The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-08-16

Execution ~ Rshsl Prlsanesa In China...
nasfihle Atsecitiss.s- Ensland Rsspoustble
Therefor.
The following account of the brutalities commit
d on the rsepnss by the Impsrslists is from the
pen Of an EnslishmAn who wAs prusent, In cosa-
psay with both Eagllsh and French officers and
soidiers a. the execution by dIsembowslins Of Tse
ping prisonAss
wen. with the crowd TO see the execution of
the TsepIug prisonrra that hsd been given up for
execution into the hands Of this Mandsrins by tbs,
French and English Authorities; OF. what is the
EaHle thing they took no measures TO prevent the
nthless bmschery Of those they lent their aid 10
capture when, horror OF borrors, how am TO de.
scribe the dreadful scene, will it ever leave my
memoryi Among these wretchss were young and
Old of both sexes. and OF all ages and Sizes from
'he infant recently born to the man Of eighty, tot
ter'ng on his staff from the eacieafe to the
young maiden from ten TO eighteen The latter
were pushed out by the guards among the crowds
OF rufhans assembled. and were taken into the
sheds and by places and debauehsd aud again
dragged naek by the hair OF the head to the Chi.
nsse guards, to await their turn for execution
some OF them had tainted, and were pulled along
the ground 70 the executioners. who threw them on
their backf tOre OF their Clothes and ripped them
from the lower part Of the abdomen to their breasts
which we've cut of aud dashed with curse In their
faces. The bowels, as a matter Of course gushed
out; but the cut was made In such q way, aud 30
skiltuily, and with such expetnsss that the intes
tined were seldom injured. After long time In
this state Of excessive torture, the execu.ioner
thrust his hand into the chest and tore the reek
ing heart his victim looking him in the face all the
while. A yonng female, apparently about eight
months pregnant. who never uttered . eroan or
sga as m the preyiouH cfuAlsies she had endured
from tho surrounding mob had her infant cut out of
her womb and held up In her sight by one of its
little bands, bleeding and quivering, when at the
si2ht she gave one heartrendiny piercing sereech,
that would have awakened pity In Q tiger, and af
ter !; bad been In that state dashed her breast,
sac, Win last snperhuman Effort released her
arms from those holding her down. and ciaspsd her
intant TO her bleeding heart and died, holding II
there with such force that they could not be seps
rated, and were thus thrown together On pile OF
other cArcRses.
Another young woman among the prisoners await.
Ing her turn TO be diseInboweed. with Ane boy Of
ten months old, Growing and jumping In her arms,
hao MN snatehsd suddenly away from her, and
nnng to the executioner, who plunged the ruthless
knife into bis tender breast before the mothers
eyes Infants bu; recently born were torn from
their mothers breast and disamboweled before
their faces. Young. strong mon were dsembow-
eied, mutilAted, and the parts cut off thrust into
their own mouths, or flung among the admiring and
laughing crowd of Cinnamon. But no MORE
cais write no more o: these scenes, can now only
regret forever that looked on ,!e dreadful sight
am no longer lit 10 be q s0iiier. / have been
In many bat'les during the last twenty years
and In the thckest O. the fight in most of them,
where the rage and thirst tor carnage is dreadful
70 reflect On afterwards, but no:hing heretofore
that have seen or heard of. even read Of could
he compared Ia the dreadful cruelty of this diseIn
bewriinsn exeeuiion. May God forgive England
for the psr she ID taking in this and may the
sa Of the elornes she has assisted in perpetraiing
on the de.er celess woman and Innocent and help
less child be removed from her door, and after the
treatment that English women aud children met
with from the LArds OF the blacks in the Sepoy mu.
tiny II is truly wonderful that Englishuaen should
join In or counterauce similar atrocities here. IL
Is now ascertained to Il certainty that B and
his companions, after having been tortured lii every
way that Chinese ingenuity and cruelty could de
wise. afterwards mutiisted and disc " eed
by tha Iinpecaiists, and tor thst reason the Chi
nese authorities wNlid not produce their dead
bodies. Poor F.. who came with me to see the
eSs nuion eh down in faipting f and IN tba,
state carried away. and IL now r2ving In:ayiac
from The ei.eets The lreadlnl sight had ou hisa