The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-26
Mr.. SCHUYLER'S REPORT.
TIE H0RRORs WITNESSED BY AN
AMEHIClN IN BULGARIA.
Journey with Hus-tsu Priuee-The Ceun-
try strewu with Human Heusstns-I he
Cruel Trcu sment Of Women aud Children.

journey Win n Huesfnu Frtuce-The fouu-
try strewu with Huwan Heustne-Ihc
Cruel Treatment Of Women aud Children
The London Telegraph of Sept. u prints
the report made by Mr. Eugene Schuyler, Sec
Rotary Of Legation and Consul General Of the
United States at Coustantnople, aud Prince
1sercteen Second Secretary OF the Russian
Embassy Of that city, giving the details Of their
recent Journey amid tho scenes Of Turkish
atrocity in Bulgaria. They say;
The village OF Bogardjik was onbarded, pu-
LACED, and then burned, only because the in
habitants had been unwilling to receive into
their village the BAshi 1iazouks who accompa-
MED the Calmacfm, at whose bands thoy had
already suffered greatly. The Inhabitants OF
this VILLAGE, about 100 In all. came to meet
Chefket Il sha, and lad down their arms but
the Pdsba sent them back. telling them to de-
fcnd themselves and ordering MS troops to IRE
upon them. Tue villagers ran sw y In all drec-
tiOns without the le st resistance, amt were
mastered during their iioht. he oiflclal mum
Der " the victims IL no. OF whom two were
priea =, eight women, and eight children. We
saw human homes and skulls In the fields, and
ascert lined the fac. tn 4 only twenty houses re-
manned IN this village, and that the school and
churcn were DESTROYED afterward-this last,
N uch trouble Several heads were brought to
namboli among others by an official mined
Haojl-Mouisssim. Three heads were thrown
into the street before the house OF the Consular
Agent OF ltaly at Bdr1os. lie himself told us
Conducted by a certain Pope Haflton, who Ia
believed to be AN ex-priest, this band tried To
get 70 the Balkans, but Was pursued oy Tue
and on May II took refu lie IN the monastery Of
tue Archaogei Michael, near Dren Va, Nb"re II
was sur, unded. On oeing summoned To sur
renuer, the Insurgents demanded twenty-tour
hours u state their com plants, cut this Was re-
fused them, nd the arrival OF F.ziy Pdsna
from Shuml,, with two cannUns, tho monastery
was bomb rded. Under cDver Of the night and
Of a heavy fail uf snow, a part Of tho insurgents
escaped. At break Of day seventy -nve went
without arms and with a while Ma e. surren-
der. hey were all ma-sacred bv order of tue
N ntafll m Ina
Some were cut to pieces, Others bau their lin
cut Of, or long striLs OF nesn torn from their
bodies, and Others were dissmnoweled. On
arriving az the monastery the troops killed theso
tn mother Of the prior, old woman OF eighty
1 ne pillaRe was begun bv the regular troops, aud
continued by tue Bashi Bazouks for Mt, days.
In the village Of Musiuk Hodja tho church
was p,liaaed aud desecIa!ed, in tnis place out
Ine chief VI these irregular troops was Den
Nedbh, the Cstl acam Of Plevow, aided 10y
SaaduIlan Enendi, of Sevi. On May q these
troops burned and sacked the village OF Novo-
SelO, and killed o9l persons, $50 Of whom were
women and emil REQ. Out OF this number 40
persons killed In the v,lilee itsIl, the st
In the mountains and netr kalofer. where they
Of OftchnIar OH of kasati X. The maIortty
OF ne victims were old men. inDrn people, and
children who were unable 20 save Themselves.
cnild ot I've years, Toakin the son OF lOrs
Popof, was killed aud thrown upon a burning
roof. kole odoroG, before beng killed. bad
girl Is nontbs old with her skuli fractured 10y
yatagin he dead bodies were mutilate1.
ABOUT luo young Eifls ana women were VOL ted,
and some were kept several days In Turkish VII
llges. la the Convent of the HOY lnuty, at
Nuvo-SelO, Were there we're thirty-one nuns.
the bashi BazOuks massacred one Of the nuns
at the gate aud i've others ana the abbesa Va the
church. Two OF these had their hands cuI Oh.
Inc bodies we're stripped and burned In the
church. We found among the runs sureds OF
the clothes OF the victims aud nalf-Durned
human bones. Besides these seven nuns the
father Of one OF them aud the priest we're killed
In tho . me convent. some Of the nuA- were
repeatedly violated, and two OF them were kept
Tor some Il Tvs IN turkish Village.
Among the acts Of cruelty committed In these
villages we limit ourselves To mentioning the
nass.cr II thirteen shepherds AT krayeuis,
vino were seiz I'd 10y the men OF Hadji iDruhin,
OF Oitcnular. mad their hands lied. aud were
lied Nv sabre cuts. Ihs only one Who
caged did WI IN the loss Of an err. lie gave rs
the details Of this affair. At IL toshsyO an old
man named kolc Ratchet. was thrown alive into
the fame. some days before arrival At
Schipka 600 speaves OF wheat were stolen from
tnis village b. the neigbboring Turks, but here
also the authorities remain IN their napitual in
action. NoaI Ohanty, a village between kaZan-
lyk aud Tevi Gagra, more than go women aud
girls, VINO hal come about the middle uf June
from the osher side Of the Balkans To gather tue
harvsst-On the 10. NAL ASSURANCE of the Vait of
AdriaDopIe that they would run usk-were
att ,cked by the Turks Of this village. Two Of
the Mussulman guardians who sccom panied
them were seriously wounded. as well as several
OF tne young girls, thirty Of whom were violated.