The New York herald., 1876-09-04
THE BULGARIAN HORRORS.
A Terrible Story of Reckless and
Wanton Butchery.
INDISCRIMlNATE SLAUGHTER
Women Outraged and Little Children
MaSSacred in Cold Blood.
SCENES OF DESOLATION.
Ghastly Heaps Of Mutilated Corpses
Still Unburied.
THE BODIES DEVOURED BY DOGS.
Thriving Villages Turned Into Heaps Of
llackened Ruins.
INDIGNATION IN ENGLAND.
The Ministry Charged with Responsibility
for the Atrocities
THE BODIES DEVOURED BY DOGS.
Thriving Villages Turned Into Heaps Of
Tlackened Ruins.
INDIGNATION IN ENGLAND.
The Ministry Charged with Responsibility
for the Atrocities
M0HAMMEDAN FEELING IN INDIA.

M0HAMMEDAN FEELING IN INDIA.
From the Special Commissioner OF the London Daily
News
TATAR BAZARDJK, August 2 1870
Since my letter Of yesterday have supped full of
horrors Nothing has yea been said of the Turks that
do not now believe; nothing could be SAID OF them
that should not think probable ana likely. There is,
Il would seem, point in atrocity beyond which dis
crimination is impossible, when comparison,
calculation, measurement are out OF the question: and
this point the Turks have already passed You can
follow them further The way Is blocked up by
mountains of hideous facts that rcpel scrutiny
vestigation over and beyond which you cannot see
and do not to Co. You feel that it supcrfuous
to continue measuring these mountains and deciding
whether they be few feet higher lower and you
not caro- to go seeking for moenls among them. You
feel that 1t tme to back that you have seen
enough.
But let me tell what We saw at Batak We had some
difficulty in getting away from Pestera The authori-
ties were offended because Mr Schuyler refused to
take any Turkish official with him. and they ordered
the inhabitants to tell there hcrses for we
had here to leave carriages and take the saddle.
But the people anxious should go that they
furnished horses IN spite OF the prohibition only bring
ing them first without saddles by way OF showing how
reluctantly they did IT. We asked them If they could
not bring saddles Also and this they did with
much aacrity ana chuckling at the way
in which the Mudr's orders wer, walked over. Finally
we mounted and got of.
TALES OF HORROR.
We had been besieged the morning by tho
came people who had blockaded US the night
bcfcre who appeared to be the same, their stories
much ali4c. We could do nothing but listen
ntiv IN "A fe. nf huye lax daxy
To hear each separate tale OF misery and suferng-nnd
gave vague promises that would do all in power
10 relieve their misery upon return to CONSTANT
nope. But diplomatic help is, alas very slow While
ambassadors are exchanging notes and compliments
inviting each other TO dinner, discussing the matter
their coffee and cigars, making representations to
The Porto and obtaining promises which nobody
believes in, these poor people are starving
md dying. Many of Them decided to seize
his opportunity and accompany to Batak, TO
visit their ruined homes, and others caught
oride reins, determined to make listen to their
stories before we should start One woman caught my
hor &c and held it until she could show me where a
bullet had traversed her completely disabling her
from work, and this only the least OF her woes.
Husband killed and little children depending ON that
broken bread-all of this told IN languag
much like Russian That could understand great deal
Of it-so like Russian tnat could easily have iancied
myself among OF the Voga, or the denzens Of
the Gostnoi dvor, Moscow Tho resemblance is strk-
aud II Is wonder Tho Russians sympathizc with
hcse people.
You observe the same sort OF family likeness about
,he eyes that may he always among brothers and
listers who utterly unhke each other in featur
IricKs OF countenance movements OF the hands, tones
Of the voice. TO that curious uncertain expression
o the face which often the Russian peasant makes
almost impossible to tell whether he is laughing or
crying Russian, Bulgarian, Servlan, Monte
ncgrin and Tchek may meet nd talk, each in his
pwn language and all understand each other You
might well expect the English north OF tho Thames
MOI 10 sympathize with those south OF It IN case the
latter under the domination oil the Turks as to
try prevent these Scavonc from helping each
etner whilc groaniDg unucr a foreign dcspotlsn.
Batak is situated about thirty miles south OF Tatar
BazardJk as the crow rcs, high up in spur Of the
Balkans that here sweeps around to the south from
the man range The road was only steep mountain
path, that places might have tired the agility of "a
goat There was a better one, we learned upon
return but, with that perversity which distinguishes
the Oriental mind, our guide took this instead
We formed a cur but somewhat lugubrous process
SION. we wound up the steep mountain side FIRST
there were oss our two zp,ans with n ys. ns pS n
pistols our guide likewise armed to the teeth,
then the five persons who composed our party,
mounted mules aud horses deckeo out with nondc-
script saddles and rappings. followed by procession
OF hfly sixty ami children VINO had resolved
10 accompany us TO Batak Many OF the women car
ried small child and q heavy burthen beside CON-
prisihg the PROVISIONS, clothing, cooking utensis or
harvesting implements they had begged or borrowed
In Pesera. Even children, little girls OF nine and ten
yeare. were trudging wcarily up The steep mountain
side under burthcns TOO heavy for them. and they
would be i've or six hours in reaching their destina-
Zion.
After three hours climbing by paths steep that
obliged dismouut and walk half the
lime without then seeming quite safe from roll
Ing down into some abyss mounting higher
and higher until seemed to have got among
the clouds, We at last emerged from thick wool
delightful little valley that spread out rich carpet
of vcrdurc before our eyes. A little stream
murmurng down through 1t, upon which there
built miniature sawmiiL
A scESE pKsoLArioS.
1t appears thai the people in Batak did
siderable trade IN timber, which they worked up
from the forests on the surrounding mountains,
tor afterwards observed great number OF
these little mills. and told there
200 and about the village The miiiwhecls silent
This little valley, with Its rirh grassy slopes,
and cattle. Not to be seen. The
pretty little place lonely MS graveyard.
or as though living thing had trod lis rch green
eward Tor years We sscenuod the slope to the rgnt,
and when reached the top of Tie ridge which
separated II from the next valley, we bad beautiful
panorama spread before The mountains here
seemed to extend around in circle, enclosing tract
OF country some eignt or ten miles in diameter, con-
sidcrably lower down. which was cut up by a great
number OF deep bellows and ravnes that travcrseu 1t
direction and seemed TO and cut OIL each
other without the slightest appearance of anything ike
reference TO q watershed 1t looked more bike an en-
larged photograph of the mountains Of the than
anything else could think OF
DoWn in the bottom OF one Of these hoows could
make out . village, which guide informed us II
would siill take us hour and half TO reach,
although 1t really seemed 10 be very near TINS was the
village OF Batak, which we were Ia search OF The
biils,des were ovcred with little fields OF wheat and
rye that golden with ripencss. But although the
harvest was ripe and over ripe. although many
pi,ces the wei H. nled had broken down the last
necav,pg straw that could onger-h hold them aoft
and we're lying Hat there was sign oi rsapers
irving 10 save them. The fields were as deserted
fe little valley ami the harvest rottiDg In the soil
In nm hour had nearcd the village
DEAD BODIES DOGS.
AS we approached our attention was directed 10
dogs on slope overlooking tho town. We turncd
i,.. Gins frn n HVt ~ exr.