, 1876-09-28
TURKISH ATROCITIES.
svnopsis Of the, American and
Russian Reports.
story Of Pillage, 1ncondiarisn, Rape,
Torture, and slaughter.
nu,oariau Women and Children Starving
to DeNtlls


Ia have rcturnctl, anu arc now ohsy "E'lnE
,.,. H.. ronorta TO their respective Governments.
ta.,' ~ J., I,c hopcd that wa shall now soon know
~ ~ - sract truth with regard to tue Bulgarian
.s,c,,tc.. Not, ndccd, that there Ia very much
,aaNt for all tic reports Of the different Com
,s.toncr. have thus far tended 10 prove II, tho
.sotn the accuracy Of tho newspaper accounts.
A. achuvlcr, although ptrsning an tndcpcnd-
.n, Investigation, and generally travelling alone,
~, v,.ted few villages together with Mr..
H. 2g,-,nr. t,,o English Commissioner, aud for tho
~ NV ,Iays Of his journcylng WINS uccoMpa-
,a1s ,io, hy Prince Tserctelcif Of tue Russtnn En'
bassy. -, Ain o1,eorvotyona of AIR.
o,tmv,cr tv md Prlucu Tscrctcctl, signed BY those
e9s0tfnnen. las bccn circulated by tic RusslAti
mhsssy among tlle diplomats, and IT ls from u
tnnv tinliy lept to me- that aul nbls ~ oifer
wi eoue Interesting extracts.
OFFICIAL RErohT or TIN BULGARIAN OUT
On Tho eth ot May ChHykct Pae'a arrived a. a.
s,Eno from Adrisnorle With three battnllons . o.
~ hsd cbected In luz neiEhboFhood u fAmboll,,
passing through tnat tosn: on the prH.s1t H.. OF
eecuR The aru,s or thG Cishtans !w"sM v1s sney
P.ea p u,'ea allowed this town 10 bo p!llagsd Az the
n,jsarian quarter ma thS greater put IT, u aMe
estsy cldstsn sseKe5 Tha sodicrs baaonk. and
Rsmne eay, tho Muss0IMans OF the Town, tnc!teN ny
certain I[al Dcy, tnoX away not Only nN3!y mn3ncy
asT vniuabIo objects, but eVen furniture, dasheB,
e"ihes lei. coverings, ETC. One officer especially
named txet Aga, ts known 70 haye taken money.
ts eo,mp,as ., W. tnir nrory
Nnirr Ina lncn restored to them. The arrival VI
Gbuykes pacha Ut sl!vno and ihe sxsosscs q every
by H. irregular t!uops. creatcd yfnat ranlc M On
tSc reiterated and pEeasng dcar,9ao " tho lsllol,
orders at la1t given to sop me depseuaM,osns,
DELIVER UP THEIR AnMs
10 The authprtlcs., On thu oyomlng q the 2sth
,,lsss of noyndjik Tho next dny ills village
ss sGns Raass ssa ias Sse tss nnn Gas to 'y
Eciy. tnio tlcir Village tho bash! h!.1mzoukH. who
accompanied tns Kamakam ana fson wltom etcy
hi, sillave-aboat j. 60l In allcamu out to meet
ChvyIet fac,la and lail down thor arms, but the
. :s: s 5 d9ssd a1k snE III soops sn 10 + ire aeo
,6en,. thu villagers rnn away In all directions,
"''D'Is Nrs,sTAScs, AND u ERE MAssAcRED
hiring tIcfr flight. The Onicial number Of tho
Victims Is 10, u whom two wero rtlests. eight
women, anl eight children. We saw human bors
tbat only twenty houses remained ia ths village,
and TINT tho school and church, werc destroyed !;
!ls ast which was built of hard stone, not With.
Yanlbpli, among others that OF iii officer named
lIadN. .MouassfH. Three hea!ls wcru thtnwn Into
ihe ttrect before tho house of the eonsilar agent
tous. There IN every rcaHon to believe that
TIE DESTRUCTION OF nOYADItK
waa nn act Of personal vengeance, on the part Of
CheyEet Fuchn, WHO was born III this village. TLu
Inhabitants could not roturn for three weeks. Tor
during ali that time tho bashi .baxousa wero busy
If 1ssts Il RI rslHc nc whIcl, had bosn buried Ali tic
ta,tIc bad been taken away, and at tho time that
.c visited the sillage, Ang: =; ~ notwithstanding
Ito ptaiscworthy Efforts OF the butosHAr,f to re-
sore tho,u, out Of 500 ozcil, Guws, md hp.aea,
TIC villagers h9d only a9o and Of 9, 900 sheep
Ea,e9ly 2 fourth part; This Katmaknm NJ. Of Yam:
tznn.kuprn and sixty moro at saln,aniar. The
lishl.baxnuks Ind come from the nolHtsboslnE vi.
hss I aWSns chem sTS r.
WIN was callcl tho Snltan Of Enndakly, tiu terror
u The nclghborlng Villages. theykgt pacl1a lett
be destined to tho sumo fntu. liz produced as ils
authority Telegram, from AdrInnoplc froul the
6eEdarekhrcm ordering the destruction Of these
teNent!on Of tho 1Ishop scn,asn, that these VII
laEea wore s2ycd.
In spe,snr Of TIE s1ss ,ss1naEsHs s 1as Of Insurgents,
FORMED IN tho Province nf ilir1oEo, the Commits
9ssss ,sa gG Sn esn coRosqsa sa yhle
Tue psetc1t Of d'sarming them. and commanded by
ase,'an Pops llauon, believed to DO an CT. priest.
u'o regular troops md tho aiursuina., vilinsors,
ind on ths 1lsi Of May took refuge In THO n'onAs'
Try Of tic Archangcl Michael. near usenoyo,
Mrtendcr the insurgents dcmanded u delay Of
Esaty,lous hours for tho purpose OF atatang thoIi
sai M w. x On S a,y
monastery was bombarlcd. Under covor VI ths
dght ana Of thick fal! ii SNOW part u tho In
slrgcnts escaped.
At Tnn BREAK OF DAY
ss!sensy-lvn went without arms and With white
a.x 10 surrender. They were oil rnarsacrcd BY
EUG1E
!snbs cut on or long stripes Of llcsh torn frost
Yen. while others Wors d!au,aboweled. On ar
IT, mot'cr Of thu Prlor an old won,an OF 10 years
snS p!llayo ~ Was begun by thu resaat t.ooos s,,t
folanAtlon accompanied tho tllare,
THE uAlsnAhlANs AT WOAK. .
Ihe Turks used the holy vcasoIu to satisfy thei
atara! needs, sho coverings Of the chulicc ant
nsnt their l!orscs. Niuu monks were Killed. inr
q tho buildings were burncd the inst day, iii,
With ees Seagasy Y os S aa 9at q p6s
.sM nsenova; We found the monastery II nlllss .
: sana. fsum which uyen tho iron uM,t wuoA hat
aa2Aborho0h.
TIE MuTEssAHtF.
IT, en t.aiosnr @ e. shs page took no measures Il
sass n tanshsa y = ssd tnI b. sys os9tsa a
sty ot the State and that tlie monastery could no
= bu!l. ina position ssra'eglcally so Important
s!i not outer tho convent, hut Wa wcro ube /.
edta'h tlIat objects coming from thu church wer
sy sepsaiy aod at Drssona mud uahsovo BY reguia
: HOW TnR ATROCITIES COMMENCED,
lhe teVnrt further On tlctaila tha proceeding
o.sroya: Th!s ban was " coposa Of a tIsty msp len
Hnd and was led by Tzuuko D,ssaban, a nntlvo q
SS1G;yS, who h. s studied at Parts eat was N
s1kea sssekea Turkish poat On tha sllpka ruad. which
aosssc', hy tho efforts Ut tile chief va. LEFT IN
HLAf III Is