Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-01-16
MAssACRES IN SYRIA.

u fAIihful Account nf the MasSarrez and Outrage.
su Tered by the Christians OF Att Lebanon. dur ng
the late cruel Perse-utions in syria; with a sueci-.
History Of MShOmetsnism. and the Rise of Mar, mites
Bruses, wahasies, Y~rziiees. or Devil Worship RS
Aud other Oriental Seets; and an account Of Ths
Old Mao OF the Mountain" and his Tribe Of As as
sins --rt- f- ..
The aurho- WIN Eas an eye witness OF the dre4dfni
scenes depicted in This wSrk, in his Introduction.
says:
The Syrian Outbreak came upon us ike thunder
from u clear SKY. ~ unexpected As IL VS. Startling -
Fanzticism. rushing from The Lebanon. threatened
fer = time to llot on Christianity m the Fast; IN:
happily an omnipot-nt Hand stueI its ravagPs ere
they mtie the FlOly Land a desert As Il is. howev
er. De rotation marks. even as Il :rackFd. the cruel
strife: andthe condition % Deirei-K mer. at the i2ei
sdEicrs, IS hata type Of other
the theatre OF brutal massacres- NO eGo-t,n saws
an eye Witness. hiss yet been made toiury the deta,
even at this date Of two months ard a hatf after the
ira re ". What his been done t. hasse D the Sisan-
pearance Of human HUiies has bee enertei w tn
dogs. AID wolves, and J ,ek4ls Of the surrounding
districts. 1t was a fraI fnl scene Her stood. ne
ty DAYS ago. n thriN ing togn Of 500 souls and up
ward ani when the trnu"les in Lebanon broke out
nezIly two thousand Christians from vatiars partS
had sought resuse "a the ulaee. Where are nc w thos.
images Of Coil Nhtre are The comfortable homes.
the thriving trades. the rich silk crops. the produce
OF graIes ard 81 Olives- the hundred Of working sik
icons that this population rossesstdf Nhere r-the
wives and daughters o these IrABers and hnu0wn
ers; where the hal ny children. the hearty <elcnm-
which all strangers receives. the wraIh In . ress AID
ieRels with Whisk The matrens we're adorned The
men Of tie piscr-aye- and some OF Tie won. n, 700.
for 1 counted no less thanzz irzen in oie sply-thr
met ar- here these e'ruP;ins misses 81 putr.d
skulls are ali that remain Of Ihta: their houses are
all hurnt or pulled da~n. their property all pIund~r-
eli or .esirsyei: their won-n tegyarS i the STREETS
Of B-,rout; their nate Children hacked to pieces ky /
the knives ef the Drus-s. 1Am"ncst so many hrrrfr-
it was diff ult u select DC uhcv a:e fearful than /
another hut the Maronite ChuI Oh, and The TerSish
Govern RS drvsn or receiving room. pxcved-d ALL
CO Id have believed pnssihl-. Tie former is SUI
ROUNDED ny Z small ecu tyani. he duoT Of ~hich ~
shirt. When We opened it the stencil Was Sam th-yg
hardly to lie conceived. TN th. aveuent in frtnr Of
the church t. winch a Ian &c PARTON o. the inIaLit
ants had evid nifty I'D for shelter. the read hoiir<
lay literally h-aped+ dog ns oa- upon arc her as
they hal been murlered aud Gang doSn The steps
up TO the church are white, and dove them Mas .
brOa I purple mark. tT=nty nrthiriy feet hing from
tn interior of tEralfar rails gu fsr tel ond the door.
winch tald hut TOO plainly the tale of rurGer In No
part of that churrh, an no inch Of that ceu-. cmd !
any man. pot he his steps ever - nicely walk with
ont Euit ng hi loot on SOM part o. another of a d-Sd
man : h"dy- The Sc etoHs are. with feg exceptions
perfectly naked. Tor every survivor Il The MASSACRE
that ] have qu=stiOned-and more than a hundred h ~
related the -ans tale to various uartieS in Bcyrout
say so coid-hla@ted we're the Drusesin heir murder
Gus work, that. n-i"re huica-riT "a N III Whr e cob 5
we're AT all good they first made him Uniress him
self. and then hackei him to piece, " III their ions
Fnives, thus preserving ms garments Uncut and un-
stainei with ~ III
su-hare the speetacl@s Shich remain nf tn SYRIA
MaSsacres- tn de ais OF which are clutai n-i ia th-
fOiioO ing ages No one can pe,u { the recJri Eiih-
out Mingled iseiiug- e puy for tn victims, and hor-
rar az he crimes cammiIsei in The name of sfISer
:'ginn. Arverthvl-ss it i the province Of the faith
ful chr, nicl=r 10 portray facts as ia have tr4nS,i
ed an . Tor his l.uTprs- We adGnce the Ia Tr atives -
with = SEES ard SUI TeTs 10y III insure ton IN rnH- /
nection with zful "a accurate accaust Of the DTdseS
malls. Turks. and other &C oTs in the terriLI-
secures. whose Voices united ia the ret-sins OF ihs
wsr-souE. -HoS svt ct i; IS to she: he blood
Of Chrisiiansr' ~
This wurk c4a he had at Adams Baok-tOre. price.
cents at retail A libe al discount ma lie to ed