The New York herald., 1876-09-07

their hair at the remembrance OF the scenes
Hundreds Of women came TO US recounting what they
had and what they had suffered.
NOT THE PLACE sEEns TO HAvE ESCAPED
outrage They all confess 1t openly In otner places
where these things occurred the women have shown
hesitation to speak. In some cases they denied they
had been outraged, and afterward learned they
confessed to others that thoy had BEEN At Avrat-
Alan delegation of ladies' called upon Mr. Schuyler
to make their complaints, and be was somewhat as
toaished to nnd they had very little to say. Upon
going away, however, they left him \ letter signed
by them ai saying INA. scarcely ,% woman N hr tne
themselves to tell MIN r,ud roce but thinking that as
he investigating here official capacity he ought
to know they had decided to write to him. Here,
however, they did not hesitate to speak out Out
RACES committed so publicly, 80 generally, that
they feel 1t would be useless to try TO hide their
shame and they avow it openly. These acts
were committed not only in the houses, but in
ss s Do e the n e xSe sy sr
accompany vice. They have not even the modes,y Of
vicness; they have not even the shame of nature.
Mothers outraged IN the presence OF their daugh
tcrs young girls IL the presence OF their mothers OF
their sisters and brotberA One woman told us, wiring.
ter girl OF fifteen, had been violated in the samo
room. Another, that she violated In the presence
Of her children. girl Of eighteen av3wcd, shudder-
ing, and bowing her face In ner hands, that
sHR HAD BEEN OUTRAGED BY TIN SOLDIERS.
woman. who came to crutches with bullet
s in her ankle, said she had been violated by three
soldiers while wing wounded on the ground groaning
IN agony Young, delicate fragile little creatures ten
and years DID, were treated In tho Same brutal
der delicate little thing Of twelve, had been seIzcd and
outraged by BashiBazouk, although she had offered
all the money sno had in the world. although sho
offered herself II he would spare the child
Another told OF poor little thing OF ten violated IN
her presence, with number OF other girls Sill an
other told how dozen young girls, twelve or nf-
teen years old, had taken refuge IN her home hoping
10 escape detection; how they had been discovered;
how two OF them had been outraged and killed because
they had resisted and how the others then submitted
10 their fac-white shiverng, their teeth chatcrng
with fright And yet Sir Henry Elliot and Mr. Dsrac
will keep
PRArrSG TO rs ABOUT ExAGcKRArIoS,
forsooth The crimes that were committed here are
beyond tho reach Of exaggsraton There were stor es
related US that maddening IN their atroeity that
cause the heart 70 swell In burst Of impotent rage
that only find vent IN plying, useless tears We
were told OF young girl Of sixteen, outraged by three
or four bash-bazouks In the presence OF hcr father,
who was old and blind Suddenly she OF them
preparing in sport. to kill the poor old man, and
she sprang forward With shrek, threw her arms
around his neck weeping, aud trying TO shield
| him with her delicate body. IL was
all in vain; the bullet sped Its course, and the
father and daughter--the sweet young girl and the
| blind old ma1--feIl dead In each others arms
should perhaps beg pardon Of my readers for dwelling
| on these narrowing details But am not writing for
children and young girls, but for ami women; and
everywhere here l see tho Turks looking upon the
English rs their friends and Allies counting upon Us
Ior help against Their enemies looking TO Tor ad
| and comfort and believng-most sxasperatng thing