Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-03-26
Later form Syria-ReRewal Of io>lem Gutrages
Anticipated.


The correspondent of the New York
World. in writing from Beirut, under date
of Feb. 9th, says:
:. he small pox is prevailing in all parts
Of SyTlI. The French general has ordered
the va cInati1n of his ~aole amy About
forty NJ "a Of the En-Iisl frigatr Doris have
heed at acke6 with the disease, and are
placed IN he hospital on shore. The
crowded sta e of the cities and the lthy
habits Of the refugees, together with the
want Of tbeIe usual household comforts,
have rendered these thousands liable 10
eve y form Of disease.
The number of graves in the French mil
itary ceme;ary III Belrn, is about on- nun
bred 4 twenty, and the number al Bub
Elias and ether stations Is p obahly as
great, making mortal " OF little over
three per cent. since their ar Ivdl IN Syria.
4 high officer Of the Zuaaves was bur ed
last week. snail detachment o, French
troops is win ering at Sidon. Ii - said
by IN wise in Beirut tat at least 80 o
NOR French troops will be sent here ~
the Fun ror before the approaching con-
grezs in Parls. which vii -siiie the future
Of Syria. There are rumors OF an alarming
state If things In the CT y Of HUNS. ! he
hB~ittio ore tiiitdttii = ~ Ii~t upon tuc
Christians during ramadln. which Is next
month. The great bulk OF the opulaIion
Of that city are reduced almostto stars alton
through want Of work.
Futd Pasha has returned 10 Beirut from
FL Nakhtara. Nothing IS known as TO the
fate of tie Druse- who are still In HE
prison. l. must be some deep political IN
/ igue which -tiil shields these mlscreants
from punishment
Ii IS sa d that Syrian merchants are
boarding gold. an act which indicates great
alarm with eg I'd II the future. |, Is the
custom in SYRIA, when war Is articipat. d ,
for the people to bury their money nd Jew
elry III the ground, that il not often hap
pens thtt these Teasu e are found, ei;her
b ing turned Up by tie piow, OF brought 10
llgat 10y excavations for building. The
roof Of one Of the newly built ouses IN
L1hlrh fell few nights slice, killing an
entire family of SCI en- persons They
were found the morning lying side by
side. having been burIe alive by the i'm
men-e mass Of earth tHst constituted the
roof.
The NO k f setting the telegraph poles
between Beirut and Damascus Is entirely
interrupted - the heavy all IF snow, and
ali work OF the Dana Gus c .rrlage road is,
for the same reason, suspended The fact
that the French are p rosecutng tais alter
most expensive. unde taking WIN 2 eat en-
eregy, i significant in political point Of
view No one en- b lIeve that shrewd
French ca 4ltalIsts you'd venture so ID uch
~ Syria IN these uncertain days, IN ess
Napoleon I'll. had given them clear assur-
ances # some permIn ut protec glon.
The Protestant community IN Nazareth
has Tece lily been subjected to a violent
persecution from the Greeks and Colonel
Baru7b,, an Engls officer was sent down
by Lord Duiferin to investigate the f cts
Of tie case. Ia crossing the river Demur,
the Colonel WAS swept away by the swollen
stream uto the sea. but saved himself by
swimming One of his Turkish quad ;
e - Eih similar late. and tn Ie~t r.
fused 20 follow. 4 POST messeng.r WAS
carr % away and lost in the river kishon
a few da since