Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-09-14
SYRIAN MATTERS.

The Chelsea fioHer Of saturday las am iu-
tcresting letter froin Miss Mason, daughter
OF tho editor. who is 10 the service of the
American Board at Beirut The lcttor is
dated August D. We select the following
items of intelligence
1.-The statistics, mp to June So record 50u0
murdered. 10 900; ! 81 Christian towns
burnt; 100 priests killed converts and
more than POO churches destroyed t5o.UnO
sterling lost English pounds, remember
| eXcluim. What, these Arabs rich We,
say the older missionaries, rich In lands lrd
houses rich in hidden bags of clear, atavy,
cleaning gold converts rich in the accumula-
ton of millions during ag upon ages of their
past history Multtudes buried all they
could before they fed why, their very brass
tangeries, or kettles, cost from two 10 forty
dollars per size. The D-uses have buried and
are now buryng all the plumber tits immense.
These people were immensely rich Some ef
them had servants, and never wanted for any
thing now they have nothing Lebanon,
Syria, was never in such prosperous condi-
ton as previous to this war Many an antique
will be exhumed in the years to come when
their owners are forgotten as among the long
since slain.
The mail from Damascus to-day says
Thank God help has come Fuad Pasha,
not as renegade as our suspicious has reached
there. and has done his duty shrewdly. lie
asked, why have you been engaged in this /;
we have not was the universal response.
But how many were /? said he, to catch them.
They answered 10000. Then why did you
not-the other 10000 Of you-stop Them
Fuad demanded their arms. They refused.
Then ! will destroy your city; give you "a
few days to consider We pray that troops
may come speedily to his help. o beautiful
palaces of Damacus
Mr. Robson has started all the Protestants
IA long train Of 1000, with guards and an
/ imals furnished by the government--for Bel
rut. They are weary, and but just enough
excited to accomplish this journey, and we
are looking earnestly TO welcome this addition
to the Is 900 homeless ones already hanging
on our sympathes-lor silver and gold have
we none, but such as we have give We unto
! them!
/ 81 900 French troops are expecting to land,
! it may be tomorrow, the Sabbath-5OOo
/ English are expected 1000 Greeks; 10000
| Egyptians were sent for by the Sultan, but
/ they cannot be spared from Chro %.
The English admiral said to Mr.. llurlcr
Shall ] send you two bullocks day and
some ca for these refugees The missionary
smiled in his sleeve at John Bulls charac-
teristic generosity as to quantity, and said
/ No, no, so much meat and they will never
work any more and tea they never drink
Send forty sacks of flour and as much split
peas-and your two bullocks once wock,
by and by. The government is building 200
wooden houses for them porarily-and tho
missionaries are still laboring for their reig-
ious welfare 1t looks as if there never was
such field opened for the missionary as now.
True, stations are destroyed ; some mssiona-
ries arc gone and going home for various and
just reasons multitudes, by God mystcrl-
Gus DEGREES, gone whence no traveller returns,
oven to save the immortal soul but the REM
nants through his long-suhering mercy CON
centred all in one, are brought right to the
missionaries doors in Beirut we have but
to stretch out our hands and we touch them
There has been an instruction at Marash'
whore DR.. Goodalc is, but the Pasha there
writes to the English Consul here, that 1t Is
quiet nov and he can keep the peace.
The whole interior will be ustir Jerusalem
is cnoircled by Arabs Of the desert, and war
man has gone 70 Joppa The Druso conflict
seems now but cipher and their destruc,
ton by our troops will be certain bu. placed
on the right side of the Moslem lanatlel'ln'
to which it has added fuel, it assumes IN iho
computation of cause and effect more than
tenfold value"