The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-27
EVANSVILLE IND, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 81, Is
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LATEST FROM CHINA.

LATEST FROM CHINA.
! From the correspondence of the New York
Times we gather the following as thc condition
of affairs in China:
PROGRESS OF THE REBELLION
Just now the fortunes of war seem to declare
in favor of the Imperalsts: but tomorrow it
may te otherwise. All the business of the
country is done through the Mandarins. or
native capitalists; and, as they are of the I'm
Iperial party, all the silks and teas that fall into
the hands ofthe rebels are confiscated. All
kinds of business is in most uncertain state
As soon as the rebels gain possession of any
part of the country, they draw chain across
the river or establish bridge of boats, thus
|cutting off all communication and shutting
the goods from market or shipment.
As the forces of the Emperor are obliged to
stay at the large cities to afford protection, the
rivers and maritime waters are swarming with
pirates, in large junks, waiting for any boat
that may venture out, to seize the cargo and
murder the crew. So strong are they outside
that they have several times beaten off the
men-of- war that have been sent out after them
PIRATE FLEETS.
By the last mail we have account of the pi-
rate feet being seen outside, with large
square -rigged vessel in their possession of
what nation could not be discovered All
ships now leaving port are forced to supply
themselves with additional guns as the danger
lis so great. When this state of things will be
/ :medied no one can tell, as the rebels are no
sooner crushed in one point than they spring
up in another.
To-day all is excitement, as news has just
arrived that they have appeared in great force
ninety miles north of Canton, taken two large
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marching on Canton. The Mandarins are
trembling for fear that they may take the city;
and they know if they do, it is all day with
them, as the rebels will avenge themselves for
the thousands they have beheaded during the
last six months. At Canton alone 10000 men
women, and children have been beheaded
within that time.
HoRRID EXECUTIONS.
Many of the Europeans go to see the execu-
tions, as they are performed outside of the walls
of the city. The ground has become so COM
pletely saturated with blood that the stencil is
sickening for a considerable distance. There
are three executions q day-one at morning
noon and night-ffty at each time. Two long
sticks of timber laid parallel to each other,
with Just room for the eXecutioner to pass be-
tween them, form the blocks. The prisoners
are driven into the inclosure like so many
sheep, not chained or bound in any way. In
fact they seem to look upon the whole thing
with apathy, owing, suppose, to their relig-
ion, or irreligion, which is fatalism.
AT a word from the Judge they all kneel and
place their necks on the logs, each row with
their heads inwards, and the face of each turn
ed towards his neighbors back on one side,
while the next on the other faces his. AT ar
other signal the exeeutioner grasps his heavy
two handed sword, and beginning at the end
of the row towards which all faces are directed,
strikes right and left. But one blow to each
is required, the head flying across the space and
striking the opposite victim, but ere he has a
chance to shrink the sword descends on his
own reck.
There are two executioners. Each has TWEEN
ty-five to execute at one execution. The whole
operation does not consume over five minute s,
at the end of which time the whole fifty trunks
are in their last struggle, squirting the blood,
and throwing their limbs convulsiyely about. |
Such a noisy rabble is there present that you
find it difficult to persuade yourself that they
are human beings whom you see thus hurled
into eternity.
A CRUCIFIxIoN.
Two weeks since, to vary the scene, they
had crucifxion. A woman was sentenced
to be crucifed for giving birth to one of the
rebel chiefs. If a father is rebel, his family
is considered the same, and the whole family,
from the old man of fourscore to the child of
four years, share the same fate.
The poor woman was nailed to the cross
while living, cash made acrosss the forehead
to the bone, and the skin peeled down so as to
hang over her eyes, after which the breasts
were cut off; they then proceeded to break
every bone in her body; large knife was next
thrust into the throat and passed downward,
cutting the chest open. The executioner then
thrust in his hand, and grasping the heart tore
it from its socket and laid it beating and reek-
ing before the Judge. At Shanghae they drown
them by dozens.