The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-24
THE MASSACRES IN SYRIA.

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tails OF tho Massacres.
from the London News, August III.
The following telegraphic despatch from the Turkish
CossrASrsopLx, August Q, 1860.
hasten 70 transmit 70 you the following Geographic
despatch which have received via Sco, from his Ex-
ceency Fuaa Pschs 1t is dated Damascus, August A.
Yesterday arrested $50 Of those part the
noassacres To-day the number of arrests exceed 400
BY the day after TO morrow at the latest the persons Of
rank who are gravey compromised will be under arrest
The guilty persons condemned by the Council Extraord
nary, wAch have already appointed, Will be execated
Immediately great part OF the property, furniture
seized The respectable inhabitants given moral
support by their calmness The evil doors struck
with terror The greatest tranquility rs prevailed 10
the town during these arrests which have been Effected
without striking blow The Imperial troops have given
a fresh proof Of zeal and patriotism.
wrote 90 the 10th inst. Since then we have had
from Damascus down to'yesterday morning. The
reign OF terror ,ptnues Christian has only 10 show
his head in order be cut down by the mob. During
the FIVE days about thousand Christian fami
lies ha found refuge the Serial large government
house. or these nearly the whole Of the women had
been violated by the Turkish eodiers, under the very
eye the Pacha The whole Christian quarter Is burnt
down hardly a house remaining, and fifteen thousand
souls houseless The Christian merchants had
lost ther a-money bonds, books aud valuaeles; and
many Of those who week ago could count their fortunes
by tens or thousands sterling are now beggars
In Byrou Fuad Pc :ha has done nothing AS yet beyond
putting three four inferior military officers under
1t appears that he has the fullest Eers even OF
life and death. he them TO proper effect, and is
prompt striking those that guilty, he will make a
for himself Of European fame. But fear greatly
not for the but for the great obstacles he Will hnd
thrown in hs way.
The Goslems will be furious If hair of of their
regonists touched and unless ample punishment Is
inflicted several pachas and other high officials 10 sy
ria this in the province where they have offended
the just OF the Christisn Powers will not be salts
fed No who has not been present In Syria during
the last two months can understand the amount OF misery
which the country has Undergone Since the end Of May
last IL Beyrout there used not 10 be two score beggars
whole
Individuals the place who have to ask from door to
door Cor their daily bread. AT Tounie small seaport
chored 1870 there are nearly twenty thousand refugee
Christians, and as many more at the village Of Beckte
roia higher up 10 the mountains. few days hence
shall have the whole Christian population or, rather,
what left Of that population, Of Damascus here, for
they will leave rather than remain TO be iered In
fact the whole province s now one vast amshouse aud
unless promp, steps 10 Set right by the
government, will be time for every European who can
do 80 70 leave.
The Porte is sending men of-war and pouring troops
into Syria. We have now regular Turkish fleet here
Sdon and fresh battsons arriving day
To me II appears as # the Turkish authorities feared
later An attack on Syria from some foreign
Power aud doing all in their power 10 forfy the
country. The soldiers who come well armed, not
badly drilled toerably dressed and altogether superior
10 any regiments have yet seen in this empire Their
pay greatly Ia arrears, but not so much 30 that OF
those who in Syria prevouslo and helped in the
page Of Christian villages and wholesale murder OF the
o hope Sn is by
out Of every hundred Europeans in SyraI say may be
wrong but deliberate opinion s that in the event Of
any rising OF the Mosem population here, the Turkish
soldiers, even those who have most recently arrived
would against the mob but would upon the
Christians
Fuad Pachas arriva, here quite unexpected as it was
the lT.h inst. proved a great biow to the fanaca
party amongst ,he local officials They had been led
expect that Namk Pacha of Jeddah notoriey of the
greatest fanatics ia the pe, would be sent down and
certain they OF this that Tr Pacha, the military
commander. and son in law Of Namk, when he heard
that paddle wheel frigate with pachas flag at the
main approaching the roadstead, sent hts horses
down 10 the landing place for his relative Tr Pacha is
another OF the fanaca school, and like Korschd Pacha
the civil Governor OF Beyrou; Achmet Pscha, Of Da-
msscus; Achmet Efcndi, Of Beyrout the kesia OF the
place, the Mutselm OF DER ell Ksmar, 0smsn Bey,
asbeyia snd few more, should e there is justice in
this world be made suffer the penalty OF the
law the Of their misdeeds
Upon the result Of Fuad Pachas mission IN Syria de-
Ponds the future or the Turkish empire matters
allowed 10 go before-if government officials
punished fol their misdecds-I cannot understand how
England again help the Sultan with n ship
regiment And TO think that France, Russia and
other Powers o Europe will not demand retributon Ia to
blind ones eyes TO the inevitable conseQuen OF this
great tragedy There Is documentary evidence TO prove
that the hole rising OF he Druses the Christians
was plot OF twelve months' standing on part of the
local Turkish ccias and that the end and of what
all thought at first TO be sectarian strife be-
tween two sects, in fact scheme by which kors
child Pscha and his accurscd clique hopedand they have
succeece toto crush the Christian element through
Syria OF this the local consular dispatches TO every
court In Europe must bear witness
From Sidon the IL very bad 10 night Murder and
rapbe going outside the very wallis OF the town.
spite OF Turkish ships and Turkish troops.