New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-24
THE EAST.
THE civil, WAR IN SYRIA.

Beyrout cerrespondent Of The London Ddny
Ners, in litter dated June q, writes as follows:
"Would that | had better news wherewith to open
nv letter. but the latest intelligence we have mere
of the fall Of Zableh large Christian town Oh zen
thousand Inhabitants into he hands OF those oiooe'
thirsty hordes of Drases who have invested the town
for sx DAYS The Cbrirabs fought bravely, bu. were
tutnumbered srd, OF the Turkish troops IN 80
sist them hslf lat.d miles short OF the pIssl
and The remainder took part against tnen' D"' luz
details are lot knOwnyet.
+" As m. Ansrrian steamer TO Trieste was leaving
this Oh the 10th Ds boat-Ioad OF men wesrs mo,
blood -staned but boodssturated garments, arrived
from Tyre These individuals, only nhir,y-Ioor ia
number, were Gil that remained Of the Chrstan male
orulutop of Hasbeya, village at the foot OF mount
f.,mop which, q week before, could muster nearly
two thoo,and fighting men. These poor creatures
were The first TO BRING TO BeyrOut detailed ahd true
aceo ubts Of the boodthirsty rufansm OF thep Dus7
81 mics and OF the fearful treachery OF tbs locai
jsh authorities. The tale give you is 'aken from Tue
very words Of the men themselves, examined sep
ar,iely BY q fir t-class Arabic scholar.
Hasb. iva ia a beautiful village At the foot OF her
mon, and c'ote TO The source OF the oor'ao. 0oo
tans or did before toe mLs-anIe population OF WV
Christian FOULS, chiefly Of the Greek 0rtnOdo1
Church. To PIots,iaDr Christsndom HasoeIya snould
be place Of the utmost possible interest, Tor IL was
here b,t The preaching Of evangelical trun had ooIne
more fruit than any where else Syria. The Protes,
ta1ts In this village upward OF 0; they hao
native pastor and regular church OF ther o"hEne
latter having bean bulls ,niehy by their own cont lou
ngbt AGO was full Of spiritual well ae material lie,
two en- now live ~ tell The tale Of their butchery
While Of their 900 Greek fellow Christians, "ut %
en- have survived, and the fate OF their wives suu
children 10 worse than uncertain
"Ihe village was stacked by an overbelmlng BODY
of DIu.es on Saturday, the I'd inst. The Chrlstians
armed 10 repe them, and for two day held tneir own
the third Driving back tie enemy. htoerS s nc
commander Of the Turkish troops bad stood aoof, a-
,hoogh-as was the case at Sldon, az Deir'el hansr
and at Rasteiyahe bad troops enough al his comnaho
10 repel ana defeat the Druses, had he 30 wished
When be that tie Christians We're gaming tne gay
he called them back and i'll the name OF the SULTAN or
dered them to retire within the serago Ia large building
covering ntarIy an acre Of ground, and containing
residence o. the com uandr well as the barraek and
10 give up their AZ be- the local representative oil
the Goyernment would conduct them all safe 10 Damss
Gus where they would DO better than IN Hasbelya
while The civil lasted. The Christians obey "a num-
returned gave up their arms, which were Inn nedstey
lacked up and sent toward Dam but win 80 ab
tufaly sna an escort at the Druses took possession
Of both the ukefs and the mules that carried them
within An honr of their leaving the place. The CHRIS
tans asked again al again to be s1ht win ther Ia
lies as promised " Damascus. For nearly week
tley were put of with preext or otner until, on
the sixth day. after their being dsarm.d during which
time the Turkish soldiers had prevented any of them
from leaving the precincts of the serago Two prlse
sb. iks of great nuet arrived, and had conference
al seyersl hours with the TGrksh commander Of the
troope. M sooner this conference ended than the
Christians obs rived that the harem wives, women
and ll0renl, fsWeH Tue
vac rem, we'd from the sersgiio and that the Turks
sodiers also Iemoyed their baggage on sde Suspect
Jug treachery many Of the ChIst tried to escape
from the place. but were prevented by the bayonets
Of the troops, while their women and children
where ordered, and compelled to remove 20 the large
UPPER chan bers Of The buildings the men beng forced
TO remain below. BY thi' time 1t was know that
many hundreds of armed Druses were close to the
town. The troops had barely made the Aforesaid ar
rangements when the Dfuses were admitted Into the
eers glio and rushed like hungry tigers upon the
armed n OBJ in the courtyard. No mao WAS spared
In ten minutes tie very stones were inch deep in human
blood. No butchery ever XII own in his DRY eqnaied
this in feIoeIy ard cOwardice. In halt an hour up
ward Of thousSLd strong men were hacked 70 DEATH
Some few ried again 10 escape but were driven back
by the bay OF toe Turkish soldiers Irregular troops
not Bash BazOuks and tue Drases had ueir revel Of
blood un6ia urbeo; mothers, wives daughters, and
young hildren witnessing from the Of
their relatives could into Details but sicken
the task. Would TO heaven that it we're fable
a dream In The slaughter few hid in out-of-the
way ehsmbers-otntrs escaped notice from being
beaIed ever by The dead, and these by Gods mercy
managed III the night 10 escape, wandered down ~ the
coast where one Ali By, MeIuali chief protected
them ana 70 TO Tyre, here they took ship 70 Beyrout,
aud arrived here Saturday evening the 10th inst.
OF the fate Of the women aid children nothing is yet
certain, but, from what ID known Of the Turkish
soldiers it is feared that the fate Of the former will be
one worse than death. OF the Protestant COMMUNITY
not q man escaped, but more than one of the Greek
Christian refugees leave witness how they met their
fate, exbOrng others 70 turn TO the Savior aud 70
pray TO Him III their last hours"
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