New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-13
70 form the advanced guard Of Tia

fort dHstpOu and TO form the advanced guard of thu
NJ Comant head surgeon at the military hospital at
ArTas. has been attsched to the army OF Syria lie
has left Arras for that purpose
---.... THE MASSACRE AT DAMASCUS.
The following are extracts of letters IRON Euro.
mean resident in Damascus to friend in Beyrout:
"DAMAscUs, July l0-6.30 IN.
GA few minutes after closed my letter of yester-
day an uproar commenced in the street opposite my
house. The Mediterranean women and boys-begau
to assemble crying out that all should 60 TO the Chris
tan quarter 10 plumber burn and massacre aud threat
enpg not to leave house or Christian. i went to
the street and spoke to some of them, hoping it
would come to nothing, 1t grew rapidly worse.
Every one was calling 70 Others not TO come with
ont arms, and the women were violently exciting the
men. There some fear expressed fthe soldiers but
most declared the soldiers would not interfere with
them. now found it prudent to take the advice of
some Of my neiebbors, and keep inside my house. The
street past my house is about the shortest road from
the Shughoor and the Mee6an the two worst districts
In the city. Soon after went into my house the ruff
fans began to return from the Christian quarter with
burdens Of plumber while the numbers running to-
ward it were increasing, and threats imprecations,
and yells were numerous and loud Every sort ana
size OF thing was carried past my aod
large and small tables, chairs, books, al every imagn-
able article. There was a regular stream OF these
puDSsIs ys Rs thew beca@e Su
they never ceased all night, aud with the dawn they
again increased As coon ss they had plundered some
Of the houses they set them on fire. During the night
though there was clear moonlight, the flames and
smoke presented sight gcand it was awful.
During the first half of the night the flames pre- sentsd
IN unbroken of a circle, viewed from my roof
of more than ~ deg extending from little north of
Bah SbuIky, to the extreme north Of the Christian
quarter Toward morning the bee cana shorter,
partly because it had been steadily approaching me,
and the Christian quarter 1t this way grows
narrower, and partly, perhaps, because the line
~ ira WAS al on
the north border os the quarter. Toward
ing the flames also became lower, less vio-
lent most parts of the line, and fewer houses
in flames at once. Still the fire is raging fearfuly.
There has been an increasing tumut Of cries of the
FIRE Of breaking open houses &C., all mingled up TO-
getber. i have no means OF guessing the amount OF
murder committed; Last night comparatively few APP
pear 10 have been kill but there Is said to have been
more butcbery this morning L cannot 60 out of my
door without oeng in the midst of these hesh ruans
thirstDg and crying for blood and plumber If one Of
the native Christians in my house TO go out be-
heve he could not reach the OF the street alive
So my means of information beyond what | see and
hear of the flames aud tumult aud plumber very
limited. We overhear good deal of their talk in the
street. and some of the talk of Moslem neighbOrs
on the roofs.
al believe il would not have needed great effort on
the part of the Government 10 prevent all this but not
the slightest effort has yet been made There were
soldiers in the Christian quarter and neighborhood
others cent in the evening with four guns, and
more this morning, but they have not at all nerfered
with the HUMANS. Yet ua1OrJty OF the mscreants
are actually women, boys, and girls. would affirm
that there ere not in all than few hundred
say 500-mostly the lowest Of the low, and misera-
bly, armed. Not one in twenty had gun. A very
large number have only sticks the rest swords pistols
daggers or axes. Opposite my door is sort of stop
ping place for them, and can overhear their talk
and can affirm that from the first and all through
they have had the greatest dread Of the interference OF
the soldiers and constantly ask another as they
meet whether the solders in such and such direction
stopping the muIderers or opposing them, ana tnis
although during IL hours the soldiers have been per-
fectly passive. / believe firmly that 100 or az the
most 300 soldiers armed resoue men, not soldiers,
could have put down the instruction at the worst mo.
nent. OF course it would have been easier to do 80
within the first hour or two.
'This mesger account dJes not give anything like an
adequate conception of this most horrible aud most dis
graceful affair; that words could hardly do. Horses,
donkeys an0 mules employed 20 carry plumber and
some Of the soldiers help Themselves TO share There
were several thousands of poor widows orphans aud
other plundered and runed refugees here depending
the charity of the Christians for food, shelter, aud
Clothes They now burnt ont again amid the hor,
rors of last night aud those who providing bread
for them are now as helpless and miserable 90 them.
selves.
Der engaged in it greatly reduced since morning,
and ucst of the articles Of little value. No
effort has vet been made TO stop this reign of terror
and destruction, easy 1t would seem TO be; and a
Christian, at least man, w0nld, probably, be IN
greater danger among the ruffans now than at any
former period. The houses still burning, though
apparently not nearly much as through the night,
but cannot see well, as cannot so so freely on my
roof in the dsy as could during the night. We have
made a peep-6ole over the street from which we can
zee and hear without being for If seen we should
probably be very soon disposed OF. These ruiians
from the Meedan and the Arabs, glpsies, &c, among
them, know nothing of me- and rush past thinking only
of the Christian quarter. If my Deighbors do not be-
tray me NAV probsby escape, but there are some OF
them not to be trusted. We are not IN human hands,
bpt in the hands of One infinitely vice and good as
well as Infinitely powerful ana without His pernis-
sion nothing can befall u.s."