The Osceola times., 1877-08-25

villages, and, after destroying them with
cannon-shot, to massacre the unarned in.
habitants aud carry Of the women Tor the
purpose Of ortrsging their persons where
they are not killed at first. The Russians
threaten Christian villages with the same
fate If they do not surrender, or II the in.
habitants refuse to be enrolled.
On the day Of the Russian evacuation
OF Eski Saghra the Turks ordered that all
the Christians, men, women and children,
should be shot as they left their houses
Those who remained within were burned
alive. The order was given to burn down
and destroy every particle of Christian
property. Many leading Turkish merchants
took part in the affair. One dispatch states
that large number of Bashi- Baxouks are all
over the Tchirpan district. This district is
one Of the richest in that part OF Turkey. 1t
contains very large proportion Of Chris
tians, over thirty churches, five hundred
schools and colleges, all Of which have been
burned. The destruction extended to the
villages of Boghdan, Mahoicsi, Rani and
many others, in all about sixty, containing
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
families each. Scarcely fifty persons escaped
alive. Bulgarian tugitives at Cabrona and
Sell, estimated that from twelve to fifteen
thousand Christians have been massacred in
the Eski Saghra and Tchirpan districts
alone, The soldiers were posted along the
road from Eski saghra to Kasanlik, with
orders to shoot veiybody passing.
A Constantinople correspondent tele.
graphs by way Of Syria that civil war Of
determination is being carried on in Eski
Saghra. All the male Christian native popu.
lation has been sentenced to death by the
Turkish general. This news has been
brought by two American missionaries, pro.
tected by their Turkish friends. They lost
everything Every male Bulgarian is &C.
cused of being either spy or an open
enemy. Karabunar is crowded with fugi.
tives; there il only one well in the place,
and there are sixteen thousand troops there.
The wounded, sick and fugitives are perish.
ing from thirst. A correspondent writing
from Karabunar says that appalling accounts
continue TO come in OF the misery of the
fugitives from the districts devastated by
the Bashi-Baxeuks and Bulgarians. Thou.
sands of women and children are homeless,
and perishing for want Of shelter. Medical
attendance and food, and help on the largest
possible scale are most sorely needed. The
10 I.at~s hut. tka
about Constantinople, Adrianople and Phil
ippopolis. A correspondent suggests the
formation of a city OF refuge on an island
near Constantinople, under the protection
of neutral flag, and a neutral guarantee
from the bclligerents. Crops are rotting in
the ground, and no provision is made
for the winter. The correspondent speaks
favorably of the Turkish regulars, but se-
verely blames the government for employing
or not controlling the irregulars,who commit
the worst excesses. Even fugitive women
and children, who come to the Turks for
protection, have to be guarded by regular
troops lest they should be further injured
by these savages. The Bulgarians are be.
having much in the same way as the Bashi
Bazouks. II will be impossible for the
Christians and Mohammedans to live to.
gether again in the disturbed districts.
The Star and Herald, of Panama, il
Just received. II announces the total loss
Of the Pacific steam navigation company's
steamer Eton, Captain Coathupe, on the
morning OF the fifteenth Of July, at Los
velos, about seventy miles north OF valpa.
raiso. Fourteen bodies had been recovered
forty.three of the crew and passengers had
reached the shore in safety and twenty were
still on the rock. A British war vessel and
a Chilian gunboat were sent to the scene Of
IT. wreck as soon as reported, but were un.
2 e to render assistance, ewing TO rough
Gather and fog. The survivors on the
rocks, from exposure and want Of food,
threw themselves into the sea TO end their
misery, and only three were saved. A cor.
respondent writes that out Of crew of sixty.
seven in all and the passengers there are
probably sixty.three saved. There could not
have been less than ninety to one hundred
passengers, and the loss of life, therefore,
may be estimated at about one hundred per.
sons. The commander OF the vessel is
thought to be among the lost.