The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-09-24

IMPORTANT FROM CHINA-The Trenton
True American contains a I.tter from, On hoa I'd
the United States sloop-of- war John Adams
dated Pagoda Anchorage, July |. 1860. giving
an account of n little yankee Intervention F.,
in that distant region.
The Pagoda Anchorage, Mr. Narr. is nine
miles below Foo Chou. This is the head ~
nav Igation in the River Min, and vessels o.
commerce lie here while they receiye their
carg Jes of tea, which come do wn to the CITY i,
small jnnks. On the morning of the 25th OF
Jul e, the nericLn Consul sent a dispatch
that the piratic.l junks We're about to attack
| the CITY, and wished an armed force to protect
American and European citizens and in terests
Immediately ST. men were detailed aud these
| with one twelve pound boat howitZer ascend
ed the river. Upon its arriving at Foo Chou
| the heavily armed Cantonese luuks were found
| engaged in a brisk fire with the Chin Chou
Junks, between whom there has exis ed an old
| lend; the origin of which seems 10 have been
| that the Chin Chou IN III Killed some Canton
| men, ana the Cantonese failing to get any sat
| isIaction from the Mandarin authorities have
| used the force at their command consisting OF
| twenty seven armed jurk-, to redress their
| wrongs The firing continued the remainder
| OF the day, but not more han half the guns
| Were shotteu, and. consequently, much les q
| damage was done. However, there were many
| Cinnamon killed on both sides. One large
| gTapesnut entered the house of ore of the
| missionaries Connected with the American
| Board,' and passed within few feet OF the
! place liz which he was ia the habit of sitting to
| study.
| ain the evening one of our boats boarded
/ several OF the junks, and gave them timely
| warning that If any foreign lives or property
be Injured in this little "Inuss" of theirs they
| might expect that moment To become prison.
ers themselves, their jnuks to be estrOyed and
| cables cut. They spoke strongly OF burning
| the property ON the island i'll The river, and
| which contains the gong of Jardin- & Co, but
Battle Blown I'd rat in The balustrade OF The
house OF Oliphant Il Co until morning watch
lng for the coniiagratiOu, and says ne saw
nothing and only heard the occasional tap OF
gong and the busy hum OF mus squItoes.
Upon the whole We have won n great deal
| or favor with The III audarIus ana FIceroy of
ihe province OF Fol kien. A PrefecL came to
! the American Consul aud begged that we
would cause the Cantonese to cease firing be-
cause they were utterly powerless and un-
able To resist the fleet. The visit before
spoken or WAS sufficient and the authorize
OF too-Chou have expressed themselves as be-
ing extremely grateful. This is not all; the
captain Of the ohm Adams through the cen
Sulate, obtained PERMISSION IL visit the Vice
ry, branch OF the royal family in this we
have been more highly iay red than The
British Admiral, who was refused al inter-
view
After the men had been in garrison about a
week, enjoying The bounty of the mei chant
princes at Foo Chou, quiet was res tored and
the Canton armed JuEks evacuated the place"
The WORK OF JUsTICB IN SYRIA-COndt-
ti0n Of fhc ChriStlGns.-Fuad Pacha is carving
out his mission III Beyrout with n strong
hand, and nearly I,00O Druses are in prison.
! A letter, dated Aug 1lth, says:
Fuad Pacha is golt & on energetically in his
work at Damascus. lie ordered, last week
the execution Of the baker who attempted 10
poison the Christians i'll The Castle. and the
baker was hanged. Hi g others have been
condemned to death; but it is evident that
more troops wilt be needed 10 carry into exc.
q N nt hA hsIfa
MOSiems have declared thai for every Moslem
executed CHRISTIANS will be murdered. And
this is nO idle threat, for since the executio
of the baker three Christians have been ASS AS
siI aed. This state of things has caused the
Chris tianS TO resolve upon 1t general exodus
as they are convinced that there is 40 longer
any safety for them in the doomed city of Da-
maScuS. Several thousand have already ar
rived, and others will follow as soon as possi-
bic. Spies are everywhere in disguise, and
uine OF the Damascus rebels were arres ted
Yesterday in Beyrout by Mosems dressed as
Europeans.
Alas for the poor Christians The heart is
wrung with pity and compassion when the
caravans enter the city OF BeYrOut with the
poor, denuded. starving Chris tlaus, riding on
mules, II they are so fortunate to obtain
them, or walking barefoot over the mountain
roads. Some OF them L knew. l had seen
them in their beautiful homes, rolling III every
oriental luxury, and had enjoyed their bouu-
titul hospitality. Some of The women were
beautiful, but now what wrecks of humanity
they are Several weeks of confinement 10 the
| enclosure OF the castle OF Damascus, and ex
pOsure 10 the heat OF the mid day Syrian sun,
| and the dews of night, have reduced them to
| mere skeletons. The gold plate which covered
| their tables, the magntiicent drlpery of their
| apartments, their Jewels, their gorgeous cos
| tunes, are all gone; The gurgIng of their
| fountains is heard no more, and tie beautiful
| gardens, and the marble courts, have passed
| from before them. Clothed i'll rags, barehead-
ed and biretoote ted, they cry for bread and pray
Sh al md tharS
yet the tale Of their children, and fatherless
| children are running 20 and fro inquiriDg for
| their parents. Sad sceue! so full OF want aud
| misery, ii makes the heart bleed. The Relief
! Committee feeds about Two thousand of the
starving every day. but their supl H4s are ex
| q tuS,e ed, and unless subscriptions come In
! quickly from abroad, these poor persec Il ted
| people must die OF Starvation.