Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-09-09

! the other section commenced a work SILL more
barbarous and horriyingi Il might be said o
\ be even dewlish--loT what could be more sol
The victims OF torture we're I ed TO tile cross.
es which bad been planted az one end Of tie
arena, when an executionef approaching, cut a
I slice from under each arm with shoft, sharp
knife, which ho carried. A low, suppressed,
fearful groin from each victim followed the
/ gashing, but nothing like a scream or ontcry.-
Dexterous a. butchers a slice was taken soc
cessvelly by the operators fromithe calves, the
i thighs, and then the breast Of each IL NAV.
be supposed, or AZ any rate ii may be hoped,
that by this time the sufferers had become ihsen-
sible TO pain, though they were not dead -
The knife was then thrust into the abdomen,
which was ripped up 10 The breast bone, and
then twirled round and round as the heart was
separated from It's holdings. Up TO This mo
ment, our inioTmer said that having once set
his eyes upon the victim under torture, they
became fixed az by strange spell, but now
neither lie could stand It nor they be riveted
any longer. a whirliHg sensation ran through
his brain, and it was with difficulty be could
keep from falling. But this was not all; the
lashings we've then cut and bis head being
! tied by the tail 10 limb Of The cross, was
severed from the body, hch was then dismem-
bered of hands and arms, feet and legs separa-
tely
After this the Mandarin left the ground, 10
! return, however, with man and woman, the
latter, as twas said the wife OF a rebel chef
and tue man leader of some rank among the
rebels The woman WAS cut up in the way al
re dy related, but for the man more horrible
torturing still was decreed lie was literally
hayed alive. Our informant did not sec the
| OPERATION; HIS overp6wercd sensibilties did not
permit il bat an American sergeant OF the
mlrines did, who described the horrors Of the
scene. The knife was first dawn across the
forehead, on Which piercing scream was sent
forth by the sufferer aud then the flesh was
pulled over the eyes, and SO on till the horrible
buichery was ended There is atemple in Can
ton which visited, called the "remple OF IIor-
rors," because in yarous apartments are the
most horrible representation Of the tufinres of
the Buddhist hell But nothing there vas more
internal than hat was seen here
Such were the torlures inflicted by Yeh upon
at least 100000 human beings in the city Of
Canton. II 10 not surprising that the news of
his death and the arrival Of hs body caused oit
bursts of exuiatiOn among the Chinese, who
either had loet some of their friends under the
operation OF his cleaver or else stood in com
slant lear of their own lives Thousands were
put TO death who were entirely innocent ex.
cePt that they happened TO be the wives oI
cl iltiren Of others, or else had Common iamily Y
ouuh'otioun. 1 nc chillnest huu even III llUtf-
ence with which the Chinese meet death, arc
past belief, aud unaccOuntabe; aud yet, as the
late war has shown, they are nation Of COW
ards. But cOwardice and cruelty usually &c
together. l was told an nciJott in one Ol
these execution scenes which detes ciedtnoe
and yet is affirmed to be the sober truth A
young man was brought on the fatal ground
with several hun he'd who were to be behead-
ed at the same time. ALI were upon their
knees, drawn up in ranks, and awaiting the
fearful signal for the COMMENCEMENT of the
days butchcry. A fruit Pedder happened 10
be passing, when he young man Remembered
he had iew cash. or fprihimg pieces, in his
pocket. He was hungry for he bad baenbrough
u long distance in his baskos, and he had gonC
without his breakfast Eyeing the length o
the rank to which he belonged, he could coun
4 the time with much exac,Bess when the cleave
4 would fall upon his own neck. Nothing daunt
ed he bought some bananas and ate then
kneeling; the oleaver. however, almost inter
/ cepting them before they bad passed from th
4 throat to the stomach Sometimes twenty.ig
o or fifty condemned rebels were at one time cas-
Z into the river together in their baskets to saV
; the labor of execution and the expense of il
e terment These Chinese arc mystery; | car
= not understand them.