The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-20

-ANHANHr ann WIKI AAE5 III IA
the "Iud0ws and on all the telegraph poles. More
addresses are being presented 10 the Prince than were
~ nrst expected II such an avalanche continues,
collective re?ie- will have 70 tie made.
4 special dispatch 70 the y J. Times. from -.
John' says the Prince drove 90 his temporary residence
between hies % men extending a mic. COMPOSED Of
mIH.afy' IRE cyTPInle-, societies, both Houses Of
IAiWIinert, etc A'tcr ne passed, tho ranks formed
"a procession, with btuuers flying. while ;ts -e.- Of
the city were ringing. Inside the gate were Two
thOu-and school chIlircn-the girls IN white, and
the boys m Diacs-whO sang tie national anthem.
anu stre"ei bouquets ON the roadway. All the time
the streets were crowded, the shops closed. and shin
ping dressed with ftg-. FOrmalit.es are being grad
ullly discontinued, luI AZ Windsor. the Prince lined
at the sane table with members ot Parliament and
pres, who accompanied him. II has been de,ermiu-
cd that the whole West India SQUADRON. now AZ
HALIFAX, shall 20 to Quebec AMI Montreal. The
prince, IN the afternoon, crossed the harbgr In the
ferry boat, and returned by the SUSPENSION bridge
over the falls Of st John. Tue members Of the Gov
erment, several members &: the legislature, Mayors
Of HALIFAX, Boston, etc, dine! with him in tie
evening,
The foreign residents Of New York are making ar
Engagements with tine Lelands, Of the Metropolitan
Hotel Tor a grand reception and ball in honor Of the
Prince Of Wales. Il Will surpass the great hall re-
Gently given TO the japanese Embassy, and the CON-
pany viii be select and elegant.
European.
GARIEALDI PEEPARISG TO IxvADE ITALY-Au
efforts 10 conclude an armistice with GaribaIIi
having failed, preparations were being made by the
-'NAEfAt%A1 ~ AtIAA-t any attempt NJ IA INVASION
Improvements were being actively INTRODUCED in the
royal army and navy.
It was reported that the King Of Naples had sent
200 soldiers to Reggie, opposite Me-siua, and those
troops. II was conf ieutly asserted, intended to join
GaTihaldI the msmeut he landed. lie would and
impatient crowds awaiting bis arrival at Naples and
Rome.
The fr-t and thirteenth regiments hal mutiuiei in
CIiabria and had raised the cry Of Viva GgribaldL.'
StCcco hal disembarked with 1900 volunteers,
and met with an enthusiastic reception from the peo-
pie. Garibalii was almost hourly expected.
TIE FIGHT Al MFLAzzO-PALERNO, July -, ria
GeuOI--ln the engagement before NelazzD, on the
10Th and 18th inst, the NeapOlitaEs had $50 men put
hOTS 2u CONDUIT. Gariblldi attacked the town Of Me
lnzzo or the 18th with the %bayOuet, and after a des-
pcTate combat the NeITOhtaUs Withdrew 10 the Git
adeL The statement that the whole Of Sicily had been
evacuated by the NeupOitan troops IS premature.
Messina Is still held ~ the NeapO!i,aus.
The Syrian Tragedy.
The most recent intelligence received from Europe
painfully confirms the truth Of the appalling reports
III regard to the outbreak Of fanatics IN Syria which
u mas lately been our melancholy duty 10 publish.
Details that now reach Us, show an extent of death
and disaster amongst the Christian population Of
the East, such ~ has never been inflicted On them
since the days Of DiOcIetiIn and before which the
most %frightful Of our own Indian atrocities sink into
utter iusignifcauce.
IL appears that the massacre 1t Damascus com
menceI IN the afternoon Of the 9Th July, and that
before night, 500 Christians had been killed. The
consulate attacked was that Of Russia. The Rus
and Greek consuls took refuge with Abd-el-
RAIDER. All the Catholic and Greek churches and
converts, a. well as the cousulates, are burnt The
American vice consul was wounded, and the Dutch
consul said 10 be killel. Druse atrocities in
the neIghborho0d OF Sidon continued undated.
Christian priests and villagers near Sidon, and near
had been forced n the point of the sword
TO embrace Modernism by hundreds.
Between May % and June 3d. writes n cor
ut Beyroor, " the Druses have murdered
in cold blood upwards # 1 900 Christians, inclu linz
more than 4 hundred Catholic and Greek priests AMI
monks. They have burnt down upwards Of 80
Christian villages, including more than 100 churches
and l6 convenis.'
The plumber Of church plate and other v~aluables.
md the damage done 10 crops, houses, and to the
country IN general, was said TO amount TO upwards
Of 10000, 900.
Three thousand Turkish regular troops arrived
II BeyT0Ot, on the llth July, ia one line Of battle
ship and two frigates, under khalid Pacha. Two
Government has not punished a single Druse. In
every case Of outrage upon Christians, the Druses
IND M0slems acted in concert.
The American Mission stations were all aban-
iOnei in VT. Lebanon. The schools were broken up
the followers had either been killed CT left destitute,
md several Of the missionaries were leaving for
las there Is no field for their labors.'
1t - no new thing, certainly, tor the DruseS OF
Mount Lebanon 20 break out in active hOstilities
against their Christian n~ei-hbors, and ut all times
Christians have had to suffer contumeies more or
marked in the hnlEPagnn half M~Ohnmmcdan
titles and towns of the Sultan's Asiarc doninions.
But ON this las; occasion the fendish spirit of hatred
% Christianity seems TO have gone beyond all bounds,
mil 10 have aimed at nothing short Of utter cxter-
epOrtei a utterly deStrOyei-their inhabitants scat
erel and slaughtered. " Hlsbeciya. q town Of 5000
Christian inhabitants-Greek, Catholic and Pro-
estaut-Only 35 souls escaped TO Beyroot. or the
100 PrJtestants, but = were saved. Both there, and
. the ueighboring town Of RISheeyah, the Christians
defended themselves for days against the assaults o:
numbers but seeing that they could
10 longer withstand the greater force Of their asslil- .
they were induced TO listen to the offer of the
authorities. who promised them protection on
condition Of their laying down their arms. o sooner,
lowever. was this condition complied with, than an
n"1iscriminaie massacre Of the now defeuSeless in
iabitauts took place but whether from the t~reichery
{ the Sultan's officers, or owing to their inability 10
'rOtect the Christians. = not quite apparent. At
able the loss Of life was even more appalling, for
he simple reason that the population was greater,
nd the blIOdihiTstinCss Of the attacking party not
ess. ZlhIe numbered 10000 inhabitants, and the
rmT Of asslI!lnts was not less than dOuble that
mount. y motley crew Of Arabs, Kuris Metwa.i-,
IusSulmans Of Damascus, and B~Ishi-BIzCuks, were
oinel TO the more fInatical mountaiueers Of Lebanon
the assault on this town, and after some terrible
Genes enacted in the attack and defense. the crown
ng atrOcity was attained when, the walls being seal
4, the male inhabitants OF the place were mercilessly
l1ughterei. the women given up to violence. the
piilaged and then fred, leaving a fearful waste
md despiatiOn where peace and thriving contentment
iGd once reIgnei. From every quarter Of the country,
md by every mail from the Syrian coast, comes
urther reports Of the spread Of panic and disaster.
JherS-el-kher has been sacked and burned, and every
'hri-tiIn male, TO the number Of more Than 1000,
,ut to the sword IN cold bIOOl-;he Druses having
lisarmed them about a fortnight previously. The
women and children were allowed to escape, though
many persisted in the light. About LOO Of them
saved by II. B. Ms ships G1HEet and -HOiGlcF,
md the refugees report that the worst usage they re-
eivei was from the Turkish troops, some Of whom,
% far from protecting, offered violence and indig-
to the women, on the slaughter Of whose hus-
,ands and brothers they had looked without an effort
save them. By the latest aiviceS. a universal
Tread Of still greater danger prevailed throughout
he whole Of the SultIn's Asiatc possessions, and
at BeyrOot and other places, under the very
Of the English and French fleets, fugi;ives could
carcely persuade themselves of security. 20 frightfuliy
they been unhinged by fear and by the revolving
.~rreltie. they had been comneliet 10 witness.