Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-08-26
THE CHINESE MASSACRE.
The French Consul Killed in the
Governors Palace.
Awful CrueIties-Over Two Hun.
dred Christians Butchered by
Mob Females Outraged Sixty
Children Burned TO Death.
New YORK. August 2.
Il. WHITNTORE,
Publisher and Proprietor.


A special correspondent gives the de-
tails of the atrocious Chinese massacre
of French and Russian residents at Tien
Tsein, in China. 1t appears that the
responsibility of this horrible butchery
rests entirely with the Chinese authori-
ties, and that the mob we're not only in
cited by the Chinese Governor Of the
province, but were frequently urged to
commit the atrocities.
Their ignorance and superstition were
played upon by the most remarkable
means, and official publications taught
them to believe that foreigners were in
Tien Tsein to kidnap women and child
rem 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 for two days before
any blood was shed, and the Governor
not only did not restrain and disperse
the mob, but he even permitted his sol
diers to encourage and aid them. 1t
was not until the riot was three days old
that the French Consul was killed in the
Governor palace, and wholesale
slaughter then began.
The following are the only names of
The victims that could be obtained. A
nuubsr of Americans and Englishmen
are missing, and can only be Necounted
for by the belief that they suffered the
same fate as the Others, and that their
bodies hoated away in the river.
Henri Fontainer, Consul OF France;
" M Seinon. Secretary to the Consul;
NJ Shoasassen and wife; Pere Cherrien,
a Catholic psiest; Mr.. Prattsolheff, a
Russian officer, ana wife; Mr.. Bascoff;
Sisters Louisa, Frances, Nary, Victoria,
Theresa, Josephine, Nlneyeta, yTleifa,
Onsenoie, Catharina, Mons. and M ne
Chaihyes---ig all twenty persons.
Mr.. Stanic and family, of Cincinnati,
six in all, occupied ons mission, but he
CHANGED to be absent at the time, Mrs.
Stanie apd Miss Thompson found reiaIe
ON board OF the steamship Voucher, and
thus doubtless escaped terrible fate.
1t is asserted that oyer two hundred
Chinese Christians of PTiesih were mas
sacred by the mob.
II is charged that Chinese officials aBd
Mendarins. and the Governor of the
Province stood by and witnessed the
massacre without attempting to prevent
il, and also that J. o. T. Meadows, the
American Consul at Tien TseiR, was in
COMPANY with the Mandarin, Ching gAow,
all the time, and did nothing 10 prevent
this terrible outrage, although he is an
officer of the Chinese Government, and
had enough power aB9 Influence to pre-
vent it,
The Emperor Of China Appoipted
Chinq.how a special minister 10 Paris 70
satisfy the French Emperor in reference
to this outrage, and has appointed Mead
ows as Secretary of Legation and inter
prefer to accompany Chlng-how. This
the Shanghai papers deaoaaee as gross
insult, and calls on the French sHd bps
sian Governments to resent it.
The ontrages to which the females
were subjected before they were muir
dered are too sickening TO relate. Every
cruelty, says the correspondent, which 1t
was possible for the most savage b2rbari-
ans to conceive OF was practiced upoE
these defenseless Christian ladies, and
the native Christian priests who attempt
ed TO guard the doors were seized and
torn limb from limb.
Nine Sisters were collected ia a large
sehool-room, beaten with sticks, their
clothes torn from their bodies, placed on
their heads. and cut with knives in a
most savage manner, and then outraged.
While yet alive they were hanged side
by side along the room. their cheeks
pashed with knives, their lips and noses |
cut their eyes seooped from their heads,
their breasts cut of, and their abdomens
split open with large eleaTers.
Their limbs were cut aud broken. and
in ten minutes nsughts remained but
their dis6gured bodies.
When there was no more to do fire was
applied, and many buildings burned.
Sixty or seventy children, who had
sought refuge from the mob in the eel-
lars. were burned &C cruel death. The
French Cathedral, consulate, hospital,
and buildings Of all foreigners were
sacked and burned.
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