New-York tribune., 1876-09-05
TURKISH BARBARISM.
ruR eITLGARIAN ATROCITIES.

THE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES
ooYsur-GEYERAL scHUYIER's INvEsr'GArioS-BAR-
BARoUs ACTS BROUGHT TO LIGHT = sEVEitAL
THOUSAND VILLAGERS MURDERED
iFRoN AN ocCANoSAL coRREsPoNDENI OF TIE i.''D''
coxsrASq1SopLE, Aug 15.-Mr. Schuyler, the
Amorican Secretary of Legation and ConsulGeneral,
has heen making very careful and painstakir% ex-
animation of the region of the Bulgarian revolt OF
last Nav IN order to know the truth as to the means
nv which that revolt was suppressed. Ihe strip OF
countrv desolated is about 80 miles wide and nearly
roo miles long The rebellion threatened large pro-
portions, and at the time we were informed tnaV
measures had been taken to "locahze II. 10 was
localized" There is no need OF manufacturing
stories Of cruced priests and maidens burned aliVe
of heads cut off and used in game OF ball, OF babes
bayoneted and thrown high in tho air peIore tno
screaming mothers eyes. There was no neea OF
manufacturing such stories, for the actual leI Oh
battles where no quarter was gwen. and Oh Viases
left to the mercies of CircasSian irreguiaIs are
enouqh TO blast for ever the memory on hnsSeIh
hvp pasha. who ordered the performance. His
,,prier by Crcassian seems like retributlVe JUS
tiee. One crime testified to by Mr.. Schuyler, now
eyer shoud blast the character of the present Min
istrv If they fail to pufsue its perpetrators with
relentless punishment. That is the massacre OF
several thousand people in cold blood at Batak, a
BULGARIAN village in the mountains of Rhodope. "A
band of marauders butchercd the whole population,
and their remains lie to-day unburied III the
streets and in the church. For nearly
three months the mountains have hidden
the secret but the Government must
have known it. The thing has been spoken of be-
fore this but disbecved account OF its horror
The authenticated reports from the cGnsuis have,
however, alarmed the Government, and caused 1t TO
make some show of dsapproyal The officials at the
Porte credit American missionaries with bringing
the Bulgarian horrors the notice of the European
public But 50 far as have been able to ascertain,
the principal credit of this belongs to Sir Philip
Francis, the English Consul General here. who died
recently In spite of the determination of Sir Henry
Elliot the Embassador for political reasons to
prevent publicity, Sir Philip worked until he en-
listed the attention of Parliament and the British
nation The American missionaries, accustomed to
estimate the value of evidence in this country have
been rather slow TO believe statements which they
were unable to investigate. lt so happened that tSe
rebellion did not touch directly any poiHt IN
Bulgaria where Americans resided, and IN all their
statements they have been very careful to separate
what they knew to 10 true and what they heard as
yinor. The BatalS horror was hidden away among
the mountains and Mr.. Schuyler was the first
foreigner to visit the place and prove the truth OF
the stories The desire for wholesale slaughter
appears deeply rooted in the minis OF the people.
From the beginning of the Herzegovina troubles both
Hdes have massaered every foe they could reach.