The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-07

two hours the servant brought to the
artists room 81 large earthen, vessel
commonly used 70 contain oil, filled!
with ashes-iL was ai2 that remained
OF his paintings.
From Syria,
a correspondent Of the New York
Observer, writing from Sidon, Syria.
Under date Of May .lOah, colaments
thus:
5n.portant changes a.e Row being
mace III the Govalnrncn5,le.S. For
rnerly, there were Pa.has ia all the
large cities, such as iripoil, E:cfut,
Damascus, Acre and JerusaIe7n-c.lc:.
of these amenah:e t. tie Porte ii-
rectly. Nov there is onlv Que Pac1,a
General for al Syria an,J Palestine.
The Sultan will thus have tower LARGE
salarie1' to pay, and will l:a:c more to
spend on his palace Oh the 8osph orus.
Another change 'iaa been the dpno-
sition OF the native hereditary c'ieis
from their authority: Ii several DIS
tricts in Syria, and t.lli,4g their pos;
tons with Turkish subjects. these
native governors could l..tc thri.. an
cestors tor centuries back The Pro
t2stants III various places have suffered
much at times from tllcSa .!cn. II
remains To be seen if thci, Successors,
viii lend q less ready car to .hc enc
; nllcs OF the Gospel.
OI'r curiosity has been somewhat
c,.citcu Of late respoctin" :. statue,
! discovered in Tyre, Of a female figure
seated on . throne. SO many rival
claims arose for it, that the pasll;s oi
Tyre ordered it to be covered witt.
. earth in its bed, until the dispute: re
! .sl."cting it We're settled.
Two serious evils are now threi.., IL
in!; SYRIA. For more ,ilun :. !lu1,1!l
past, swarm after sw:.rin ni !u>a,sts
have gone ovei~the iau>t. To-, king !ik.,
q snoo storm when they aiislst
These flying locusts eat but litti>. hs.;
| they lenV" then e@i,s "n tie ssi"-iu.d,
! and when t!lcv hatch out. the c..crnil!.,
! locnstS lcavc u desert bei!ii:,l them
Government o;lic, Il: A.,,e ordered tll.
people to collect large amounts OF the
EGGS. In Che district OF Nlcri .A.lyunl
: fifteen hundred lnids OF pcc!ls. were
collected 1t is feared, however, tl.:,t
may not stay tl.. plague.
/ ior t.,ia sea s;,., tho l.ayyect IS too
/ muck i"lw"r'l to "s'!il:r greatly. The
other Danger impending is t!.:,t OF tho
/ m"rGuA, Which II year ago DESTROYED
n"ar'N all the cattle in t1xl;,... ;.nd
wb;|h has c'lnacnc-d in tl:ls land
SOM" villages
The encouraging signs in oui mis-
i sio.:ary work are in the z>:.l and sell
denial shown BY th.. people in build
ing places. OF worship In HasAhoiy:,
that inquired by the Dru@cs is hriu:
restored. In EaS!ciya and Io1, III,
lrotcstant' are uuariying stones ;tn:
preparing them for building. / iiiov
two OF three Christian friends in -Anlc
rlca who have promised to aid them
and ii their eye lights on this, let then
hasten on their gifts
We are rejoicing over the-coinpletei
translation and printing OF the Arab,
Scriptures, tue fcsuit Of Sixteen yclrs
labor-tirst OF Dr. Iii Smith and tllcl
OF Dr.. Van Dyrk.
Two Mahommedans have latci., pro
fessel Christianity here, ;i;id have
suddenly and lnySteriouSly disappear
ed. OF one little is hnawn; tlic oi!ic!
Is the son Of the Car,l;;n Dala"sc1ls, O
Il wealthy family. The Consrls hay,
made some iccble efforts to ascertain
his tate, but without avail. These ar,
sad days for religious liberty in Tar
Key, but if no inqnisition Cor the b!oo,
o, these lnen is made Oh earth, Goo
Will not be silent An hour Of rciri
button is coming.
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