The New York herald., 1876-09-04

OF whom eight left; numbers OF them OF ten
70 fifteen, OF whom one to I'VE we're left,
had been completely snnihilacd not one
remaining. The people who committed ths
supposed, but the Turks OF the neghborng villages
LED oy the Acnmed Agha already spoken OIL The WI
lage OF Batak was comparatively rich and prosperous
II had excited the envy and jealousy OF ITS Turkish
neighbors and the opportunities OF punder offered
temptation 10 the Turks which, combined with their
religious lanatioisn and the pfctext nsurrection
IN another part of the country, was more than they
could resist The man Achmed Agba, who commanded
the slaughter, has not been punished aud VIII not be;
but, on the contrary, IA has been promoted TO The
rank OF uz bashi and decorated.
We were told that any number OF children and
young girls had been carried OF that 1t was known IN
what turkish villages they were Kept, and that the
Turks simply refused to restore them TO inelr parents
Mr. schuyler afterwards obtained list with me
names and ages OF eighty girls aud boys that bad
been carried OIL with tie name OF the village IN wnich
each was kept
pxrLoRABLK CONDITION OF THE SURVIVORS
As to the present condition OF the people who are
here It is simply fearful TO think Of The Turkish
authorities have built few wooden sheds In the out
skirts vi the village In which they sleep, but they
have nothing to live upon but what they can beg or
borrow from their neighbors And in addi-
tion to this the Turkish authorities, with
that cool cyncism and utter disregard of
European demands for which they dstln-
guisned nave ordered these people to pay their regular
taxes and war contributions Just as though nothing bad
happened Ask the Porte about thus at Conslantinope
ana will be denied, with the most plausible protesta
tons and the most rcassuripg promises that every
thing will be done to help the Sufferers. But every
where the people Of the burned villages come to Mr..
Schuyler with the same story-that unless they pay
their taxes and contributions they threatened
with expulsion from the hooks corners OF the
crumbng walls where they have found u temporary
shelter 1t rs simply impossible for them pay, aud
whatwil be the result OF these demands IL is not
to foreteL But the government needs money badly,
ana must have IT, Each village must make up It's
dlnary quota OF taxes and the living pay for tho
dead
We asked about the skulls and bones had seen up
the hill upon first arriving IN the village where the
dogs had barked at These told were the
bones about 200 young girls, who had first been cap
ured and particularly reserved for late Than
DEATH They had been kept I'LL tho last they had been
IN the hands of their captors tor several daysior tho
burning aud the plagng haa not all been accomplished
IN single tay-and dur ny this time they had suffered
possible that poor weak treinb ing girls could
suffer at the hands OF brutal savages Then,
when the town had been paged and burned.
when all their friends had been slaughtered,
these poor young things, whose very wrongs should
have insured them safety whose very outrages should
have insured them protection, were TAKEN IN the broad
light of day, beneath the smiling canopy Of heaven
coolly beheaded, then thrown in heap there and left
TO rot
Mr.. Disrae was right when he witily remarked that
the Turks usually terminated their connection with
people who eli their hands in expeditions
manner than by imprisoning them. And SO they do
Mr. Dsraeli right AT the time he made that very
witty remark these young girls had boon lying there
many days.