New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-22


crcasng till it seemed as II the roof was about 10 ny
of. Suddenly there would come lull and every
ONE prisoners guards and all wcgld ahs riot
coolly took light from one of the members OF the
court. After n pause. and with their lungs TO-
freshcd by the soothing fumes of tobacco, they
would ali again burst forth In chorus and the noise
would be worse than before:
l know not how the clerk to the court managed
to make the process verbal, but perhaps he was
accustomed to such scenes and managed to take
down fair description Of what had occurred.
Though there were fre Sa D0o1 hairs were
sticking to the sword OF the one who mad actuahy
struck the blow, the prisoners swOre they were IN
nocent They swore that the blood was that OF q
sheen. l proposed to have the pieces cut out OF
their clothes and submitted to Frankish doctors 10
see what blood II was. The doctor Thought t1ls
l;ne cnance to showOf his knowledge, and struck IN
to say that there was no need to DO Una. rs nG
could tell at once. Immediately nc pronouhcsa
the marks to be caused by human blood after the
mercst superficial inspection. Luckily our sasc
did not rest such fra testimony. as an othcer
had been present and seen the man cut DOW ;
far everything went to convict tme taceVeS had
to be debated before the punishment oo"i' w
awarded. c,.-..;. in
habitants crowded around Us, and prayed US nov W
90 away till the sentence had been Pronounced gnu
the sent away to Damascus; Othet tMa urds
would be released. and rs soon as we Weic sono
there would lie general attack on the ChIlstlms;
These worthy Christians seemed to be very gao
that the thing had occurred. as they fancied that
the Authorities would get into trouble about IT.
when they would have an opportunity OF pay'ng on
old scores our dragoman allied himself with some
of these people, and much to my disgust altei-
wards found that he joined them IN concoctng
report for the Beirut papers when me- rte
accused of being uncivil. whilst nothing couio
really have exceeded their clvlilty.
OF the character of the people Mr.. Cameron has
some noteworthy things to say;
The Mahometan religion, which has performed,
AfrIpa IL At Y.
great civ liking and educational junction. mas III
the Sutans domnons lost its fructifyins power.
which is the Of many of the evils we have to
dcplore. Though the Mahometan peasantry are
sober. frugal. and INDUSTRIOUS and constantly ~, II
not usually, superior to their fellow subjects OF me
Same rank who belong to other religions, SUN
the case of of them sing to wealth and riches
is rare indeed. The .atalst doctrines OF Islam
cause them to be contented with whatever may
happen to them. and prevent their using the
SIN allest precauton to avert anticipated evil or
disaster Hardy, loyal, easily disciplined second
to none in bravery, and patient under trials ana
fatigues, they be fashioned into troops equal
to the elite of Western Europe but left to them
selves OF without European aid, we must not look
to them to have sufficient energy and verve to be-
come great factors in the reform OF the East,
Though the Christians are more dishonest St;
course there are many glorious eXeeptions) than
their Mahometan ncighbors. still they under,
stand that there is a higher and better state OF
existence in this world than that they drag out
at present and therefore they eagerly accept
every scrap of education for their children and
pinch and save to enable them 10 go to schools and
| colleges whenever and wherever they nave the
or the two Christian in Turkey which
occnpy the foremost place, viz the Greeks and the
Armenans should be inclined to place more trust
in the latter as being of Importance III the rcgen-
Grafton of the East Europe IN freeing 'reece:
INT rid ourselves of the glamour thrown over the
Greek nation by the gorgeous and graphic word
painting of the poet Byron and also by the reine-
| brance of the great men OF old.
| If we consider the number of years, centuries.
that it took to produce the literature ana art %
! the Greek nation. which we moderns. owing 20 the
way it is brought before ls. ;Ccassed INTO point
are apt to regard the outcome of Il glorious
galaxy OF talent, we SHAH see that iaT more super
! dous works are undertaken. more beautiful pie
| lures are painted. more literature worthy OF abId
nQ to the latest time is written In one year IN Eng
land in the Victorian era than was ever the case III
| the days of ancient Greece. We speak OF Demos
themes could his most bitter phpcs he greater spec
| linens OF oratory than the speeches we are III the
| habit Of hearing from BeacOnsteld, ella stone ana
| Bright In the second rank of orators we have
men who, when their day has passed by. will be
| forgotten who. If they had lived In classic DAYS
would have had their speeches handed down as
| models Of thought AM style.
| The Armenians and other Christian races, ex-
Guiding the Grcessl are not perhaps so quick III
| their intelligence the Greeks, but they have
more solid and enduring qualities, and are not so
entirely devoted to money -grubbing. and apt 10
consider all things fair order To attain the great
end of getting riCh quickly. AT C0nstaDilnoflr. Tue
Arnenians have established sort OF private para
ncnt. where they discuss ana settle matters per-
taining 10 themselves without asking any and from
government, and indeed raise money to carry out
| their decisions. This is great step Ill the way
| of s,lf-governmcnt but unfortunately the Armc-
mans are so mixed up with other races that it seems
almost impossible TO establish an Armenia which
might he governed and administered by Armenans :;
and of course the whole nationality Is not so FAR
advanced those who reside at Constantihopie.
| High praise is gwen to the missionaries, of
various denominations and natonalities, who are
aboring III Asiatic Turkey, and the American
establishments commended with especial hearth
ness The Jesults and Domncans are said to be
making considerable progress. At DarbeN the
travellers were visited by the Armenian archbishop
and the Syrian bishop. and the Syrian, who spoke
French hal to interpret for tho Armenian. The
interview. under these circumstances was rather
droll
The Armenian commenced conversation by ex-
tong the services that the church to which he be-
lonQed had rendered to Christianity in general. by
forming rampant against the power OF Islam ana
recOunling how much IL hau suffered III loss OF Tree
dem and property. aud how many persons II had
contributed To the glorious roll OF martyrs ana
arguing thercfrom that great debt was due to the
Armenians by the Western Church. The Syrian
bishop translated all this faithfully and then
added that lie could not allow the Armenans to
claim all the glory, and that indeed the Syrans
had both suffered and done more for the cause OF
Christianity than their rivals. The Syrian Church
had spread under the Apostle Thomas to the dis
tant shores OF India, and to the sandy deserts of
Arabia and had possessed bishops and priests too
numerous to count Indeed that they had been
! widespreadng church embracing many nations /;
that the ruins of their churches. converts and
schools we're to be every where in the portion
of the globe which had accepted their teaching {;
whilst the Armenian Church had never. spread be-
yond the limits of the nation. The positions of the
! two were now different the Armenians were com
paratively rich and powerful, while the Syrians,
| who had Outnumbered them ton to one were now
reduced to a mere handful all their worldly pos
sessions were lost and their cathedras and
churches ruined.
10 t,n folln Lo
scene of which is laid at Aleppo;
Soon after my arrival the English bishop of Aintab
came in and we read service together had
learnt all his English out of the prayer-book, and
tried to chant the "Venite" which was rather
irving The bishop had originally been an A1Ie-
nj and had niuel the English Church. and