SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

TTTrrr WATwr? f This Afternoon, — mull WAIJUt-| T(HnorrimMo^ 022 SUN SET—This Evening, 6.8. SUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 5.26. MOON'S AGE.—Last Quarter, 10th, 9.58 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Minnie Hare, schooner, from Napier Ocean, schooner, from Mercury Bay Waiwera, schooner, from Napier

DEPARTURES.

Go A-head, ss, for Waitara (from the Manu kau.) lona, s.s., Farquhar, for Northern Ports

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Tauranga—Rowcna, Wednesday

The brig Nile has cleared for Kaipara with 40 tons of manganese as ballast. She is to sail at once.

The schooner Christina is hound for Napier with timber.

The barque Adelaleft Newcastle for Auckland on the 24th ult, and should be close at hand.

The island schooners Coronet and Blanche came alongside the inner western tec yesterday, and are now occupied in discharging- their car goes. The greater part of the Coronet's stuff is to be transhipped into the Robina Dunlop. The well formed and staunch cutter Coralie, is advertised for sale. Applications must be made to Messrs L. D. Nathan and Co.

The little steamer Transit leaves for Wairoa at 3 o'clock to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon.

We are informed that the reason why the ss Argyle is now laid up, is that she may have her tirst regular overhaul after running uninterrupt edly for seven months. It says a Rood deal for the care taken of his ship by Captain Stevenson that so long a time should have elapsed without any need of repairs.

The brigantinc Helena which sails to-day for Tonga and Samoa, has on board a general cargo for trading purposes, principally shipped by Messrs G. W. Owen & Co.

The schooner Waiwera brings a cargo of pro duee from Napier.

The schooner Minnie Hare is abont to return to Napier via Ngunguru where she will take in a cargo of timber.

The schooner Sissy has cleared for the Thames in ballast.

The schooner Ebenozer brings JO tons man ganese, 10 hhds, 1 bundle skins from Russell. The schooner Mary Melville entered out to-day for Noumea.

Mr Bremner, late chief officer of the Mary Mel ville, has received a similar appointment on board the barque Robina Dunlop.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Napier, This Day. The ss Australia arrived this morning at 3 o'clock, and left for Wellington at 6 o'clock.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs B. Tonks and Co. held a sale of maize to-day, ex mail steamer. The trade was well represented, and a considerable portion of the sliipmedt was sold. The residents of Parnell and other places can now blaze away. Mr Hodgson announces that his firewood may be had at reduced prices for Mr R. Arthur held a sale of furniture to-day, the property of a gentleman leaving the colony. Fair prices were obtained.

Relief fkot.i Cough ix Tio.v Minutes.— SIIARLAND'S CHERRY PECTORAL relieves the Breathing and gives refreshing Sleep. Tins is a certain and speedy remedy for all Disorders of the Chest and Lungs- in Asthma, Consump tion, Bronchitis, Coughs, Influenza, Spitting of Blood, Hooping Cough, Hoarseness, Loss ol Voice, &c., fee. -2s. lid. a Bottle—Apothecaries Hall, opposite the Post-ollico. Makk Twain ox Bad Musicians. — 1 lie musical public and general roadersarc cautioned not to purchase Weston's Wizard Oil and Magic Pills without carefully examining the outside wrapper—and be sure that the words "None Genuine without, the Sigmi t ure of the Proprietor, Frank Wjsston, Sydney, X.5.W.," are engraven thereon. Any other so-called preparations of mine, are unauthorized by me, and calculated to mislead the public.—Signed, Frank Weston. Sole Agents: Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.— Price, Half-a-crown. A Muddy Brain is the usual concomitant of a disordered stomach. Life's cai'e.s are quite enough for the great thinking organs to bear without being plagued by the demand begotten of indi gestion, constipation, and kindred ailments. But don't imagine you can drive away these plagues by violent purgation. The one thing needful is an alterative that will restore the regular action of the internal machinery without irritating or weakening it. Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps will do this.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under:— For Thames, to-morrow, at 5.30 p.m. For Coromaudel, per Argyle, on Friday next, at 2.30 p.m. For Wangarie Heads, Wangarci, V.'aipu, and Mangapai, per Argyle, this day, at 1 p.m. For Wangarei Heads and Wangarci, per Kate rina, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. For Russell, per Janet, to-morrow, at 9 a.m.; and per Ebenezcr, at 11 a.m. For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Austra lian Colonies, per Ladybird, to-morrow, at 10.45 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at ',■. 15 a.m. Late letters will be received till 11 a.m. For YVhiliangi, Tairua, Tanranga, and Opotiki, per Howena, to-morrow, at 1 p.m. For New Caledonia, per Mary Melville, to-mor row, at 2 p.m. For Waiwera, Mahurangi. Matakana. and To Arai. per Anne Milbank, on Thursday next, at 10 a.m. For London (direct), per Robina Dunlop, on Thursday next, at 1 p.m. Mails for India, China, Mediterranean ports, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom via Suez and Southampton (lor letters specially ad dressed), and via Briddisi, will bo made up per s.s. Taupo on Monday, 16th hist. Per s.s. Australia, on M.onday, 23rd instant, as under:— For Kankavu, Sandwich Islands. United States of America, Canada, British Colum bia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West, Indies, at 11 a.m. For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 10 a.m. Late letters, bearing an extra fee of 6n. in addition to the postage, will be received by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. (Signed) S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Inquisitive.—When the abandonment of the Art Union was determined upon, it was distinctly stated that all money would be returned.' We have no doubt that by personal application you may obtain your guinea. Y. O. U. B. E. T. — Charity dictates that no further reference should be made to a subject involving such curious associa tions.

BIRTH.

CULPAN—On the 10th October, at Grey-street the wife of Mr. Wm. Culpan, junr., of a son.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "The Evening News," "The Morning News," and "The Echo."

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1876.

Ver t!... cause Hint lacks assistance, For tin: v.iuiil; that needs resistance, 1-or tne future in the distance, And the jfom.l that we can do.

The Supplementary Financial Statement was made by Major Atkinson last night. In. its main features there is no material alteration from the policy enunciated in the last budget, although the Statement is perhaps a little less tricky. Instead of .manipulating the appropriation, for educa tion so as to fall to the extent of one third upon the consolidated revenue, covering this liability, however, by school fees, the Treasurer proposes to make the charge one wholly upon land revenue, allowing fees and endowments in each provincial district to go in reduction. Interest on provincial loans, surveys, half County and Road Board subsidies, half the maintenance of hospitals and charities, and the cost of museums arc to be charged upon land fund. Of course this will leave a heavy deficit in many provinces, amounting in all to £145,000, which the Treasurer proposes to meet by the issue of Treasury Bills as contemplated by his predecessor. Such a system of finance is radically bad and un just. It involves an actual deficit for departmental and other similar Government services, and charges that deficit against one part of the colony, while other parts, as for example Canterbury, with £75,000 : surplus for six months,are rolling in wealth. Major Atkinson was compelled to admit the unsoundness of the policy, but excused it by holding out the fallacious hope that a uniform price of land will yet make the fortunes of ;?ll the penniless provinces; and that the land fund will be relieved in a year or two by the consolidated revenue becoming equal to some of the charges now made upon territorial revenue. The statement posi tively aflkras ihe principle of localising land revenue, and offers no remedy for the special evils under which Auckland labours. The revenue for the year, the Treasurer estimates on prce_.-efy the same basis as that adopted by Sir Julius Vogel, with the single exception of Customs revenue, which,l.ooking to the fall ;u wool and slackened trade, he assesses £20.000 smyer. The available resources, then, for general purposes are estimated at £2,0%,850, in cluding £10,000 saved from the appropri ation for State Forests, and £30.000 recoverable from .b<- land revenue for six months' interest on railways, at the rate of two per cent upon the cost v) ihe hues constructed. Turning to the expenditure, the Treasurer stated that the Govern

ment have made savings in the cost of colonial departments, amounting to £34,370. He said it was found impossible at once to reduce very greatly in this direction, but that during the recess further savings will be effected by the re-organization of depart ments. The total expenditure is estimated at £2,057,945, only £8,754 less than the revenue, but adding a balance of £50,052 from last year, a surplus suffi cient to cover all supplementary estimates is claimed. Whatever remains to the good —this we may safely put down at nothing —will go in reduction of the delioit arising from the inability of Auckland and other provinces to meet the charges upon land fund. A futhcr amount of £30,000 is to be taken from loan for defence services this year. It is, therefore, affirmed on the Treasurer's own Jigures that the finance of Abolition really involves an annual deficit of £175,000. The Government pro pose to continue public works, aud ask power to borrow a million sterling to cover the expenditure to the cud of June next. The loan account was commenced this year with a balance of £136,605. Adding the million recently Moated in London, and £800,000 to tie'raised on Imperial guaran teed debentures, less £340,000 advances re payable, there will remain to credit, and avaihiblefortheensuingyear£l,6sß,l46; but a large proportion of that amount is required for works already under contract, and the Government ask for appropriations amount ing to two millions sterling, leaving £350,000 to be covered by further borrowing. The Government feel that the credit of New Zealand lias been over-strained, and propose to raise money without going into the open market until next session, the power asked to borrow another million being held in reserve. The Statement makes a very liberal bid for goldiieid's support, by releasing goldlields revenue from all liabili ties, and dividing it among the Comi ties whore raised. The municipalities aud road boards are likewise assurred of the subsidies promised in the original proposals. These are the main features of the statement, which adds very little to our knowledge of colonial finance, and throws no new light upon the political situation.

A very disgraceful act of sacrilege is thus recorded by a correspondent:—Sir,—Allow me to draw your attention to a most, un feeling and cruel act, perpetrated by some parson at present unknown, on Friday or Saturday last in the Church of England burial ground. A respectable citizen has had the hand of miction heavily laid upon him ; for out of four little ones, three have been within a short space removed by death, and interred side by side ill the Cemetery. The afflicted father oncloscd the tiny graves with an iron railing, and his remaining little one planted the mould inside with primroses. Every Sunday the child has been in the habit of visiting the loved ones grave, and tending the flowers. On Sunday last, on her arrival at their graves, she found some ruthless hand bad despoiled them of their llloAvers —two beau tiful primroses;—not merely culled the flowers, but dug up and took them away, roots aud v\l ; thus adding another pang to her already overcharged eeart. The father has no desire to prosecute the despoiler, but intreats him or her to return them to the place from wlienco they wiivn taken, and solicits spree in the STAR to make known that fact. If, however, this notice lias no effect, I shall be thankful for any information calculated to put me on the thief's trail.—l am, &c, T. 11. HANNAKOIU).

From a private letter, we learn (hat Captain and .Mrs Ashby have been spending a holiday on the Continent. Captain Ashby was connected with the New Zealand Shipping Company for three years and three months, despatching during that time, 155 ships, with 28,000 passengers. He has now severed'his connection, and intends to open an agency for New Zealand in London, having already been promised the business by many New Zealand friends. A witness in the Police Court to-day caused some amusement by his definition of the effects of drink on the body and mind, he said lie was not medically trained, but he knew a good deal about the action of alcohol on a human being. A man begins to drink, and it gradually affects his head ; that is caused by the alcohol's unnatural influence on the brain, Strong drink made a man silly, sometimes sick, and alcohol moved a man's tongue at an unreasonable rate, railway speed, ami invariably took the coat of his back, and the comforts from his home. The answers were satisfactory, and the witness was allowed to leave the box.

Business men and others who have fre quently suffered loss and inconvenience from the jury system will be glad to learn that Judge Johnston has at last come forward to champion, their cause. His llouor t was astonished yesterday, as we learn by telegraph, that thirty six jurors should have been called away from their business to attend au unimportant case which was settled out of Court. He considered it a great hardship, and promised to suggest an amendment in the law, so that all jurymen who attended shall be remunerated whether they be required of not; the fees to be paid by the parlies to the suit.

At a meeting of the City East School Commissioners, held yesterday, Captain Burns was elected chairman. The rate payers of the district are to be congratulated on having at the head of the Board one who has the interest of education at heart, and will see that the scholar and teacher alike receive justice

The members of the Primitive Methodist connection jn the city, and suburban settle ments are making great preparations for the forthcoming Newmarket Bazaar, for the extension of the branch ehurul). The I'iinnsi-yc Methodists, although not rich in this world's good# ; n.rc extremely energetic in whatever they take jit hand. Having once set their hand to the plough, (hey never look back, but march onward, hand in hand to success. We understand that nearly uyeiy lady attendant is busy with some kind oj fancy or plain work, which will be given heartily for (he object in view. Several novelties in ucedlew'ol^: will be introduced from young lingers, also ij, imm her of excellent photographs of the leading ministers, said 'to be life-like portraits, executed by Mr Steele'in his new style. Numerous other attractions of use, b c^u,. y, and art will adorn the bazaar, which will take' place at the close of the present month.

The legal profession will receive two additions to their body, in the persons of Mr. (.. IX Hawkins and Mr. Brassey, who have successfully passed their examinations to-day. Mr. Hawkins, we understand, is already a barrister of the Supreme Court of Great Britain and a Notary I'uplic, and has now passed in New Zealand Law with a view to being admitted to practice at Ihe bar of this Colony.

The people of Christchurch intend to hold indignation meetings against the recently levied education rate. It will be instructive to watch how our Southern friends who have hitherto been living in clover will bear the burdens which are likely to result from Abolition.

We are requested to inform the friends of Mr It. Leikis, expressman, now living in Onehunga, that his. protracted illness has reduced himself and family to a state of great need, and any assistance that can be rendered him will be received very thank fully. It is now six months since Leikis was able to earn anything , and his re covery is despaired of. Those who knew him during the eleven years he lived, in Auckland will no doubt interest themselves in his case.

A discussion of an intellectual character was held last evening in the Pitt-street school-room on the question, "Is a Federal form of Government desirable for New Zealand ?" Mr McMaster opened the ques tion, and Mr W. Mitchell replied. The opener Avas supported in his views by Messrs. Ellington, Jessop, and Holdship, while Messrs. Cooper, Buttle, Rhodes, White, Winstone, Moore, G. M. Main, and Eastwood held to the negative view of the question. At the close, the Rev. W. Kirk expressed himself in favour of the latter \'mw. From a lengthy residence in the South, principally in Christchurch, he was led to the conviction that the best form of Government for the colony would be one Central Government, the Land Fund to be cast into the common purse and expended without regard to provincial boundaries, wherever the necessities of the country required it. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company Limited, have received the following produce telegram, dated Lon don 80th September, 1870' :—Wool: Up to date 145,000 bales have arrived. Trade in the manufacturing districts is unchanged. There has been a little private enquiry. Tallow : There is a fair trade demand. Public sales of Australasian have comprised 5,000 casks. Mutton, 44s per ewt; beef, 4.1s per ewt. Leather : .Trade demand is good, '4,0G5 sides Australasian have been sold since last report. Mimosa bark : Stocks in creasing, Quotation for Adelaide, ground, £10 5s per ton ; chopped, £9 10s per ton. Wheat: Market quiet. The probable de ficiency of the present harvest is estimated to lie 20 per cent. Adelaide is worth 49s per quarter of 4%' lbs; New Zealand is worth 47s per quarter of 49G lbs. An injurious mistake has been published about the I'arnell Post Office, to the mani fest concern of the residents. Tlie simple explanation is this : during 7 or S years it was merely an authorised "Receiving House," and so down on the List at the General Office, Wellington ; last March or April, it was duly constituted an ordinary Post Office, and so gazetted. It could not be both, in law, and (he clerks at Welling ton omitted to cross it out of the former List until September. To the Editor : Sir,—On Sunday two lots of cows belonging to milkmen in the neigh bourhood, were driven into O'Connell-street Campellville, and left there till the after noon. As this would prove an intolerable nuisance if allowed, please tell me the ties) way to act upon a future occassion.—l am, •Src!. A RESIDENT. The President of the Ladies' Benevolent Society acknowledges with thanks, the receipt of £2 for the Old Women's Home, from the Honorary Secretary of the Hall committee, re 1 1. M.S. Nymphe. She regrets that this did not appear in Saturday night's STAR as was requested, but residing out of town she was unable to furnish this communication to the oflice in time for publication on that evening. We have been requested to inform the performing members of the Auckland Choral Society, that it is desirable they should attend the practice to-night. llcdly Manners writes from Otahuhu in reply to " Enquirer's" remarks on mesmer ism, published in our issue of the sth. in stant. Our correspondent states that Mes er eoud not have used the hypnotic disc, which was not discovered until 26' years after his death, lie combats the idea that the disc is the principal means of engage ment, and maintains that it is only an auxiliary. lie contends that mesmerism has successfully stood the most severe tests that ever assailed a science. No public advantage could accrue from a discussion of the subject through our columns. We therefore, decline further correspondence. The attention of numbers of persons was attracted yesterday to three very handsome pieces of furniture in the shop of Messrs. William and Robert Nome, cabinetmakers, of Shortland street. The pieces consist, of a jewel cabinet, a fancy work-table, and a large chest of drawers. The articles were made on the premises by the brothers Norric, to the order of a gentleman of Christchurch, and will be sent to his residence at the close of the present week. They are made of picked mottled kauri, mottled totara, and limit. The beautiful woods are carefully arranged, and harmonize. The chest of drawers will be treasured as a. specimen of colonial workmanship which has rarely been equalled in beauty and finish. The mottled kauri is only to be found in the province of Auckland, and we would recommend an inspection of the articles of furniture enumerated before they are sent Southward. The whole of the work reflects the greatest credit on the skill of the brothers Norric. At a, meeting of Lodge St. Andrew, held at the Star Hotel last evening, Brother Malcolm Niccol was presented by the breth ren with a handsome jewel, in recognition os his unwearied services to the lodge as Master and Past Master for several years. Brother W. 0. Walker, R.W.M., who was assisted by Past Masters Dewarand Ander son, in presenting the jewel, referred to the

able manner in which Bro Niccol had filled every oil ice in the lodge, and assisted the speaker in the chair. Tie attributed the present efficient condition of the lodge to Bro. Niccol's assistance and counsel, which had always been cheerfully given. The jewel bore the following inscription :—"Pre sented to Brother Malcolm Niccol, P.M., by the officers and. brethren ofthc St. Andrew's Lodge, 418, 8.C., as a, token of their appre ciation of his services to the lodge as its Bight Worshipful Mastor during the years 1874 and 1875.—Auckland, May 31st, 1876"." -Brother Niccol thanked the brethren in suitable terms. The brethren then sat down to an excellent supper provided by Brother Gorman, of the Star Hotel. The chair was occupied by the R.W.M., the vice-chair by Junior Deacon Whitson. The following toasts were proposed, aud duly responded to ; —"The.three Constitutions, English, Irish, and Sccrt-cft;" "Late Master Malcolm Niccol;" " Our visitors ;" " Bro ther Walker, R.W.M. ;" "Brother Corr.r Avail, of Samoa." The brethren dispersed, after a, pleasant and profitable evening.

The young men of St. James Mutual Improve ment Society were deeply engaged last evening in commenting upon the character of Oliver Cromwell. Mr Joseph Macky opened the question "Is the character of Cromwell worthy of admiration?" and Spoke elo quently in favor of the hero of the commonwealth. Mr Edward Cooper took the negaij >. c j;irje. and exposed what he considered to be Bio blemishes in tlio obuvaoler of (h'c religious warrior. Mr J. M. Geddes, a member of much promise, defended Croniwell with considerable PQvyeraijd criticalaccunjen. Mr Caldwell look the other sj.de, unci tjo >yarpi \v_|.s the discussion, that Cromwell \ya.j'pm;'oi|One sic|e until Mon day next, when lie will again be subjected to a shower of yea's and nay's from eight or ten members of the St. James Literary Society,

The entertainment last evening in the Parnell Hall, for the benefitof Widow Wittingham and her family was a splendid success. The hall Was? crowded, and tlie programme was executed in a crcditajbl.e manner. The entertainment was of the usual character,, consisting of ovei-tm-es and musical 'selections, horizontal bai; fc^tSj, songs, comic and sentimental, double trapejp '!_y.i,lor's hornpipe, ahd the leap for life. As the programme closed;the dance commenced, and was kept up till tl;c paling of the moaning star, and the dawn of ailror a.

A LARGE amount of business was pressed through the llon.se last night. J >is ctission on the estimates commenced with unsuccessful attempts by .Messrs Stout and J. S. Macfarlane, to reduce the Customs expenditure, by striking out the weather reports, and the salary of the Secretary of Customs. It is ominous of the little success that will attend any ell'ort to retrench, that a majority id' 4f> against 18 negatived these efforts to curtail offices that may fairly he regarded as of questionable moment. Sir George Grey and Mr Rees rightly consider that economy should begin by pruning the upper branches, ami proposed reductions in the salaries of (lie Governor and Ministers. Judging from the temper displayed by (Ik; House last night, however, tin; prospect of any material change being effected in the estimates as brought down by the Govern ment is extremely small.

Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria

HORRIBLE SCENES IN BATAK,

OUTRAGE, ROASTING ALIVE, AND

MASSACRE.

The Mtmving thrilling account of the horrible*- atropities of the Turks in Bulgaria, is condoitfeecU from the letter of the Special Commissioner of the London "Daily News," dated Tatar Bazardjik, August 2. After saying that he lias supped full of horrors, and that there is now nothing which he is not prepared to believe the Turks capable of, he goes on to describe his journey to Batak, whither he was accompanied by Mr Schuyler. He shews how anxious the people were at Restera that the true state of ailairs should be witnessed by foreigners, diplomatic help being delayed, while hundreds of poor faiuilibs are starving and dying. He tells briefly one or two of the harrowing stories which were narrated to him before he

started, in a language so nearly resembling Russian, that he says he well understands how the Russians must sympathise with these poor people. "A Russian, a Bul garian, a Servian, a Montenegrin, and a Tchek, may meet, each talk in his own

language, and they all understand each

other." Batak is situate high up in the Balkans, about 30 miles south of Tatar X izardjik, as the crow (lies. There were eight persons in the party, and they were followed by about 50 women ami children, who had resolved to visit Batak under the protection of the foreigners. Many of the women carried children as well as burdens. So difficult was the path, that the party on horseback were often obliged to dismount and wallc. They came out upon a delight ful place, with rich verdure, running

streams, and a great number of small

timber mills scattered over the country, but the mill-wheels wore still, no cattle were to be seen, and the place was as silent as a churchyard. Down in a hollow, they saw the village of Batak. The hill sides were covered with ripe, golden grain, but there was no sign of reapers that ought to be gathering the. wasting harvest. The iields were deserted, and the harvest was rotting in the soil. On a slope overlooking

the town, they saw a great number of dogs, which barked at the party in an angry manner, and ran off.

A FIELD OF BLOOD.

s "I observed nothing peculiar," writes Ihe conimisioncr," until my horse stumbled. When looking down I perceived lie had stumbled upon I a human body partly hid in the grass. It was quite dry and hard, and might, to all appear ., anees, have been therefor two or three years, so " well had the dogs done their work. A few steps t further there was another, and beside it part of t a skeleton, likewise while and dry. As we 0 ascended, bones, skeletons, and skulls became "[ more frequent, but here they had not been l" picked so clean, for there were fragments of / half-dry, half putrid flesh still clinging to them, t At last we came to a kind of little plateau, or shelf in the hill-side, where the ground was nearly level, wit h the exception of a little inden l" tation when. Ihe head of a hollow broke through. We rode towards this with the in tention of crossing it, bill all suddenly drew rein wilh an exclamation of horror, for right before - us. almost beneath our horses'feel, was a sight 1 that made us shudder. It was a heap of skulls, intermingled with bones from all parts of the human body, skeletons nearly entire rotting; C elolhing, human hair, and putrid tlesh lying (, there in one- foul heap, around which the grass was growing luxuriantly. It emitted a sicken ' ing odour like (hat of a dead horse, and if; was hero (hat the dogs had been seeking a hasty I repast when our untimely approach interrupted (hem. in the midst of the heap I could dis '" finguish one slight skeleton form slill enclosed , in a chemise, the skull wrapped about in a 1 coloured handkerchief and the bony ankles encased in the embroidered footless stockings worn by the Bulgarian girls. The ground was •' strewed wilh bones in every direction, where ' the dogs had carried them off to knaw them at 3 their leisure. ~ MURDERED WOMEN AND CHILDREN. " At a distance of a hundred yards beneath us .'. lay the town. There was not a roof left, not a \ whole wall standing ; all was a mass of ruins, _ from which arose as we listened a low plaintive ' wail, like the " keening" of (he Irish over their dead, that tilled the little valley and gave it voice. VVc looked again at the heap of skulls and skeletons before us. and observed (hat " they were all small. and that the articles of clothing intermingled with them and lying about were all parts of women's apparel. These then were all women ' and girls. bYom my saddle. I counted about a •i hundred skulls, not including those that, were (, hidden beneath the others in tin. ghastly bean, nor those that, were scattered far and wide through the fields. The skills] were nearly all 1 separated from the rest of the bones, the skele l tons wrrt: nearly all headless. These women had all been beheaded. • DUO KEN HEARTED AND HOME f LIXSS WOMEN. . We descended into the town. Within (he shattered -walls of Ihe first house we came to was a woman silting on a heap of rubbish, rock ■> ing herself too and fro, wailing a kind of mono ; ton oils chant, half sung, half sobbed, thai was not without a wild discordant melody. In bet lap she held a. babe, and another child sal beside > her patiently and silently, and looked at us as i we passed with wondering eyes. She paid no ti attention to us; but we bent, our ear to hear what she was saying, and our interpreter said ii was as follows: "My home, my home, my i poor home, my sweet, home ; my husband, my l husband, my poor husband, my dear husband ; my home, my sweet home," and so on, repeating '. the same words over and over again a thousand 1 limes. In the next house were two engaged I in the same way: one old, the oilier young, - repealing words nearly identical: "I bad a : home, and now I have none; I had a husband. [ and now lam a widow: I had a son, and now I i have none ; I had five children, and now I have i none;'' while rocking themselves to and fro, heating their heads, and wringing their hands. . These wore women who had escaped from the massacre, and had only just returned for the i ih-st lime, taking advantage of our visit or that of 3Mr Baring to do so. As wo advanced there were more and more : some sitting on the heaps of stones that covered the floors of their houses, J others walking up and down before their doors, wringing their hands and repeating the same despairing wail. There -were few tears in this universal mourning. It was dry, hard, and despairing. As we proceeded most of them fell into line behind us, and they finally formed a procession of four or five hundred people, mostly women and children, who followed us about ' wherever we went with their mournful erics." INTELLIGENCE OF THE BUL GARIANS. The correspondent then describes Batak, and estimates the population before the massacre at between 8,000 and 10,000. Ho says the Bulgarians have an excel lent school system, the schools being supported by a voluntary tax, the teaching is entirely gra tuitous, there is scarcely a Bulgarian child that cannot read and write, and the per (■outage of persons who can read and, "write is as great as in England or prance. He found the Bulgarian villages substantially built, and aomo of them would bear favour able comparison with ah English or French village. In this village of Batak not a single Turk was killed. The Turkish authorities never attempted to justify the massacre. on this ground. Achmet Agha, with a party of BashiXßaiiouks,' demanded the surrender of the arms ordinarily carried by Christians and Turks alike in this part of the country, and when-the arms.Avere given up they mas sacred the inhabitants, men, women, and children, in cold blood. WOMEN OUTRAGED AND MUR BFRRU '! A little further on we came to an object that filled us with pity and horror. It was the skele ton of a young girl not more than fifteen, lying by the roadside, and partly covered with' the debris of a fallen wall. It was still clothed in a chemise; the ankles were enclosed in footless stockings; but the little feet, from which (ho shoes had been taken, were naked, and owing ' to the fact, that the flesh had dried instead of ' decomposing, were nearly perfect. There was a large gash in, fho ahull, to which amass of rich , brown hair nearly a yard long still clung, trail- j ing in the dust. It is to be remarked that all the ; skeletons of women found here were dressed in a chemise only, and this poor ohi Id had evidently beep stripped to her chemise, partly in the search ■ i'oi> mopey and .jewels, partly out of more bru- j tality, then outraged, and afterwards killed. I We have talked with many women who had passed through all parts of the ordeal but the ! last, and the procedure seems to have been as c follows:—They would seize a woman, strip her * carefully toiler chemise, laying aside artiplp.s oi clothing that were valuable, with any-ornaments or .jewels she might have, about nei\' Then as ? many of H.eiVj aa i.aien'would' violate her, and * (lie last, man would kiilhor ornotasthe humour took him.

Next'he was shewn the body of a poor blind youth, who had been wilfully burnt alive, and he goes on to describe

THE MURDER OF INFANTS.

" On tbo otber side of the way were the skele tons of two children lying side by side, partly covered with stones, and with frightful sabre cuts in their little skulls. The number of child ren killed in these massacres is something enor mous. They were often spitted on bayonets, and wo have several stories from eye-witnesses who saw little babes carried about the streets, both here and at Olluk-kui, on the point ot bayonets. Tbo reason is simple. When a Mahometan has killed a certain number of infi dels he is sure of Paradise, no matter what his sins may be. Mahomet probably intended that only armed men should count, but the ordinary Mussulman takes the precept in its broader acceptation, and counts women and children as well. The advantage of killing children is that it can be done without danger, and that a child counts for as much as an armed man. Here in Batak the Bashi-Bazouks, in order to swell the count, ripped open pregnant women, and killed the unborn infants."

He describes the heartrending grief of the childless and widowed women. He came to the ruins of a school-house, beneath the stones and ashes of which were the bones and rubbish of two hundred women and children, burnt alive within its walls. In a broad shallow pit close by, 100 bodies had been buried, but the dogs had partly unearthed them. The water flowed in, and converted the pit into a horrid cesspooL In a saw mill the wheelpit was choked with dead bodies, and the banks of the stream were strewed with corpses sweltering in the sun, and being eaten by dogs. A HEAP OF 3000 CORPSES.

The churchyard was heaped up five or six feet above the level of the street, but what appeared to be a mass of stones and rubbish, was really an immense heap of human bodies covered with a thin layer of stones. The stench became so horrible that it was impossible to approach the heap. Heads, arms, legs, feet, and hands projected from the heap in horrid confusion. 3000 people lay in the little churchyard. The correspondent goes on to say ; — It was a fearful sight—a sight to haunt one through life. There were little curly heads there in that festering mass, crushed down by heavy stones; little feet not as long as your linger on which the flesh was dried hard by the ardent heat, before it had time to decompose; little baby hands stretched out as if for help; babes that had died wondering at the bright gleam of sabres, and the red hands of the tierce eyed men who wielded them ; children who had died shrinking with fright and terror; young girls who had died weeping and sobbing and begging for mercy ; mothers who died trying to shield their little ones with their own weak bodies, all lying there together, festering in one horrid mass. They are silent enough now. There are no tears nor cries, no weeping, no slirieks of terror, nor prayers for mercy. "THOSE CHRISTIANS ARE NOT WORTH BURIAL, LET THE DOGS EAT THEM." inside the Church the charred bodies of the slain were piled thick and high. They showed him another house where twenty people had been burnt alive; another, where twelve girls had taken refuge and were slaughtered. Everywhere horrors upon horrors. He saw fat sleek dogs sleepily upon the walls. The survivors had no spades to bury the dead. Of the 8000 or 9000 inhabitants of the village, only about 1,500 were left. He goes on to say : — "Of all the cruel, brutal, ferocious things the Turks ever did, the massacre of Batak is among the worst! Of all the mad, foolish things they ever did, leaving these bodies to lie here rotting for three months unburicd, is probably the mad dest and most foolish ! But this village was in an isolated, out-of-the way place, difficult of access, and they never thought Europeans would go poking their noses here, so they cynically said, " These Christians are not even worth burial, let the dogs eat them." WHOLE FAMILIES DESTROYED. The correspondent questioned many of the survivors as to how many were killed of the family. In one family of ten two remained, in another three out of eight, in another live out of fifteen. One old woman who had three tall handsome sons, all married, and with twelve beautiful children between them, and this poor old grand mother alone remained. There was one old patriarch who had five sons married, with twenty live children, and only eight remained alive. They were all slaughtered but these. The wretch, Aclimed Agha who commanded the slaughter, had been pro moted to the rank of Yuz-bashi, and deco rated. The Turks carried off many young girls and boys, and refused to surrender them. The people were homeless, starving, but the fiendish Turks still demanded pay ment of taxes, and war contributions. It was the comparative wealth of the village of Batak that had excited Turkish capidity. VIOLATION AND MASSACRE OF 200 GIRLS. "Wo asked about the skulls and bones we had seen up on the hill upon first arriving in the vil lage where the dogs had barked at us. These, we were told, were the bones of about two hun dred young girls, who had first been captured and particularly reserved for a worse fate than death. They had been kept till the last; they had been in thehandsof their captors for several days—for the burning and the pillaging had not all been accomplished in a single day—and during this time they had suffered all it was possible that poor, weak, trembling girls could suffer at the hands of brutal savages. Then, when the town had been pillaged and burnt, when all their friends had been slaughtered, these poor young things, whose very wrongs should have insured them safety, whoso very outrages should have insured them protection, were taken, in the broad light of day, beneath the smiling canopy of heaven, coolly beheaded, then thrown in a heap there, and left to rot."

Our American Letter.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

THEATRICAL NEWS,

San Francisco, September 13. GEORGIA MDn'STRELS. Mr Kirby, the well-known theatrical agent goes on to Auckland by the San Francisco Mail, as advance agent, of the Georgia Minstrels, des cribed as the Slave Troupe of America. The Georgians have one special advantage over white negro minstrels, being able to go on the stage without, all the trouble of using burnt cork, dame Nature having, some years ago, given them a blackening which is warranted to stand any climate, in short the arc genuine "eoloui-'d gem men." They have had. the honor- of performing before the Queen Victoria., in Balmoral, and arc regarded us the best, Minstrel Troupe that ever appeared in the States. The Minstrels will shortly appeal- in your city. Since Mr Kirhy last visited your city, he has been twioe here and went down to Melbourne on behalf of Mc- Guire of San Francisco,, to engage an opera com pany to appeii^ in this city. He secured the services; of .Emily Melville, Farley, Winson, Bell B.vaoey, and Clara Thompson, and they are now drawing good houses at Baldwin's Academy of Music.

' THE TEN ALLIED SHOWS, Mr Harry Lyons, who was heve a_> Blondin's Agent, has gone as Advance Agent with Agritti who was formerly with Cliiarihi's 'circus as' business manager j[or. Cooper and Bayly's Great International Teh, Allied shows and menagerie wmch will go up to Sydney in a month or two the menagerie contains seven elephants, giraffe' a rhinoceros, tkroi*., and other animals, besides Robinson,, tbo Champion Rider of the world and other- artists. One of the attractions of this combination is a musical intrument played by steam which perambulates the streets. After making a tour in Australia, the Affiance Show will visit Mew Zealand.

CHEVALTER BLONDIN. Chevalier Blor-.din ' was unsuccessful in San Francisco, and had resolved to return to your side. He had placed his luggage on board the mail steamer, when he changed his mind in favor of a tour through South America, MR JOHN SMITH. Mr John Smith, the celebrated Australian manager, who is well known to your folks, came here with the Australian Blondin, but finding on his arrival that the Chevalier had not been a sucooss, he cut the connection, and did not ox hibit the Australian prodigy. Mr Smith is advertising there for a Variety Troupe for tho Colonies.

REV. CHARLES CLARK. Iheßev, C. Chvrk lectured for six nisbta in this citj -, nut did not draw, our folks not Seinea SSof lUa' Ulurko we»*on toI try

THE ZAVISTOWSIQS. the City ot New York takes over to Australia a burlesque troupe, which includes \i»ne IMeks ley, Madame Zavistowsld, well known in Auck land, Mr Zavistowsld, a girl named Margueritto a tamo us dancer, nv.d Mr and Mrs Holt, all under engagement \„, Mr. John Bennett, Svdnoy, Both the sisters arc married, Ti .' JENNY CLAUS. • It is rumoured here that Jenny Glaus will shortly return to Honolulu tQ be married to tho -brench Consul there.

At Cnristchurch, pn Saturday, a woman was knocked dowu and killed," aud at thy inquest a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned*

PARLIAMENTARY.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT],

WELLINGTON, This day. JUDGE ROGAN'S CHARGES. In the Legislative Council yesterday, CoL Whitmore asked whether the _ Government intended to take any steps in regard to charges made by Judge Rogan in a Gisborne newspaper, accusing the Native Minister of mis-representation in the Report of Land Purchases in the North Island. Dr Pollen replied in his usual suave manner that the Native Minister was ill, but, no doubt, would take action in regard to the mattter when he resumed his place in the House. GOLD DUTIES BILL. Tliis Bill was thrown out in the second reading by 21 to 3. THE ABOLITION BILL. There was a good deal of acrimonious dis cussion in the House yesterday, when the Premier brought down a message from his Excellency the Governor, containing the telegram addressed "urgent," sent by Sir George Grey to the Secretary of State, as follows : —

"Wellington, New Zealand, October 7, 1876. I dutifully refer to my letter of the sth June last. Government determined to enforce Abolition Act without consulting Provincial Legislatures, and against the wish of provinces containing more than one half of the whole population of the colony, two-thirds of natives included. Disturb ances imminent. Have threatened employ ing Queen's ships. I earnestly say telegraph to prevent disturbance. The Abolition Act should be disallowed if Provincial Legislatures not consulted—G. Grey, Superintendent of Auckland."

Mr Stout moved that the papers be printed. Mr Rees commented in severe terms upon the conduct of Ministers in sending down that telegram while they kept back their correspondence with Macandrew. Ministers might laugh now, but if they per sisted in forcing abolition upon the people it would be no laughing matter. Mr J. S. Macfarlane accused Mr Sheehan of acting contrary to his election pledges, and chal lenged Mr Rees to resign and contest Waitemata with him. Mr Sheehan gave Macfarlane a Roland for an Oliver, accusing him of having truckled to get into Parlia ment, and then turned round and became the obedient tool of Ministers. The Premier replied throwing the onus of the threatened, disturbance upon Sir George Grey. Thft latter replied accusing the Government -of irritating the people into resistance, und then laying the fault upon them. He accused the Governor of having withheld the true state of affairs from the Cjueen. Mr Pi. Wood severely handled Mr .Macfar lane. Mr Rowe said Mr Rees had o ld him that he (Mr Rowe) would be afiv ud to go through the streets of Auckland, b ut he had gone through before and would do, so again. The talk of fighting in Aucklu ,nd was all nonsense. The men who talked the loudest would be the last to fight. T hey would talk and that was aU. Mr Tole dealt severely with Ormond, who h.f .d said that the Opposition were simply Sir George Grey's tail. It was better to be in the tail of an able, wise, and hones* man, than a joint in the tail of an animal like the Ministry. LEGAL OPINIONS. The Opposition boast that besides the legal opinions already mentioned, in the House, that the Abolition Act is ultra vires, they are fortified by the opinions of Messrs Haggctt and Macasscy, Dunedin barristers, and of Mr Swainson. The Government supporters are getting weary of the length of the session, and are crying out loudly that the Opposition ought to "give up, and let them have their own way. This is not likely to be conceded.

THE SURVEYOR-GENERAL. Mr Thompson will shortly visit Auck land.

LAST NIGHT.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.)

LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR MR MAC-

ANDREW.

In the House of Representatives at 7.30 a.m., Mr Stout gave notice to ask for leave of absence for one mouth for Mr Macandrew on urgent public business.

THE GRANT TO COLEMAN PHILLIPS. Mr Hamlin gave notice to move the Com mittee of Supply to grant £300 to Coleman Phillips, inacco dance with the report of the Select Committee in his case.

; VOGEL'S PLEASURE TRIP. Sir George Grey gave notice for the, ap pointment of a committee to inquire into the cost of Vogel's two missions to En^ land. °

It was withdrawn on the request of the Premier, on the understanding that it be brought on to-morrow.

ESTIMATES RETRENCHMENT DEFEATED. • Aj*er the delivery of Financial Statem cut the House went into Committee of Sip ,„l v the ; hrst item taken being Marine, £3/570 Mr Stout moved that the exper^es <rf weather reports and storm signals -ei^T7 be struck out altogether as being sary expenditm-e. "• Tlimeces- Mr Mauders supported tne Motion. Air R. A\ood ridiculed, the way the Mhor was managed, ancl move £ that twXe\eToted: ionthS *»** °f Mr Reynolds said that to strike off this. rhvnVi 'X ?r' c the Sreatest dissatisfaction throughout th.c colony. 1 The Commissioner "of Customs defended I th® department as very useful. • ,f h',. Macfarlane said he paid great attention to the matter, and considered it, worse than useless. He also thought ttie secretary of Customs should be dispensed with, as he could stop away for a year without any injury to the department Mr Hunter warmly defended tlve Secre offi^, 1 mi '$ * Vel, USeful iUld devoted officei and the weather-reporting system JS S ft"Mn? °f saym ° life and much \cimal_ue property. After a good deal of discussion, the vote was carried by 45 against IS. DOCKING OF BIG SCREWS. Mr Bees and Sir George Grey then asked that progress, be reported Sir George Grey thought that the salary of the Governor should be reduced to £3,000, and that of r°J:'n 6nn ier t° £Iso1 '50o> Wld other Ministers to £1,000 each, while the Ministerial resi dence should be done away with altogether. ihe total vote of Customs, £304,570, was then passed, and progress reported. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT BILL READ SECOND TIME." The Premier moved the second reading ot the Provincial Abolition Financial Arrangement Bill, briefly remarking that it would be better to take the debate on this bill, the Estimates, and other finan cial matters together. The bill was read a second time. NEW ZEALAND LOAN BILL. This hill was also read a second time on the explanation that on going into commit tee the Government would only a?.lc for one million instead of two. Messrs Reid and Reynolds would prefer seeing power taken for 'two millions, and if that was not required to vaisc only one million, OTHER BILLS PASSED. The following bills were passed • Attor uey-Genend's Act Repeal, Bill, and Public Trust Office Bill.

The House adjoy lVUc a at 1.45,

FROM A C CORRESPONDENT.

ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO RESIDE IN AUCKLAND. - Last evening, in Committee on the Attorney-Generals Bill, Sir George Grey

THE EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1876.



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