New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-05-23
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& copy Of Hongkong paper, tust received Ia
ttls city, has been furnished as from pisfeh W.
learn that the Japanese are assassinatin9 atB the
foreigners ~ The country that they can catch. the
latest victim being HI. Hneskfn, Tie American
secretary OF Legation and Interpreter. The Eau
lish, French and Dutch Ministers liaye la,,Iss d,,,
their flags and left Jeddo for a place og xagatv
From the Hongkong paper We take the fSsIloaine
account Of the assassination of Mr. Husskjn AMI 4
the reign Of terorH generally
. On Tue 10th instant another name was added HI
she already long List Of brutal murders erpetyste
by the Japanese on foreigners III ttsis
combined with the ruruoT or d
us ALL renders our sttaation % Nv fI Ts,ysf
pleasant, and the question arises In tI,f s,sria m
an, Whetner, sooner Or laters We must feays Tie
country, through fear Of assassination Tlis ssaa
tenn of periodical murders, although isv
the Government, can have been for no o4her r,5lFa
pose than that of eventually driving all us " ga
no one would like TO remain with the prospect af
being cut down ct the will or pleasure of asv
drunken officer. The boast of the Japarleae hass
been that with their system of Is espionage f, ttay
knew all that was going on, and almost tie
thoughts Of az, and yet they have not brought ia
punishment one person guilty Of being concerned
in any OF the murders. Mr.. Hueskin, the American
Secretary of Legation and Interpreter Of Har-
ris, was attacked at about halfpast 8 on ffis re4
turn from the Prussian Embassy, fwIlerg He had
been dinfng) on the evening Of The 18TH inst. arj
80 severely wounded that he died at 10 p N the
same night. The Yakanins his guard
disappeared. Az the moment he was not am Of
the extent OF hls Wonnd5r and ran about tW0 ham
dred yards, when he tainted and fell Aftss sy;nes
on the ground about half an hour lie wac picked
up and taken to his residence BIZ some officers II
nearly to the moment of his death was ssfsf1.
scious and gave an account of the whole affair
Three days after he was buried at JeIfao all siez
different Legations and members Of the conguSateg
from kanagawa attending. The marines from one
of the Prussfan fTigates attended as q prafa 0fs
ed hrt 10 f,aysd
the Ancona. AS it was forming and abent LEAVING
the enclosure of Mr.. Harris temple the Prime
Minister waited upon the Minister'S and requested
that they should not accompany she procession as
great fear was entertained that it weuld Be At
tackled. They were told by Mr. Harris that, shpHld
such thing take place, they would bring down
upon their heads the vengeance of all civilized na-
tions, and by Mr.. Acock that one stone should
be left upon another in Jeddo. The aesion of fhe8
Japanese was shameful. No precautionary Ines-5
sures were taken for their safety neither guard
nor policemen. The streets were blocked uD and
with great difficulty the procession reached the
cemetery. Large parties of Japanese ATTEMPTED
to pass the gates and come inside the enclosure
but were kept back by q demonstration of the
Prussian bayonets, and the gates closed Nothing
serious occurred their return although ali were
very anxious for their personal safety Mr. Haes-
kIn's faith in the Japanese cost him his He He
had often been warned about ezposing himself al
nights, as he did. He had been in the habit
of going to and from the different Legations DIT all
| hours OF the night and never went armed. Had
he had with him at the time pistol he might have
| escaped. He received but one ssfioIs wound .
and as he saw the man some distance from him.
| might have shot him down ere he could have
reached him with his sword assa
And now we are witnessest to the fact Of The Eng
1 lish, French and Dutch Ministers having haaled
down their flags and left Jeddo for place Of safety
| The American Minister alone remains Those ass-
quainted with his peculiarities easily account for
the same, and it is an easy fact to prove that he
has been intoxicated ever since the murder aHfi
for four daysh he suffered from attack Of deliriam
1 tremens. S8