Connecticut western news., 1876-09-01

Fiendsh Work of the Turks-.The Terrible
 Bashi-BazOuks nt WOrk--NIassHcre, In-
 cendiarlsni. Slavery and Debuuchcry--
 Ono Hundred and Twenty-One Villages
 Destroyed.
 M. Ivan de Wcestyne, correspondent of the Paris Figaro, has made an ex- tended tour through Bulgaria and has written several graphic letters to that journal, in which he describes the atro- cities committed by the Turks The following extracts will be found ex- tremely interesting. Although the au- thor is evidently anti Turk in his feel ings, there is no reason for supEosing that the story he tells is exaggerated. He thus describes his experit nces on the first morning of his visit to Adriano- pie:
 At the first street corner after leaving my hotel found myself opposite man hanging, whose legs were still kicking coLvulsively. He was suspended from the door of shop. The feet were fastened and the hands tied behind his back, but the face was uncovered and the tongue hung from the mouth. The feet were scratching the side wall of the door in vain endeavor to find resting place. The shopkeeper, furious that his house should have been chosen for the execution, was abusing the zapties," !" who went away laughing and driving before them two other wretches whom they were ordered to hang in different parts of the town. The evening before, the tribunal, which was composed of the Turks and "chosen" Christians, had condemned a dozon Bulgarians to death on account of the revolt which took place three monthsago. It was decided that three of them should be executed in Adrianople, and the other nine scattered through the country, one at each cross- roads. | followed the soldiers who were driving these unfortunates before them with the butt ends of their guns, while crowds of boys threw stones at them and shouted |" Giaour."
 We soon came to a g flows constructed of three pieces of wood, the upright and arm being held in their places by sup port from one to the other. This primi- tive gallows was erected under lamp which had been pulled down tho night before by the weight of another man executed there; for they hang them here every day. In few minutes every thing was ready. The cord rolled round the arm of the gallows, ended in a run ming knot, which fell down to meet it's victim. One soldier placed it round the neck of the shorter of the two con- demned men, and then, upon remark made by one of his comrades. took it off and adjusted it on the taller. The req son given by the second soldier for this change was that 1t was difficult to hang tall men from the shops, which are gen erally low. The man was then placed on the scafold, where he was kept in position with blows from the butts of the soldiers guns until the rope was finally adjusted, when the scaffOld was kicked from under him. They had not even taken the trouble to fasten hislegs, which kicked convulsively in his agony, while the i'll constructed gallows groaned. The crowd was already far distant.
 At the corner of the street the cor tege seemed to be in doubt as to which route they should take, and the soldiers engaged in discussion. It appears that although they had been ordered to hang one of the prisoners at the gal lows, yet they were free to strangle the others when they pleased. They ad- vanced toward confectioner's shop, which was somewhat larger than the others, but the proprietor, guessing their intentions, ran in front of the troops and put something into the com mander's hand, who, changing his di- rection, went to cafe. Here the same scene ensued, the owner of the cafe took the sergeant's hand, who turned to cafe opposite with the same result. All the shopkeepers not caring to have man hanging at their door all day pay the zapties to go further on, and the victim meanwhile las to follow their zigzag march under an incessant rain oi abuse and stones. At last the cortege stopped. The Bulgarian had fainted. went away, for I had seen too much.
 Bashi means in Turkish 'head, ' and Bazouk "spoiled" or '' dam aged," so that ashi-bazouk is "bad head" This official name given tc these irregular troops show that the government has allowed them to take the initiative. The population of Turk. ish villages, like those of villages every where else, are composed of men and women, but with this difference, that whereas with us the men are willing tc work, here they do nothing and are con tent to send their women into the fields