New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-10
LIE MASSACRE At IIDDAu

ENGLAND has had a so einb auuIeboo OF hs Nslssv
the Sultan, to piese.t DIS lstLers oi eiecerce.
THE MASSACRE At JlDDAH
The Moattsrr publishes the suo0ined scc,gat 'cf
the recent massacre a. Jidosh iron The peo Of T.
Fuerat. the drsgomsn snd chancellor OF ,b@ Freek
Consulate whose gallant bebsvior has ssrned kn
''' ALExANnRi,, Jllya
MONSIEUR LIZ MINIsTRE-0n the evsnlcs Of i.s
15th of June the town Of Jidcah was the .hessof
terrible scenes of slaughter twenty three vicn&
were urdered by lrfCrlsted poplsce, ara scia,y
them I am ereYed 20 ssy, are the Consus 0i frxe
and Of Engsrd, and Madame Eyeilsrd. H.vrg&
capped, by the mercy of Prov dence, the oi2"s- : n
sssassirs, lose no time IN giving your cIcelen'l 8
details OF this sanguinsry drama.
Fer some time pact revival o. tsaa;iHsn sx
visible at Jddah but TO one suspected as - iesfd
deed was contemplated sgstnst the Car st'sns sao
have Inhabited that city for many yesr4 Sev.r,be.
ess the plan was secretly hstched. A pTs,ex Wa
.ourd To put it into execution.
one Abdalah Jober hsd 10 give an s,e1art 10 tAa
R,,ish Consulate of the employment O. TIE u-onsty
Of two Indian orphans of whom he was guAfdac IL
ssked TO be plsced under Turkish protection, and %
change the flag Of vessel OF which e WAS .as
owner. Nsrik Pschs consented, and ordered ihs
Turkish flag to be hoisted, snd that OF Eegssd % b.
hauled down. This was done amid the lltsaad
the faratcs.
TIE English consular agent was absent $. the .m,.
On his return, having protested in vsii 10 Nsmk
Psshs. he invoked. according to custom, coo.uAr
Coreequeptly. on tho 18th of June de.sahmsI,a Of
marines from the Cyciops which was IN TIE rost
seized upon the Indisn vessel hauled dosn re 0ts.
msn coors, ard hosted the English nag. The ness
OF this even. created great excitement 10 Jidal. h
WAS Gee .sred to be sn insult against the diguy Of
Islsmim. But this wss only pretext the real Oh
ject of the sgtaois was 20 take advantage Of ste er
cumstsnce 10 murder the Christi ,ns, whose pressps
in their eyes deed the sacred soil Of the HeojI I'D
70 seize upon their property.
About six o'clock 10 the evening, when ,ae popps.
tion were awsre that Che boats hsd returned
bosrd the fgate, and that no help could DO given tho
Christian residents, mob OF fanatics s'sessf tao
IL glish Consulate. On their approsch tbe Caves
took TO Their heels. Mr. Page, surprised hls BED,
ard unable % defend bimself was wounded seriously
and was then pitched from his balcony, sd cut 20
pieces at the foot OF the hsgstaf bis drszomsn and
clerk shared his fate. Tne house was p.Daged. .
considerable sum of money must have beeO found in
Mr. Pages strong box, as he was mercaan, s we'll
as NIce-C Consul.
Cries Of death to the Christians" !" now 90
ell sides, and the mob, thirsDg for more e)Oo, asst
ened toward the French Coosulste.
At shout s. nj. Eyeillard and myself were jist re-
turning from our usual evening stroll Wehsd scefcey
entered tie drawing. room, where the Consuls vie
AID daughter were sitting, when the consllse ~
surrounded.
The CANVASS closed the door, and KEEP, ou.sdston
pei the attack. The Canvass Ahmet aleae otsrA
resistance. wounded IN his head and thrown bek
into the street, where he remained for s9he time ia
sensible.
As soon ss the consulate was attacked went down
stsIs to defend the entrance by the stse..s. Sup
ported only by my rsrvaut, an Algerian, hsojhNs-
hemet formerly a soldier IN the Native Rtes, whose
ceyoton on this occasion was most prsi.eS0rthy,
wss awsre that It woud be impossible 10 mike lJng
resistance, but my object was to gain tine, In hops
that detachment OF troops might be sen, 10 our aid
My only weapon was cane with hammer 20 IL and
Hsdjl- -Mebemet had club. With the courage ofdss-
psir We attacked the assssnts, who faced u IN
bodies of never less than 80 or 40. Af'er knocking
down the foremost, We were obliged to dodge behsd
he stairs to avoid the shots fired at US. hsndto
ana struggle ehsued, and three times the ssassins
reached the frat story and were driven back. At this
mon ent cries of "Tne Kainaks n is coming =" we'e
raised, and the mob for moment remsined quiet IN
the court below.
cid not think that any one of the ssssilsnts had
reached the second story. went up TO make sure.
found Madame Eveiard lying dead en- zoe aoor,
the Consul wounded and his young and courageous
daughter wounded in the cheek by ssbsr cut re-
ceived while defending her father The second story
had been reached by tue balcony OF ne seieaSonnx
house. and having cut down the Consul, ms vie AUD
daughter, the assassins retreated.
On leaving the saloon heard Hadji Mohemet cry
ing ous, The flag is attscked-et US deieId II l
ran up the ladder, but was hurled down. BsdJtMs-
heInet then ran up it, and succeeded 10 thros ng dosn
two OF the sssaiants. Wecoud not ascerts'a whether
they were killed or not.
This unequal struggle had now lasted nes,y qun'
Yer OF an hour, and expected to succumb every mo-
ment A man armed with dagger came forwardsoa
asked ne If the kaimakan had arrived. Itoough.e 20
was CANVASS IN authority when l heard Mdle.
Ev.ilard cry out, Take care that is going 70
stab you rushed upon him to disarm hin, bat
received q; the same moment gssh across my left
hand from q sabre, blow which broke the thumb OF
my i.ft hand, and dagger-stsb through my right
Nm. should iIeyiiably nave fallen v,toou, tho A.
sistance OF Mde. Eveillard who displayed the mot
extraordinary courage and presence Of mind hal'
iy succeeded In disarming my sssaant and HI LED hun.
Seeing that the kainakan did not come the sssN.
sins, whom We bad thrice repused, made another bod
ATTEMPT TO get up the s;zirs urged by the ysls OF
come fifty women who had accompanied teen.
stood 90 the lowest step, armed with my dagger. l
ran through and killed the first man that advanced,
ard stabbed two or three oth srs. At this moment
the KaImakan arrived followed by two CA ass, sSd
informed me that Col. Hassau who comm srded The
artillery, had refused TO come TO our aid nader tho
prete1t that ne had no orders and could only rec,vs
them from the Governor General.
The halmakan and myself had only the two csvsss
ano my servant 10 support u.s. 1t becomiog impos
slble 10 hold out much longer therefore requested
that Official to sndeavor TO calm the mob; botn only
made them the more violent. we want 10 have the
Consul and bis Chancellor" they shouted; " hand
them ever TO us that may put them 20 death II,
you don I, We Will kill you" The kaimskan begsa
to ts,er aud was only prevented from complying BY
my threats. The mob continued 10 SWELL the attacks
Of the sssailsuts became more ferce the KAimaksn
wee krocked down by e blow from a club. While
was pick ing him up received Q ssber cut srd b.,v
from club OIL the head, which stunned me, aud
fell The a-easeins ther rushed into the saloon a,d
" d. Eveilard, already wounded. to des.a.
My faithful Algenue had never left nv AIDE ,vscs-
rg his moment either TO carry OF my bosy, Il sss
killed or to take Inc to some place Of ssf..y If ocly
wounded. At the moment I received The l.st 10
wounds the servants of the Kamaksn were esrrying
of then mater. Hsej Mshemet raised ne up con
cesied my face under the Ksimakan's robes. AID we
were taken to the house of the colonel ya1 nsd
fused rs bic aid wss Immediately sent - tue mill
tery hosptsi, where l did not recover ny snses I'LL
si'ef nae been there above a quarter of aI toar,
ana where received every attention.
"a aItne ~; nomeht M. Eveillard vas being murdered