The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-08-07
Tho Mnanaere ~ Jeddnh.


The inn cdjulc cause Of the fnatir1l out.
break at Jcdduh and the massacre Of tho
Christian population, was an angry remark
hy the coid Of liiliuh In Algcric, who was
leading 500 pilgrims o. Mecca one of hs
company was hasliuudocd hy local magis-
trito ~ Jcdduh, aud the caid broke out into
imprecrtiOus ON the ignorance and tyranny
OF The local harhariuus and dared them 10
touch French CiikcH bul,tiug that his 500
hUdil lived under the laws Of civilization.
The English consulate was the first point
81 attack, and Mr. Page, the acting consul,
must have fallen under the blows Of u crowd
Of ruiliaus who followed up the murder by
sacling the house and tearing down the flag,
The unfortunate mans body Is said 10 have
been found literally Hacked TO pieces, Mad,
dgncd with excitement the mob appears to
have nest poured down upon the house OF the
French CONSUL VI, l,illrd, Here, however
the halUukuu OF governor Of the town made
some icrblc 0ucupts 10 iutopusci the force
40 his disposal amounted 10 only eighty men,
and whatever efforts they mas have used, They
did not succeeds n saving the life Of either
the consul or his wife. Both were murdered,
aud their daughter Huur-N Young Lads
who, though under twenty wears of age mp.
pears to have possessed the spirit of q heroine
was rescued from the hilds of the asslsius
md covered with an Arab cloak, she was
carried 20 the house Of knimal,an. Her face
was laid open with u sabre cut across the
check, but before being dragged forth she had
avenged the murder OF her mthcr by the
death OF the assassin.
It is also reported that Miss EVlnrd the
l-t'''tt,'- ,'f-ttts Tragedy, UTIcr having Kill
ed her fathers assassin, managed, by in
iGctug severe Into on M Arab. "A ha-lll--
holding ty thJ throat Mr.. Mcmcrat of the
French consulate, TO make him release his
victim, whom he was stahhing with the other
hand. ON which Mr., Mcmcrut got the better
Of his antagonist aud after having
made himself master Of the stillctto, with
which he had already been severely Wounded
killed him, and as rccompcnSr to this young
lady for having been the means Of saving his
lite, bCtrothcd himself TO hers and thus the
tragedy ended by romance which is worth
reporting, as it Is of rare occurrence in the
present century
Another account, in private letter, says
that while this carnage was going on all the
Christians were aSsaiicd IN the streets Of jed
dab, and mastered. Twcny-thrcc persons
suee cdcd in escaping under cover ofthc night
and, throwing themselves into the sea, swan
" tho English steam dispatch-hoat which was
at anchor in the port. All the other Christ
iRns, to the number of rs, have been killed
and hacked in pieces. In the house of the
brothers Suva - persons, including the three
brothers, have been murdered. The number
Of Mussulmans who took part in the massacre
il estimated at 5000. The war in India. the
news of the first success Of the revolt of the
Ilindoos, ,perhnps, also, the secret celebrations
" Indian missionaries, who preach even at
Cairo the destruction OF the Christians-
these are the causes which have led the Mus
sulmans so commit these barbnritics. II is
said that two circumstances have prccpitatcd
the execution of the massacre which had been
determined on for long time back A slave,
il is asserted, took refuge at the English CON
sul's, and implorcd and obtained there an
asylum. Again two brothers were joint own
crs of n vessel carrying the English flag, and
one of them thought tit to replace IL by the
Ottoman colors. The other FASTENED to the
British consul, protesting against his BROTHERS,
net and the consul, accompanied BY . sailors
of tlc Cyclops, went on board the Jcdduh
vessel aud ordered the British ensign to be
hois,cd, which caused a great deal of irrita-
ton. a the time of these occurrences the
governor of Jcddah was at Mecca, with the
troops under his command. lie had left on
" 100 men in the garrison. On his return
he caused 800 eF-thc RSsassins to be arrested
and sent to TO the Christians who had taken
refuge on hoard the Cyclops sum of GO0O
pasucs. The general opinion is that these
events have been Ia preparation for a long
time. The Arab population believes, in its
ignorance, that SINCE the eastern war the in
ihicucc of the sultan has become greater than
before, md il IS asserted That his reprcscnla-
T1yC 1T TUC conference OF Pnris viii know how
20 make the will Of the sultan prevail over
that OF France and England. The pupulacc
sing ballads in Arabic and Turkish, which
breathe hatred of the Christians.
h woald really appear as ii the Turkish
rule, notwithstanding the blood aud treasure
shed and spent, Has crumbug away SO fast
Il. H.. L.. 4. 1. 81 II
can hardly he snid to eNist. The rising Of
the Mlhomcdau inhabitants Mt Jcddah wna
bad enoGyh,-raaut the people had hardly re-
covered lroIu the stupor produced by this
astounding event when we hear Of similor
rising in Gambia. y young Greek in sclcdo.
Tense slew a Mahomcdon, upon which the
whole Of The Mus,llman population flew to