Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-12-28

fplre 49, ,,;;ons-Gabril Dufresse, a fieio" '
proseea ,apx and Bishop OF Trabaea alla
Mlssl0al,a n5stolic ofshe proviace Of be, pee
vicar car. far thirty nine years, mas Iee'
Tem'n,a l ~ Having been baplsh .1,. =,
put 6 60 ssas government. impelied BY &C.
the chl lS,xasr he retu ned, but was soon
i is !. - -. and putin ifons me , aab
a io. 'q then suddenly affected y n, ! =
darins o, oysering his chains to De Do Do,
e ean, and overwhelmed WIN 1,, Ga'e and mn,
s ss". had had honey ia their mouths 3nu 'O''
sOa u holdIy desired him to aure ms te
They OO'' Is side he spoke OF the iuulity
g, .sa chinese 81 rites and eStoiieo ., lne
Of tae e;. : n daamas. The perhdious Man
Gar: :s' had concealed tWo persons behlno
uafins a n4 Who wrote down the p'-
ssop's words Anaccasa,lol was con-
s s,,op drawn up and the bishop was
trGan l. sre the Vice Roy, who being a
a ,a enemy to all christians, condemned
s;m I;n',nsdiately 10 die. In an Instant
his respectable old man was stripped OF
ne robes and led forth to the place OF ex
ecnt;nn where an immense crowd was
ssssmbIea. Thirty three christians,
whom no tormeuts cau:d divert from the
true faith, were led out at the same tine,
surrounded by executieners and instru'
raants If u,ture All of thea were then
toId that they must ahJme the Christian
religion OF unterso the punishment Of the
corp. /,
nounce their saviour, and beseechcd the
Bisbop 10 give them ab,elution and HI,
last benedict on. The Bishop erarted
their rrauest, an9 after ursieg them to
follow his example with irnness, laid his
head upon the block, and the executionef
., one blow then severed T frem lis boz
dy. 49, o,,.
t,ought out TO irighten them, were re-
conducted to prism. and Afterwards ba-
nfshed The head Of the Dish n of FRA
hacca was affixed TO a gib3et, with the
inscription, /" Apostle of the Christina
Religion and Bishop of Europe" The
same words were seen Oh the box, which
was adorred ri a figure Of thu Bi,hep,
and contained his head and which was
n,raded for some days in all the places
where tie Christians lived who had been
converted by him. His blood was pre-
served by the Christians, and distributed
among the inhabitants OF various tswns
apd villages. The body, after lying
three days on the scaffo!d, watched By
Christians, was inferred with pious devo
ton.
Another Missionary, Augustine Febar
aged IS, was beaten so unWercfully. that
he died in few days. The JUDGE who
condemned him, ad'nonished him to con
slider his great age and the punishment
which would follow upon his re.asins to
renOunce Christianity; and when he was
undergoing the punishment, tte judge
said, Now your CID has deserted you"
" 0hno," said Augustine, . he has giyer
me strength 10 indute all tbs and much
more" The Judge, mad with rage, then
ordered him to be struck in tbs face.
which killed him.
PANS, Get. 90.
According TO ccentinGmaat;on irors,
the Ministers of the Interior, the sta,
Of the harvest for lSl6 is as follows.-I.
"A departments, as have made goo.
harvest. The harvest Of 90 of these De.
partmentsii supeMo to that of 1914
which was very abpudant; that of2I u.
Tiers may be considered IS equal. E.
spite Of all the inclemencies without cy
sRple Of the season, we may he assured
that in general more gain has heen ge
in this year in France tlan in 1915. Iha
consumption Of new corn beginning later
this year than ordinaeys there viii ia "a
probability be al exccssin the resrurces
destined tn support Rance til the Ear
vest OF 1877, II is true tha, the quality
OF part OF the corn has been Uttered by
the wet, butt has not lost BY that is
nu'rtFe quality. and as precautions viii
De taken that priYa,e interest recon-
mends and experience point oct, there is
itue doubt but that a great part of thls
VII De found very usefa.