Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-26
CIVH War In SyrIa--NIassacr Of
the Christians,

EXTRACTS nom Journal kept by resident In sidon on
the 1T aud 2d III Iunel
This morning, some Christians, whose
houses had been burnt and their cattle driven
of, aud others, went to meet the Druses, who
were assembled near the Aowally bridge, who
had plundered Deir,el-Mokollis (l) the pre-
vlous night aud killed some Christians The
Christians, MS soon ns they met the Druses,
and after only part had fired their guns, re-
treated, and some of them, in their retreat
came towards the city. The Moslems (of 81.
dom seeing them coming, protcssed to believe
they were coming to take the city II is not
permitted TO the Christians TO bring arms into
the city, go one or two Of them entered tho
garden beside the gate Of the city wall, and
passed their arms in through the windows
Some Moslem women seeing this, raised a
cry that the Christians were bringing in
arms AZ tho same time, word was brought
that a Moslem had been killed by the Chris
tians
At the cry of the women who came on our
roof, some fity Moslem youth, armed with
clubs and guns, jumped over the wall oppo-
site our house, and firing aud yelling, com
menced searching the gardens Soon saw
them bringing in, under my window, a Chris
tian, whom they were beating with clubs with
all their might He was pushed and beaten
along till he passed out of my sight, and as
Immediately after there were two found dead
whore he was last seen, suppose he was one
Of them.
On the report Of the coming Of the Chris
tians to take the city aud the shouts OF the
womon and Mosolems the commander Of the
troops let loose the soldiers from the barracks,
with their arms and like boasts OF prey they
al. ..,a kyifhnut nraer ,,,i al o,...I
of armed natives. ! could SO them firing and
hear them shouting before they reached the
space opposite my house. and they are said
10 have Killed several Christians whom they
met There were before my window some
Christian peasants who had brought their cat.
tic from the mountains, and were seated quiet
ly on the tops watching them, When the sol.
diers reached these mon, | saw them stab ono
Of them with their bayOnets, aud then club
their guns and beat him with the stock ends
This man was killed at once.
/ saw the police of the Governor then bring.
ing another nnarmed Christian before the
house, beating him most terribly with long
cubs Every blow on his back and head sound
cd AS Il on threshing floor As knew these
(police) officers, | called TO them as loud as
| I could 20 spare him--that he had
done nothing but sit there on the tombs II
was Of no use, they kept beating him with
clubs ill no passed out of my sight behind the
shops aud vs. ! shortly after heard two guns
fred, suppose he was the second Of the two
killed by the upper gate.
Thon these Moslcms men and youths, broke
upon the Christian shops near the gates,
where the Christians had been compelled, by
tho government, to leave their arms, and took
out MI the arms and went out in the gardens
aud around, beating and killing all the Chris.
tiana they could find Seven i is said, were
killed In the gardens Of Belt Asairam, sever
uuder the castle two by the mill on the Barg'
] lhool river