Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-23
MASSACRE.
Particulars Of the Recent eBteherias OF
the Christians Of Tientslh, china.
fearful scenss.--Exeessive Brusslity---The
Nest Terrible Slaughter Of Med
era Times. H

NEW YORK, August GA special
correspondent gives details of the
strorious Chinese massacre of the
French and Prussian residents al
TientsiH, China. II appears that the
resp lnsibility of the horrible butchery
rests entirely with the Chinese au.
tborities. and that the mob were not
only cited by the Chinese Governor
of the Province, bat frequently urged
the mob to commit the atrocities.
Their ignorance and superstition were
worked upon by the most remarkable
means. and official publications taught
them 10 believe that the foreigners
were in Tieutsin to kidnap women
and children. with the design OF kill-
ing them and converting Sheir bodies
into drugs. ess-s=.- - 1...,..r,-, =. u,
settlement, maltreating all foreigners
who were abroad, for two days before
any blood was shed, and the Governor
moi only did not restrain or disperse
ii. but he even permitted his soldiers
TO encourage and aid it. 1t was not
until the riot was three days old that
the French Consul was killed in the
Governors palace and the wholesale
slaughter began.
The following are the only names
of the victims that could be obtained.
A number of Americans and English
men are missing, and can only be &C
counted for by the belief that they
suffered the same fate as the Others,
and that their bodies floated away in
the river:
Henry FontanieT, Consul OfFrance;
Mr.. Semm, Secretary to Consul; M.
Thomasson and wife; Pere Cherrier, a
Catholic priest; Mr.. PratOpapetf, a
Russian officer, and vile; Mr.. BascOff;
sisters Louisa, Louisa French, Mary,
Victoria, Theresa, Josephine, Nencin-
ia, Orelia, Orsencie and Catharine,
Monsieur and Madame ChalOsizOn--in
all twenty.
The Rev. Mr.. Stanrie and family, of
Cincinnati,e Ohio, occupied one of the
missions, but as he chaneed to be alb |
sent at the time, Mrs. Stanrie and Miss |
Thompson found refuge on board the |
steamship Monehee, and thus doubt |
less escaped q terrible fate. 1t is as
serted that over 200 Chinese prelates |
or priests were massacreed by the mob. |
It is charged that Chung-how, the |
Mandarin or Governor of the prov
ince, stood by and witnessed the mas |
sacre, without attempting to prevent /
it; and also, that J. o. L. Meadows, |
American Consul at Tein-Tsin, was |
in company with Chung-hOw all the |
time, and did nothing to prevent the /
terrible outrage, although he is an |
officer of the Chinese government, |
and had enough power and influence |
to prevent it.
The Emperor of China has appoint
ed Chung how a special minister to /
Paris to satisfy the French Emperor 1
in reference to this outrage, and has 4
appointed Meadows as secretary and 1
interpreter to accompany Chung-how.
This the Shanghai papers denounce as /
q gross insult, and call on the French /
and Russian governments to resent it.
The outrages to which the females
were subjected before they were muir
dered, are too siekening to relate.
Every c~uelty, says the correspon-
dent, which it was possible for the
most savage barbarians to conceive
of was practiced upon these defense
less Christian ladies. A native Chris
tian priest, who attempted to guard
the doors, was seized and torn limb
from limb. Nine sisters, who were
collected in large school room, were
beaten with sticks, their clothes torn
from them, and, after this brutal and
inbuman treatment they were cut with
knives in a savage manner, and out
ragged. Yet alive, they were arranged
side by side along the room, their
cheeks gashed, lips and nose cut of,
ewes seOoped from their heads, then
breasts cut of, and their cb
dOmens ripped open with large
eleavers, their limbs were cut
and broken, and in ten minutes
naught remained but their disflgured
bodies. When there was no more to
do, fire was applied and the buildings
burned. Sixty or seventy children
who had sought refuge from the mob,
in the altar, were burned to death.
The French cathedral, consulate, hos
pital and buildings of all the for
eigners were sacked and burned.
The Shanghai Nelcs, the only Amer
ican journal in Shanghai, says that
10. Il. Meadows, the American Con-
sui. was the only one who seemed to
view the whole affair with uncOn-
cern; he was evidently under the
protection Of his friends and en-
ployee, Chung, for he did not turn
out with the volunteers, and rather
sneered at their endeavors TO protect
their lives and property. This fellow
Meadows is an Englishman, and is
Consul for the United States, Holland
and the Danes, without salary from
either, but holds the sine
cure position of Superintendent of
Chung How's arsenal. Foreign Min
listers and delegations are much eX-
ercised over the fact that he has been
delegated to accompany Chung How
70 Paris, but the Emperor will not al
low any of them to leave Pekin for |
the interior at present. They COM
plain that they are shut in as prison
ers, but the Emperor says it is merely |
precautionary until the excitement is
over. ..