Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-01-23
MAsSACRES IN SYRIA:

faithful Account Of the Mzssacres and 0u'rsges
an Tered by the Christians Of sit Lebanon. dur'n
~ late cruel Prosecutions in Syria: with a succinct
IHi,to-y Of Mshouetanisn. and the Rise OF Aaronites
DruSes. Wshahies, Tezi4ees- or Devt-WorshiPrsrs.
80 - Oriental Sects; and an account OF me
Cid Mar ! : the Mountain" and his Tribe OF Assas-
sins ,r... h.5-asdful
.-enes deniete,' in this work, in his inirsduetion'
Tss Syrian outs, peak came upon US like thunder
from , clesr skV asL unexpected as 1t was startling =
ROn = som the Lebanon. threatened
-. 80 |, : a., a. ch -istianity in the East; hut
happily an 0mnipOtent Han ~ 49,
: = -nLs,;or rs .ysn a. I tracked. the cruel
strife: and tie condition Of Deir-ei 80. ~ -
Adyices, is Int q type OF other uBfOr. go, : SAYS
the theatre Of brutal nasSacres. mo -stS aeaS
an eye witness. has yet been made to a. ,bs
even At this date of two months sn6 a hall d;ssn.
tragedy What has been done to haste ! the W The
pearance OF human bottles has bee effected LNs;ng
dogs. and wolves, and jackAis of the surround
districts. It WAS a fearful scene Here stool. niI
ty DAYS ago. a thriving town OF S.Onn souls and up
ward and when the troubles in Lebanon broke out
nesrly two thousand Christians from various paris
had sought refuge in the place Where arenew thosS
images Of Godf Where are the comfortable homes,
the thriving trades. the rich silk crops. the produce
Of grapes and Of olives. the hundred, OF working silk
Icons that this population possessed Where are the
wives and daughters o. these traders and landown
ers; where the happy children. the hearty Welcome
which all strangers received the wealth In rress aud
Jewels With Whi:k the matrons we're adorned The
men of the place-aye, and some Of the Wsmen, too.
for 1 counted no less than 8 dozen in one spot-the
men are here. these c'rrupting masses OF putrid
skulls are all that remain OF thsm; their houses are
all burnt or pulled down. their property all plumber
ed or destroyed; their women heggars in the streets
of Beyrout; their male children hacked 10 pieces by
the knives Of the DTuses. Amongst so many horrors
il was difficult to select ore plsce more fearful than
another. hut the Maronite Church, and the Turkish
Govern RS divsn or receiving room. exceeded all
co7ld have believed possible. The former is SUI
rounded by . small courtyard. the door OF which was
shut. When we opened il the stencn was something
hardly To be conceived. On the pavement in front Of
the church to which 4 large portion Of the inhabit-
ants had evid ntly fed for shelter, the dead bodies
bay literally heaped in dozens one upon aroiher. as
they had been murdered and fang dogn The steps
IN 10 the church are white, and down them was a
broad purple mark. tEenty or thirty feet long from
the interior OF the altar rails cut far beyond tie door,
which told hut too plainly the tale Of murder. In no
part OF that church, On no inch OF that court. could
any man. put he his steps ever So nicely walk with
out putting his foot on some part or another Of q desd
mans body. The skeletons are With few exceptions,
perfectly naked. for every survivor Of the massacre
that / have questioned-and more than a hundred have
related the same tale 10 various PARTIES in Beyrout-
say. SO cold-blasded we're the Druses in their murder
Gus work, that. nefore hutcheriEg q man whose clothes
were At all good. they first made him undress him
self, Snd then hacked him TO pieces with their long
knives. thus preserving his garments uncut Aad uu
stained with hlsod.
Massacres. the delails of which are contained in the
foIloEinK RACES. No one can petuse the record With
out minglea feelings # pity for the victims. aud hor-
ror 1t he crimes committed in the name of . false re-
iieinn. Nevertheless il is the province Of the faith
fuI ehroaicler to portray facts as III y have transpi
Ell. AMI for this purpose We adduce the narratives OF
witnesses and sui rers by the insurTeetOn, in con
nection With a tu IaRd accurate sccoust OF the Druses-
Turks, and other actors IN the terrihle
scenes. whose voices united in the relrains OF that
fearful wsr-song. "HoW sweet it is to shed .he blood
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