The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-07-20
The Civil War in Syria.

Correspondence ~ the London News
BEYROUT june IL, 1880
We are now more fully acquainted with the details
te massacre Of Christians which took place at sidon on
Friday the lst and saturday, the 81 inst IL Is but too
oertain that the number refugee nuns Christians
unarmed peasants, monks, priests, women aud chill
ayng from 1e sSas rna ,rsa T. osas S ss
Ter IN sdo but at the gates and In the gardens OF
that sutchered in cold blood by the Aoeeus Neaa
iL ana pruses OF the in all four
hundred and any souls The Turkish governor OF the
town although he had garrison Of two hundred regular
sroots never moved man to help these unfortunstes
but GO The eoatrary many Christians bsyoae.d aud
sbot hy the soldiers their officers looking Twice has
her Maeetys FREELY and the French steam
corvette IA SeInee been sent down To put 10 these
nssassnAous which again and again have broken out,
a. each party OF helpless refugees reached The town
the former residence OF Lady Hester Stanhope there
H. or rather wa, e.iebraied Greek Catholic
convent called pheir ell Makhalls This institution was
not OILY the most wealthy religious establishment 10 sy
ria (ts church phte-much Of u the gin OF Popes Empc
rors and Kings Of naropeoe,ns vroeS "s , %
Arnblc and syriac manuscripts, which were priceless
All tbs hAs been burnt and paHdered-ove trees cut
aoxn cvcoons silk and destroyed wine aud oil split,
a, thrown away by the hundred thousand CATIONS BY the
Ixes although The monks again and again assured
~ the prsse Shek u hs d,sale' q SsIy .a Vea
Nv al N gshmen wandering in the tebaonn), that beng
an unarred community seishes they nor them pfspsfsy
shoud be touched Having luc them into security said
Bey allow ed bis N attack the place OF the sixty
monks about sixteen killed abe rest managed 10 -
CAPE hide rocks and places the mountain The
but many have died and all are more or less njur
cd, some being still missing This community, month
ago q tne most wealthy In ASIA has now neither
twenty four hours after pbeir 81 samar las related in
my las leter) surrendered " the Druses under Shetk
Bschr an army Of Druscs-~hch seemed almost u
spying on, Of the earth sudden ia appearance
..sssa ne p .Ss So.,ns V Sbe romea IneeSns
Maruoite nuns) snd In very few hours making one
q the most ihrvpg villages IN Iseaton eosrns wi.
sada nj the gate OF Shch they met by fanatic
% Of armed Moslems, who-loning with the pru.es
- Netuas VI the neghtorhocd, ana headed by Harm
Tureef prvsc yake.lo agent Of the before mentioned
Said Bymurdered these poor Creatures 10 cold blood
oopt'pupg the search for suc a even then escaped
the woods ard burning down small forest 10 get az the
Christians hiding therein whom they shot or cut down
almost 10 &
1900 are Christ aus and the rest Druses. II Is situated
sides of deep glen nj the western foot of Mount
Hermou. The hereditary ruler of the plsce is the Emr
elpu Of the Mslem branch Of the shekab family
The place attacked by nrusss but the Emit stood
BY he people and helei them 70 defend a. u
government irregular troops the place, although they
did not wish 10 side with the dogs n Christians hardly
Ikei % aght against true beiieyer The kmr, however
vas Allied and his troops ihcn sided openly with the
Druses, AMI the Christians were overcome. hundreds
who threw down their being butchercd Va cold
pod and the government rreg1lars committing all sorts
Rsstsye il another village at the foot q Hermou cou.
,Anirc about three thoasand inhabitants of whom four
nrhs are Chrstians Lse Hasbeya, is surrounded by
vineyards olive groves and orchards Of mulberry tres
copart was made between the Christians Of this place
and tie pruses Of the ncighborhoo by which the latter
bound themselves protect the former condition Of
thor arms being given Wy. THIS had hardly taken rlscs
when they attacked, shot down Ike dogs the 60
vernnent irregular trcurs giving shelter 70 The hoSes
n the place but refusing 20 pull trigger n defence VI
the Christians against The bruscs.
put thc place " all ethcrs which every ones eyes
are turned IL Zahleh the largest village or rather town
N Lebanon con aiming population 81 10000 souls, all
rnrptaDs Zahieh Is situated about 10 hours journey
frsn p<rout the eastern foot Ieoanoa close 20 the
sutraDcs thc plain Il Cola syria II the stronghold
M the Christians 10 the mountain The place s
sssg invested by vast M n0vr ~ Druses both from
febanou and frvFn tive Bsafsn, q kards from beyond
porus Of wandering Arabs from the desert and II
bond nnatn Maelems from Damascus more blood
thirsty rfHan Ike horde perhaps never gathered
toeeher 10 tn. world and fIaheh fans into their hands
,e hep tbe ppcr Inhabitants Bu4 although the cousul-
ve-eYs u and France, Rassa Austria, md Prussia
have made repeated and unit 70 the lchi
4 yrout durins the pact fUt0g and have urRet him
span and agan o MOVE troos 20 Etne, fsse the siege
md 'tus prevent the bOodsh u thousands not thiae
vo,lt b. do na a step ~01d he move. unt We ierday
chen about hundred men aud One gan were marched
towards Lshieh. .
AZ p.raascas % Cnrstau dsre sh,w himself in the
ruccts AID from hour - b0lr rising Of TIE fsnateS