The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-08-18

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'lise lsfmts lialeNtias4s ass sh@ rFs~s~st
sufferers Thes haa h~s'n tsnsmas~sl arms
AMI snrnrs lts r*ssia, ansi uNw nsisis i
arr Forthcoming. 1hr lwamnss fswe ea
taane#, we're Ntnnsl,stsrsl tns ~,rT sssssx
lialnssl ts~ss,n wv lIeif nsarhiwfs, an|
Afs l,ssine lh~ pcnAlis III their rrv~lnlilt.
llNsiatr the a~~sftiun~ II thr ilnsl~i,
rfrmirs, Supported tsy Tho official r.
ports VI rfisirh ts-nsnlaf agrnix, ths
rnfitfinps II this lh~,s lsnrlr arr n,nsl
tsfrihlr, and ihn atf,wtllea leftatfa.e,l
~ ,lr fyNgniar and irregular Tnrkirl,
wslsli.fs ase unparalleled in ihe hiatnry
ri modern timr~ hAv. l~en II some
trouble ~ ascertain ihr tinsn ili this
matter, ah,l ! lwlissr The statement tn
he mt ~ all exaggerated that Inn,
human Mingr. ~ all ngrs and h,th
rexrr, have lrsen ina~sNrfrd III tlm rrn
vinccr ~ bulgaria, MAUslonin, anil
Epirn- siner tim lss NJ Jan,lary. 1s1u.
Orders have bcen received from Con
stant noplc tp arch ont AMI punish tin
authors III tlierr Wholesale murders, Int
II II difficult 10 10 either when ~ many
ri every rank are implicated. llere, ~
elsewhere IN TIM provinces, Tho Porte.
though animated with excellent inien.
tions, II powcrlcms 10 protect The III.
jahs, ~ whom not oven table.knivcs
arr permitted for their own ,lcfrnsc.
ORDERS came from TIM Minister III War
81 seiye All arms, and upon this prrtcxt
thu Tarinrr anil ClfrAssianr cunilscatc
every description of property which
comes ~ hand. Al licvno were found
thirty live OLD runs, piecra ri rusty
iron. valuable, perhaps, n curiosity
dealer. but moro than dangerous ~ thrir
owners ~ Weapons III ofIense there
were no cartridges. nothing, indeed, to
indicate tliat they haa been iHed for n
century; Int their proprietnfa wnrs car.
ricd before tho local governor, and when
they were released they returned ~ ilnL
their wists and daughters In tho slave
market, III. adjoining Turkish, villages
mil Plcynnp n heap of 1mollrfing nr!ieH.
No 1t In nll nyor tho country everywhere
Il history VI rape anl mnanerc, Int not
everywhere uuraristed aud unavcngn,l.
Al Yaml,oli, Il fine town on the river
Tundjn. the kninlanam demanded tIn
surrender VI every species III weapon la
tho possession ~ The inhabitants. 1'hcao
declined, AMI attacked the escort. which
they drove away IN disorder. Un the
following ,lay hack canln tlr kaimncnn,,
but this time liz hnd with him two Int.
MlionH of Hedifs and section ~ arttl.
lery. Tho light lasted nix hours; men,
women, aud cliIilicn tnok part In tho
aNfny, but NJ lAHt nndissdplined. nnor.
vanizea yalor yielded. nnd the entire
population iied ~ tl,e balkans, leaving
behind them hlinrn mud property. Tho
Christians of thc Snnjak II AIovar were
ortlere,l by their Governor, ono HaaAn
paahu, to pay over ,N,O, ,hOc " piassrrs
within fonr.nid.twcnty hours. lint they
iad already hern drained ~ everything
snd they hnmbly represented thnir utter
inability to obey, ~llerenlpon tho troops
marched into tile village nn,l coliiseatc,l,
In tim nnnle ri tho government, every
sheep, row mud horse IN whicI, they
could lny hniar. lint could multiply
by hundreds VI. .ll.autlrntiuated instances
u atrocities wl,icl cry alonL u heaven
for vengeance, ani nj whose details the
heart sirkens with horror.