New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-27


along tter southern froutiers. and in otLer 80
A.eeHy the Sagailen Territories have bcep diy;dsJ
wig TWO provinces; one retairs the old name.
Eastern Siberia, ard the other il called ,ba nro
vince OF Sagabep. Tue capital of th- la,teI "a
b.dS9v es;coepski there trbuoal and notary AZ
estaoiished also sanitary service and Ekewsc a
sPeo'a' Poloe; ihere rs no lack Of military force
ana every effort possible Is made To- secure inter.
empire. viz '"-'A'
neither all these iUprov and ady snces Of the
russians IL the North all operate for the speedy
opening Of the interior Of this empire is Question
et cannot ai TO receive special attention AT least by
hef MeJeetys Government. Doubtless the Russ,ans
"ouiG much prefer that their English and French
neighDois should be kept from Central China aad a.
III oy7gohe days restricted to the maritime provinces
kebel bands are carrying matters again with a high
hand al reports are true tina, come from the North
~ II possible III fact is not wholly improbable that
some o. these slanung reports may be mt IN crcu
aucn by the high officers here in order to deter the
foreigners tom attempting to penetrate the interior
The reports, however, really conr AdIctory that
ole scarcely knows what TO think of them ~ now 10
reconcile statements so strangely conflicting One day
We aTe told that Making is at once to be re-
covered; and the next, news comes that the siege
nos peep RACED, ana the Imperial army scattered to
the winds.
AN EXECUTION IN HONG KONG
very different was the aspect of the condemned cell
On the ne ii II Tuesday last from that which l. repre-
sen.ed previous 70 the last execution when Gibbons
ana Jones tired to prove by interchange Of bias
pheies ana nbad tests, tnat they feared death no
more than drunken sleep" Lo-chun-sun, the
puate, : Of that mpassive Celestial whose blood
" IA Snow broth" IT is ms last light alive; bat why
should be be disturbed by his inevitable fate; and no
sooner are the missionaries gOne than he stretches
himself on the stone to0T and fails sound asleep. Reused
by visitor, shall say secular missionary be is
ready enough to talk and the only fault he has ud
with the Justice OF bis sentence is that he could not
help having been among pirates and acting with them
His Destiny is ebOut - be fulfilled but that does not
pain him, and as to that other world who can say
There Is piety OF = kind in this submission 10 the
lint ga.
excite sympathy. He is young and handsome almost
ali murders good looking because certain amount
OF determination and manlness necessary to the
cimel, and may have been pleasant to the ewes OF
many Carton boat girl; but his face is sensual the
forehead low, and the back part of the head is 10
larger than the neck beneath.
Again he falls asleep perhaps to dream of little
children tumbhng among the boards of junk; Of the
WIND Whlsthng among cordage, of shouts and strife,
and OF the heavy plunge of DEAD bodies upon the
easy wave. +" Before you get this" he wrote to his
father, will be gone from this life for | committed
" capital crime and am condemned now. There s
no more time TO see you all again, but you must tell
my brothers, sisters, kindred, that died because
OF my Ofenses." Sleep on, poor man But a little
time AID brothers, sisters kindred your teachers all
of u.s. an innumerable host, will have wended on into
that dark Kingdom bearing, each alone, the burden of
his own agony and not the purest undefaced by the
6eflements of earth.
soft green light is slowly rising behind the Devils
Peak, and spreads in still beauty over the deep sky
till the stars wane the blue smiles, and the sun
rises more, 10 shine the Just and the unjust
the evil and the good. IL strikes the line of Mnal-
amen, with their partcoOreo dresses, who have al
ready seated themselves the road behind the gal
lows 20 see vengeance done on the murderer Of their
COUNT Men and il lllumiI aes the condemned cell and
those troubled eyes which will coon be suiused with
blood. white napkin is spread the small table,
and Italian priests administering the sacrament of
extreme JUNCTION; for Lo-chun-sun has confessed his
guilt and has committed his soul to the holy Catholic
Church. Let hope that the thick darkness of that
oppressed spirt may have been broken by some
dimmed rays Of the divine light which lie brought
into the world, who came not to call the righteous but
sinners 10 repentance.
A dspper little American convict, with curious
brown cap on comes In to pniOn the condemned, ana
perform the last Offices we shall hear some day that
her Meesty's free pardon has been granted to him.
The ChlDaman pulls on his white stockings, and care
fully tucks his pyjammas neatly under them Tor his
legs viii have observers than they ever had
betOre and i is easy he has always considered
his personal appearance. His carefully bound
aud fastened TO his body with white tape ana now that
3 sense Of utter helpessness is forced upon nun, ms
cheek pales, and his hands quVer an, yes! is MOI
pie asai; for Chnaman TO have the life choked
out Of him. in his early prime, rs out OF a mad dog;
But courage my poor brother. the longest day wa
have an end az that trenchman said who was led
out 20 unspeakabe torture and TINS IS only matter OF
five minutes. Ard he has courage. For an instant lie
seemed choking, and then he walked quietly out TO die
manly DEATH whatever sort of hle he may have led.
On the scaifod he confessed his guilt ana the justice
of his punishment, and told his countrymen to take
warning by his fate; priest whispered few words
in his ear; for minute the forms OF the Chlnaman III
ms long gown, the priests in their black robes, and
the extcutloner stooO out in ntolerabe relief against
the blue sky, the group parted and he fell with
fDgers twisted together in preparation Tor that fearful
Lean. suddenly into ight. For ute he hung
steadily and then his muscles oonyulsed his feet
slightly paved the air, and his fingers wrthed among
each other; but these only muscular movements
it was apparently the easiest death ever saw man
de Nature, who renders the Chinese insusceptlbie OF
much pleasure kindly denies that they should suiler
much pain.