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count at ,ls;maa1eFds VtiM public. exc
Psriepeiog a sbFiH ezxttact ie
fto,o an ;iassrestinS ,Hspeffs descriptive Of
"Chinar,ap at hblpesp -. sf-<S"-.
Having full two hours t1< <spsse, we.s pro-
ceoae1 with our jnvenilegade to tho. ~
burn Of Canton, where ifnpense numbers
Of victims are >weaR1y led to 1.-The shambles
and slaughtered with a sang 1roid which
exercised in better oause weulH ba, ad-
mirable:s, It seems Strange. hat chinese
prisoner during their Scohiineni9nt arc
tseated with unll lpsm kindness, being: under
the specia! care Of aa'pandaslgis 3. gsaEs.
gain oye: 3IafiIIs l5e3efssH.
That is, mandarin of the y.
WHO is accountable fas thsssss elllstBeingto
tle Emperor himself :but once thsisssen-
teace is pronosuced, they areHpteberei
with the Utmost Indifference. TNsdaylEe
were about sixty prisoners, WHO were all,
for various ofeuses, to sufferi the- punish
mcnt-of death. Most Of them we're 10. bo
decapi,ated, which, is looked upoain China.
as the most degrading methodoft exeeAtion
whilst the rest were tossuitcr the most 6ruel
oftorturcs. We saw then ,mareh anialy
out of the prison in which they badssbeen
confined isome of them only the nigtft. be-
fore) and file, without the least semblance
of fear, into CIRCULAR yard, in which tho
execat;ons are always .ceuductelk Wlll
the Exception Of light wooden cross and
the the three executioners, who weres rcncy
there leaning composealy on their tieavy-
looking swords, tliere vas nothMg 70 ae-
note the terrible ussrto winch llfs. siauSh-
ter house was arpropriatcd-no iieadspfan's
block no gallows with its dapglmg rope
must confess, that as iooKet upon
this scene, and saw the InecI anscal manner
in which the few simple, arrangements
were made, cold sbplder wenfssffaight
to nv heart not that I have been aecus-
tomed-to look death pretty CLOSELY esJIT tho
face, but there was ar absence et axelta-
ment about this spectacle which Seems to
render II, t,douhty l;deou=. To judge Of my
companion bv his face. Iae, too, seemelkto
feel It as deeply ash DID. There Ma Spoot
wretches Of crim;nais. ztopd, eeetsiusiy'
careless Of tire doom wh;c!, zwaited them
patient they looked, as a parce! Of hncon'
scious sheep co9pcd III 4 fen--moresihan
fifty uaen-and yet eplv fsse oEathree
guards were present TO usher ks.s= from
life to eternity. = Fly s@ainst fses yet
40 attempt 10 avert ils s.lsors ot theAreatl
| king-no execrations nlu4tffI M. age--
no mu.inous if,;sgsoa Ihe Ffsns t6szshike !!
Stolid as the HussyT SSldicrAhe11B Bs col,
umn is swept by Ale 4ae:ny graResier
F! Iarged eyestisel upon sseahey sss,hodg.
tlrer wereastyinr 70 "reet7 ihfepssstha. Sis-
: ia Of dea.h-,Ley 5000 .issaess, einani-
Innate. TIE exe.ufSner nSM faaa his
place, and p'alaslly .teck kons to ssiils tase-
most OF this miserable hsN'; who steps to
1.-THE front with uslsgree Of, careless aiacrity
! which made it appear rs though the last
scene he was ne3s cnactihg had been thor
ouehly reached. lie slowly bends his BECK
the executioner lifts up his sword.,wi,h
jaunty laugh, and measures his strokeasHe
then begins, jokingly, to taunt thlSyfh
to place his hacd little more. this'way or
that; and having thus amused himself for
few seccnds-but tous the time ::seened
immcasurably longcr--the executioner
brought up his sword to its full Ierht.- 1t
came down with a shmy ",hwick y jet Of
dark red blood spoutcd into the airSas tlrs
Eheadnnd trunk, still exhibiting nDefasosaI
signs Of vitality. rolled intgthe eea,te Of
this dreadful arena. -:
Ny friend and mvssiis sstooit tspeii-bound
will, horror, ms, one by one, these dooped
weep of that fatal sword, pow reekigg will.
blood - the hit. Murat, in tile |hirIwind
of the French revolution, ehsangnined witt.
the blood which slreamcd from his mlderous
guIlo,ines, hardly presented tony inagi-
nation snclla teptible pioSfEe. .as This, Theirs
there was the exchenlentR passien and
hatred worked mp into afearful stor4nAyou
LeLel,l the fury Of the tempest, as It came
rolling along, aud, iu some measure. at least,
anticipated the ,rayages- it 1as, about f.
make; but here was tragedy enacted
without an effort; there was no pity, NO
anger, no appeal TO divert tha. aaensfon Of
these who looked on, ne; ;scorpfal .heroisue
illuminated by~a briliiant,s sheeah such a.
Danton or Vcrginand hddfssssd t6sIe Ma
tional Assembly or the ragbls ofsEar nor
was there alject cowardIe. lsi(:ll might
lmre given rise to ineafeelme bnteinpt.
NIL was passive ,obedicncel 5llasaes;k was
tbedt, tic sword afeli, and swias about az,
mashsconrcearansss aa s11erd 1efiiHs rims cus
/ sf stlls, tops Of ,the peoples 10 erden,
lie heads Of these unfortunate GhinameH
\ were severed from theiF ltodiss and tho
Emperor, HEN Foiings s1luia sig-
niles ;seompl q "a bun s Is qned =
.few. sui jacls the less IN his slssspHaa doz
iuiniunss - sssrs So liz.
T.'My friend and 8 i'ssaggerea, fstkes than
walked, out OF sthe;p hcsas soa6 4 as We had
Erceqyeted pgr senses .sufieien!ls +ps make
amy exefto flflnly leEt ttesSeetadp, de.
|srlining tl.eS qlisitatio .ogl to re-
main and sec lbe ringlea aaea 81 ssi6s party