The New York herald., 1876-09-11
A CATALOGUE OF HORRORS.
Whole Towns Razed and the In
habitants Slaughtered.
TURKISH BRUTALITY AND DUPLIClTY
The Farce OF Turkish Investi-
cations.
ENGLISH PRESS COMMENTS.
From the London Daily News, August 90.

CoSsrANrISoPLE August %, 1876
The following is the preliminary report of Mr.
Schuyler the American Consul General, TO the Hon.
Horace Maynard, the American Minister, resident IN
Cons. .antinoplc Mr. Schuyler is s.ll in the ravsgcd
district and is dong his work thoroughly Mr. Barring
returned yesterday to the capital Mr. schuyler left
Constantinople at Tho same time Mr. Barring /
venture 10 predict that his lnal report will give a
greater number OF burned villages murdered inhab-
tants Of violated women and children, than have
submitted TO your readers AS have said perssteny
throughout, the evidence has shown that have under
estimated the devtry which Europe has allowed go
for tho last TWO months. Every Englishnan,
permit to add, must feel grateful to the American
Minister and Consul General the service they are
rendering to humanity pursuing. fearless IN
dependent fashion and solely in the interests of hu-
manly, this terrible investigation
scnUYLEKs PRELIMINARY
PHLIPPoPoLIs, August TO- 1876
SR-ln reference 10 the atrocities and massacres
committed by the Turks IN Bulgaria, have The honor
nople Phippupoiis aud iatar- ar-BazaruJik, and The
villages oi steuinakho, Kadken, kritshna Perus-
tisa, Peshlera, kaduoyo Batak kalag lari, Panagu-
rishta (Otluk- kun, koprisbuisa tAvrat.Alan) and
kssura tPersdcn Dervent) The districts OF
Phihppopolis and BazardJik.
From what have personally and from the in
luires have made and the iniormauon have
,.ived have ascerta ned the following iacts:-
During the last winter and spring, agents of the
Bulgarian Committee ut Bucharest made agitation
II Bulgaria insurrectiun against the Turkish
government and met with considerable encouragement
hmo; < the younger part OF the population Owing to
ihe betrayal OF tue plot tue nsurrection broke
prenlnturcy the lst and I'd oil May in the villages
Of klissura Koprishttsa, Panagurishia, Novo-Selo,
Gcova,, anu, perhaps, one or two Others. There
great aarm, even panic, at Tatar Bazdruik and
thppupoiis numerous telcerains were sen; to tho
Porte regular troops which, after delay,
refused. Inc beys OF Phnippopoiis and Adranopo
practically sczcd tho government, and armed the
Mussulman inhabitants OF the towns aud OF the coun-
try arms beins sent Tor that purpose IRON AdranVpe
anL Constantiuopie These armed Mugsumans, called
Irregular troops bashl- bazouks, were then
together with Inc few regular troops at hanJ,
sent INTO campaign against the Bulga-
ran viii gers. for The purpose of putting
down the lusuTrecton and OF dsarmng the Christian
population Bat few Crcasslans 10 Eayo been
employed at this time. Their settlements east of
Adrianope. 1t was 4 terte masse o the Mussuman
villages against their CHRISTIAN neighbors
The insurgent villages maie little resistance.
In many Instances they surrendered their arms upon
the hrst demand Nearly all tho villages which
attacked by the bashi-baZopks burned and pill
laged, also all those which had been aban-
uoned by terrified inhabitants. The Inhabitants OF
some villages were massacred alter exhibitions of the
most ierocous cruelty, The violation only of
women and girls but even OF persons OF the other
These crimes were committed by the regular troops
well as by the oashibazouks
VILLAGES BURNED.
The number OF villages Which were burned In whole
or in part the districts OF Philippopos, Ropichus
and Bazardiik IS at least sixty 1--WE, oil which the
names are ioiows:-