The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-17

~ ""'ahea aasiees received from China do Nc,
eohtaih any additional newH raI.,;,a !. w "o'
s'ess OF the military or diplomatic o,ar.,,a.' ~
.nos Throw strong lood of light ON ,ha ah,.e.
set OIL the Chinese ruls-at lesst ma. rs.
eu moro atrccions syatcm of rp,a 49, -.
oru'"i ruler could scarcely be eouna IN co.,
'S OF any age of the world 1t seems ,ha, a., a..
space oi Two years this savage mandarin ca,,.a,
40 'ewer than seventy thousand peraon. fraha,s
supposed rebels TO be executed In the Ace,d.'
"'a '' esuton, aud that tho mode OF execpt;on :,
'"'' =" naroarity that of the most degraded cav
sses' Ire prisons of Canton, too, seem 10 ha io
~, 'y "ofse 'han even the 3orst Of Naples, and
'ne fea'hoht Of the prisoners iudescrib,bly hor.
''oie'. &-aG-skss Ee's.' w. 1"ssSa ;,
JNLs or CANTON.
Lord Eistn aud the commissioners hahn,
tour OF inspection to the jails Of Cantnn aaue
suits o their experience have been SET Gr,h 'i,'
China Mail as follows: '" al tue
Each Of these establishments oo,.,
different prisons, and the deserintion ~ ee'erai
these viii serve for the whole 1t was e,,,os s o
an open courtyard about fifteen yards lon ea h py
broad. inns courtyard is paved with crsnita
slabs, and tolerably clean and airy tbanL ~,
rain. wind and sun to which it is exeose,. ~ WY
sids OF the yard are three compartments or a.
each about five yards long by four broad ana snr
arated from each other and from the court.vard
hy double lows Of posts, similar to tbosa - ytu
are used in barricading the doors of the commo,
Chinese huusesl In Hong Kong, the posts of one row.
htting between the posts of the other row leay;n.
space barely for man 70 pass his hand throncbP
The doors of five of these rooms were onen tnL
whole OF the prisoners in the five dens Tins bav
ing access to the open yard. Inside are boards and
tresseis. on which the prisoners lie the door La
ing, rs far could be judged from the filth with
which 1t was covered, las nature formed it-of
earth: the height of the rooms is ample enonph
| and OF the whole, the prisoners were far better
! than was expected, and, If properly Kept, would
leave no cause for complaint.
On entering, the warning voice Of the turnkey
drove the poor wretches into their dens bDt tan
on the head soon senced this officious personags
and the friendly voice ola foreigner telling them
Iii Chinese to come out soon brought about seven
4 ty living creatures on their kuees before such
messengers of humanityas had never before stood
I i'll that hOrrid place. The sight of these poor
creatures dreadful; their forms diseased md
ienlaciated-thelf eyes gazing in astonishnent
with the vacant stare o uuatics-their filthy rags
j dropping form them-ther hair unshown and
iuncomted, long and horribly stiff, black, and
1 abundant, in awful contrast with their pale and
CHASTITY features; there they knelt, trembling with
cold, weakened by starvation, and in some cases
/ apparently callous even to the evcnt-so strange
ana wonderful as 1t must have been to them
| which was taking place, of an inquiry into their
condition by foreign occupants OF the city All
| the h0rrors OF an English prison poorhouse and
| inhatic asylum were here accumulated, without a
| single one OF the redeeming features which mark
| those establishments in our own mora rivilzad
| country. The prisoners were ordered to stand IN
ana then questioned, while some Of the visitors
went into the cells to examine them. Many OF
| the poor wretChes were actually too weak to coma
| ont Of their dens to thank their deiyerers TO-
reigners, officers and soders,) in the courtyard of
| the prison. LengtheDed suffering, incarceration
and starvation has produced that callousness
| which, with excessive Meakn ness prevented them,
| from coming to sight they had never before
! witnessed They told to go outside md
managed 10 raise Their scarecrow figures and stag
ger along in front uf their foreign visitors
One poor child, u boy of Is years of age was
also a prisoner in this horrible place lie was
told to get up but, with empty idiotic smile on
his face, he merely raised his eyes and shuTled a
lew inches along the board on which he was Sit
| ting; he was a prisoner for rebelIioni The moor
| creature had not strength enough to stand his
limbs were frIghttul to look at--lieraly he was a
living skeleton, and two of the ADLER prisoners car
rIed him out. The five dens were emptied, and
while Mr.. Parks was talking with their jato in
mates, the other Foreigners looked into the sixth
den, the door ot which was closed 1t is difficult
To realize the horrible nature of the contents of
that room. As the door opened, piteous lamen-
tably cry arose from about - human beings NOT
one OF whom Couid stand. Deaths grin was hard
! Oh many OF them; there was one poor fellow living
crouched on the ground in a corner his ribs acfu.
ally protruding-he was dead Yes, the living,
the dying, the bleeding, the starving the sick the
diseased and the dead were all conprepa:ed in this
one hole. These poor creatures, VINO were howl
| ing from pam anu hunger, might, and were il not
Tor this VISIT would soon have followed their dead
comrade, VINO still shared their wIetched charntI
house, to whore alone they could look for release
from their sutterings-the grave. One of their
number could speak English pretty fuently, and
from nm 1t was asceTtained that the whole oi
them had that day been beaten. Not one of them
could walk, and it dreadful to see the agony
they suffered IN trying to drag their bleeding
forms into the open air. Some had been beaten
On the thighs, Others on the feet and ankles; and
they were all ironed Notwithstanding that they
We're not able to stand muPh Ipas 10 at,n
| THE FIELD OF BLOOD OF CANTON.
| Threading our way under the guidance of some
experienced friend, We come TO a carpenters shop
fronting the entrance To a small potters field II
is not rood in area, of an irregular shape re
hcmbling mostan ODlOng. row of cottages open
into 1t on one side; there is n wall on the other
The ground Is covered with halfbaked pottery
there are two wooden crosses formed of Embarked
wood standing in an angle, with shred of rottng
} rope hanging from one of them. There is nothing
to fix the attention in this small enclosure, except
, that you stumble against a human skull now anG
| then as You walk along it. This is the ACeldama
the field Ofblood, the execution ground of Canton
The upper part of that carpenters shop is the
} place where noarly all OF the European resientl
have, at the price of dollar each, witnessed the
wholesale nll5SacreS Of which Europe has heaTt
with hesitating skeptcism. 1t is within tI,
yard that that monster Ieh has within two year.
destroyed the life of seventy Thousand fellow be
iugs. These crosses are the instruments to whici
those victims We're tied who were condemned Il
the special torture of being sliced to death UpOI
of these the wife of rebel general was placed
and by iehs order her hesh cut from he
body.
The fragment of rope which now hangs to one
Of the crosses used to bind woman, who wal
cut up for numbering her husband The sicken
ing details Of the massacre perpetrated on thi
spot have been related to me by those who have
| seen them, and who take shame 10 themselves
while they confess that after witnessing one exc
Cution by cutting on the cross the rapidity anC
dexterity with which the mere beheading wa
done, deprived the execution of n hundred men 0
half its horror The crtiinalS were brought down
in gangs il they could walk, or brought down II
! chairs and shot out into the yard. The execution
ers then arranged them i'll rows, giving them
blow behind which forced out the head aud neck
| aud laid them convenient for the blow.
Then came the warrant of death. 1t is q banner
; As as it is waved in sight, without verba
order given, the work began. There WAS rapit
succession of dull crunching sOunds-chop. chop
chop, chop. No second blow was ever dealt, 10
the de4torous man-sayers are educated TO thel
work. Until they can with their heavy sword
slice great buiboss vegetable as thin as we sllc
ii cucumber they are not eligible for their ONCE
Three seconds a head suffice. In one misute nv
eyecuti0ners clear oil 100 lives. It takes rathe
longer tor, the assistants to cram the bodias int
rough cokans, especially as you might see then
examining two into one shell, that they Nigh
embezzle the spare wooden box The heads wor
carried of in boxes; the saturated earth was o
value as manure.
EXPORT DUTY IN TaIHIDAD.-The United State
Consul at the Island OF Trinidad, announces til
passage of an ordinance, passed by the Legislativ
Council Of the Island imposing an export duty o
the produce Of Trinidad, from the lst day Of ia
nuary, 1858, as follows, viz:
D On sugar-For every hogshead, six shillings; 70
every tierce, four do; Tor every BARREL one do
On Inolasses-kor every puncheOn, two shilling
I and slxpence; for every terce. one do. On runl-
For every puucheon, three shillings and sixpence
! ON coeoa-For every one hundred pounds, OH
! hhiiliug and three pence. On collector ever
enc hundred pounds, sixpence.
+ Liquor LICENSE IN PENNsYLvANIA.-The Pennsyl
vania Legislature has just passed new liquor !
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