Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-19

Great Massucrbf ckristians--Damae1asf in
ruins - consSases Burned - American
Consular Age& wounded.

Great Wassucrhf Cbrsstfa,s-.F,a,,,.s,, A.,
kuAns-- Cons1ases Burned - American
Consular Ages Wounded.
Beirut, Syria, " "a ls60.-@I If there be tears
TO shed. prepare tdhed them nov.v
1t is with great 5iculty that atteu1pt 10 Give
you any account cthe occurrences of this week in
Damascus so hearending are the accounts which
hourly reach Us, TN we are incapaeitated for every
thing out sympathy I shall be content. therefore.
with nrief statemtt of facts.
On Monday the tn instant children yvho lad
been making crossesln the mud, and otherwise in
shifting the Christian Of Damascus, were arrested
Dy the Governor, antafter a short imprIsonn,ens
were sent to sweep he streets of the Chrisfiaos
ms step was the aiged cause of the outbreak.
MOD OF ABOUT ny hundred persons. rushed to
the relief OF these ehiren, and attacked the Chris
tian quarters at two clock p NJ AT this hour the
Christian merehants7ere away from their homes
in the business part othe city, and were unable to
reach their families aer the breaking forth of the
msurrectl0n
The signal for deathnd destruction having TINS
been given, the work slaughter coinmenced and
at the date of the latesadvices, yesterday at p NJ
the work of murder al pilage was still going on
Inc Christian pOpuhOn Of Damascus has been
estimated at twenty fiy thousand souls Ten thou
sand Christians can ne be accounted for LODGED
IN the castle of the tow and under the protection
OF the famous AlgeTinehief Ad-del-Kader who has
proved himself a grea friend to the Christians.
but where are the rest Fifteen Thousand are I'M
accounted for One hurried fug1tives are crowded
INTO lne british Consula but who tell how
long they viii be safe .
On the evening of the lth the mob increased to
tne number OF twelve lnired. On Tuesday the
ARABS ana Druses were united ; ard, fresh from
the bloody fields of Deirl KaRlar and other mas
saere s these finds in Imam shape rushed into
s 1Iie Nniis'lah quarter, king every one they met
The work OF destruction iromplete so far as burn
! ing and pilage is cononed-not a habitable
| Christian house remains.
The british CONSUL at5butes the safety,of his
own Consulate merely to Il fact thai il is situated
IA me turkish quarter lID which the rebel mob
Is not allowed to pass-the lvners of the nronertv
the landhOlding MOslems sndiDe in the entrances
OF the streets with arms to Ievent them
The Prusslan Consul furter states that the gov
ernment here, as at other Plies. completed the de-
struction of the Christian qIrter
Five thousand regular andfregular trooDs were
placed around the Christia1q quarter so as 10 sur
round it entIrel y-and these zen, who could have
prevented the insurrectiOn whout a blow, allow
ed free ingress and egress the insurrectionists.
and. instead Of allowing til fleeing Christians to
escape, slew them, and threw them back into the
| flames.
Col Churchill the author three large volums
on Mount Lebanon, the fathern-law of the British
vice-consul, friend of the DRIES and father-inaw
to a Christian Prince of Mont Lebanon, sDends
every night on board BritslfrIgate fearing the
perils of longer residence shore And he is
feeling alarmedl The EuropCa merchants have
sent their families 20 Europe anhold themselves in
readiness to leave at a moment sotiee The agents
OF the American house of DabIy Cunningham.
OF Boston, live on board the Nom mick, an Ameri-
| can vessel, and the entire ChStiau ouartpr of
Beirut is today deserted. News ju received OF
the murder of one of the missionies in Damascus
Rev. Mr.. Graham, of the Irish mison British So b.
lect was found among the dead inle streets of that
ill fated city. u
I
| letter dictated by the American Clsular Agent az
Damascus to the Consul General iuSeirut and have
been allowed to copy portion Of relative to the
instruction:
my neighbors, Metoualist. "a SO of Moslems, J
| attacked my house at three O'Clock n Monday and
plundered everything they couldind. and then
| pulled down as much Of the house apostolic, fear
ing to burn it lest their own house would be en-
dangered by the fire. They fired gus but did not
| hit any of US. | was struck with a axe npOn my
| head and received another blow upOmy eye. One
of my Moslem friends named Mohamed Sautarey
came at that moment with some Algines and de-
livered me out of their hands and ok me 10 his
house quite naked, with nothing Onny head and
barefOOted. He brought my family als and is feedl
ing US. Some MOslems sent clothes al money fOI
me and my children. | am now in hiaOuse in bed
under Gods mercy. NY eve and Oneof NV hands
are very much injured. II it were MOTOR his lord
ship, Ab-del Kader and Mohammed Eindi Hamych
and Salim Efendi Altar, the remainiI poor CHRIS
tians who are now under Gods mercy and EXPECT
ing every moment to die, would have n been lost
The said Addel-kader is exerting hinllf to the ut
most to stop this massacre. He c0Inues to col
ect these scattered Christians and givelem shelter
at safe place at the castle The refgees at the
house of Mr.. Brant, the English consuare about
one hundred souls. He has just gone, scorted by
regular troops, to the Governor Generate request
the burial of the dead for fear Of plaguend to give
food to those who are at the castle. whiCare about
ten thousand souls. The number of the cad is mo-
known"
The above extract, to all Americansvho have
| enjoyed the acquaintance and hOspitalg of the
agent at Damascus, DR.. Meshaka, will btof grea
interest. We know not how soon our urn NAV
come. The information that there is butne Anne
rIcan vessel of war in the Mediterraneamnd tina
that vessel must necessarily remain Sicily
| for the protection of American interests here i.
very disheartening-a to-day there is aFowine
| feeling in the American community in fav. IF an
exodus. Most of us wish to remain as loI as our
Consul stays, but he is determined to rhain al
his post at all hazards and under any circuEances
we may leave very soon. He can give uaO fur
ther assurance of safety and says we mt take
such measures as we deem proper for our afety,
either at his house. Loard the shipping, Oretire
for short time TO less dangerous Locally 1t
may be that the next steamer to the island Cy-
prus, may take some of US from these citing
scenes. s a. HUI
The Boston Journal is informed that the ate
ment recently copied from English papers thithe
American missionaries have abandoned their lids
in Syria and will return home is incorrect ane
of them have been obliged to leave their fieldsnd
to suspend their labors, but they will remain ION
the ground ready to take advantage of any openg
which Providence may indicate to Them