The New York herald., 1876-09-25
THE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES
Official American and Russian
Report.
4 Story Of Massacre. TreacheY
and Manning
THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE BUlGARlAAS.
Present Condition Of the
Country.
II O r Ri BILE see N E S.
THE GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE BULCARlANs.
H RRIBLE ES.


in Bulgaria have all returned, and are now busy
writing their reports TO their respective governments.
II IL 70 he hoped that shall soon know the
exact truth with regard to the Bulgarian atrocities
Not indeed that there very much doubt for all the
reports Of the different commissioners have mus lar
tended to prove In tho the accuracy OF the
paper accounts. Mr. Schuyler although pursuing
Independent Investigation, and gereraly travelling
alone, yet visited lew villages together with Mr..
Barring, the English Commissioner and for the last few
days OF his jourueying accompanied by Prince
Tseretclen, OF the Russian Embassy.
The proces verbal Of the observations OF Mr. schuyler
and Prince Tscretec signed BY those gentlemen has
been circulated by tho kussian Embassy among the
diplomats and It is from copy kindly lent TO that
ain able 10 offer you some interesting extracts
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BULGARIAN ATROCITIES.
On the 25th OF May ChevKct Pacha arrived at Slvno
from Adr,auoplc with three battalions OF soldiers and
several thousand basni-bazouks whom he had col
lected in the neghborhood oi YambolL On passing
through that town. on the prctext OF collecting Tie
nrms OF the Christians (Which they had already given
up to the authorties) Chcvket Pacha allowed this
town to be piiaged All the Bulgarian quarter and
greater purl oil the Christian houses The Turkish
quarter were completely sacked. The soldiers, bashi-
bazouks, and, some say The Mussulmans o the town,
incicd by II certain hallb Bey, took away not only
money ana valuable objects, but even urnture dishes,
na,ncd lzet Aga, is known to have taken
money. Notwithstanding the complaints of The
OF their property, nothing has been restored
70 them Tho arrival OF Chevke. Pacha
At Slivno and the excesses OF every kind
committed in the neighborhood OF this Town by the
irregular troops created great pane On the reit-
Grated anu pressing demands OF the Bishop orders
were al last gwen TO stop the depredatons but at the
same time the Bulgarlans were Obliged to
DELIVER UP THEIR ARMS
10 tho authorities. On tho evening the 2Sth May,
called by telegram from the kaimakam OF Yamboli,
Chevket Pucha hastily marched 10 the village OF Boy
hdjk. The day this village bonibarded, pll-
had been unwilling to receive INTO their village the
bashbazouks, VINO accompanied the Kaimakam.
and from whom they had already suffered greatly The
Inhabitants OF this vlIage-about l. 900 IN ail-came
out to meet Chevket Pacha and ald down their arms,
but the Pacha sent them back. telling Them to defend
themselves and ordered his troops to fire upon them
The villagers ran away in all directions, without the
least
RESISTANCE AND WE'RE MAssAcREp
during their light The official number OF the victims
is 40, OF whom two were priests, eight women and
eight children. We saw human bones and skulls
tue fields, and asceraned the fact that only twenty
houses remained in this village aud that the school
and church were destroyed aitorward this last which
was built OF hard stone, not without much trouble.
Several heads were brought to Yambol among others
that OF an officer named adji-Moulassln. Three
heads thrown into the street before the house OF
the consular agent OF Italy ut Burgos. who himself
lated this fact to There is every believe
that
THE DESTRUCTION OF BoYApJm
was an act Of personal vengeance the part OF
Chevket Pacha, who was born in this village. The In
habants could return for three weeks, for during
al that time tho bashi-bazouks were busy digging up
me houses ana gardens IN search OF objects
pt value which had been buried. All the
cattle had becn taken away, and, al the timo that
NC visited the village, August IL notwithstanding the
pralsew orthy efforts the Muessarf to restore them
out OF 500 oxen, cows and horses the villagers had
only 800, and OF 5000 sheep scarcely fourth part.
The Ka,maKam OF Yamboll had ,lakcn his share; he
had sixty cows at Uzun- Kupru and sixty more at Sal
manbar. The bashi-bazouks had come IRON the neigh
boring villages and among them were Crcassians and
Tsrtarx They were commanded by Selimeh-Ghirei,
who was called
SULTAN OF rASDAKLY,
the terror of the neighboring villages Chcvket Pacha
lett Boyadk Tor the seven villages OF Beshtebe, which
he destined 70 the same tate. He produced his
thory telegram from Adrianople IRON the Serdar-
ekhren ordering the destruction oil these places It
again, thanks 70 the courageous intervention OF
the Blsnop Serahm, that these villages were saved
ac went 10 the camp Of Chevket Pacha, made himself
guarantee OF the hueity Of tho village, aud, after hav
ing experienced numerous insults, succeeded in
D,lainlng the pardon OF tho people, who
,nIages were piaged, &c. In the village OF Musuk-
udJa The church was plllaged. In this place. of
100 sheep, there remained only twenty-iour Even
authorilieh admit that Chevket Pacha s alone
r,sp,nslUle ior the disorders and damage committed,
Tor the insecurity which since that time rsgus in
he u,trcL As rec0mpense Ior his conduct he
.ain,d Marshal Of the paiace.
INSURGENTS
la speaking Of three small bands of insurgents,
oi n,d the province OF Tirnovo, the Commis s0ners
80 TO Say "a band, composed chiefly oil the inhabi-
anse oi Nriahovitza who had just been piilaged by
hcir Mussciman neghbors under the pretext of dis
nrning them, and commanded by a certain Pope Hau-
ton, believed be ex-pries,, tried to Get the
and the Mussuman villagers, ami on the 1lth OF
May took refuge in the monastery Of the Archansci
Michael, near prrnovo, where 1t was surrounded On
beng summoned To surrender, the insurgents dc
mandcd delay CT twenty -four hours for the purpose
Of stating their complaints, but this refused them.
On the arrival OF FazIy Pacha from Shumla with
lannon's the monastery Dombarded. Under cover
of the night and OF thick fall OF snow part OF the
insurgents escaped.
seventy-nvc went without arms and with white flag
to surrender. They wero all massacIed by order Of
Tho Pacha commanding IN tho most cruel way. Some
cut to pieces. others had their limbs cut oil
long stripes Uf flesh from them, while others
iIsemD9welied On arriving ~ IN the monastery Inc
man OF eighty years. The pillage was beeuE by the
cgular troops and continued py the bashi bazouks or
lity days. Proclamation accompanied the piliage.
Tnk BARBARiANs AT WORK
The Turks used tho holy vessels 10 satisfy their nat
ura needs the coverings OF tho chace and sacerdota
Vessels TO wrap up their feet to ornament their
horses Nine monks were killed Psrt OF the build
ngs were burned the first day, The church somo days
titerward ny the and OF petroleum, which had been
brought for that purpose from Drcnova We founa the
monastery mass o runs. IRON winch even the iron
and wood had been taken away, and We human
In Tho ueighborhood.
InE MuTEssARff,
when Informed Of the pngc, took no measures TO
uop H. aud u IL said that be even declared that every
edince touched by bullet became tue property OF the
State aud that the monastery could not bc rebuilt In
position stratcgically 30 important The authorities
MAINTAIN the regular troops did enter the
vent but aoe ascertain that objects coming
from the church were openly sold at Drevona and Ga
brovo by regular soldiers
now TIM ATROCITIES COMMENCED.
The report further on details tho proceedings con-
ncctcd with a band OF insurgents formed near Ca
brova:-rhis hand WAS composed oil thirty men, and
was led by Tzanko DustaUan, native OF Gabfoso WHO
had studied at Pars, but unacquainted witG the
use oi arms Alter having attacked Turkish post on
the shipka road, which, however by the efforts Of Tho
chie was eit untouchcd thesc young men came to
Tho village OF Novo Selo and passed three Jays there
On tho approach of the Circasians and bnshioazouks
coming IRON Pevon and Seivi, the insurgents aud the
greater part OF the inhab,tanls took refuge IN the
"A
Deli-NedJib, kaimakam, OF Plevar, aud Saaduliah
Enends Of SelvL On tho 2lsi ,i May the troops
burned and sacked Novo sco aud Killed CYL
persons, $50 OF whom we're women and chill
drcd. Out OF this number 14O persons were
killed r tho village itscli tha rest In the noun. aims
and near kaloer. Thcy sherc massacrcd by the band
ot HaJj Inrahm. ol 0ftchiIar district of kazarlge)
The majority The victims old men, inarm people
aud children who were unable 10 save themselves A
child OF i've years. Yoakim the oil jose Popof was
killed and
THROWN UPON BURNING ROoY.