Weekly national intelligencer., 1860-08-04
THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA.

general panic prevailed that day among the Christians
in consequence of threatening demonstrations made by Ma
hometans and Druses in that town. Nearly all the Euro
pean residents and many of the native Christians sought
shelter board the foreign menofwar. Parties Of Eng
sh, French, and Russian marines landed and aided in
maintaining order. According to the Paris Pare, which
to have received from the French Government
Beyrout despatch of the oath ultmo the panic of the
Christians was greatly diminished by the arrival
and landing of $500 Turkish troops The increased alarm
of the Christians on the 2d was caused by the arrival
town of eleven hundred women and children from Darrell
Kammar where the Drses stated to have deliberately
massacred the whole nearly the whole of the adult male
Christian population the number murdered being estimated
by account at two thousand The and children
seem to have been spared by the Drses who permitted
them to reach point the coast whence they
yeyed to Beyrout by two English war steamers.
Correspondence of the London Ne,cs.
BEYRoUT JUNE 90, 1860
Affairs in this province are looking backer and backer
Yesterday had the fearful news of the village of Der
elKamer being sacked burnt and every Christian male,
to the number of two thousand and being put to the
sword by the Druses who fortnight before had dsarmed
them, in cold blood. The and children were al
lowed to escape and reached the mouth of the Damoor
river halfway between this and SdOn yesterday whence
they brought up last night and this morning, to the
number of 100, by H B. M ships Gannet and Mohawk
Of the of Kamar not than thirty have
escaped The town all burnt The refugees say that
the Turkish soldiers sided with the Druses helping them
to butcher the people, and that they the Suans troops
were the only people who insulted the women of whom
not few met with the worst treatment by them.
Beyrou itself is in panic to-day. This morning Mos
lem was killed in quarrel with Christian, and the Mos
lem population flew to directly declaring that unless
the murderer found and given up to them not Chris
tan should be left alive in the place The cuprit has not
yet been found, and in any thing but envabe
state although certainly have menowar enough in the
roads to blow the place to pieces Turkish neofbat
tie ship with two thousand troops board arrived this
morning from Constannople, These are far more than
enough to prevent any disturbance whatever. But the
question is whether the will to prevent shedding of Chris
tan blood exists amongst the Turkish authorities After
what has happened at Deire Kamar Zahe Tezzin Has
beya Rasheya Sidon and other places how is it possible
to put any faith in the promises protests oats of the
Turks Yesterday the Consuls-Genera offered to land
200 men from the Russian French, and English menof-
in order to restore confidence to the places but the
Turkish authorities would not listen to it for moment
protesting that such would be Infringement of the Sui
tans rights To-day matters worse. My opinion
Is that the Turks wish to disgust both the Consus and
other Europeans that all may take refuge on board the
shpsofwar and then not native Christian will be left to
tell the tale throughout Syria
the Gannet, IL and the Mohawk, gunboat. Of French
the Zenobie so; and Sentnee To- besides large Rus
sian fgate of GO gums and Turkish neofbattle ship
There is to be meeting at o'clock p NJ to-day, at the
English Consulate of the commanders of shpsowar the
Turkish General and the Consuls General concert
sures for the safety of the town. One good thing that
Geerdl VINO command OF the
Christian Kemed the Hungarian, who behaved well
Kars. This has inspired the Christian population with
more confidence, but truth compes to say that
still sitting volcano, which may at any moment break
out If the Mosems to rse and the Turkish troops to
behave WE'LL all would go right but unfortunately Mosems
will act against Moslems at any rate be-
half of Christians
The business of Berout is at stand-stl all the specie
of the Ottoman bank has been board the Exmouth
and IN the streets hardly a soul is to be seen.
p M.-As write news has been brought in that the
| |rnur urTarpr nj fha has haan He
tan and has been convicted Christian evidence and
will be executed at sunset This will greatly alay the
excited state of the Moems and it is to be hoped that
shall now get over the night without disturbance Those
who have friends in Syria may think rest assured that
far personal danger to Europeans concerned the
worst is Still cold blooded murders of disarmed
Christians by Druses may be counted by thousands and
twenty thousand Christians of Lebanon have been burnt
out of house and home The Turkish Government has in
single behaved with any thing like justice towards
the Christians.
From the Lerant Herald of July4.
We have received telegram from Smyrna dated the I'd
of July announcing the of the Syrian steamer and
giving the following in advance of her arrival here The
steamer left Beyrou the 23d of june and reports that
at that time the panic among the Christian population had
become general Nearly the whole of the Frank Inhabitants
and many of the native Christians could had taken
refuge board the English French, and Russian meof
war in the roads Her Majestys steamer ExmOuth had
embarked the cash. books and of the Ottoman
Bank and many of the other English residents pos
sble In addition to this parties of marines from the Bri
sh, French and Russian ships had landed to assist in
maintaining order in that town. At Damascus the Chris
ans were also in state Of panic and AbdelKader had
forward to his influence for their protection,
h From the Paris Patris.
We received intelligence of great Importance from Bey-
rout dated June "a Isma Pacha had just arrived from
Constantinope with 500 to put stop to the
of the Christians Ismai Pacha in the general who,
during the Crmean war, made himself ustrous by the
defence of Kars. His arrival in great measure restored
confidence.
Paris Correspondence Of the London Times.
M. Outrey the French Consul at Damascus, who left
Paris Saturday to return to his post received precise
instructions previous to his departure to concert
with the naval officer commanding the shps0fwar the
coast of Syria to repres by force if necessary the attacks
made by the Turks the Christians. The Emperor
determined to put end to the half measures which have
hitherto been adopted and to act with vigOr.
telegraphic despatch dated at Paris the 18th of
July states that both England and France have agreed
that consideration of the mission of Fuad Pasha to Sy
ra they will for the present abstain from direct nterer
In the event, however of the Porte proving inca
pable of putting stop the conflict between the Druses
and the Marones England and France have concerted
identical instructions to be given to their respective Admit
rails authorizing the latter to effect Decentralization at
Beyrout should the massacres continue. .l.s SIS
Correspondence of the Boston Trapeller.
BEIRUT, JUNE 22 1860.
Derel Kamer Ia town of several thousand inhabants1
but is longer The accounts from there heart
reDdng beyond description Were our minds not inces
sanity occupied by other and trying matters should
sink under the burden The dead who number them
and the widows and orphans, who can tell their distress
Some twenty thirty persons were left in the house OF
the American missionary Mr. Bird and note from one of
them this morning would indicate that they alone left
The and children yet have not been touched
few houses remain among them that of Mr. Bird which
protected by the Druse chief After to-day Deire
Kamer will probably be unnhababe for time from
the stencil of SO many hundreds of unbured bodies
All the people of the town above referred to were deb
eratey slaughtered cold blood after they had given up
their to the Turkish authorities The Turks after
sarmng them turned them to the Druses who put
them to the sword, aided by the Turkish soldiery.
Our blood is CONCEALED with horror at these atrocities