Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-09-21

T.. ed 10 Death.
Correspondence Of the Boston Traveller.
BERU1T, Syria, Aug. %, lSG0.-As the Christian
world is at this moment the 9li UiUe TO learn the
results of Fuad Pashas mission to Damascus, | am
happy to inform you that he has made good be
ginning. and he has thus far proved himself worthy
of the confidence placed in him by the Sultan and
the Ambassadors at COnstantnOplc.
Letters from Damascus, dated the 10th instant, in
form US that early in the morning of that day sixty
four of the Moslem citizens of Damascus were found
and hung befUre their own doors. These are the
first executions for the massacre IN Damascus
This has thrown the city into gloom deeper than
before The few Moslems who had opened their
shops have closed them to-day. The Jews keep TO
their quarters. Few Christians appear IN the
streets to-day. The Moslems are downcast, and
many of them weeping. The women Of those hang
ed and those Of the prisoners now fearing the WORST
are weeping and screaming in their houses or on
the streets, and cursing the dogs and swine for
whose sakes Moslems are being hanged
The poor Christians IN the Castle (aoout seven
thousand (are fearful and anxious. and more desr-
Gus than ever TO get away One hundred and thirty
prisoners tied together in parties of ten have been
marched TO the plain for execution, and three nun
dred were sent away from the city with their hands
in wooden yokes. Yesterday there were thirteen
hundred under arrest. The Pasha is deslrous 10
oetaln the Christians and induce them TO 90 TO the
houses from which he has driven the Moslems."
The foregoing is the testimony of an English gen
tleman who had remained in Damascus during the
entire crusade
Information has also learn. been received at the
American Consulate to nearly the same effect. The
U. 5. NiceCOnsul at Damascus informs his Chief at
Beirut that nifty seven were hung in the city, five
of whom were of the leading Moslems and the re-
mainder from the lower casses Two of them
were those who attacked the Vice-Consul Meshaka
in his own house, and wounded him severely on the
head and arm AttwO O'Clock, p NJ one hundred amp
ten of the Bash Bazouks or irregular Turkish cav
airy, shot in the plain outside of the civ one
# whom was lsmai Agha, the son of Shemdin
Agha, who military captain and a prominent
leader in the instruction.
Thus has the first installment of Justice been
wrung out and expect TO learn of further execu-
tons by the next post Notwithstanding this Cyril
Graham, who has just returned from a tour in the
interior after visiting Damascus Hasbeiya and
Rasheiya expresses the firm conviction that Chris
tians will never be able to reside in Damascus again
so long as the country is in the hands of the Mosem
power. He had several very narrow escapes from
the Druses while in the interior.
He found hundreds of dead bodies in a complete
state of preservation, and the widows and orphan
children were still weeping over their slaughtered
friends. He distributed among them about twenty
thousand piasters, and prevailed on Fuad Pasha TO
send them one hundred thousand more.
The French troops have been pouring into the
country very rapidly, and the expected arrival OF
fifteen hundred Zouaves will complete the first de
tachmeut of six thousand of the French army foI
occupation of Syria.
HBsirut has assumed the appearance of French
garrison, and the immense amount of stores landed
by the transports and the ne-o battleships recent
ly arrived. somewhat bellies the avowed intention
Napoleon to comply with the conditions OF the Con
vention and evacuate the country in six months
The crowded harbor Of Beirut is daily becomin,
more crowded. The arrival of the Dutch the Sar
dinian and the Austrian fleets were announced b.
the usual salutng cannonade, and the Spanish fee
is expected next week. SIX more British and a
many French line-of-batte ships are also expected
We still hope TO see American feet or one man
ofwar at least, to prevent hope deferred from max
ing the heart sick
1T Us expected that the Druse catnpai9n viii be~'