The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-28
SYRIA.

CoNsrANrtNoPLE, Aug. I've nave letters from
Beyrout to the oath of July. The massacre at la
maseus ceased hs evening yen 9t he eeJlnans lhS that
from 5000 to 5000 people have been murdered A
letter which have received and in which hnt f1r
these consular dispatches, | should have implicit
reliance, gives 1000 as an approximation to the
NUMBER OF those who have perished. The riot be.
gan In quarter of the town called the Neidan
Over the diSorderly population of this norton of
damascus, amounting to some L., 600 men, women
ana children, the police would appear never to
nave exercised any real control. If caravan had
peeh plunderea, 1t was to this place that the booty
was Drought Ior sale Ii a murder had been com
mltted, in the Meidan the culprit found safe re-
treat
There is, however, one fact which in the axcita-
ment and Indignation which the inteliGenoo of
these massacres has naturally Occasioned may have
been suppressed lost sight of. 1t is nevertheless
beyond doubt and should in common Justice be
published. With the exception of the very lowest
ciass' the settled Musselman population of Damas-
Gus took part in the slaughter of the Christians
On the contrary, Ulemas. Mollahs and Sheikbs of
the different religious orders of slamsm and many
of the nOtables of the place. were active in saving
Christian lives wherever an opportunitv of so dnin
offered itself.
Fuad Pasha arrived at Beyrout on the 18th of
July. All the field officers whose conduct had
given rise to complaints were Immediately placed
under arrest, and all the other officers of the regi-
ment which was at DER -el-kammar were sum
marily dismissed the service. Fuad Pasha has de-
clared openly that be will make free use of the
powers with which he is invested and that he will
not hesitate to intict capital punishment where he
sees cause Tor the exercise of such severity. The
Vice Admiral of the Turkish fleet had been des-
patched on a visit to all the towns on the coast
In those which he had already visited the Sultan's
iirman, giving unlimited powers to Fuad Pasha
was read, and also an order, signed by the latter,
directing the immediate bombardment of any town
in which the slightest disturbance should occur
o,O0O infantry and artillery had left Beyrout on
the 24th for Damascus, and Fuad Pasha was to
follow and take command of them on the following
day. His EXcellency, during his stay in Beyrout,
has over and over again asserted his determination
to show in Europe that the Porte has both the will
and power to compel all her subjects to live in
peace one with another.
DISASTER AND Loss OF LIFE ON A LOUISIANA RAIL-
RoAD.-The seven o'clock express train from the
Lake ran into the seven O'Clock way train from
Carrolton, on st. Charles street, at the corner of
jackson, at twenty minutes before eight o'clock
last evening. The rear car of the way train was
entirely destroyed at the end, its front plat
form and coupling broken, and it was thrown off
the track Nearly every person in it was hurt in
some manner, but there were no serious injuries
to but one adult and four children, one of the lat
ter being killed.
Mr.. Amedee Choppn younger brother of Dr.
Samuel Chopin, had both bones of his left leg
broken just above the ankle, the bone protruding
through the skin. He was brought to his brothers
residence on Canal street. Mrs. Samuel Chopin
and her little son, who were seated beside Mr. A.
fractured that its brains ooZed out and has prob
ably died during the night; another was severely
cut in the neck and third had its ankle bone dis
located. We could not learn the names of any of
the children-their parents, who were with them,
being 100 much agonLeo 10 ,hirtr os a-.s-,a-ir :
queries.
Shortly after the affair, Bill Sullivan the engi-
of the express train, reversed his engine
which had its reflector and smoke stack knocked
off, and ran his train back to Carroton after
which it is reported that he cleared out for parts
unknown, probably impelled by a condemnng con
science. We were told that he had been much in
the habit of drinking lately, and number of slight
accidents have happened which were the results of
his care!es sness-Or misfortune, as some term it
1t certainly seems that he must have been drunk
| or impelled by demon to have wantonly run into
the train last evening.-N. o. Bulletin, Aug. 20.
SYRIA AND THE PoPE.-The Pope has addressed to
the Patriarch letter in reference to the massacre
of the Christians in Syria. Their calamiies how
ever, are made less prominent than the troubles OF
the different Italian Governments. The Pope COM
plains tnat IN Europe more sympathy is felt for the
seditious disurbers of peace and order than for the
fate of the Christian populations that are subjected
to the yoke of the Turks. He does not name Carl
bald, but laments that terms of praise should have
been formally and publicly bestowed ga man
who in contempt of all right and justice, is every
where endeayoring to overturn public society and
destroy religion"
But the Syrian expedition awakened in his heart
the hope that the powerful Princes of the West
will also unite their force check the designs OF
men who, "confounding every idea of Justice and
injustice, turn human society into gathering OF
ferocious beasts" The Pope, in announcing to the
Patriarch of Antioch and the other prelates of the
East, the transmission of sum of money in aid of
the Christians, laments his Gown poverty" which
precludes him from contributing large amount.
NAVAL INTELLGENCE.-In consequence of the
| immediate reftting of the United States steam
frigate Powhatan, ordered to Vera Cruz, Mexico
! additional measures have been taken to have her
| ready for sea without moments delay. Orders
| have been telegraphed from the Navy Department
| to Commodore Breese, commandant of the Brook
lyn navy yard to muster all the available force tha
| can be conveniently spared from the United States
| ship North Carolina and forward them with al
possible despatch to The Powhaan, at Philadelphia
| The whole force on board the North Carolina. in
| cluding the ships company, does not average owe
one hundred and fifty men, and as the Powhatal
carries over three hundred, sufficient number t.
make up the deficiency will be detailed from Other
| stations.
The Vanderbilt on her outward passage left Sandy
| Hook on Saturday, July the 2Sth, at 2;3O Z. M.
and arrived at the Needles, Isle of Wight, exactly
at midnight, on Monday, August 9th, which; witt
| the allowance of difference in time OF hve hours
makes the most rapid passage ever made across I'M
Atlantic-her time being eight days, nine nour
| and thirty minutes.
The V. has therefore surpassed now every othe
steamer in the world in speed both ways, eastward
J and westward.