New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-15

NJ .bs,, e,othinr hv UNMARRIED the prey Of carricn
birds snd dogs. few Druses BENT OF Punori ~
roaming about with handkerchieis bound aoou, 'ue
mo1.hs and noses, that taey mSal not iaaAo wy vi
ia.rsiye odor ayisne from the De ecmpOsuon Of the
purefyirg norpses. -, e a..,.;.,
But we will act dwell upon these scenes OF stroe'y
and blood. IRE besFt s,SkenS al tns recital Tue
ons stion ON the hos # every one is, How long are
fbsse h, os IN ast 2" and "What is 10 be the end "
Crime pos nnrupished every side and anarchy and
confusion ill the hand. The villages and country about
Danascns have been pilaged and burned ana The an
Gent CITY i,self threatened with destruction HONS
and Aleppo are in a state OF excemsnt and alarm ana
companies Of Christians fleeing from apprehendsd dan
Ger nave been overtaken and robbed by thu Bsdouin
arabs Tripoli and Latkeyeh have been more or less
disturbed, aud Beyrout itself hal been saved from the
borrors of Mosem insurrecton only by the presence
of foreign ships of war
1t is hardly to be expected thai the Ottoman govern
meny will survive the present Summer But WHAT
will take its place Az
As regards .hs part OF the Iurkim EnpIe'c ' a;S
peaceful transfer of Syria to the jurisdiction OF SAD
Pasba the Viceroy Of Egypt would perhaps be the n
1est plan that could be devised as IT would not oheu
the preudices of the Mosiem population, nor greatly
excite the jealousy of the European Pcwers. pus 't :,
ambitious schemes Of France and Russia are adverse "
any such solution of the Oriental question: Ihey o
determined on the dismemberment OF the TURKISH Eur
pre- and the division OF the spoils. A., ,r.ho,,
Russia although severely persecunng '9e a. nro.
medans in her own territory, Is clamofhg ioI e Pr
tcton of Greek Christians in Turkey, and the ne ~
the massacre of Greek Christians at hasDeiys, VIM
perhaps he The only thing needed TO cause the nusan
army now on the Prutb TO cross over lntp .no T,i
torv If the Sultan. And France, who mas oeen louS
watching for an opportunity 10 seize upon SYRIA eouio
csrsinIy not have better preext than that now al
forded her Hundreds of Papal Christians, VINO iooke9
TO France for protection, have been massaIu anp
thai too b, the connivanee and perhdy OF the Tueksh
anhorilies and il is said tina, at Iahls the French nag
was nsalted and two or three priests lFrench SUD-
jects were killed.
How mn b French influence had to do in stirring up
the war I'm Mount Lebanon l cannot venture TO say;
certain il is that the Marones, urged on by their ece-
sisstcs provoked the quarrel and now that TN are
suffering the bitter consequences many OF them DO not
hesitate to charge the blame upon tnelr priests bsnops
and patriarchs.
We are almost daily expecting the arrival of
French force upon these shores England even though
Egypt should fall 10 her possesion eoull hardly endure
10 zee her powerful rival established in Syria, thus
booking np her nearest road TO Ida. B15 II is earn
eetly u be hoped that England viii vase no more
blood ard treasure IN prupping up th5 execraole Gov
ernnent a Government TOO corrupt W saOserVe tne
en0s Of Justice ano too weak To protect lis own sub
jects.
has teen comparatively quiet The Druses, appaeent-
ly satiated with blood nave committed no new atroc
ties tut seem TO be awaiting the issue OF events There
il general expectation that there Will be fortlgn 10
reference as soon as the news from Syna has hid
time TO produce It's full effect in Europe. terrific
storm has loI been gathering this Ill fated En-
pjre The conyulsion will be terrible when II comes
and it, coming cannot lie long postponed. j. l.. il.
.JulV l3.-An important dispatch has just been re-
received from Damascus The Christian quarter OF that
city was plundersd and burned by the MOsems, on the
9t6 inst. Hundreds of the Christian population were
IN assacred and the slaughter would have been much
greater had il not been for tie friendly interference OF
some influential MohanmedaDs prominent among whom
was ADD -kadir the famous Aigerine chief, who has
resided in Damascus for several Hars pact Several for
egn Consus and other Europeans found refuge aud
~
killed The Russian Consul escaped but his house was
destroyed. The English and Prussian Consuls were
not injured.
THE CIVIL WAR IN LEBANON
APPEAL The British and american public behalf Of 5000
ChytGns su6eyes By The recent 'Gng0raary cdr beTeea
ne Drvses and Christians Of Lebanon.
OF this number sufferers large proportion have been
Pundered Of Their personal property very large maoy have
$50 villages and hmets destroyed by re and there
fore houeess wanderers while upward Of 10000
aq but BY At Rashya Ms5eys DER
el KOmr and the neigaborhood Of sidO o:s h.v.
rout Damascus sdon and other places for refuge crowdng
@ he daily Of life upon the charity Of the in
haOtsnIs Butt is obvious that however liberal this charity
feg instead Of Diminishing must become vastly intense
on ns pr 70 the asT Of e e s'ns
In order assist in providing the means OF seviatng SO dire
calamity, Committee whose subjoned have been
formed among the British and American residents of Bey
rOut and vicinity to solicit aid from their 5.nevOient fellow
mitee be egnsted the ADgloAmecan Relief Committee
aid Of this Charity will be received In London by
Mess Coutts Co. No SO Strand Messrs. Drummond Co.
No az CLarDg and the Ottoman Bank No 2 Old Broad
street and the United States by James NJ. Gordon,
T A. b. C. f. M No 90 Pemberon square, Boston and
Of A. b. C. NJ in other cities and towns who
viii transmit tbs through their agents 70 the Beyrout
the Ottoman Bank which will act Treasurer under
the direction the Committee And whereas long before the
response this appeal reach these unfortunate victims of
war the suffering be extreme in many Dotwthstand
g the efforts Of the benevolent In this country TO allie
therefore earnestly requested that those VINO intend
aid in this work Of chsry aud mercy will lose no time In for
their contributions the above named bankers
such other channels be convenient, ad
to Bank BtyTout Ang
Relief Committe.
Te A. johnson, esq, United States Consul in
Syria and Palestine p Broe, esq Controller Ottoman Bank,
Beyrout.
ireaswey-The Beyrout Branch Of the Ottoman Bank.
Honorary Secetayy-M. l.. Meason esq
Members Of the Committee-Henry Head, esq, William
Black esq, p G. Lascsdi esq, James Black esq, Richard
Hampton, esd William Rid5el esq. X. H. Lang, esq. c.
Buchanan esq, Manager 0onsn Bank f. Smith esq. Or. J.
T. Barclay d Jerussem DR. R. G. Barclay, United State.
Vice Consul Beyrout the Rev G. v A Van Dyck, N. d.,
American Mission in Syria the Rev. w NJ Thomson d.,
Mission in Syria; the Rev. J. T. Ford American Mis-
sion In Syria the Rev d. Bliss American Mission in Sys the
Rev Calhoun American Mission ia SyTis. with power
TO add to their number Five members OF the Committee to
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