The New York herald., 1860-09-09
lsns able TO g start OF them In carrying Oh
tha rnoss chntra vaiuahIe of the Diuuder.

tbe noet choice and valuable OF the piunder
True the peopie OF villages surrounding Damascus,
md the Arabs and Druses crowds 10 city af
hours and filed IL and they also p'undered much
Anc were fierce in shedding blood and burning Bat the
Sssemb ipg and agreement sad union and concert and
purpose OF all the people OF damascus with the villagers
and Arabs IN the Of an hour for the accomplishment
Of this sedlon in Damascus, could not have occurred
without previous determination the part Of their
leading men and that this was the case V made
say By the crcumatance that within the space or i've
len minutes, white and green banners were displayed
from prominent positions on oil the Aoslem houses,
one ioroidding and u possible that ~ such evil
his having been previously prepared for III The city
guards and irregular troops that Lad been enrolled and
ohcsred n the order q Y: great Council Of the city
they were the who first began burning and punder
ing and killing Had these city police and people Of the
streets leading TO the Christian quarter and bo.ed the
gates OF the quarter and fred upon the INVADERS and
deavored 70 turn them back and prevent them from
rps the Christian quarter luxe the regular troops, the
affair would not have arrived at such pass but would
probably have been eoop stopped.
Had The members Of the grss, counc and ihe leading
time to the Christian quarter, nothing whatever would
have occurred Whereas in these NO one of
one, desert And from this evident that this calamity
which has fallen upon the heads OF the poor Christians,
uppn previous ut. I, Of the Leading msn
moreover apparent from all the indications mani
fest 10 their conduct Many Of the Christians concealed
themselves in their houses, and consumed In the
hanes many OF them, after having been subjected 10
tortes In order that they might disclose the
places where their property was concealed were butcher
ed within after making such disclosures lest
they should afterwards enter complaint and many OF the
women from whom they could not draw their bracelets
quickly had their hands cut of, likewise me
hDgers OF many who had rings which could not be easily
removed. And they were not satsHed with this, but
ket Al destroyed many OF them and there many
also rot able 10 their earrings from tneI
ears whose ears were torn open and cut OF In couss
quence.
some OF the Christians were taken out by the followers
OF Abdel kader he Aecrne, from the wells and other
places where they had cencealed themselves and while
:hey being conveyed TO the castle, they fired
upon and wounced BY bullets
His Excelcrcy ADD elEad,r, above mentioned, took
large number Of The Christians 10 his own house and
saved them and bis also saved great number and
took them 10 the tie and ~ that dstgess there
one but be ard his followers whc male any effort to save
the Christians. IL Is true that some persons among the
Noslems took from the Cdrstian quarter few
and chidie-, and conveyed them 10 their houses,
and they also toe some persons 70 their houses from the
castle asking the privilege Of taEng them though they
had merc nten tons Is tben but alas for these
poor people what tar and torture they inflicted upon
them their houses 10 order 70 make them disclose the
places whtre they had concealed their property aad bo
many acts q wicked violence inflicted upoa thcm
And on the morrow they would return part OF them 10
the castle and kin pert while others compelled
become Eosens; and many vile persons took from
the castle a number OF women ana children with.
out giving surety for Them, and rs soon a. they
got them outside OF the castle gates they choe the
younger Of them and len the olcer in the stres
In the castle that day ard OF the
lowest clsss picking cut children whom her took away
without any one Say ing to thcn, What you doiog9
carried on the vessels killed The priests They plum
dered the Russia Consulate and burned H. The Consul
is At present IN the government palace but the Consul
ates Of Er gland France were not louched as they
were in the Mosleni quarter.
There were in the Custom House about two hundred
Chr slians at that time suc Immediately went In haste
10 The paace and brought some q the regular soldiers
and took them away and thus secured the salvation Of
these poor people These Christian buusE which were In
Mose quarters AFRO burned utter thcy had been
lundered OF everything In them. Tne humber OF eu;
houses wac aeout three hundred Oh the sh o. July o.
n 81 = baf rnchn tbo n.fif flap
IN accordance with the decision Of the Cooncil,
commer,ed sending TO The Christian quarter aud iking
II excepting those thrs employed and some CT the
Christians wbowero In the cots also obisined permits
10 @ 10 the Christian quarter aod search for whatever
might be found In ihoiT burned houses
Three days since ew Of the Christians began N srue
ont into the strcs nearest the cattle reported
yes.ercay that Christian was killed yesterday near tue
the Day outbreak they took IN, be OF one Of
the churches ana placed un inverted position the
mnde Of the which had heen from auccn, ,mcs
lying upcer ftot In the street Of the Eunoch Mosque.
On the day Of this affair the following night she
gates Of the city remained uncosed that might
obstacle 10 the removal Of the pupdcr TO the houses
o. The 'urderers And after the dwelling houses q the
ChrktAs were finished, their shops also broken
open and the goods cauied on in the night
Mary Of The shekhs and the riema and principal mea
ter; aud, In short, n Damascus, refralned from
pUnderrg the property Of Christians, not the old
women.
This record having been written "a haste some clrcum.
~ ifcts have been omitted and tho or ecme vel
kresn persons whose deeds m'ga bsye beer recorded
II you wish eau infor you Of these hereafter.
The rcsolDg kiier written BY the chief custom house
officer al Damascus 10 his colleague n Beyron regarded
a. a reliable dscumtrt, and copies have been requested
BY The Consns ior transmission 10 their rcspecse gov
ernmtnis.
detachment Of the French troops arrived to-day, and
Bcyron Ia rapidly assuming tie aspect of camp. Tho
house occupied by the Sisters OF Charity has been
Frtroa hospital containing eisht hundred beds for tho
ewk
News has been received to-day from Rev Mr. Crawford
Of Ytbrood ten hours beyond Damascus IN The desert
He safe, and tho increasnF crors of Consul have
been CrOutd With success and The American family has
been ttrcncd from the daoscrs around them Al the
qucst q MI Contul johnson rcry Of Agerines beng.
irg 10 Add RI kader went Tor hin add IA daily
pecied in pcyron. HAIJI.