The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-04 00:00:00

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A !Preach clerical paper, Lee Minions Niko-
publishes an account of the immure of • French
detachment is Cochin China, from the pen of It. Surat,
" m ostolic missionary " in the western part of that
merge ouuntsy. The narrative is than worded :
" Thu-den-mot, Aug. 1, 1883.
" A few weeks ego a large placard was posted up in
this village, announcing that • terrible epidemic less
about to visit the country. The priest-prophet, or Sew,
who engivated it, meutioned as a safe pre:mutton against
the disease not to stir oat at night, no matter what noise
niitht be hoard in the neighbourhood, sad to carq a copy
of tie p!acerd about the person. The French authorlues
uudenteed that this placard was merely a pre,iou-
cat. d signal, • kind of watchword, whi.li they conceived
to be the toieruneer of an insurrection. Atl the
heathens readily responded to the boics'a invite-
e( u, and retailed in crowds to the temples in order to
to oc.ve the pee ous 8101141111/1. I prohibited the Christians
ncsaing the supeistitious emblem. On the m orn.ng of
tic 9th r f July a large holy of natives cams does fru.*
Long-t oto than-thank, beaded by Thee, the Smug who
1 ad Mutsu up the placaid, a few leading man of mitt-
boi.ring sod three Malays who had deserted try.is
the tlt h. 'they sursounded the guard-house, butehsred
the Anuensite ietgoint and three privates (one of then
was a native) and bung down the fort. All the native.
of the vibartos able to bear sums they compelled ti foUuw
il.cm to'llw-tmh. Beton . they arr.ved there the work of
destruction bad already commenced. The natives hal at-
tact.r d the tort. di icen out thegarriscn, and cmiture 1 a goo.l
mu uy Cliii.bans. Cn Thee 's arrival he sent a detsch-
ILllit into the jungle to capture all the Ch•istians they
met with. During this time the fort was fired. A traitor
nascid Gia, in the reivice of Woo, brought to the bonu
scvsial of his brother workmen whom he knew were
Christistim The first, named Ba'o, bore on his visage the
diem:tem 'ta-dao' (infidel), with which he hat been
maikod sons years ago at binhdiuh. In answer to the
fosse Iliac, he replied that ho was a Christ:an. An
older was immediately given to bind hi. arms
and legs, end throw him into • burning cauldron.
unfortunate man cried out, ' 0 my God,
Imy God !' But the populace shrieked in replyl
'lt is useless; your "kid will not come to mve you.'
I Another Christian named Tieng was also given up to Thais,
and tuffs:tied a similar fate. Tieng succeeded in breaking
the colds which bound him, and lied to the little river
close by. But be was soon recaptured and thrown again
into the flames. Three other Christians gave way borers
such fearful torture, and declared they were
heathens. They received the talisman, and were
put in the ranks of the baud. Two of these
fates related to me the preceding facts. ;MI
111•16 idea confirmed by the traitor riiA. bride
was not content with burning alive the two Christians
mentioned above—he killed with his own hand two others,
one of whom WlB a woman with a child at her breast. Re
is at present in custody. On the day after the bone
ordered the rest of the Christians captured to be beheaded.
They were led one by one—men, women. and children
before a well, into which they were thrown, after having
been decapitated. The list of the victims amounts to 12
men, 4 women, and 8 children. Several of the children
were imyaled on lances before their parents eve'. About
12 Chnstians managed to escape, but what has become of
them is not known."