New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-26
n Mosul on their w.y rorthward, about week.

and they have given the people of the town the great
| est apprehensions The artist sent ont by the new
Assyrian Society in England TO take copies of the
sculptures discovered IN the ruins Of Nineveh and
! Patylon, was insulted by them the other day and
thought hs lie ia danger. Greek merchant was at
tackled in ;Le city an barely escaped their daggers
/ myself was passing through the uarket-place, a
short time since when of the ruan soldiers cried
out, "Ha Frangee: let's kill him." They did me no
special HARM but they evidently thought that all Franks
must be Russians. Since then the kurds have formels
plot with the fallen Moem aristocracy OF the town to
rob and butcher the Jews and Christians which has
caufed the greatest CONSERVATION. The kurds We're
not placed in the barracks outside of the town lest
they should prove uncomfortable lest their pride
should be wounded at the thought of volunteers being
treated no better than the R.am. The barracks are
attached to the Pashss palace. The whole of the
works erected by Nohammed Pashs, the first Turkish
| Governor in MOsul, still remain, and the buildings
have been Of little service in enabling the Govern
ment TO maintain order and quiet. The Pashas VINO
formerly lived within the city walls often shot
down the streets and the bullet holes in the outer
walls Of the large houses in the Mosem quarter OF the
town sufficient evidence that this generation live
in safety than their fathers. Indeed, since the
| tGn:mat promulgated, the rayahs have been al
! lowed 10 ride horseback and wear rich turbans
though the shawls worn about their lOns and heads
| have never been white green. These eOOTs are
l. exclusively the property OF the Moslems-the m1oIdhS
and the sesids (ineal descendants of Mohammed)
sorting their prerogatiyes with the greatest zeal In
Il
clause is inserted granting to the Americans the priv
! lege of wearing what clothing they choose though
| even they often afraid TO wear q hat. The in
creased freedom Of the Christians OF Mosu in dress
aud bearing has long attracted the attention and
| excited the indignation Of the MOsems. They have
| only waited for convenient time to manifest their
hate
On the evening of the let inst. arrangements were
made tor the next day, and in the morning parties
| of the Kurdish soldiers were scattered in different
rfe az he clfy QiV i'm hoy hoes
their work. Every Christian that alight-eoored
kerchef his head was ordered TO give il up to the
soldiers, and when il was seen that resistance
offered they proceeded to take even baok ubans red
tOgas and shoes. The head man of the Syrians was
treated very roughly, and brother of the English
Consul's dragOman was in such imminent danger that
ten Of his MOsem friends gathered around him aud
bore him away from the mob TO the Pasha's palace.
This is the only instance have heard of in which the
Moslems of the town gave aid TO Christian. They
cheered on the kurds and pointed out the victims.
They in fact were the prime nsgaors Of the plot and
we're only waiting for the not to reach certain point
when they we're Themselves 10 rise openly against tho
Christians. The robbery commenced in the open mar.
kes: the butchery was 10 begin ia the Jewish quar-
ter. Every kurd hOurished his large dagger and his
home made gun, and the Christians terrified
that multitudes fled to the English Consul for protec
ton. He beat rascally Kurd with his hands
and then mounted his horse followed by the complain
ing Christians, and rode to the serai. On his way
these Kurds fired their matchOcks c0Oly his
head The city Moslems jeered him and his attend
ants but the Pasha did not dare to breast the OppO
sition OF Mr.. Rassam Had the Consul not made
bis demands most earnestly, the Government officials
would most likely have allowed the rioters to complete
Il cir work at most have made but shor of resist
ance. He aud everybody else felt that unless imme-
date steps taken to guell the nsurrectiOn the
whole city would be in blaze. have doubt that
in two hours the streets would have been deluged with
Christian blood. As it was no one was killed. though
some were wounded. few days previous the Kurds
had murdered man i'll cold blood at his cOifeehOuse.
The Consul declared 10 the Pasha, that unless the
Kurds were at once ordered of the town he would
90 back 10 his house, take down his flagstaff, and
start for Consantinople-a journey of at least MONTH
unless by post. The Governor had but 800 regular
troops under his command, and what codld they do
against 1000 armed Kuids, aided by the Moslems of
the town RessOul Pasha gent for, who proessed
entire ignorance of the plot, and after some pareyng
consented 10 take energetic measures to repress the
rioters Twenty five seized and their bat Ks beat
en- with large clubs while lying flat the ground and
Il few were bastinadoed. The nisem and the body
guard of RessOul Pasha sent in companies of ten
about the city, and finally succeeded in restoring quiet
Some Oft the stolen property returned. The kurds
still remain outside the walls AID is runored that
they are waiting TO hear the news OF the taking of
Erzer0m by the Russians, or the surrender of the
capital to the English and French in order for OPP
portunity TO reenter the city and right to para
dse by the butchery of the infdels The Christians
still in great repidaton and few in the
streets: they have no means of sefdetense. Ii is
proposed By the Governor 10 seize the chief rebels
soon as the volunteers have left the city and either
force them TO enter the army send them in chains to
Busrsb to work in the canals The attempt may be
the occasion of an outbreak, especially are just
on the eve Of Ramadan. Already the impression is be-
coming general that the Russians will enter COnstan-
tinople, and if not they the troops of England and
France will, and the people have not few doubts
about the sincerity of their allies That they suspect
the motives of the western powers not strange Lord
Sratford has just issued circular 10 the English Con-
suls throughout Turkey which has also been published
in the journals of COnstantnople, directing them TO
declare with trumpettOngue that his Government ID
acting ~ bona fde. Mons Place the French Consul
here has taken special pains 10 assert the of his
Government He was absent at the time of this riot
but has Joined with Mr. Rassam in making report of
the 10 the Porte.
The rumOrs OF war-steamers loaded " tn soldiers
fir, Ill Bombay appearing and then at Bushire and
Busrah and even coming up the Tigrls to Bagdad, in
connection with the uncertainty of matters at the
north and the expected attack of the Persans, not
calculated to give much confidence to the Mosems in
the fidelity of the conquerors of India; and if they
should not doubt the fahu'ness of the English they
fear they may have Overrated their power 10 oppose
the Russians, especially if the latter aided is
fully expected by the Austrians The people have
heard too, of the irsurrectiOn of the Greeks and
even in their eyes the prospects of Turkey are not
lstle beclOuded.
A body of English or French troops ought at once
to be stationed in every large city OF the interior
Bagdad, Mcsul, Diarbekr, Orfs, AleppO, Damascus
The continual movements of recruits through the
country occasion much uneasiness and there is great
danger that unless the allied powers take pre-
cautions, outbursts OF fanaticism will be this
sumner in many places. Still there is this console
on that every such manifestation hastens the down
fall OF the Mohammedan Empire-a necessary step TO
the eey alton OF he Christians of the East aud the de-
veolment of benefcent institutions The time cannot