SERVIA.
A Vienna letter in the 'German Journal 1 of Frankfort says : — The news from Servia is very disquieting ; Prince Milosch is governing in the most arbitrary manner. The sudden death of Wurischich is generally attributed to poison. In order to procure money, the > Prince- will not hesitate at any means, and he confiscates private property on the most futile pretexts. No one is secure either for property or person. Garachanin and Mecha have already left Servia, and the majority of the principal men of the country will soon follow. No improvement has taken place in the relations of i Servia with the Porte. The Pacha of Belgrade has in his possession numerous letters which prove that the Prince is in relation with secret societies in Bosnia, Albania, &c, and his desire to relieve himself from the sovereignty of the Porte. It is said that the Prince intends to remove his residence' to Kxakojewatz, in order to escade the surveillance of the Pacha. The hopes of the people are turned towards Prince Michael, whose humane and liberal principles are well known.
"Massacre op Chbistuns ik Borneo. — "A telegraphic despatch," says the '-Pays,' " has announced on the faith of advices' received via Batavia that a general massacre of the Christians took place on May 24th, in the Dutch portion of the island of -Borneo. That island, the largest in the world after New Holland, is peopled by a great variety of races. The r J>uteh pos- ' "ions there comprise fourteen states, of which one only, the of Pdntianak, founded about the middle of the eighteenth century, by an Arab named AbdulRachman, professes the Mahometan religion. Jt is not
on that territory, but in the empire of Succadana, where the Javanese -religion prevail*, that the massacre in question occurred. The inhabitants of Succadana adore Diouta, the great artificer of the world, also, the shades of their ancestors ; and, lastly, certain bird*, from which they draw auguries. The horrible massacre they have committed has a political, not a religious cause. It cannot be imputed to the influence of pilgrims from Mecca, who, in addition to the considerations above mentioned, are too remote from the Island of Borneo to affect the Mussulmans residing there. Besides, the last intelligence from the Red-sea states that the holy cities are perfectly tranquil, and that not the least appearance of agitation had been perceived among the pilgrims. The new authorities appointed by the sultan show equal firmness and moderation, and the recurrence of the scenes of Djeddah is most improbable. The struggle in which Abdullah Pacha is now engaged against the western tribes has nothing to do with religion. The Bed wins against whom he is now in arms are wandering tribes, whose sole object is plunder. Being hard pressed, they have just abandoned the town of Yambo after sacking it and murdering all the inhabitants who would not give up their property. The Turkish 1 , authorities seem determined to extirpate these savage hordes."
SERVIA.
Daily Southern Cross, Volume XVI, Issue 1277, 9 December 1859, Page 3
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