The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-23
THE CHINESE MASSACRE.
Details Of tho Butchery at Tlontsln
Most Horrible and Inhuman Atroci-
ties.
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A special correspondent gives tho details
oflhe atroCious Chinese massacre OF
French and Russian residents at Tientsin,
China. 1t appears that the responsibility
OF the horrible butchery rests entirely
with tho Chinese authorities, that the mob
were not only melted by the Chinese
Governor Of tho Province but frequently
urged to 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 Ticntsin to kid
nan women and children with the
design of killing them and converting
their bodies into drugs. A mob
held possession of the French settlement,
maltrcating all foreigners who were
abroad for two days before any Dlooq
was shed, and the Governor not only did
not restrain or dispcrsc it, but he even per
mitted his soldiers TO encourage and aid 1t.
1t was not until the riot was three days
old that the French Consul was killed In
the Governors palace and the wholesale
slaughter begun. The following arc the
only names Of the victims that could be
obtained, A number Of Americans and
Euglishmen are missing and con only be
accounted for by the beliefthat they suffer
cd the same fate rs tho others, and TINT
their bodies floatcd away in tho river:
Henri Fontaine, Consul Of France; M.
Simon, Secretary to Consul n. Thom-
asein and wife; Pcro Cherrier, q Catholic
Priest; N. Protapopctf, Russian officer,
and wife; NJ. BasCof, sister Louisa "Louisa
French, Mary Victoria Theresa, Josephine
Vinccnta, Orelia OusenCie and Catherine
Mons. and Madam ChGlmais0n, in all
twenty. Tho Rev. Mr.. Stanley and famt.
", of Cincinnati, Ohio, occupied one ol
the missions, but as he CHANGED to be ab'
sent at the time, Mrs. Stanley and Miss
Thompson found refuge on board the
steamship NLanchu, and thus doubtless
escaped q terrible fate.
Il Is asserted that over 200 Chinese,
prOselytes Of tho priests, were massacred
by the mob. 1t IS said that Chunghaw,
tile Mandarin, or Governor Of the Pro-
vince, stood by and witnessed tho massA.
massacre without attempting to prevent
II, and also that Jos. T. Meadows, Amori'
can Consul at Tientsin, was in company
with Chunghaw all the time, and did
nothing to prevent the outrNgcs. lie Is
nm officer of the Chinese Government and
had enough power and influence to pre-
vent It. Tho Emperor Of China has up
pointed Chunglow special minister TO
Paris to satisfy the French Emperor in
reference to this outrage, and has aI'-
pointed Meadows secretary and inter
prefer 10 accompany ChunghAw.-
This the Shanghai papers dcnouncc
as gross insult, and Gull on the French
and Prussian governments to resent 1t.
The outragcs TO which tho females were
subjected before they were murdered arc
too shocking to relate. Every cruelty,
says tho correspondent, which 1t was pos
si6le for the most savage barb0rians to
conceive Of was perpetrated upon these
delcnCelcss christian ladies. A native
christian present, who attempted to guard
the door, was seized and torn limb from
limb. Nine sisters, who were collected IN
a large school room, wCro beaten with
sticks, their clothes torn from their bodies,
placed on their heads, and cut with knives
In the most savage manner and
outraged. Yet alive, they were
ranged side by side, along the room, their
checks gashed, lips and nose cut, their
eyes scooped from their heads, their
breasts cut of, and abdomcnS ripped open
with q largo clcavcr. Their limbs were
cut and broken, and in ten minutes naught
remained but their disfgured bodies.
When there was no more to do, fire was
applied and the building burned. Sixty
or seventy children, who had sought
refuge from tho mob in the cellar, were
burned To death. Tho French Cathedral,
Consulate, Hospital and the buildings of
oil Sn S'g1e gEasSs were sSSksS S01s nd burned ;1n dDv
American journal in Shanghai says: J.
A. T. Meadows, American Consul was
the only one who seemed to view tho
whole affair with unconccrn; he was ev:
idnntlv Under tho nrotection Of his friend