The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-05-19
No. SO
Terrible Cruelties of the Chinese.

/ bellion and the other for robbery and mur.
/ der, were executed on the 2Ist inst. at noon.
+ on the "Isulshen-kin" wharf and within .
/ few yards Of Hamburg consulate, and direct
/ iy IN front Of several other European houses
i that are situated there The men were
! dragged to the place of execution so heavily
| lroned and manacled that they could not
walk and, being almost starved for some
! time previously, they appeared the most
{ miserable objects of suffering humanity that
could be lmagined-mOre dead than alive
They were guarded by about 300 Mandarin
soldiers headed by the Hai-Hong, carving
lie eng, or warrant of the power of life or
death, who, having dressed himself in a red
1 hood and mantle, seated himself at a table
placed there for the occasion, demanded the
prisoners to be brought before him, which
being done they were both forced on their
knees, the Hai Hong wrote down their
| names and ordered them to be logged-the
rebel 5OO and the other culprit 300 blows
with the bamboo. The rebel having re-
eeIved has 800 blows, and borne them with
out murmur, was taken to a cross that had
Deen erected for the purpose, and being Sc
| cureIy Iashed to lE, IN an upright posture
with his arms extended the exeeutioner
commenced his horrible butcherv bv first
cutting off the flesh above the ewes next
the ears, and then the breasts Then he
cut through the muscles of each arm. layinp
the sllvery white bone bare; the flesh not
Oelng cut Oh, but left hanging; the blood
squirting out and actually bespatterino the
executIoner at each pulsation of the heart
Then the muscles of the thighs were cut
out IN the same manner. After the execu-
TONER had performed these dreadful tortures
upon the poor wretch he laid his small
knife aside and took another, about 10 incl
es long and about an inch broad, and cut
gashes on each side Of the mans chest, Law
ing the ribs bare. Then he made several
hourlshes with the knife and then ran it into
the poor victims body, entering lust below
the sternum IN the middle of the chest, to
the full extent Of the blade This [ thought
and hoped would prove the coup de qrGce.
But no, for the man still breathed, and the
execuuOner still continued his bloody task.
| cutting downwards with the knife, and let
ting out the entrails He then slashed and
cut open the stomach. Then, giving veil.
ran his hand In and seized the mans liver
and cut 1t out passing the bleeding, culver,
ing mass to the assistant as coolly and in as
business-Ilke manner as though he were
opening and butcheringa pig. This finish
ed the torture, and the executioner left VIC
tim in this mutilated state not vet dead. for
saw him give several gasps for breath
afterwards. He then cut the sampan mans
head off, at the foot Of the cross, with a
single blow, and then returned, and letting
| loose the rebels head, which fell forward he
decapitated him certainly the most merei-
tul stroke he had given that day The bodies
were exposed on the same wharf with their
legs tied to posts, for five DAYS afterwards.
! to the great annoyance of the Europeans
who occupied the houses adjacent The
! poor rebel bore his inhuman torture most
mantuliy; not moan or cry escaped him
/ during ali the time. The only movement he
made was slight quivering OF his whole
Frame and a movement of his head to and
| fro; otherwise a spectator might have
! questioned whether he were alive or dead
| during the horrible exhibition
But this is not the first exhibition of this
kind we have been treated to at Annoy
! during the month of December. The gun-
boat GrasshOpper captured I9 pirates at
! Port Matheson, brought them to Annoy, and
/ delivered them up to the Total They were
| tried, all found guilty, and condemned to
death. But five of the number had friends
here, who paid sums Of money to the Total.
and procured their release This I know
for fact, for happened to accompany I9
of the prisoners from the Hai-hong prison
to the Totals, on the day of their final con
! demnatlOn and execution; money having
| been already paid for three of them, and
security given for their good behavior in
future, they had been liberated When l
! entered the Hahmun the prisoners were
brought before the Total, and their names
called over. At this time a respectably-
dressed Chinaman came to the front with
handkerchieffull of rolls of dollars, and [
noticed that the Total cast a peculiarly long
ing eye towards the handkerchief and
beamed very eomplaisautly upon this China
man, who performed a very short-Winded
kOtOw, and then presented petition TO his
eXcelency, which be received and read and
IN few minutes servant was ordered to
receive the almighty Mexicans," and count
them, the petitioner accompanying him.
The dollars being found correct Il should
estimate them at about S500) the crier OF
the court called out two names Of two of the
pirates, who were taken apart from the
others, their shackes knocked off, and al
lowed to depart with their kind friend and
beneiactOr. 80 much fer mandarin law and
justice. Why it is quite a godsend to them
for our gunboats to capture pirates and give
them over to them for trial and punishment
Iquestion if all Of these II men who
were beheaded on the Sth Of December
were the pirates who were delivered to the
mandarins by her majesty's gunboat Grass
hopper, for in general appearance they look
ed more ike miserable mendicants, hired
and paid for the purpose, than villainout
Canton pirates. The following question:
.
Total may show the probability Of my sur
mise:
Are you guilty or not of piracy2 Re
member, if you confess you will be behead
ed to-day at noon; ifyou deny your guilt
you will be retained again to prison. "
Answer By all the men but two
} "a am guilty, and wish to die; the soon
er the better"
These IA men were then condemned {
death, and one Of them, said to be the chic
was sentenced to be cut to pieces alive pre
vious to decaPitation. The Total sentence
l him to be executed the same as a soecho a
spy, and IN passing sentence handed tn
yermlilon pencil 70 attendant, who mad
2 a red mark across the chief 3 forehead an
S then threw the pencil disdainfully on tn
, ground, and broke up about dozen eroeI
cry cups in front Of the prisoners. who wer
all kneellng. They were then marched G
+ to the execution ground, and having arrive
;, there they were placed in four lines. thre
and four IN a line, equidistant from eae
other, kneeling the pirate chief being in th
o centre There was more care AMI reeuIarit
at this execution than 1 had seen befor,