The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16

with maraudng parties Of twenty and thirty, who
visit The Bulgarian villages. From the station last
telegraph brings In accounts OF robbery and murder
in many others As the Russians advance these ruth
less villains retire ana sack the villages their road
IL is difficult to see whore It can end
As to the numbers OF the people actually killed at
Jeni Saghra In the massacre OF the 18th and 10th
have no means OF forming an idea for many people
that now supposed to be dead will turn up again
when the troubles over as they did after be mas
Of 1876. Nor can the numbers gwen by the
people be even approx mately true they vary from
ten or twelve to nvo hundred is quite true though,
that number Of girls are missing who ned from the
town, ana as went among the people and my drago-
man cross-qucsoned great many Of hem think that
VIC got the truth about Of these things. was
struck with the singular look Of despair and alarm
many OF the faces OF the women, and Of one In par
ticuiar who had received most brutal outrage shall
not easily forget the expression She was very fine
woman OF five with figure oil great beauty,
tall and straight, with most remarkable face. when
trying discover any one authentic case OF woman
having been outraged this woman was pointed out 10
me by man called Basiike WHO had been one OF the
weathiest men IN the town. an engineer and architect
II appeared that from this unfortunate womans beauty
aud social position aud from the publicity OF the horrd
OF silence with which they all naturally hide
their own shame. The woman Enthusiastically showed
more despair and more painful expression OF shame
about her than almost any oil thcm
was very mucn surprised 10 see so many pretty
faces among them. the usual type beng rather
square cut Jaw, low broad forehead ana dark, pen
eyes The men are not very prcpossessnE Most
OF them appear 10 drink from their botcncd skins and
red noses, ana the amount oil wine and spirits stored
away IN almost every house astonishing. In 30
ing through the town we found a great many horses
and cattle fastened up the stalls aud stables neigh
ing and believing PROBABLY for water, turned the
poor beasts and let them scamper OF whittier they
liked
At an early stage OF our ramblings fortunately
came across CHEMISTS shop, in which hardly single
bottle mad not been smashed. | found, however,
bottle de Cologne, aud II only ny saturang
our haadkercniefs aud holding them against our
mouths that possible 10 approach the remains OIL
the killed In this great heat perfect pestilence must
soon spread and already the overpowering stencil Is
apparent half mile of. l am thankful 10 say we
have been Obliged retreat The Russians are
hemming all round, and yesterday evening
| took up IN the last train consisting OF an
en- CINE and carriages which Will probably run Tor
many long day TO JamboL Jamboli Is The terminus
oil that and the high road 70 slivno, OF the
partly armed by the Turkish authorities and III con
sarre That morning band OF marauding bashibazouks
had approached tho town, but wore ordered oil ana
were AFRAID 10 attack. They passed Off to tho south
ward and burned, sacked and murdered in two
small, unprotected villages, from one OF which,
| am told they carried away two young
girls That Is to DO the atc OF any town or village
that lies in their track cannot DO doubted. From my
window at the railway station at Jeni Saghra last
night the flames OF burang villages were TO DO plainly
seen in a direction whore there are no Russians
returned from Jamboli ia the night and have since
come here in a military tram alter u few moro
hours at Jeni Saghra The name OF this place IS
called Trnova by Franks, but SemIin by the Turks
1t great srategical Importance but 1t remains 10
be seen whether tho Turks intend holding II. This
gone and the line is open to Adranope and Enos.