Show A REIGN OF letter the massacres in the province of Clell cla san francisco dec 31 A member ot the armenian calony in thia city has received a letter from a friend in adua telling of the latest massacres masu acres in the province of Ci elicia the writer was nn eye witness of many of the beenes described bed the letter is dated november 24 the condition of our city he davs ia one of great danger A corn pa ny of brigande brigands bri gands from 1000 to 1600 has already plundered and burned all the armenian between here and aleppo a distance of milt milts s no estimate can be of the number of youths who are captured in theau villages and outraged the local of ficiala licare supposed to protect the people encourage these destructive and bloodthirsty marauders the other day a number of these marauders made an attack on aisis nine milea from adada they plundered the down the churches wounded areat number and mercilessly beat the defenseless priest who at to his wife from tho grasp of outrageous villains ganv of our prominent men are thrown without tho pretense of ap accusation against them they aro left to hunger and thirst and are aured in the most indescribable manner imaginable aur vali the governor always instigates the Mu against the christians no one barea venture out on the streets after Oo clock in the evening even in the daytime no christian female dares to attend church or school because of the bands of turks wiio are about tha streets to capture these christian women the other day the made an attack on the Ai asrican mission school eirls on their way rom church to their school house they beat and wounded the superintendent s servant because he tried to defend tle poor terror stricken girls the danker BO great that ithe superintendent sought refuel in mareine it seems dhere ia no protection from any source whatever even the english consul being lin different to the attro caties committed bu iness is all stopped for the christian business men do not dare to open their stores lor feir fe ir of plunder the farmers are robbed of their stock and their homes are pillaged and fired it is the season to sow but there ia no peed and oxen to plow cone there will be very little or no crop next year in addition to all tho described a great famine ia expected this news cornea close biome to americans for near adada ia located st pauls mission under ent christie and a corps of american missionaries these christian workers have had to fly to marsine and place themselves under the protection of the american naval squadron rep resented by the cruiser san francisco and the gun boat marblehead kentucky fiends to oe cincinnati dec SOA SO A special to the commercial gazette from bays fully 1000 people assembled at the court house in this billage today to take action on the burning to death of mrs T J west and the killing of W A deveres by five men near this place saturday night the speeches were all vigorous in denunciation of the disgrace on marion county and the stale very strone resolutions were drawn up and I 1 signed by H C mchenry col carter J W Itce ves mayor lee U bay capt A sheriff R B young and circuit court clerk D S lancaster these resolutions condemn the outrage and the violence of alie mob in the atron gec possible expression and they were adopted unanimously by the large indignation meeting A fund was raced by prompt and liberal subscription to employ detectives to aid in ferreting out the perpetrators of the crime the county commissioners commissi onera join the people in offering a reward for the detect ion and conviction of the five men who are known to be tho guilty parties alma deveres aged 14 whose father was killed by the iob is recovering and 19 confident that ehe will be able to identify the lyn chers they threatened to kill her as well as her father it she did not cease her begging for the life of her father she told a detailed story of the affair to the prosecuting attorney today the sentiment of the community seema to get et ronger every hour against the lyn chera and there is little doubt in the minds of the authorities now but they will arrest them and convict them cincinnati dec commercial gazettes special from frankfort ky says Gov bradley feels that the law lias been greatly outraged and the state disgraced by the brutal murder of william deveres and airs T J west at the hands of u mob near lebanon yesterday the governor dropped work on his message w ith which he was busy and acquainted quain ted himself with all the facts obtainable tai he is communicating with the local authorities in his inaugural address the governor condemned lynch ings very vigorously he will offer a reward of aou the limit ot the law fur tha arrest and conviction of the unknown bembera of the mob the governor tonight gave out the following to the press 1 regard the work of the mob at lebanon as the most outrageous and crime ever committed iii kentucky I 1 shall spare neither labor nor force to bring its perpetrators petra tors to the punishment which they PO richly deserve I 1 believe that the good people of alarcon county and of the state at large both look with the same horror upon this crime and will not be slow to give me their unflinching support the worlds a grai Adver london dec 30 the prince of wales authorizes the publication of the following sent last week by clr joseph proprietor of alie new york world of the message which his royal highness and the duke of york sent to the world through sir francis anollee ollee private secretary prince that the differences between the united states and great britain on the venezuelan question would be amicably settled new york dec 28 1803 to the royal the prince of wales bam england your christmas message of peace and good will was deeply appreciated and bad an important effect the reaction ia almost complete conscience has obtained mastery over impulse the world thanks you for the wise and bold words spoken at eo critical a time it i alao becoming to acknowledge with profound the eloquent and impressive rne age of concord and amity received by the world from cardinal primate of ireland who cabled from kome cardinal archbishop of west minister mini ater dr jaleh archbishop of dublin the of dublin armagh liverpool and manchester and mr gladstone Gla detone and lord rosbery it ia hoped here that the logic of the unprecedented ce expression of kindliness of the greatest dignitaries of the church aad state may yet lead to the arbitration of a dispute eo trivial that it could remain unsettled for seventy years surely among all the scholars statesmen and rulers ol 01 alie world there tenet be one who as arbitrator v ill meet the buggea tin of lord salisbury that he should bo competent and tree from bias the surest hope of lasting peace reata upon the moral anti ment which you have voiced and which we eel shapes ilie cobrae of government in england not less than in america aal continues the progress of civilization JOSEPH for the world san francisco the united states cruiser boston has received orders to proceed to lie china station and will bail the last of the week the order had afen ifen foreshadower foreshadowed fore shadowed by dispatches from washington and was in tact being awaited it is believed that the order indicates a desire on the part of the administration to preserve lie of the asiatic squadron until domestic affairs in china become quieter qui etar |