New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-26
INTERESTING FROM SYRIA.


NJ sidcp. Hasbeiya, and DER FL Kamar Since hat
time affairs in Syria have grown much wO,ose, and
the vanton destruction OF property AID life has
h,.n fearful 10 contemplate. The Ganatical Mos.
Lms embOdened aud iucited Sy the butcheres
perpetrated by D1uses and Turkish soldiers in Mt.
Lebanon seem determined to exterminate the Chris
tiap population Of the country. The seaport towns
have been protected by foreign ships of war; but in
The interior there has been nothing to check Mosem
rapacity and hate and Christian blood has flowed
in torrents. All the Christian villages about Da-
mascus have been plundered and burned, the male
inhabitants put Ia the edge OF the sword, the wo-
men rayisbed and in many cases dragged of into
hopeless and degrading servltude. On Monday,
July 9. the carnage commenced in Damascus it
self For several days previous, the MOslems had
become very insOent and threatening, resolved to
bring about collision with the Christians aud only
seemed waiting for some slight preteXt in order to
begin their bloody work. On Sunday, the 9Th
several Moslem boys busted themselves in making
signs of the upon the ground in front OF the
churches, and splitting and stamping upon the sacred
emblem as the Christians were coming out from their
worship For this and other indignities complain.
was made ~ the authorities, and on the next morn
ING the boys in question were sent III chains TO
sweep the streets in the Christian quarter of the
sity 1t is said that this form of punishment was
chosen by the Mufti and Kadt for the express
purpose Of still further exasperating the Moslems
against the Christians. AT any rate, such was the
result And on Monday p. M, MOhammedan
mob rushed to the Greek Consulate broke open the
doors and putting the occupants to flight, pundered
and fired the house. The neighborIng Christian
houses shared the fate, and soon the destruc-
tiOn and slaughter became general. Inc iOregn
eonsuls besought Ahmed Pashs, the Turkish General
10 send relief to the Christians; but though having
several hundred soldiers under his command, he
refused 10 do anything until late in the evening
when n company of soldiers went to the scene of
conhagratOn, and turning against the Christians,
sbared in the work of burning and plumber Mean
while the mob increased. Druses, KOOrds, and
Arabs awaiting outside the gwen signal now
rushed in to Join the massacre, and snare In the
booty For four days the murderOus wOlk went
on Thousands of Christians were killed. Dwell
ipgs stores, churches, Converts and cOnsulates-
indeed, the whole Christian quarter, in which were
some Of the finest palaces III the empire was laid
In ruins. The amount of property destroyed s
estimated at Ct SOC, 900. The number of Christians
mastered is said to exceed 1000; among them
were several Europeans, with one OF whom, the
Rev. Mr.. Graham l was well acquainted. He
was cut down in the street, while flying to place
of safety His body was never recovered. The
houses of the British and Pussian COnsuls, being
No the M0slem quarter, were not burned. The
other cOnsuls also hundreds of native Christians,
took refuge with Add FL Kader, the Algerine chief.
terrible scene, and well deserves the Grand Gordon
of the Legion of Honor, just sent him by the EN-
perOr Of France. With small band OF AlgeTnes
he has rescued thousands of helpless Christians,
and sent them in safety to the sea-cOast.
But, not to dwell on the events of the past month,
which have been already made public, let us come
down to more recent occurrences. Fuad Pssha,
the Turkish Minister Of Foreign Affairs having
been sent to Syria TO investigate the cause of the
disturbances, spent but few days in BeyrOut, then
hurried of TO Damascus He has succeeded in re-
storing something like quiet. That probably
was easy, for the Moslems had already accom-
phshea their work. aud the few thousand
Christians who survived have all come to
BeyrOut where, almost destitute of food and
clothing, they living miserable life in the
gardens aud the suburbs of the city, They are
entirely dependent upon charity and are being fed
day by DAY by means of funds now contrib
uted in England, and France, and other parts of
Christian Europe.
Last Thursday august 16) the long-expected
French troops arrived at BeyrOut, and effected a
peaceful landing, for the poor Sultan-welnigh
frightened out OF his wits at the serious turn affairs
have Iaken-had sent orders that the French should
be received, not as enemies but as friends. They
have encamped, 200 strong, in the pine grove in
the envirOns of the city, where they will await the
arrival of the remainder of the army, ~ 900
1900 troops being daily expected. The presence of
these foreign troops has inspired the down-trOdden
Chnstians and Druses, anticipating an attack upon
their villages, preparing 10 migrate to the large
district OF the HaOuran, lying to the south of Da
mascus. For some time past there have been yes
sels-ofwar from various nations, English French
Russian, Austrian, Greek, Dutch, Sardnian &c,
lying ut the different Syrian ports but strange to
say, during ali these three months Of anarchy and
war ia which the lives of many American citizens
missionaries and others have been endangered, and
in some instances their property destroyed, not a
single American ship-Of-war has appeared upon
these coasts
MOslem outbreak has been daily expected at
HONS but at the last accounts nothing serious had
occurred. Many of the Christians had fled, some
Of whom were robbed of all they possessed. Mr.
Wilson, an American missionary residing there,
leaving HONS TOR TnpO, was seized by the Be
dOuius, but after few hours detention effected his
escape.
Tie Christians Of AleppO have thus far saved
their lives by giving heavy brides TO the Arabs who
threaten to sack the city.
An extensive instruction at Cairo was prevented
by the timely discovery Of the plot, and the imme-
date execution Of the prominent persons engaged
in it, Had Syria such ali efficient Government as
Egypt enjoys the bloody massacres on Mount Le-
baDOn and in Damascus might have been pre-
vented.
Twenty years ago, when Ibrahim Pasha governed
SYRIA, and bis vassal the Emr Beehr, ruled in
Mount Lebanon security to person and property
became prOyerbial. But the English drove out Ibra-
him Pasha and gave over Syria once more to the
tender mercies of the Porte. Ever since that the
country has been filled with anarchy and violence,
until al last thousands upon thousands OF Christians
have been butchered, and scores OF villages
laid waste the fairest portions of the land depOpu
lated. and thus the integrity of the Ottoman EN-
pre has been preserved and the country ruined.
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