The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-30
Horrid Atrocities IN Bulgaria

The Journal, that monrns WI. b sOrrOwful
mutations at the misfortune of every
negro that happens to be killed in the
riots OF the South, sneeriugly Ie!ers, with
cheap witticisms to the horrid scenes now
the pictures that excitts the Journals wit
and reminds it OF the Schleswig- Ho stein
question that kept whole families awake st
night"
[Philippopolis Correspondence London News,
July 2l.
The investigation into the atrocities is pro-
ceeding rapid y. ar. Ii tring Will probably re-
port that not fewer than sixty villages were
burnt and IL, W people killed. | do not
know what view he wi take of the insurrec-
ton. Many prisoners have been released
since we arrived. Mr.. Barring Is honestly de-
sirOus of obtaining the truth, but is nj ways &C.
companied by a Turkish escort, which fright
Mr.. Schuyler tnir ks the reports of the atroc-
tiles committed by he Bulgarlans utterly I'M
founded. He believes that about a hundred
Turks were killed, nearly all in actual c,m-
bat. There is 90 proof } ct of a single TUT kish
woman or child havi been killed. Except
in three villages the Blu garians offered no re-
slstsnce: In one instance only the
Proof has been obtained Of atrocities CORE
spending In the m,toIity of cases with the de-
beautiful girl, was arrested for embl oidering
flag, and Druisliy maltreated. Sne was nick
named the Queen OF the Bulgarians. She has
been ceased on bail, but was in prison six
weeks ON bread aud water. The poor girl is
now i'll and broken hearted.
have just seen the town of Batok with Mr..
Here is what saw. On approaching the town
on hill there were some dogs. Tney ran
away. and We found on this spot numoer Of
SIX ulis scattered about, and one CHASTITY heap
OF skeletons with clothing. L coun ed from
the saddles an hundred skulls, picked
AND onI Ese Ws entered 1he women sa%n
On every side were skulls and skeletons
charred among the ruins, or lying entire
where they fell in their clothing. There were
skeletons of ar s and womea with long brown
hair hanging To the skulls. We approached
tue church. The these remains were more
frequent until the ground was literally cov.r-
ed with sk eletons, SIX ulls and putrefying bod
les In clothing. Between the church and the
was fearful. We entered The church yard. The
sight was more dreadful. The whole church
yard for three feet ep was fostering with
dead bUdies partly covered-hands, legs, arms
and heads pr jected in ghasIly confusion.
saw many little hands, heads and feet Of chill
dren oftnree wears of age, and girls, with heads
still worse. The floor was covered with rot
uDg bodies quite uncovered. / never inn
three thousand bodies in the churchyard and
church. We were obliged to hold tobacco to
hundred women and children had been burnt
alive. All over the town there were the same
scenes. In some places heaps of bodies buried
in shallow holes had been uncovered Dy the
dogs. The banks OF the little stream
were covered with bodies. Many bodies
had been carried 10 Tatar BazardjiE,
a distance of thirty miles. The town had ., l0U
Inhabitants. There now remain 200. Many
VINO escaped had returned recently, wee DIN
and moaning over heir ruined homes. Their
sorrowful wailing could be heard half q mile
or Some were digging out the skeletons Of
loved ones. woman was sitting moaning
| them, which she mad in her lap.
The man who d i'd ali his, Achmed Aga, has
been promoted, and is still governor of the dis
/, trict. The newspaper accounts were not ex ag-
| Grated. They could not be No crime iRventsd
| by Turkish ierocity was left uncommitted.
seven thousand bodies have been lying here
| since May II, rotting in the sun, preyed
| upon by dogs; and Sir Henry e lot, has
never heard that the authorities
| demand war contribution from
| the remaining inhabitants OF one hundred
| Thousand piastres- The town formerly paid q
million. The harvest is roJtiDg in the fields.
| The owners are in the churchyard. The sur
| vivors cattle have been taken by the turks.
| who refuse to restore them. 1t Is mp0ssible to
| get in the harvest. IL is not true that the
Turks are sending help. The Inhabitants
| every where complain 70 Mr.. Schuyler that
their cattle are not restored, and that help is
| not given.