Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-08-31

killed himself. Not single Christian
now remains at Damascus or Baalbec.
Those of Hauran, region inhabited by
Druses and Bedouins-haye all been
massacred. There have also been nu-
merous massacres committed round La
TAXA and Nossaireh. In the Kesrou-
an, the part of the Lebanon situated be-
tween Tripoh and Beirut, the Christians
who escaped have assembled. They are
in considerable force and commanded by
Joseph Karram, young, energetic and
intelligent Chief"
The Monde publishes the report on
the massacre at Der-el-Kamar, address
ed by the surviving inhabitants Of that
town TO the consuls of the FIVE Great
Powers at Beirut. Il is an interesting
and painful document, and goes far to
prove that, in that part of Syria at least
the Druses assailed their Christian fell
low-subjects without the slightest provo
cation, the latter carefully avoiding Civ
ing pretext for aggression. They were
so prudent as to receive the special COM
mendation of the Paeha.
Nevertheless, when on the very NOR
row the Druses attacked the place; the
Turkish soldiers shut themselves up in
their barracks /; and when, on the second
day of the conflict, the Christians implor-
ed aid, shelter or ammunition, all these
were refused to them. The report is Of
great length, and inculpates Tahir Pscha
I of Beyrout, and other Turkish officers,
who appear to have played most
J treacherous and shameful part. Nine
: hundred Turkish soldiers, who with two
: pieces of artillery, were in the town,
i shut themselves in their barracks when
J the Druses began their bloody war.
The Druses passed the whole night
in pillage, trayersing the town with
their women, and bearing torches. The
= next day the Christians were allowed to
" take shelter in the barracks.
: The town plundered, the Druses be-
: gan to murder all the men and children
' they could find. Some women were
also killed. They ripped up children
: on their mothers breasts, cut the throats
of husba nds on their wives knees, viola
ted women ublicly, and burnt human
creatures in the open street. 1t was an
y hour of desolation the air resounded
IL with cries of women and children, and
+ blood flowed in torrents. The massacre
le completed in the town, the Druses re-
'n paired to the barracks, which contained
2: at least FIVE hundred men, besides wo-
st men and children. They were allowed
as to enter, and in the presence OF the gov
&C. ernor and kaimacan of the troops, some
m soldiers, advancing, opened the doors OF
Is the apartments in which the Christians
ut had been received. The Druses rushed
IN in with hatchets and other weapons, and
ng at once began the immolation of thes'
OF new victims. The death of some o
ST. these was frightful. The Druses first Gu
Die off their fingers, saying it was with then
be they had written for succor. The,
poured boiling water on the heads c
he others. You have need to be shaved
ole and the Ratchet replacing the razor, car
o ried off their heads.
mt The report gives details of numbe
he of atrocious cases of cruelty and tortur
ng unnecessary to extract. The despai
me and misery of the victims had no effef
IN on the governor and his officers. Th
on- Turkish soldiers repulsed with the ba,
ne, onet those Christians who sought she
vas ter among them, aad allowed the Drus'
on to seek their victims in every corner
eS- the barracks.
mt