The New York herald., 1877-10-05
BULGARIAN DESOLATION.
ENGLISH TESTIMONY AS TO raE CONDITION OF
TIE CHRISTIAN POPULATION MURDER AND
OUTRAGE RAMpANr-pEPLoRADLE CONDITION

TIE CHRISTIAN POPULATION MURDER AND
OUTRAGE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CONDITION
OF THE SURVIVORS.
From the London Times Sept 2ll
RELIEF CAMP. CARLovA, Sept 5, 1877.
The experience OF the last two days has been by
common consent tho most painful in tho lives OF the
four Engisrmcn who here. In my last. think,
pu the former population OF this beautiful and wealthy
town 10000 Careful inquircg mado since have con-
ynced us that 20 here and 1900 or 10 nj Sopot
would be tar moro accurate computation. Al present.
bcyoud cw score soldiers aud dozen SO Bulgarian
mcn who arc doubtless hiding IN different houses, the
lfvins souls are some 5000 or 5000 women and
children who are either Inhabitants or have ned
here for shelter from Sopot and Kaiifer, whore tho
massacrcs and pllIagng have, as you are aware,
been rather moro complete. or all these helpless
creatures not dozen desperate enough to ieave
their empty houses, except 10 run here in weeping
groups, beseeching US Tor that protection which II
makes the blood boil 10 be powcrlcss 10 give Any
thing like The White Terror hero can scarcely have
existed since tho French Revolution In other places
the bash bazouks and Crcasssns have como and gone
like blasting sand storm and tho living have raised
their heads upon their departure Hero, Tor ncariy
six agouixing wocks, they have como and gone a.
the,r own hssh will, and their hapcss quarry have
been coopcd up like fowls awaiting their inevitable
turn
sUFPERIxGs SURVIVORS.
Mr.. Fawcstt, Colonel Blunt, Mr. Master and have BE-
tween US ontcred hundreds OF substantially but
houses, crowded with terrified women and chlidrens
and in no single house was there scrap oi movable
property discovered rag except those when
had been halt torn from the wcarers' backs Also
woman was there who had not had to ny moro
than IN mortal terror before rulans who, under
the OF searching for men, either pcrpetrateu
or attempted nameess outragoS II was periectiy
hcartbreaking 10 witness tho signs OF hunger ana
fear Thon, you can imagine the sickening feeling
with which we lc night after night listening 70 tne
shreks Of women coming from various quarters OF the
town. Picture " yourself, II you can. the sunerngs
OF thcse poor things without gnt-there IS not siil
OF oil or . candle out OF the guardhouses here-wtn
empty stomachs and sick hearts, Tor the nows ot tnc
hangngs al Philippopolis have somehow reacned
this place And tnere rs abundant evidence that
all yhcse people were TWO months ago what wo
call wei-to-do. Theirs Is no case Of wretched
beings Injured to misery and hardened by perpetual
want. There is rookery q rome OF squalor IN
the town. Every building stands in what short
time ago well kept garden and possesses even stiii
innumcrabie evidences OF former "comiori" Cariova
must have been IN happy times little paradise and
Sopot another; situated In Cumberland-like
scenery, with little artificial canals diverted from tho
every of flower and vegetable known in temperate
cmes lourished in glorious profusion The ample pas.
Wild 1owcrs everywhere provide enormous Quantities OF
honey Tho profitable manufacture Of the native
cloth had brought general pecunary prosperity, ana
the result that In the opinion of our old travel
iers, Carlova and It's neghborhood was the ono place
In which, always excepting his own dear home. each
WORK or TURKISH sAvAGEs.
But what has the ruthlessness OF armed rufaanism
brought this tor We are camped in what appears to
have been a large kitchen garden. Tomatoes Frcnch
benns, vegetable marrows, threo feet aud our fcot
long, cucunbers, Indian corn, grapes, apples pears
pums, walnuts, aubcrgines are 10 be had for the
gathering The owner and planter Of these is proba
bly, hanged, for he was evidently respectable man.
watcrcourse, In which We got morning BATH
Stepping across this. and entering wrenched open
cloth factory Like every other house It is complete
wreck-proprietor hung at PhiIippopoI's But
the solid and substantial cloth making machinery,
driven by water whoe has resisted the destroyers
aud stands mockingiy motlonlcss, while the widow
and our children, emooldencd by our presence, creep
In every morning. covered with rags, 10 carry away
the garden stun TO keep their xttenuaed bodies to-
grlhor. We have variousy estimated the capital Of
s2o, G 900 Like most Buisarans, he seems 70 have
been pious man, Tor In his country house, among tho
other debris. lies a New Testament torn in half Bor
dering US on the right are some halfdozen
empty houses. from which We have looted"
Tor camp use an old broken table. q stool
all the efcsss not broken or torn TO shreds Ono
OF them was very superior building, and yesterday
our permission u 20 cutter thr their iormsr home,
take somc grapes and vegetables from thor own gar
den. Tho mother Of tho chIdrca' a stately, com
truc that great many respectable Bulgarans bad
been executed at Philppopohs, and II We had heard
thing oil her husband who had been arrested and
sent therc. We held out false hopes am afraid, by
assuring her that the pacha declared he was only
hanging wicked men; thut reports Of horrors wore
best, sc
RELIEVING THE VICTIMS
But the still desolaton, hoarrending as IL 10, was
com mpletcy driven from our minds WHOM We encoun.
tered the weeping and groaning misery OF some TWO
thousand poor eous who We relieved from the
pangs OF hunger In our rounds through shc
town Al first, our arabAs halted under their care
fully boarded windows, with Englisnmen standing In
them, their sleeves turned up aud thor clothing oil
white with flour, tho poor things afraid open
their doors Soon, however, hungcr-drvon old
women came trembling 10 quickly opened side door,
and, with u nervous glance up and down the street,
held up thor aprons and In many cases slipped of
their potucoats 10 receive the shower Of rice and
lour from pans. Each, according 10 the num-
Der OF souls IN the house, received about fort.
nights supply. All wept bitterly anu invoked all the
different blessings they could think upon our heads.
By degrees, finding nothing terrible happening, conf
dcnce and our wagons we're surrounded by crowds
oil amshed looking women and children of all ages,
pushing and struggling to get near IN the vain
deavor 10 be served nrst. Women In tha backgrou
held up their hasy constructed bags and their chill
dreD and with imploring looks and prayers, begged
not to be LETT out.
From morning TO night this hns gone for two
days, and still not half the people have been mp
preached. To see the despair each evening at dusk
had TO desst dreadful, but with every desire
do bcs, wo havo to husband our strength, Tor
already the hot aud bad smells OF the fever
houses are telling We obliged TO keep
careful look al night, as the bashbazonks have
made secret OF their objection to our presence
the authorities are becoming decidedly cool, although
IT at their express desire that gave aid tho
Bugarians