New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-06
SYRIA.

No new movements are reported from Syria.
The London Morning Post Gays it has to be-
lieve that an important Telegram had been received,
officially stating thar treaty of peace was signed on
the IOb between the MaTonites and Druses. The
Post adds this event will Of obvate at once the
necessity, as well as the dicultes OF any foreign in
| PREVENTION.
In the mean time, no xever, the Intervention of
! France was becoming fixed fact.
TIE Moniteur says: The proposals made by
France with the object of aresing the efusion Of
blood in Syria, and of prote ting the Christian inhabt
ants have been acknowledged by the Great Powers.
England s rsady 20 cooperate with vessels and recog
the expedency ofsendng corps darmee of which
France would furnish the whole or the greater part.
Austria and Russia have given the same opinion. The
Prussan Minister of Foeign Affairs ia gone to re-
eeye the orders OF the Prince Regent the subject.
convention is to be signed for determining the char
acter and object of the European Intervention. The
aequieseeDce OF the Porte is now only aw iited'
| Tie French division, under General Trocha, from
! the camp Of Chalons TO embark on tie Odd at
MarseiIes for the of Syria The present wis
ion, which it il said, will be followed az no great IT,
teryal ny second consists of 900 infantry exclusive
of coo or 1000 marines engineers, artillery, and
wagon trsin--iu all about $4,000 Ten.
II was reported at Paris that Add el Kaier was to
| he intrusted with the government Of ria.
The French Consular reports from Syria state tina.
the massacres are the result of conspiracy Of Mas
ssman fanatics. A report having been spread among
the DIuses that European diplomacy was about TO
drive away the Turks from Europe, the Druses deter
mined extermiDatng the Chri,tians in Syria. The
French Consus therefore that the Porte will be
4 10.
Paris letter says that England will send fleet of
menof war and :, 500 men Beyrout.
Three Dutch war steamers had been ordered to
BeyTout.
Lord hn Russell stated in the House of Commons
that the English Government coud no. object to Euro
pean troops being sen; 10 Syria and Convention for
that purpose had been signed, to which England,
France Russia, and Prussia were parties. 1t
had not been ascertained what steps the Porte would
take.
The correspondent Of The London Times writes as
ollows:
BEYRoUT, July s.
Nv last of the 23d informed you OF the Of
Darel- Kamar and the rising in Bsyrout. This year
If really one of The hardest this country has SEEM aud
one which perhaps, history will sgnaize unequaled
| in these places. informed you in my last how the
| MahOmt dams here, and the agitation OF the
town. after that the pretended murderer of the Mos
| lem was brought in the same day, as was promised
and executed at clock the following morning., but
| the most credited opinion is that he was not the
murderer, but that the real murderer is MOsem him
| self, who got into quarrel with the murdered
man, and stabbed him with knife which caused his
death. Suspicion of course cast upOu Christian
who seZed in the afternoon and laid in prison,
| and sentenced TO death upon the evidence Of boy
only eight years old. He, before his execution, called
| for priest, and having made mis- concession de-
oared that he never killed the man. but he said that
| | anita in tn otfar for
tie tranquility of others" Asking God to receive his
| soul and pardon his prosecutors he was lei TO the
place called Bourge ell Kashef and beheaded there,
| crowds of the Mahomedan mob gathering together
held hie head by the hair and beating it against the
ground cursed his religion, his nation and the Cross,
| all this, and the Christians keeping silence be-
| side that Moslems had wounded and l.treated many
of the Christians before, cauriog many TO fly to the
| vessels at sea, and many of whom passed several
| nights on board.
About 500 natives and fugitive Christians departed
| to Alexandria, SYRIA, Malta, and other places, among
| whom all the members of our family except my
self, who remained here to see after affairs; but
| was obliged to abandon house to the servants.
Some Mose.as are sleeping there 10 watch IT, not hav
ING confidence Of safety there notwithstanding the as
suanees Of smai Pssha who placed there ab ut ak
teen soldiers 10 guard the place against any attack OF
| Druses who might visit B-yrout; but | believe that
neither Druses Moslems will do anything at Bey-
rou' unlsss allowed by the Government For this
son thought Of leaving the place. lest should fall
| into the rap, when help would be too late, and 80
share the fate with those of Darrell Kamar Has
| beya, and Rasheya Everybody is pre- pared at any
moment TO run away, and every steamer takes full
cargo of passengers, RAINING from the impending
death. Trade il done away with, as if our people
here created not to know what money is at
| present The Ottoman Bank aid other banks are
| without money; the most respectable money.
changers do not possess above 100 pastres The Otto
Bank, having the cash of current accounts,
sent every Light board the English ship Yester
| day VT had news from Damascus that the MOelems
burned six villages in the neighborhood, paged them
aud killed every one who did not embrace samsm
| giving ali the women who became Mohammedsns 70
| the soldiers and others for wives.
The Christians Of Damascus are in a terrible pauic
expecting death every moment, keeping IN theil
houfes, and spending every day between $1,000 and
| 20 COO piasers between brides and expenses, beside
those expenses incurred by them through the poor
fugitiyes who took refuge there from lIasbeya and
Rstheya / would not that your age should ever see
such sight Of fugitivss of all ages and both
widows aud orphans the number of these that th,
war bas left does not fall short Of 30 000 Both these
aud the other fugves are supported by Beyrout and
Dan ascus mostly by the former, aud We can nearly
say that both We and they ruined. Things Al
present rather quiet since the destruction of Zah
| leh and Darel-Kamar, nothing of importance has
occurred but one knows how things will end. Both
| Frank and natives in state OF Amusement and
confusion, some hoping that something may be done
AID others in a state " utter despair; but all are