The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-09-01
Tie Circasslan ExiFes.

Tie Circassian E1ifes.
a correspondent of the London Times, wri-
ting from Verna under date Of. June !, gives
the annexed ides ofthe suffering experienced
by tho Circassians, who have been driven from
theiHcountry by the Russians: ':a
SEQ by the English papers TINT it is propos-
ed. to raise subscription for these poor Cir
eassia's, and never did people need it rnore.-
There has been mistake rs to whore thew are
to be landed in Bulgaria. The Government
meant to send them nearly, all Is Rustchuk, but
contracted with tho shippers for passage only
to'thls place, which is 100 miles fro.l their
destination, The CircaseiAus are accordingly
all turned ashore till the Pasha concludes
fresh bargain with the Captains to carry them
on. This has happened three or four times al
ready, and in some cases the steamers have
gono away and left the miserable creatures to-
shift for themselves. Many OF the Circassians
speak Turkish, and have had long talks with
them. Their descriptions Of the hardships they
have suffered are hcartrending. They tell me
that most OF them were turned out of their
homes by the Russians in the winter flour
months ago. and driven down to the sen side,
where they waited long for the means Of get
cold, and hundreds of hunger.
We have all had it, or lave it now !; and |
answer for the truth of this, for nearly every
man, woman and child I sec is marked, and in
hundreds the taces and hands are quite raw
with it. Since have been here (thlcc wceks)
three hundIed, ut the lowest estimate, have
been: buried III the sands ontsde tile town.
They all say they died Of cold. We have had
much rain, especially at night. and these poor
wrelchcs have had'to sleep out in it, with 10th
ing to cover them but their ordinary clothes,
consisting only, inthe case of the women, of n
sort OF a Jong dressing gown and u pair Of
After one Of these nights the dead lie thick
on the ground. and others longing, should
think, to follow them Of course, the women
aud children suffer most. To-day saw ship
load landed and marched out of town. They
. were IN a dreadful state. l noticed one wo
man carried by five men she was mere skel.
eton. In her arms she had Luby that conlI
not have been more than \ few hours old.
saw man walking by cart, with five of
bis children in it.; he was fne looking follow,
but oh, 30 thin and the poor children The most
fearful objects l eversaw. ! shall never forget
the sight! Their skins were SO tight over The
bones that it seemed they must come through
and indeed, in the case Of one poor little thing
about three years old. covered with sores, be-
es'eve the bones were through the skim They
tel me it is not starvation from hunger that is
killing them, but starvation from cold: 1t has
been avery cold spring here, and even now a
well clothed man would. suffer from sleeping in
the open air at night. The Turkish Govern
ment does what it can for these miserable pco-
Pc but that amounts only to bringing them
here, and giving each person two pounds Of
bread per day.
An apothecare's clcrk in Chino ro mo, oo,, ~
up at two o'clock the other morning by the
ringing Of the night bell. On opening the
door Re found adamsc who told him she WA.
gong to picnic that morning, and was ou
OF rouge. The impudent druggist turned her
on W. the assurance that he hadn't the stock
t. '>'.'a cheek like hers
y" war commenced the Federas have
oa, "i''o"e Generals, of whom thirty six were
vile ~ 1astle and fifteen have died o diseasel
<':.'.Iat"3,n the service. -