo, written by an
Attache Of the French Consulate. will merely
add, that it is understood that General BEN, who
is in Aleppo with the name and title Of Murad
Pacha, was the chief director in the infection
| of this summary chastisement The country Il
| is expected, will now be quiet again and we
hope to hear of no more disturbances.
Eli SMITH.
ALEPPo, Nov. z, 1850.
/ hasten to inform you how this cad affair
has just now terminated, only an hour ago.
First, however, must say that by the post
which arrived on the LIST Of this month, the Pa
cha must have received from Constantinople Or
ders how to act.
On the 9Th, the Pacha issued orders to all the
chiefs of the city to assemble in the Palace, (he
being in a barrack, outside the wails,) together
with Abdallah Bey, the new Governor, consider.
ed the head of the insurgents. When he knew
that they were all assembled, he sent body Of
soldiers, surprized them, and took them by force
to the barracks. The people, or at least the in
surgents, when they learned that their chief had
been thus forcibly confined, apprehensive that
evil would befall him, assembled in crowds ut
the barracks, and firing their guns, demanded his
release. They were answered by discharges of
cannon. 1t was four o'clock, P. NJ, when we
heard the first gun, and the fighting contin-
ued until night-fall. Information was soon
given to our Consul that Yusuf Bey had been
made Governor in the place of Abdaah Bey-
The former is the chief of the Sheriff party, and
the latter of the Janisaries. Thus the city be-
came divided into two parties, Of which the for
mer was on the side of the government
The next morning, before sunrise, there COM
menced rapid discharge of cannon and muskets
The insurgents made stout resistance, and
throughout the day the firing continued on both
sides. Moreover the cannons were pointed to-
wards the insurgent quarters, and were dschar-
ged upon them the wole day. What damage
was done to these quarters, how many houses
were Knocked down, how many persons killed,
you can imagine. The measures were well
taken. All the gates within the city and with.
out were occupied by soldiers of the irregular
troops, so that whoever encountered the soldiers
were shot down, and whoever escaped from the
city was pursued and massacred by the other
troops. About midday we discovered thick
smoke rising from these quarters, from which
we inferred that fire had commenced its ravapes
1t extended rapidly, and from time to time fresh
fires were discovered. The cannons ceased with
the coming on Of night but the fires continued
through the night, and in the morning many
new ones were discovered
The cannonading commenced early this
morning again, and especially long continued
discharge of muskets was heard, which we sub.
sequently learned was directed at a mass of
some two thousand Bedouins, who had come to
the rescue Of the insurgents, but were soon put
to flight. At length, about 2 o'clock, P. NJ, we
ceased to hear any more firing, and inferred that
all was ended In fact, little AFTER public cries
proclaimed through the streets that all was sett-
led, and invited the people to open the bazaars
and shops, and 60 freely about their business
Messages were also sent by the Porte to their
consuls, to inform them of the successful issue
Of the affai~ The rebels had been forced to
submit, and again to give up their arms, to sur
render the chiefs of the revolt, to submit to the
con scription, and to indemnify the Christians for
all their losses. The insurgents quarters were
given up to pillage, and the soldiers v ere several
hours plundering them.
The whole number Of soldiers engaged repu-
lar and irregular, was not over 10000 OF them
not many have been killed of the regulars per
haps not more than 20, with abont 100 wound
ed, and of the irregulars about 200. OF the in
surgents at least 5000 have been slain
The letter here referred to, has not vet come