Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-11-27
Correspondence of the Boston Traveller.
Another MOslem Outrage I'm PALESTINE
an English Female Pilgrim Murdered
"details of the Tragedy.

Correspondence of the Boston Traveller.
Another MOslem Outrage I'm Palestine
an English Female Pilgrim Murdered
"details of the Tragedy.
Beirut, Sept %, 1858.
Terra Santa has again been mOiStened witt
the blood of one of its most enthusiastic pill
grim visitors. Upon the soil on which on
Saviour lived and died has lately perished i,
the most awful manner one OIL his earnest ant
faithful followers, who sacrificed much t.
come to this land for the promotion Of Hi
cause Such is the Unsuitable thirst aroused
among the MahOmetans for the lives OF Frank,
just at this time, that not c> N this woman
who did them no harm, but on the contrary
much good, could escape their hands. Tht
murder was only perpetrated few days
ago, within sight of the walls OF Jerusalem
and of all the murders and Outrages lately
committed upon Franks, this is the mos
heart rendng. The victim was an English
lady of great responsibility and universally
esteemed, and the murder is the more as
tOnishing inasmuch as she has fOrmany years
lived in Jerusalem unmolested, and now, af
ter so long and peaccable a residence, her life
has been taken in so shocking manner
But the newly kindled fanaticism everywhere
| SIONi Ill luc EdSt, iil
| to this otherwise Iunaccountable tragedy.
1t was her habit to teach Moslem, Jewish
and Christian girls to read, write and sew
Most untiring was she i'll her disinterested
| efforts to enlighten the minds and souls oil
these degraded creatures, as well as benefit
their physical condition, and during the early
part of the past week, having sat teaching
throughout the heat of Syrian summer day,
| ,,1.t. Il L., y, Il h.,
scholars and started at niShtfall to visit the
family Of Mr.. Finn, the English Consul, whose
tents were pitched not far distant from the
city walls 1t was certainly imprudent for
her to start alone at that late hour, and |
wonder that she had the courage to grope
her way through the gloomy streets of Old
Jerusalem some of which are dark at mid
day.
But fearlessly she sped her way through
the motley crowd that thronged the streets,
whose incessant noise and camor, and num-
crous petty insults generally offered to ladies
with great degree of satisfaction, l have
myself experienced with many misgiving
and shudder, even when properly accompani-
ed, and at a time too when there was far less
ianaticism than exists at the present tme.--
She reached the gate at the moment the wretch
cd looking soldiers who guard it were bend
iHg every sinew and cXcrting every muscle
close its immense iron leaves These guards
dc ,he most important portion of the pOpua-
don Of Jerusalem, and can but retain the
dsagreeable remembrance of threat which
was offered me by one of them in the COM
mencemcnt of the Turco- Russian war, on my
attempting to get within few yards Of one
the gates of the Haram inclosure at Jerusa-
G.. IL l. Al
ground and with a fearful oath in the harsh
accent of the Turkish language, made me I'M
derstand that if | attempted to pass the line,
certain death would be my doom. He accom-
panied the threat with the significant gesture
of passing the finger across his throat, which
is iavorite way among Mosems of express
ing to Christians their intention to cut their
throats.
Having encountered the frown and perhaps
the curses of these soldiers, the il-fated wO-
man passed through the gate, and Il moment
after, she was shut out forever from the Holy
City, which with all the gloom, the deSolation,
and the thousand and one evils of the present
state, had nevertheless been her cherished
home and the spot she loved best on all this
fair earth. She had nearly ended her walk,
and was in sight of both the encampment and
the city when the tragedy occurred. Seve-
raj days afterwards, in secluded spot, not
lar from the road, her bouy was found but
during all that time it had been food for vul-
lures and jackals the feet, hands, and head
had been eaten off by those prowling beasts
tie mangled corpse.
1t is feared there will be the usual difficult
ties attending the discovery Of the murderers,
Il al, IL
The perpetrators of the foul deed at Jaffa,
however, have been discovered, and it is hoped
that eventually equal success may be met
with in this case, which, it is thought, is but
Il repetition of the Jalfa tragedy. The only
evidence yet gained is that Of little boy and
woman. The boy says lic saw two men APP
preaching the city at that hour, and as they
were III earnest conversation, he was induced
to follow them, when he heard them profess
bitter enmity against all Christians, accOmpa-
MED by declarations that they intended to
kill every Frank whom .i,iah y would place
in their power. When they saw this lady, he
heard them say they would kill her. The
woman says she heard he screams of the lady,
but the men told her they were the rawlings of
crazy woman, and hviieying them, she tool,
no further notice of the death cries that issu-
ed from the olive grove near by,
Ii seems the wretcheS murdered her by
three blows inflicted On her head with sharp,
heavy rocks. Immediately on the facts being
made known, the English Consul had an in
terview with the Pasha, who promised to do
everything in his power to bring the murder
ers to justice, and accordingly fifty soldiers
were sent off to the surrounding villages and
fifty more soon joined them. Many Sheikhs
were arrested and are held in custody and
efforts are even being made to arrest Abu
Gosh, the celebrated and justly dreaded mar
auding Bedouin chief. But doubtless all at
tempts to secure him will DC in vain, for he is
not only the terror of all Travellers but is fear
ed by the fiercest tribes of Bedouins, who
are always defeated by hun in combat His
name is never mentioned without a shuddef,
and Arab mothers quiet their children by tel
ling them tales or his bloody deeds:
The S;heikhs are to be examined by jury
of SiX--thrcc Moslems and three Christians,
and will be kept in prison until the names of
til murderer, shall be disclosed. The Franks
.Tc ia gr.at suspense as to the issue of the
matter, and for the sake of their future
safety it is hoped the wretchcs viii be execut-
ed.
The site of the murder of Miss Greasy, for
that was the name of the unfortunate victim,
will ever be visited by travellers with painful
interest, but will no longer, presume, be the
lavorite resort of the European residents of
Jerusalem, as it has been for years. 1t is
near the Convent of the Cross" which is
surrounded by thick groves of the silvery
olive, while its spacious courts are planted
with cypress trees, rearing their tall dark
forms high above It's snow-Nhite walls.
UADJI IN SYRIA.
- A young Boston gallant, attending
two wide spreading damses along Washing
ton Street the other day, observed on passing
| q store fauntirr with vaIinls crinnlne annli-