The national Republican., 1861-10-21

swooned away, and they thought had died.
During this beating ION my feeD they kept
continually striking me with their shoes and
boots on my head aud body. at the same time
kicking me with their feet On reviving, /
said to Kashef: For Code sake have pity on
me-" He replied: become Muslin, oh,
accursed one, and thou shalt be saved"
then cried: "Oh. Jesus. save mel Upon this
he exclaimed: "Kill him, and let Jesus come
and save him."
| When thus despaired of life | fastened for
refuge to Jesus. At this crisis the Cadi mount
ed ION horseback) and ordered me to be
brought along with him. As was taken along
in that wretcbed state, now dragged on the
ground, and now pulled along on my feet they
continued to beat me and spit and throw dust
on me, screaming all the time at the pitch Of
their voices, There is no deity but God, and
no religion but ISLAM" Thus we came to the
Palace Of the Governor; there we met the
Chief Of the City Police, the owner of the above
mentioned instruments, [oi torture When he
saw me In so pitiable q state, he commanded
that should be released. He then departed
straightway.
The Moudir not being present, dn bis palace }
they remanded me to the Police Court, and
Jared even worse in returning than while COM
ing. The space of time consumed in coming
and returning was half an hour.
On re,entering the Police Court) found
Shekh-e-Gusi present in company with all the
Muslin Uldma. AS was on the point of sit
ting down, before had touched the ground, he
raised his staff and cried with a loud voice :
Beat him, kill him. burn him!" Thus after
had thought my life was to be spared,
again lost all hope. and appealed to one Of
them, saying l." Pity me for Gods sake and
give me drink of water" "No,"he replied
turn Muslin, oh accursed one, and thou shalt
| ha from nj thu i,po
ture several Christians came in to ascertain
what was the cause Of the crowdirg together
OF all the Mohammedan sect in the street ad
joining the Police Office. They were imme
diately expelled Uhe Muslims, saying to them
" If you wish to know what has happened, It is
that your Faris, "a word in Arabic sgnifying
Champion,) we have taken his life from him,
and when we have done with him we shall
finish up with you, o ye Infidels, Dye accursed
ones"
The crowd then recommended to beat me by
order of the Cadi, and went out with me from
the court In this manner to the street. with great
noise and shouting, more 80 than when / was
taken to the Divan Of the Moudir, until they
brought me to the door of the prison. They
then thrust me into the criminal cell of the
prison, and bound me with an iron chain.
This was about the fourth hour Of the day, the
18th Of Moharram, III A. NJ, 23d July)
Il
American Consular Agent, sent off tele
graphic dispatch informing the American Con.
! sui at Cairo Of my beating and Imprisonment
Next day telcgraphic dispatch arrived in.
forming him that said consul had been deposed
from office. On the same day on which the
telegraphic dis atch had been sent, Ito Cairo }
he also wrote letter to his Excellency the
Consul aforesaid, to which no answer has yet
been received. On the same day also wrote
laktn l:.l.I 7
sent by post. l know not yet whether it
reached you.
About the ninth hour, a P. M.,) fell appar-
, emily into dying state, and, as the Moudr and
the Government physician were absent from
town. the head Of the police sent note to the
Cadi, in which he informed him that In refer
ence to the man Faris, whom he had bastina-
doed and sent to be imprisoned I'VE have
imprisoned him according to your command
decision, and what shall l further do in the
case?" To this the answer returned was
" Send him 10 his house." Being in the condi.
ton in which l was, they carried me in q
wooden litter, while was in state OF perfect
unconsciousness. After r esting some time in
the house, and through the use Of certain means
: employed by those who were present, l was
restored to partial consciousness. They then
demanded bail, and because would offer none
they took me back to prison, bearing me in
} their aIms. At this juncture, letter was
written by the above-named friends of mine to
his Excellency the Moudir, informing him OF
what had happened, and expressing their
! strong fears for their own safety from rising
of the Muslims, lest that should happen to them
which had befallen the inhabitants Of Damascus
; and Jedda.
His Excellency Immediately ordered No
hammed Efendi to get me set at liberty, and
also sent his physician to attend on me. He
, reached me at the seventh hour OF the night
J q A. NJ, oath July.) and brought me u sym
pathising message from the Moudir He ther
sent me out Of prison, and conducted me to my
D house. The Moudir also arrived in person in
1 the morning, and summoned into his presence
3 the Cadi, Mufti, Ulama. Ayyub Kashef, and
8 and the above named Franks. He reproved
the Cadi, reviled Kashef very severely, and also
2 reproached the rest of the Muslms who were
o present, on account Of their seditous proceed
Z ings. He also sent out q crier to proclaim il
the city that no further outrages be committed
T and that whoever should transgress (this order
should be sent to the galleys. He then sent tn,
u assistant OF the chief physician, who examined
my whole body, and reported on my state. Ii
u this declaration he says: Concerning Faris,
e found him with his thighs swollen and blue, a
0 also his back His feet are wounded, and IL
e one of them there is deep cash, caused b.
beating with instruments OF torture, courbashes
Il slaves )" &c. The Moudir ordered a record t.
: be made OF this deposition
The investigation is still going on. Ga th
i 20Ih Moharram Goth july his Excellency Sen
d to me for q statement of what had happened {,
d me, its cause, and by whom inflicted, in orde
IS that justice might be done. l sent him al
o answer almost in the words of this letter.
o judged it necessary that should also torwar,
l. it TO you reverend sirs firstly, that you ma,
]. be assured Of my safety and, secondly, tha
o you may know the whole affair In detail
]. What l have now said ia sufficient and i
e anything new occurs shall inform you. Ask
r, ing for your prayers.
/, FARIs EL.HAKM.
J. Osi,a, 2lst Moharram
. Corresponding to the 9th July, 1861,