Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-11-13

wus-ulman BigOtTy-.InqHietnd Among
sc nruses-sChristians Slaugh teEed-sT1e
Effect Of thc GENET

rras-wlmau BigOtry-sInruiet Among 1
sac Druses-sChristianss laughtered-.The 4
Effect Of thc GENET.
BErnur Thursd y, Sept. q The thirst r blood I
liz, o ing Use this part Of fhe country, ana
the reveng ful nat're Of he Drus who ha9's (
Mount Lebanon may be illustrated By 90 asFepi 81 /
a horrible tragedy ieh of CURED las wees st ne
village Of TaEanie7 q few nj es from p -, = 4
y "a case Of cod, ead in such cases me Fsts g
Of 3 Druse has nsve. been kno"n osissF uD- APsas
81.
About sirh'esn years ago, a Christian killed
Ty,.. in a susr el and So c'ede IN n 3 ng IS "a
ests from the fuzzy Of he r. ends OF the deceased
durine which me he two member o. his family
~ beer killed BY he Dresses, 10 TsTenge for the
des Of their friend; an l. aft wandering ebeui Tor
,.snv years he 6aaly 20 rrt"ru tOh home.
L Wa suppose that as blood had be n taken loI
bio d. n feud was at an end but, ne beautiful
e7 ng while the Christian Wts 10 the m dsl o. ms
family, ami while en- ertainirg q Rgighbo Na ma
called spend social h ,ur band IS twenty otu
Dr,ses entered the house, snd after seizlng me
Chris,ians beoanta torture IN m in be mot xcru-
ois ing mann r cutti off rher ears noses, nneerS'
and fe Def r stukir q iatal b ow
The Christian his FAM y and guest W re a4i Diu
t.II s,sn,btered and the murderer, having is ed
A.. bio " rk r. tn ne home we isat'shed with
vrsst they had accomplished The { miles Of z e
murdered Chr st q imUed at.ly assesutled to the
number Of TWO hurd ed and ate mu' he I d uis-'
o QeieTmlneQ II
vbe her he Tu kish Government would revenge
their wrongs. and If not thu TO arise atd ext r
minat- The families sf the nurderers' Bhleh n1lDei
about rty.
d rut stion Of eight persons were sent to Beirut
to Law he complaint before the government al %
male an APP al to be American ConsRl, who's P r
.n.liuau nee Wi'h he Governor il was though de-
sirable TO secure in their favor.
Mr. Johns on, Ii ugh contrary 70 his Policy OF
non-ipterference in natter not stticty American.
81 A. n kkn
one Of the American missionaries, Mr be L n
very useful sndinhuential ministerresioms AZ DnIu
DOM VINO hsd been q frieud Il the murd req iam>
ily Of Chris isDs and who Wss 10 the hao' o. no'p
ing q school and prayer Deehng 70 the mousse Of tAe
leader Of the Durdrrirg party OF Drasss.
The Governor for hWith issued orders for the ar
rect of The murderers, some Of VII have been cap
tured. but most Of them have thus far eluded thG
search of the soldiers Of the 6overnm' Mt
-Four Of he Jsfa criminals have been ares Cd
and convicted, IS the parpetraiOrs Of the =" JaHs
tragedy" The three who had been impr soned iol
nine months, an Who are now foundto be innocent
have been released, and eXh Bit great Joy and gr4
itude Five hundred huTsemen sre securing TN
country 10 seerob o. the nth Durdersr, ana seVetA
She khs are held in prism al hos ages. Tela
tives have also e. a rested, and each memner Q
his tribe is pltdg. apprrbend the oupri' IN orde
to secure the ri ase OF their chiefs.
Il has beer thought ~ may that the Christian
and Druses are on the Of another goat strugRh
etiion Of the bloody civ war which occurred abou
twenty years ago in which the native ChristiaV
re slGost entirely crushed out by the Druses-i
about TO Ike place
THIS eeliug Of alarm has been increased by tn
ADD a,suce Of blazing comet, siultr to the on
Viii b a peared ehOrI time previous to their las
Rr.a wa IN which 90 nsBy tbous md liVesWe 10
I, seems that the sppsarst ce Of cHmet has aEay
b-ep with them an omen eiJher Of war, pestlie nee
famine, and they assert thai for ages ibis Pbenom
enon has never appeared without inRing vi h
one Of these evils. Their amount aluos to
panic, snd are increased by the predictions G
soothsaJ ers end astrOlogers, in whom they pla
suob unlimited confidence hat they are freely SO
nii,ed into the HsIems OF the Pschs, the GOverno
d influential Eftniis .-.-.---
These as'rOiOgess are always very old men, sn
the No re lsrtered their garBens, be greater thrI
popular ty as fortune lie lsrs aud The stronger ID
falh lilac 10 their prsdic ions. It must b. con ess
ed b. wever that they are not always mi t-keu
their prophecies.
Ionce K eW N old man from India Who celie
himself 8 N ,gici N, and predicted he Tur' -Rus
sian vsr v tn great sxaelness as to the tine ofn
coumenoemtni. h vas certainly he m 'si sn.u
lar 10 klrR ing 1 eve beheid He mus h ~
been 8, year Of age au.l iO,k OF hal
sirayed frvm g. slu 'qaatiy snc cut turo 'ns hl
beard reached fAr, l " his gird'e, and hi gar
meIts were as ragged as those of begg F.-Bosio
TrGpslLeT.