The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-07-26
The Civil War in Syria.
Correspondence of the Boston Travel.

BEYRoUT, June 81, 1860.
Zahleh has fallenl The last strong
hold of the Christians has been taken.
plundered and burnt, and its surviving
inhabitants are flying like sheep from the
wolves that are now on their track The
Christian army has been annihilated and
the Christian power, which has for ages COM
peted With the Druses, has been crushed.
The feet lay quietly at anchorin the har-
Dor of Beyrout, while Zableh was beseig-
ed, sacked and laid in ruins-and the
Consuls. General, who have hitherto been
so potent and mighty, have held daily
and nightly consultations in vain. The
desolation of the ''goodly Lebanon was
decreed, and the bosom of destruction
has laid it waste.
The Copsuls were in secret conclsve
al! night, after the news Of the saeking Of
| Zahleh was received, to devise ways and
means for the rescue of the surviving
Christians of the country from a. general
massacre. What they have done has not
transpired, but the butchery of the re-
mainder of the one hundred and City
thousand Christians is a sad thing to con-
template We bad hoped that the ste amers
of this week would have brought author
ity from the powers that be.:o land ma.
rines for an armed interference but in this
se were disappointed True, the Consuls
were instructed to stop the war as soon
as possible, but no power was placed at
their disposal to conquer peace. Moral
suasion has not in this barbarous laud
the influence it enjoys in moro civilized
climes, and only an armed Intervention
can convince these blood thirsty Druses
that the European powers are in earnest.
The sbsurdity of the present arrange
men, is loudly proclaimed by the c0'kps de
cannon, which even.now shake my win
dows. The Queen, an English line-o
battle ship has just arrived from Gibrsl-
tar aud is saluting the town. Twenty-one
guos FROM H. B. Ms ship of l20 guns,
and 2 L guns from the battery of the town,
have a wsrlike sound, but they are mere
courtesies and have DO effect on the war.
The Druses continue 10 butcher the Chris
tians, to burn their towns, apd kill theig
children, within hearing of these courte-
Gus salutes. The policy of England With
reference TO Turkey is fraught With many
, evil consequences. Determined at all
hazards to maintain the integrity Of the
; Ottoman Empire. sbe is unfavorable to
the investig cation proposed by Russia into
the condition of the Christians in Turkey,
aud declares that the Haiti Hausyoun is
not dead letter. England doubtless
fears the effect OF an investigation, and
! breads the partition of Turkey. Aud
we all see with regret that England has
ntimated to the Sublime Porte that if
the Sultan objects to the investig gation by
Cousuls, she will not Insist upon it. Thus
10 the plainest manner advising that the
Consuls be not allowed to participate in
the investigation. If the commission is
purely Turkish, all the evidence collected
By the Cousuls will be of no use. We "a
wait the issue with much anxiety. Mis-
sionary work 10 at a stand-still in Mount
Lebanon. 1t may be that all Franks will
be driven from the land, for a time as
least.
The United States Consul has repeat
edly warned the Americans of their dan
ger, and informed them that residence
in the mountains is no longer safe. Many
!. have come down. To-day tho mission as
Beyrout passed vote requesting the Rev.
Mr.. Calhoun of Aleeip, the President Of
, the College at that place, together with
, Mr.. Bird of Deiril Kenir, to come to Bey-
rout at once. sos. .
The Christians, throughout this war,
! have been most cowardly, bat the defense
, of Zableh, the most warlike town in Leb-
anon, was condusted With much spirit
As an illustration Of the manner in which
|. the desperate forlorn hope Of the Chris
tians behssed 10 this last battle, in which
about Z 900 Druses and y rabs we're en-
gagged in the siege. | will referto one
case only at present. .4Ea4
The Drusses had gained the suburbs
of the town, and had succeeded in setting
FIRE to about score of houses, when the
!, Christians rallied, and drove them out
, upon the plain. The Druses we're led by
a most ferocious and blood thirsty chief,
Kangeel Anad In the Christian army
was lad of fourteen years of age who
determined to die in defense of his home.
He rushed into the ranks of the enemy,
and, shooting the chief, fell, pierced with
spears and ballets gaiIsn Z 2ao
The Chief was killed, and the little he
70 shared his grave. 500 aWe s'a ao
The destruction of Sidon has just been
reported, $500 Christians are said to
have been killed by Moslems and Druses.
This intelligene require confirmation, and
is not generally credited.
Enigrants continue to pour, into New
York. The number of arrivals The last