The New York herald., 1877-08-27
kETRIBUTION AND DIFFERENTIATION.
THE HORRORS OF WAR IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF THE HzARTLEss MASSACRE OF THE cIrI-
zESs OF oEULA-MAHALIssE AND EsKI-
SAGHRA.


OF THE HzARTLEss MASSACRE OF THE cIrI-
zESs OF oEULA-MAHALIssE AND EsKI-
sAGHRA.
London Times correspondence
HEADQUARTERS turkish ARMY THE BALKANS,
KARABUSAR August 8 1877.
Yesterday l visited large Bulgarian village Of up
wnrd of three hundred that had been sacked,
burned and the people massacred by the
on the 30th OF july The village is called KaraAtli,
about sixteen miles from Tirnova, toward Philip
popolis. The place is total wreck. hardly one
stone standing on another 1t is more COM
pleely destroyed than any other l have visited.
The people had all fed, 1t is difficult to say what
became of them though tho account Of the Survivors
seems probable enough. This is, that great many
of them had left before the 3Oth and gone TO Philip
popolis, but about six hundred remained, chiefly
women and children. They all ran into the woods
and fields on the approach OF tho bash bazouks, and
many caught and slaughtered at once, and others
are roaming about until similar fate Overtakes
them. Ot the few corpses the most shocking
was q woman with her head half hacked OF, her
clothes all away at the waist and the body halt
burned. Dogs and pigs were devouring tho bodies.
while donkeys and cattle strayed through the roads
owneriesx The school had not becn burned and had
evidently bcen the scene OF terrible fray Blood
the floors and do0rposts, and all kinds OF household
gear, school books and other things In the greatest
confusion, told the same dreadful tale. The spelling
books and childish copy books appealed powerfully 10
every human instinct within one.
MASSACRE AT GkuLA.MAHALIssE.
This affair OF Kara-Atli however, sinks into insg-
nincance before the appalling horror the massacre
at Geula- -Mahasse II appears that on the 10th
strong force, under Raout Pacha, made reconnois-
sance from Jen,-Saghru, and spent a night near the
village above named, which is situated little Oft
the line OF rail between JenSagnra and Tirnova.
After the force had lott large body oi Circassans
returned to the village, and in the first place carried
oil an immense number OF young girls, whose
fate can only be guessed a.. I'M rney .nen re,
the women and children had fled Tor protection TO the
church. There they slaughtered them all. and from
that church Colonel Lennox und Lieutenant Cherm-
side, r. E. military attaches, and Messrs Leslie and
Meyrlck OF the Aid to the Sick and Wounded society,
brought out and buried 175 bodies OF women and chill
drcn. Besides these there many others killed In
different places about the village, aid 80 wounded
had their wounds dressed by the above named medi.
cal officers These eyewitnesses describe the scene
the church as something ndescriDaby awful Tho
dead the dying were piled in suTocating heaps, lit
wounded mothers trying to move those ghastly heaps
to find their children, and when found hardly
cuts about their little heads Many women
had been violated and subjected to fearful
barbar.ies; pregnant women ripped open. while
others had had their breasts cut of their hands
chopped of at the wrist mother lay stone dead
and her baby vainly endeavorng TO get the food
for which II was starving, while an older child was
calling and pushing the dead woman 10 try and make
her awake. Even while these gentlemen were in tho
village the numbering going at another part,
aud so threatening these erocous rulfans that
thoir lives stood IN very great danger. Circassian
from behind hedge took deliberate shot at Mr.
Mcyrick, but missed him.
SCENE.
To-day availed myself OF train which was in
tended to have taken provisions anu ammunition far
enough up the line OF rail to communicate with Sule
pacha visit the Of this fearful massacre.
had previously, through my dragoman, got the officer
command OF this fOrce--upward OF twelve hundred
men-to promise me a small escort OF troops, three
four, which would have been quito sul1clent but
when we arrived at the place he refused TO iet me
Bulgarian.
aud he did not see any reason why lie
should do anything to holp Giaours. However,
was very anxious to learn the fate
OF the thirtysx wounded whom the doctors had left
IN the village, as there was no means Of removing
arrangement for the train to Pick up again II IT
came back at ALL The village or rather town, for
suppose IL must have contained upward OF tour thou
SAND inhabitants had not been burned, except IN few
outlying parts. but every house mad been p!lasod.
We directed our steps through the deserted lowe
toward the square wooden church tower and entered
the churchyard, whore the great mounds OF fresh
earth bore testimony the numbers oil dead that lay
underneath.
The scene IN the church was OF complete contu-
sior. 1t is dark, gloomy building, about sixty
long by twenty i've feet wide aud sunk about eight
eet below the outer service 0f the ground entered
by a Light OF steps large wooden screen, with
great number OF icons and ono large painting OF st.
George and the Dragon, separates the body of the
church irorn the apse, which, however, does not ap
sembled more the slips OF small theatre,
with largo, rough wooden table and a lew
wooden benches. some wooden erections, about tive
ieei high, something IKE sails in enbry state
surround the church, and flight OF stops leads
up TO the gallery, which extends to nearly ihird
the whole body oi the building. pulpit and a read
Ing desk, IN Byzantine stye, complete the church fur
niure, and added considerably The general effect of
destruction ysheir ,otterng attitude The floor Of
the church, ana especially steps near the screen
was saturated with blood, and clothes broken boxes
books aud relics lay IN one confused heap.
On passing out through q small door at the
east eud OF the church we came across
the few survivors OF the massacre, lying all hudded
together on one Of the great mounds OF earth covering
The gravcs-as VI tEcy had supcrstitious horror Of
tie church itself, but wished remain as near as pos.
sIbIe Tor am told the Bugarians have idea that It
is oetter TO dic under tho shadow OF sacred building
The party consisted OF two very old women, with
ber tbIgh fractured by muskct ball, the other per-
fectIy insane from terror besides beng blind. An
other, and younger woman, who had been slightly
v0latse Ia the body also appeared insane, Tor she
yt up 1oon aiterward and ran away and we could
hnd her again
LEFT TO HER FATE.
A lttlc gIr OF i've bad received fearful sword cut
her head, almost down 70 tue skull and about five
inches long Il IS marvel the blow did not kill her.
mere ~ers fso old men also severely wounded All
these, wItn Two orphan children whose parents had
been mlssacrcd VIC with immense labor carried out OF
the cIurchyard aud deposited IN u bullock curt BY
THIS time Two Bulgarian men had turned up. and 1t Is
hardly cfedole mat we were Obliged 10 ihrash ono
oi these Idle, stupid vagaboDds before he could be
induced 20 fccn from the field close to the VII
age the bullock draw the ARABIA. We could not IN
ducc Two old women whom we found IN another part
OF the village TO accompany us regret tnis above
all, rs one Of them claimed as her own ahttio girl
abon three years DID, most engaging little creatrre
who us tue Old woman was over seventy, could not
well have been her daughter These three /
lett beh nd me with many misglvlngs, but II
Is difficult TO say when aud where one is
permitted or justified in setting aside tho
wishes OF people even tor tnelr own good was
sorey tempted to take away TINS lar little gri from
ibesc helpless old women, but they cried and begged
30 hard would leave her that at last reluctantly
consented As the blshi-bazouks nave visited this
ono or two more, and ms met party OF those villains
just as We got OUT oil tho village, only suppose