The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-25
The Crctan Insl.lrcOtion.

y Nv i'ltoh biSS tCltCt NuS Dctn at
dressed by tho insurrcctionary Gov.
crnmcnt of Crete to the Consuls OF
England, Franco, Russia, ITALY,
Greece, sweden aud tho United States
of America
"AshYro DE SpnAKIA, August 8.
"MEssTEURs LES CoNsULs The
Gcncralisssimo of Turkey, Omar
Pncha, having failed in his last cxpc-
dltion, in spite of his immense militia.
ry preparations, his numerous army,
the strict blockade which he bad in
stitutcd both by sea and land, and
his promises TO the insurgents, aban.
doncd himself without restraint to the
dictates of fcrocious heart. lie
burned all the villages of Sphaliia,
with the exception of Comitato and
troSlal$, which were partly DESTROYED.
lie cut down the trccsnnd set fire to
rc bee hives, scarchcdall tho caves in
th,,h the inhabitants had hidden
tomb small properties, opened the
tLo nd scattered the remains of
tcrreJ. vii who had been long in
limhs of 80 he cut off tho heads and
surro,ndoJ n,,rcccntly buried. He
children old mo-, where women and
rnf'ac, ' and vI' IaSims ,,,im I'D sick, had taken
como forth by ~ promisaa ron issaauco1 them to
tions, caused them to bd, bdHn" pro'cSta-
the most cruel torturcS, WpJcctcd to
the moment he had assured 1n's at
coff, the Russian Consul, that Do,ta,
treated them with lcnity. ~ 'au ~
Omar Pacha also put to death the
Traiina, blind from her birth ca,
P"panicola, S. Vcrgakb n. parlok
anu Jean dc Trivara, whose bodies he
lnsultcd. LIN the yilla$ of Colocassi:
he had an old man, nahcd Giamoul
key, and u priest slaughtered.
During his return p llcralicon on
the 23th and 30th of lat month Roc.
Child Pacha committed even prcotcr
atrocities against the Eefcncclcss to
revenge himself for hi 4defcat. This
leader ravagcd tho pbpcrty of tho
Christians and burnt tie convent ot
Prevcli. AZ MciampesS c massacrcd
al old man named Gianaachi Chri.io.
phoraki and a grl whIo bodies hc
cast into the flames as,well as tho
monk Gcdcon, whose he'd lie INHALED
upon the cross surnAmtinc tho
church. Other persona hose namcs
wo have not been able "a learn, also
lcll victims to his fury. The Crctan
Government, while dcplohg the bru-
tai and fcrocious acts, whih cnlirht-
e"nc'!' ana civilization CO dcmn, pro-
tests in the name of humanity to
your governments, and iu,lorcs their
aid that the weak and thsdefcnccless
may be saved. We cmhNcc at the
same time this opportunity of deny
ing the false statement spread by
Omar Pacha concerning &c pretended
submission of Gambia. Fr from such
being tho case, not chid has given
IN its submission, not u Weapon has
been delivered up, not a Signature has
ratified any such proposaI; and let it
DC well noted that in Shakia alone
he has now been carayig on war
alnst It's for an entire math. Omar
Iachn has attempted to dcludc his
own government, and to mslcad
European opinion, but tb Christians
of Gambia opposed to his mcndacious
words, the rattle Of their AIMS and tho
report of thoir muskcts, which has
not ceased and will not case to re-
sound from one extremity, of the is
land to tho other until lclivcrancc
and our union with Independent
GIcccc. We beg you lay his present
communication before yur govern.
mcnt.
1.-THE signatures folbw.]
lie NEGROES GONG o "CLEAN
Our" TIE WIIrEs "A wek or two
since, the telegraph made 'mcrc men
tion" OF some horrid doings # the ne
grocs in Texas. The Jelferon J,mplc-
cate; of July 27, comes to hand with fur
ther details:
4 disturbance occurred Turing the
past week among the negros in the
Harrison ncighborhood, bclw Monte
rcy. We earn that q vhito man,
named David Reed, had opecd q regis.
tration Office on his own hoo;, where he
induced thc negroes 10 come every Sat-
urday and pay him fee of City cents
each, and be drilled by him. They had
at last threatened TO clean out all the
white people in the community.
The matter was laid lsbre Lieut..
al Hanson, commanding this post, who
ordered the citizens to arrest Ill who had
participated in the affair, and bring them
TO hla headquarters. They succeeded
IN arresting some fifteen of tlne ringlcad-
ers, who were found, with large nun.
Der OF others, all armed ana drilling.
These fifteen all arrived here this eve.
n'ng, in charge ofa squad Of citizens Of
that locality, and have been turned over
to tho military authorities. Reed, we
understand, made his escape, and has
probably gonc to Shreveport.
One white man, named Hill, was shot
and killed by tho negroes, Saturday
morning, inhis horseflot, the negroes
iirlng on him from the bushes. A Mr.,
Giles was also, seriously wounded at the
same time. One negro was killed on
the Thursday previous.
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