The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-23
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.
Massacre of Christians in China.
Horrible Butchery Of DE.
fenseless Women and
Children.
An American Consul, Named
Meadows, Looks on
ApprOyingly.

| llentSln, NnlHa IL apPtdrS tHat the
responsibility OF the horrible butchery
rests entirely with the Chinese authori,
ties; that the mob were not only incited
by the Chinese Governor Of the province,
hut were frequently urged 10 commit
the atrocities. Their ignorance and
superstition were worked upon by the
most remarkable means, and official
publications taught them TO believe that
the foreigners were in Tientsin to kidnap
women and children, with the design OF
killing them and converting their bodies
into drugs.
A mob held possession of the French
settlement, maltreating all foreigners
who were abroad Cor two days before
any blood was shed, and the Governor
| not only did not restrain or disperse it,
but he even permitted his soldiers TO
encourage and aid it, and it was not un-
I'll the riot was three DAYS old thai the
French Consul was killed in the Gov
ernors palace and the wholesale
slaughter began.
The following are the only names OF
the victims that could he obtained. A
number Of Americans and Englishmen
are missing and can only he accounted
for bv the belief that they suffered the
same fate a. the Others and that their
bodies iioated away in the river. Henri
Foulanier, Consul of France: Mr. 81
mon, Secretary to the Consul; Mr..
Thomas, sen, and wife; Pere Cherrier.
Catholic Priest; Mr.. Pho;ossopetf,
Russian officer, and wife; Mr.. Bascoh,
Sisters Louisa, Louisa French, Mary,
Victoria, Theresa, Josephine, Nincenta,
Orelia, Ousencee, and Catherine, Mons
and Madame Chatmaison, in all twenty
The Rev. Mr.. Stanley and family OF
Cincinnati, comprised one oi the mis-
sions, but as he CHANGED to be absent at
the time, Mrs. Stanley and Miss
Thompson found refuge on board the
steamship Manchu, and thus doubtless
escaped terrible fate 1t is asserted
that over 200 Chinese prosel ytes OF the
priests were massacred by the mob. II
il charged that Chunghow, the Manda-
rim or Governor of the province, stood
hv and witnessed the massacre, without
attempting TO prevent it, and also that
j. 4. T. Meadow, the American Consul
at Tientsin, was in company with
Chunghow all the time, and did nothing
to prevent the outrages. He is an Off
Ger ofthe Chinese government, and had
enough Overland influence TO preventit.
The Emperor has appointed Chunghow
a special minister to Paris, TO satisfy
the French Emperor in reference to
this outrage and has appointed Mead
ows "a secretary and Interpreter to
accompany Chunghow. This the
Shanghai papers denounce as gross
insult and calls on the French and
Prussian Governments to resent it,
The outrages to which the females were
subjected before they were murdered
are too sickening TO relate Every cru.
city, says the correspondent, which il
was possible for the most savage bar
barians to conceive of was perpetrated
upon these defenseless Christian ladies.
4 native Christian priest, who At
tempted to guard the door, was seized
and torn limb from limb. Nine sisters
were collected in the large school room,
beaten with sticks, their clothes torn
from their bodies, placed on their heads
and cut with knives in the most savage
manner and outraged. Yei alive, they
were ranged side by side along the room,
their cheeks gashed, lips and nose cut,
eyes scoopeA from their heads, their
breasts cut OF, and their limbs were cut
and broken. and in ten minutes naught
remained but their distigured bodies.
When there was nothing more to do
fire was applied and the building was
burned, and 90 or 20 children, who had
sought refuge from the mob in the Gel
lar, were burned TO death
The French Catherial Consulate Hos.
pital and the buildings Of all foreigners
were sacked and burned.
The Shanghai Ns'cS LETTER. the only
American journal in Shanghai, SAYS
J. A. Meadows, American Consul, was
the only one who seemed to view the
whole affair with Unconcern He was
evidently under the protection OF bis
friend and employer Chung, for he did
not turn out with the volunteers and
rather sneered al their endeayors 10
protect their lives and property.
This fellow Meadows is an English
man. is consul for the United States,
Holland and Danes without salary from
either hut holds secure the position Of
Superintendent of Changhow Arsenal.
Foreign ministers Aid delegations are
much exercised over the fact that lie
has been delegated to accompany Chang
hoy to Paris but the Emperor will not
allow any OF them to cave Pekin for
the interior at present. They complain
that they are shut in ~ prisoners but
the Emperor says that is merely SIS pre-.
cautionary until TIE excitement is over.