The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-20
CHI NJ A.
Progress Of the Nycnfei Rebellfon-The
kcbeis Threatening Shanghae-Horri-
bic Atrocities OF the Chinese.

Progress of the Nycnfci Rebellion-Tho
Rebeis Threatening shanghae-Horri-
bite Atrocities OF the Chinese.
AFFAIRS AT sHAS0HAE.
10y overland telegraph from Gale
SuASonsg, Feb q, 1905.
The Nyenfe rebels have fred the villages surroundn g
The foreign residents of tina, city preparing for an
attack
CHINESE EXECUTIONS.
From the Hong Kong Daily Press, Jan. 10.l
These two men, condemned for rebellion and the
Other er ,ooey and murder were executed on the ast
few yards Of Hamburg Consulate. and directly In front
Of several other European houses that situated there
The men we're dragged TO the place OF execution so
heavily roncd and msnacled that they could not walk
aud being almost starved for time previously they
appeared the miserable objects OF suffering hui.
manity that could be imagined-more dead
than s'lre They were guarded BY about
three hundred Mandarin soldier, headed BY the Hal.
death who, having dressed himself In a red hood and
MANTLE seated himself table placed there for the oc
csson demanded the prisoners 10 b. brought before him.
which being done they were both forced on their Knees
The Hal Hong wrote down their and ordered them
to be noggcd-the rebel three hundred and the other
culprit two hundred blows with the bamboo. The
rsbel having received his three hundred blows and
borne thcm without q murmur, was taken to n
that had been erected for the purpose aud being
80 urey iashed 20 H. in an upright posture with n :
extended the exccutioner commenced his horrible
hatchery by nrsi cutting OF the flesh above the eyes
next The and then the breasts Then he cut through
The muscle II each arm laying the silvcry white bone
bare Tho 0esh not being cut Oh, but left hanging; The
piVou ~ irihk OUT ana ACTUALLY uctp1ttcruE TIC
eXecuiioner at each pulsaon OF the heart. Then the
muscles OF the thighs cut out In the same
manner After the executioner had performed these
~ adlul torlnrcs upon the poor wretch he laid
h's small knife aside and took another, about
Ten inches long and about inch broad aud cut gashes
on each .de OF the mans CHI 81; laying the ribs bare
Then he made nourshos with Tho knf. and then
ran II into hc poor victims body entering lust below
the sternnm IN the middle Of the chest 20 the full ex
tent Of the blade This thought hoped would prove
the coup a. groc' But no. for the man attn brcahed
and the eAccutioner still continued his bloody task
citing downwards with the knife and letting out
the entrliis. He then slashcd and cut oncn tlc
stomach. Then, giving ycl, his hand In and
20 xcd the mans liver and cut out passing the blood
ing quitcnng mass to his slant ~ coollv AM I, ~.
business like manner though he we're oncpIns and
butchering pig THIS finished the torture and the
.xecutioner left the victim In this muilaed state MOI
dead for saw him give several gas9s for breath
afterwards He then cut the sarnlan man : head IN
Al the foo, Of the cross, with single blow and then
returned aud letting The rebels head which feil
foreard he decspltatcd him certainly the most mer.
cfu stroke he had given that day The bodies
exposed the wharf with their legs tied "a
POSTS ave Afterwards 10 the great annoyance
tue Europeans who occupied tie houses adjacent rhs
POOR rebel bore his inhuman ortures most manfuy
or cry escaped him during all the time. The ont,
movement he rhsds slight quvcring OF his who
frame and a movement OF his head 10 and fro, other
spectator might have questioned whether he wcrs
alive or dead during the horrible exhibition.
But this Il not the frst exhibition OF this kind w
bavs been 10 at Annoy during tho month OF De
cembsr. The gunboat Grasshopper captured nine,cer
pirsses a Port hsthssonL BROUGHT them 70 Amor