The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-09-22

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beyond ~, u the white Back mountains, betvsen
the Christians from zaleh-two thousand In mum.
s ssr more q coming up % burn the puss
hnadred gathered 70 oppose them and defend their
country. During the same Afternoon another band q
Christians several hundred In number from the North
came down upon Belt Miro n five ~ at The northwest
Of US in full view Of Beyrout compelled the my Druses
resident there 70 retSe ard burned their houses and
other hsmets and isolated dwellings Of the Druscs that
peghbovncod 10 the Of the night following al
Dost all the villages In the Metro district 81 mixed
Christian neishbors mutually consendog Tor the victory
In this terrible night conflict hear that only lev per-
sons on both sdes were killed. The next morning,
wednesday Nay 20, after sleeple@ night, while was
with my family engaged In Divine worship the whole
population OF BhamdGn with few exceptions suddeuiy
rushed towards my house crying The pruses are upon
restore ccnhdencc and the village coodcs That
no one should 70 70 Gre gun In Bsmdun without
offered to identify my residence and American cfii
zenshp with the tranquility and preservation Of the VII
lsse Ny position YES most fully sustained BY the Drse
Governor and BY the American AMBASSADOR Constar
tpoplc AZ their oneisl correspondence the American
consulate plainly shows Since that date the Druse Gov
ses. s.p set ~, ~ ~. r11
OF the sicraries have savei ha village always deciAr
ing that Bbamdun shall be plundersd while ne lives
II The triumph OF preaching the Goepel ard living Pro
SECOND engagement m the Geld occurred
Wednesday the 9Th ~ June The Christians Gre
two Druse bouss IN Falusha In fa view Of this point
Hundreds on each side vere engaged all csy The Duss
three repuscd themselves, succeeded last In driving
back the Christians the vineyards Of zanleh And sr
fcm the Aforesaid TUESDAY, May 2pth when and
hssrd the nrst 6ghrg and burning Of this cv twenty
days could 1T this point the smoke
and flames 81 ihs great conhseraton continually ~;end
ote village amer another, the smoke OF farnHce
toward heaven; While u extended IRON Brumsra. the
capital Of the Christians south yard 70 sidon eastward 10
asheya and north wsrd 70 Bsabec area Of over
nre thousand square miles Expelled ourselves from
zsheh IN May of last year, for our ProtestAntsm,
beard with regret Of the sudden expulsion az all Ia fA
lee BY the Druses and the destruction Of all thrir
dwellings In vhriwind OF Gre On Monday, June ~,
The Turkish trcope passing and melting The prusns
~ the attack the Saturday previous, and heard q
nlisr Indictments 10 the shocking bsrbsvites OF
sidon DER 81 Komr Haebeiys, Rasheya ard Damascus
Aas Lebanon and ali SYRIA Alas for the absence o.
M government such time Alas, FOR the unfortunate
svsons OF the Christian Corsus in The opposite instrur
ions and IDEAS Of policy Alas. for The Wild passions AID
elash Tests "a our fallen nature minglng ~ the causes
nd css Of this nercifu war The wrath Or
;od Almighty has fallen upon the roodly monnisn
ramon IA aid waste. Damascus, Hasheiya, neir e.
Somr. zahleb, and two hundred other towns and
sifisgss, are descate, and all Syria i nov
sued with hcmslsss widows and crphars. BIT
.s,c,ue sir. thrice. thotssnd times welo.re
n Inc united fsis q England and France with ne Otto
rnar sov.rum,p. IN the name o. God ard III rrsnf~
/ nd ycn wekcme. sir, and meet earnestly tev r--r
IN ted ttftdeftcn and comresricn towards he seys-s,