New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-19

nenaces fonoved On the ash Of Msrch lie Christians
were oiorrg The Cgoss according 20 the er.,cci On GOOD
Friday. The iEsurge LIS entered az al oace, ery1ns
and menscing; hey broke the CrueEI overthrev the
alfsr, sHd then wished TO have their prayer
tians WITT books in which /: ! written ea,ech-t took
religious book the "Erpanatiou OF the Commands OF
Ged end presented TO OF the chiefs. He hesfily
examined Il and returned i. saying Your religion IS
good oueOurs % not TO be compared 70 bat the new
Emperor has given his orders and yOa must obey them
"cr de Amer summonses, which were repeated IN vsin
tie soldiers Sc lied the Christians and ted their hands De
hind their backs The and children eshorted the
men suffer with good heart for their faith. They
were bound ard III treated in their turn AL being thus
bound tie told that they woald be conveyed
before tie tribunal Of the Emperor hear their sentence
the women and children followed them, and all went
ealy When they arrived at the tribunal they were KEEP;
for some time in outer and then officers pre-
enied themselves and told them the part of the En-
Ieror. hat they would not obey, they were all con
dmned to death and TO be executed 81 the Western
Gate. They IN the place Of executions bu.
The door of the tribunal old who unable 20
walk, was beheaded The Others arrived together at the
number. New demands were made upon them 70
do they had been desired, but they constantly re
Piled, We are Christians. Many threats we're male
but executed Towards the evening al were
brought back the town and conveyed 10 great store
which formerly the church of Marking They there
passed the night with their hands bound sad
attached 10 columns One succeeded III unbnding himself
and in escaping The day after thr ais were made
ard blows given On Easter day all expected
10 DE. Some oncerr entered lnc place,
would recite the prayer Some said, You should Kill
them all for they viii not obey but another answered
No for in that they would to heaven and would
have what they desire while would be guilty OF sin
However, all the Christians remained firm ard yielded
nothing Some especially, and even some children
cried, XIII all, that we may be martyrs and 60
to heavenl' Some Of the soldiers, desparng OF
being able TO subdue the courage Of the women,
and no doubt not having orders to Kill them,
opened the doors of the store house and forced them to
leave with their children They oil went TO the chapel,
where they have since remained with the children they
are between 20 and 90 in number. Tie remained in
the store with their hands tightly bound than on the
fret day On the 2sth March some young men, fstigued
with suffering and dreading oTments, persuaded
themselves that they nigh rece the famous prayer bo
il contains Iothng contrary to the dognas Of our
holy religion Aer having protested that they intended
remain Catholics % recited the prayer and imme
daicy unbound but the others declared tina; they would
die rather than rece before they knew that good
and of them in consequence cruelty beaten.
Since then those who wavered have fe greatly humia
ted and regret that they did not initiate the rmHes Of
their brethren ard the courage OF the women and children
Whilst the women and children remained IN the chapel
without single man 10 assist or protect them, the men
ordered 10 the insurgents either a. soldiers or
aborers Ten of them who taken to light against
Tseu kang took advantage of obscure night 10 leave
their ranks and away. They have come here TO re-
what they Witnessed Ii was on the lith Of
April that they succeeded in escaping Since their depar
from Marking they have heard say that the insurgents
have cent a good many and children Out of the
The bridge of the great canal is said to have given
way beneath the crowd and more than a
thousand persons are said to have been drowned.
We are not aware whether any Christians leftion
that occasion We have also received news from Yang
1chou On the st Of April the rebels entered the town
without meeting with any resistance. However they
committed the same horrors as at Nankng and the 'hs
a1s we're not spared Thy took the officers Of the chap
el bound them and carried them OF with their famile-
They wanted all of them rece the prayer of Ten Fou
Thereupon two caechists stepped forward and clearly eS
planned dogmas and usages As punishment for
ihis ordered that three hundred blows should be
given TO one and five hundred to the other IL is not yet
known il they have been able TO survive this cruel hase
lan and other bad treatment to which they were sub
isted On the whole out of six hundred Christians at
Marking Yang Toheu and Tseu- KiaDg, fifty have been
slain or burned 10 death and several have been bound
and beaten Most Of them have lost all they had and re-
main cspve exposed to all sorts of dangers for the sou
Of The hnivr