Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-08-13
From the N. Y. Post.
The Crescent md the Cross.

The Crescent and the Cross.
70 the details of the recent of Christians at
Jeddah and Gambia by the native Mosem population
enabled to add further accounts of collisions between the
two in the Turkish domnons which, occurring
ly simultaneously in different quarters, to presage
premedated of determination undertaken the fana
cal Mohammedans OF the old school, who look with fear and
jealousy upon the increasing influences of Christian powers
with the Porte The Sultan and his ministers placed
in delicate position They dare not, of course
ance these outrages and they the Christians
at the risk of alternating the Moammedans of Asia and
islands, Under these circumstances the seat
OF the Sultan becomes daily unsteady and the prob
lem of Turkey seems involved in fresh complications.
The Constantnope papers July 10th contain from
Canea in Candida to the th which later by two days than
the distressing accounts from that city previously received
informed Of the MASSACRE at Ganea had taken up
The body OF three or four hundred who had been
ing at Cabous the accomplishment of the promises made to
them by the Imperial Commissioners had been sweed
two thousand and conflict seemed imminent In the towns
solon bound for the Praus had been detained by the
French Consul on his arrival at Canea.
At CANDIDA there had also been of disorder owing
the arrival of armed bands to effect the forcbe deliver
of prisoners The Governor Hassan Pacha had
they did disperse of the rngead
The arrival Of Sam Pacha, the Governor whose
departure from Constantnope on the 9th announced by
the Prose- Orient awaited with great impatence It
hoped that he will bring sufficient achievements to
vent any new instruction.
The Augsburg Gazette gives full details of the treatment
to which the Christians of the Turkish province of Bosnia
The difficulty between the Christian and Turkish popua-
tons which has just been composed in Herzegovina hay
Vienna to ask the assistance interference of the Austrian
government This excited the Indignation the Turks who
at the nsaton of inferior cheftans threatened the
drest vengeance In spite of the efforts of the Pachas of
Bbacs, Benalaka and Strebnik and the Turkish Commits
soner Vienna Kiani 900 Bosnian Mussumans excited
to the highest pitch of religious fanatcism organized
to punish the Christians.
On the 26th 9th 18th of June attack made
the Christian villages the districts of Unna Verbas and
Bosna and hundred and eighty young girls between
ages Of twelve and sixteen captured On the 3h
June and the I'd OF July these of violence
newed, houses and churches piaged, and old
women and children massacred. The Christians defended
themselves with all the energy of despair but pursued by
fire and sword obliged take refuge the Austrian
| dominions
Having placed their wives and children in safety at Kos
tantZa and Topola within the Austrian frontier they
ed themselves with and other farming Implements
the night of the 9Th of July fell upon body of Turks
camped open plain, and took from them quantity
and munion On the the 8th the battle renewed
and the Christians defeated at all points, driven back
into Austria where than six thousand of them suffer
ing from hunger and exposure have found asylum The
Austrian authorities have undertaken supply the fugives
with food and shelter.
Another correspondent of the Gazette states that in all
these difficulties the Turks have been the oppressors
by their insoence and tyranny have melted the Christian
population to revolt He adds that the western provinces
of European Turkey the utmost confusion this
count that all friendly relations between Turks and Chris
ans have ceased and that new organizations for attack
defence are forming all the country despatch to
the Monieur that the troops under Renal Een
d. which employed in quelling the disturbances in
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