Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-27
A Scene in Bulgaria.

The correspondent or the London
Daily Netos, who is travelling in Bulgaria
with Mr.. Schuyler, the American Consul
General, writing from the city of Philip
popilis, describes this scenes
The first remarkable object which at
tracted my attention upon entering the
streets of Philippopilis was not one that
was calculated to make me feel partlcu-
larly light-hearted and merry. II was
priest who at first sight seemed to be
standing in green-grocers shop in
very reflective mood, for ne nHd his
hands behind his back and his head
slightly inclined forward and to one side,
seeming to indicate that he was gazing
at the ground in brown study. There
was a small crowd of people on the
other side of the street watching him-a
very silent crowd it was, that seemed
slightly awestruck, for it protfered not
sound or a murmur. AS came nesrer
| perceived that the feet of this priest
were not quite touching the little plat
form before the door of the green
grocer's shop, and upon looking more
closely to find out the cause OF the
strange phenomenon l observed small
rope proceeding from his neck to a beam
a couple of feet overhead. lie was
hanging there, almostin the doorway OF
the green-grocer's shop, with his feet SO
near the ground, SO calmly and plaeidiy,
that might have passed him by without
noticing him had it not been for the
crowd over the way, He was tinaslooka
ing man of about forty. There SWeTes
wooden shoes on the feet, which were,
without stockings, small sheepskmlcap
on the head, and the beard, whichsfell .
down over the chest, was slightly fieekeds
with gray Evidently peasant priest
priest of the people; but the sunbarnt
face, which was not in the least distort-
ed, wore a calm, stern, but mournful eX-
preston that was strangely impressive.
They said he had died very brayely,
His step never faltered as he mounted
the green-grocer's steps, and his voice
never trembled as he looked around up
on the assembled crowd, and gave them
his blessing. He had wife, and five
little children too, whom he left penni'
less, and whom we afterward saw at
Ayrat-Alan. She came to us there at the
house where we were stopping, with her
five little ones-a comely peasant woman
of about thirty-and told us her story in
her strange melodious tongue which so
much resembles the Russian, pointing to
her babes, wringing her hands, and
finally beat herhead on the ground in the
extremity OF despair. The only comfort
we could giveher was to tell her that her
husband died bravely, which did not
seem to console her at all as it should
have done a warlike woman. Selim
Enendi, the head of the tribunal for the
trial of the insurgents, short time ago
telegraph employe, told us he had been
guilty of fomentlng the insurrection.
But as the depOsitions of witnesses were
taken down in secret by Selim, with
no advocate to cross-question them, and
as Mr. Schuyler obtained proof that he
employed torture with view to obtain
ing evidence especially for the eonvic-
tion of priests and school-teachers, we
may take the liberty of expressing our
doubts of this priests guilt, as upon the
subject of Selim's Judicial capacity and
honesty.