The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-11-17
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may menu ana replace our bones.
TURKEY.
THr IArE M asstcRz All DaNAscrs II
liz estimated that the actnal loss Of pro-
EpeTty at Damascus has been upwards 81
three millions sterling. The losses sls
tanned Wy tile inhabitants OF Mount Lels..
anon would be. At the present moment,
almost impossible tocalcniate, An The
crops, mulbefries, silk, cereals, IL. are.
totally destroyed. Twenty colleges
and three hundred and sixty Villages nre
in ruins five hundred aud sixty churches
have been pulled down, and for,y.two
converts, together with nine Eurnneaf,
establishments, have beeil burned ID the
ground The products III the gardens II,
The fertile plaius of The Bekas, Of the
itlntlslst bapoft from tbc villa e 81 ITamal,
ltself, the richest district III Syria. 4 total.
extent of 44.T90 square miles. are iii
completely aud irretriyyabIy lost.
Tic following We learn from the
I. Hot1tt5 VI CoitstalltiRopIe correspondent:
VI ~ Is currently reported here that an
| the Jcsnlts IN Turkey have. been ordered
ny the French government to leave the
country. This statement has been nuI,.i
ilsliei lnl one Of tile CenstantinouIe ,a,,ers \
| y was denied. ina succe6di6g number byI
MI Bore, the leading French Jesuit HI
.Constahtinoplei bi,t Is still universally be-
lieYed. E. i cannot youch for tlie. truth 81
the story itself but I know that the
great French schools here and in SMYRNA
have been spddenly closed which Il M
itself strong proof that this story Isl
true, The reason given is, that the Je4
suits were deeply implicated in. exciting
tile bloody war in Mount Lebanon. .. ID
The Journal ds C'0nstetita6tie. tile 81.
fetal lorgnn Of the government, this morn.
ing, announces that Achmed Pasha, late
Governor. of Damascus, has been shot by
Fund Pasha, together with the command.
ing officers at Dier-el-K Gamer. Hasbeiya.
Nc, including two or three pasIlas and
governors fate they most richly de;
serve II seems, upon investigation, that
the murders, &c; at Damascus, were com
.mitted mostly by Damascencs Contrary
To- what was stated at first ], and many
members Of the first Mussulinan families
n Damascus have been hung by Fuad
Pasha. ;,s II : ...
Enad Pdsha has imposed fine upon
the Damascenes, Of one million dollars,
Tor The benefit of the Christians who have
beer driven out about one,sixth ID lie
paid BY the Jews, who Joined the Mus
sullHen ID pluhdcrihg the Christian quar-
tiers: Comoride, the great Jewish bank
er here, is using iiisinll1ence TO ret this
part Of the fine rsmitted, but probably
will not succeed. &. 3. 4:
The following translated from Le
I,tglnt, OF Brussels, is d very fair, defense
OF Euad PaSha's action Iii this matter: (.
/. !, - The Christian quarter Of Damascus
viii be rebuilt at The expense Of. the city
ln prescribing this measure: Fuad:> Pasha
gives a guarantee. Tor the future, and
furnishes q remedy for the SlepIorable
events Of the past, Ii must not be forgot
that Il the punishment OF like for IKE.
blood for blood eye for eye, has been
from time ilnmemorial q part Of tile Gus
toms e OF the OEiontals, they have also al
way admitted composition or, in other
terms, n money compensation for crime
IN Fllce Of punishment Inthe East one
secs every day, in tia very courts of ins.
tice tllenlselsss.thc fluily of the victim
withdrawing, their complaint against a
murderer in view of 4 compensation regu.
lated By mutaaI agreement, sz:@
!" IL Is very difficult for us in Europe
to understand this traffic with Justice.
batit forms d part Of tho laws, religions,
and customs Of the East, So Faad Pasha.
in causing the Christian quarter Of Da.
maseps 10 he rebuilt At the expense Of the
CITY, well knows that lie is opposing, the
most etfectaal obstacle to similar disas.
tiers. VT. =. .: .: IS ..:
-" During many generations moth,
Ing Is forgotten among the 0rientaIs=--
they will recount ID all the wealthy fami-
lies Of. Damascus how, iii such a year, our,
fathers were forced to sacrifice SO many
millions Of. piastres to reconstruct the
houses OF the. Christians, which had been
burned or pillaged by miserable wretches,
who mlseorstr1ted the principles OF Islam
ism. Let us take care. then, to prevent
the return of these. crimes, of which. onr
fathers were innocent, but for which they
were compelled 10 pay SO dearly, the
guilty ones having nothing to nay with ~