The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1860-08-08

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the floor, and there fifth chick was found,
which was caught and put through the win
dow to the rest, TO the great and unmistaka-
BILE delight Of the mother, who flew to welcome
It with joy, apparently proving beyond
doubt, that the anxious parent could count
her flock and miss one if absent. Since then
she has returned to the room no more. 1t
will be a matter of interest to see whether
another another year she will seek ssain the
quarters where she met with such hospitabe
treatment. &a61nasFire (Eng9 Adrat;ser.
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AFFAIRS IN SYRIA.
The foreign Intelligence which we publish
to-day contains further particulars of the
state Of affairs in Syria, and the details are
mast narrowing. Nearly the whole Chris.
tian population, or az least the male portion
Of it, have fallen victims to the bloodthirsty
viad'ctiyeaess aud aaimJsity Of the Druses.
Reports are even said to have reached the
British Government that the city Of Damas.
cas-, the oldest inhabited city in the world,
and one Of the most papulous nf the oriental
capitals, which was known to be threatened,
has been sacked by them, and that five hun
dred Christians there had been massacred
IN cold blood, the Dutch Consul being among
them, and an American being counted among
the wounded. To this attack upon Damas-
Gus the Druses were doubtless prompted by
I their horrible successes in other places, a.
ehieved sometimes by the direct aid of the
Turkish authorities and by their sympathy
/ and cOnniyance in all cases.
! The reported buteheries at Zahleh are a.
bandlntiy confirmed. There, and in the
surrounding villages, the survivors OF six
teen thousand families are reduced to home
lessness, nakedness, aud famine. The car
mage has been fearful. At HasbeiYa equal
atrocities have been committed. The place
had a Christian population of about five
I thousand, beiongia. not alone tu the Maron-
. Ite community, but 10 the orthodox Greek
Church, aud to various Protestant denomi-
nations. OF the latter there were about two
hundred, having a native pastor and church
dt their own. 4 letter from Revr0ut has
stated that Of the two hundred only two men
nuw live, and OF their fur thousand Greek
/ fellow Christians, only thirty.three men sur
viye. while the fate Of their wives aud chill
dren is wore than uncertain. At Rasheiya,
al the foot Of Mount IIermOn, there were
about two thousand Christians, two thirds of
whom perished BY the swords Of the Drusss
and the blyonets Of the Turkish soldiers, to
whose barracks they fed for protection, but
whence they were inhumanly driven by the
troops. Even Beyrout itself is scarcely pro-
tected by the English and European vessels
of war lying there, which, however, had az
forded refuge to the frightened Christian
I population. In all or nearly all the massa-
cres that have taken place the Turkish troops
have taken more or less part. One account
states that Ottoman soldiers from Damascus
enabled the besiegers to take Zahleh anoth-
sr saws that the Turkish Government or the
local Turkish Governors have lent the Dru-
ses men and cannon and the details we
have from time TO time laid before our read
ers a5nudantly confirm this view Of Turk
i.h perfidy and cruelty. What scenes of
horror were enacted at Damascus, and what
sili follow the sacking ot that most fanatic
ii cities, Il makes enc shaldsr to coutem-
plate.
.l'he latest foreign dispatches intimate
that nav, when the masSacFes have been
completed, tho Sultan Is making a show of
caHrera abogt his Christian subjects, and
tt4t Commissioner, supported byan armed
farce, has been srnl 20 the scenes ~ sIaurh.
#+ts AftNt NAitar Us NaA#eililtaH wv NNs Gdl
place any confidence in either the Sui
'an rr his Commissioner. and il is not TO be
expected, or % b. desired, that this tardy
nert nea w5ti @E..tr the rt..stjsn Powers
s4 .afaTt, many e wlass ar8si subjects
tell ,ittitns tu the hioud -tlirstineSs ui the
Bruscs and the Turkish soldiers. II the te.
nor Of the dispatches received ty the Eng
tl.h GUtrrnmsut is correctly stated, our
Government il also Immediately interested
in paaisbmx the perpetrators IL these saw.
agr massasnts. France aud Russia are e>.
e.riitiv interested IN the matter. and we
a55I n4t believe tha, England viii permit
aHy petty icalOusits respecting the influence
NJ tI1se Powers 10 ihc Last To tempt her to
shield Turkey irOm the p4A.,ll.gnt 80 lust.
i merIted. Shc az leasl g1ght not to con-
niyc III such atrocities practised upUu Chris
tan people. Il IS reported that tbe Empe-
fog 81 France ha' already, through tic MiH-
tster IaT Foreign Aliiirs, formally appuLed
lhs Government of the Satlan, that, in CUn-
cert with other puwers. he will without loss
uf time aud directly interfere 70 stop tie
carnage. Ii the report Jg trge, Napoleon
I'll. merits high commentator fur his promp-
titadc IN the Cause Of humanity. Tie Ein.
ueror Ut Russia i. ai.D said tU have moved IN
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