The Nevada Democrat., 1858-09-15
P0rtic ulars OF the Massacre of Christians at
Jeddah.
From the London Times Correspondent

ALEXANDRIA, July 6th.-Before the present
letter can reach England the telegraph will al
ready have placed you in possession of the
leading fasts connected with the recent out
break at Jeddah where Mahommedan fanati-
cism has enacted another tragedy. and has Civ
en- the world fresh instance of its cowardice
and treachery.
Her Majesty's steamer Cyclops, lately sent
to the Red Sea by the British Government, for
the purpose oftakiug a series of deep sea sound
ings, had been lying for about week in the
harbor of Jeddah, whittier she had conveyed as
passengers from Suez, the Eaglish Acting Con-
| sui and his French colleague. Nothing what
ever has occurred 10 show that the people of
the place were animated by an extraordinary
sentiment of hostility toward the Christian in
habitants. The officers of the steamer had made
excursions in the vicinity of the town, aud new
er once met with the slightest molestat;on or
| insult, and even on the very evening of the
outbreak several had been walking about in the
bazars, until near sunset, without the least ap-
parent symptom of the approaching storm.
\ This was on the 18th ult In the evening few
pers0ns-Greek residents of the town. came
swimming Oft to the ship. and stated that dis
| turbances had arisen, and that they feared u
conspiracy had been entered into against the
Christian inhabitants.
| Everything, however continued in appear
ance perfectly quiet; not a shot nor cry was
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| already commenced but the assassins had taken
the precauIiOu to use cold steel alone. The En-
| glish Consulate was the first point to attack,
and Mr.. Page, the acting C0asul. mast have
fallen under the blows of a crowd OF rutlilns,
who followed up the murder 10y sacking the
house and tearing down tn. flag. The uulor
| tunate man $ body is said to have been found
| literally hacked ID pieces
Maddened with excitement the mob appears
next to have poured down upon the house of
the French Consul, NJ. Evellard. Here, how
ever, the Kaimakan, or Gover4Or Of the tpwn,
made some feeble attempt 20 inIerpgs4; The force
AT his disposal amounted TO only eighty MA.
and, whatever efforts they may have used. thy
did not succeed III saving the life of either Tie
| Consul or his wife. BOth were murder d, d
their daughter alone. II young lady who. IN lugh
under twenty Years of age, appear. to have pj :
sessed the spirit of a hrroIn=-was rescued from
| the hands Of the as'as3ins. AID co ttrtd vi h n
Arab cloak sh" was carried to ia, hons # he
kamakan. Her face was Ia d open tI a u o
from q sabre cpt acr1.s tn ch elk bat b 10 3
beas d-agg d forth she had avenged bc uilr-
der OF her faith r by the d,A.h Of th al
Early on tie foliUwiu. morning Ctg.4.G fdl-
len, si igno alt Of what had occurred. 1T
| two boats ashore. WheA they had neate tl.
inner reefs Turk h soldiers were 90 .ryad
warning them OIL; they continued hovcYcr, to
advance until they found themselves slrrOd1d-
ed by crowd of abolt 600 non, who from thi
out Uniting reefs poured shower OF stones up.
on the boats. The crews were fortunately arm.
ed and soon forced their way back to the snip,
not. however. without being compelled to pour
a volley of mu kerry into their ass1jlants.
An interval of five days now elapsed until the
arrival from Mecca or Nasmik Pasha. the Cow
ernor OF the Hedjaz, with q body of about 800
| Turkish troops.
The crew Of the steamer entreaed their officers
| to be allowed to take vengeance upon the city.
If not by laying the place in ashes, at least hy
being permitted to land, even though the risk
! at inding themselves at most 200 mon. oppos-
ed to population of 10000; but the Kaimlken
sent repeated messages beseeching Capt. Pulen
| 10 desist from all interference warning him
that his own house was surrounded by lnfuriat-
ed fanatics clamoring for the surrender of the
Christians who they knew had obtained refuge
in the house. and declaring that were a single
gun fired or one armed man landed from the
ship, not only the refugees bnt also his own
would 10 a certainty, be sacrificed.
This officer can doubtless not have yielded
without struggle, and no other argument
would probably have saved the city from its
we'll merited doom. Even though it be grant
ed that only portion Of tho inhabitants were
actually engaged in the massacre, none had
claim for pity where all had stood calmly by.
without stretching forth finger to protect q
handful OF inoffensive men and women who
lived among them relying upon their hosptali-
! ty. Neither need the argument Of the sanctity
OF the Turkish flag have had any weight with
the crew of British vessel Of war. That flag
had failed to extend to their fellow Christians
the protection upon which they had relied, and
might well have been utterly disregarded.
On the 20th Naamik Pasha arrived with his
troops. and some sembance of order was restor-
ed. Miss Eveillard and other rescued Euro
peans were transferred on board the Cyclops.
In spite Of tho opposition at first made by the
Pasha. the crew and marines were afterward
landed with the British and French colors, and
escorted by body of Turkish infantry, they
were led to the newly made grave, over which
The funeral service was read. and the English
aud French flags were re hUistod urder sa
| lutte of q guns. On the oath the CyclOps sailed
for Suez, where she arrived on the Sd. bringing
home "a refugees. The number murdered at
Jeddah was 2l. and at the present moment not
a Christian remains in the place.
The Hadramaut merchants are said to have
been the chief actors in tho outbreak. This
raises the question whether commercial jralonry
may not have acted in the matter a cOlcDmit-
ant with Mussuman bigotry but until fnllrr
Information be- obtained il is perhaps idle TO
speculate 10y whom or how the outraga was iuSti-
gated 1t is said that the Mnsl"ms was exasper
atcd by their having seen the Turkish flag haul
ed down. by order Of the Cons and Of Captain
Pullen, from the mast head of an Anglo Indian
vessel which had illegally assumed Ottoman col
Ors and | may mention a further report
brought from Jeddah, that Mussulman Shekh
was in the town who boosted that he had been
witness and even an actor in the late massa-
Gre at Delhi. THIS is far from mi k"ly. Pl-
grims aIc at this season assembling in the He'd
JAZZ from every quarter Of the Mnssnlman world
aid one such man coming forward and playing
upon the fierce bigotry Of his hrar'r. even
though it were with mere dl boasts. will have
found it an easy task to stir up their III conceal
ed feeling OF ntolerable hatred toward the
Christians whom they saw dwelling among them
on the very threshold of the holy tics Hence
also. the extreme danger 0f further disaster. e.
which it would indeed be folly to close our eyes
Within very short period from lh' coast Of the
Atlantic to the heart of Asia fnru N A. "a. beqlt