, 1876-09-09
!: Horrible Scenes In tho Village Of
..t Bata1i.
Women and Children Tortured and
= Slaughtered by Thousands.
The Dcmonioc protcgcs Of tho Christian
:. Government Of Great Britain.
Gan 0hristendom Allow Snch Barbarities
to Go Unavcnged2

N4kDNS } Ck UCEh kllA III SNG 3NRha tAHS
do not now believe: nothing could be said Of
them TINT should not think probable and like
ly. There ie, II would seem, point In atrocity
beyond which discrimination Is impossible
when mere comparison, calculation, mons,irc-
mcnt, arc out Of the quest!on,-and this point
the Turks have alrccly passed. You can follow
them no further. Tho way Is blocked up by
mountains Of h!dcous facts that ropcl scrutiny
and Investigations, over ard beyond which you
cannot see and do not care To 20. You feel that
It is supcr1uous to continue measuring these
mountalns and deciding whether they be a few
feet higher or lower, and you do not carc Ia 60
seeking for mole.hIlls among them. You feel
that Il Is tllno 10 turn back that you hava seen
enough.
But let me tell you what we saw at Datak.
FEARFUL sIaHT NEAn TIE VILLAGE.
As We approached cur attention Was directed
to soma dogs on the slope overlooking the tomn.
We turned aside from the road, and, passing
> through several gardens, urged our lorses up
tht ascent towards the dogs. They barkcd at
us Ia an angry manner, and then ran of Into
the adjoining fields. I observed nothing pc
c1liar ssye mounted until ny horse stumbled,
when, looking down, perceived he had stepped
on human skull partly hid among the graas.
It wns quite dry aud hard, and might, TO all an-
pcarnnces, have bccn thcrn for two or three
JEafGl 60 Wtl la4 Lue AOE1 uOu0 tuGF WOFN.
A few steps further there was another, aid
Gtaidn Il part Of skeleton, likewise white and
dry. As VIC assembled, bones, skeletons. and
skulls hecsmo more frequent, but here thoy hail
nents of haif4lry, half.putril flesh still slngi1g
to them. At lnet We came TO kiud Of little
plateau or shelf On the huletde, plierc the
ground was nearly 1evol, With the exception OF
.lroke through. We rode towards this, wttI. the
Intention Of crossing 1t, but oil suddenly drew
fxcin With an exclamation Of horror. for right
fbetorc us, almost beneath our horses feet, N.aa
"a sight that made ua ehudder. 1t wn6
{ AnnAr OF sKuLLs,
:snterminslcd with bones frotn oil parts of tho
Human body, skeletons nearly entire rotting,
clothing, human hair, and putril fesh lying
was growing luxurianuy. It emitted sickcIl-
'dnG odor, like Tint OF a dead horse, md tt ,yas
hero the dogs had been seeking TASTY reepast
"sn s sl Sasy q ss aheas hsap eod Gss sS
.one slight skeleton form still inulosed In
,cl1cm!.c, the skull wrapped about with colored
'handke5shlt and TIE oony ankles ankles ineased In the The
Sassa s fs0S: " eessb Soss sbos me" u.s. 's Tie
ground was strowed with bones In every lSres-
tiun, where tho dogs hat carried them oil to
gnnw them 1t their Ici.urc. Attic distance Of
from our standpoint i reminded one SOMEWHAT
of tile ruins Of lIorculancum or PonpriL There
waa not 4 roof left, not Whole walt standing;
oil was mnss of ruins, from which arose
keenlnsa u the Co. 1rlsi over "a1' thetr "d dcad, s
e'' voice. so W w. ne ' ts sasy syEp,snso sa asSi j
this curious sound when We afterwards deacend-
slcap OF skulls and skeletons before US, and We
observed that they were all snlal, and that the
article: OF clothing ,lnteFn!ng!ed with them and
lying about were all purts OF woaen's apparel.
These, then, wcrs all women aId gisls; From
any saddle l counted about hundred skulls,
not including those TINT WIRE hidden bc1oat,l
the others In che ghastly heap, nor those that
The skulls wcre neasly all separated from the
fcst OF tho bones, the skeletons were ncnrly all
'1lcadesa. Thcso women had all been bchcadc1.
: TnE SCENE IN TIM VILLAGE:
shattered walls OF the Grst house VIC came to
was d woman sitting on henpol rubbish, rick
Ing hcEacn to md fro, wailing kind Of naonot-
onoY. chant, half sobbcd7 TINT .was not without
q babe, and another child sat beside her patient
ay and silently, and locked at uA as We passed
with wondering eyes. She paid no attention to
us; but We bent our car TO hear what shc wla
1oas; "My home, my home, my poor home, my
sweet houle; my husband, my husbaud, my poor
husband. MY dear husband; my home, my
sweet hon'c,t and 50 On, repeating Tho sane
ln the next house vcso two, engaged
IA the way; one old, the, otl!er
young. repeating words nearly Identical, ~
Lad home aud now have nonsi had hus,,
now have none; had I've children anu now l
ilaye ont," while rocking themselves 10 atd fro,
beating their heads and wtnElng their hands
n,assacse, and Lad only ia.t] ] rcturncd i Tor ths M
Grkt time, having taken advantage u our visit,
Or that al Mr.; basine, to do 10. 1hcy might
aosa rctu'1.t.l long ugo, but their terror was no
great tllat they had not dared without the
prescnce and protection Of y foreigner, and now
they woulsl 60 on for hours in this way, "kcer-
ygHEAAL DIRaH OVEN 1aEiA nuINED HOMES.
THIS was the explanation Of the curious sound
we had heard when up on The HILL As We atl-
'yanecd there were more and more; some sitting
on thc heaps Of stones that covered ths floors of
Their honsS.; Others walking Up . an down o-
pcatlMs the SAME dcspalrinE wall. There were
1on tears In th!a universal mourning. 1t Wns
dry, hard, and dcspairlng,, The fonntult Of
tids Of sorrow aud misery waa IS great Us ever,
and had to flud vent without the!r aid. AZ VT
proceeded most OF them fell Into llue bchiud Us.
aud they finally fottned n procession OF 4oe "
bu people, mostly wolntn aud Clflarpi who
followed US about wherever We went with their
pAuurnfui cries. Such a sound Rs their uDitrtl
vnlses acnt up to heaven hopo aeYer to liear
asalu.
nATAN AKD ITS INHABITANTS.
/ II lEaY br well, huturc Kuing further, N soy
e,lnctli,!g ahout Batak, 80 that the ren,ies lnuY
tor.! y better Idea of wllAt Took placa here.
~ IVES place of D00 HOUSES, mud about
.b,o,N Or 0,Uo0 Inhabitants. Edp EHeulI, IN hls
rvp"rl states that Tiers were only about 1,4G0
inhabitants IN tic village, all told. 4 more Iu,-
Enaent ialaeno"ti was nrvcr uttered, even by a
luTk. 1T, Schuyler In. obtained their tax.itst
for tbs yras, aud lnds TINT there were l,4al
uhe'Ldtllca iucu ASSESSED to puy the military
exemption tax. This number In any Eurupuat,
country would Indicate u population oi about
th,0Vo, but here II would not give more than
ir'm S,toU to 900 souls, all told, aud this Is
the hEurc at which tho population is estimated
b thc inlatl.anss, as we'll Is by tho people Of
1ekttlh.
I!hlnA people In England and Europe gen
orally have very Imperfect idca Of what ihvso
BulgarIans aa. l hayu aawsye heard then,
spoken VI as mere sayaEes, who wrse ii, reality
MT MUCH tuore civilized than the American In
d'uns; au's confess that / myself WAS tut fur
from entertaining t1e aamc opinion not very
lous ago. was astonislled, as l believe most
vi my readers will be, to learn tLat there ia
crurccly bulgarian vllnEo without It's scI,ool
that these seuols ART, where they havr no. been
burnt by the Turks, lii a very h0lrisAing cund.,
t1tnp fn.t ht vf,5Iy mt