Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-05-01
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CHINESE.
,nt,r-nan Atrocities----FrisS"
sected Alive.

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- s.-Ts,,;sben-kin" wharf, and within lew
IL of Hamburg consulate and directly IN
-, &c several other European houses that
- s;,,ate1 there. The men were dragged
y ~ ,,I,ce of execution SC heavily ironed
- ,,,enacled that they could not walk Ii
III bei,,o almost starved for some time pre-
-, tbev appeared the most mlserahe
,i,isots az suffering humanity that could De
...a,,;;,e1 more dead than alive. lhey |
- Guarded by about 300 Mandarin sol
J;,rs headed by the Hai-Hong, carrying 4
I o'onc or warrant Of the power OF NE OF
Jo,tb who. having dressed himself IN req
nod and mantle, seated himself at the Ia9ie
,,Iocced there for the occasion, demanded !he
! i,r;soDers 10 be brought before hum, Whleh
being done they were both iorceu 70 ~
lnees. the Hai-Hong wrote DOWN NY
-, and ordered them 10 be hogged-Ihe
rll,oI 200 and the other culprt 2OO DloNS
,,;,b ,he bamboo. The rebel having r.
"ol,-oa his 300 blows and borne them WIN,
90, a murmur. was taken 10 a eros. lia' i'''
lcen erected for the purpose, and beng
~ -. 1asbed IN n in an upright posture,
',;,h bie arms extended, the execullonei
,',',,,,,,erced his horrible butchery by hrst
c.,,t;,,,, al the flesh above the eyes mex
60. and then the breasts. linen ne CUT
,I,s,,,qL The muscles Of each arm, laying inc
';i,,ory white bone bare; the flesh not being
80 "a. lint left hanging the blood squirting
ont and actually bcspattering the execulioIei
a. Zach pulsation of the heart. linen az
,n,scles of the thighs were cut out III VIC
Ger tbe executioner had performed these
dreadful fortunes upon the poor WreIcnI ne
laid his small knife aside and TOOK alo. w,
about ten inches long and about an mn n.l
broad. and cut gashes on each SiuG "a ~ -,
mans chest. LAYING the ribs bare lneh ~
made several aourishes with the kniie, anu
tben ran IL into the poor victim Oouy' M M
toring lust below the ssernum, III .ile ITin
az the chest. 70 the full extent OF me Dla -
This / thought and hoped would prove IN. .;iI
co,ip de grace. But no, for the man sun
breathed. and the executoner sui
his bloody task, cutting downward w Nun 'iie
knife. and letting out the cntralls lie =, Ihel
slashed and cut open the stomach IiSli
giving a yell, ran his hand IN ana seizeu 'ii'
mans liver and cut it out passing the pleSa-
ing. ouivering mass TO the assistant d. COY ;
and in business-like a manner as lhous u, ~
were opening and butcheung pig lnc c
finished the torture, and the eXecuuolcI ~ I
the victim in this mutilated state, not ye
dead. for saw him give several gasPS lol
breath afterwards. lie then cut the sampai
mans head off, at the foot OF the cross, WIN
single blow, and then returned aha IeI'iiif
100 the rebeps head, which fell forward
he decapitated him, certainly the most mer
1;fnl stroke he had given that day Tn
hodias were exposed on the same wharf, witt
tbo;r Ices tied 10 posts. for five days after
wards. 10 the great annoyance OF the Euro
means who occupied the houses adjacent
The moor rebel bore his human tortur
most manfully: not a moan or cry escape'
him all the time. The only movement n
made was a slight quiyering Of his who'll
frame. and a movement Of his head to an'
fro. otherwise a spectator might have qlles
TONED whether he were alive or dead durnl
the horrible exhibition -.
But this is not the first exhibition Oh thls
kind we have been treated TO at Annoy dur
inc the month of December. The gunbor
Grasshoppcr captured nineteen pirates a
D~-t Matheson, brought them to Annoy an'
yered them up to the Total. They wer
d, all found guilty, and condemned I
H. But five Of the number had friend
e.. who paid sums Of money to the Iota
procured their release. This ! kno'
fact. for | happened TO accompan
steen ofthe prisoners from the llai-hon
ON 10 the Totals on the day of their tina
condemnation and execution; money haV
ing been already paid for three Of them, an
security given for their good behavior m u
ture. they had been liberated. When ! en-
tered the Yahmun the prisoners wer
brought before the Total, and their name
called over At this time respectabl
dressed Cinnamon came 10 the front wit
his handkerchief full of rolls of dollars, an
| noticed that the Total cast peculiarl
longing eve towards the handkerchief, an
beamed complacently upon the Chlnamar
who performed a very short-winded kotoN
and then presented n petition 10 ms exec
lencv, which he received and read ana I
few minutes a servant was ordered TO r.
oeive the almighty Mexicans," and cour
them, the petitioner accompanying Inn
The dollars being found correct Il shoul
estimate them at about $500, the crier {
the court called out two names OF two {
the pirates. who were taken apart from til
others. their shackles knocked of, and n
lowed 10 depart with their kind friend an
benefactor. So much for mandarin law an
Justice. Why, it is quite god-send
them for our gunboats TO capture pirate
and give them over TO them for trial an
punisbment. | question If all {
these fourteen men who were behcadcd Q
the Sth of Defender were the pirates VIII
were delivered TO the mandarins 10y he
Maicsiv's gunboat GrdSShoPPcr, for IN ger
cral appearance they looked more like ma
cradle mendicants, hired and paid for tn
purpose. than villainous canton pirate
The following questions put TO these prise
ncrs in the presence Of the Total may sho'
the probability Of my surmlse:
Are you guilty or not OF piracy IL,
member il YOU confess you will be beheaC
ell today at noon; if you deny your gull
youwill be returned again to prison.
Answer bv all the men but two:
al am guilty, and wish TO die the soor
or the better
These fourteen men were then condemne
- death, and one of them, sid to he tll
chief was sentenced 20 be cut y pieces aliv
previous TO decapitatlon The lotm SCI
fenced him 10 he executed the same rs
sucho, or spy, and in passing sentenC
handed the yermillion pencil TO an attendan
who made a red mark across the chlei
forehead. and then threw the pencil disdalT
fully on the ground, and broke up about
dozen crOckcry cups IN front oil the prison
ers, who were taD Heeling. lhey WEI
marched off to the execution ground, an
having arrived there they were placed !
four lines, three anu iout ~ a i'itl VI,
tant from each other the pirate chiei BEN
in the centre There was more care an
REGULARITY at the execution than had see
before. A mandarin dressed in re-
carried the Le'eng, and guarded by soldier
hringin,, up the rear; and on his arrival Q
the Ground he waved the Le'eng TO two eX
cutioners. who commenced the worl,
hatchery. and in less than five minutes thr'
of the prisoners were lying headless aroun
their chief who remained kneeling IN Il
centre. despatched with the blood OF h
dead companions During the time the g
ccution was going on the CHIEF looS'
around occasionally, as he heard the dn
tbud of the executioner's knife, and apps
rently wishing for the same merciiul Ia
and speedy death But no, he was dooine
20 dreadful, lingering, excruciating suiiei m
bv torture, ere death would close has agorle
and. being led away, was hound to lara
- mt, not wishing 10 sicSeh my re"''e
hy a rccapilUn..,s-~ &c the fortunes the To-
rebel underwent, suffice il 20 say that he IN
dcrwent exactly the same torture, and Il
extra Of having the scalp cut across the to
of the forehead, and the skin and integl
ments drawn down over his eyes, and y.
at last decapitated. An those disgusting e.
hibitions have been enacted at Annoy, whel
British power is known, has been felt and