The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-12-19
Latest from China-~Awful State Of If
fairs

AN TON, hGS. CD uS no" the I0T-
tunes OF war seem 10 declare IN favor Of
the lmperiallsts: but te-morrow il NAV be
otherwise All the business Of the coun-
try is done through the mandarl as. OF
native capitalists; and as they are OF lac
imperial party, all the silks and teas that
tall INTO the hands OF The rebels are con-
fistated. All kinds Of business is ID
most uncertain state. AS soon as the
rebels gam Possession d! any part Of the
country, they draw 4 chain across TIE
river, or esiabIish bridge OF boats, thus
cutting of all communications, and shut
ting the goods from market or shipment
AS the forces Of the emperor are obliged
to stay at the large cities to afford pro-
tecton, the rivers aud mara,ine waters
arc swarmlng with pirates III large junks,
waiting for any boat ;ha. may venture
out, to seize the CARGO and murder The
crew. So strong are they outside that
they have several times beaten oil the
men-o..w@r that nave Ie.n sen! al.er
them.
PIaArE FlErrs.-nv the hast mail
we have all account Of the pirate feet
icing sent outside. with large square
rugged vessel III their possession, OF what
uatAOn could not b. discovered. All SHIPS
IhuW leaving port afc forced to supply
themselves WIZ. ui.titioGa, guns, as tac
danger IS so great. Waru this state ct
things viii be remcdicd no one can tell.
as tie rebels are no sooner oushed IN one
place, tahn they sprthg up IN another. --
To-Day all Is excitement, aS news haa
Just arrived, that they had appeared in
GErat I"rcc ninety m}Io8 north ot Canton,
ta.ea tw9 large towns and three mon.oi-
WaT 5u1"s. and are marching on Canton.
nc Ma411glau: ale &cmtInr for fear
that they Iaay take the city, and they
know II they Do, Il is all day with them,
as the rebels will aveuge themselves Ter
tie thousands they have beI,uadel during
TIE last six .uont..s. At Canton alone
$4,000 men, women and chilire have
been beheadcl within that timo.n
HoRRID ExEcurlors,-Many OF the
Europeans go to see the executions, az
they are performed outside the "alis 0.
the city. luc ground has become so
completely saturated with blood that tie
sl'n1A Is elc"ening tor a cons'defal le
distance There are three executions
da.-oho at morning, noon anu might
! fiIy q! each t.me. Two long sticks Of
Imber lad parallel to each other, wilA
just room Tor the oHecutonef To pass be-
tween them from the blocks, lAe prs"
oaer3 are driven INTO the enclosure IKE
so many sAtep, not ehaiaed on oouha ia
any Wy. IL tact they seem to IooA opou
Ice "Eolo IHing with apathy, OWING, /
/ suppose, tc their re iglon, or ifclig Aoh,
which - iatai'sIn.
At the word from the Jedgo they oil
lluoel aI1 place their necEs upon the logs
! each roW with ta1r heads InWards aud
the face O. each tuned towards h,a }g'.
/ b2r's Ga.a : one side, w..It2 The next o.
the other aces kim. It another signal
the eHecuionor erasps lis heavy IS O.
handed sword, and beginning at the end
u i4er5W towards w4.laas. lacas nra IL.
rcstca. afiEcs RIGHT and le,t, But one
blow 10 each Is rcouired, the head fyine
a1yoss the space and striking the opposite
victim, bu, ere he has chance to shrink
the sword 4escends upon his own neck,
There are two exe,u,i ugra. Fac
has twenty-five TO b head q, each cxecu
.t;,o. Tie whole oneratIoa does not con
sumo over five minutes, at the end 0
which time the whole fifty trunks are il
tber !ast struggle, squirting the blood aut
throwing Their limbs eonvulsivey about
Such a noisy rabble Is there presontet
tina yoa find il difficult 10 persuade your
self t at thcy are human beings whom
YOU see thus hurried into eternity.
4 Cauc,rtriox.-Iwo weeks since
=, 10 vary the scene. thew had a crucifixlon
A woman was sentenced TO be crucdet
. for the crime of having gwen birth to or
! Of the rebel chiefs. II father IS a febe
his family Is considered the same, All
: the whole family, from the old man {
four-.core to the child a four years, shar
5 the same fate. The poor woman we
Q nailed 10 the cross while living, gas
: made across the forehead to the bont
:. and he .kin peeled down so as TO han
q over the ewes: after winch tie brcus
= we're cut off, they tuen proceeded |
u break a.ar4 bone IN heG body, g aarE
;, l.r.gs vas next thrust .,.t3 gua AIuut, an
g rag.-d downward, cutting the chest g1eI
p H.. cxersts9aer tlea thrust IN lis -aa.
d aaa gra-n..y the heart. tore il from /
z socket mi LAID Iaaaag an TeeAlat b