ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA.
Fifteen DAYS Later From Europe
FRIGHTFUL ATROCITIES IN


SYRIA.
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The follIwing details have come to hand
through private letter, OF the butcherlngs
that have taken place IN Syria


"a civil wa. aud one of exterminat on,
-eions al this moment in TN e mountains be-
tween The Druses and the Christians, and
during the last fifteen days the horrors we
have seen perpetrated around US are dread
fnI On every side the sound OF battle IS
heard, and nothing is seen but fire and
f1ame-houses, villages, and churches ana
converts being reciprocaty prey 10 me
flames AT the moment / write, May lEn.
we have before us the appalling spectacle
Of no less than eleven villages and nnmoef
of Naronite churches and converts IN
flames. and what is worse. when the Chrls-
.ians are victorious, they enter the DruSe
viIIaors. putting to the edge otthe sword
man women and children; the Druses tol'
loving the example when they are victo'


All the silk.worms Of both parties, the
support 0 the Syrian population, have been
burned. The converts OF the Maronnes
and Catholics have been burned, and the
bodies oflheir priests, after death, nave
been burned by The Druses. Every no'ro'
| is uractised on their enemies-for example
10 kill by famine-massacre ana thou'
sand other acts Of balbarism are momen'a-
rily committed


The Christians at the comhenceiiien'
were victorious over their enemiesi out ou'
Pasha, who is out with his regular troops
as he perceives the Christians V'c'o,io.s ..s
points his artillery againstthemsi ioadeu i.n
grape. and compels this unfortunate e.. :,


aketo flight. The Druses immed'a'eiy euNc
their villages, sacking them, burning .n1i
houses, goods, sc. lido not douo' ou. sn'
Pa sha has secret orders from MS oose'n
mert to destroy and ruin the Sn'.s',a"
entirely. or he cot Id not SO openly a'u a"'
assist their enemies.


The fanaticism of;he Turks on the coas :,
is daily becoming more and more vls'o,e
and we are menaced by a terrible reso'u
ltion. In Saida they rose tew days since