, 1860-10-15

Ho Safety Yet for chri'tian''
m1snRX AND Distribution.
tFFcn tho Dotton Tr4va1tE,l
The following are extracts Of letters reeeiyed
in this city from American missionaries in 5y-
ria:
The Rev. Henry H. Jesup, writing from Bsy-
rous, August %, go, to the Rev. Dr.. Ander-
son, OF the American Board, sats that he II a.
most overwhelmed With the labor Of dispensing
charity, and that the town is occupied bv 6,oov
French &roops. Or Damascus he remarks:
THE xos1xx sPIR.r s11LL uxnRokE:.
"Summary punishmeut is being deAlt out By
Fuad Pasha ii Damascus. and zmall number
{160} have been executed. Yet, with all this,
ths Moslem spirit there ia not broken, and it Is
the candid opinion Of the foreigners that Ia
mascus will never be safe residence again for
Chrlstians. There arc 200, 900 Mo'fems in D.
msscus and vicinity and even If 900 or 8 ,ooo
b. executed, ~hic6 is not prdba le, the II 81
mass will only be exa.perAted, and take tho
first opportu lty for revenge. hlle Faud r.
sha remains there with strong milltsry to!ce
At command, aod 4 large military and naval toE"
eizn force at Beyruu., there will be pesce; but
Fund Pasba cannot remain long, nod II Ea'o-
peau political jealousies should cause the with
d1awAl Of foreign tfoopa and nxTies from NILS
eoas., lesv'ng only the Turks to protect the
country, tasewellt eecurty aud ordeE.
NO sAFxTE roa CHRISTIAN.
Ne make further extracts from his letter:
"There II yet no safetY for Christian IN
Southern Lebanon, and the Druses are Jest 70
be punished. 30 that the return Of the people
10 their homes must be quite remote from she
present time They have nothing to eat except
what they receive from charity, 10 clothing,
aud no shelter. Should shey return home to-
rr 11@r HaffJtHtf1H
Think Of 100000 people settling dozn at once
in country desolated BY sarage warfare- There
are no hou=es to shelter them from the Storms
Of the coming winter.
TIE MISERY AND WANT OF TUE SURVIVORS.
They have no beds, no clothing, not an ounce
Of food, no cooking utensils, NO implements Of
husbaudry, no cattle, sheep, nor goats, no
mules, camels, horses, seed, wheat, barley nor
lentlles; nothing stored foE winter as usual, and
nothing to look 70 but foreign charity, and then,
IN addition to This, who il to care for these thou
sands Of widows and orphsns and families Of
which there is no m1k avrpiso-! We are now
distributing daily to nearly 10000 Of the most
needy refugees about us. give my whole
tttae to the work, and Dr.. Thompson aud Dr..
Van Wyck are busy in the hospital department.
We have some hired agent to assist in the work,
and Two Of the native Protestants, Bzutua. Bis
tany aud H. Araman, give good share Of their
time to distributing TO the needy. Ar. Fcrd re-
turned to Sidou on Thursday the 231 inst, aud
viii no doubt hare a large business to do in
looking alter the suffering refugees who are
now bsipR brought IN thousands from the vi
cinity Of Rasheifa and Hasbeisa. Me1i Alum.
that large and beautiful district west Of HAs.
heiJa where there are 80 many Protesta1ts, Is
now deaolation.
Tue EXTENT or THE AA7sAcREs.
Two villages only remain unharurd, and the
Protestants have all fed either TO S d IN or Bey-
rout, We also hear from Mr. Gauni, our nat11e
brother in Tripoli, that there arr no less than
5000 refugees from the vicinity Of Baalbec, nom
gathered IN the vicinity of Beherry, near the
Course Of the Lebanon, and ali are 10 great suf
feriuK. Indeed. it mas be 1afely said that thena
il nd soot between palmyra. on the northeast
aud Tyre, on The southwest. through I'll that
vast re- sxion, recently containing 80 many Chris-
tiauo. Where Christian can now live in safetY.
unlest it be Damzscus, under the very eyes Of
1oao Faana'
WHAT TIE sk17 MOVEMENT WILL BE.
few hundred Christians s,ill remain in
Nh mt I,ehauoa among the Drusea. s,n.h nf tha
Damascus road. bu they are il xYeat fear. and
every day they are mak: their sscane n sm.1}
rart;ea fo Rsvrout The rrrt oraat no';,;.st
movement viii M topht he On e,t.,L ~ ~.
nrnses bv the Tn,kth forces atons ~ ;u rsn'
nact;on xith the EIench troons -" -.s,1. ~
such an attack viii be- ether tpe snrTender ~
in IFrHQ6 q - f@4 ~
Wsnran sh;eh !. rot nrohahie or eixe ss~srs - 80
cor flict' in which latter case 1he Druxes vii he
driven out OF destoyed. and the 1emaiuir half
OF Southern Lebanon os converted into ruin,
leaFn8 atso'otel7 noseln8 unscathed.
MARROW ESCAPE or BEYRoUr.
wo al, fnc, ,1o+ R.vror+ and ;,s ,.,.1
had 49, n.~Tnx atra ,s ~ ~ tns p:T H." ase
h.;ra mr. al Enmr nh 1om..cns 0 n n, -. ~.
Oh -; lime When toe nanc xax at IT,, hs;aht .1e
KevTnnt. tha Pusha was in leavue x,t5 tha
n,nz.s xho hid i; red d.v f,r e. da.tr,,.+;ne
n ReyIous and Sidou- int a. tbar !; Iaa d,r
for tha places which we're ac.uaily destrnre3
NV af,er daT. and night alter nioht w. ysre
IN 1he prea,est anxiety. in the yery a1onv n
suspeuse. expecting a: night never to ses ,he
morning liv5t ann. and spending the d.vs
1;,l ~ f,;s,;taa IN I'.trn;nI ~ stoe;. ~
~'~~o
Ais''o' faAs9 'oA'Atss'
:He oiu S.a5 ~ p.aa GHoa';els99 Hn; our mis-
massacre here, to be able to bold Out with \ few
| guns unit! succor could reach US from the ships
- to how tne more delicate ones among our
number could stand a siege with . scant5 suu-
| ply Of iood md walter. S'me Of us actually
| went on EoaEd tie tessel IN The barber. 4:6
| others were to 90. aad ms state Of alarm and
Bnspeose continued for reariy full month, un-
I'll We fe!f our strenG1n giving Gut IN this hot
climate, but the Lord II ost Xracio .sly protected
Us, and We are living to praise him.
| TIE MERCY or GOD.
,+ -a.n, 40 +,,,,, ,h;...
! aJ nosn ~ ths n,nr:dsrc. - ~ J1.y aaa oeen
st,ns ~ ~ fthousnr5. ~ uou o 20 os eisy
II pa14ous had been destIotsd oh ~h,,h Innesefs
| these 1houeanda hare Aedp WIN wonid ba..
cared for The thousand widows Of DER el + 7mr.
the five thousand widows OF Damascus, And the