New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-23

Princef to come TO our hep aIo safe I'd, ~ 'S''
tn folInw;nc il an extract of letter dated Pir'eus
of Athens, July 70: .sH0l t.... rro ra
ceiytd such startling intelligence by TELEGRAPH irv
syria that our csptain, upon his own responao,ly,
stssmsd og On Rtvrout al once. We arrived there
about four DAYS afterward and found the Druses, a
powerful tribe of Mohammedans massanreing Cnris-
tiaDs all over the country, andthreaemngo AZ acA
rout The Turkish troops were DONG notnpB ton"o
preventing them but rather encouraged them, aoo ia
t~ three lbs es actually took part 10 killing tne
unfortunate Cl ristians. The arrival OF ourselves
French friRae, and large Russian fdgate however,
prevented hem attacking Beyrout, and about WEEK i
aftrwsrd my old ship, the Esmouth, 90 in which
made the inhabitants Of Beyrout feel themselves quite
cafe. Two or three days after that we were suddenly
ordered 10 get up our steam with all speed aud found
we were going to rescue some poor wre,ehes who had
escaped fearful massacre at place called -ir-el
Kamar and had managed TO fetch the seashore about
Is miles of. When we got TO the place pointed out,
v e cav on some hills, about two miles off the beach
GRAVY az of women and children huddld togethsr appa-
tently in great distress and we could not make out
how it was they did not come down to the beach to be
taken off. So the captain sept me ashore with al the
boats to bring them of. made all the boats lay off
The surf ard then landed myself with an interpreter
met an AIMED party Of Druses on landiog and told
them isbed to see the chief, as it appeared II was
he that would not allow the people TO depart went
about two miles to village where the chief lived %
nv way mp met crowds of women and children IN
fearful sta of Distress but men, they had all beeo
killed If had been an angel could not nave been
more Blessed for, poor creatures no sooner dil tury
catch sight Of my uniform than they fell down al my
feet emo kissed nv hands, and impl0red me 10 save
them, OF course did OF understand their language
Blu, | was told bat they said by the interpreter
81 was received il great state by the Druse chief
be and sitting down end drinking coffee, while all the
smaller shies stood round uncovered. then tod al
j Lad con from ny captain, to request mm 70 auo"
the unfortunate women and children to embark on
board of us without further mOestahon that the En-
esh liked the Drutes and admired their bravery, as
lorg Is they did not hurt and children, but II
the injured them they would make the Eugsh their
enemies. The old Druse chief told me they never
waIred with women and children, aud that be wonid
be very happy to allow them 10 embark, and that tue
armed Drusts with them were only Tor their protec-
ton. So tod bin TO send them all down TO the beach
at once was quite astOnished to see the number OF
them; instead OF 200 OF 300 hesrd there were,
there were at least 500, and the most horrible part
wa there was hardly nan TO be seen or boy over
q years old; they bad all been Observation-Disclosures,
brothers and fathers, every one. Poor things. they
seemed oyeJioyed to get away and when they got To
the beach had the greatest difficulty In preventing
them throwing themselves into the sea- ana had 10 drag
one or two of them out of the surf ms self.
o. We only had about eight boats, but these we
began lead tn all oispatch every poor woman and
chi having to be carried through treuenduous surf
to he boats. However or blue jackets worked well
and cheerfuly, only must say that they very unfairly
gave preference 10 the preay gus, and when any old
mo- her wanted to be carried on was Obliged 70 oroer
some Dan personally to do it. Some OF the women
and children were badly wounded They had been
wounded " he clpeiDg TO helr husbands and tatbers
Wi en- they were killed. As boat was loaded
she was sent off to the ship. aod the poor wretches
slowed a. dose they would lie on board, ara tnen
the b, at was sent back. After two hours hard work
our decks packed as ccse possible and We mao
ro ON for no more. The eunboat must tell you;
was full of fugiiives from SdOn, 20 th4t she could
not hold any, The sun had set the surf was ipcress-
ing fast and two or three of our boats ha6 been
pitched bottom up on the beach, and there were
sill 200 unfortunate women and children on the pea ga
with hardly stitch Of canvas on aud that little wet all
having travelled 30 miles the previous day and
some Of them had not touched any food for two or
three days / sent for the Druse chief, aod made hm
promise me to take care Of them until the morrow,
when said we would come again and bring on tue
rest of them, as the CABINET was f Jog guns for my
recall. / went off leaving them All horribly dlsap
pointed on the beach poor things! When went on
board found almOst every inch OF deck covered we
had 700 won and'childrn on board ard only about
score Of men who had escaped. II was the most DIS
tresspg sight ever or hope to see again Tor now
that the immediate fear OF death was removed they De-
gan feel conscious of the full exeot OF their msor-
tunes-hOmts burned down aud all their male relations
massacrd and they began to Scream tear their hair on
in handfuls snc beat their breasts in most horrible
mt nj err Wecid all could 10 sootbe them O ers ana
men are all yiepg with each otter IN feeding them WIN
biscuit and giving them clothes, sc. could tell you
hundrt ds Of anecdotes about them but must reserve
them for anothe. time, are of directly! Saihcs
il TO say took them to Beyrout and after mlsera-
bic night for them poor things, wet through as they
were, landed them morning and tn. gunb1at was
sent up, and brought down the remaining 700 that
nj. Int. We got credit for the affair, and my name
figured in dispatch TO the Admiral After stopping
OIL the coast for about fortnight we were ordered
ba k to Athens and when we got here, found we bad
to Join the Admiral who was at Za1te. We PICKED
him up at sea and after cruising with thu fleet be-
tween that place and Corfu for week, the Admiral
LETT us TO 90 with his feet to Beyrout where things
are getting worse, and ordered to COnstantnope,
" here we are TO be stationed for the present.