Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-03-27
EXCITING NEWS FROHI INDIA AM
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81. Petersburg Cor. London Herald,l

EXCITING NEWS FROsT D AND
CHINA.
st. Petersburg Cor. London Herald.l
INDIA.
qrhe Voice has called attention to the
Revue des Deux Mondes upon the pro-
yrass Of Russia in Eastern Asia. Ihe
French writer exposes the ambitious
views of the Government Of inns
country. and points to the dam
GER Of a new S~ebastapoi beng
established at HakOdadi. But WINE
expressing the apprehension lhat the
Russians may become undispuled mas
tiers of the Sea of Japan, he nnds some
consolation in the fact thai the VAST
province ON the Amour cedeu 70 hussiA
by the Chinese, viii provea worthless ae-
o1isition NJ the views Of this
country are as dangerous as the
I Revue believes them b be, the
English Government an hardly be
ignorant of the fact; hut there are GER
tainly good grounds for the opinion which
the writer expresses as to The Amour
territory. The country possesses no eie-
ments of prosperity it has neither Ihe
advantage of a genial climate nor a Ter
tile soil. The town of NicOlaevsk, with
a Dopulatiou of five thousand five nun
dred inhabitants, Of whom nearly hall
are soldiers. is cut of from all commu-
nication with the rest Of the world ior
four months in the year, as the last sum
mer post usually a on the lati OF
] September, and the winter roads are not
established till the beginning OF Decem-
Der. and there is the same interruption
i'm the sprinp. As the port is rarely free
from ice before the beginning of June.
In the bay in which the town is situated
there are only six or seven feet Of water,
and the roadstead is extremely inconve-
nient from the prevalence of fogs and
north and n~ortheasterly winds as long as
4 fhe navigation remains open. The aver
aoa number of vessels entering the port
dnrinp the summer, includingt those char
I tered nv the Government, Is not more
than eight or nine, and so difficult IS the
navigation at the mouth of the river
that six sbips were wrecked between
1854 and 1851. The vicinity TO China
and .Japau seems TO give the settlement
a great superiority in a commercial point
of view but this advantage iscOmpletely
neutraiized by the want OF cOmmunlca-
ton with the interior of the country.
Indeed, up TO the present tme the sup
plies have been e from other psIts 81
Russia, and gTainis carried nearly around
the world to feed the garrison and the
inhabitants Of the town. some az
counts speak favorabiy Of the land
to the south OF the town. DdI II
is only inhabited by Chinese
motives who are driven out Of the
coTntry by the severity and eXactiOns of
| the Government officials, In 1865, 2O00
of these men crossed the frontier, and
are now wandering about these wild soli-
tudes, preferring this vagabond life to
settling down to agriculture, They are
not likely to become useful members OF
society, and il is difficult to see where
settlers are to come from, rs Russia has
not redundant population either IN Eu-
rome or in Asia. In the event of a mar
atime war, the possession of the AmOur
would offer certain advantages to Russia
Init they are purchased at a heavy rate
for the settlement is q very costly one
and as to any commercial advantages,
they will probably, for many years to
I come, be entirely mOnopolized by the
Americans.
CHINA.
SHASGHAI. Feb. g, 1865
The Nyenfei rebels haVa hred the vi
lagos surrounding HankOw: The foreign
residents of that city are preparing for
an attack.
Two men, one condemned for rebel
lion, and the other for robbery and muir
der, were executed on the 2lst instr at
noon, on the "Tsui-shen-kin wharf,
and within a few yards Of Hamburg Con-
sulate, and directly in front OF several
other EuroDsan houses that ara situated
there. The men were dragged to the
place of execution so heavily ironed and
manacled that they could not walk,
and being almost starved for some
time previously, they appeared the
most miserable objects of suffering hu=
manity that could b5 imaglned-more
dead than alive. They were guarded by
about three hundred Mandarin soldiers,
headed by the Hai-Hong, carrying a
Le'eng, or warrant Of the power OF life or
death, who, having dressed himself IN q
red hood and mantle, seated himself at a
table placed there for the occasion, de
manded the prisoners TO be brought be-
fore him, which being done they were
both forced on their knees. The Hal
Hong wrotedOWn their namesand ordered
them to be ~fiogged-the rebels three hun
dred and the other culprit two
hundred blows with the bam-
boo. The rebel having received his
three hundred blows, and borne them
without a murmur, was taken TO a cross
that had been erected fer the purpose
and being securely dashed TO it, in an up
right posture, with his arms extended,
the executiuner commenced his horrible
butchery by first cutting of he flesh
above the eyes, next the ears, and then
the breasts. Then he cut through the
muscles of each arm, laying the silveTY
white bone bare, the nesh not being cut
off, but left hanging, the blood squirting
out and actually bespattering the exeeu-
toner at each pulsation Of the heart.
Then the muscles 81 Tho Thighs
were cut out IN the same manner
After the eXecUtiOner had performed
these dreadful tortures upon the poor
wretch, he laid his small knife aside and
took another, about ten inches long and
about an inch broad, and cut gashes on
each side of the mans chest, laying the
ribs bare. Then he made several -four
ishes with the knife and then ran It into
the poor victims body, entering just
below the sternum in the middle Of the
chest, to the full extent Of the
blade. The ~eXecutiOneF still con-
tinued his bloody task, eating down.
wards with the knife, and letting
out his entrails. He then slashed and
cut open the stomach Then, giving al
yell, ran his hand i'm and seized the
mans liver, and cut it out, passing the
bleeding, quivering mass TO his assistant
as cOOllY and in as busipesszlike name
as though he were opening and butcher
ing a pig. This finished the torture, and
the executioneT left the victim in this
mutilated state. He then cut the sam
pan mans head of, 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 merciful 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 an
nOyanee Of the Europeans who occupied
the houses adjacent. The poor rebel
bore his inhuman fortunes most man
fpllyj not a moan or cry escaped him
during all the time. The only movement
he made was a slight quivering of his
whole frame, and a movement of his
head % aAd no; otherwise a spectator
might have questioned whether he We're
alive or dead during the horrible exhi-
bitjQu,