Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-08-25
Fanatieal Movements in turkey.

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and that the f,natical part of the population
! of Hedjaz, having at its head an Arab chief,
! Beckei Hafer, who has acquired an immense
reputation for sanctity has formed itself into
an independent religious party called ''the
sect of true believers" This sect rs said to
be fast increasing. lis tendencies are very
unfavoTable towards the Porte. 1t does not
recognize in tho Sultan the title of protector
Of the true believers and temporal chief of
the Mussulmans, which, as Emperor Of the
Ottomans, be has borne without dispute for
many centuries This state of things deserves
notice. The rites of the religious head Of the
Otomans are incontes:iblc, their maintenance
is essential to the tranquility of the east.
letter from Szreck (Crotia. on the from
tiers OF Bosnia, of j uly l1th, says We are
most anxiousiy expecting the -trcbdulle Leo
pold, who is inspecting the Notifications
of Agram, and whose presence is very ueccs-
sary TO the taking Of measures for placing all
this country in state Of security. Within
the last two days upward~ of 6O00 Christian
aybas from Bosnia have taken refuge on the
Austrian territory, flying from the Turk
! who commit all scr,s OF yIo!ences and cxccs-
ses. These unfortunate people state that be-
| tween the Doth and 2Sth Of June, more than
| $50 young Christian girls were carried alT By
! Turkish soldiers, ana that after this outrage
the fanatics devastated churches and piIlaged
! houses. The Christians who were sometime
since disarIncd by Omcr Pacha, defended
! themselves as they best could, with plough
! shares. scythes. aud pitchtorks and fo7 time
! they made good face against their assail-
ants, but on July 8th they were completely
! defeated and put to flight, with Their women
and children. Our authorities received them
kindly and distributed provisions among them
! The execution of the Haiti II umaiOun. as
! far as regards the recruitment, meets with
great opposition in the province of Baglad.
! y letter from that city, on the 9th, in the
I TrcSSc orient, announces that, in corse-
/ quencc Of some manifestations which have IA
ken place or that subject, Omtr Pacha, in
! stead Of being able 10 act, as he had hoped
to do, against the murderers Of Jeddah bv
| sending detachment Of his troops TO that
| point, has been obliged to keep them near
him, AMI 10 postpone his intended expedition
luto the hurdiStan, in order to put au end to
| the depredatiCns OF the tribe of Bari-Lamr
| who had levotod aud pillaged the country in
all directions within only about forty-fve
miles of Bagdad \ great number OF far
mcrs have taken refuge in Persia in order to
! escape the recruitment. Some partial en-
gagements have taken place between the
| troops OF Omar Pacha ond the Insurgents. but
the latter, who about 10, 000 strong, keep
their ground and, by adopting tie Aiab
tacuc Of dispensing when su jcct to attack,
manage to escape Tue punishment wh.ch threat
ems them. L IS, however, feared that the re
volt by being joined hy other tribes may be-
, come more formidable aud cau for fresh
! troops being sent by the Turkish government
\ letter from Rcgusa, of the 18th, gives he
following account OF the meeting between the
eonsu?s aud the Christian Insurgents Of Her
I h., =
plain before klUlUck, Il fortress built Oh the
'op Of high rock, and gar.isoned by 1000
baSdibazouks When the con>uls were seen
approaching, the insurgents, Koyianick, and
about % OF his men, who we're waiting, ad-
vanced to meet thcm, and iircd their nuslzcts
| N the air by way of welcome Al hour la-
ter the chiefs Of Bagnaui, piva and other yla-
ccs, with their followers arrived The chief
Of the insurgents Of Zupei, whose name- is /
Luka Vie, ,lovitch, was the only chief absent (
aud his absence was occasioned by his not !
having learned in due time the appointment /
of this meeting. After the usual greetings, /
the chiefs sent forth grievances:
we are pot,'' they said, .'rebels to our
sovereign, for his intentions are good. We
believe Kennel Eifenii to be ;.n honest man,
but when he may go away we shall fall into
the hauds of our natural enemies and then (
who will protect Us y They then complain /
ed of Dergich Pacha, who, having obtained /
from the Christians. oxen, horses and stores }
of all kinds, which he required for his army, !
had, instead of paying them, only given ta-
riffs (writtcn acknowledgements anu had then |
made their chiefs 20 to Mos,ar At Mostar |
he had not only taken back the tariffs, but
had thrust the chiefs into prison, where they !
all died except two who escaped.
Next. the chiefs complained, the basLi ba-
zouks had destroyed their churches; burned
their religious books, insulted their women,
and even buried their children alive Ia re-
! latlng their grievances, the Christians became
somewhat excited, out the consuls trauquili-
zed them, and represented to them that in or
der to show themselves worthy the interest of
Europe, they must submit to the government.
1--WE understand" they answered, ''but
We have been so often deceived by the Turks
that we can no longer have confidence in
thcm. unless the consuls will act on our be-
half.'' After considerable amount of dis
cussion, it was resolved that on St. Peters
day the chiefs should assemble their Iespec-
tive populations, and that each of th cir villa
ges should nominate two deputies, charged to
write most respectful letter TO Kennel Eff
fendi, offering their submission, and praying
him to receive them. The consuls further
made them promise not to stop the Turkish
conveys, and not TO dlsquIet the Turks; but
at thcir, request the consulS undertook to
| pray the Turks not to inolest them. Before
! leaving, the chiefs assured the eonsuls that
! since the affair of Grahavo no Montenegrin
had crossed the frontier, and that Prince Da-
milo has constantly advised them to submit.
A telegraphic despatch from Constantine
! pie announces that, Kennel Efendi had COM
| pletely put down the insurrection in the Her
zegovina, by amicable negotiation, and
the troops have been removed from the south