New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-05
MOSLEM DISTURBANCES IN SYRIA.
From The Boston Trore'cy.


We have late private sdvices from Syria. from
which it appears tia, the troubles there are by no
means at M end. II il certain that the Muss H.
doing all in their power, by every meau7 to
resist the reforms initiated by the Sultan and more
especially those which tend to the pref ~ their
faith Europeans objects of their pee hatred.
Instructions are feared in every city slere the
Franks have any iootholi. At Aexandi il tho rssi-
dents live in constant fear Of rising Of the Arabs and
the burning Of tine city. News Of murders 10 al ats
Of the country is constantly being received The
cruelties practiced at Jddah ard Jafa are being re-
peated in many smaller places. Routes that
formerly safe cou-ide red a. impossible, and
the whole country Is now an unsafe residence Tor
Europeans.
TIE whole power of the Sultan and of the Fashas &
excrted to It's fullest extent TO produce quiet, but ony
has thus far resulted in turning the rage Of the ianat
les against the existing Goyernn cnt, and in giving
rise to plot for dethrOnng the Sultan and giving the
scepter to lis brother SO well known is th plot
that number of the ambassadors to Constant. 4ople
have given out that Europe will not recognize he
title Cf ,he Sultans brother in the event OF
ful termination Of the rebellion.
Our last adyices from Alexandria show a horrible
state of things. Our correspondent says; There We
"heard OF the murder of many Franks b. the fana,ica
" Mussumau-; and the report reached rs that the
" Tmks had sccretcd 1000 muskets at one time, and
a. coo al another in their mosques. to le used in
general rising for the destruction ot tho Franks and
- Christian residents of the city
We have a letter from Beyrout of late date, in
which it il stated that the American Consul for that
place arrived there about the middle Of July with his
family and that the raising OF the tag OF the Consul
ate for the first time in sixteen months, pleasant
sl 1T for the American residents. The trial of the
Jatia criminals then in progress. and It was re-
GREETED that the Dixon family, whose numbers
thinned by the Arabs there had returned to America
IA it was feared that some of the mi,cree ut, might
escape punishment by ack of means for q er denti
fcation Ii will be recoectcd that the llander of
this family, who belong in Massachusetts,, reached
Boston but few days since.
rumor of Disturbances ut Mount Lebanon had
reached Bevrout and the Pasha there who is only
second in dignity 10 the Grand Nizer, had upon the
repre- e-entetions of the Consuls at that place. dis
pate ed troop of soldiers to quell the rebelrn, a.
well az TO protect the foreigners. A number of mis-
sionaries their way to different parts of Palestine
were at Beyrout awaiting the execution ot the Jana
criminals fearing that 1t Nigh. general tnsr-
recon throughout the country, and preferring to
main under the protection OF the guns Of the menoi-
war collected in the harbor.
The writer of the aforementioned Letter, which =
dated Ang. III. says:
An English man-of-war arrived here yesterday,
and French nan-of-war came last week. Turkish
frgate stationed here sailed for Trpo few days since,
where an outbreak rumored to have commenced.
Next week il j. expected that there will be six steam
ers in the harbor. if a general rising should take
place we can escape. There also about 10 -ai of
merchant vessels in the harbor Of al nations except
our own. We need an American man-ot-wGr here,
and expect one the exigences OF the public
service viii permit.