Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-05-16
The CruoltIes Of Yeh.


The Nonite,n-d 2, F2otte, rn}Hshas re-
psrt OF an examination OF Commissioner
Yeh on board 'hc iof riie, hy an English
officer, before the uon,a'ta IN question sail
ed rom Hong Kong Tor Calcutta. II is in
teresfiug. We quote a portion Of the *
! animation. The cruc'tie3 pract.sed Is Nvh
/ having been alluded 10, H. said: Hear noe:
one oi the rebel chiefs was iii the habit If
having all the prisoners he took from Us
/ sawn hetweeu two planks. | informed bin
/ that | would use 1eprlsals--h;.lc his PIT to
death in the same way; tut he had lreyi-
ously haG not less than 6.0o0 men, many ol
them officers. sawn between two blanks
EScLI-n OFFICER. How mar prisoners
10 YOU think You have executed!
NLu.-About 50 600; but the rebels have
slaughtered more than 100000.
L>G. Of.-You had many people put 10
death who had nothing to do Will. the rev
1 olutioui
lfu-Why. fancy The province Of
! Canton is kind OF refuge for all thieves
and murt!nrers III the empire who escape
! from justice. saw that crimes were fire.
| quent, and therefore orlere frequent exc
BUTTONS; but tie people thus put to death
were always thieves or murlerers. who al
most invariably confessed their crimes.
| EN. OtF--l on don't seem to have been
| popular in The city.
lru-l never dizcuvtreItl was I'M
| popular. know the people feared rlc ana
kept quiet Tie public peace ii the citv
was lot disturbed, TRADE mo rersd. ana
PEOPLE grew rich. Tie Emperor, my i'm
mortal master, to reNi,!t. l..t, had conferred
upon me the title Wanlio the highest of all.
aud authorized me to take the Surname Of
Mugin Chin. As to the rvproach of hav-
ing awaited myself of my 10 sltion to acct
mulate wealth, il is falls: | am rich in dig
mites and titles, but poor in money. A
great part u NY income | send to my
friends and relatives. In tie village where
was born ! had u temple built at my own
expense, and have had several dwellings
erected for poor families My enemies are
chiefly in the upper ciasacs They wish
for my downfall in order to take my place
The -Nondcar de Ia f}ote adds that
the arrived OF the InFcri{fe in SINGAPORE
Roads with \ ell on board. had cause, a Ger
tain sensation among the Chinese popula
ton. The lnileXiblo having struck on her
arrival, a rumor was got u, that il was in
tended to drown the Nieeloy. but IL icll
naturally when the tide iioated the ship oil.
From The lafayette, IJi., Journal u May III |
LADY ForND MURDERED ON Thursday
last, the body of a woman was found in
thicket about two miles from francisville.
in Jasper county, under circumstances that
induced the belief thai she was foully muir
dered. She was apparently about thirty
five or forty years of age, medium sized,
with delicate ami rather handsome features.
and seven false teeth. She was dressed in
II black velvet walst-slIch as are frequent
ly worn with a skirt of different
pattern--but without any other outside
dress. She had on two or three white
skirts-one of W. ich was turned oyer her
face-and silk stockings and gloves She
was without shoes or bonnet Her clothing
was OF an elegant quality and neatly made
In examining the body at the Coroners in
quest, several shots We're found in her
breast, which warranted the conclusion that
she was the victim of murder 1t must
have occurred several weeks since, as the |
body was III a state of decomposition-
One OF tie conductors on the n A. and :.
railroad, recolects something about a well
dressed lady getting off the cars at Francis.
vile one night couple of month since. |
VINO said she was going bacl, into the coun-
Try on business and would return again in
lew days. lie never saw her afterwards.
though OF course she might have taken
some other train. There is no other cline
as 10 VINO the murdered woman was, and
none Whatever as to her murderer or mur
defers We hope our exchanges will make
note OF her appearance and dress. as
above gwen, IN order that it may lead to
some Intelligence as to who the unfortunate
woman was