Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-07-27
THE CIVIL WARM SYRIA.

THE CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA.
The accounts of the ianatical outbreak in
SYRIA, which have been received within Il few
DAYS. are OF a most affecting description. On
some pretense the Arab population in the
region about Beirut fell upon the Christians
with an apparent determination to spare
neither age nor sex. The Mahommedan
officers lacked either the disposition or the
power to protect those who were prosecuted,
and thousands Of lives are reported to be
already lost.
The following from letter to the Boston
Traveller shows the awful nature Of the ca
lamiy;
Beirut, June IL Is 60.
ZahIeh has fallen The last stronghold of the
Christians has been taken, plundered and burnt,
and / surviving inhabitants are flying like sheep
from the wolves that on their track. The
Christian army has been annimlated, ard the
Christian power, which has for ages competed
with the Druses has been crushed. The fleet lay
quietly at anchor in the harbor Of Beirut, while
Zihleh besieged, sacked and laid in ruins
and the Consuls General, who have hitherto been
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destruction has laid il waste
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TRANSFERRED but the bUtchery Of the remain
der Of the one hundred and fifty thou
sand Christians is a sad thing to contemplate. We
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were instructor 10 stop inc war a sum a. posi-
bic, but no power was placed at their disposal to
conquer peace moral suaslon mas hot IN TINS
oaroarous land, the influence It enjoys IN more
civilized climes and only an armed intervention
can convince these blood thirsty Druses that the
European Powers arc in earnest. The policy Of
England with reference to Turkey is fraught with
many evil consequences Determined at all haz-
ards to maintain the integrity Of the Ottoman
Empire she Is uniayorablc to the investigation
proposed by Russia into the condition Of the
Christians in Turkey, and declares that the Haiti
mana ,u , cum j. NOT a oea' letter
the A,o r'., | ir i, 1c- a1 i1ra Jt tbo
that residence in the mountains is no longer safe
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tfc,, ant ,r1T the rIai, The Druses were led bv
, mo- .er1rious and bI5oithirstv chief Kanse cI
Anad la the Christian army was n lad of four
teen wears of who determined to die in defence
OF his home lie rushed into the ranks of the en-
envy, and shooting the chief, fel,pierced by spears
and bullets
The chief was killed, and tho little hero shared