The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-05-20
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A FanstieaI MOOR Proposes to E;1tsl

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4 FanHtiraI sIOOr Proposes TO Exter-
minats tbe Christians-He Falls TO
Cutting DOsSe Men, Women and
| Children lndisc FiniIlafe Iy-IIe Kills
and Wounds between Sixty and sew
enty Personss~
The following letter from a lady residing
/ in TUnis, Northern Africa, furnishes par
tieulars of the blood, affair in that city, of
which the telegraph has made mention.
The letter Is dated March IL, 1870
| must give you an account of a shocking
affair that occurred here day before yester-
/ day. fanatical Moor, who considered
himself charged 10y Allah, mis- God, to fall
upon the Christians. started about midday,
armed with sharp sword, through the
I streets, and commenced cutting down men,
women and children indiscriminately
/ Mr. H-. who was sitting at the
window Of his study, heard people
! screaming IN the street below. He jumped
I up to see what caused the disturbance, and
saw the man give one or two cuts at our
J skeeta door, which is always guarded by
/ one or more of the dragomen or servants of
tie house. 5Ir. II. rushed at once to nv
room, where vas sitting by the window
sewing. with the baby at my side, who had
come to say goodbye before going out
/ / looked ont Ct the window and saw the
Moor running along followed by some fifty
or more Arabs who were afraid to approach
him. st that instant the Moor struck at a
young boy just going into the college. In
momentI saw him fall covered with blood,
he having been cut across the face, his eve
cut out, and his face horribly disfigured.-
Mr.. II. ran at once to give the alarm to the
authorities, and in descending into the
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an old servant of ours, who had been in the
skeefa door as the man passed, both fright
! fully wounded, and the skeefa covered with
| blood. The men were taken Immediately
| to our doctors, who is the best in Tunis
| The Moor ran through the European quar-
| ter for more than an hour, cutting down
! from right to left all who were in his way
| He was finally arrested in the largest
mosque by an English dragoman, as it is
certain death for Christian to enter a
mosque in this country. Hehad, however.
before being arrested, wounded and killed
between sixty and hundred persons.
can give you no idea of the scene that
| followed; for a long time it was not known
that he had been caught, and at every mo-
ment the people feared he would appear
! from another quarter: then the rumOr got
cut that three of them we're cutting people
down and that the MOOrs would not have
them touched, as they had been inspired
by Allah.
The Consuls called a meeting at the
British Consulate and decided to take
steps at once to protect the people, as they
feared revolution; particularly as after an
hour, and when it was known the man had
been arrested, the pOpulace, many of them
bearing their wounded children in their
arms, assembled in front of the British
Consulate and demanded that the Moor
should be brought Immediately to the
Plaza and be beheaded before them. This
would have been impossible, and would
have tempted the Arabs to a general mas
sacre, as they regard the dead body sacred,
and to have Christian touch it is sacrilege
to them.
1t was decided that the American Con-
sui and French COnsul-Gensral should 90
at once to the Bey's Palace in the country
and insist on his coming to Tuuis, or send
ing his Prime Minister to satisfy the peo-
pie and render justice. The Prime Minis
ter and another high officer much beloved
and respected, came escorted by large
body of troops. The Plaza was by this
time filed bya mass OF most excited peo-
pie, calling in low and determined voice
for vengeance. 1t was something awful to
see and hear, aud the events of the dav
will never be forgotten by those who wit
nesszd them People of MANY tongues
and nations were crying oGt to be revenoed
for this frIghtful carnage.
After some moments Herajean, one Of the
Ministers, came forward and announced
| from the open window, surrounded by all
the CORsuls, that in fifteen minutes Justice
should bq done, but that the nan must be
executed in the Moorish quarter, otherwise
he coHld not answer for the safety of the
| Europeans. A deputatiOn of five COnsuls
from different nations was Immediately
| sent to the place of execution, and all
waited breaJhlessly tor their return with
! the assurance that the execution lad taken
place 1t was with tie greatest difficulty
that the crowd could be prevented from
/ going into the Moorish quarter. which IA
their excited condition would have been
certain revolution. In half hour the
/ deputation returned and assured the mob
| that they had seen the Moor beheaded.
and Herade2n made another sDeecb in
| French, begging them to return quietly to
/ their homes, and that he with q large
guard would patrol the city during the
night, and would insure perfect protection
| for them and their families Just as the
sun set the crowd dispersed. and we all re-
turned to our homes, having gone with
my family under strong escort to the
Swedish Consulate
Mr.. Fl. went Immediately to the doctors,
where our men had been taken, and found
the dragOman still alter four hours, bleed
| ing from four arteries. and the doctor
working with him. They were finally
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at 8 o'clock, p. m, he had been con-
yeyed to his home. He is still i'll from
| fever and loss Of blood, and was oniy able
yesterday to recount how it happened.
It appears that his friend entered our
skeefi, having wounded the man sitting at
the door, Gad in trying to seize him. as is
the duty OF the dragoinan. he received the
! cut upon the hand. Mr. III. has written de-
! spatches to the government. aud has asked
for a sword to be prestn nted to the draCo-
man for services rendered to the American
Consulate in q moment of such great dan
ger, and when crowd of nearly hundred
people were following the Moor and none
OF them dared to touch him.
1t appears that this fanatic said that Mus:
selmen serving Christians were worse than
lChistians themselves. which was perhaps
the reason why he attacked them at this
Consulate. The CCusuls have made a col
lection amongst the Europeans One
broker and an Italian dragoman being
charged with it, they have succeeded very
well, all giving freely-the Consuls heading
the list.
''WAITER I'll take my hat, said gentle
man at a ball one evening, rs he was about
going home "What kind Of hat was it,
sir?' "a bran new one that / h0unht fbi.
morning" ''Wen, SIR" said the waiter
call the good hats have been gone for more
an two hours
A Row FOR LIFE. Last Friday evening
between eight end nine o'clock, a young
man IN the employ of Taber, the well
known boatman Mt Black Rock, started
from Chippewa in light wherry, to com,
across the river. He seems to have miseal
culated the strength of the current, for hii
| boat was taEeu -Y-,Vidi- dovr-u fIa cfraan,