The New York herald., 1876-09-01
naa received had come to attack i, during the night

taken tue precausion Of recommending tie spikng of
the signal. gun placed the height OF Philippopoh
tor the purpose OF giving the alarm IN case
OF Gre. But, the authorities suspectng
their intention, had the guard doubled. II results
from all the information have obtained, that the WI
lagos of Avra,-Aian, Ottouk -Keny and Ba,ak Keny
were the only real centres ofthe insurrecton OF An
drnopc, and that tho revolt lad no time TO extend H.
self TO other localities.
VILLAGES REBELS
The villages burned the Bazardjk district number
IS, viz -Four villages exclusively Mussulman,
mixed ones and Is entirely CnrstiaI - Others. of
which were Mussulnian, had been set on fire by the
rebels who Ned to the mountains and occupied the
passes Among these "a villages Is completely
destroyed and partly. The remaining 4 were partly
burned by the regular aud auxiliary troops Thus 1t
appears after the inquiry made the spot, that the
IS which have been wholly or partly burned contained
5t56 houses. 2,6G7 OF which were rescued. The nrc
therefore, has destroyed 1859 houses buildings.
As above stated, the troops had sent to the
twenty egh. villages referred to. They only occupied
Otouk- keny, Bertchoka BataK Perouchidja, IN the
district OF Philppopol the pass OF Persden, and last
the village of BazadJik, in the district Of slinna
The reservcthat Is To say the local Mussuiman mill
ta-was the only one stationed at Batak and Persiden
Tho others contained both regular troops and militia
II is not only the state OF nsurrcction, properly
called which neccssatcd the attack OF these villages
but also the obstinate refusal on the part OF the IN
hao,ants to listen the proposal to submit peacefully
and To the domld to surrender which Tor three days
had been addressed " them
INsuRGENr oBsTlSAcY.
The village OF Arrat Alan the principal head
quarters OF the rebellion, yet OWING to the obedience
shown by It's inhabitants, the imperial troops treated
them with The greatest encncy; this tact gives The
the conduc. Of the imperial troops in
other places. Even when the inhabitants refused TO
submit and 1t was urgent to attack them our military
authorities would rst invite thcn ~ put IN safety the
non -combaants the women, children and old people.
But the insurgents persisted in disrcgarding the iec
n,,s OF humanity prompted by such proposal and tho
imperial troops found themselves orciby compelled 10
engage in the light, taking great care however, TO
spare the lives oi women and children; moreover
orders had been issued to the army not to commit
any rcprehensiolc acts
Unfortunately the Bulgarians in their stubborn
assembled with their families various
points thus it happened that lew women had been
wounded the csnlict But the government FASTENED
rciel OF these frightened aud misguided unior
tunates There were 4,l?l Inhabitants. OF various
kwa and l44l ai Ba,ak. The total number o: tho
peasants IN these three places about 1000 II from
This amount the huif is deducted ior the non combat
ants, there would remain $500 able bodied men. sup
also that equal number of foreign volunteers
could have Joined them, the force OF the insurgents
would in this manner, reach 1000 meu. But the
majority OF the inhabitants OF these localities have
to-day returned to their homes, and by this fact the
losses suffered by them during the Hight can be easily
asccraincd
An examination OF the civil rerords could, however,
establish the disappearance OF great number OF IN
dividuas belonging 10 those villages. But there are
many who fed to the mountains after setting fire to
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the neighborhood working laborers and receiving
temporarily hospitality III other places. Therefore
IL is difficult to state with any certainty the exact
number OF the persons who missing
The fight IN tho village OF Persden was Insignificant
AT the first shots the frightened peasants abandoned
their enrenchments and ran away Ihe losses CONSIST
only in lew killed and wounded Those of PerouchIda
scarcely more important, and those OF Boyadhk
amount TO about eighty men, as 1t appears from the
details to be gwen hereafter.
Aside from the soldiers belonging to tho regular
troops aud those OF tho militia who were Killed In
engagements no ono knows yet the exact num-
Ter OF Mussulmans who pershed III the villages, In the
barracks. the stations burned by the Insurgents
at the beginning the Moreover several
Turkish merchants while travelling were seized and
assass mated by the rebels am inclined think that
the number OF Mnssulwans who met their death
by the hands OF tho rebels exceeds S00
The men who wIiuiiy committed murder now
bong examined and tried publicly; they shall be pun
ishcd according to the full rgor OF the law. Other
individuals who succeedcd in proving their innocence.
have been sc, at liberty givingba.
The mrr,crers OF about twenty rzinghanes belong
ing 10 the Mohamedan religion confessed their crimo
before the mixed trial ad hoe. The poor
Tins, appears, had been bly, carried to the vile
lasc OF AlratAian On arriving there they had been
compelled to make iron hoops for the wooden guns Of
the insurgents aud other objects After the work was
done their were ptnoned behind their backs and
their throats cut the rebels decnng II dangerous 10
| let them live.
The culpriIs also acknowledged during the exa,nina
tion that they had killed "like dog, and without
listening TO his prayers for Lie, Mussulman, who
travelling All this is set forth in the verbal report OF
In To- the instgaors OF The movement wo have
had evidence tending to prove that tho rebellion
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! the villages
IL has been asccr,a,ned that the above mentioned
villages OF Asra Aan Otlonk and BrAsdin had been for
titled with en,rcnchmens and other works OF defence;
that the entire Christian population was IN arms; that
! tho cntrcnchments were mounted with mprovsed
guns OF a kind, made OF hard wood bound With
tarred ropes and iron hoops; and, finally that they
bad made new weapon, consisting OF long pole, 10
which was added sharp blade place of bayonet TO
| be used by women III case OF need On the other
hani the gc that the most part OF the villagers had
! previously buried their principal vauabcs In the
fields. which afterwards were sowed and cultivated so
n to conceal all traces shows evidently that the insur
| rc1tionsry movement had been prepared some time
! before.
FURTHER NAssAcREs MussuLMANS
Now VII pass To the incidents w.ich occurred gt
Baak- -kcny. Tho inhabitants OF that place began by
orres,ins aud killing several TdrSlsh merchants who
the vicinity OF Dosrut. Balkan beng informed of
these murders, had sent TO that locality the Of Ali
Agha to ascertain what GOING The messenger
was immediately arrested by the insurgents This new
aggression and tho noise OF armng and preparing
openly made in the same village agains, tho Mussu
had been brought to the knowledge OF the latter
who hastily armng themselves TO their villages to
protect The innoccnts and TO prevent an attack
directed against themselves. bulgarian of
high standing had however by earnest cnreatIcs and
prayers succeeded In saving the life OF Aehas son and
in obtaining his release; his return among his reIa
tivcs caused srea, rcJociugs In the meantime, tho
Dospatcs coming to inquire as TO tho cause OF tho
disturbance IN the bulgarian villages were fired upon
This confirmed the apprchcnsiohs OF the Mussumans
who at requested rcniorccncnts aud ammuni-
iion. After cnircans. but in vain tho Bu garans to
abandon their nciarious projects, which already had
caused tho death of SO many victims they finally began
nostliitlVs anu cusaEcu III HSuI IL must pe
mark cd that at that time the Christians who asked
pardon had bcen disarmcd and spared; but the
Others who sought shelter in The stone church Of the
village and who persisted In continuing the conflict
provoked to the utmost the cxasperation OF the Mus
suman IL thea that the latter, order to dis
lodge them from their refuge, set fire to few wooden
shanties the church.
sA>GrINAEy CONFLICT.
Tho Bulgarans, seeing the danger which surrounded
them, abandoned their shelter and terrible engage
meht took place between them and their assailants
1t is unfortunately proven that during that sangunary
conflict the losses both sides very heavy whom
compared with the population OF the village, which
numbered .Il inhabitants AT the thought of such
disasters and ruin one cannot refrain IRON cursing
those who, sowing hatred and dscord among that
crcdulous and simple people. urged them to commit
these OF despair and cruelty.
The Bulgarian. whose generous intervention saved