The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-11

IL IL very dificuit to estimate the number OF
Bulsarians VINO were KILLED during the few days
that the disturbances lasted, but am inclined
TO put l5OO as the loweot for the districts
hive named.
Perdsttso, a town Of 100 houses, and between
300 and 400 Inhabitants, took no active part
In the insurrectiOn. When tho Bashi Bazouks
ap oarsd before the town they therefore re-
fused to surrender. ontrenched themselves Ia a
church. retire iting hrally to another ana held
out Tor nve days, until they saw the REGULAR
troops, when the rem nder gave them-
70 yes IN. The church was bombarded. and
about 100 In all were killed, MANY OF them
women ana children.
* issuri was nearly twice the sizs OF Perus-
titsa and uioporttonately richer, "a many Of the
inhin itan's were engaged In the manufacture Of
atinr OF roses. and many were merchants travel
ing Trough we country. Inc insurrectionarv
movement hegtn here on the "a ~ May. bat IL
was not until tue l2,h that tho Bash- bazcuks,
under the command OF ussum lev Of karlovo.
attacked the pi &c. More than 20 Bulzlrians
were KILLED, chief women and children. The
Turks claim that IL Nussulmaus in part gynsies)
were KILLED before and during the hgnt. As
soon a. the lB ishl-BtzOuks entered the town
they ptlged &c ant burned H.. subsequent par
nails from the doors and the tiles from tho
roofs. Iussum Bey for this exploit was deco
Prnagurishta Otug-kuO was attacked by a
force Of regular troops. together with Bash-
mess ge 10 surrender was sent. After slight
opposition on the part OF the insurgents the
town was taken. Many Of thu inhabitants ned,
hut about 5000 were mastered, the most Of
them being women aud children. Doth
church were completely destroyed. and
almost leveied TO the ground: In one
an old man was burned alive. Two OF the
schools were burned, the third-looklng ike a
private house escaped. From che numerous
Statement made to me. hardly a woman Ia the
town escaped brutal treatment Old men had
their eyes torn out and their limbs cut OF. and
were then left To die unless some more chart
tably disposed man gave them the 1na thrust.
Pregnant women were ripped open and the
unborn babes carried trtun.phanty tho
points Of bayonets and sabres, while little chill
dren were made TO bear the dripping heads OF
tnen coihrades: lhls scene was continued for
three DAYS, when the survivors were made
to bury the bodies Of the dead.
While pillage reigned supreme At Koprishtitsa
and lust at Panagurishtha, at Batsk the Turks
seemed To have no stronger passion than the
thirst for blood. hts village surrendered with
out nring shot after a promise Of safety to the
uishi- BsZ ,uks under the command Of Ahmed
Aga Of burutin1. a chief OF the rural police.
Despite his promise tue few arms once surfen-
dered. Ahmed Aga ordered the destruction Of
the village and the indiscri mate slaughter OF
the Inhabitants, about hundred young girls
being rSseeved to the couquerOr before they
too should be killed. saw their bones
In the hollow on the hillside. where the dogs
were endwlng them. Not house Is now stand
ing m the midst Of this lovely valley. OF the
500 innaottants not 900 are known to survive.
them women aud children. perished here. and
their bon whitcn the ruins The sight OF Ia
tx - enough To- verify al that b been said
about the acts ~ tho Iufks IA reDressing the
bulgarian insurfection. And yet | saw II
It three months after the massacre.
/ On every side were human bones
skulls. rims, and even complete skeletons. heads
OF girls still adorned with braids OF long hair,
bones OF chidrsn, skeletons stll enc sed in
cothiuc. Here was house the door Of which
was white with the ashes aud charred bones OF
tnirtv persons burned alive there. Here was the
spot where tho village notable Trauda1l was
spitted on a like aud then roasted, and where
he Is now buried there was a foul hole full Of
decompOSing bodies. nere a mill dam fled with
swollen COrpScs here the school house, where
two hundred women and children who had
ken refuge there were burned altvs. md here
the church snd churchyard, where fully thou
sand half-dectved forms were still To be -een.
nillng the enclosure in "A heap several feet high.
arms, feet. and heads protruding from the
stones which had vainlv been thrown there u
hide them, and poisoning all the AR. Ahmed
Agh who commanded at the massacre. has been
decorated and promoted 10 tue rank uf Nuz-
b sni.
rnese atrocities were entirely unnecessary for
the suppression OF tho Instruction. for it was
an Insignificant rebellion AT the best. and the
villagers generally surrendered at the nrst sum
mons
bUCH Arrest Aug. %. Slc,fnlls OF heads were
emptied IN the street refOre the Italian Consul's
door. lnere as a steep descent there leading
down 10 the utte river that rIns through The
town, anu the heads rolled down this iitfle nm,
tumh,ing over each other IN hOrlid confusion,
n- though irving to esci ftom the dogs that
Immediately bounced upon them. 1t is very
tue that forty Young girls were not burnt alive
al Now Srlo. puis occurred at Bitak. and there
were not 10, out AZ girls, women, and children