New-York tribune., 1876-09-05
A DISGRACE TO THIS AGE.

AWFUL SCENES AT BATAVIA HEAP OF SKULLS DIS
CovERED-THE SURVIVORS TERROR-sTHCKSN.
The correspondent of The London Daily Ne"s has
sent 10 that journal a complete and narrowing de-
scription of what he saw in Bulgaria We copy from
his letter of Aug 2, written at Tatar Ba2ardjIk, IN
the heart of the province the following statement
Since my letter of yesterday haze snpRed full OF hor
rors Nothing has yet been SAID OF INC Turks ihat DO h9
now belie; nothing could be SAID OF then tha sh"rid
nnt think prohabe and likely. There is. 1t would
\ paiut in atecoy beyond wheG Discrimination IS iu-
me h aro out OF the question and this point The Turks
Lave already passed You follow them no fnrthei
Tns Tss Sse 5y aa S ~ over and oyon
which You cannot and do not care TO go You ieei
sins aud deciding whether they bc few let ehel az
lower and you DO rot & care ~ 70 !. 81 a @ 1, Ia ba
Bnt lei me tel What we saw al Batak. We had
d.culty in getting away from Pestera The authorities
Ners offended Mr.. Schuy lei reiused TO take any
Turkish official VITA him, and they ordered tie lnhaD
leave our and take 10 the saddle Bal the pet-
PIE were 50 shOald 20 tHat tey FURNISHED
horses in spite of the prohibition only h+nsne then'
first without saddles. by way Of shaving hoY reluctantly
sonic saddles also, ana this they dill with much aariit
and some ehue52g at tue way IN "slen the @ aGSm W,
OF We had been ocsiegea all the mofiahs pt t,r I
fore or who appeared to the salne, the,r stoues
were so mucn alike. We could do n1snlns bl.
ali day 10 hear each separate tale OF oiseiy and s; J.
ing-lnd yaguc promises That We woud 90 i'n ~
stantinope. But diplomatic help Is, aids very Sio%
Whilo ambassadors exchanging notes ANA cohlJi-
ter over their coffee and cigars, iaGag presentations
10 the Porte, and obtaining promises wcn noboy Oe
OF them decided 10 seize t3is opportunity ana accObpl
US to SaLak 70 VISIT hear r!nne hoeS id o.h's
their stories before should start one WOinah e'iSh
10y horse ard helu until size could snow me wr'S :"
billet had tfiyeysed her arm completely Disabling b'I
from wUrk, AID TINS only tne Icaht OF ne NO 8
Husbard killed. and htie ehildTeu epndlig ti'''
brvken am for bread; ali Of tod in Ltnsuase
much like Russian that could understand "A Heat d IA
OF 1t; so hko Russian that e0Lld edShy nave ,le'o
myself among peasants OF tie Yoiga, or Lie donzrs
the GOstnolyOr Moscow. Tie resemblance s sifikiis'
and 10 wonder the Rnssalis sJmpaIh.ze "lta rS'
sIAvoSIc BROTHERHOOD
You observe the sort Of family lSeness about tue
eyes, that may he always seen among brothers AM
sisters who utterly unlike each other in fcatHfes-
tricks of countenanoo OF the hands, tonos oi
the voice. even that curious uncertain expression o
the face which often IN the Russian peasant makes
almost impossible tell whether DC s laaghDg or cry
ing Rassian Bulgarian, Servian, M0ntnegf1n
ard Tehek may meet and talk, each ia its own laii
guage and all understand each Ohef You might as wei
expect the English north Of the Thames not 10 sypa
tbze with those Of h the latter were under
the domination OF the Turks 10 ry 10 revent these
Slayone from helping eaea other Whue yrca;i
Ra.at SItated abont 80 miles soth OF Tatai Bazlrd
fhaf herr swres around 70 the soatn froni The Iaai
range The read was only steep mountain pam tlEd IN
better one as We learned upon return, but, vita
that perveTsIty which distinguishes tle oriental mind
Opr guide look this instead We Formed u eNriOns
but q somewhat tglbrtuus lroeeson ds we ""Ghh up
the steer moantain SIDE first there we're our Nv Two
with knives and pistols, our guide Revise armed 70
the seess men s ss 3 s. "e eeEed o W no
descpt saddles and tappings folio %ed y procession
company 70 Batak Many Of the women carried d
small cnid, ami heavy burden besides COMPRISING ne
provisions cOtng, cooking utensils, or harvesting ii0
plemcns tDey had begged borrowed In Pester1 Even
children, little girls OF and 10 years. were iTedging
wearily up the steep mountain side under burdens TOO
heavy for them aud ihcy woaid be five or six hours III
reaching their destination
THE VALLEY DEeoLATED.
After three hours climbing paths steep that we
we're obliged 10 dsmoun and walk half the time with
out then seeming quite safe from rolling down INTO some
abyss, mounting higher and higher until We seemed TO
got among the clouds, at last emerged from
thick wood utO delightful little valley that spread out
rich carpet Of verdure before eyes. little stream
came murmurng down through 1t. upon which there
built miniature sawmn appears that the people IN
Batak did considerable trade In timber, which they
worked up from the forests the surrounding noun
ans for afterward observed number of these
and about the village. The mili-wheels are silent
now. This little valley. with its rieh grassy
sheep and cattle. Not 70 be The pref ~
s .eh h a a SRs od s Is oE Sd % S
We assembled the slope 10 the Hgt and when We roched
valley we had beautiful panorama spread before
us. Ths mountains here seemed 70 extend around In
circle incosing tract Of country eight or ten
miles in diameter, considerably lower down, Which
cut up great number OF deep hOii0ws and Tay!nes
that In every direction, and seemed ~
aad cut Of each other without tho slightest appearance
OF anything like reference to watershed. II looked
more like enlarged photograph OF the mountains OF
tbs moon than anything else could think or
Down IN the bottom OF one or these hOlows we could
make out q village which guide informed us u would
still take hour and half 70 rcaeh although IL
really seemed To be very This was the village Of
Batak which we IN search Of Tue hillsdes were
covered with little fields Of whest and rye that were
golden with nDeIcss. But although the harvest was