The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-03-08
mo. 80
PERSECUTINd CHRISTIANS.
rEnib'd eutraRes cor,;i,,tt,a bE
Turkieh Soldiers in Bulgarin;


"ofr'spdtide!ice ofthc IohdoH Times:
n letter from '7slii Zaghra; lii tho
iiarge' nd'tstrlo,la and Comparative:
~ inoDcnsivc Province Of Bulgnr;o.
trlis Tn TINT at s5ulmlchli, n village
OF that district; ''thc Turks hnyn
,rns"lt into the houscs Of tho
ii'ulgar'aiis, %hcro they viulatud
nan " scor" of young girls mid
three voting married wonirn. Thoy
Killed Twelve Bulgarjons anu
wo'lidtd eight THEFT; ~ they With
drew they took away with them tho
corn, the lighter f,,riiltiirr, and all
the portable prprerty of tho Chris.
tian ihhabitanls.'
"In the villagd Of Catiiika, tho
! rural g'iartl with Two policemen
and other TiirEs, nrrtstdd fifteen
bul!gariatls; shut thrm up III n hut,
and putting knives to thtir tlirbats,
,r.Xtortcd fortys six Turkish llra (thd
hra Is cqtlal to 18s. 2d( In tho
l'istrict Of Kazanlicl, Koustchi.
Agha, at tho head IF IL band Of
Mussnlmans, travelled FROM village
to village, demanding money from
tho Inhabitants, and threatening
thcm with arrest in cnst of refusni'
Ito THUS s,'cctc,lrd i'll scc,iriltr IL
plniidrr IF 5GO Ira. At G1r,1tcho,
, whiln tho villagers w:crc away con:
yryiIs goods to the stutioh, tho
Alusslllnans robbed the houses and
Ill trratcd the dcfriiccltss WOmo,,
and children: At Koshn1ja, tho
Turks broke at tight Tito tho
house Of Iadji 1odoro. Il Bulgarian,
tortured him will, rcd hot irons,
anl, after rlwtdcrii'u HIM Of 10000
N$5tNs, stabbed hint with their
kifivea ".llis son in Law was culgel:
ext Severely by them az they wcro
lcavlnMhc house with tho plum
der q
"RoBborirs and m,lr,lnrs ard
matters OF frequent occurrence in
the village Of Tornl;i. Two Young
peasants have been slain by Mus
sulman assassins. \ rrinst has
boon robbed oi, tho rond bytwccn
Houhlar' ahd kavnkli hln wife hns
been yiclntrd i'll hin rrtstilcc, and
himself a'rippcd t" The .hkin, his
very banrd hUii4 cht oft from his
face: ',rhc priests Of tln Mlago of
Nara Tucikla wire tied to a doiintry
cart and dragged about nj night,
beaten aid wo,iildcd; mid wcro
only reluasod ilpoi, n payment of
~ Ira each. Thr bulgarian
Bishop Of Hhvcn. was attacked in
tho town Of YamDoll by thirty or
forty Allise'tlmans, atid though no
was himself rescued by tho police,
hs sUrvants wero cub jtctud to tho
most sovere IN troatmtht. A boy
Of Ind" Ed,li, fifteen years old, on
his way to Slivoh. was stopped by
aohtn Turkish sul,li,rH Who hewed
him down with their kiiiyts: Ho
was Ero,'Ght to tlc Governors
hot's", blrudhg frum the thront,
and by him sent back to his village
in Il dying slate; without furthor
inq'lirJ', At Tlkevo fyt ptasnhts
going homo from rnrkdt Nero
attacked by tho Tirks; who lie
mnndcd tlttir money Oiio Of them
tricd to- cscap", bit Nas shot dead
oil The spot. rho others savod
th"it lives W delivering their
pirsts:
The tort,ircs l,y which nio,idy ls
cxtortol mainly consist iii. htrliing
the victims with red hot irons,
piercing their tongues With sharp
daGscr", compelling them to tread
barefootcd on hcal's Of thdr,is, etc.
"Sadick Bey. With Bonit others,
wel't FROM village to v!llngo violat-
ing Bilgnriali girls. More than ono
hundred hnto been rnyshed."
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