The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-14
THE WAR in THE EAST.
Appalling Accounts of Suffering
In the War Districts. \
Inhumanlty Of Irregular Troops.
Atrocities Almost Beyond Belief.
Thousands ofWomen and Children
Homeless and Perishing.


CONsrANuEorLE, August i3.-{t Is
stated on good authority that ,Masunes
l'asha. the Turkish Ambassador at Lon.
don, recentlyIwrote to the Porte that he
had reason TO believe that the British
Government would shortly ask the au.
thorization Of fleet 10 enter Bosphorus,
on certain contingencies, in order TO pro.
tect the Christians; and said the Porte re.
piled that the fleet could only come US IN
Rvowed ally Of Turkey. It is also as.
serted, though on doubtful authority,
that this reply was withdrawn on the en-.
ergetic remonstrance OF Laynrd, British
Representative at Constantinople.
LONDON, August l3.-A correspondent
at karabunar, writes that appalling nc.
counts continue 10 come in OF the mise.
ry Of fugitives from districts devastated
by the Bahi Bazouks and Bulglrians.
Thousands Of women and children are
homeless and perishing for want Of shel.
ter, medical attendance and food. I'm.
mediate help, on the largest possible
scale, is most sorely needed. He pro.
poses to distribute the iugitives about
Constantinople, Adrianople and Phil
lipopoli.
The Correspondent suggests city Of
refuge on an island near Constantinople,
under protection OF neutral flag, and u
neutral guarantee from the belligerents.
The crops are rotting in the ground,
and no provision is made for winter.
The correspondent speaks favorably Of
the conduct Of the Turkish regulars, but
severely blames the government for en-
ploying or not controlling the irregulars,
who commit the worst excesses. Even
fugitive women and children who come
for protection TO the Turks have to he
guarded by the regular troops lest they
should be further injured by these saw.
ages. The Bulgarians are behaving much
in the same way as the Bashi Bazouks. 1t
will be impossible for Christians and
MOhammedans to ever live together
again in some Of the disturbed districts.
Even Philo.Russians severely condemn
Russia's conduct, first in instigating the
Bulgarians TO revolt and then leaving
them to the mercy Of the Turks, whose
right to treat them as rebels il hard to
question.
The services Of Col. Baker have been
secured by Lieutenant General Mehemet
Ali, and he has gone to the front with
three other we'll known English officers.
A correspondent writes that the stories
Of the Russian atrocities in ArmeniH
are untrue. The Turkish regulars be.
haved well but the irregulars are guilty
Of atrocities past belief.
LIST OF HORRORS.
Twelve unarmed Mussulmans OF the
village Of SoukoulOu, near Erki Sagra,
surrendered 10 the Russians, and seven
Of them were massacred by Bulgarians,
and three by the COssacks.
At Batank, village exclusively Mo.
hammedan, in the district of Sistova, u
hundred houses were burned, and 200
men and 800 women perished. It's be.
lieved that only seven inhabitants sur.
vived.
At Balovan, n Mussulman village in
the district Of Tirnova, $50 houses were
burned, and 700 men and ] 200 women
persisted. One person only, it is believed,
escaped. AT Cabn Bonnas 100 houses
were burned, and 100 men and 300 wO.
men persisted; two persons escaped. Al
Keystamdal 100 houses were burned, and
300 men and GOO women perished. At
Chems, a mixed village, co houses were
destroyed, and 100 men and 200 women
perlshed; one person only escaped. At
Lundja, mixed village, 100 houses were
destroyed, and $50 men and 400 women
perished. The villages abandoned upon
the approach Of the Russians were given
to the flames and nearly 5000 destroyed.
The Legation concludes from informa-
ton received that the Russians have
adopted uniform system to try to seize
defenseless villages, and, after destroying
them with cannon shot, 10 massacre the
unarmed people and carry of the women
for the purpose Of OutrNging their per.
sons when they arc not killed at first.
The Russians threaten the christian vii.
lagos with the same fate II they do not
surrender, or il the inhabitants refuse to
be enrolled.
SEARCHING THE BALKANS.
snuMLA, August t13.-suleiman Pasha
taking the offensive, has marched through
Fereditch, u Balkan pass, and sent a
strong recOnnoitering force rs far as the
KaratOmon, on the opposite bank ol
which the Russians were found in con,
siderable force.
DuLGARIANs DEFEATED.
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