Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-10-03

The Civil Wnr in Syria-The Terrible Re-
tributiOns In Demascus-DeTailed Ac.
count Of the Hanging of the MOsIems-
Agonizing Grief of the Relatives Of the
Criminals. .t -I alI'
The Beirut correspondent of the Boston
TraUeller writes from the former city, on the
Both of August as follows:
Syria is tranquil now, but the Moslem
population lies writhing in the firm grasp of
Fuad Pasha, who is acting the part Of a true
patriot and a lover of justice. ~
The execution, on the goth of August, of
the Oommander-in-Ch Chief of the Bashi BazoL
ucks, with 100 Of his officers and men, is q
lesson to the native Moslem soldiery that
: they win never forget-and the proud, .in-
tolerent Damascone must surely be some
what humbled, if not entirely broken, by
the sight of several of the chief Effendis
hanging dead before their doors on the
morning of that memorable day lrfi. 4.
That they should be executed simply be-
/ cause they killed few Christian dogs, was
doubtless a tremendous shock to their re-
ligious sensibilities; but that they should
have been hung, actually strangled, was, to
the Moslem, something terrible, for they
never strangle any living creature. Faud
Pasha choose this method of execution as an
additional means of humbling the city.
DtdluS WtIG buTOWH dCTOSS lTOul MlHQOW 10
window inithe narrow streets, and the Grim
innls were drawn up by rope around their
necks, and were left by the executioners to
dangle and die in their agony, without any
of the usual aids and appliances used in
America for the breaking of the neck and
consequent shortening of the death-agonies
of the victim. Never was the naughty city
Of Moslems so humiliated-never, in the days
Of the Crusades, was the pride of the Mos
lens brought so low. li-'.
Hardly had the inhabitants of this Mussuk
man Sodom realized the full weight of their
degradation, when the city was again con-
vulsed with agony at the announcement that
300 of the prisoners, among whom were
many of the wealthiest, most naughty and
aristocractic of their citizens, had been con-
demned to hard labor tor life, in the galleys
at Constantinople. Intense was the grief
and rage of the followers of the Prophet, and
especially Of the wives and relatives of the
condemned, who tore their hair and rent
their garments in utter despair. They were
inconsolable, and their demonstrations OF
grief would have touched the hardest heart,
were it not for the horrible crimes they had
committed.
A few days ago the 800 consigned to the
galleys arrived at Beirut handcuffed in
gangs, and guarded by Turkish soldiers, who
were under bonds for their safe keeping.
This extraordinary spectacle drew crowds
of Christians, some of whom were refugees
from Damascus, who gazed upon the mana
cled criminals with sad satisfaction. Many
of the condemned were recognized as wealthy
merchants and effendies, and as they passed
! through the city 10 the sea, where they were
to be embarked for their final destination,
| they were seen TO cover their faces with their
shackled hands, to prevent recognition and
display OF their agonized eonntenances TO
the widows and relatives of their victims.