The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-09-07

now warmed the rufliahs to their ap-
pointed work, and they rushed to the
French Consulate. Mrs. Thom ASSN
met them bravely at the doorway, pis-
tol in hand. Oue or two, and some
say ,hr.c, Cinnamon fell before her
pistol shots, when numbers ovorpow.
eled her, and she was killed by the
blows Of sharp Instrument Oh the
back Of her head.
BuTCHERY OF THE SISTERS OF CHARITY.
The Consulate building was then
burned and destroyed, and all the
servants massacred. In the meanwhile
tho convent house Of the Sisters
OF Charity aud the French cathedral
were being assaulted by the mob. A
priest at tho doorway was killed,
and ten women quickly shared
the same fate, but in more horrible
manner. Most Of them were beaten,
their clothes torn off, and then they
were seized and placed on their heads
against the convent wall, and
HACKED TO PIECES
in most savage manucr-their eyes
dug out, the breasts cut off, and every
cruelty that savage brutes can cil.ct,
too Sickeniug here to narratc, was
peIpctrated. One of the Sisters,
named Louisa, well known as IL faith
iull and constant attendant at tho
hospital i'll Shanghai, was reported to
have escaped i'll Chinese dress, and
was concealed by sonc Chinese female
friends until night, when, attempting
to go back to the Convent, her Euro
pcan shoes discovered her to be a
white woman, and she was quickly
taken and killed. Her body was.
Thrown INTO THE RIVER.
The Chinese burned the cathedral
and convent buildings, and it is sup
posed at least sixty Chinese children
persisted in the cellars of tho build
ing, where they had fled for safety.
The bodies of the Sisters were thrown
back into the buildings after being
killed, and burned. Their
cHARRED REMAINS
were afterwards collected by the or.
ders of Chung, and sent down to the
foreign quarter of Tientsin.
The butchery did not end here.
Chalmaison, another Frenchman, liv-
ing aear the west gate, was also kill
ca. His wife escaped, and harbored
by Chinese in the same street. But
she went ou. at night to her house, in
Chinese clothes, and OH her way back,
missing the friendly house, her voice
betrayed her, and she was killed by
the drilled troops.
A RUSSIAN OFFICER, ~
Mr.. Protopopof, with his wife, mar
ricd but the day before, were riding
with a Russian gentleman named Bas-
coff, near the French Consulate, when
they we're set upon by the mob and
killed. Their bodies were thrown
into the river. Mr.. Simon, secretary
at the Consulate, also fell victim to
the fury of the Chinese. Mr.. A.
Coutris was the only Fronohman in
Tientsin who
ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE.
He was concealed aftor he managed
to clude his pursuers, and mado his
appearance il the Foreign Settlement.
On the following night after the mas
sacre, a German resident, with his
family, escaped after being hid in a
stable some thirty-six hours.
| THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE BUTcHERY
Chung how had the remains of tho
foreigners collected and sent iuto the
settlement. The Russian bodies wc,e
! taken from the river near the bund.
! The foreign community buried all but
the FreDch in the cometary, with tho
usual ceremonies. The bodies Of the
French we're carefully collected and
! placed in the collins at the cemetery.
where they will remain till the coun-
trymcn of the slain arrive to give
them proper funeral honors and con-
| seoration.
THE PROTESTANT MISSION
| also received Tho. attention of tho
mob,iwbo visited them, but the mis-
sionaries escaped, Eight Protestant
chapels were looted and destroyed.
| No protestant converts were killed,
So far rs is known, but they were
beatent aud their houses pillaged.
+ 2, 'sa4 MEASURES OF PROTECTION.
The foreign residents at onoe took
measures for protection. The steam
I ers Appin and Manchui were in port,
and as the fearful news spread, these
steamers became tho places of refuge
for the foreign women and children.
The Manchu, with her own two guos,
was quickly furnished with nine more,
making formidable battery for the
protection of the settlement The
community quickly formed volun-
teer corps for tho protection Of their
propdfty ashore, and all night the
streets were patrollod. t'If. F','7'
| 10 IN AMERICAN CONSUL, a.
J. a. T. Meadows, was tho only one